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him that I greeted him very ¢°,d|“|, 'what do you know of him?" - l v 0 ly- I noticed aunt looked hor sur- “0h, we have known htm a longi

Drise. I ilnshed as I recalled that "mei he is “"'“Y° 3"” as V0" “W 0 '

said 1 hopoq were wouyd be M him toda>'.- A plain blunt msn, but Dlnnel’ Set

We With Neil; then I hushed gun »str_&lElltf0l‘WlJI‘d and bonest. He is

more as I saw her look at me. ' H V917 ‘W°°lf»hY» 81111 I cen’t helli ` WM!" Ind |0V¢|y '

"MY uunt, Mrs. Carter, Mr. In-¢,d. il1K.\19 W°“|d 'bficvlne interested with 0

erlick. He .has ,consented to lunch* Neil’ -.,- I-I9. is older and would be n re

.W Th us." Nell said in his usual oi! E004 lu'll\19u¢°»" I added, knowing ° '

hand manner. T en went right on sunt -would wonder why I was oo Ggen

talking to Mr., E erick as we trell. anxious. ' _

ed after them into thedinlng room, "But -j 'you speak Bah' no if ,Noll ' “The company le to 'bo inoorpoy; needed some good ` lniluence. You‘

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one |e1I_4sAn'r-enol<enV t ' _ »-¢l_££A‘\leie, N'ell. me `

‘_ V _IEEN DnI_Nl<m_g

. cllalvrl-as Lxxxvrf 77”,

1%!! IP! time was spent with Ml-ly, 0%-ter, _ but I soon ,dismissed any‘ idea I might have had of giving ony to concentrate his mind upon ogaenthun b_'e;(ore_,ehe'calne. lcould see” that it was at times an eiiort for

at'Yhon1e‘~very little, scarcely more'

ern IIQN ‘8_\¥,lAl-lil lluu e-ncaa; sq;

'elf .len `SuilI1ll Aq pus ‘s.lonu|p Henle;

99,412 _-IU. 0551' IIIIM IIB A 'worried ilccordlngly. 8 W Wm”

lb985od 'him to toll me what lla

sort oi' large aii'ail-s_l'or her. I coll. what either of us were sayIng,_au'd 1 ull# QDIBE that he could not be more etlhome, could not give his aunt tho" at_§ention;/it seemed his romeo; for her; demanded. I-I9 only _shrngg¢d_ andiasked mc notto annoy him, 1

"fi have .ill l can tulle earo`_ol' __wltb. it

out- listening to your rcproucl1es,” hc snld. “I aul putting over-trying" to _l_'_atiler,-ll bil' deal. I can’t ho wor- ricd about .\unt having a good time, You surely should be nblc to enter-.l tain her; lldl- idens arc very siinplq-,"§

It lsn’t that Nell. She is yourl

aunt, I- know. lint I am land of her, ulld_ I"il_1l`§t§i11c she feels hurt 'becuusc you nron't with us more."

"N'onsense!--If you want to bring her down town to the La\vyel‘s Club for luncheon tomorrow _vou may". Then you can plan lor n ulutincc or' solncthlng al`terivards.",

“`T’ilat_wi_l1 be nice. I alll sure sho

willfbo-pleased to lunch there, I hlloiv I always nm. We will take Rob- crt for rt drive In the park first. She- sllnply refuses to be sepurntcd from him' and llo from her. She told me yesterday lllut sho never thought she could beconlc so fond oi' n child ns' nw nod of lilui."'

"l»le's a glost hid." “You don't hall’ know how cunning

hc ls, you s-cc so ilttlu of him. Ile is way ahead ol' his classes; his tcacher told mo last week she had to uold nlui out-_k. that no wus ulmosl too 'bright for his ago. 'I-lg speaks F‘ronch`1voodsrI'ully well, his accent is muchbotter than ullue. I wish mother bud mudo me learn lnngunges t when l` was his age instead ot wait- ing until I was almost a young lady!

"Yes, you can't commence too car-

ly."._Neil answered but absent-lulndf cdly. That was the way he was now. llis mind did not seem to he 1111011. anything I sat lor more than a 1I1o~ mont or two. I longed to ‘beg him to talk to me, to tell me ol’ his work, but did_ not. _ When he was trying to l llorlt' one of his schemes he was lm-, patient, nervous, and unlike himself.

There was one thing he he d done.

rather lelt undone since his aunt came. _Notvoncg had I socn him take - il drink. neither had I dotoctcd it on ` his' breath. She was absolutely, op~ posed to liquor .ln .any form. and |` lmow it would rain her greatly should she know- 'that Neil resorted to lt. even wliell womout nervous- ly; .or when in company with 111011 who. ha.hi_tuul,lv_lI1duls0d‘-= . ‘

Then' one 'night he came homo

more nearly drunk than I over _had soon nlm. lt had lianlwlwll “V0 “Y” belore he , had proposed .we 1111101* down town with him. I-le had not colne home to dinner, had not come in until about midDlBl1i- F°'i“““t° li' his aunt had JuSt 8050.10 1"," room. Ho was noisy “Hd ‘quarrel- uomu. l nudf u bud noir hour with him. I was so afraid sho would hear him and come down to see what U10 matter was. Finullyl 80'-` -him t" bed, and 'he soon was asleep. ' 1 was almost heart-broken. I “"3" had become accustomed to his taking liquor. even ever so little. And to S00 him in such "o muudlin or ' quarrel- somg condition was d0El’8l““§ fm' him, and for me. _ In the morning he had ~'DOB1l V915’ penitent. Had called me il- "lI°°¢ all-lf' _because 1 nod 1=entl_Hl'°l“ 1"” aunt and trom the eerventii-_ _ And* had glygn mg _QIBA BOIOIDD "l|\'0mi5°l never to offend to such an extent again. ' Y

"lt I do- l wo_n't com.e4home.’ he

had added. “nutlnw ritual- you W°“\‘1 °°‘“" home than _to let ‘others see YW 1°'

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lil

, Cause ol

Early 0ld Age

~ ` _publicly known that you could so rel

_~ _ f°\`!'°l Yourself as to ‘drink too

!spent tho evening thc night he came <in so unlike llimseli’ from the etfomg

that condItiou,"_ I returned, "lg 5,, bldenousn for mo_w-xuowm 1 51101110 be ashamed ludood if lt were

much.” _ ' “You nlalw mountains out or moles hills. Bah. But don't look so oe;-lou5_ I NWO Promised, haven't I?" V ‘ “Y€S. dear." But somehow -I hhduw

the mini lo lilo promises 1 ,md to have. But I would`n't let him seo it. '

_FR'l°=nl,cl<~» nrrusss vb cou-

SWER A Business Pnonosrrlou 'clmprlcn ~Lxxxv1l.

I had not asked Ncll where no had

Ol what llc had been drinking, 1 thought I would walt llutll no was °'m"'“`ly m"‘B°"`» “U0 ill S0011 humor. Iwas terribly afraid he had been at Blanche 0rton’s. Scnleway when he was out now I invariably ngcngeq him in my mind of ‘being with her..

thing vvlllcll sllowed me l wus mis- taken, but mos-L ot' the time llc wus very close-nlouthed as lo whore he spent his time; even more so than usual since his aunt. came.

Nell kllev' sho would disapprove

ol ills at-llolls. tio had known that Iatiler and lllolllcl- had worried over our extravagant-1-_ and they really were far ions worldly than his aunt ill lnelly lvnls. She accepted the cxtlnvagallcu. our lllollc' ol’ living without dur,-sllou, Tllut tl nephew ut' hcrs could lm dlsiloucsl. silo never would have bclicved. Alid she would have bcou shocked to know llc visit cd another woman without lllc, nlld would have argued with him had sho known it. i "I llo llopc, we sllllll lluvc Neil ull

to illl'sclvcs." I l'enllll'Ilcll to aunt as \i'c drove ilowu to‘\'.'ll. Su ot’l.el_l he llus peopll, he lluows lunch with- him.”

“We lnusl1’t bc seltisll licur Rub. .\ big business mall 'likc l\`cilo1`1t’1\ has to do nlzllly tllings on account of tllnt business." E

"I guess I ‘allow that!" l ;\1lsvvl»refl|_

rather pctti~.=llly, "I have had to lenrll that lesson pcrelclly. I shell be so glad when he felis, he has nlude ouougll so he l\'on't llllvo to work so) llalrd and run tnlro lnorc time all < Ilolnc with mc. ,Why llc lumlly secs# Robert no\v~a~Llnys. Just. al. few inlll-' utes in the morning and occasional-~ ly on sunday. 'rho boy will Scurcell' feel acquainted with hlnl us llc grofws up unless Neil manages to gil/0 hill-I more OI ills tilnc." I had 110! IIIBUIII5 to complain ol Neil Ill any way; but when if started tu talk of ills absen- ces~I‘roln llollle I Invnrizlbly said more than I intended. '

"A mall has to judgg what _is best

lor hlln to do ‘ln his business." unn- replled in I1 rcI11'0Vl1ll§ 11\l\l1U`0\'» U19” changed the subject by altlkllls fliwllt the different buildings “"5 DH-Seed, ctc.l Nell was waiting; lor us, 01141 £0 IDF

suprise so ~\vlls Mr. Fl‘cdcrick. I was so suprised and pleased to ‘ sro

H," ,»,|¢,,mi |l|»mmmln of C‘eu\\~

:limos Io hulth and slrenmtll I».V bullulllng their kidney or ladder , iroubles.

' 'rn N ll .l mu; 1 omllun eo.

° oizinelzde. Limited. Toronto,

'try them. due. A box. M '

md for 'Ivo million." no we lu

chanel' tones. "It will be the biggest

know, And.”~ '

all so l`l°uukly. was-so thluu-tly him- self that she soon “thawed out" as

tin-g pleasantly lwitll him.

Tho luncheon ordered. Ncll at once

turned to Mr. I"rederlclf and -began to talk elf the wonderful protlts he expected to make from this big oil deal which he was promoting.

"You haven't answered my ques-

tion Forbes, who are the men asso- ciated wllll you? I llevcr touch a thing llnlcsf I inlow who’s running it. tt tllc lllell are on lilo square, fair honest fellows. the donl is up to be on tho quare also. But it crooks are behind it, I \rouldu‘l give

sltlon you can lay before me.”

had lloticcfl that Neil tlllslluil as I-‘rederick talked. iiuslled and looked ll, bit elnllal'l'ussed. ` .

“Scotl.’s all right. but who arg the

The wel-tcr just then brought our

luncheon. As he laid the plutcs I heard lfrederlck-sayf -

"You’l| have to count ulc out

l<‘ol'bes. I \von’t go into ullythlug

_ NE»lL’S AUNT BECOMES

INQUISITIVE

L`IiAP'i‘ER LXXXIX

I could see that N'ei|`was terribly

put out. although Ile made no reply when Frcficrlck said he ’w`ouid have to count him. out' I also noticed that Mrs. Carter had heard the rc- mark. and had glanced sharply :l\ Neil as il' to prob the meaning of ivllut uno did not understand. »

I tried to talk naturally, and .Fred-

erick immelllutely ~follovved my lead. Then Neil pulled himself together, and the remainder of the luncheon passed oil’ pleasantly. Aunt and I left as soon as we llullshed, leaving the two men smoking. I h-ad lpl-o~ posed going so that they might _talk business i|"they wished. I wanted I~'redel'ick to believe in Neil, I couldn't help but wish he would go In with Nell' on some ol' his deals. I was sure It would bo e help to my husband in every way if only he could he es socln/tell with a mon so bluntly llonorablu in every way as was Kendall Frederick.

“What did Mr. I*‘rede‘l'lck menu

when 'llc sold -that he wouldn’L go in with tlloso men Neil mentioned? What kind are they?"

“l do not huow them, aunt, I

never have met either one ol’ them." I was glad to be uble to say so hon estIy_ ` "‘Bu-t surely Nell tuilis of his af- fairs to you. You must hnow il' his associates orc all right.”

"No-Noll tniks very little ol his

business affairs at home. Ile says the ofllce is the place for business, not the ho1ne."f _

“ln n. sense he ls right, yet often a

woman’s intuition is a help to a man

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with those Irrilotvs." l g

I rather like that Mr. Frederick'

aren't worried over anything in con netlon with him are you?.” _ - 3

th V of its kind going. We are sure "N0 aunt-that Is not particularly. ot several big wells, and that den, Yet he is in such big things for a the remainder oi the prospect you man as young as ho io, You mug;

know that by what he has accom.

O°°"“’|°”“"y he W0'-\l<l dl‘0Il tsomefilu Ilcrlllillll llutllc ullswcrcd them lnhcrits nlzllly of llcr truits.'f pride

ol' iuluily In her voice.

I tried to change thc subject by

tcrest we -passed, but something seemed to have aroused Aunt's sus tpicion tl\llr,v,~veryt`uillg was not quite all right for sho returned again tv the Subject Of N€||`s btgainogs, and asked ulo_lnally questions, some of which I could not answer. others which I did not carc to.

“I»Ilu\'o you visited Neil’g now

liccP lie was telling mc he had late

ly taken a. more comruodlous one

,she questioned. ‘ "Yes. l have been there once. I do not go often, there is no reason

the snap of my linger lor ony lfrollo- wily I should," I refplied, `llluslllng`l

to think of what had occurred bc._

“Well Scott is one of them ~" \' jcause oi my visit.

1 "l should llketo stop and see it, I

Ill you have time.

"Certainly, We can stop oil then

walk up the Avenue to the theatre.

others?"’ _ iWe shell have plenty ot\timo.” We

°‘(f0llli0|' éillll 'l`6:tll'it: -~ iilld lily- I wore going L0 3 ma,tiuee_ '

sun-" l

i When wo reached the otilcc the iblonde stcnograpller was so frankly' ;suprised to see ns that she amused :me immensely. I told her she could go right on_wlth'llor work, that in lhnd no wish to interrupt her. und that we could 'look around by our- selves. She had risen as if to ac- “compauy ts when I said to aunt ithnt. we would go into Neil’s private loflicc. Fortunately he had not locked ithe door when hoileft. ' .` "This is sumptuous!" Aunt ex ‘ claimed seating herself in one ol the large lcatllor chairs, while I took the swivel one at the desk, I had cough' a glimpse ol’ an envelope addressed In 'bold but fashionable chlrography Perhaps I might happen on to some thing I wanted to know.

"Yes, Neil has vi’/ry good taste," I

lopg toward 'lne us I spoke ol’ the iluo view from the windows.

BAB APPROPRIQTEIS A LETTER

SHE BEES UPON NEIL'8

‘ _ OFFICE DESK

1 -fell positive tho letter inside

that envelope was hom Blanche Or- ton. I had received invitations and , scccptuncos lrom her, and could not The mistaken lu me wi-mug, l oluouod with shame but I ilnally had the letter in my bag. Aunt had risen to look ut tho view as I spoke ol` it, and it' had given me o. chance to slip it lu, I would find out what

she had said to my husband.

“Shall wg go now?" I asked. "Wo

do not want to miss the tlrst ol th.~ play," I said unxious'to get owne before Nell camo iu. He might miss the letter. and ask mo it I had secrl lt, I was ashamed ot myself, _vnt I fairly ached to sac what was :ln tha. letter. How could I wait until the play. was over? I decided I would not. I would excuse myself and go to the ladies dressing room after the Ilrst act and then road It.

As we passed the' stenographer

going out she asked meaningly.

"Shall I tell Mr. Forbes you

lreplied quietly dmwing the cuve-

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Nell would have said, and was chat- talking ol the diifercnt places ol' ln- 6

my question yet," Mr, lc;-ode;-lck ln. I on’t believe thel-c’s another man .. -__ _ ,,»,;._

you In this deal?" made his money. not lnherlwd it ‘ f_j°~ 1, Just then tho head waiter saw us f-haf 1111* 110110 us well You see if ' 1 'Z-”*‘i»

and lcd us to ll table. Forte. l'ew 0110 Il1i\`@l'|U=l m°"9)' "lily llllvays have R 4' i`}'7’I»1:3"<. ii molnsllls the talk was general. us CBI1il»8-llblll Nell had nothing, just e i ‘ \'/ ‘ ' ‘K

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terrupted. Who are associated with NB 'E50 ln all New York who has .1-‘.=x;“,‘E'-§§._:_:-xg;

Noll ordered tile' luncheon. Aunt f0W hundred dollars he had saved.” _ g . lurdeiiouluu.-¢»f.

ixsked Mr' Drederlcii 30310 (IUBNUOIJB. YUS, he 11118 t.l0IlG WOIlti€l'B, Bill. _ Wa pay all delivery charges en than Grand Premiums

Evidently my pleasure nt seeing him 110 WHS HIWI'-I/s Very bright. His mo- ' " f " ` had ul'ous.:lI some sort oi' suspicion U10? “'05 U \'€l'l' lflcvcl' lvolllulif Ilev --_ i , f -'

Bu-t Forbes, you haven'l: answered pls ed sinlco we have been married. _ _ _

Carnation French Cnndinn Teupumu

0eIulne\\'m.A.Re¢q1 mono -the mold benumul pattern

ucnt spot-lui will dclllilli any hnuuehccrcr and they are gulmnteedlo give over: su.

our scan. Thcsr mzgnifl.

Wil. neil just

your

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l filled'-'” lbecuuse or mo nusn which lkoow “CerbalnlyI“ I replied in my cold. she had observed. I

st tone, “Tell him Mrs. Forbes x “l don't like that giri’s looks nor

alld his Aunt wer.; here." ` \I'l'er manner, Sho seemed very pert

‘Sllc nladc no reply. lluti saw al sig- to nie," Ann: remarked as we gained

nitlcant glance she throw to. the tl1olltl'cet. boolckeepcr. it angered me, and yet “Sho Is. I wish Nell would dis.

I was still more incensed ul. myself' charge her _But l don't like to speak

ot lt, There is go mucho*

' _ wives being Jealous of godd

oiflce girls, you know. V think me Jealous.” . '

. "Nonsensel you any

been there once before. I'

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“' F I could only sleep I believe my

I nerves would soon be all right, but

' night after night I lie awake and think about everything under the sun.

“What chance is there of getting-better

so long as this goes on ?”

“None Nerve force is being exhausted

nearly twenty-four hours of _every_ day, and there is no rest and sleep ui which to replenish the waste.”

“One thing sure I cannot stand it much

longer, for I know that every week-yes. every day--finds me more restless and nervous, and less able to stand the strain of the day’s work."

“I suppose the doctor could give me

something to make me sleep, but I don't want that. am weak_enough now. I want something to build up _strength rather than to tear down thcitlssues of the body." ` ` '

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“I believe I will try Dr. Chase's Nettie

Food. I have often heard of it, but navy thought I would need to use it.' lwee always so strong and healthy." - ~§

“This nervous trouble is a peculiar eil,

ment. No one would believe what 'I su? from sleepiessness and nervousness. I°_‘~‘ 9 not look like' an invalid, but I certainly ein one."

“One thing sure I shall not spend lm

other sleepless night before I begin uw Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food. I expect it _ o take a little time to get my nerves right, but I shall get half a dozen boxes and give it a try out. Something seems to tell mg that I shall not be disappointed." ‘

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