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_ __' if ;V ;- -- ._ tv-` - V " - _ - -_ _V V' x- W '_i_£L!.1_'L-~~‘.~ Q' "" .-1.505 :~f *f-*<1-”  `
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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‘I cl'ile r1'Prolllot`er
` sv JANE PHELPH -
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
4
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
9
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
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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;
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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.
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Wil. neil just
your
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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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“WllliMornfng Never Comef7”‘ i*
“' 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." ‘
You are protected against imitation! by
the portrait and signature of A. W., 
M.D.. the famous Receipt Book author,
which are on every box of the genuine Dr.
Chase-'s Nerve Food. 50c a box, 6 for
$2.75, all dealers. or Edmanson, Bates &
Co., Limited. Toronto.
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