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SYNOPSIS.
Hnll Donlntolle artlot-pliotoerapher
rrcparcs for tho day's work In Ills studio
lo Is reminded by riodlo rislirr. his as-
sistant of a party he Is to give In the
studio that night and warned that his
business Is In bad financial shape. Mr.
Poremus attorney and Juntlco of the
petei calls nnd Informs Hall that his
Uncle John's will lias left him l 000000 on
condition that he marry before his twen-ty-lKhth
birthday which begins at mid-
nlKht that nlKht. Mrs. Rna novation
calls at the studlQ and Hali asks her to
marry him at once. She spars for time
CHAPTER III Continued.
"Mercy Hall! Not hero! Not now!
Iot yet!" Sho took a few steps from
him and turned to look him over
even as ho had looked at her. She
looked as a woman looks at a hat In a
milliner's then Bhook her head ns It
she were not sure It was becoming.
"No Hall I'm afraid I muat hare a lit-
tle time. I can't decldo Just now "
"Jtcna!"
"No Hall. You must bo patient
dear. Glvo mo a week " i
"Seo here!" Hall spoke deliberately.
"Will you let mo know tonight? You're
coming to my party here tonight
aren't you?"
"Why yes I was."
"Will you nlvo mo your answer
then?"
She hung flro for a moment. Hall
gave a gesture of agony It was his
eupremo effort and had a touch 'of
genius. Mrs. Royalton seeing capit-
ulated. "Well then all right to-
night." Hall tried again for an embraco-r
evon while repulsing him slio let him
taste her lips then sho feebly pushed
him away. "Oh Hall you muBtn'tl
Not yet anyway you know I ha"en't
accepted you yet. Oh I can't decide
l'vo got to think It all over calmly."
"Lord not calmly Uena!" ho ex-
claimed. Ho gazed sadly at bis shoes.
"Tho suspense will bo terrlblo!" ho
said and with elaborato emphasis
"my darling!"
"Oh 'Faint heart no'cr won fair
lady!'" Mrs. Royalton Boemed fully
two Inches taller than when sho hud
como In. "Now I must go Hall. Good-
by!" Sho held out her hand an cm-
press to a slave. Ho kissed it with
fervor. And with that sho smiled and
walked out
For ten minutes Flodlo bad stood
stealthily by tho door trying to listen.
Sho had barely time to spring 'back to
her desk.
"Goodby Miss Fisher!" Mrs. Royal-
ton paused condescendingly. "I think
It you used almond cream for your
face It might do It a great deal of
good. Try one of thoso wrinkle-bands
why don't you! Thoy'ro really very
eftlcaclous." Sho swished into the
dressing room to put on her veil.
Flodlo waited a moment In scornful
silence then burst Into tho studio to
find Hall gazing In a stupor out the
window hands in pockets a scowl on
bis faco "What did sho say?" sho
whispered. Hall didn't hear. "What
did sho say Mr. Bontstolle!" Flodlo
was perishing of suspense.
Hall walked to the couch and
dropped down shaking his head.
"She wanted tlmo. Tlmol Confound
It the only thing I haven't got!
What d'you think of that! I feel as if
I'd dono a week's washing! I'm all
used up! Say Flodlo It takes lots
of energy to propose did you know
that?"
Flodlo regarded him wistfully. "I
should think it would especially
when you don't mean It."
"Oh I mean it all right I'll stand
for It. Four millions! Lord why
wouldn't I mean It? I'd mean any-
thing!" "I mean when you don't roally love
her Mr. Donistelle. I don't seo how
you could do it. I could nover do
anything like that!"
"Well you ought to bo glad you
don't havo to Flodle. Unfortunately I
do. Why she'll make a good wlfo
won't she? I don't say I Iovo her ex-
actly; but well I've always liked
Itenn Royalton. Slio's a good fellow.
Sho's got tho looks and tho style and
tho family connections nnd everything.
I wouldn't bo a bit ashamed of her as
Mrs. Donistelle. What's tho matter
with you Flodlo? You look bo queer!
Ill or nnythlog"
"Oh I'm all right!' Flodlo smiled
bitterly. "Only only "
"Well I'll bo hanged! Why any-
body would think It was you who were
in a hole not mo. Lord I thought you
cared enough for me to help mo ou )
Sho moved instinctively toward
hlra; instinctively she withdraw. "Oh
I do really I do Mr. Donistelle! How
can I help you? Toll me!"
"Well what nm I going to do If Mrs.
Royalton refuses mo. Dy Jovet Just
think of Its being In that woman's
power to cost mo four and a halt mil-
lions! It's outrageous!"
"Don't you let her Mr. Donistelle!"
Flodlo broke out eagerly. "Ob it Isn't
right. Surely there's some other way
a better way than that Mr. Doni-
stelle!" "A batter"way? What d'you mean?"
Hall looked at hor puzzled.
Flodle screwed up her courage and
reached gently for his band. But no
aba didn't aulte dare take tt. Her
own fell instead caressingly but un
seen upon his sleeve.
"Oh Mr. Donistelle" sho pleaded
"you ought to havo someone who
really cares for you who really loves
you you know who would love you
always. Someone who knows how good
you are! Don't tie yourself up to a
woman like that why sho's flvo years
older than you nro Mr. Dontstello
she's middle-aged almost and sho's
been married before too! Why you
want youth Mr. Donistelle and fresh-
noss and "
"Can I como In?" A high chcorful
votco Interrupted them. Doth turned
suddenly toward tho doorway to tho
ofllce.
CHAPTER IV.
Thero standing between tho por-
tieres was a young woman looking in
uncmbarrasscdly with a careless
smile on her faco. Sho was the sort of
girl who affects oxtromes in stylo and
Ills to her Bllmncss tho sportiest odd
hats tho Btralghtest narrowest short
est skirts. Dut they woll became her;
there was a not unpleasant masculine
noto In hor air and costume a brisk
ness and confidence that spoke of golf
and tennis horso or boats. Without
being too pretty sho had finely cut
sharp features a long nose gray eyes
a deft chin. Sho was most distinctly
a New York typo trim -as a cutter
clean and fresh as a hound. If Mrs.
Royalton had bean willowy-languorous
supersentlmcutal suavo the crisp
and cool newcomer was as easily care-
less as a boy. Sho waited with an
arch somewhat amused expression
for an invitation to enter.
"Oh Miss Dollys! Good morning!"
Hall called out and walked toward
her. "Say would you mind -waiting
just a minute?"
"Sure I" said Carolyn Dallys. Sho
waved her hand Jauntily and retreated
to tho ofllcc.
Hall returned to Flodlo and stared
at her dramatically. Flodlo trembled.
Finally ho pounded the tablo with one
stroko of his fist "By Jovol" He
nodded emphatically.
''Oh Mr. Donlstollo you don't mean
" Flodlo looked unspeakablo things.
He pointed to the door to the ofllcc.
"There's tho girl right in there 1 Caro-
lyn Dallys! Why didn't wo think of
her before?"
Flodlo winced as If ho had struck
her In tho face. Then sho burst forth
like a waterfall. "Ob no not Let me
tell you Mr. Donistelle! Sbo's too
mannish Mr. Donistelle Miss Dallys
is you want a feminine woman Mr.
Donlstollo you know one who can
care for you and look after you and
seo that you get up and keep your ap-
pointments nnd oh dear can't you
seo ?" She looked ut him saw ho
was not listening mndo another effort
more hysterical In sheer despair. "Oh
Mr. DonUtello why Miss Dallys cares
mora for dogs and automobiles than
sho does for you Mr. Donlstollo Mr
Donistelle" Flodlo. took him by tho
coat lapel impressively. "Sho smokes
cigarettes I"
Hall laughed and chucked her under
tho chin. "Oh that's nil right! Lord
Flodlo I don't want to marry a house-
keeper you know. Why I'll be a mil-
lionaire. I'll havo servants to do all
that. My wlfo will have to know a
thing or two you know society and
manners and tasto. Carolyn Is right
In It Collcgo education musla and
everything I need drives a car plays
polo bridge swims and shoots why
Lord I'd bo proud to death of her. You
go right In and tell her I'm ready."
Again Flodlo flinched. Sho gavo bim
one hungry look and started for the of-
fice. Then a new thought stabbed her.
Sho turned. "What if Mrs. Royalton
should say yes? Whnt If she should?"
Hall suddenly came to his senses.
"Say by JovoiThat would bo a mix.
up wouldn't ltl I hadn't thought of
that at all." He dropped down on a
cbatr and looked at her hopelessly.
Did Flodle see at tho prospect of
such an entanglement a taint hopo tor
her own chances? Hor faco for a mo-
ment lighted. It was anyone now to
beat Mrs. Itoyalton. Flodlo foresaw
that Carolyn Dallys alono could help
her. Yes he must propose to Carolyn.
Her voice camo artfully smooth and
owcet.
"You could hatch up a quarrel
couldn't you perhaps you could toll
her something horrid or do some
thingwell you know!"
"Or you could. Couldn't you Flo-
dle? You've helped mo out beforo.
You're clever. You know women."
Flodlo was a now creaturo now. Tho
primitive woman In hor was aroused.
She smiled but it was so unlike Flo-
die's sunny Bmlle it was electric Sho
nodded sagely.
"Well then I'll tako a chanco any-
way. Lord I think l'vo got a right to
malco as good a cholco as I can It I
have to bo married to order! I don't
seo why I should ruin my whole life
Just becauso I happened to seo Mrs.
Royalton flrstl "You toll Carolyn I'm
all ready."
Flodle nodded with a bard look In
her eyes. "AH right" she said slowly
and gulped something down. "It's your
funeral!" Sho walked slowly back to
tho office and gavo Miss Dallys the
messago then sat down dismally at
her desk and hid her face in her hands.
Steadily tho tears dropped down upon
tho blottor; at regular Intervals Flo-
die's shoulders rose and fell as her
emotion swayed her. Sho began to
dab at hor eyes with her handker-
chief. Carolyn Dallys lltho froo Jong-legged
walked into the studio with easy
unconsciousness. "Hello Hall!" Thero
was always a half-concealed chucklo
In her votco. "Got thoso proofs ready
old man? Darn you It you haven'tl"
"Really Carolyn l'vo been awfully
rushed 1 haven't had a something
very important camo up today."
"Oh you can cut all that out Halt.
The simple reason Is you're lazy. And
I'd Just begun to beltevo that tho llttlo
girl out there" sho nodded her head
toward tho office "had succeeded in
making you work. Well nevor mind
I can go somowhora else."
"Oh como nowl They'll bo ready
tonight I promise you. Perhaps this
afternoon even. Tho fact is I Just
haven't been in tho mood to develop
the plates that's all."
Sho nodded smiling. "Artistic tem-
perament eh? Well It's becoming I I
suppose I'll have to wait Say Mrs.
Itoyalton seemed to have an idea that
sho was tho only one lnvltod to your
party and when sho found I was com-
ing tonight sho was Just a bit well
astolstlc."
Hall saw his chanco and opened the
campaign with energy. "Lord ths
Ideal" ho exclaimed. "As If I wouldn't
havo you If I had anybody! Why you
always are tho first one I ask Carolyn
y&u know that!" He turned on sontl-
mental lights In his eyes.
"Really?" Carolyn asked curiously.
"Of coursot You know I'm awfully
fond of you Carolyn."
"Really?" Carolyn repeated her lips
beginning to quiver with mirth.
"Yes by Jove I'd hardly daro toll
you how much."
"Oh do!" she replied lightly. "I'm
feeling awfully stodgy this morning. It
might wake me up." She tossed hlm'a
Joyous glance and swung herself over
to the other sldo of the studio and fin-
gered a piece of embroidery. "Flro
nway I'm waiting!" she laughed. Then
sho whistled a pleco of a tunc picked
WiMyI
iiiiHil if
Her Face for a Moment Lighted.
up a color plate and squinted at It
"Oh look at that! That model ot
yours Isn't It? Miss Gale? Dully!
What a stunning costume!" She stood
inspecting it
Hall meanwhile was watching her
sharply. He noted the tiimncss ot her
costume the freshness of tho huge
bunch of violets the whiteness ot her
gloves her picturesque expenslvo hat.
Sho was so at ease so Independent
and unconscious that It was as If some
wild animal had entered bis studio.
How woll she knew her world bow
conscious sho was of her superiority
over most ot those she met her equal-
ity with any! She had consummato
poise; her self-esteem nevor waned.
She breathed tho smartness culture
and self-sufficiency ot her social
sphere; it protected her like an armor.
It was as if being Carolyn Dallys she
was Insured against any form of em-
barrassment 'Carolyn waB neither
particularly clever nor very rich but
she was "Insldo" and thoso "inside"
have freedom. Hall himself had been
In hts time "Inside" he had In fact
despite his working for a sustenance
never boen ejected. His own family
could stand tho strain. Ho knew
therefore bow to appreciate Carolyn's
place. Mrs. Royalton was In tho
"smart" set the set that gets Into the
newspapers but Carolyn Dallys still
lived on Lower Fifth avenue. She was
one of tho foundation stoned In tho so-
cial structure ot which Mrs. Royal-
ton wns a more conspicuous pinnacle.
(TO nn CONTINUED.)
Delivering Letters Stolen a Year Ago.
Fost ofllco Inspectors at Seattle
Wash. are endeavoring to deliver to
tho original addresses BOO letters stol-
en moro than a year ago from the
Seattle post office by W. A. Dyers a
former postal clerk and bidden by
Dyers undor a heap ot ashes in the
fireplace of his former homo.
At the time Dyers was arrested
nearly 3000 letters were found con-
cealed in an office which be main-
tained tor the practice ot law Ho
pleaded guilty and was sent to prison.
Recently U T. Morry moved into the
hotel which Dyers had formerly occu-
pied and in cleaning the fireplaco un-
earthed the additional letter.
SHREWD OLD DADDY
Age Had in No Way Dimmed His
Keenness for Bargains.
Son's Really Neat Little Scheme Frus-
trated and It Is Not Likely Ha
Will Have a Chance to
Work It Again.
Father was very rich nnd very par-
simonious to uso a long word that
sounds better tian tho short ono which
means the same thing nnd tho son at
times was chagrined becauso father
did not look as woll ns a man In
his station might bo considered to
havo tho right to look. Father had ro-
tired from business some years beforo
and folks tald that under tho boy's
management it would speedily go td
tho dogs. They declared:
"Tho boy's a tiptop fellow and wo
al like him but ho hasn't got tho
noso for profits and deato that mado
tho business for tho old man. He
doesn't really caro whether ho makes
mnnoy or not. That Is not tho way
to get ahead. When wo wero young-
sters without a dollar" and a lot
moro to tho same effect.
Tho old man with his noso for
profits bad accumulated a lot of hab-
its that did not desert him when ho ro-
ttred from business. Ho was suro
of course whllo ho had nn lncomn
that might havo made a Wall street
broker happy that it was necessary
to caro for tho nickels and he spent
as llttlo on raiment as decency and
the climate would permit Chaff ad-
vice and sarcasm did not movo him a
particle.
Now the most cherished article In
his wardrobe was a. certain old over-
coat which) like tho bag that Henry
Ward needier carried with him when
ho went on his lecture tours "must
at somo tlmo havo been new." Tho
coat now however was failed and
worn and far from handsome. Every
new man at tho club was called Into
a corner nnd told yarns about tho
coat and Its wearer. Father for that
matter knew nil about this but ha
cared nothing for laughs and Jibes.
The son tried and tried again to
lnduco tho old man to buy a coat.
At length ho resorted to strategy.
Ono day when the father was con-
fined to tho house tho son took tho
coat to a tnllor.
"Look hero Mr. Green" ho said
"tho governor's got to havo a now
coat and thero's got to bo found a
wny to mako him buy It. ; think
that If ho saw a coat for sale that
looked llko a bargain ho would tako
It for tho sako of tlio bargain If not
for tho sako of the coat Now you
mcasuro tills ono up and mako a now
ono to mcasuro put tho now ono
in tho window nt a bargain price get
him Into tho shop nnd sell It to him.
Got what you can out of him for It
and I'll pay tho difference."
In a week or so thero hung In thn
window of Green's placo a smart now
coat. It was marked:
"Bargain $25. '
Father saw It. It fitted. Tho price
obviously mado It a bargain. Ho
took It At tho clib ho was given a
regulnr ovation. Everybody con-
gratulated him. Tho telephone was
kept busy summoning members to
"como over nnd aeo tho now Garment"
inoy camo and saw nnd wont away
laughing and declaring tl.nt "they
woman i nnvo iKllovod It If thoy line
not seen It" as Hip Van Winkle used
to Bay when his wlfo forgot to scold.
Tho son was delighted nnd cheerfully
paid tho difference In price a matter
of 2S.
Dut tho talo had a sequel. On tho
way homo tho old mnn met nn an-
cient friend a dnndlfied follow of
nbout soventy. Ho saw tho overcoat
also and fell In lovo with It. Said tho
old man hts noso for a bargain in-
Btnntly assorting Itself:
"Well friend. If you llko It bo well
better try It on. Tho truth Is tho
cloth Is a llttlo too heavy to suit mo.
As an old friend I'll let you havo it
at a bargain.
It was tried on up a sldo street off
tho thronged thoroughfnre. It fitted.
"It's yours for $50" said father.
"That's not what I paid for It but
you know ot course that It's always
been a hobby of mlno to mako pcoplo
happy by such sacrifices."
Tho money was paid over.
The next day tho son had an Inter-
view with Mr. Green. With n bit of
anger ho said: "Seo hero when I
said a good overcoat I didn't mean
ono that any old dandy would covet
No'w I'll nover bo able to put it over
tho old man ngaln."
RICHES FROM NEVADA MINE
From Single Ore Shoot the National
Has Yielded Four Million Dollars
In Four Years.
Four million dollars in four years la
tho' record which a slnglo ore shoot at
National Nov. has made. Tho dis-
trict prior to 1908 was llttlo known.
It lies on tho western slopo ot Santa
Rosa range In Humboldt county. Tho
mineral deposits of this rango says
tho bulletin of tho United States geo-
logical survey may bo divided Into
two principal classes younger gold-and-sllvor-bearlng
veins that occur in
or near tho tertiary volcanic rocks
and much older gold-and silver-bearing
veins that occur In sedimentary and
nBsocIalcd granllo rocks. In this area
tho older deposits are but poorly rep-
resented and hnvb yloldcd only a
small output but ono ot the younger
or tertiary veins has been wonderfully
rich yielding much oro averaging $30
a pound. During tho early period ot
activity n tow thousand tons of low-
grado ore assaying nbout $100 a ton
voro thrown on tho dump of tho Na-
tional mlno but tho oro shipped aver-
aged nbout $30000 a ton in gold lmv-
lug a valuo of $10.G0 an ounco tho
remainder bolng silver. Cinnabar was
found in ono ot tho volns.
Natlvo gold Is found principally in
tho rich Blioot ot tho National vein
tho isolated position of which In a dis-
trict ot quartz-stlbnlto veins poor In
gold and silver is remarkable Tho
soveral veins appear to belong to tho
samo epoch ot mineralization the gold
shoot being a local development upon
ono ot tho normal stlbnlto veins. Tho
gold shoot was encountered 40 feet
below tho surface nnd has been fol-
lowed on tho dtp of tho vein for 800
foot tho stopo length reaching 250
foot Tho oro which ran $20 to $30
to tho pound occurred mostly in nn
irregular seam from a tow inches to
a foot wide
The Longest Step.
From tho powder factory to a Ilfo
lnsurnnco company Is about as long a
stop as a man can take In this world.
Doston Transcript
8afety First.
"Why did you risk your llfo to snvo
that man from drowning?"
"Ho owes mo $193."
A woman has moro honor than a
man that I" moro clothes on 'or.
Thoy say that marriages aro mado
In heaven but his satanlo majesty
seems to havo a corner on tho brim-
stone market.
It sho Is tho right sort ot woman
tho samo man nover says tho wrong
thing to her moro than once.
Builders of the
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There has just been issued by the Historical Publishing Company
of Washington D. C a magnificent illustrated history of the construc-
tion and builders of the Panama Canal. The editor of this great history
is Mr. Ira E. Bennett with associate editors John Hays Hammond cele-
brated mining engineer; Capt. Philip Andrews U. S. N.; Rupert Blue
Surg. Gen. U. S. Public Health Service; J. Hampton Moore Pres. At-
lantic Deeper Waterways Ass'n; Patrick J. Lennox B. A. and William
J. Showalter.
One of the most interesting portions of the book is that dealing with
the feeding of the immense army of laborers. A few paragraphs con-
cerning one of the foods chosen and supplied by the Commissary
Department are quoted (beginning page 4zo) as follows:
"Visitors to the canal who were privi-
leged to get a glimpse of the routine
inner life will recall a familiar picture of
workmen going to their places of labor
carrying round yellow tins.
"Often as they went they munched a
food poured from the tin into the hand.
This food which played no inconsider-
able part in 'building' the canal was the
well-known article of diet 'GRAPE-
NUTS.' "The mention of Grape-Nuts in this
connection is peculiarly pertinent Not
merely because Grape-Nuts is a food
for of course proper food was an integral
part of the big enterprise but because
it is n cereal food which successfully
withstood the effects of a tropical climate.
This characteristic of Grape-Nuts was
pretty well known and constituted a
cogent reason for its selection for use in
the Canal Zone. ....
"This food is so thoroughly baked
that it keeps almost indefinitely in any
climate as has been demonstrated again
and again.
"One finds Grape-Nuts on transoceanic
steamships in the islands of (he seas in
Alaska South America Japan along the
China coast in Manila Australia South
Africa and on highways of travel and
the byways of the jungle in short
wherever minimum of bulk and maxi-
mum of nourishment are requisite in
food which has to be transported long
distances and often under extreme diffi-
culties. "The very enviable reputation which
Grape-Nuts has attained in these respects
caused it to be chosen as one or the
foods for the Canal Zone."
.Grape-Nuts
FOOD
scientifically made of prime wheat and malted barley contains the
entire goodness of the grain including those priceless mineral elements
so essential for active bodies and keen brains but which are lacking in
white flour products and the usual dietary.
There's a reason why Grape-Nuts food was chosen by the Canal
Commissariat. There's areason why Grape-Nuts is a favorite food of
hustling people everywhere!
Sold by Grocers
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