ha! r|l Dfiiua-rzwfl rag>zswg ..-_t~.-om>r "JET": ,4\ 11 llillllllltl sun Iiiufiunilm" n‘ IIII Famiufg 9.0. an 18,; AMI), N8. "I suffered Ill\' for Ive yous, having‘ itqo him; Minn I was unable to get up. l tried medicines I new advertlaQ iouwisuaiosbyaoaonwtlioiw Rheumatism always ulna Mal. ‘. In I916, I saw in an advertisement lliat "Fruits-lives" would flop llama sum and took a box, and got zel-Id; than took “Fruit-mtivfi" HQM don‘ for about six month: and I h" ncvcr felt my Rheumatism since". ' JOHN E. GUILDERSON.‘ 5J1: a box, 6 [or Q1), kill l-ilflfifi At dealers or sent pbstplid. Iii Fruit-e-tives limited. Qitawl. Notnlnfl conveys UIWOMP mint-sine cmu-"Iliaa _ Xmas Portrait from the i l 3 BAYER STUDIO l At. “it! IAN‘ TRANIFOIIA- TICN _ Cy Inmn lubineuu - 100mm BACKWAIID Chapter 114 I! In months before I heard thqgpi of her affair from Violet. e , veiled about ao that mall _ us spasmodtcally. We had Jtralxbt to Paris from the 3nd spent only a week there Inlet only a few of the fascinat- in: bits of the ctty and spending moat of the time ‘* ' w-siuce I had to get warm weather cloth- 8S Then we had gone toltaly, and the charm of that country took, ‘such a hold upon me, that l felt I must be almost a new person when I left it, for I had absorbed e0 much of its beauty. so much of its romance. Then north again going slowly, and stopping often ‘in the cathedral country of ‘France. Then again to Paris, when we received some 1on1; de- layed mail, an on into Holland. And it was at The Hague that I found Violefs letter telling me the happy termination of her af- faIr-and other important news. it was very nearly June then- Francis and I mid been married three whole months! "Of course you-won't be a bit surprised to know that Bud and I are engaged again," she wrote. “Both you and Uncle Francis have known all along it would Professional Cards- I . P l UI. iI. II. Iiinlon!§§5i'iu'"335i'- thought 1 cuulu Voice Specialist, Tanner of Plano C-gan and Voice. Studio 146 (heat George St. W. Miles GarrisonMd us» um "B A. B., M. D. ma" and I never denied It would-except to Bud himself. But l felt that the few mouths l kept lkhim from knowing were good for .'him—he thought it was only a whim on my part; he didn't trike at all The conceited help n1 in love with him." I "Well I couldn't. But. after two months he was very doubtful. and in a properly humble frame of mind. So then I graciously re- considered what l had said before and now we'ar engaged again. forever-until ‘we are married. “You were right and so was Hel- en, in what she said aometlmer- that Bud was too sure of me. But P""“°"a"Y T"b°"°“'°"' sndimvnow he knows an independence 120 Brighton Road, Charlottetown. of mind that he never suspected G" Tr°atm°m I" s"°°“d 6"" in me before, and I believes likes Telephone 207 me much more for it, As for my- self, I appreciate being engaged h e PART ONE he Awlklnlng ,,___ '___ OHAPPHI I 4 I For she moment that chance h meeting thrilled all the spectators with the sense of monumental vsl- v cod-liver Oil, to bapl strengthen and build up the vital forces of l ' resistance daily with Scott's Emulsion! I Scan tloIne. Toronto. 0m. 22-23 i woman who judging from her mir- slcuder, smartly dressed, rather sweet fashion. narrow mean life of that little town. I thought of Mark Upjohn who grew noficeably fatter with the months, and his pitiable little wfe. I turncd~Francls was l0 meet me here and we were to go to tea. then for a drive before dinner. Francis was coming, tall. hand- some, with a quick. elastic step keeping the youthful slimness of hLs figure but adding to It a de- cislon of motion: that youth rarely possesses. His eyes lit up as they saw mo—they always lit up so when we met after even the shOrt est absence as mine must a‘.- ways glow with love and happin- ess whenever l look at him. And this almost perfection of Jay was to go on—-and ctr-always And when the romance and pas- slon of our Jrsvt years together cooled-q; 11, (no-there would be something deeper, and as sweet to take its place. For we were not the sort to let omsorves sink down. to handle carelessly the golden gift of love) that had been granted us. Almost] too late l had found myself, pul~ led myself away from the most im possible conditions made myself youth-and this was my reward. AND WHAT I DI-D ANY WOM- AN WIfPl-I ENOUGH WKIIL POW-' ER. AND IMAGINATION CAN more too, since I denied it to my- self these last few months. Helen I DL C. C. says its always so-we appreciate Graduate on N. Y. Poet tiraduateIwllh°m mm Medical School and Hoepltil vraczice limited to Eye, Ear, Neeo ind Throat mice Bayer Building, Great George street. Opposite Guardian Office . Telephone 850-J. om >¢ Hours-O to 12 a. m. 1 to PROF. HIRAM BALL‘ ENGLISH GOLD PRIZE MEDALLIST ' AWARDED 1O GOLD AND. SILVER MEDALS ORGANIST AND MU8ICAL DIRECTOR BAPTIST CHURCH 1| now prepared to receive Mualc Students In the following subjects PIANO. VOCAL. ORGAN THEOR OF MUSIC Studio: Baptist School > Hours-O to 12 and 2 to 5 Evenings by Appointment __ Mark RMcGuigamBA MRRIGTER, COLIOITOR, ETC- Money h Loan cgmeron Block cnprlimetevvn, P. E. Island _ Palmer 8t Palmer H. J. Palmer, K. C. Barristers, Etc. Money to Loan a Bank of Nova Scott: Building woods“ “bots, Cluriottetovvn, P. E. l. .1. o. STEWART, K. c larrmer and 8on_cl‘or.- George Street 84 Canada S. S. HESSIAN Room mwfl-derful .evan the autocratic Mrs. Meade. Oollcltoru for the Union Bank of I gmmed a, my “Wm a“, ma‘ ‘soft kid gloves that made my things more when we've been for a long time. "That's why she's so happy now, to see them! They're worse than Bud and l." “that made mo laugh- _ "You should zreguiar large diamond. Francis laughed at this too. doing very good. work now, for she and Toby are to be msrr-‘Iiadies! YOIIIIQ‘, led this week-and you just 01181111 There vms :1 P.S on the letter, see my rlng—a I I "They say at the office Bud is so fdenotes advancing age. DO. . “Dearest? Francis spoke from, ‘benina the, bench. “ure you ready for tea '." THE END I ___-4o+-—- 1 I I u, Darken Gray Hai Sulphur and Nobody Will Know I ! ' We all suppose he's been steadied by all know the advantages of a youthful that affair of the robbery, wbcnlabnearauw- _ _ v ‘l get back, we'll give him a raise." mhfl-fm- It make! 0i‘ mars the YMQ- migration lately these lute spring. "But they shouldn't be married on his sziiztry even so." “No, we'll try to hold our young'atioms of Sage Tea 11nd Sulphur en- era migration was not yet done. . she's-nausea its appearance a hundred- Ben thought about them as birds Violet until a year after Y have him then." "She will,’ l said, Iltead- emphatically. | And after he left me I went ou for a walk BIODQ—-LIIIXIIIID'§ o Violets letter and other things. and beyond a bit o town. l It. was June and the summe was fully upon us. A fashionably dressed woman passed me, then a nurse and a chIlrk-a golden hatred girl of two who made m heart ache with other one just like herself-an peasant Woman In Tomorrow vv ,we were going to England, than back In July. And in October we uTombs Are Hollowed city were to open‘ the house tha would be our permanent home. cvlothes to hands look so well Barrister, Oelleltor. Notary Public " '-" to. MONEY T0 LOAN Montague B. A. I. A. MacDonald B. A. Barristers, Attorney, Etn. Money to Loan I-tlloy Building, Charlottetown DR. GLIFI‘ Chronic Diseases Charlottetown. P. E. Island. Canada 112 Prlnea ltroet HOUR! DAILY 11 to 2 p. m. -§ J. A. McEAGHEN, l Oph. n. IVE SPECIALIST 5y“ examined and gluon furnished when needed. 127 Grafton ltreet (above Poi-eon’: I end 10 cent More.) IE-Ioul-‘a 10;; and 0-6. let. van we 'a lnbnont. ‘fohlbeno- Um 19H» , |_:\,<\ . m, P. E. ielandl '" MacDonald s mcrneé’ g H. F. MoPhee v OOOQOfOfififiO n fenll: eunlll of really dependable cough med cine. Ens- ib‘ prepared. all levee nbput’ It, cold eccom med with . hoarseueen home-made cough relned . Any gist can sup ly you wit‘: 2V, ounce of ex. our bottle and flll the use clar fled molasses, 'i~"ii€"3.&'.."'§.'.'n'!'l‘l".3.... It tastes good, an IW coat. It give quick and Inn ;. You can feel this coufih in a way that inc It oosenl and nines to th t ti l ‘any: tbmrrldtl; cv- 5..- and oot es an lnem runes thn with ouch tv '5 Ins: contra prom none. ease and cer ut It e really a a apecla and . compound of genuine Nor way pine extract, and In pro the be n There are many worthless Imlta tlons of this ml ure. a utment, as neon an 11 ea klveplbaolute goth l um:- mu sat In: a park in the centre of the city, wtoh white slw ns in the lake old medieval longing for an- cluttering ln my trunks were enough wou- please If you have 1t severe cough or cheat l O l‘ B TI B B B, or difficult durin t ' ni bi'°'1't'b°h'd w“? up if w er u a on want mil; 1151p try on: rgilagnbiu W, Lady Astor Sends th Into a III-oz. bottle with plain granule sugar syrup; Or you can oney, or corn lly remarkable cough remedy. In spite o ls can be l epended upon to g relief. take hold of e ne business. Q 51°!" recalls the wartime, when her beau ‘I tiful home was given up to the Ca-l line the throat and bronchial tubes tltllfllllllllfl. lnbly con- st known manna of overcoming severe coughs, throat and chest colds. o nvol - for "215 ounces of directions and don't Guaranteed to lo aaoaigy aélllltlbtili ‘Th: 1‘»'1'..‘Z°33§ Your hair ls your When It fades, turns gray, and looks streaked. just a few applic- through oollege-flshedl be 21 then fold. 22 when you have given her a friv‘ Don't stay gray! olous social season. She may not| Look young! Either prepare, the recipe at home Ior get from any drug store a bot- nodding my tle of “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," which is merely the 1- old-tlme rnclpe improved by the f addition of other ingredients. 1~Thouaands of folks recommend this teady-touse preparation, because it darkens the hair beautifully; be sides, no one can possibly tell, as It darkens so naturally and evenly. l‘ You moisten a sponge or soft brush with "it, drawing this through the time. By morning the gray hair dis- y appears; after another application or two its natural color is restored, d and it becomes thick. glossy and ° younger. lng his lifetime, the body of Dr. Charles Foraytho who died at Alex- of Mrs. Forsythe. » Canada Message I IJONIDON, Dec. 21.-— 1A y Astor, member of the House of ommons for the Sutton division of ‘Ply- mouth, and the first woman M.P. to lit in the Imperial Parliament, nedlan soldiers for use as a hoepl- . tal, in a special Christmas message to her friends in Canada. which she sends through the Canadian Press. The message is se follows: "May we send our boat Christ- - mas WIEIIOI frv- "CIlV-EIII‘ {null our Canadian frlen-ls. We had five Canadian Christmases though nob y wants the war hark, I. personal! .- would like my cunn- dien hospital of the Christ-mu cea- aons back. _ ~ mad building bu) “ken some‘ miles-from thescattered out, sl-nlrte of Wal‘ I lfieldo green wit: grown; barleydwandc-rer demanded. the body. Build our“ “m” “° "°"‘ l" a Senial mood, easily moveq go Wide grins; and wuth a alnglg 9,: ‘caption they looked much ror, might be well under thirty- any other road gang. Curiously _ 1'93"? 911011811. whenever distinguished looking in a gentleghought dwelt upon the. Inmates Th" “'35 I'M his prison. "'9" m‘. always er had here at Sprigley told» his fellow guard, as they swing in the air. "Some "time; 1 he hasn't any more of a criminal nod his mock care. happened to catch hum. “"913 “W51” bu“ 30mg °t mylout a card. Well, when this man |wrlie-—an intelligent - v ',or when he was ‘born, |Uae the Old-time Sage Tea, anckwerg ms golkx Icome from, or how he had spent llilis life. Amnesia—thnt's what the . Idoctors culled lt-amnesia follow- Gffly hail‘. however handsome,‘ 111g some sort of a mental trouble hair, taking one small strand at a lustrous, and you appear years In Heart 0i Bouldergueviwa» moved BIRDCKVILLE, Dec. 21.—In com- pliance with a. wish expressed dur- v purpose was expressed Ihy Dr. For-rcorgmnty "of course," '1» sythe to his wife and following hlsI "Qg course pm Dal-thy)’ _ death stone-cutters were employedl ' ._to carry it into effect, a channel ibelng made ln the heart of the boulder with room for two caskets. The doom will not be perman- ently sealed until after the death For Christmas; here. Al-| Groping In the Dark 1Z6. The convicts stared; Howard The convict, 8558 had a plea‘; 1119 596011‘! guard. started absurd- mday. Thdr-ly rather guiltlly’. when the old ‘hem man whirled toward him. “What are you doing with Ben wan“ among Darby ln a convict gang?" the old ‘What am I dolu‘? Howard's as- tonishment gave way‘ to righteous indignation "I'm guardln’ convicts that's what l'1n udoiu’. The old man turned his eyes again to the tall trembling figure of 111-11. “Ben. Ben!"_l1o said. evidently h Tim-mum!!! themselves were like the warden’: And ffinlly I W8! 37- 1'- lladfone wind-tanned. vllvld face, (Jpq "Fuglllng “T111. ‘IN-fill ‘Pmlllmn- it didn't I-the day-that day at been more than two years since brawny, towering fog-m" “m; "What are you doing here?" -Ypr,.5__1hu day my men were tho Great Awakening I thought seemed m demand mmvmug! com Five _vnnrs—lor diurgulryx" l“? [fflppgd—-—" of the women in Henly Falls who‘5;.1e1aqon_ The man who w" “m, nnsu-cred simply. “Guilty, too-I ms words (unwed the“ The were 37—women who had lot ed. on.» the records as. Ben Km“, don't know nnythlng_moru. And wheels o; ms memory, surfing 1n themselves be wrecked by the was mgsmmuy an jndfylduaL I can't remember-who you are.’ w nwmml were mined (mm meta "You don't ‘know me?" Some of Benlsfinvn bcwvlldlerfnent seemed 0 tops-sis to ltlnt. "You know Ezra -Mul\'l.lle~" "That the queereetcase wefev- Walla ' Walla,” watched t.he- man's pick vllli-Csjsidb. "He's suffering loss of nu-mory," he explained swiftly l ‘fTliis Is the first time he ever re- callr-d his own name." l Melville gazed at him in Incred- ulous astonishment thou turned r _io Sprigley. "May I talk to you “Now let me tell you how Lbeylabout thlis case?” he asked quiet- Mayhe ly. f'lt not to you, who can I talk you heard—-—he and; Dago Frank to? There are n few points that wero In the act of breaking Into might help to clear up- tho Western Danish Bank. They Many and; Important were tlw were in the alley. in the act ofdevelopments which arose from jimylng a window, and all at once their conference. Kinney straightened up as if Melville's northward journey something had lllt him and let was postponed for some days. mill the Jimmy full with a. thump to within a. week this some white- llw Davflmvfll- H9 Dill 111B 1111MB haired, lean old man was pleuuitlg I t0 III! head like B mall Wit-ll B h-‘o case to the governor of the headache. And next instant a cop State of‘ Washington. It camv came running from the mouth Of about, from the same cause. that the alley. a noted allenlst. Forest, of Scuttle “Kinney was heeled, but hclvgymd Ben Darby "in his cell; and didn't even pull his gun. Now let fmzilly- that the prisoner hlliziself me tell you another queer thllnB Ims taken to the cziptial at Olywn- You know. the chief has started a system here to keep truck of all the prisoners. He bad them all flll wonder whether he ought to be‘ here or not. Look at that face- fzice than I have.“ ' The other guard Howard. scan- companlons face with I ‘:1. Th1,- brief lnqulsliuliou that fol- lowed. changing the entire cur- t of B911 DflfI-IYB me- Qccllrre" - . I ~_ .in1 l_' l canoe l haven't ‘the Kinney turned in his card. he had {finthe private office of McNamara $399223?’ lzafilllllliltlebrgllzlgkegéérbgig ‘$1,652, 0119",” exlwdiuon m come written ‘Ben’ on it. but the rest the Governor. The 111181115! "m" {we Hep mmed slowly in m; we'll have to go on 11m chi-ops. “'35 abwlutel?’ blank Seattle €0ndI10I9lI' W” examma‘ cha"._ No Pullman's. no liotsis—slecplng "Mr. Mtchell thought at first “on, that the man couldn't write. It vuym, don't remember this mull? turned out though, that he ca Forest asked huim quietly, llldlfiillx‘ hand. 3n mg Dara Melville. spell good too. Then Mitchell vie-I Again Ben's‘ eyes studied the: clued he was just sulklng, but I'm (1.011, gray fncc. With the vagucstl confident l know the answer. The kind of menwyy, I know I've SEQ"! reasons he didn't flll out ‘the card him b0fOfQ_Qf(Qn, I can't tell aIlYw gearsbecause nc couldn't. rcmem- thing else," ' "He couldn't remember I where or who‘. or where he had; i‘ ' l ‘VI. iI/U/fi w 4 In the end _ right." ' ’l‘l1ers had been you'll see that I'm m...’ \|'\\-._\. , (i. quite n northern irtays. The last of the waterfowl: had passed by now, but the north’ Iof passage, and the thought amus- ed him. Andi at the sight of n. small, stooped figure advancing towanri hlm up the railroad right ' of wdy he paused, leaning on his , pick. " . " ' Because Ben had paused. for’ the first time In an hour. his two guards looked up to see what had. attracted his attention. They saw what. seemed to them :1 white- halrred old wanderer of sixty years‘ L \ Enh- . " ' or more; ‘but at first they were THE OLD MAN RAN IN GREAT wholly at. loss to explain Ben's fascinated look of growing inter-l-_- _ W- " "He's a good fnien . As he paused to scrutinize the lly. I should say hi? 3.12150“; :11?!’ convict gang neither unsolence good friend. to take tho tmume nor fear, one of which was certain and time ho has. ‘r1 your belrrf ly to be expected, became manl- ‘ Ben nodded. The explanation fest ln"l1ls face. “'11s beyond mm Both guards were held and am- - Forest leaned forward. "You m. azed by the apparent fact that at member the Saskatchewan Rlvm-v the first scrutiny of the man's Ben straightened. but the (H11; outline his carriage and hfs (lrol ages in his mind worn not clel" wrinkled face, the prisoner Kin- enough for him to answer In lilo and stircd as If affirmative. "I'm afraid not" confronted by the ulsen dead. ' i Melville 101111011 forward ‘in his The old man himself lulltt-d, re-uchair. "Ask tum qr m, renmmberé turning ‘Kinneyp stare. Kinsey's‘ winning the canoe He” M In, mind seemed to be reaching, gro- Pole-or l]... mm. ‘m; shot‘ 1:3 ping for some astonishing trut‘ Axthabnsklt llzlplllsj’ that eluded vim. ' Ben turned brightly m 111m but STIRIDDS TOIVARD HIM And this was I! This yountluandra. Bay last summer, has been T), 1d m n 1 t ma, 3 - l. u sum... l. . sslsls: as“, s... isr.z..il"s.l'a.."z"d- * r - IOWH! fFOm B N186 501111191‘ Ill the you Ben Darby?" he demanded. before" i" n: o! “Wm -;_' ' ' cemetery of that village. Many 1-1, m; d. h; ' ~11 ' . . ,, g fllllhBvfllfld8; bIIIHGINO '1 years ago the wish that the boul- n-omeacggeat difliggl" m5 ‘so; p,,,,,',""'l',,f,f,‘,'.,,,§°"'§Th"'. time‘ Equal for Cough: =_ der Blwuld be employed for thlucooi and calm and with illl Iinfln t‘ have been inuwhgu, e’ "m" 8 experiences Now what do these mean to you? ‘iThunder Lake-Abner Darby_ he sl Edfith Darby-via, L v . Abner Darby! 011621.11 Iwhat a flood of tenderness swept Ihmlllh B811 as. whispering he "tinted the name. Since his’... vies Darby. Abner Darby was 1n ul probability his father; but bl, 79890114118 Intelligence. rather 11111111118 memory. told him so The name of Edith Darbwmn. lured up m his mind a childhood playmate-u girl with towzled m. low curls and chubby confldlng lvlttlo hands..but these dim mem- ,°'Y‘P'¢WPBB Went. no further: there were no after visions of MIMI B! 8 You!!! woman. blossom- I" ‘m’ "m" lmuly. The third name of the three, Mncliesn‘; ‘ICOIIBQG. CBIIBC Ilp no men-mt“. whatever. - v “The!!! strengthen m time, I'm , sure. Forest told him. "Pug them I o v out of your nbfnd, for now. Let It I l‘ L|§B blank The sllonllet again lean. . " . 6d IOWGTG IIITIL, hlg Qygg Mun-ch IIIB- Them ensued an Inutnnfs pause. pomsclnx a certain quali- ty of suspense. Then Forest spoke qllllfikly. sharply. "Wolf Darby!" In fillmnse a curious tremor ‘Mined over Borfe frame glyfln‘ 1n some degree the effect of a viol- ' lent stiff. "Wolf from? be PBpQfl. . - o, I i l I I I l Onretlrlng ,_ltchlulwltl|CflGIlOIlb§-N£ I I i N, . my“, ld hook ‘MI . "W11 me llintfgf y y “P” '1*It-l'-v1:v== u" 31W ‘own ili-HI-‘fii c r-gy-wy‘ . ._ l -_ ‘v3.1a; Jullemw-vil wow ilierby!" ~ a féiilua spoke to old Ezra Melville and the Inter put a small cardboard box Into his hands. were your own posleouioue once- Derby. want you w 8B6 L! you remember them." . lu the cxaurinatlon. Forest opened tho box. taking therefrom ‘a roll of white cotton. Thin be slowly unrolled, revealing two small. rib boned ornaments bronze. them. No doubt them. Again the great ilurkness dropped peulment ‘was an unqualified suc- Spriglny stopped quickly to Mcl- c claimed. as sound as yours or uiine. IVIth treatment, he'll be on the straight gaze first on lien, then on the al- , oust. "it is. the1r~us you guess- Gil." “Absolutely. The night of his arrest marked the end of his trouble; you might 5:1)’ that his brain simply snapped back health and begun to function nor- porary mania —offors to supply those siilnuli. s11)‘ whether ho gets a chant-e." drummed Ills desk with his pencil ‘you call . . out... nm w Beg triad in vain to find an ln- whole world of meanimf just beyond tho- reach of is groping mind; but always it luded him. Forest suddenly "l want you to see what‘! have are," Forest. told Ben. "Tlmy ou sent them yourself to Abner your latieu-father-and‘ I Evidently‘ tble was the climax of gold or Ben's startling eyes fastened on ho recognized “The Victoria Cross. of course o said slowly, brokenly. "l won vor Illlll. Yet to Forest. the ex- (:53. "There's 11o doubt of it!" he ex- ile turned to ivfcNatmara hi! Governor. "Ills brain ls lust he right environment, the right ozul to recovery." Llcblimlura focused an Intent .I.'. cocoa, pure c with Mexican IIHIIIIIID TRADE-HANK WALTER BAKER Established 1780 ,CANADIAN MILLS Booflcl of Clinic: R gar/cl ‘i.’ _ Vi; .1 u"; 2.4 . “t. 4.3 14...... qubeilfiiiuuiiéi 12.1 "'BAKER’s.' ‘.‘ Caracas Swccctthocolsw Pure ewbolesomie t‘ Made from‘ only Itiglt grade Camus. MADE m CANADA or ' m»: '11 i W“ ane sugar a Co. LIMITED7 ' " Dmlvuucllq, AT MONTREAL -. _. p, eclpe: amljm ' 4 » ii? into nzilly again. after a period of tem- from shell-shock. that night; I have sincd “And our friend berm-Melville "Exactly. And it's up to you to Thoughtfully the executive "Darby, I suppose you followed what the doctor said?" ho asked] easily. . “Fairly well, 1 think." lilo“- "I'lI review it. 1i l may. l1 Fer-ms that you have n strange set of unfortunate cumstances. Duo to tho offorls of been the victim of up your France with Canadian troops and‘ there you won among other lmnq ors- the highest honor that tho Government. of England can "wmrd :1 hero There you wi-rc. shell-sliocked, in the 111st months; of the war. = "This good friond of yours lmsl In plan outlined that lufll toll you of later. that VIFIIII not only be thci best possl-blu influence toward rc-‘ caring your memory. but will 111-. so give you 11 clean new start in’ "to. " I “So you needn't return In W111- ‘a “Willa. Darby I'm going to pur- 's'e you-under the clmrflh of your- henefuctor, dfelvllle, from now on -ts up to you.” CHAPTER ll Hiram Melville's Will There was a great housecleiln- 11g in the dome of the heavens one memorable night that flashy ed like a jewel from the murky desolation of a rainy spring. I The Seattle citizenry. for the‘ .l',lrs‘t time in some weeks, ‘recall-I ed the existence of the B11173, A luignlifict-xlt moon rose In the east too big and too bright to compete with. No living creature ‘who saw it remained wholly unmoved by it. But to no one I211 the city was the lilflilonce of the moon moro- poteut than to Ben Darby, once known as "Wolf" Darby through contain fnr spreading districts, and now newly from the state cap tnl, walking Seattle's streets with‘ l1‘.~1 ward and benefactor, Ezra Melvlllle. Forest had given over the case: it was Melvlllelw time for experi- ml-nis tonight. All the way out he had watched his patient, sounding him. studying his reactions. and all that he had beheld had gone to strengenlng his own convllct- !ons. “I don't see any harm in Iellin’ you that. the guesses you've al- ready made are right. Your numu is ‘Ben Darby—and you used to be known as "Wolf Darby~for reasons that sooner or later you may know. Abner Darby was your father. Edith Dunby was your sis- ter that stnlt no more. You went awhile to McLean's college, in On- tarlo. "Now, Ben, I'm going to put a proposition up to you. I'm hopllng you'll see flt to accept It. I don't see that lt-mukes a whale of a lot of difference whether you get your memory back or not. Loss of Appetite-I ‘ That Tfidlleelinfl Thousands take Hood's Snrnpa- rllls as their tonic medicine for that tired feeling. nervous wank- IIQII. impure blood, and. meetlfy that. It ‘makes them feeLbetter, out and sleep better, ~ Hood‘: iareaparliia has given entire satisfaction in three gener- atious ll tho-treatments“ "n. (gal deblllty. It reltorea m, Qppg. ‘am-Jillian tltred feeling, .. p‘ t ‘factions ilqfsga,“ ‘_ ° ‘M.’ m. H - -l“‘ ._d Iieluansfmtib foodu.“ 1mm”: zooemuawinaonr; my... for that, ‘Air. Alblvillo," lien lntcr- 11 other words he has been slowly 905m Q""""y‘ ‘ convulcsciltg under the proper stimuli no (loubt that everything would come buck to him." a time us any. to lei up on the lklnsler.‘ .\ly mime is Ezra Melville and I've been k110\v11 0s as long as I can ri-membvr, to my ‘friends tho Darby's culled m» that, and you're :1 Dur- J can't do for you all I'd like to do out in the lmy win-n we're caught out at night." hut tho old n1a11's words swept his own away. “To Ilbfllll at thb beginning. :1 I.)I'OIII_(‘.I’~~~ICZIHI.\VISE I Ch-filvi: got IllllI him a fmv weeks ag0—HIran1'¢Qu1-5@ {m5 claim 13 what you an 01d mm“). fmend \\I‘:'v0 louked-‘kioivillo by name" Ezrani went ollufered to let me In on." record. You served Infill“ “T15 '4 Pmspeflm" “P "The reason I'm gmn’ to tnkeI] you win-re I'm coin‘ 1o bike yllll 115 nil-lo up, in creek bed, is the o. for your own good.‘ "I'm-willing to lulu» your word] And I might say how's as good ‘Ez ram’ in particular "P1151131 in the beginning l lien tried to cut in, to ask (rues- I031 ' II 9' I ‘so You hummus‘ run-toils i0 “IALLA wnuiba. DARBY, 1'11 (you've T0 PAROIIJE 101111;, , ' ___ _.,_ pluca iazillcil Snowy Gulch —~ n town way up tho Czirlbou Mountains. -lll Canada. Some weeks ego, II o1 a hero. "I'm mighty glad that I've got Solllelllln! at least worth Iookin’ Into to let yon in on. I only "wish 1t “'11s more." "Why should you want to 1e; me 111 on everything?" Ben asked clearly. ' The direct question received 011W u stare of blank anuuement from Dsrulu. "Why should. l--" h" Fvltzxatod, seemingly surprleed out of his Ilfe by the question. ‘hhllckfl M111 quit Interupptlng me Muybu l'1n getting u llttle to olu to do much. I want a buddy-some- one who will go halfway with me.‘ "Therefore I puppogg yqu go to the ‘D811’ to find one,‘ Ben com- merited, wholly unconvinced. _ "1111 1101113 to make this propos- lllllfl 800d." Ezram went on as lf he had not heard.‘ Listen to this: Queuing the letter he read lab- orzously: _ Snowy Gulch, B.C. Dear Brother Earn: ~ I rlto this with what I think ls my dying hand. It's my wll too. I'm at the hotel at Snowy: Iflgha- nnd not much more time. You know I've ‘been hunting a clnlm. W0": ITWIIPIIJIIVrHGD-I locket as any-body want. worth a quarter million anyhow and in a district where tho Snowy Gulch folks bel- ieve there ain't a gralnof gold, its yours. Come up an get I qulcin before some thieves up I129 Jump It. Looknu‘ forge y bflzlson and his guns they n some of my dust. I'm too sick to U0 to recorder in Brud-Iybur] ‘n4- rdcord clafm. (m cvbby ‘g . ‘H; latter w wry. DIIII this in some Info place. The only condition Ia yml take good cnrc of Fomfa the poi l rained from a-pupv fault‘ "f! my gun at GM O . _ ' 7' ml mYit-‘lf iota: ailélult‘ did lat hear. You ga-Qupp 1e; no u‘ .1" 9Y1Wr~GaIci1~gn up rm an 917°" fllrflush Gvruce Pan, vol.’ 10> Yugo River, u ' no one in Snowy Gulch know v you qro anmwhsre you w“; a owns», “W118 st snowy-g“ they your brother ls still allvef‘ me. I reached. me weeks he tho letter came. min-it have died soon after he means wlierrme- suysitiyo; copy of this letter instead of - original." " futon his will, your Just l e fact that you are M; l; ther should think, but this simplifl matters for jwhzit I got. What I want ltlm so AnYTurf-IIefJIcII me .91.: . ‘ud nll I'd hope to ever getvl m over you—-—and nobody glvlllf letter from him. The lofts-Pa right yggrymggl-p o“ m“; know howl W,“ _ .917“. not“? bu! It: lounging 1110"“ ° Ill’ _ 0| f fllilqése‘ ow and Vmy canoe landing, p ct and new cobln. And don't, . Go quick brother Ez and put Your brother Hiram Mel l "And you haven't ‘h6ard—— "I got‘ a wire the hotel man u and I guess wrote 1t. I suppose you see I I “Of course-because ilhpons 1 legal clal ‘ ould be claim enough, __ you. You'll bet . make a copy of it and you c (‘ave it ln- some safe place. And i ‘That's it. ‘Not much, Illlf I is-—-l-f it's a go." . ,"Wal_t Just a gplnute. Before‘, vice I’vv done you. what ‘o vion you're under -to mo. that as me a right to accept so m from you?" It. might have been In the n1 ‘lght that Ezrnmkz eyes glltl perceptlbly._ "You're In» my chi he grinned. "I guess you ain't any say comlln." "Walt—wui't.'»l3en sprang to (out. IIIHI caught up by his eel noes, Ezrnm‘ got up too. "l i ‘ippfcPlille the trust you put in lieu ww-tvt on ‘slowly. "For myo Dart I'd give everything I've‘ .- with you. it's a chance such sever dared believe would 1 to me again-n chance to g0 a 111d get a new start in a wun where 1 feel instinctively 111W make good." The dnrkJvivld eyes some! glow In the soft light. Points ‘if I talk frgink; and lf It ma ly '1 canto help 11f’ Ben coaIl "You've ‘never been In P ' with a five year sentence haul damn, - u "But/l. m. use flll that 11o A man can't whllc- he's yolllll utrous. aecopt charIt!-"- ‘Good mom. 11. ,~fl_ln'l. Bill the old man shoulod- "Im-l” no much pleasure out of II a! Hie voice sank again; and "1 was no line of mirth In his f1 "it was long ngo, in MOB " Elzram went on. ‘after a Dl-"I knew your mother, 11s a flll- marflled a better man. but I ' her that every wleh of hm . law Io ‘ma. You're herwll- ‘Night; is always a time 0f ‘ tery In-Bnmvy Gulch-tilt cluster ‘of frame shacks lost far. in the northern reaches of Caribou Range. Only o. few have any m‘ sympathetic undorstaudlllf t It. mong theee war F" Nellson- and she herself did fully understand the dfflm‘ longing: that lwoyt bu": the fall ‘of the myvlBPIII“ noes nlg t. mu“ m ft ‘seetuedh hfddly we so" gtlairrlfarlqydeilbrc! '0! t“ features. _ o, As she passed the 60°‘ mod out. nd-rwfil“ "°'~' “e31... higinel" the man up to use yo" 9°" u more. l! W“ mind sermon; ~ Fire At Baslmlv ‘ ~'_h sev slusmiuaoohlxbgfi-"fl; 1 “w” $111000. W‘ new; a; over _ $1? of the m which Ytliéjm , , n destroyed the B" ‘ IN “b. m; , “us. some of l an over the hlfdfl" "m, l ‘Hie two ulliflllflm.‘ G0 d wll w m1 mam-i...» .331‘. ce to first creel: you'll mu 1t v 389B". N: