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A FOOL \Gk
FOR. LOVE I
By FRANCIS LYNDE I
J Author of"The Grafters." Etc. v
(Copyright, I'JOS, by J. I*. LipplucottCo.)
CHAPTER X—Continued.
Calvert acquiesced eagerly, scenting
possibilities. But when they were out
tinder the frosty stars he had the
good sense to walk her up and down
in the healing silence and darkness
(or five full minutes before he ven
tured to say what was in his mind.
When he spoke it was earnestly and
to the purpose, not without eloquence.
He loved her; had always loved her,
he thought. Could she not, with time
and the will to try, learn to love him?
—not. as a cousin?
She turned quickly and put both
hands on his shoulders.
"Ob Cousin Billy—don't!" she fal
tered brokenly; and he, seeing at once
that he had played the housebreaker
where he would fain have been the
welcome guest, took his punishment
manfully, drawing her arm in his and
walking her yet other turns up and
ifown the long platform until his pa
tience and the silence had wrought
their perfect work.
"Does it hurt much?" she asked,
softly, after a long time.
"You would have to change places
with me to know just how much it
hurts," lie answered. "And yet you
haven't left me quite desolate, Vir
ginia. I still have something left —
till I've ever had, I fancy."
"And that is-—"
"My love for you, you know. It
Isn't at all contingent upon yopr yes
or no; or upon possession—it never
has been, I think. It has never asked
much except the right to be."
She was silent for a moment. Then
»he said: "Cousin Billy, I do believe
tthal. you are the best m;tn that ever
llve«S. And I am ashamed—ashamed!"
"What for?"
"if I have spoiled you. ever so lit
tle, for some truer, worthier woman."
"You haven't; you mustn't take that
view of it. I am decently in love
with my work —a work that not a few
wise men have agreed could best be
done alone. I don't think there will
be any other woman. Yon see, there
Is only one Virginia. Shall we go
in now?"
She nodded, but when they reached
the Rosemary the returning engine
was rattling upon the open siding.
Virginia drew back.
"I don't want to meet Uncle Somer
vilk» just now," she confessed. "Can't
we climb up to the observation plat
form at the other end of the car?"
He said yes, ami made the affirma
tive good by lifting her in his arms
over the high railing. Once safely on
the car. she bade him leave her.
She was shivering a little in the
chill wind sliding down from the
■snow-peaks, yet she would not go in
"until she had made sure. In a little
time her patience was rewarded. The
huge engine came storming tip the
grade on the new line, pushing its
three flat-cars, which were black with
clinging men. On the car nearest
the locomotive, where the dazzling
Leant of the headlight pricked hint
out for her, stood Winton, braced
against the lurehings of the train over
the tmeven track.
"God speed you, my love!" she mur
mured, softly; and when the gloom of
th« upper canyon cleft had engulfed
man and men and storming engine
she turned togo in.
She was groping for the doorknob
in the darkness made thicker by the
glare of the passing headlight when
a voice, disembodied for the moment,
aaid: "Wait a minute, Miss Carteret;
I'd tike to have a word with you."
She drew back quickly.
"is it you, Mr. Jastrow? Let me
go In, please."
"Jn one moment. I have something
to say to you—something you ought
to hear."
"Can't it be said 011 the other side
of the door? I am cold—very cold,
Mr. Jastrow."
It was his saving hint, but he would
not take it.
"No, it must be said to you alone.
We have at least one thing in com
mon. Miss Carteret—you and I. That
Is a. proper appreciation of the suc
cessful realities. I—"
She stopped him with a quick little
gesture of impatience.
"Will you be good enough to stand
aside and let me go in?"
The keen breath of the snow-caps
■was summer-warm in comparison with
the chilling iciness of her manner;
but the secretary went on unmoved;
"Success is the only thing worth
while in this world. Winton will fail,
tout; I shan't. And when I do succeed,
I shall marry a woman who can wear
the purple becomingly."
"I hope you may, I'm sure," she
answered, wearily. "Yet you will ex
«*U3f me if I say that I don't under
stand how it concerns me, or why you
should keep me out here in the cold
.to tcV! me about it."
"Don't you' It concerns you very
nearly. You are the woman. Miss
Carteret."
"Indeed? And if I decline the
honor?"
The contingency was one for which
the suitor seemed not entirely pre
pared. Yet he evinced a willingness
to meet the hypothesis in a spirit of
«rfect candor.
"YQM Tjeuldrj't dQ that, definitely, I
fancy. It would he tantamount to
driving me to extremities."
"If you will tell me how Iran do
it 'definitely,' I shall he most happy to
drive you to extremities, or anywhere
else out of my way," she said, frigidly.
"Oh, I think not," lie rejoined.
"You wouldn't want me togo and tell
Mr. Darrah how you have betrayed
him to Winton. I had the singular
good fortune to overhear your con
versation—yours and Wlnton's, you
know; and if Mr. Darrah knew, he
would cut you out of his will with
very little compunction, don't you
think? And, really, you mustn't
throw yourself away on that Senti
mental Tommy of an engineer, Miss
Virginia. He'll never be able to give
you the position you're fitted for."
Since French was a dead language
to Mr. Arthur Jastrow, he never knew
what it was that Miss Carteret named
him. But she left him in no doubt
as to her immediate purpose.
"If that be the case, we would bet
ter go and find my uncle at once," she
said in her softest tone; and before he
could object she had led the way to
the Rajah's working-den stateroom.
Mr. Darrah was deep in one of the
cipher telegrams when they entered,
and he looked up to glare fiercely at
one and then the other of the intrud
ers. Virginia gave her persecutor no
time to lodge his accusation.
"Uncle Somerviile, Mr. Winton was
here an hour ago, as you know, and
I told him what you had done —what
I had helped you do. Also, I seftt
him about his business; which is, to
win his railroad fight if he can. Mr.
Jastrow overheard the conversation,
purposely, and as he threatens to turn
informer, I am saving him the trou
ble. Perhaps I ought to add that he
c?sered to hold his peace if I would
promise to marry him."
What the unlucky Jastrow might
have said in liis own behalf is not
to be here set down in peaceful black
and white. With the final word of
Virginia's explanation the fierce old
master of men was up and clutching
for the secretary's throat, and the
working complement of the Rosemary
suffered instant loss.
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"GO!"
"You'll spy upon a membeh of my
family, will you, sell!" lie stormed.
"Out with you, bag and baggage, befo'
I lose my tempeh and forget what is
due to this young lady you have In
sulted, seh, with your infamous pro
posals! Faveh me instantly, while
you have a leg to run with! Go!"
Jastrow disappeared; and when the
door closed behind him Virginia faced
her irato clan-chief bravely.
"He was a spy, and he would have
been a traitor —for a consideration,
Uncle Somerville. But I am little bet
ter. What will you do to me?"
"So it was a case of the trappeh
trapped, was it, my deah? I'm sor
ry—right sorry. I might have known
how it would be; a youngeh man
would have known. But you have
done no unpahdonable mischief.
Mlsteh Winton would have found out
for himself in a few hours at furthest,
anil wo are ready for him now."
"Oh, dear!" she said. "Then he
will be beaten?"
"Unquestionably. Faveh me by go
ing to bed, my deah. Your roses will
suffeb sadly for all this excitement,
I l'eah. Good night."
CHAPTER XI.
It seemed to Virginia that she had
but just fallen asleep when she was
rudely awakened by the jar and grind
of the Rosemary's wheels on snow
covered rails. Drawing the curtain,
she found that a new day was come,
gray and misty white in the gusty
swirl of a mountain snow-squall.
Without disturbing the sleeping
Bessie, she dressed quickly and slipped
out to see what the early morning
change of base portended. The com
mon room was empty when she en
tered it, but before she could cross
to the door the Reverend Billy came
in, stamping the snow from his feet.
"What is it?" she asked, eagerly.
"Are we off for California?"
"No, it's some more of the war.
Winton has outgeneraled us. During
thg night he pushed his track up to
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1907
the disputed crossing, '•nishwT tha
guarded engine, and ditched it."
Virginia felt that she ought fo be
decorously sorry for relationship's
sake, but the effort ended in a little
paean of Joy.
"Hut Uncle Somervtlle—what will
he do?"
"He is with McGrath on the engine,
getting himself —and us—to the front
in a hurry, as you perceive."
"Isn't it too late to stop Mr. Winton
now?"
"I don't know. From what I could
overhear I gathered that the ditched
engine is still in the way, that they
are trying to roll it over into the
creek. Bless me! McGrath is getttlng
terribly reckless!" this as a spiteful
lurch of the car flung them both
across tho compartment.
"Say Uncle Somerville," she amend
ed. "Don't charge it to Mr. McGrath.
Can't we go out on the platform?"
"It's as much as your life is worth,"
he asserted, but he opened the door
for her.
The shrilling wheels were tracking
around a curve into a seamy widening
of the canyon. To the left, on the
rails of the new line, the big decapod
was heaving and grunting in the
midst of an army of workmen swarm
ing thick upon the overturned guard
engine.
"Goodness! It's like a battle!" she
shuddered. As she spoke the Rose
mary stopped with a jerk and Mc-
Grath's fireman darted past to set tho
spur-track switch.
The points were snow-clogged, and
the fireman wrestled with the lever,
saying words. The delay was meas
urable in heart-beats, but it sufficed.
The big decapod coughed thrice like
a mighty giant in a consumption; the
clustering workmen scattered like
chaff to a ringing shout of "Stand
clear!" and the obstructing mass of
iron and steel rolled, wallowing an',l
hissing, into the stream.
"Rails to the front! Hammermen!"
yelled Winton; and the scattered forco
rallied instantly.
But now the wrestling fireman had
thrown the switch, and at the Rajah's
command the Rosemary shot, out oa
the spur to lie thrust with loou'd
brakes fairly into the breach left de
fenseless by the ditched engine. With
a mob-roar of wrath tho infuriated
track-layers made a rush for the new
obstruction. But Winton was befoi a
them.
"Hold on!" he shouted, bearing
them back with outflung arms. "Hold
on, men, for God's sake! There aro
women in that car!"
The wrathful wave broke and ed
died murmurous while a square-shoul
dered old man with fierce eyes and
huge white mustaches, and with an
extinct cigar between his teeth, clam
bered down from the Rosemary's en
gine to say:
"Hah! a rat.heh close connection, eh,
Misteh Winton? Faveh me with a
match, if you please, seh. May I
assume that you won't tumble my pri
vate car into the ditch?"
Winton was white-hot, but he found
a light for the Rajah's cigar, easing
his mind only as he might with Vir
ginia looking 011.
"I shall be more considerate of the
safety of the ladies than you seem
to be, Mr. Darrali," he retorted. "You
are taking long chances in this game,
sir."
The Rajah's laugh rumbled deep in
his throat. "Not so veliy much longer
than you have been taking during the
past fo'tnight, my deah seh. But
neveh mind; all's fair in love or war,
and we appeah to be having a little
of both up heah in Qua'tz creek, hah?"
Winton flushed angrily. It was no
light tiling to be mocked before his
men. to say nothing of Miss Carteret
standing within arm's reach on the
railed platform of the Rosemary.
"Perhaps I shall give you back that
word before we are through, Mr. Dar
rali," he snapped. Then to the eddy
ing mob-wave: "Tools up, hoys. Wo
camp here for breakfast. Flanagan,
send the 215 down for the cook's out
fit."
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
VENTILATING A STABLE.
How It Can Be Done Without Draft
and Cold.
To provide ventilation for a stable
In a very cold climate it is well to
have double windows. Make a wide
frame and put one sash near the outer
edge, and the other near the inner
edge, leaving a dead air space eight
to ten inches wide between the two.
This arrangement will effectually bar
out the cold and keep the warmth
from passing out, for there is no
more effective barrier for such pur-
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poses than perfectly dead air. The>
windows must be tightly fitted so as
to prevent circulation of the air.
Putin about three of these double
windows on each side and two on each
end. Putin the same number of fresh
air intakes, six inches in diameter,
after the manner shown in Fig 1, and
furnish each with a damper or cap
60 that it may be closed, or partly
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Flue for Foul Air.
closed when the wind blows too fierce
ly from any quarter.
For removing the cold and foul air,
says Montreal Herald, locate a flue
where it will be least in the way.
Build it in one corner, as shown in
Fig. 2, by enclosing 22 inches on each
side and making an opening 20 inches
wide and same in height. Make this
flue practically air tight, just as one
would build a chimney and let it ex
tend well above the highest part of
the roof.
HOME GROWN FEEDS.
What Will Prove the Most Economical
in Feeding the Cow.
The most economical feeds that I
have been able to find for feeding
dairy cows include corn, rye, peas,
bran, clover hay and corn stover,
writes a farmer in Farm and Home.
The quantity will depend upon the
size of the cow and should vary ac
cording to the amount of milk pro
duced.
For tho average cow, weighing
around 1,000 pounds, and giving from
two and one-half to three gallons
milk per day, I find the following to
be about the right amount for a
dairy ration: Four pounds corn,
three-fourths pound bran, 10-15 pound
cow peas, 5-10 pound clover hay and
all the corn stover that they will
eat. Whenver I do not have the
cow peas, I increase the amount of
clover and add one to one and
one-half-pounds cottonseed meal.
I think cow peas one of the best
and most economical feeds for dairy
cows that we have. The cows like
them better than any other dry
feed, and they are rich in protein.
I always try to raise enough peas
to feed my cows a small amount dur
ing the winter. The only feeds 1
buy are bran and cottonseed meal.
My cows are fed in stalls and
mangers similar to the Board's dairy
stall, which is very satisfactory.
In feeding, I think it best to be reg
ular both as to quantity and time of
feeding. Any increase or lessening of
feed should be done gradua'ly.
THE DAIRY.
Sunshine will make the stables sweet.
It is the cow that counts, not the
name of the breed.
A thorough dairy cow milks close
up to calving. She hangs on far bet
ter than the "scrub." This is the
case where the well-bred makes only
half the loaf. —Rural New Yorker.
You can't rub rust off your cans,
pails and pans. Better got new milk
things just as soon as they begin to
show signs of rust.
Don't, let tho cows nor the young
stock start to lose flesh this month.
The one-cow dairy arrived long ago
and a mighty handy institution it is*
The one-cow sHo has not yet reached
the one-cow dairy, but it is on the
way.
The man who looks on a cow as a
machine and treats her as he would a
machine, will get from her ground-out
results, and nothing tnoii'. —Farui and
Home.
Some men can't even do their duty
without making a fuss about it.
TO CI'KE A COLD IN ON K DAY
Talin LAXATIVE llllOMOQulDineTablets. IJrnff
gls'i retuml money if il fails to euro. i£. VV
liKUVK ri biKuatoro is on eacti box. 25c,
New York Philanthropist.
Dr. Adelaide Wallerstein, rich,
young and handsome, has turned part
of her elegant New York home into a
physician's office. Here she devotes
about six hours a day to practicing
medicine, all the income so derived
going to her charity work on the east
side of the city. Mrs. Wallerstein is
accomplished and socially prominent,
but has given up most of her society
pleasures for her professional and
charitable work.
Comment That Stung.
The marquis of Lansdown, leader
of unionist peers in the British parlia
ment, speaks rarely but always with
effect. He revels in grave sarcasm.
On one ocasion Lord Crewe, the lib
eral leader, made a speech on a subject
which he desired to leave a matter
for open voting among his followers.
Lord Lansdowne congratulated his
friend on his eloquent speech. "I
have followed it,"he said, "with earn
est attention not only on account of
the importance of the subject but also
on account of the noble lord's judicial
attitude. I admired his earnestness
and eloquence, but what impressed me
most was his impartiality." A pause.
"Yes, until the last minute I did not
know on which side of the fence his
I lordship was coming down."
j . Safe, Sure and Speedy.
No external remedy ever yet de
j vised has so fully and unquestionably
met these three prime conditions as
j successfully as Allcock's Plasters,
i They are safe because they contain
! no deleterious drugs and are manu
; factured upon scientific principles of
: medicine. They are sure because
nothing goes into them except ingre-
I dients which aro exactly adapted to
; the purposes for which a plaster is re
| quired. They are speedy in their ac
tion because their medicinal qualities
go right to their work of relieving
pain and restoring the natural and
healthy performance of the functions
of muscles, nerves and skin.
Allcock's Plasters are tho original
and genuine porous plasters and like
I most meritorious articles have been
j extensively imitated, therefore always
make suro and get the genuine.
MANY SOURCES OF SALT.
That from Natural Springs Is Gener
ally Most Nearly Pure.
The purity of salt depends upon the
source from which it is obtained and
! the sanitary conditions under which
jlt is prepared for the market. The
j supply of common salt, the most in
! dispensable of all the seasoning sub-
I stances both as a relishing condiment
[ and a well-nigh universal food pre-
I servative, is exhaustless, yet even so
j there is salt and salt, says the Pic-
I torial Review.
! Formerly salt was obtained by evap
orating ocean water, a process that
left many impurities in the residuum,
to say nothing of Its exposure to all
kinds of dirt in its shipment from sea
ports. The Turk's island or rock salt,
which is still largely used in pork
packing and in tho manufacture of ice
creams, comes to the United States
in holds of vessels continually sub
jected to dirt and foul odors. Upon
its arrival it is again handled, then
packed in coarse burlap bags, permit
ting dust to sift into the salt. In this
condition it reaches the consumer.
Latterly, however, the product of
salt springs has largely taken the lead
In this country not only for table salt
but for meat packing. The annual
production from this source in the
United States reaches more than 40,-
000,000 bushels, the state of New York
in the vicinity of Syracuse furnishing
a large proportion of this important
■upply.
NEVER TIRES
Of the Food That Restored Her to
Health.
"My food was killing me and I didn't
know the cause," writes a Colo, young
lady. "For two years I was thin and
sickly, suffering from indigestion and
inflammatory rheumatism.
"I had tried different kinds of diet,
plain living, and many of the remedies
recommended, but got 110 better.
"Finally, about five weeks ago,
mother suggested that I try Grape-
Nuts, and I began at once, eating it
with a little cream or milk. A change
for the better began at once.
"To-day I am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from indi
gestion and the rheumatism is all
gone.
"I know it is to Grape-Nuts alone
that I owe my restored health. I still
eat the food twice a day and never tire
of it." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The flavor of Grape-Nuts is peculiar
to itself. It is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable, healthful qual
ity that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources of rheumatism
Is from overloading the system with
acid material, the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
As soon as improper food is aban
doned and Grape Nuts is taken regu
larly, digestion is made strong, the or
gans do their work of building up good
red blood cells and of carrying away
the excess of disease-making material
from the system.
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. "There's a reason." Read
tho little book "The Road to Well
-1 ville" in pkga.
No m«R?» or fa made with PUT*
NAM lADLLKPS DYES; bright, bcauti*
£ul colors a certainty.
Each wrinkle on a woman's brow
represents an experience.
Mr*. Wliiftlow'A *iyrup.
For children teeming, soften* t.ie trum», ieuii<.-ea frw
ttAiniimilon alluya pain. cine* wind colic. 'ifJcatuUM.
With too many people charity la
more of a fad than a virtue.
PII.F.S CIRKI) IN O TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is to euro any cum
of Itching. iiiiijfj, Bleeding or Protruding I'iie* ia
0 lo U days or money refunded. &l>c.
A woman would rather do things to
worry a rival than to afford herself
pleasure.
FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured bv Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2 00
trial bottle and treatise. Dr. It. H. Kline
Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. '
Woman's Important Position.
An American woman, Mrs. John
Leslie —familiarly known as Mrs. Jack
Leslie—who was Leonie Blanche Jer
ome of New York, is inofficial adviser
in fashion and dress of the duchess of
Connaught and Princess Patricia, to
the former of whom she ia lady in
waiting.
Made Much on Small Capital.
Twenty-five years ago W. S. Wetham
left, the town of La Grange, Ga., with
the munificent sum of one dollar In
his pocket and landed in New York
with nothing to his credit but his
clothes and his character. The quality
of the former does not matter and tha
quality of the latter has shown itself.
He is to-day president of 75 banks, all
but four of which are situated in his
native state. In return for Georgia's
small advance of 100 cents he has
pretty well cornered her banking in
terests and has in keeping a goodly
amount of her funds. The four banks
of which he is president outside of the
state of Georgia are situated in Flor
ida.
~ AN IMPORTANT CASE
| Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives the
Entire Credit to Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills.
Mrs. S. C. Wcllocl:, of 114 Cleveland
Avenue, Everett, Mass., the wife of
an employe in the government works
at Chelsea, Kays:
"1 had been troubled with nervous
ness for ten years and the disease
kept growing on me. Then I learned
that I was suffering from locomotor
ataxia.. I had terrible tremblings in
my right leg which would get rigid
and when this happened in the street
1 uad to stand still until it passed
away to keep from falling. My right
arm felt as it' a thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching my
knee in bed would nearly cause mo
to scream out with pain and both
knees were so weak I could hardly
stand.
"I had to use a cane and bo helped
about by my son. Then the pain be
gan to settle in the calves of my legs
and the muscles became numb ani
quivered constantly. The cords un
der my knees seemed to be drawn up
tight and the terrible shooting pains
in my legs would nearly drive me in
sane. My toes became numb and at
times would prickle as if needles were
being thrust into them. My eyes be
came dull and black spots floated be
fore them. My heart was very weak.
"My attention was called to Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills and I bought sev
eral boxes right away and soon felt
relief. I was so pleased that I kept
on taking them until they cured me
entirely, and I have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over a year."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
ail druggists or sent, postpaid, on re
ceipt of price, 50 cents per box. six
boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A booklet, entitled "Nervous Dis
orders," sent free on request.
THE CANADIAN WEST
IS THE BEST WEST
Ijrl,WfJ-rajfeHTJW. ll -i Tho testimony of thon
bal,rts during ', ho P*Ht
rijffj Wontis tho bust. IV est.
J.tJl Year by year the agri-
f JA eultiiro I returns hu ve in
i* 'J creased In volume and in
WH W value, mid still the Cana
w dlan Government offers
8 100 ««•»•«*• Fit EE to
( every bona fide settler.
Some of the Advantages
The phenomenal Increase In railway mileage—
main lines and brandies—has pat almost, every por
tion of the country within easy reaeh of churches,
schools, markets, cheap fuel and every modern
convenience.
The NINETY MILLION BUSH KL WHEAT CROP
of this year means fM,OUO.UUU to the farmers of
Western Canada, apart from the results of other
grains and cattle.
For advice and Information address the BI7PRII
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or any authorized Government A tent.
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