f I _ 1 ,-'#r.~.tt`¢<-""-=-%"''rh‘.-..f-».»’-~1, ._ Ml " f “.5” ' ' _ . _ . -»- ,, _ _ ~ I ~ _ l l of . 5,.,» ..~,_ , < ».», , ‘ » e _.fr ,_ _ -5, .___ -_ M , - 1§1,¢__,»,¢__~;,'_~.`__-,_ At; ___.__,__,_f. _ _\‘u,_...~-f__,_./____§,_.. v t . _ _ _ _ ___ raid _ - r'“°_£i’l°ilibi.'.':ii-hzf 'fr tw-l~-= - ~ ~- . » _ f 'T - -» I ~ _ - _ ' _ -_ .1-_--~ '-r--::.1;j;--_- '- _ - - I1- _ _ ‘ ~'-~r' "vs_-,.‘»-~ ~_----if-»-~---~..... ..._ _ . . ' _ . ._ I - - * ’ ‘ ` " - __ ‘ ' "‘*' -*Wh __ _ _ ‘ *_ ‘» ° _ » if _- .- ` _ _ ' .' "._N __ __ _ ___ I e 1 0 s -l‘,$_.»`-_‘° - lv JAN: Q9' U$#%$#$§S‘$8i$%&§k%$¢i¥i?$atil§>$\i&¢§ii§\li it ¢%$%3 Mill!! s lie never showed it in a 7 WW- _ _ I had listened intently for Neil’| reply to » that speech of Blanche Or~ ton’s us we rose from the tabIe_ Ile had leaned toward her and said just urn.-»1°AKr:s s|.ANc|-I: oavows shot sau sau ~ _ -_ f '*°V'°E 7° EXCERCIBE vouihtermlz 3-ov" and new w'?Y:l:rrT>‘;uo'- » 'cn.u"rsut xvll » 1" Mi* °f*°I1 ¢°mir\s?" Boulcway those two words hurt me Ions shot. rn out the thins through At ,times I fell. almost afraid ol‘\ |yla::-kl°dc°t:_?_ ‘|“;’530ll as careless- "-‘°"° '~|\“'“ if hi’ 'md “lil “\°l`°- U ‘ ~ - ad so intention ‘allowed an Intimacy of which I had .. , » to let N il It ' . _mm swayed ma Then “nm _ _“lousy can_3$v_B\;I:_thea feeling 0(___fl0t dr_ea:_I_ned. I knew oi Neils man. was _ most ashamed of loving -him; been a______a_____ or _“___ (_>rto:_i had- ;\;2:‘du_I_t____ \v_ome;:; _.how he carelessly ____ m cm 1_.m"_ when hqseemed “___ ____ ____v___g_ _hor _“med B it looted _or th? ern: tt lmzs meanins theln_ *\“lm‘“° _“hw Wm' 'P°""“~ 9.1¢". a little surprised at his 're I“ I] Wm woman uH:indm;vl1l3\enl tollflimuid ul( ' ' - _ ' ie sa n ha ed. Men are said to be selfish. ~ 0 h 9 y In hmm women talk as if » all N I’ BCHYGOII' ever goes out mother instant. But this was dif- ih B ~ - " ' '. ' “ . you knou. And Blanche said llruierent, this intimacy with Blanche' my Iqvg for Neil. so strongly had It ilsbniss w ere bred in men. and "in- eradycebie; therefore It'_|n_n_'gt_b`q - “u__ :;“j__:Y;_:_n‘;;::_`gasmus_;1;t-l.m It_ l_;iusl_ `3_\;_¢_¢_>1i_ yl_I__s_cnsctl_ddange;' _to _:stil hap. ,spud by women _ __ __ _ -_ - . ' arrc tc _ Hb. _con no e e see t Nm was __ __omp0a_____ ;ss___________u_. 1il;l)u_:_:owi; slgeys ailing," iow I felt. He was so wilful, se °° 1.1 '° rave con 1 r o s n ucy w ler lulg son`\§'ways° unselflsh ton definite f ' - -“““°lI *"0 iwfvre inviting hor onoo lrlvo hun further, lustouu or halt-I degree In others. And ns his unsel-' I had hmm ___ _“___ can __e___ _‘_A _ _ng __ fish*-'actions -were invariably accom. ,,, mln . Bl _ 1 _‘_ _l9l»l€l‘; of course he had said It jolt Not that I thought -for a nlonlent mwlgd ay pas mme °v°'m°' "5 UIEIY. but now the epithet rocurrecl: hot. Neil was seriously engaged or ,mdngonemslty toward mc, I would - 1" “J” 'ad ll an wa' cont romisei hi forest the other slao-~r.-no solash .TM L_ ‘ ‘ Y I I’ _ ' ‘ mi _ ~ h ._ . _ _ ..- ------~-» “$352 M :$15. .“_.‘;“.;’.'.“.':.:l;° °'.;‘:.':'. .'. .";'.;;°: ' - . S at a-'timer 1 - ~ - i "T00 late now. Whore the mul lla disposition I knew he was in a ` h dmoved int _ _ _ - ' - . - _ WH' a' ° °"” new *Van ter ulth_Blanche? Jealous of he dangerous position. But she would me|,_t`. I felt almost Iostin the Im. megs., rooms. I had_.cared-tor;-the snfilsr one with a sort of, joyous deities and energy, iaeesuso as' I tor Non, lt was -'my » mu., house. mygiiret home with bim." Lthrough my life at home with ` r and. mother, there had lbeon. Q from the necessary ,plainnesp ia. ss uf no lu ry. Ho often said Iaughingly: like fthe sensation of sinking' n tn things' so we had ‘u“‘“*‘ Blanche. 'She’s u great little pushel` ` lukhlxfgly, "yon made desperate love d wi ch th ge I big, ful cushions, und easy .you felt that never could you .and wont to entertain both me, coolo in our circumstances, .if .. Yourself? You women are bayoua me- 3310 ii GIWMIS toy and drosse _5¢“l1llil\U|Y. -One would think yot W°“ld- he dslishtou that 1 ws, U10'-llhtful enough to a-sk bor.” _ -“1'u1 sorry you asked her, all th- Same- Why dIdn‘t you invite Lot P35110 .Morton instead? Sbc's .:li1ngIe.’ lav_o to make il fight for him if that vas hor idea-to take him from nle. should not let go easily. "You rogue!" The words, thi nanner of her saying, came back _gain and again as I continued tc `alk of oil wells. etc.. with our _~uests, while Nell and Blanche -tux-n_ ' dover the music to, und something _ Lorraine‘s all right. liave he 'hey used to sing together I ‘_ ' ~ ' or ampndh But Ne” “Wed too, if you like. But when It come: 1' “It wont like this, Neil," 1 heard to entertaining people_who count I; - ter say, then she bummed the tune. a business way, there Is no one -llkl _ don't you remember? You should.` for a man." ther woman than vour wife to hell o mo that night." rs mm’ mme yowwcre “med i"‘ “But Nell. you \\'ou'Idn'tv ask uno f Mr. Fred-erlck, the man with whom .wus talking, evidently also heard ` I . . _ out of Hem Without assistance' 'you in a business affair?" I asked, as i, or Ile at once ilushed and looked un- ' new Mme was °x‘l“mt° 1" tonished :ind puzzled at the phasr -onifortable, while he talked more m . V_y ways. Yet to me it lacked tho; of dffalrs. “I’li ask Lorraine, but "h0I'nelinoss" of the first little home. I have R ha” impmsslon that _“___ A :fashionable and high-priced decor- ator had hung the walls with tapes tries. of soi t plushes. The furnlturu had -been selected for the place it was intended 'io»"i‘IlI with the greatest cate. But-'once put where It be-` loliseil. it had to remain there. It wks uh,€~Q1lli°i‘Yf1“”°“5"‘°l”" ““y“"h°"°i Neil camo home early I was il _said something about having n date | for tomorrow-night." As l feared, Lorraine had at cn gagemeni. But ‘I had learned to ac cept the unexpected where Noll wal |concerncd_ so 'I made my arraingc ments for the dinner for live. "me", ' _ -t-he dining room looking after thf Neil-etllislouliod worn and t.lred.\ ii, was always laboring under u sort of excitement. 'was restless, and "st`rung'up” as falther would lluve oxrpressell lt. I felt anxious about him. but when I spoke oi' what I decoration for the table when he cam- ln. lic called Tonko, the butler an- ordered what he wanted to drinl cooled. I could not help u gestur- ui discouragemeni. That was sn. ther thing which had coma wil l called his “nervousness” he onlv _ .. __ ...- _ _ , » ‘ Ncils ilnancia-Isuccoss-‘the constsl 'lauI;hed'At‘n1o. ' need of stimulant. one-d-Qty He fmme mme in ‘reall The dinner wus -.1 jolly ntiulr it gIee_ I»Ioahtifanother'n1an had de- tlilanche, who looked absolute' “ded po take boxmg lesson' He clutrmiug-. thougbin almost muddcnin explained his reasons. 'ly I.-lnmodest decollete. At iirst I wa. _hiliviéyizns says Il look u'_ed'__ ‘__ embarrassed, accustomed as I wa. u ecause get no “em ae' b that time to the extreme In dres- l'm'sitting in an office ibreeouar-I Y ll?-ut I knew I also looked well. an torsfofthe time. Qneidoes get stale! _“mme an, _mcommmable u_ough_ and soft. The softer one gets, the away, I exerted myself to enterial £21318 are irxmfd 1_l_';'"eu.?:ti 1ny.hueband'e guests. I would not a -ret ie won ia en 1 fx _ _ I llz muscles. l_met Blanche Orton toda_l'.‘ 53:11). M5: morgan meo i,,m?,:\,?l;:;u’._ alldgiglle accuged me of getting olil.l_;m____'__ ` ;kl\"Iid:a’fic aqgngements to box "vice Noll had clllcktailfl .~=t\l'\' I, :inf B ' "f°“'f` ' ' Blanche Orton drank hcl-:= :l-ui i‘-|'~‘v Ile had doue.lt because "of Blanche _,.._ _ b9KBQd fUl° Another onl~_ Sim Imp Ol-tons criticism I had been tell- a odd eu! or “me _UU ___ _,., \.__ - , - 7_1' ` ' 8 tl ' - ' ‘~ ' mt _him forttecks that ho lookcd'Bl_mhhe :amy B__lnu|lm___|_ hw mm realy. and Ili; had simply luughoa llnd dismissed It with a shrug. Iiut ol' her conversation was dEr_~u1c.I i Noll, her reparieo Ilung ut him, ubii me gwmem' she Stoke to mm he had I was leit to cntorluzln the two l'.»||.:= been nuakenod to the necessity for au-' H088 111011. Hou' . _ 'They were »pla.in sort oi' men. on» Itilink that ,Iediousy of Blanclic of them es eciallv R'dtl1<‘l‘ limi" Ul't` wakened In me then'."Shc. " I _ . dnortxger maifs wife, could lliiltzenmlaéd ”|`1Bl1I-- Un: could easily £1; my jigusballd where I could noi, I °`fIn_:hI?u_?;D§dey “asv ;.;/rp mmm, not-of had heard anything tnng|b!ef;;°:__t_?m_ p___?f;__ 'imma ' dinner in any' way against Mrs. Orton; ~'sIw‘w____° not an c\.m_').day Hmm. wnl \\uls.rece1‘ved everylvhorc. .Yet l'bad ` th;_m_ » l'rEu xlx_ - What lludclaused Blanche 'Orion to nmito that relnsi-It? usd there been something said about her and Noll, and was sho repestius itto htm? Qr. perhaps, he was retailing something to her. Neil always talked _ _gp__l|°___h&d_ be _.drill_ _,__ ' 1 '!sR¥i”tll'e wait! “again” IIHKQYF noud-ly as if he were trying to pre- 'snt me from -hearing anything more 3nt they had found the song, and vere soon `sl.nging. I had to confess but their voices blended wonderful- y Weil, and when they had finished _ told them so. - _ "You are very generous." Mr. Fred. ,rick said to inn when they 'coin I ncnced another duct. _ _ I had :begun to quite like this bluiT vestemer. even though he lacked _ nany of the graces possessed by mor. ` ri society. He had interested me won I.-.rfully in his descriptions of big oil _ veils .he owned in the west. and also sl Mexico I-Ie had some pictures of ' hem in his pocket, and seemed pleas- -d that I was interested. His little ‘emark that I was generous made me Ike him alll the more while it, In n 1 vuy, embarrassed me. It showed he I vas not unobsorvant. and that if he vero at bit uncouth, that he appreciat- .rl the poise which enable me to an lear unconscious of her husband's llrtation with Blanche Orton. After a, little iurther singing. Neil -at down and talked r Pew moments .vlth both the oil n1“:i. while Blanche )rt`on and I pretended to bo Inter- isted In ouch other. .Ilut I' found nysolf answering her ut random vhilo I Ilstencd keenly to what Neil .nd his guests were saying. - "I haven’t a doubt I .can put li hgugll .If you Wild not llIlt‘l'l`t:I'£‘," veil remarked. i _ "I think you would lu' doing ll vor_\' ,u\visl,- und risky thing to try tu naultgn It along thc lines you sug- qest." Mr. Frederick said. "In Ihe '~ I p'-:lv it is not the sort of an ai- ulr that ug cm afford to have “Hy- lno who is shady mtxerl up tu- lu he 'second -place if you do as you suggest and anything goes wr0l1L!~ ii vlll dons as woll us 3'0" H KWH* lon or hom. No. on-aight metiwus .rc the best. There may HOL be 14°' nuch money at first. but in the end g always pays to be oncn and above l0t_1I‘d." _ There was some more talk, then lur guests left after N0-ll made an ‘~.ppolnt=ment to seo thorn inthe norninir_ We iHlk0<1 V011’ limi' “/_UQU tlonc. It was late. But I lay ii\\!f\\¢'2 ar into the night. once m0I‘0 Wllli hut foreboding sensation in connec- Ian with Noli’s business affairs. ' anlaaml oscloes Nor To se _.i`aA\.ous or _sLANcne aaron "~ cnztrrnn XX. When Noll came home the _host monsoon I asked him some ques- t-ons about thc business upon which me was ongiuged with the two men who were our guests tho nitrht ll"- Tore. At brc-akfaet ho had been abso- lutely unapproacblsble. _ .fy "What do you went to know? You wou'ldn’t \|nde\\s\.-.l‘:'l If Itrled -to `_tell` Yong' The _,onli -lnswsr he invitrim bly gave me. IL.: I had u reply’ _'fill' him. this time: - "Mr, 12';-odorick dIdn‘t seem to think m¢_,°_.-'dum.' lin talked oi tho oil wellsdo me and told me a great deal about ‘them because he saw I was Interested. li I can understand Iilnl. I think I could yon.-dear. when I ours so much more b°°“““° H 55 Wil-"‘ "Oh, I want te_ sell some shares In prospective 'w"suo. 'shut is un." . "Ars they sooo wells?" ~. 5 when ho had been indulging himself. I I tiluss. -It-had been a- eommonpllce -amos enough. But he had -moved. _ ,Qt _ 't..K.`° “ 9* “_ ' "ih,nd"-I 1 hgd_aeon-thanow_ rooms. diurnal-uf-so , _ , ,, ,.,.... *open and above board," waslft; In Not bo take money without the peg. ple knowing just what it was to be used for?" “I thought Frederick was game! heh; a regular old woman. But hc rIocsn”t have all the say, not by xl lin spite of him. Now for plty’u sake ion't ask any more questions! Do tive a man ri little peace in his own home." And. as- llc often did now when annoyed, he opened _tho cellar- :tte and_t.ook a drink. I said no more. it would only l|Ialte.lIinI.'dIill‘ik more. Besides he was' too clever, too crafty to give inc the true reasons for anytlling ho did 'f Ile tllought I would dlsnpprovc. I spoke of Blanche Orton. and re- 'uarkcd I thought. ,uhe looked very stunning the night ilul`ur\-. I would 'ny uotlxlng derogxltury even of In-r zlotlics. | ifloarly, Null \\'al.snnt anxious to :nik of her, and in rtply he only said: A "illan\:l|c is always stun|ling_" “ls silo -lla.p'py with hui' llusband? "I don't think thorn suited to one ln‘other.“ "lf llo's such nn. invalid sin- may Iuve sl chance to try il a second "imc," I hoped to draw Neil out. “I hope slw'll get someone who is lvorthy 'of-her if she does.” When one 'iq in love. as Iwas with \Ieil, intuition seizes quickly upon :ho slightest thing. Illia uso of the word "worthy" had scented slrungul is appllicd to Iilztllcllp Orton. ` "lsn't Mr. Orton il good muh?" "IIe's It stuplld ass." "Why--Nell F101'-bes! what :I why to talk of him. I moan isn't ho good 'nora.-ily. and isn't he square in busi_ ness?" _ “Yes--I Imlcsa he is Iloln. But ;1 »Ic\'o-r woman like Blanche Orton wants more than goodness in il. man. She wants to he r-nteriallnod, amused interested. It is n crime for he; to Iivo with thni man." i “lin-,v l-ons: have you llun\\'n ‘.'ll<-I-_ Neil?" lf- “l ulci ll-er right after sho lnzlrriirtl Orton-alhout four years hgo_" » ' _ I asked no more questions. but I f:ouldn't help \\'ontlcrinl;: lf. had' silt been free when he inet her. ho would have married llc'r'.‘ ii \\'u.~l illollsll lu mzlkc |l1ysclf_n,;lscl'oblo ovvr such l. thing, and detcrnlincdly I put ir ‘rom mc. llc" had not xnrlrrl-ll; Blanche. and. he had lnurrictl nn- Il would not lr_e-_'IJ_ecausl-, I dill not Irf- to hold lrlm l.ly_overy nleans in nr power if sho. or any other \vmnuu took hi-nl away from me. H Blnnclle Orton had boasted ill-.li she always got what alle \\‘i\ntclI_ a` ways had her own way in life. in ill- ` Jig as well :I-.~l in _the little thing. But isnruly there was it limit to Ill-l desires. She was at iilrt--that c\'cr_\' one knew; _'but probably that was ul It amounted to; just n ilirtutiou witl Noll and others Ilccuusc -i-.'l1u_\\'u- bored by an invn.lId husband. L would not be Jealous. - li is sunprisfllng how nlucil on :un accomplisll cron in .~lul:h tlllgg Ii’ tlley low, and lf they do not 1;iv»_- up io lliloless roplnlng und llulll-nltllv ;|noiliou. So ut this tiinu It was only itself. But illzlt other nlI~+gi\'iug~ that t|uoasincs,-, collrrc-rn1n',; Neil lliall Jolt, grow upon uv: in spin- ol' :ll my eudo;l\'tlru lu llnuisil ll. I sAneAnA vlsrrs News New os. FICES l)iIAI"I‘E_lt XXI Neil ufteuilpolrc r»l‘ Illelli-Ile Urluni munoy. “A woman willl us luuvli iluu'_;Il :ll sho hue, can hi.-lp al main in illullyi ways," he had said t\'lll:`ll solllvollc told of how sho llud started hcl' bro ther on tbl- road Io fortune: and how It had booll lwr money tlml. had Iur~ thcrod molly scllclnos of 0rton's. "I wish I hull mont-y_ to bring you, Nell." l nerr-r llutlillougllt of it Ile- roro. that Ir., not until ll heard lllm speak of Niro. Qrton's money. I’ll nmko money enough Il' Ilcoplc will lui me uloncl" Iils nnswcl' ima; lloull gruff. "l wish you had u llti.<~ oI‘.hgr pop. You might influence some of these fools.” ` 'fl would do everything I could to help, if you would lot me." _ "But `ypii vvon’t `di'|i.`\l`t,> and nluizi- _ihcln feel easy. You are too follicl- tlorial for Iho men I have to delll \\"lth." _ ' Itwas the llrst time hc cvur had spdlien so to 'me. 'I' thought it an ab- surd most. [Im-t.peo'ple, women, hall to -be so unconventional to be of hclp to thon~»hnsbsnds_ I "Zen eco, Bah. I ani umkingl money, doing a good business. But I want to 'do more. It-costs us like ‘some really big deals, 'get as many oi’ the fat things as I can. I hate piking. And there are Iots» of Ili! fat things to be had; but a msn docs n’t get them by sitting In his oflicc You have got to Z0 “if-01° \h°l\- And what gets' one man, drives answer sway." _ :- ll had been In Nell's._offIce but n few "And -that was what Hr. Froderloii _ by spoils that my j_o:|luu.~'_\‘ ilsst-l-lteli . sitio hull lo arwxiuu' ill low lily. _ _ . . ’ ‘- __ _ _ _'I _ I. . _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ , , _ . _ . _ . __ ___ ’. ,,_ , _;__t_. A, , ‘, ’” , l I ’ *j-__',.'-’ ."fi._."’l,‘-x~"' '$5' _ F2 Z /"52 \ "\ \\ \\\§\\ wi //-/ J' / rj, .- u/ /' N: “T M#-f\“"\ _W-* fig! al l§ff~f“°”” ./ ,...~»»f"‘_/,”'f;\-»\ ~f"5i/"\|/\..»~*" __/.f*‘ stu- _»~ '_A --.»_.- -» _- Hundreds of people write-us each year saying: "Publish my testimony sg _ that all sufferers from Kidney or - Bladder trouble may know what Gin Pills did for me anfl will do for them." _ _Here is the message they wish us to 15'. \---,__ “1..A.,_.. _ _ -__ _ , \~»~ .-. ”`\ ~ 3;- glvc to all who sei--_‘dnl your Kidney or restore you to again." Try them. Sold everywhere for 50c. sl box. The National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited . Toronto, si \_ . ek Q-..§",,j_~_2‘-¢<`\ '-<-~. ow "“<3°\“‘< "%~.,_‘~_=<» t fb; Backacllc, Painful Urination, Gravel, ‘ Stone in the Bladder or other Kidney ' ` afHictions_"Cin Pills will remedy U.S. residents should address - I .` "*; If; ff. ll _ rf-f r‘ /_ . J' , Y renlizc the agomes of , ‘ I .I1 Bladder troubles and ‘ health and strength If ‘ T - Ontario. rf Na~Dru-Co., Inc., 202 Main St., Buffalo. N.Y.` -_ _ _ 'lr-3,\'|l<:I;l'~;T!§'_ IIi~ llitd just guilt- ill' 'il llll'fZI":I:: l'.l;~ l\i|l|st\lf_ - _ l I urls tho sllr|lrisi~llsly rur- nlslled rooms. ull uri<~nI.zlI rugs und zleanlillg lnuI1ogun_v_ .\'ot one or two. hut ll Shilo of Ilallf at riozen rooms; opening into one another! Ono or t‘.'.'o mon, c\'Id|:uiI_\' booIl<: I'l~tiy lllll llrt‘;'- .Il'v.~'sl:|I. Il\'u\--I-oiil'|ll‘4‘il Illrllml-s \~.<‘l'l- also |l\'l~i<-llilim: in \'.'l>\'I; :ll till-`.r i_\‘pl-\\'riil~l':;, Ilnl in rt-;|Ii|_\» \\-,.,»,,. \\':l|r-lllnl: ml- :ls I l|\:l\||~ my mul' ul' illsiletziiilll, "l)id Mr. I-`m'llt~s lvzlvu amy wilrtl :ls iw wilful hi- lvilnlll rz~iurn‘."' I alskl-ll nf- ul' tlli- itlrls. ".\'il -ln* lllzll lust wills- lluvl. :il _d;l_\'_" with :l in-'sa1lI'|||i'll|‘s|fl. I » I -llli:.~=sitgc_" Suddenly ii. struck me ilmt I would not tvll who I \vz\.-_ Il \-ruillil Ilzivo :l Iltilo joke with .\'uii` zllmill. il. ‘ "W0ll't ,vllu lcllvt-_ your uzlnlc " slic- usked, rather ea|.;crly, I tliouglll. "Nu-it is immaterial." ll slnilcrl to myself ns I went down in the elevator. I would have som:-| fun with Ncil about by vIsit_ lint' my slllilvs were soon tlisslpatvll by Illougllis \vlli<:ll I sz-uulctl uurlliit- In I-lllllml. I \\`ll)' \\:l:: il ill-rr:=.~':lI'_\' l`1>l' Noll lil: Ilzlvv sllcll \\'lmlIv|i|\l oiIli'i~:<‘.* 'I`I|v| I=. .lust us I drove- Illullg' till- |u:iII_ I >'il\\' Noll und lilaillrllr Oi* lou ill :l ialxi I-olllilltg lo\\'l\|‘ll nm. I sllrzlnli Ilntrk inthe norllol-_ Perhaps if tlloy didn'i sim mr. tllr-, call" would |l:le=s_\lnnul,I<'t:d_ I nclrd nlli have \\'llr|-if-1|; n