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Sheridan family. "self-made" rich
have moved Into a magnificent home In
the fashionable part of a Middle Wnl
"Ity In order that the womenfolk might
Srt acquainted with the "beat people."
Id Man Sheridan la buslneaa leader of
the community. Ilia aon Jim la killed ac-
cidentally. His aon Iloaroe takea to drink
because Mr a. ltoacoe flirts with Bobby
l.amhorn arlatocratlo rake who wanta
to marry Edith Bhertdan. Ilia aon Illbba
delicate In body poet at heart worka In
a machine ahop because the old man
thlnka he haan't enough aenae to be a
business member of the firm Next door
to the Sherldana live the Vertreea. broken-down
arlatocrata. Mary Vertrwa and
Illbba are almoet In love. Young Jim had
wanted to marry her. Old Man Sheridan
orders Lamhorn off the premlsea and
tetla Kdlth to give him up.
to suppose something would b due to nor that other whl.-'i bo Imminently her thought of him: a symbol or her-
bring up my average." j threatened him held place In the con elf and of her Inerrable kindness.
"Yen I thought you wouldn't see the I sclousncss or Illbba Sheridan when lit" Anil she kept the door open oven
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Once more the forces beyond
the power of human control are
at work confounding and thwart-
ing the mighty bualneis man
and city builder Sheridan. He
fights blindly valiantly and feels
sure he can win. How the fates
laugh at his efforts; how love
and hate show their great
strength Is all told with great
fluency by the author In this
Installment
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Bibbs' father haa announced that
hereafter Bibbs will be an official In
the various Sheridan enterprises and
will take up a big business career. The
son has refused. The father has Just
angrily demanded an explanation of
the refusal.
CHAPTER XXIV. Continued.
Terturbed and distressed Dlbbs rose
Instinctively; he felt himself at every
possible disadvantage. lie was a
deeper clinging to a dream a rough
hand stretched to shake him and wak-
en him. lie went to a table and mado
vague drawings upon It with a finger
nnd as he spoke he kept bis eyes low-
ered. "You weron't altogether right
about the shop that Is In one way
you weren't fathor." lie glanced up
apprehensively. Sheridan stood facing
him expressionless and made no at-
tempt to Interrupt. "That's difficult to
explain" Bibbs continued lowering
his eyes again to follow the tracings
of his finger. "I I believe the shop
might have done for me this time If
I hadn't If something hadn't helped
me to oh not only to bear It but to
be happy In It Well I am happy In
It. I want to go on Just as I am. And
of all things on earth that I don't want
I don't want to live a business life
I don't want to be drawn into It. I
don't think It Is living and now I am
living. I have the healthful toll and
I can think. In business as Important
as yours I couldn't think anything but
business. I don't I don't think mak-
ing money Is worth while."
"Go on" said Sheridan curtly as
Dlbbs paused timidly.
"It hasn't seemed to get anywhere
that I can see" said nibbs. "You think
this city Is rich and powerful but
what's tiie use of its being rich and
powerful 7 They don't teach the chll-
1rcn any more In the schools because
the city Is rich and powerful. They
teach them more than they UBed to be-
rause some people not rich and pow-
erful people have thought the
thoughts to teach the children. And
vet when you've been reading the pa-
per I've heard you objecting to the
rhlldren being taught anything except
what would help them to maka money.
You said It was wasting tho. taxes.
You want them taught to make a liv-
ing but not to live. When I was a
little boy this wasn't an ugly town;
now It's hideous. What's the use of
celng big Just to be hideous? I mean
I don't think all this has meant really
going ahead It's Just been getting
bigger and dirtier and noisier. Wasn't
tho whole country happier and in many
ways wiser when It was smaller and
cleaner and quieter and kinder? I
know you think I'm an utter fool fa-
ther but after all though aren't busi-
ness and politics Just tho housekeeping
part ot life? And wouldn't you despise
a woman that not only made her
housekeeping her ambition but did it
so noisily and dirtily that the whole
neighborhood was In a continual tur
moil over It? And suppose sho talked
and'' thought about her housekeeping
all the time and was always uavffex-
additions built to her house wbeb she
couldn't keep clean what she already
had; and suppose with It all she made
the house altogether unpeaccfui and
unllvablo "
"Just one minute!" Sheridan Inter-
rupted adding with terrible courtesy
"If you will permit me? Have you
ever been right about anything?"
"I don quite"
"I ask the simple question: nave
you ever been right about anything
whatever in the course of your life?
Have you ever been right upon any
subject or question you've thought
abvdt or talked about? Can you men-
tion one single time when you were
proved to be right f
He was flourUUtng the bandaged
band as be spke but Dlbbs said only
"If I've alwayi boo Wronj before
surely there's more chmce that I'm
lent about tail. It Msaa ttasonaol
point. And there's another you prob-
ably couldn't see but I'll take the lib-
erty to mention It. You been bnlkln'
nil your life. Pretty much everything
I ever wanted you to do you'd let out
some kind of a holler like you are
now and yet I can't seem to remem-
ber once when you didn't have to lay
down and do what I said. Dut go on
with your remarks about our city and
the business of this country. Go on!"
"I don't want to be part of It" said
DIbhs with unwonted decision. "I
want to keep to myself and I'm doing
It now. I couldn't ir I went down
there with you. I'd be swallowed Into
It I don't care ror money enough
to "
"No" his rather Interrupted still
dangerously quiet "You've never bad
to earn a living. Anybody could tell
that by what you say. Now let me
remind you; you'rn sleepln' In a pretty
good bed; you're cntln' pretty ralr
food; you're wcarln' pretty fine
clothes. Ct.Tust suppose one o' these
noisy housekeepers me for Instance-
decided to let you do your own house
keeping. May I ask what your propo
sition would bo?"
"I'm earning nine dollars a week"
said Dlbbs sturdily. "It's enough. I
shouldn't mind at all."
"Who's payln' you that nine dollars
a week?"
"My work!" Dlbbs answered. '"And
I'vo done so well on that clipping ma-
chine 1 believe I could work up to fif-
teen or even twenty a week at another
Job. I could bo a fair plumber In a
rew months I'm sure. I'd rather have
n trade than be In business I should
Infinitely!"
"You better set about learnlu' one
pretty dam' qulckt" Dut Sheridan
struggled with his temper and again
was partially successful In controlling
It. "You better learn a trade over Sun-
day because you're either golu' down
with me to my olllco Monday morn-
ing or you can go to plumbing!"
"All right." said Dlbbs gently. "I
can get along."
Sheridan raised his hands sardon-
ically as In prayer. "O God" he said.
"this boy was crazy enough before
he began to earn nine dollars a week
and now his money's gone to his head!
Can't you do nothln' for him?" Then
he flung his hands apart palms out-
ward In a furious gesture ot dismis-
sal. "Oct out o' this room! You got
came once more to the presence or ' tonight though the sleet and fine snow
Mary All was right In his world as
he sat with her rending Maurice Mae-
terlinck's "Alladlne and ralomldes"
And white tho zinc eater held oil to
lirln him such golden nights ns these
nil the king's horses and all tho king'
men might not servt to break tho
spell.
Dlbbs read slowly but In a reason-
able manner ns ir he were talking;
nnd Mary looking at him steadily
from beneath her curved fingers ap-
peared to discover no fault. It had
grown to bo her habit to look at him
whenever there wus an opportunity.
It may bo said In truth that while
they were together and It was light
lin looked at him all the time.
When he came to th end of "Alla
dlne nnd I'alomldcs" they were silent
n little while considering together;
then be turned back the pages and
said:
"There's something I want to read
over. This:
You would think I threw a window
open on tho dawn . . . 8he haa a soul
that can be aeen around her-that takea
swept In upon her bare throat and
arms and her brown linlr was strewn
with tiny white stars. His heart
leaped as he turned nnd saw that she
was there waxing her hand to him. as
If he did not know that the storm
touched her. When he had gone on
Mary did as she always did sho went
Into nn uii'tr room across the ball from
tlmt In which they had spent the eve-
ning and looking from the window
watched him until he wns out of sight.
l'lie storm made thnt difficult tonight
hut ahc caught n glimpse of him under
the Mreet lamp thnt stood between the
two houses nnd saw th.it he turned to
look buck again. Then nnd not before
she looked nt the upper windows of
Iloscoe'H house ncross tho street They
were dnrk. Mnry waited but after a
littlo whllo she closed tho front door
and returned to her window A
moment later two or the upper win
dows or Hoscoe's house flushed into
light and a hand lowered the shade of '
one of them. Mnry felt the cold then
It wns tho third night she had seen
those windows lighted nnd thnt shade
You snt up there nnd told me I got
hysterical' over nothln'l You sat up
there tnllln' me I didn't have ns heavy
burdens ns many another man you
knew. I Just want you to hear this.
Now listen!" Ho swung toward the
quiet figure waiting In the doorway
"lllbbs' will you come down town with
me Mondny morning and let mo start
you with two vlcc-presldcncles a di-
rectorship stock nnd salaries? I ask
you."
"No rather" said Dlbbs. gently.
Sheridan looked at Gurncy and then
faced his son once more.
"And I'd like the doctor to hear:
What Ml you do If I decide you're too
high-priced a workln man cither to
live In my house or work In my shop?"
"Kind other work." said Dlbbs.
"There! You hear him for yourself!"
Sheridan cried. "You hear what"
"Keep your hand In that allng! Yes
I hear him."
Sheridan leaned over Gurney and
shouted In a voice that cracked nnd
broke piping Into falsetto: "He thinks
or beln a plumber Hie wants to be a
plumber so he can think!"
He fell back a step wiping his fore-
bend with the buck of his left hand
"There! Thnt'tf my sonl That's Iho
only sou I got nowl That's my chance
to live." he cried with a bitterness
jou In Us arms like an ailing child and lowered just nftcr Willis had gone.
without envlng anything to you consoles
you for everything. ... I shall never un-
derstand It all. 1 do not know how It
can all be. but my knees bend In spite of
me when I speak of It . .
"Who's paying You That Nine Dollars
a Week?"
a skull that's thlcker'n a whale's
thigh-bone but It's cracked spang all
the way acrossl You're cracked! Oh
but I got a fine layout here! One sou
died one quit and one's a loon! The
loon's all I got left! Well mister loon
or no loon cracked and crazy or what-
ever you are I'll tako you with me
Monday morning and I'll work you
and learn you yes' and I'll tarn you
If I got to untltl I've mado something
out of you that's fit to be culled a
business man! I'll keep at you while
I'm able to stand and If I have to lay
down to die I'll be whlsperln' at you
till they get the cmbalmtn' fluid Into
met Now go on and don't let mo bear
from you again till you can come and
tell mo you've waked up you poor piti-
ful dandetlou-plckln' sleep-wulker!"
Dlbbs gave him a queer look. There
was something like reproach In It for
once; but there was more than that
a seemed to be startled by his father's
hut word.
CHAPTER XXV.
Tkcre was sleet that evening with a
whooouur wind but neither tola storm
He stopped and looked at her.
"You boyl" said Mary not very
clearly. (
"Oh yes" he returned. "Dut It's
true especially my kneesl"
"You boyl" sho murmured ngaln.
blushing charmingly. "You might read
another lino over. The first time I
ever saw you DIbhs you were look-
ing Into a mirror. Do it ngaln. Dut
you needn't read It 1 can glvo It to
you: 'A littlo Greek slavo that came
from the heart of Arcadyl' "
"I! I'm one of the hands at tho
Pump works and going to Btay one.
unless I have to decide to study
plumbing."
"No." She shook her head. "You
love and want what's beautiful and
delicate and serene; It's really art that
you want In your life and have always
wanted. You seemed to me from tho
first the most wistful person I had
ever known nnd that's what you were
wistful ror."
Dlbbs looked doubtful and more
wistful than ever; but after a moment
or two the matter seemed to clariry
Itself to him. "Why no" he said; "I
wanted something else more than that
I wanted you"
"And here I am!" she laughed com-
pletely understanding. "I think we're
like those two In "The Cloister and
the Hearth." I'm Just the rough Dur-
guudlan crossbow man Denys who
followed that gentle Gerard and told
everybody that tho devil was dead."
"lie Isn't though" said Dlbbs as a
hoarse little bell In the next room be
gan a scries or suappmgs wmen
proved to be ten upon count "He
gets Into the clock whenever I'm with
you." And sighing deeply he rose
to go.
"You're always very prompt about
leaving me."
"There's one little time In tho twenty-
rour hours when I'm not happy. It's
now when I have to say good night
Dut now's the bad time and I must
go through It and so good night."
And he added with a pungent vehe-
mence of which he was littlo aware.
"I bate It!"
"Do you?" she said rising to go to
the door with him. Dut be stood mo-
tionless gazing at her wunderlnjly.
"Mary! Your eyes are so" He
stopped.
"Yes?" Dut she looked quickly nway.
"I don't know" he said. "I thought
Just then"
"What did you think?"
"I don't know It seemed to me that
there was something I ought to under-
stand and didn't."
She laughed and met his wondering
gaze again rrankly. "My eyes nre
pleased" she said. "I'm glad that you
miss me a littlo after you go."
"Dut tomorrow's coming raster than
other days if you'll let It" be said.
Sho Inclined her head. "Yes. I'll
'let If!"
"Going to church" said Dlbbs. "It Is
going to church when I go with you!"
She went to the front door with him;
she alwuys went that far. They had
formed a little code of leave-taking
by habit neither of them ever speak-
ing of It; but It was always tbo same.
She always stood in tbo doorway until
he reached tho sidewalk and there ho
always turned and looked back and
she waved her hand to him. Then he
went on hair-way to tho new house
and looked back again and Mary was
not in the doorway but the door was
open and the light shone. It was as
if she meant to tell blm that she would
never shut him out; he could always
see that friendly light of the open
doorway as If It were open for him to
come back if be would. He could see
It until a wing of the new house came
between when be went up the path.
The open doorway seemed to blm the
beautiful symbol of her XrUndshlp of
A stricken George muttering hoarse
ly admitted him. nnd Dlbbs became
aware or a paroxysm within the house
Terrible sounds enmo rroin the li-
brary: Sherldnn cursing ns never be-
fore; Ills-wire sobbing her voice rising
to an agonized squeal or protest upon
each ot a series or muflled detonations
the outrageous thumping of n bnnd
nged hand upon wood: then Gurncy.
sharply Imperious "Keep your hand
In thnt sling! Keep your hand In
thnt sling I say!"
"Look!" George gasped delighted to
play herald for so Important a tragedy:
and ho renewed upon his rnco the
ghastly expression with which he had
first beheld the ruins his calamitous
gesture Inld berore the eyes ot Dlbbs.
"Look at 'a lamldal statuel"
Gazing down the hall Dlbbs saw
heroic wreckage seemingly Dyzantlno
painted colossal fragments ot n shat
tered torso appallingly human; nnd
gilded nnd silvered heaps of magnifi-
cence strewn among ruinous palms
like tho spoil of n barbarians' battle.
There had been a massacre In the
oasis the Moor had been hurled from
his pedestal.
"He hit 'at ole lamldal statue" said
George. 'Tow!"
"My father?"
"Yessuhl Pow! he hit 'er! An' you'
ma run tell mo git doctuh quick 's I
kin telefoam she sho' you' pa goln'
bus' a blood-vessel. IIo ain't takln' on
'tall now. He ain't nothln' 'tall to
what he was 'while ago. You done
miss' It Mist' DIbhs. Doctuh got him
all quiet' down to what he was. Pow!
ho hit 'or! Ycssuh!" He took Dlbbs'
coat and proffered a crumpled tele
graph form. "Here what come" he
said. "I pick 'er up when ho dono
stompln' on 'er. You read 'er Mist
Dlbbs you' ma tell me tuhn 'er ovuh
to you noon's you come In."
Dlbbs rend the telegram quickly. It
was from New York and addressed to
Mrs. Sheridan.
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Bure you will all approve step have
taken aa waa so wretched my health
would probably Buffered aeverely Hobert
and I were married this afternoon
thought beat have quiet wedding abso-
lutely sure you will understand wisdom
of step when you know Hobert better am
happiest woman In world are leaving for
Florida will wire addreaa when settled
will remain till spring love to all father
wilt like him too when he knowa him like
I do ha la Just Ideal.
EDITH LAMHOIW.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Dlbbs convinced that the mere
glimpse of blm Just then would provo
nothing less than insufferable for his
rather was about to make his escape
Into the gold-and-brocado room when
he heard Sheridan vociferously de
manding his presence.
"Tell him to come In here! no's out
there. I beard George Just let him In.
Now you'll seel" And f tear-stained
Mrs. Sheridan looking out Into tbu
hall beckoned to her son.
Dlbbs went as far as the doorway.
Gurney sat winding n strip of white
cotton his black bag open upon a
chair near by; and Sbcrldan was strid-
ing up and down bis hand so heavily
wrapped In fresh bandages that he
seemed to be wearing a small boxing-
glove. His eyes were bloodshot; his
forehead was heavily bedewed; one
side of his collar bad broken loose
and there wero blood stains upon but
right cuff.
"There's our little sunshine!" he
cried as Dlbbs appeared. "There's the
hopo o' the family my lifelong prido
and Joy!' I want"
"Keep your hand In that sling" said
Gurney sharply.
Sheridan turned upon him uttering
a sound like a bowl. "For God's sake
sing another tune!" he cried "You
said you 'came as a doctor but stay
as a friend' and In that capacity you
'IPfcM(.t
"There's Our Little Sunshine!" He
Cried.
that seemed to leave nshes in his
throat. "That's my one chance to
live that thing you ice in the door-
way yonder!"
Doctor Gurney thoughtfully regard
ed the bandage strip he had been
winding nnd tossed it Into the open
bag. "What's the matter with giving
Dlbbs a chance to live?" he said cool-
ly. "I would if I were you. You'vo
had two that went into business."
Sheridan's mouth moved grotesquely
before he could speak. "Joe Gurney"
he said when he could command him-
self so far "are you accusln' mo of
tho responsibility for tho death of my
son James?"
"I accuso you of nothing" said the
doctor. "Dut Just onco I'd llko to have
It out with you on tho question of
Dlbbs and while he's here too." He
got up walked to the fire and stood
warming his hands behind his back
and smiling. "Look here old fellow
let's be reasonable" ho said. "You
were bound Dlbbs should go to tho
shop again and be did go and he's
made good there. Now ace: Isn't
that enough? Can't you let him off
now? Ho wants to write nnd how do
you know thnt be couldn't do It If you
gave him a clianeo? How do you know
he hasn't some message something
to say that might make the world Just
a tittle bit happier or wiser? I'm not
speaking as doctor now. Dut I tell you
one thing I know: If you take blm
down there you'll kill something that
I reel is In him and it's liner I think
than his physical body and you'll kill
It deader than a door-nail! And so
why not let It live? You've nbout
come to tho end of your string old
fellow. Why not stop this perpetual
devilish lighting and give Dlbbs bis
cfance?"
Sheridan stood looking at him fixed-
ly. "What 'fighting?' "
"Yours with nature." Gurney sus-
tained tho daunting gaze of his fierce
antagonist equably. "You don't seem
to understand that you've been strug-
gling against actual law."
"What law?" 
"Natural law" said Gurncy. "What
do you think bout you with Edith?
Did Edith herself beat you? Didn't
she obey without question something
powerful that was against you? Kdlth
wasn't against you and you weren't
aglnst her but you set yourself against
the power that had her In its grip and
It shot out a spurt of flame and won
In a walkt What's taken Itoscoe from
you? Timbers bear Just so much
strain old man; but you wanted to
send the load across 'bo broken bridge. J out
ami you luuugui ju'i cuuiu uuny or
coax the cracked thlig Into standing.
Well you couldn't! Now here's Dlbbs.
There are thousands of men lit for the
life you want blm to lead and so Is
be. It wouldn't take -halt of Dlbbs'
kind nnd quantity or 'gray matter' that
will make him a success la iv tiling
ir he ever wakes upl The tfcY.n$iids
or men lit ror the tiro you Want htm to
lead aren't fit to do much with the
life he ought to lead. Dllndly he's
been fighting for tho chance to lead
It he's obeying something that begs)
to stay alive within him; and blindly
he knows you'll crush It out. You've
set your will to do It Let me tell you
something mor. You're half mad with
a consuming fury against the very
self of the Inw the law thnt took Jim
from you. Tbo very self or the law
took Hoscoe from you and gave Kdlth
the certainty of beating you: nnd the
very seir or the law makes Dlbbs deny
you tonight The law beats you. Dut
you've set yourseir against It to bend
It to your own ends to wield It and
twist It"
The voice broke from Sheridan's
heaving chest In a shout. "Yes! And
by God. I will!"
"So AJax defied the lightning" said
Gurney.
"I'vo heard that dnm'-fool story
too" Sheridan retorted fixedly. "'De-
lied the lightning.' did he tho Jackass!
If he'd been half n mnn he'd V got
nwny with It. We don't go showln' off
ilcfyln' tho lightning we hitch it up
and make It work ror us like a black
steer!"
"Well what about Dlbbs?" snld Our-
ney. "Will you be a really big man
now and"
"Gurney you know a tot about big-
ness!" Sheridan began to walk to nnd
fro ngaln and tho doctor returned
gloomily to his chnlr. Ho had shot bis
bolt the moment bo Judged its chance
to strike center wns best but the tar-
' get seemed unaware of the marks
man.
"I'm tryln' to make a big man out o
that poor truck yonder" Bherldan went
on "nnd you Btep In beggln'mo to let
him bo I.ord knows whnt I dou'tl I
suppose you figure It out thnt now I
got a son-in-law I mightn't need n sonl
Yes I got a son-in-law now a
spender!"
"Oh put your hand backl" said Gur-
ney wearily.
There wns a bronze Inkstand upon
the table. Sherldnn put his right hand
In the sling but with his left lie swept
the Inkstand from the table and half-
way ncross the room a comet with a
destroying black tall. Mrs. Sherldnn
shrieked and sprang toward it
"Let It lay!" he shouted fiercely.
"Let It lay!" And. weeping sho
obeyed "Yes sir" lie went on. In a
voice tho more ominous for the sudden
hush he put upon It "I got n spender
for a son-in-law! It's wonderful
where property goes sometimes. There
was ole man Tracy you remember
him Do! J. It. Tracy solid banker.
Ho went Into the bank as messenger
seventeen years old; he wns president
at forty-three and be built that bank
with his life for forty yenrs more. Gilt
edge that bank? It was diamond
edged? Ue used to ent n bag o' pea-
nuts nnd an apple for lunch; but be
wasn't stingy he was Just Ilvln' In bis
business. lie didn't care for pie or
nutomoblles he had his bank. It was
an Institution and It come pretty near
beln' tho beatln' heart o' this town In
its time. Well that olo man used to
pass one o' these here turncd-up-nose
nnd turncd-up-pants cigarette boys on
tho streets. Never spoko to him
Tracy didn't Speak to hlra? Godl
tie wouldn't 'a' coughed on blmt He
wouldn't V let blm clean the cuspi-
dors at the bank! Why If he'd 'a' Just
seen htm standln' In front the bank
he'd 'a' had him run off the street And
yet nil Tracy was doln' every day of
Ids life was work In' for that cigarette
boyl Tracy thought ho was glvln'
his life and his life-blood 'and the
blood of his brain for the bank but
he wasn't It was etery bit rrom
tho time ho went In at seventeen till
he died In harness at eighty-three
It was every last lick of it Just
slavlu' for n turned-up-noso turned-up-pants
cigarette boy. And Tracy
didn't even know his nnmel He died
tint ever bavin' heard It though he
chnsed him off the front steps of bis
house once. The day after Tracy died
his old-maid daughter married the
cigarette nnd thero ain't any Tracy
bank nny morel And now" his voice
roso ngnln "and now I got a cigarette
son-in-law!"
Gurney pointed to the flourishing
right hand without speaking and Sheri-
dan onco more returned It to the sling.
"My son-in-law likes Florida this
winter" Sheridan went on. "That's
good and my son-in-law better enjoy
it becauso I don't think he'll be there
next winter. They got twelve thou-
sand dollars to spend and I hear It
can bo done In Florida by rich sons-in-law.
When Itoscoo's woman got me to
Bpend that much on n porch for their
new house Edith wouldn't give me a
minute's rest till I turned over the
same to her. And she's got It besides
what I gave her to go east on. It'll
bo gone long before this time next
year and when she comes home and
leaves the cigarette behind for good -
she'll get some more. My name ain't
Tracy and there ain't goln' to be any
Tracy business In the Sheridan family.
And there ain't goln' to bo any college
foundln' and endowln and trusteeln'
nor God-knows-what to keep my prop-
erty alive when I'm gone! Edlth'M
be back and she'll get a girl's share
when she s through with that cigarette.
undertake to sit up and criticize mo" brains to be twice aa gaod a business
"Oh talk sense" said the doctor man as Jim and Roscoe put together."
and yawned Intentionally. "What do I "What!" Bhertdaa goggled at him
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Doesn't It appear now that
Old Man 8herldan will set about
to havo Edith's marriage to
Lamhorn annulled as soon as aha
cornea to her senses? Would you
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