6 #b| A FOOL Idf FOR LOVE I By FRANCIS LTNDE J Author of"The Grafters," Etc. (Copyright, IJOS, b» J. I*. Llpplncott Co.) CHAPTER I."""" It was a December morning—the Missouri December of mild tempera tores and saturated skies —and the Chicago & Alton's fast train, dripping from the rush through the wet night, bad steamed briskly to Its terminal in the Union station at Kansas City. Two men, one smoking a short pipe and the other snapping the ash from a scented cigarette, stood aloof from the hurrying throngs on the platorm looking on with the measured interest of those who are In a melee but not or tt. "More delay," said the clgarettist, glancing at his watch. "We are over an hour late now. Do we get any of It back on the run to Denver?" The pipe smoker shook his head. "Hardly, I should say. The 'Limited' 1s a pretty heavy train to pick up lost time. But it won't make any particu lar difference. The western connec tions all wait for the 'Limited,' and we shall reach the seat of war to morrow night, according to the Boston itinerary." Mr. Morton P. Adams flung away the onburned half of his cigarette and masked a yawn behind his hand. "It's no end of a bore, Winton, and that is the plain, unlacquered fact, ' he protested. "I think the governor owes me something. I worried through the Tech because he Insisted that I should have a profession; and now I am go ing in for field work with you in a bowling winter wilderness because he Insists on a practical demonstration." "Humph! It's too bad about you," said the other, ironically. He was a fit figure of a man, clean-cut and vig orous, from the steadfast outlook of the gray eyes and the close clip of the Van Dyck beard to the square finger tips of the strong hands, and his smile was of good-natured contempt. "As you say, it. is an outrage on filial com plaisance. All the same, with the right of-way fight in prospect, Quartz Creek canyon may not prove to be such a valley of dry bones as— Look out, there!" The shifting engine had cut a car from the rear of the lately arrived Al ton, and was sending it down the out bound track to a coupling with the Transcontinental "Limited." Adams stepped back and let it miss him by a hand's-breadth, and as the car was passing Winton read the name on the panelling. "The Rosemary;' somebody's 20- ton private outfit. That cooks our last chance of making up any lost time be tween this and to-morrow —" He broke off abruptly. On the square rear observation platform of the pri vate car were three ladies. One of them was small and blue-eyed, with wavy little puffs of snowy hair peep ing out under her dainty widow's cap. Another was small and blue-eyed, with wavy masses of flaxen hair caught up from a face which might have served as a model for the most exquisite bisque figure that ever came out of France. But Winton saw only the third. She was taller than either of her companions—tall and straight and lithe; a charming embodiment of health and strength and beauty; clear skinned, brown-eyed—a very goddess fresh from the bath, in Winton's in stant summing-up of her, and her crown of red-gold hair helped out the simile. Now thus far In his thirty-year pil grimages John Winton, man and boy, had lived the intense life of a work ing hermit so far as the social gqds and goddesses were concerned. Yel he had a pang—of disappointment or pointed jealousy, or something akin to both —when Adams lifted his hat to this particular goddess, and was re warded by a little cry of recognition. "She is a friend of yours, then?" he said, when Adams had taken the bait ed hook open-eyed. The technologlan modified the as sumption. "Not quite in your sense of the word, I fancy. I met her a number of times at the houses of mutual friends in Boston. She was studying at the con servatory." "But she isn't a Bostonian," said Winton, confidently. "Miss Virginia?—hardly. She is a Carteret of the Carterets; Virginia bom, bred, and named. Stunning girl, isn't she?" "No," said Winton, shortly, resent ing the slang for no reason that he could have set forth in words. Adams lighted another of the scented villainies, and his clean-shaven face wrinkled itself Into a slow smile. "Which means that she has winged you at sight, I suppose, as she does most men." Then he added, calmly: "it's no go." "What's 'no go'?" Adams laughed unfeelingly. "You remind mo of the fable about the head-hiding ostrich. Didn't I see you staring at her as If you were about to have a fit? But it is just as I tell you; it's no go. She isn't the marrying kind. If you knew her, she'd be nice to you till she got a chance to f!ay you aMve —" "Break it off!" growled Winton. "Presently. As I wa3 saying, she would mist; the chance of marrying the best man in the world fvr the sake of taking a rise out of him. More over, she comes of old cavalier stock with an English earldom at the back of it, and she is inordinately proud of the fact; while you—er —you've given me to understand that you are a man of the people, haven't you?" Winton nodded absently. "Well, that settles it definitely," the Bostonian's comment. "Miss Car teret is of the sang aaure. Thß man who marries her will have to know his grandfather's middle name—and a good bit more besides." Winton's laugh was mockingly good natured. "You have missed your calling by something more than a hand's-breadth. Morty. You should have been a novel ist. Give you a spike and a cross-tie and you'd Infer a whole railroad. But you pique my curiosity. Where are these American royalties of yours go ing in the Rosemary.?" "To California. The car belongs to Mr. Somerville Darrah, who is vice president and manager In fact of the Colorado & Grand Kiver road; the 'Rajah,' they call him. He is a rela tive of the Carterets, and the party is on its way to spend the winter on the Pacific coast." "And the little lady In the widow's cap; is she Miss Carteret's mother?" "Miss Bessie Carteret's mother rr' Miss Virginia's aunt. She is the c—.j eron." Winton was silent while the "Lim ited" was roaring through a village on the Kansas side of the river. "I have heard somewhat of the Ra jah," he said, half musingly. "In fact, I know him, by sight. He is what the magazlnlsts are fond of calling an 'industry colonel,' a born leader who has fought his way to the front. If the Quartz Creek row is anything more than a stiff bluff on the part of the C. & G. R. it will be quite as well for us if Mr. Somerville Darrah is safely at the other side of the conti nent —and well out of reach of the wires." Adams came to attention with a half-hearted attempt to galvanize an Interest in the business affair. I ■* ■ ■ 1 ■ < WXNTON TURNED AND WALKED AWAY. "Tell me more about this mysterious jangle we are heading for,"he re joined. "Have I enlisted for a soldier when I thought I was only going into peaceful exile as an assistant engineer of construction on the Utah Short Line?" "That remains to be seen." Win ton took a leaf from his pocket mem orandum and drew a rough outline map. "Here is Denver, and here is Carbonate," he explained. "At present the Utah is running into Carbonate this way over the rails of the C. &' G. R. on a joint track agreement which either line may terminate by giving six months' notice of ita intention to the other. Got that?" "To have and to hold," said Adams. "Goon." "Well, on the first day of September the C. & G. R. people gave the Utah management notice to quit." "They are bloated monopolists," said Adams, sententiously. "Still, I don't see why there should be any scrap ping over the line in Quartz Creek canyon." "No? You are not up in monopo listic methods. In six months from September Ist the Utah people will be shut out of Carbonate business, which is all that keeps that part of their line alive. If they want a share of that traffic after March Ist, they will have to have a road of their own to carry it over." "Precisely," said Adams, eWllne a yawn. "They are building one, aren't they?" "Trying to," Winton amended. "But, unfortunately, the only practical route through the mountains is up Quartz Creek canyon, and the canyon iH ai CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1906. ready occupied by a bratich of the Col orado & Grand liiver." "Still, I don't see why there should be any scrap." "Don't you? If the Ili'ita's road can keep the new line out of Carbonate till the six months have expired. It will have a monopoly of all the carry ing trade of the camp. By consequence it can force every shipper in the dis trict to make iron-clad contracts, so wlipji the Utah line Is Anally com pleted it won't be able to secure any freight for a year at ledst." "Oho! that's the game, Is It? I be gin Co savvy the burro; that's the prop er phrase, isn't It? And what are our chances?" "We have about one in a hundred, as near a3 I could make out from Mr. Callowell's statement of the case. The C. & G. R. people are moving heaven and earth to obstruct us In the can yon. If they can delay the work a lit tle longer, the weather will do the rest. With the first heavy snow In the mountains, which usually cornea long before this, the Utah will have to put up Its tools and wait till next summer." Adams lighted another cigarette. "Pardon me if I am inquisitive," he said, "but for the life of me I canT understand what these obstructionists can do. Of course, they can't use force." Winton's smile was grim. "Can't they? Wait till you get on the ground. But the first move was peaceable enough. They got an injunction from the courts restraining the new line from encroaching on their right of way." "Which was a thing that nobody wanted to do," said Adams, between Inhalations. "Which was a thing the Utah had to do," corrected Winton. "The canyon is a narrow gorge—a mere silt in parts of it. This is where they have us." "Oh, well; I suppose wc toofc as 1 appeal and asked to have the in junction set aside?" "We did, promptly; and that la the present status of the fight. The appeal decision has not yet been handed down; and in the meantime we goon building railroad, Incurring all the pen alties for contempt of court with every shovelful of earth moved. Do you still think you will be in dange of ossifying?" Adams let the question rest whila hi asked one of his own. "How do you come to be mixed ui in it, Jack? A week ago some one told me you were going to Soutl America to build a railroad in th< Andes. What switched you?' Winton shook his head. "Fate, 1 guess; that and a wire from Presi dent Callowell, of tte Utah, offering me this. Chief of Construction Evarts in charge of the work in Quartz Creel) canyon, said what you said a few minutes ago—that he had not hired out for a soldier. He resigned, anc I'm taking his berth." Adams rose and buttoned his coat "By all of which it seems that wc two are in for a good bit more thar the ossifying exile," he remarked. Anc then: "I am going back into the Rose mary to pay my respecte to Miss Vir ginia Cartaret. Won't you come along?' "No," said Winton, more shortly tha the invitation warranted; and the tech nologian went his way alone. CHAPTER 11. "Scuse me, sah; private cah, sah.' It was the porter's challenge in th< vestibule of the Rosemary. Adami found a card. "Take that to Miss Carteret —Mis Virginia Carteret," be directed, anc waited till the man came back wit! his welcome. , The extension tabie in the open rati third of the private car was clo»»< to its smallest dimensions, and th< movable furnishings were disi>oM( about the compartment to make U I comfortable lounging room. <TO BE CONTINUSDJ wm A QUADRICENTENARIAN. Story of a Tortoise Whose Age Was Probably Nearly 400 Years. A living creature that has trod the earth, however sluggishly, since the days of the Spanish Armada is an ob ject of no common degree of interest. Such a creature has just passed away peacefully in London, in the person of Drake, a venerable tortoise of the Zoological Gardens, supposed to be nearly four hundred years old. Mr. V. Forbln, who contributes a short Drake, the London Tortoise, Possibly 400 Years Old. obituary wfth portrait to Paris La Na ture, and which was translated for the Literary Digest, notes that it is quite proper to be somewhat indefi nite cn the subject of Drake's exact age. He says: "There is nothing to prove, in fact, that the Testuda abingdonl that gave up the ghost the other day had really attained so abnormal an age. All that we may say certainly on this delicate subject is as follows » • • "The tortoise was captured in the Galapagos islands toward the end of the eighteenth century. At this time the scanty inhabitants of this wild archipelago regarded him as a bicen tenarian, relying on a date cut into his shell with a knife, which, though half effaced, appeared to begin with a 16. From this it was inferred that he had been first captured in the sev enteenth century by some of the hardy English or French pirates who were then disputing the passage of the Spanish galleons between Mexico and the Philippines, and who made the Galapagos their rendezvous. One of these filibusters, in a vein of pleas antry, or perhaps to futnish data for the benefit of future naturalists, may have cut on the prisoner's back the date of his capture, and then set him at liberty. Perhaps he even added his name, which has been obliterated by the growth of the shell. "From this vagUe date undoubtedly comes the name of the tortoise, 'Drake,' from the famous chief of the buccaneers, Sir Francis Drake, the illustrious and sanguinary sea-rover of the New World. "The tortoise was not brought to England till 85 years ago. After sev eral changes of ownership, he finally found comfortable quarters for his old age in an enclosure of the garden at Regent's park." CLOTHES PIN. Just the Right Shape to Hold the Clothes Firmly. The old-style clothes pin has been In use for a long time, and has proven so satisfactory that a change would seem undesirable. Nevertheless, an improvement has been mad? by two North Carolina inventors, as will read ily be seen by referring to the illus tration. These clothes pin are made of galvanized iron to prevent rusting and injury to the clothes and are bent to form double jaws. These jaws pro —i i Cannot Blip Off. vide a strong clamp, which noius the clothes securely to the line, without possibility of tearing or injuring thern. The old-style clothes pins have a ten dency to spring away from the lino unless they are forced very hard against the line, which often tears garments of fine texture. It will be obvious that there is no danger of this happening with the clothes pin shown here. Use Magnesia. Rub magnesia on soiled spots and dainty light colored goods. Put plenty on both sides, and when wanted for use again brush well and the spots will be gone. Popular British Names. Out of every 100,000 girls and boys in England and Wales, 6,820 are called Mary and 6,590 William. BELF-LOCKING RAILWAY SPIKE Device by Which the Loosening of the Rail Is Made Impossible. A railway spike that cannot work loose is now manufactured at Seattle, Wash. Says the 'jj Railway and En m), gineering Review, mi -■ in a brief descrip- I tive note: m i—' "It consists of w;VS? an ordinary spike wltll a curved shoulder at the back about the middle of the spike In length, to hold the spike from working up out of the tie. The wedge-shaped lock is a thin, tapering piece of Iron. When the spike is driven Into the tie it leaves a slight channel alongside of It, into which this wedge is driven, following the channel until it strikes the shoulder of the spike, when it im mediately turns out and enters the wood along the line of least resist ance—which is with the grain—some times turning upward a little if the wood is soft. It then becomes prac tically impossible to draw the spike without first drawing the wedge. If for any reason it is desired to pull the spike, the wedge itself, being thin, is easily drawn from the top, although it cannt be pushed up by the spike. After the wedge, is drawn the spike can easily be removed, and, what ia of great advantage, can be replaced in the same hole and locked with the wedge as securely as before. As the ties become old and the spike becomes loose, a tap of the hammer on the wedge will set it up tight against the rail again. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway recently had a num ber of them made at its shops and put Into its track for a test. We under stand that more than a million of these have already been ordered." NEW SIGNAL LIGHT. Marine Torch Which Will Burn in tne Water. A marine torch or signal light, that burst into a brilliant flame the In stant it touches water, is a recent invention. These signal lights can be used in many ways. One method is to attach one to a life buoy; the mo Light Attached to a Life Buoy, ment the life preserver strikes the water the light gives out a brighl flame, showing its location not only to the person overboard, but marking the spot for the crew, who put back in a small boat. As the average pas senger steamer cannot be stopped in much less than a mile when under full headway, the importance of the light in finding the spot is evident The signal burns with 300 candlepow er for a full hour. These lights are already in use in the American navy. Another type is the projectile which is fired from a gun and will carry as far as an ordinary shell will go. These lights can be set to burn as they leavf tho gun, or not untd the strike till waver, where they will float ijnd burn from one to two hours. TRIBUTE TO AMERICA. Liberal Aid Given to Science Elicit! Comment from Abroad. American generosity to science re ceived hearty recognition at the an nual meeting of that notable body, the British Association for the Advance ment of Science, at York. The presi dent, Edwia Ray Lankester, in his ad dress gave a highly interesting review of the progress made by science, par ticularly within the last 25 years which he said would stand out forever for the achievements in this line, es pecially with regard to the discovery of new chemical elements possessing astounding properties. He paid trib ute to the work of astronomers, in cluding the splendid accomplishments of Prof. Pickering, of Harvard univer sity, and then alluded to the liberal assistance given to science by wealthy Americans, specifying the gifts ol great telescopes and other equipment as indicating the interest taken by our millionaires in such work. He added: "In the United States this is not in frequent, while in this country it is rare." The gentleman is correct. There is no other land, remarks the Troy Times, in which money is so lavishly paid out by rich men in behalf of education and philanthropy as in the United States. Machinery to Roll Class. An invention for drawing molten glass out of the furnaces and rolling it mechanically has been sold to a syndicate of plate-glass manufacturers for $592,000. The inventor is a Bel gian, Mr. Fourcault, and the pur chasers of his patent rights are Ger man, Frenoh, Belgian aad Bohemian manufacturers. Only high-priced man ual labor has been able to do the work heretofore. Cure ForJThe Blues ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED Health Fully Restored and the Joy of Life Regained. When acheerful, brave, light-hearted woman is suddenly plunged into that perfection of misery, the ULU KS, it ia a sad picture. It is usually this tvay ; She has been feeling " out of sorts '* for some time; head has ached and back also; has slept poorly, been quite nervous, and nearly fainted once or twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very fast; then that bearing-down feeling, and during her periods she is exceed ingly despondent. Nothing pleases her. Her doctor says: " Cheer up: you have dyspepsia; you will be all right soon." But she doesn't get " all right," and hope vanishes; then come the brood* ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES. Don't wait until your sufferings have driven you to despair, with your nerve* all shattered and your courage gone, but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege« table Compound. See what it did fo* Mrs. Bosa Adams, of 819 12th Street, Louisville, Ky., niece of the late Gen eral Boger lianson, C.S.A. She writes] Dear Mrs. Pinkham; " I cannot tell you with pen and Ink what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I suffered with female troubles, extreme lassitude, 1 the blues,' nervousness and that all-gone feeling. I was advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it not only cured my female derangement, but it has restored me to perfect health and strength. The buoyancy of my younger days has returned, and I do not suf fer any longer with despondency, as I did be fore. I consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound a boon to sick and suffering women." If you have some derangement of the female organism write Mri, Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice. Strange World Tour. A story is told in Paris of a titled painter's pilgrimage. Ten years ago Vlscomte Jacques de Gruart laid a wager of $60,000 that he and his bride, to be married in the day of departure, could make a tour of the world, living on the earnings of the vicomte's brush. There was no stipulation as to time. The pair have just reached Paris on their return, after successfully ac complishing their undertaking and winning their bet. They have trav ersed Euronpe, America, Africa and Australia, living on nothing but the meager profits of the vicomte's brush. BEES CLOSED A MINE. Swarmed in Millions and Men Were Unable to Work. There are instances in great number where mining operations were tem porarily suspended by a shortage of funds or by water flooding the proper ty, but it remained for Mohawk, a small station along the Southern Pa cific, to furnish a new cause which is unique in the history of mining. The company affected owns the Bed Cross mines in the Mohawk mountains. Millions of bees, attracted by the water at these mines and forced from their hives in the mountains by the drought, took possession of the water supply, and their numbers were so great that it was found impossible to drive the swarms away. Consequently the mines have been shut down until the rainy season sets in, when it Is hoped the bees will return to their mountain homes. —Sacramento Bee. DAILY p-ff ££■ MINING COB ONE MONTH NiADVET Ton °P ah > Goldfield, Bullfrog MAtlnt I News Specially Featured ICTTCD MTU* ft POWELL CO. Lt I lEn Dept. A, SB Wall flt. N«v Tork VIRGINIA CARMC sto6.oooacres arKacreup. V inllllVlA r Mllmd Catalog free; largo map 10c. ■tampS. Southern Timber A Land Co., Inc., I'eUraburv, SALESMEN WANTED* We wanta live, active and thoroughly experienced salesman in this locality with sufficient money to hny outright his tlrst month's supply or our HlNM r»llclty Low ProiNur« Hollow W|lrc Ou»o« Ine Lights. A utility needed i n every store and home and fully complying with insuraneerules. To such a man we will give exclusive sales right and guarantee to refund money if (foods not sold l n W days. Further parti ml arson request. The Standar d Light Co.. N. Halated St., Chicago, HI LEARN teach plumbing, brick-laying and m plastering by actual .practice I n three ** months Free catalogue. COYNICTnA!>• TRAD E SCHOOL, KJ6-S4ON. AshlandA v., Chicago. REAL ESTATE. BAAi/i rr CDCC teljTng about Texas farm ft UU It LCI rflkb lands.glvfbg prices and pro ducts. Hundreds coming to Texas; send two cents postage. J C. MCKINNKY, llobey Grove, TeJUMt
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