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Show I and gentle kindness now. . , . She had divined so clearly the motive that had permitted Anlstya escape in order that she might be saved, not alone from Anisty, not alone from the shame of imprisonment, but from herself as well from herself as Maitland knew her. The burglar out of the way, by ruse, evasion, or subterfuge she would he secreted from the prying of the police, smuggled out of the house and taken to a place of safety, given a new chance to redeem herself, to clean her hands of the mire of theft, to become worthy of the womanhood that was hers. . . . Lt Bui now she thrust finger-nailJiruelly Into her soft palms, striving I to contain herself and keep her tongue from crying aloud to those three brutal, blind men the truth; that she was guilty of the robbery, she with Anisty; that Maitland was Maitland; a word synonymous with man of ECONOMY It pan to un Hetultlt'-- r are a good deal Taj, They than moat Teasj atronger are sold at a lower price, considering thequality.and guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. XXXXXXXXX s ItAE- - WAPK 0 s Time Now to Give Her That Engagement Ring . . . If you are to be married in June. We specially mount a large selection of pure white diamonds at a medium price for engagement rings. Of course we also show extremes in size and price, but our guarantee goes with every one. ITO AU LARK cTTXUTAa THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO JARBIBISIE ....IS VIA..... 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While on his way home from a fishing synopsisA trip he received an emergency call. father was imThe proud Maitland, on reaching hla patient to have the child weighed, but NewMadYorkDan bachelor club, met an attraccouldnt find the steelyards; so the tive young woman at the door. Janitor aaaured him no one had been physician had to use the pocket scales O'Hagan within that day. Dan discovered a womfish. with which he weighed his an's Anger prints in dust on his desk, with a letter from hla attorney. Great Scott, Doctor!" exclaimed along Maitland dined with Bannerman, hla atthe the father, as he saw pointer go torney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to newly-mad- e and a half pounds! Everybodys Magazine. up. -- Thirty-seve- n Her Little Error. Dearie, said Mrs. Newlywed, Ive kept our household accounts all right this year, but theres one item that pussies me. Ive set down $19.10 and I cant make out whether we owe it or whether its something you gave me for something. Lets see, answered Mr. N. Why, dearest, thats all right The 1910 is what year this is. Cleveland Leader. Needed. Passenger Agent Here are some postcard views along our line of rail. Would you like them? Patron No, thank you. I rode over the line last week and have views of my own on it No More Have You Seen the Picture? A Barnegat schoolmaam had been telling her pupils something about George Washington and finally she asked: Can anyone now tell me which Washington was a great general or a great admiral? The small son of a fisherman raised his hand, and she signaled him to speak. He was a great general," said the I seen a picture of him crossboy. ing the Delaware, and no' great admiral would put out from shore standing np in a skiff. Everybodys Magazine. I A Christian Spirit. How many of you boys," asked the Sunday school superintendent, - can bring two other boys next Sunday?" There was no response until a new recruit raised his hand hesitatingly. "Well, William? I cant bring two, but theres one little feller I can lick, and I'll do my damnedest to bring him. Everybodys Magazine. Literary Criticism. And how did you like Contributor. my article? Editor.' Very fine. Contributor. "Really? Editor. "Yes; please write the next one in a larger hand. Bon Vivant The Feminine Instinct "Before leaving here you ought to take your wife to hear the famous echo. "Impossible! I could never get her away. She couldnt let the echo have the last word." v get hla family Jewels. During hla walk to the country seat, he met the young woman in gray, whom he had seen leaving hla bachelors' club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed it. By a ruse she lost" him. Maitland, on reaching home, surprised lady in gray, cracking the safe She, apparently, containing his gema. n took him for a crook, Daniel Maitland opened Anlaty. hla safa, took therefrom the Jewels, and gave them to her, first forming a partnership In crime. The real Dan Anisty, sought by police of the world, appeared on the same mission. Maitland overcame him. He met the girl outside the house and they aped on to New York In her auto. He had the Jewels and she promised to meet him that day. Maitland received a Mr. Snalth, Introducing himself as a To shield the girl In gray, detective. Maitland, about to show him the Jewels, supposedly lost, was felled by a blow from ''Snaiths cane. The latter proved to be Anlaty hlmaelf and he eecured the gems. Anisty, who was Maitlands double, masqueraded aa the latter. The criminal kept Maitland's engagement with the girl in gray. He gave her the gema, after falling In love at first sight They were to meet and divide the loot Maitland revived and regretted missing hla aa engagement. Anlaty, masquerading avoided capture Maitland, narrowly In The girl gray through mysterious tip. visited Maitlands apartments during his absence and returned gems, being discovered on return. Maitland, without cash, called up his home and heard a voice womans expostulating. Anisty, disguised as Maitland, told her hla real Identity and realizing himself tricked tried to wring from her the location of the gema. Then he proposed marriage. A crash was heard at the front door. Maitland started for home. He found Anlaty and tha girl in hla rooms. Again he overwhelmed the crook, allowing him to escape to shield the young woman. Dan hlmaelf narrowly avoids arrest Janitor O'Hagan wined anda dined the officers of detective, duped by the law. Hickey, Anisty, refused to partake and mused on hla well-know- d, a. CHAPTER XII Continued. Hat tilted over his eyes, one elbow on the chairback, another on the table, flabby Jowls quivering as he' mumbled the Indispensable cigar, puffy hands clasped across his ample chest, he aat for many minutes by the side of his unheeded drink, pondering, turning over and over in hia mind the one idoa it was capable of harboring at a time. He cud ve wrote that letter to himself. . . . He's wise enough. . . . Teh cant fool Hickey all the time. . . . Ill get him yet Got-tu- h make good r its the sidewalks fr mine. . . . Me, tryln hard to make an onest livin. . . . Nd him with all kinds of money! The fat mottled fingers sought a waistcoat pocket and,, fumbling therein, touched caressingly a little pellet of soft paper. Its possessor did not require to examine it to reassure him self as to its legitimacy as a work of art, nor as to the prominence of the Roman C in its embellishment of engraved arabesques. A century, he reflected sullenly; one lonely little century for mine. Nd he had a wad like a ham . . on him. , . . 'Nd I might ve had it His all for my very own If . . brow clouded blackly. Sleuth! Hickey ground the epithet vindictively between his teeth. And spat. Sleuth! Ah hell! Recalled to himself by the very vehemence of his emotion, he turned hastily, drained to its dregs the tall glass of lukewarm and vapid beer which had stood at his elbow, placed a nickel on the table, and, rising, wad died hastily out into the night. It was being borne in upon him with much force that if he wished to save his name and fame somethin had got to be done about it I hadn't oughtuh left him so long, I guess, he told himself; but . . Ill get him all right And turning, lumbered gloomily eastward, rapt with vain imaginings, squat, swollen figure blending into the deep, meaner shadows of the Tenderloin; and so on toward Maitlands rooms morose, misunderstood, malignant, coddling his fictitious wrongs; somehow pathetically typical of the force he represented. On the corner of Fifth avenue he paused, startled fairly out of his dour mood by the loud echo of a name al ready become too hatefully familiar to hla ears, and by the sight of what, at first glance, he took to be the beginning of a street brawl. CHAPTER Xlll. ' Flight. In the alcove the girl waited, torn in the throes of incipient hysteria; at first too weak from reaction and revulsion of feeling to do anything other than lean heavily against the wall and fight with all her. strength and will against this crawling, shuddering, creeping horror of nerves, that threather conened alike her sciousness, and her reason. But insensibly the tremor wore itself away, leaving her weary and worn but mistress of her thoughts and actions. . And she dropped with gratitude into a chair, bending an ear attentive to the war of words being waged in the room beyond the portieres. At first, however, she failed to grasp the Import of the altercation. And when in time she understood its trend. It was with incredulity, resentment, and a dawning dread lest a worse thing might yet befall her, worse by far than aught that had gone before. But to be deprived of his protection, to feel herself forcibly restrained from the shelter of his generous care ! A moment gone she had been so sure that all would now be well with her, once Maitland succeeded In ridding himself of the police. He would shut the door and and then she woulfl come forth and tell him, tell hiiji everything, and, withholding naught that damned her in her own esteeni, throw herself upon his mercy, bruised with Dvtitcnce but serene in the that he would prove kind. She had such faith in bis tender l, honor. In the beginning, Indeed, all that restrained her from doing so was her knowledge that .Maitland would be more pained by her sacrifice than gladdened relieved. He was so sure of . It was in clearing himself. . conceivable to her that there could be men so stupid and crassly unobserv ant as to be able to contuse the Identity of the two men for a single in stant. What though they did resemble each other in form and feature? The likeness went no deeper; below the surface, and rising through it with every word and look and gesture, lay a world-wid- e in gulf of difference every shade of thought, feeling, and Instinct. She herself could never again be deceived no, never! Not for a second could she mistake the one for the other. . . .What were they saying? The turmoil of sub sided as she listened, breathlessly, to Maitlands story of his adventures; and the joy that leaped in her for his frank mendacity in suppressing every incident that involved her, was all but overpowering. She could have wept for sheer happiness; and at a later time she would; but not now, when everything depended on her maintain ing the very silence of death. . . How dared they doubt him? The lnsolents! The crude brutish insol ence of them! Her anger raged high again . . . and as swiftly was quenched, extinguished in a twinkling by a terror born of her excitement and a bare suggestion thrown out by Hickey. . . . explainin how a crook like Anisty made three tries In one day to steal some jewels and didnt get em. Where were they, all this time? Malf'.nds cool retort was lost upon her. What matter? If they disbelieved him, persisted in calling him Anisty, in natural course they would undertake to search the flat. And if she were found. , . . Oh, she must spare him that! She bad given him cause for suffering enough. She must get away, and that instantly, before . . . From a distance, even by telegraph, morning she could communicate with him. . At this juncture OHagan entered with his parcel. The rustle of the paper as be brushed against the door jamb was in itself a hint to a mind keyed to the highest pitch of excite ment and seeking a way of escape from a position conceived to he perilous. In a trice the girl had ttirned and sped, lightfooted, to the door open ing on the private hall. Here, halting for a brief reconnals sance, she determined that her plan was feasible, If hazardous. She ran the risk of encountering some one ascending the stairs from the ground floor; but if she were cautious and quick she could turn back in time. On the other hand, the men whom she most feared were thoroughly occupied with their differences, dead to all save that which was happening within the room's four walls. A curtain hung perhaps a third of the way across the study door, tempering the light in the hall; and the broad shoulders of the cabby obstructed the remainder of the opening. It was a chance. She poised herself on tiptoe, half undecided, and the rustling of paper as O'Hagan opened the parcel afforded her an opportunity to escape, by drowning the noise of her movements. For two eternal seconds she was edging stealthily down toward the outer door; then, in no time at all, found herself on the landing and confronted by a fresh complication, one unforeseen: how to leave the house without observed, being stopped, and perhaps detained until too late? There would be men at the door, beyond doubt; possibly police, stationed there to arrest all persons attempting to leave. . . . No time for weighing chances. The choice of two alternatives lay before her: either to return to the alcove or to seek safety in the darkness of the upper floors untenanted, as she bad been at pains to determine. The latter, seemed by far the better, the less dangerous, course to pursue. And at once she took it. r There was no light on the landing it having presumably been extinguished by the janitor early In the evening. Only a feeble twilight obtained there, In part a reflected glow from the entrance hall, partly thin and diffused rays escaping from Maitland's study. So it was that the first few steps upward took the girl into darkness so close and unrelieved as to seem almost palpable. At the turn of the staircase she paused, holding the Tail and resting for an instant, the while she listened, ere ascending at a more Bedate pace to a haven of safety more complete In that it would be more remote from below. the battle-grounAnd, resting so, was suddenly chilled through and through with fear, sheer . first-floo- d childish dread of tha intangible and unknown terrors that lurked in the blackness above her. It was as if, rendered supersensitive by strain and excitement, the quivering filaments of her subconsciousness, like spiritual tentacles feeling ahead of her, had encountered and recoiled from a shape of evil, a apecter of horror obscene and malign, crouching, ready to spring, there, in the shadow of night. , . . And her breath was smothered in her throat and her heart smote m madly against the frail walls of its cage that they seemed like to burst, while she stood transfixed, frozen In inaction, limbs stiffening, roots of her hair stirring, fingers gripping the banister rail until they pained her; and with eyes that stared wide into the black heart of nothingness, until the night seemed pricked with evanescent periods of dim fire, peopled with monstrous and terrible shadows closing about her. . . . Yet It was absurd! She must not yield to such puerile superstitions. There was nothing there. . . . There was something there , . . something that like an incarnation of hatred was stalking her. . . . If only she dared scream! If only she dared turn and fly, back to the comfort of light and human company! , , . Thefe arose a trampling of feet In the hallway; and she heard Maitlands voice like a far echo, as he bade the police good night. And distant and unreachable as he seemed, the sound of his words brought her strength and some reassurance, and ahe grew slightly more composed. Yet, the instant that he had turned away to talk to the cabman, her fright of that unmenace speakable and incorporeal flooded her consciousness like a great wave, sweeping her metaphorically off her feet. And indeed, for the time, she felt as it drowning, overwhelmed In vast waters, sinking, sinking into the black abyss of syncope. , . . Then, as a drowning person were told clutches at straws, she grasped agalu at the vibrations, of his voice. . . What was he saying? You will wait outside, please, until I come out or send somebody, whom you will take wherever directed. . . Speaking to the cabman, thinking of her, providing for her escape! Considerate ana icrioalghfed as always! How she could have thanked him! The warmth of gratitude that enveloped her almost unnerved her; she was put to it to restrain her impulse to rush down the stairs and . . . But no; ahe must not risk the chance of rebuff. How could she foretell what was in his mind and heart, how probe the depths of his feeling toward her? Perhaps he would receive her protestations in skeptic spirit. Heaven knew he had cause to! Dared she . . . To be repulsed! , . . ' But noJ He had provided this mean , for flight; ahe would advantage herself of it and . . . and thank him by letter. Best so; for he Jmust ever think the' worst of her; she could never undeceive him pride restraining and upholding her. Better so; she would go, go quickly, before he discovered her absence from the flat . . . And incontinently she swung about and flew down the stairs, silently, treading aa lightly on the heavily-padde- d steps as though she had been thistledown whirled adrift by the of the wind, altogether heedless creeping terror she had sensed on the upper flight, careless of all save her immediate need to reach that cab before Maitland should discover that she had escaped. The door was just closing behind the cabby as she reached the bottom step; and she paused, considering that it were best to wait a moment, at least, lest be should be surprised at the quickness with which his employer found work for him; paused and on some mysterious impulse half turned, glancing back up the stairs. Not a thought too soon; another instant's hesitation and she had been caught. Some one a man was deMaitland? and rapidly. scending; Even In her brief glance she saw the white shield of a- shirt bosom gleam dull against the- shadows. Maitland was In evening dress. Could it he possible . . , ? No time now for conjecture, time now only for action. She sprang for the door, bad it open in a trice, and before the cabby waa really . enthroned upon his lofty box, the girl was on the step, fair troubled face upturned to him in wild entreaty. Hurry!" she cried, distracted. Please oh, Drive off, at once! please! Seising reins and whip, he jerked the startA-- animal between the ahafta out of its abstraction and I say, cabby! One moment!" The cabman turned; the figure on the stoop of the house was undoubtedly Maitland's Maitland as he had Just seen him, with the addition of a hat. As he looked the man was at the wheel, clambering in. Changed my mind I'm coming he said cheerfully. along, cabby, Drive us to the St. Luke building, please and burry! "Yesslr! . d (TO BE CONTINUED.) Feminine Logie. The feminine mind is a strange arremarked a friend rangement, My wife gave me a letter to mail this morning, with two cents to buy a stamp. I told her the letter was a little over weight and would reShe said it quire an extra stamp. wasnt worth the difference and how do you think she remedied It? She tore the letter open, scratched out one page of it, put It In a new envelope and handed it back to me! Can you beat that? yee-terda- Farmers should eat more oatmeaL ' Although the farmer of today fa able to buy almost anything he wants to wear or eat he isnt paying enough attention to food values when it comet to his own table. He feeds his stock carefully, avoids and selects the stock food that he believes will give the best returns in strength and general efficiency. If be has been watching the extensive researches and experiments on the question of the best human food for muscle and brain he will heed the advice from all sides to eat more Quaker Oats. Quaker Oats is mentioned because it Is recognized in this country and Europe sb the best of all oatmeals. Feeding farm hands on Quaker Oats means getting more work out of them than if you feed them on anything 61 else. In Demand. An infant in a Pullman car set up a loud wall, and would not be com torted, narrates a high railroad official, and I came forward and told the young mother that I had helped to raise five, and that I thought I could secure a quietus. 1 put the little turn turn across my knees, and with a gentle jogging achieved beautiful results. Instead of giving me the credit 1 deserved, some drummers in the car showed stern disapproval of my butting In. At 2 a. m., the baby woke up and Btayed awake, and kept every one else in the car awake. Finally a gruff voice asked: Wheres that fool that put it to sleep this afternoon, I wonder? over-feedin- g Silence. Very few men know how to keep still. The Italians have a proverb, Hear, see, and say nothing, if you wish to live in peace." The man who is bent on telling all he knows, generally ends in telling a good deal more than he knows. The tongue is harder to bridle than the wildest horse that ever roamed the prairie.- - The Germans say truly that talking comes by nature, while silence comes of the understanding. 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Dy-o-l- A Call for Cough Drops. I tell you I must have some money! roared the king of Marltanla, who was in sore financial straits. "Somebody will have to cough up. Alas! Bighed the guardian of the treasury, who was formerly the court jester, all our coffers are empty." Tit-Bit- s. So Different Mrs. Uppercrust takes such great interest in her baby. "Yes; she says she was delightfully surprised when it came, as she had obtained her ideas about babies from the comic supplements, you know. Puck. Including Ham Actors. Going to come and see me act tonight? "No, I have joined the meat strike. What has that to do with it? I have cut out hams. Takers of the United States Census will use Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen because it is always ready and sure. Every man thinks hes a superior judge of human nature. f f(S0RJdS7 . 1 crmsj SZ5Guar |