€!§§ L* ' ■ >1 A FOOL Idf FOR LOVE j By FRANCIS LYNDE . J Author ot "The Grafters." Etc. I (Copyright, I'JOS, br J. P. Llppincotl Co.) t CHAPTER ll.—Continued. It was a rather unnerving thought, and when he considered it he was glad Chat their ways, coinciding for the mo ment, would presently go apart, leav ing him free to do battle as an honest poldier in any cause must. " The Rosemary party was rising, and IWinton rose, too, folding the seat for Miss Virginia and reaching her wrap Krom the rack. "I am glad to have met you," she Bald, giving him the tip of her fingers end going back to the conventional ities as if they had never been ig nored. But the sincerity in Winton's reply transcended the conventional form •112 it. "Indeed, the pleasure has been ■wholly mine, I assure you. I hope the future will be kind to me and let me see more of you." "Who knows?" she rejoined, smiling at him level-eyed. "The world has been steadily growing smaller since Shakespeare called it 'narrow.' " He caught quickly at the straw of hope. "Then we need not say good by?" "No; let it be auf wledershen," she paid; and he stood aside to let her Join her party. Two hours later, when Adams was reading in his section and Winton was smoking his short pipe in the men's compartment and thinking things un speakable with Virginia Carteret for a nucleus, there was a series of sharp ■whistle shrieks, a sudden grinding of the brakes, and a Jarring stop of the "Limited" —a stop not down on the time-card. Winton was among the first to reach the head of the long train. The halt was in a little depression of the bleak plain, and the trainmen were in con ference over a badly derailed engine when Winton cme up. A vast herd of cattle was lumbering away into the darkness, and a mangled carcass under the wheels of the locomotive suffi ciently explained the accident. "Well, there's only one thing to do," was the engineer's verdict. "That's for somebody to mog back to Arroyo to wire for the wreck-wagon." "Yes, by gum! and that means all night," growled the conductor. There was a stir in the gathering throng of half-alarmed and all-curious passengers, and a red-faced, white mustached gentleman, whose soft eouthern accent was utterly at vari ance with his manner, hurled a ques tion bolt-like at the conductor. "All night, you say, seh? Then we miss ouh Denver connections.?" "You can bet to win on that," was the curt reply. "Damn!" said the red-faced gentle man; and then in a lower tone: "I beg your pahdon, my deah Virginia; 1 was totally unaware of your pres ence." Winton threw off his overcoat. "If you will take a bit of help from an outsider, I think we needn't wait for the wrecking car," he said to the dubitant trainmen. "It's bad, but not as bad as it looks. What do you «ay?" Now, as everyone knows, It is not In the nature of operative railway men to brook interference even of the help ful sort. But they are as quick as other folk to recognize the man in esse, as well as to know the clan slogan ■When they hear It. Winton did not jwalt for objections, but took over the Command as one in authority. "Think we can't do it? I'll show you. Up on that tank, one of you, and heave down the Jacks and frogs. (We'll have her on the steel again be fore you can say your prayers." At the hearty command, churlish reluctance vanished and everybody lent a willing hand. In two minutes the crew of the "Limited" knew it was yrorking under a master. The frogs Were adjusted under the derailed wheels, the jack-screws were braced to lift and push with the nicest accuracy, and all was ready for the attempt to back the engine in trial. But now the engineer shook his head. "I ain't the artist to move her gently enough with all that string o' dinkeys behind her," he said unhopefully. "No?" said Winton. "Come up into the cab with me and I'll show you how." And he climbed to the driver's footboard with the doubting engineer at his heels. At the critical instant, when the en tire weight of the forward half of the engine was poising for the drop upon the rails, he gave the precise added impulse. The big ten-wheeler coughed hoarsely and spat fire; the driving-wheels made a quick half-turn backward; and a cheer from the onlookers marked the little triumph of mind over matter. "You bet, he's no 'prentice," said the fireman. "Not much!" quoth the engineer. "He's an all-'round artist, that's about what he is. Shouldn't wonder if he was the travelin' engineer for some road bade in God's country." "Travelin' nothing!" said the con ductor. "More likely he's a train mas ter 'r p'raps a bigger boss than that. Oil the flag, Jim, and we'll ba get ting e move." Oddly enough, the comment on Win ton did not pause with the encomiums of the train crew. When the "Limited" was once more rushing on its way through the night, and Virginia and her cousin were safely in the privacy of their state-room, Miss Carteret added her word. "Do you know, Bessie, I think it was Mr. Adams who scored this afternoon?" she said. "How so?" inquired la petite Bisque, who was too sleepy to be overcurious. "I think he 'took a rise' out of me, aa he puts it. Mr. Winton is precisely all the kinds of a man Mr. Adams said he wasn't." CHAPTER 111. It was late breakfast time when the Transcontinental "Limited" swept around the great curve in the eastern fringe of Denver, paused for a register ing moment at "yard limits/' and went clattering in over the switches to come to rest at the end of its long westward run on the in-track at the Union depot. Having wired ahead to have his mail meet him at the yard limits registering station, Winton was ready to make a dash for the telegraph office the moment the train stopped. "That is our wagon, ever there on the narrow-gauge," he said to Adams, point ing out the waiting mountain train. "Have the porter transfer our dunnage, and I'll be with you as soon as I can send a wire or two." he saw the yard crew cutting out the Rosemary, and had a glimpse of Miss Virginia clinging to the hand-rail and enjoying enthusiastically, he fancied, On the way across the broad platform her first view of the mighty hills to the westward. The temptation to let the telegraphing wait while he went to say good-morning to her was strong, but he resisted it and hastened the more for the hesitant thought. Nevertheless, when he reached the telegraph office he found Mr. Somerville Darrah and his secretary there ahead of him, and he remarked that the explosive gentleman who pre sided over the destinies of the Colora do & Grand River appeared to be in 112" * \ J 1 f '* "DON'T KNOW?" a more than usually volcanic frame of mind. Now Winton, though new to the business of building railroads for the Utah Short Line, was not new to Den ver or Colorado. Hence when the Rajah, followed by his secretarial shadow, had left the office, Winton spoke to the operator as to a friend. "What is the matter with Mr. Darrah, Tom? He seems to be uncommonly vindictive this morning." The man of dots and dashes nodded. "He's always crankier this time than he was the other. He's a holy terror, the Rajah is. 1 wouldn't work on his road for a farm down east—not if my job took me within cussing distance of him. Bet a hen worth SSO he is up in Mr. Colbert 's office right now, raising particular sand because his special engine wasn't stand ing here ready to snatch his private car on the fly, so's togo on without losing headway." Winton's eyes narrowed, and he let his writing hand pause while he said: "So he travels special from Denver, does he?" "On his own road? —well, I should smile. Nothing is too good for the Rajah; or too quick, when he happens to be in a hurry. I wonder he didn't have the T. C. pull him special from Kansas City." Winton handed in his batch of tele grams and went his way reflective. What was Mr. Somerville Darrah's particular rush ? As set forth by Adams, the plans of the party in the Rosemary contemplated nothing more hasteful than a leisurely trip to the Pacific coast —a pleasure jaunt with a winter sojourn in California to lengthen it. Why, then, this sudden change from "Limited" regular trains to unlimited specials? Was there fresh news from the seat of war in Quartz Creek canyon? Winton thought not. In that case he would have had his budget as well; and so far as his own advices went, matters were still as they had been. A letter from the Utah attorneys in Carbonate assured him that the injunction appeal was not yet decided, and another from Chief of Construction Evarts concerned itself chiefly with the major's desire to know whan he was to be relieved. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906. But If Winlon could hare been an eavesdropper behind the door of Super intendent Colbert's office on the second floor of the Union depot, his doubta would have been resolved instantly. The telegraph operator's guess went straight to the mark. Mr. Darrah was "raising particular sand" because hia wire order for a special engine had not been obeyed to the saving of the ulti mate second of time. But between his objurgations on that score, he wai rasping out questions designed to ex haust the chief clerk's store of in formation concerning the status of af fairs at the seat of war. "Will you inform me, seh, why I wasn't wired that this beggahly appeal was going against 11s?" he demanded, wrathfully. "What's that you say, seh? Don't tell me you couldn't know what the decision of the cou't was go ing to be before it was handed down; that's what you-all are heah for—to find out these things! And what is all this about Majah Kva'U resigning, and the Utah's sending east for a pro fessional right-of-way flghteh to take his place? Who is this new man? Don't know? Dammit, seh! it's your business to know! Now when do you faveh me with my engine?" Thus the Rajah; and the chief clerk, himself known from end to end of the Colorado & Grand River as a queller of men, could only point out of the window where the Rosemary stood engined and equipped for the race, and meekly: "I'm awfully sorry you've been delayed, Mr. Darrah; very sorry, indeed. But your car is ready now. Shall I go along to be on hand if you need me?" "No, seh!" stormed the irate master; and the chief clerk's face became in stantly expressive of the keenest re lief. "You stay right heah and see that the wires to Qua'tz Creek are kept open—wide open, seh. And when you get an ordeh from me —for an engine, a regiment of the National Gyua'd, or a trainload of white elephants—you fill it. Do you understand, seh?" Meantime, while this scene was get ting itself enacted in the superintend- ent's office, a mild fire of consternation was alight In the gathering room of the Rosemary. As we have guessed, Winton's packet of mail was not the only one which was delivered by spe cial arrangement that morning to the incoming "Limited" at the yard regis tering station. There had been an other, addressed to Mr. Soinerville Darrah; and when he had opened it there had been a volcanic explosion and a hurried dash for the telegraph office, as recorded. Sifted out by the Reverend Billy, and explained by him to Mrs. Carteret and Bessie, the firing spark of the ex plosion appeared to be some news of an untoward character from a placa vaguely designated as "the front." "It seems that there is some sort of a right-of-way scrimmage going on up in the mountains between our road and the Utah Short Line," said the young man."lt was carried into the courts, and now it turns out that the decision has gone against us." "How perfectly horrid!" said Miss Bessie. "Now I suppose we shall have to stay here indefinitely while Uncle Somerville does things." And placid Mrs. Carteret added, plaintively: "It's too bad! I think they might let him have one little vacation in peace." "Who talks of peace?" queried Vir ginia, driven in from her post of van tage on the observation platform by the smoke from the switching engine, "Didn't I sec Uncle Somerville charg ing across to the telegraph office with war written out large In every line of him?" "I am afraid you did," affirmed the Reverend Billy; and thereupon the explanation was rehearsed for Vir ginia's benefit. The brown eyes flashed militaat sympathy. "Oh, I wish Uncle SomerviWe would goto 'the front,' wherever that Is, and take us along!" she cried. "It woule be ever so much better than Califor, nia." The Reverend William laughed; an 4 Aunt Martha putin her word of ex postulation, as in duty bound. (TO BE COttTINU&AJ LITTLE THINGS AND BIG. Differentiate Between the Essential and the Non-Essential. Little things are often of great im portance, but when they are so they are not little. The pinion of a watch wheel, for example, in one sense ia little,,in another sense it is not so at all; for when It is not perfectly ad justed, the watch is worthless for time keeping. It is not size that makes a thing little or great, but its relation to the end for which a number of things are combined. If a thing Is essential it is important. Because so many of the people who are always preaching the importance of little things fail to discriminate between the little and the non-essential, they often make a wretched mess of the management of their own and other people's affairs. Theoretically, if every factor that con tributes to a result Is perfect, the re sult will be perfect; but practically, for want of time, strength and oppor tunity, the efficient man is compelled to neglect some things for the sake of others; and, In order to do this and yet secure the main end, he has to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential. The one who Is thoroughly imbued with the false doc trine of the importance of little things, spends his strength without discrim ination, and usually succeeds in miss ing the main chanceAThe Watchman. Hp DISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA. Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow der—Under Physicians Grew Worse —Cuticura Works Wonders. "I suffered with eczema six months. I had tried three doctors, but did not get any better. It was on my body and on my feet so thick that I could hardly put a pin on me without touch ing eczema. My face was covered, my eyebrows came out, and then It got In my eye. I then went to anoth er doctor. He asked me what I was taking for It, and I told him Cuticura. He said that was a very good thing, but that he thought my face would be marked for life. But Cuticura did its work, and my face Is now just as clear as It ever was. I told all my friends about my remarkable cure. I feel so thankful I want ev erybody far and wide to know what Cuticura can do. It is a sure cure for eczema. Mrs. Emma White, 641 Cherrier Place, Camden, N. J., April 25. 1905." WHAT WE OWE TO INSECTS. They Are of the Greatest Benefit to Growing Flowers. Prof. Darwin said that if It had not been for insects we should never have had any more imposing or attractive flowers than those of the elm, the hop and the nettle. Lord Avebury com pares the work of the insect to that of the florist. He considers that just as the florist has by selection produced the elegant blossoms of the garden, so the insects, by selecting the largest and brightest blossoms for fertiliza tion, have produced the gay flowers of the field. Prof. Plateau, of Ghent, has carried out a series of remarkable ex periments on the ways of insects visit ing flowers. He considers that they are guided by scent rather than by color, and in the connection he is at variance with certain British natural ists. Whatever may be the attraction In flowers to insects —as yet, it ap pears undefined—lt is certain that the latter visit freely all blossoms alike, making no distinction between the large, bright-colored ones and the less conspicuous blossoms like those of the currants, the lime, the planetree, the nettle and the willow. To Give Work to Russian Company. As nothing came of the attempt last year to raise in Balaclava bay the Brit ish ironclad with her treasure during the Crimean war, the Russian ad miralty officials at Sehastopol now propose to Intrust the task of bringing up the treasure to a Russian salvage syndicate. NO DAWDLING. A Man of 70 After Finding Cof.'ee Hurt Him, Stopped Short. When a man has lived to be 70 years old with a 40-year-old habit jri'own to him like a knot on a tree, chr, ices are he'll stick to the habit till he !ies. • But occasionally the spirit of youth and determination remains in some men to the last day of th ir lives. When such men do find any habit of life has been doing them h.irm, they surprise the Oslerites by a degree of will power that is supposed to belong to men under 40 only. "I had been a user of coffee until three years ago—a period < 112 40 years —and am now 70," writes a N. Dak. man."l was extremely n rvous and debilitated, and saw plainly that I must make a change. "I am thankful to say I had the nerve to quit coffee at on' 3 and take on Postum without any ds. ■vdling, and experienced no ill effects. On the con trary, I commenced to gai-i, losing my nervousness within two Months, also gaining strength and heal:;i otherwise. "For a man of my age, I am very well and hearty. I som -times meet persons who have not made their Postum right and don't Ike it. But I tell them to boil it long enough, and call their attention to my looks now, and before I used it, that seems con vincing. "Now, when I have writing to do, or long columns of figures to cast up, I feel equal to it and can get through my work without the fa;ged out feel ing of old. ' Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Am putation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremua, veteran, of Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., says:"l had been showing symptoms of aHg- . kidney trouble from \ the time I was mus army, but in all my life 1 never suffered aches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, was weak and help less, having run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain In the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until It was 34 Inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kid ney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disap peared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. KING OF SAFE-BREAKERB. Marvelous Delicacy of Hearing Pos sessed by Milner James. "Milner James was the most artistic safe-breaker in the business," said Lecocq the detective. "He Is dead now. He opened in his time over 700 safes without tools or gunpowder solely by working out the combination with his delicate and patient fingers. " 'lt took me a year,' he once said, 'to learn the trick of picking combina tions. I studied all the locks there were and I had three safes of different makes to practice on. The ear is the most important factor in my method and it must be held tight against the safe door on a line with the tumblers. When the knob of the lock is turned slowly and one of the tumblers reach es the notch corresponding to the first number of the combination the tum bler will fall with a little click. Care must be taken not to displace this tumbler. You keep on trying the knob back and forth gently till each of the tumblers drops. Then the door opens. Hardly one man in a thousand has an ear delicate enough for this work and to be a success at it you've got to give up tobacco and alcohol.' " Animals Do with Little Water. There are some animals which rare ly drink; for instance, the llamas, of Patagonia, and certain gazelles of the far east. A number of snakes, liz ards and other reptiles live in places devoid of water. A bat of western America inhabits waterless plains. In parts of Lozere, France, there aro herds of cows and goats which hardly ever drink and yet produce the milk for Roquefort cheese. Sheep-Killing Parrot. The kea is a greenish-brown parrot of New Zealand, which is as dangerous to the sheep of that country as wolves would be. These carnivorous birds fasten themselves on the backs ot grazing sheep, tear through wool and skin to the kidney fat, which they devour, leaving the unfortunate animal to perish in agony. 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One phase of this more than usually absurd affectation takes the form of Ignoring letters of introduction and this lack of consideration has roused family feuds in several cases. On* wealthy young Italian, who Is a mem ber of one of the best Roman families, went to Newport this summer wltk many letters from prominent persona But he has found it impossible to pr* sent them. "It is foolish to expect anything from social leaders these days and the stranger who aßks to ba received by letter has a hard time of It," said a young man whose letter to a society matron was Ignored. Had New York Sized Up. It was a severe criticism made on New York city by a visitor from Ne braska who said: "Yours is a 'short change' town. In three days I have had seven different persons try to cheat mo by returning too little change." 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