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Starbuck's smile was face-wide.
"I hope I don't feel sorry," he re
marked. "Some day, when you can
take an hour or so off, I'm going to
get you to show me around in your
little mu-zeeum of self-conceit, John.
Maybe I can learn how to gather me
up one."
Smith matched the mine owner's
good-natured smile. For some unex
plainable reason the world, his par
ticular world, seemed to have lost its
malignance. He could even think of ]
Stanton without bitterness; and the
weapon which had been weighing his
hip pocket for the past few days had
been carefully buried in the bottom
of the lower dressing case drawer be
fore he came down to breakfast.
"You may laugh, Billy, but you'll
have to admit that I've been outfigur
ing the whole bunch of you, right
from the start," he retorted brazenly.
"But let's get down to business. This
is practically Stanton's last day o£
grace. If he can get some legal hold
upon us before midnight to-morrow
night or work some scheme to make
us lose our franchise, his job is
eone."
"Show me," said the mine owner
succinctly.
"It's easy. With the dam completed
and the water running in the ditches,,
we become at once a going concern, i
with assets a long way in advance of]
our liabilities. The day after to-mor- 1
row—if we pull through—you won t
be able to buy a single share of
Timanyoni High Line at any figure.
As a natural consequence, public sen
timent a little doubtful, will come
over to our side in a landslide, and
Stanton's outfit, if it wants to con
tinue the fight, will have to fight the
entire Timanyoni, with the city of
Brewster thrown in for good meas- j
ure. Am I making it plain?"
"Right you are, so far. Go on.
"Billy, I'll tell you something that;
I haven't dared to tell anybody, not
even Colonel Baldwin. I've been
Epending the company's money like
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Here, it is brown soutache on
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cuffs, pockets and belt of a
flowered silk and omit the
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water to keep in touch. The minute
we fail, and long before we could
hope to reorganize a second time and
apply for a new charter Stanton's
company will be in the field, with its
I charter already granted. From that
•to taking possession of our dam,
either by means of an enabling act of
the Legislature, or by purchase from
the paper railroad, will be only ,1
step. And we couldn't do a thing!
We'd have no legal rights, and no
money to fight with!"
Starbuck pushed his chair away
from the table and drew a 'ong
; breath. '
"Good glory!" he sighed. "I wish
to goodness it was day after to-mor
row! Can you carry it any further,
John
"Yes; a step or two. For a week
Stanton has been busy on the paper
i railroad claim, and that is what
i made me buy a few cases of good
| rifles and send them out to Williams.
! I was afraid Stanton might try force.
He won't do that if he can help it;
he'll go in with some legal show, if
possible, because our force at the
dam far outnumbers any gang he
could hire, and he knows we are
armed."
"He can't work the legal game,"
said Starbuck definitively. "I've
known Judge Warner ever since I
was knee-high to a hop-toad, and a
, squarer man breathe."
"That is all righf. but you're for
; getting something. The paper rail
road is—or was once—an interstate
corporation, and so may ask for re
lief from the federal courts, thus go-
ing over Judge Warner's head. I'm
not saying anything against torch
ing. the federal judge at Red Butte.
I've met him. and he is a good jurist
and presumably an honest man. But
he is well along in years, and has an
exaggerated notion of his own im
portance. Stanton, or rather his fig
te
"GotiJ Glpv'" "* S'rhed.
urehead railroad people, have asked
him to intervene, and he has taken
the case under advisement. That is
where we stand this morning."
Starbuck was nodding slowly. "I
see what you mean, now," he said "If
Lorching jumps the wrong way for
us. you're looking to see a United
States marshal walk up to Bartley
Williams some time to-day and tell
him to quit. That would put the final
kibosh on us, wouldn't it?"
Smith was rising in his place.
"I'm not dead yet. Billy," he re
joined cheerfully. "I haven't let it get
this far without hammering out a
few expedients for our side. If I can
manage to stay in the fight to-day
and to-morrow—"
A little new under clerk had come
in from the hotel office and was try
ing to give Starbuck a note in a
square envelope, and Starbuck was
saying: "No, that's Mr. Smith, over
there."
Smith took the note and opened it,
and he scarcely heard the clerk's ex
planation that it had been put in his
box the evening before, and that the
day clerk had been afraid he would
get away without finding it. It was
from Verda Richlander, and it had
neither superscription nor signature.
This is what Smtth read:
"My little ruse has failed miser
ably. Mr. K's messenger found my
falher in spite of it, and he—the
messenger—returned this evening. I
know, because he brought a note
from father to me. Come to me as
early to-morrow morning as you can
and we'll plan what can be done."
Smith crushed the note in his hand
and thrust it into his pocket. Star
buck was making a cigarette and was
studiously refraining from breaking
in. But Smith did not keep him wait
ing.
(To Bo Continued)
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i| By Virginia Terhune Van do ]I
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CHAPTER X.XVI
Copyright, 1917, Star Company
Who had taken the veil from the
trunk?
This was the question that re- j
peated itself to me with such perti
nacity that it was all I could do to
appear natural at dinner that night.
I foufld mycelf lapsing into lons
silences—silences from which I was |
several times recalled to the pres-1
ent by finding Hugh Parker looking !
at me. Once, my eyes met his. He i
smiled reassuringly, and I tried to!
smile back.
The remembrance of my conversa-1
tion with him last night had been |
with me all day except when I was
turning over in my mind the harass- j
ing problem of what I was to do I
about my employer, and how he!
would act if I were to tell him the J
truth. Now these momentous mat
ters had been temporarily relegated
to the background by what 1 had
discovered a while ago in the attic.
How ridiculous to attach so much
importance to a mere trifle!
Yet—who took that veil?
Hugh's glance had reminded me"
that I might bring upon myself a
scrutiny I wished to avoid. Mr. Nor
ton would think I was musing of the
events of last evening; Hugh would
think I was unhappy; Tom and Mrs.
Gore would wonder wnat was amiss, j
I must exert myself to play my part
better than this.
And, after all, the disappearance
of the veil was not phenomenal. One
of the maids might have gone up
there and, seeing the trunk open—
(for perhaps I had not closed it)
might have looked into it and re
moved the veil.
But why? And was it likely that
any one of the servants would have
gone up into that dreary and dark
attic at this particular time?
Still, a maid's curiosity might have
been aroused by hearing Grace and
myself up there this afternoon. Of
course that was it. How silly of me
to ponder any more of this subject!
If the veil was gone, It was gone. I
was not responsible for it. I would
think of other things.
Mr. Norton Is Morose
"This weather makes one dull," I
forced myself to remark as we rose
from the table. "I am as stupid as
an •owl."
"I was Just wondering if you wer
not well," Brewster Norton observed,
regarding me keenly.
But I would not meet his gaze.
"I am perfectly well," I rejoined.
"The trouble is that, when one is ac
customed, as we have been lately, to
living out-doors, one feels sleepy
when one is housed all day."
"Father," Tom proposed, "can't
we have a game of cards—hearts for
instance—you and Miss Dart, Mr.
Parker and me?"
"That's a good l£ea!" Hugh sec
onded.
"Yes, it is." Mr. Norton agreed.
"What do you say, Miss Dart?"
"I'd very much like to play," I an
swered. •
I was glad to be spared the neces
sity of talking. An entire evening
lay before us. The rain had stopped
within the last half hour, but it was
too damp to think of going out upon
the veranda.
"Won't Mrs. Gore play " I queried.
"No. I thank you," that lady de
murred. "I am going to sit here with
my knitting for a while, then go up
stairs and finish my novel."
Cards, to be enjoyed, must be play
ed seriously and thoughtfully, or
simply aa an amusing pastime. The
four who sat that night about the
card table at Hlllcrest played for
amusement, and laughed heartily at
one another's mistakes. All of us
except Tom had much on our minds,
and each of us welcomed a good ex
cuse for not thinking deeply.
So we made stupid blunders and
Jested about them, teased the per
son who chanced to have on his
hands the greatest* number of hearts,
and, on the whole, behaved as if we
were a party of care-free school
| children Instead of people with a
i burden of responsibility on our
shoulders.
y A Merry Party
The reaction from gravity was
strong. We were having an hour of
recreation and we made the most of
it.
So merry were we that we scarce
ly heeded the ringing of the tele
phone In the back hall. Mrs. Gore
laid down her knitting and went to
answer it.
I did not hear her returru hut,
looking up from my hand of cards,
I saw her standing In the doorwav
of the living room, very white, her
lips twitching nervously.
"Mrs. Gore!" I exclaimed. Involun
tarily. "What's the matter?"
At my exclamation the others
turned too and looked up. Mr. Nor
ton snrang to his feet.
"What's the matter?" he demand
ed. rolng toward her. "Adelaide,
wht's the matter with you?"
"I want to speak to you alone,"
she stammered. Then, trying to
smile at the rest of us, she added
with a pathetic effort to be calm,
"it's Just a little matter of business
thai I must speak to my brother
I "THEIR MARRIED LIFE"
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Copyright, 1917, International News
Service.
"I've always heard that this the
ater was wonderful," said Mrs.
Stevens enthusiastically, "and I've
always intended to come here and
see for myself what it was like, but
somehow or other I never have until
now."
"O, I come nearly every week,"
Helen nodded, and for a time si
themselves comfortably. "It's a lib
eral education; why.l wouldn't miss
it for worlds."
"And you say that there Is to be
an unusually fine film here?" !
queried Mrs. Stevens.
Helen nooded, and for a time si- !
lence fell between the two women.
Helen, feminine as she was, dis
liked chatting while something was
going on. She liked to give her en
tire attention to whatever it was that j
she had thought worth coming to J
see, but Mrs. Stevens gossiped about
everything, and the place made little
or no difference.
"This must be the picture," Mrs. J
Stevens remarked after a bit, when
several other numbers had been ren
dered.
"Yes, this is the feature," Helen
whispered back. She had noticed
that several people were looking dis
turbed about them. It Is a strange
thing, but talk mars the enjoyment
of a motion picture Just as much as
it would a play, for it destroys the
continuity and concentration of j
thought required in order to appre- i
ciate everything.
Helen did not encourage further
speech, but Mrs. Stevens was not
silenced at all by the siight pressure
on the arm that Helen administered.
The woman on the other side of
Helen had looked in their direction
several times. Helen was conscious
of a faint perfume each time the
woman moved, that was suggestive
of the Orient. The woman, too, look
ed unusual, that Is as much as Helen
could see of her, for she wore a
heavy veil. But in the interest of the
picture, Helen soon forgot the un
known presence.
"I wonder what these people get
who play leading parts like this,"
Mrs. Stevens remarked after a lit
tle. The interest of the picture which
enthralled Helen did not seem to in
terfere with Mrs. Stevens' desire to
talk
"Different salaries, some of them
, get enormous money," she whis
pered back.
"Do you think it's really true that
some of them get thousands a
w-eek?" asked Mrs. Stevens.
Helen nodded.
"I'll tell you about It afterward,"
she whispered. "Don't you like the
picture?"
Mrs. Stevens nodded and proceed
ed to powder her nose.
"Well, I must say Helen, that I
don't see so much In this woman
to rave about," she said in a mo
ment or so.
"Don't you really, I think she i
a wonderful actress, one of the best
we have," Helen responded quick
ly. She longed to say that she
didn't see how Mrs. Stevens could
judge the acting of the woman, con
sidering the amount of attention she
gave. "You're missing some of the
best of it now," she continued.
Mrs. Stevens was gazing about
the theater, and her attention now
came back to the film and to Helen's
words.
"O, I'm not a fan like you, you
know, besides, I came to see the
theater more than I did the picture."
Helen felt angrily that Mrs. Ste
vens at least might let her enjoy the
film. It was true that Helen had de
veloped a great fondness for mov
ing pictures, and for this particular
theater. As Warren himself said,
you could always be reasonably sure
of a good bill and no disappoint
ments here.
"Do you know, Helen, there Is
something rather stunning about
that woman," Mrs. Stevens remark
ed after a few seconds of real at
tention. "Do you think it's true that
I she's a regular vampire in private
| life?"
"Of course not? Half of all those
| stories are made up," Helen return-
I ed Indignantly.
"O, I don't know about that, she
I looks as If she could flt in with
; about. lam sorry to Interrupt your
j game."
"Come over Into the library," Mr.
j Norton ordered, taking her by the
arm.
As they crossed the hall together,
| an awkward silence fell upon us.
"What In thunder'; —Tom began.
I "Hark!" I ejaculated.
For a sound had reached my ears,
• the sound of a child's voice, Grace
! was calling me, hysterically, gasp
i Ing.
"Let me go!" Tom said, jumping
j up. "She's had a bad dream, I
j guess."
"No, no!" I protested. "She Is
calling me. I will let you know if
I aftything's wrong."
I "I am going with you," Parker
declared.
As I ran up the stairs to the third
floor, I heard htm following close
behind me.
(To Be Continued)
that part she Is playing now, 1
daily life."
Helen did not answer.
"Do you think all that hair is her
own? It looks like a wig to me."
Helen's patience was nearly ex
hausted now. It was a funny thing,
but she had never noticed before
that Mrs. Stevens such a bore.
Generally she was a good-natured
woman, always fun to go out with
anywhere; but Helen made a reso
lution never to take h.er to movies
a:-,uln.
"Of course It's her own hair,"
Helen returned, praying that the
picture would end soon and that
they could get out. The woman >n
the next box was going out with her
escort, and as she left she stooped
down and said softly Into Helen's
ear, "Thank you."
Helen started violently and flush
ed. She had recognized instantly
who it was. The very woman they
had been discussing, the very one
who was appearing in the film flow
being shown. •
Helen hesitated about telling Mrs.
! Stevens, and suddenly decided not to
do it. How glad she was now that
she had not descended to mere idle
gossip and that the woman had
heard nothing but good of herself.
The film was just ending anyway,
and Helen turned back to Mrs. Ste
vens with a sigh of relief.
"The decorations of this theater
are relaly above the average. Helen,"
Mrs. Stevens was saying. This time
Helen just smiled sweetly and
agreed.
(Another incident in this interest
ing scries will appear here soon).
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
A AVEDDING GIFT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I would greatly appreciate your sug
gestion as to a suitable wedding gift
for a couple from a girl in moderate
circumstances.
This couple I have met but once, but
they are very good friends of the
young man I have been going about
with, and I planned to give something
myself, but some one suggested that
my friend and I give something to
gether. Which would be the correct
thing to do?,
M. R.
If you and the young man make
your gift together the natural infer
ence must be that you are engaged.
If you object to this, offer separate
gifts. For two or three dollars you
can get a very handsome bride's book,
which will be in perfectly good taste
and will be about the most attractive
inexpensive present you can offer. You
will be able to purchase a little piece
of silver or a pretty picture or per
haps an attractive cbina sugar and
cream set can be bought for about the
same price as the bride's book.
EDUCATE YOURSELF
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am 18. About six months ago I
met a young man eight years my
senior, who is highly educated and
holds a tine position. He comes to
see me and wants me to go out with
him, but I hesitate on account of the
great difference between us. He says
he will and can be content with me.
H. H.
If you are really ambitious, you can
by reading good books and the higher
class magazines and by attending the
various lectures and concerts our city
affords, educate yourself so that no
man need be ashamed of you. If you
are lazy and shiftless and want to
spend your life eating chocolate car
amels and going to dances and read
ing light love stories, even a high
school or college education would not
make you much of a "helpmate" to an
ambitious man who is trying to get
ahead in the world. It rests with
you whether or not you have a right
to marry the man you love. Of course,
if it is only a question of a passing
friendship, then surely you ought to
be glad of this chance to know a man
who can give you a little glimpse of
the more cultured world than your
own.
Hurrah! How's This
Cincinnati authority aays corns
dry up and lift out
with fingers.
Hospital records show that every
time you cut a corn you invite lock,
jaw or blood poison, which is need
less, says a Cincinnati authority,
who tells you that a quarter ounce
of a drug called freezone can bo
obtained at lltle cost from the drug
store but Is sufficient to rid one's
feet of every hard or soft corn or
callus.
You simply apply a few drops of
freezone on a tender, aching corn
and soreness Is Instantly relieved.
Shortly the entire corn can be lifted
out, root and all, without pain.
This drug is sticky but dries at
once and Is claimed to Just shrivel
up any corn without inflaming or
even Irritating the surrounding tis
sue or skin.
If your wife wears high heels she
vrlll be glad to know of thla.—Adv.
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JUNE 26, 1917.
Chinese Resent Visit
of Jap. Mission Party
Nanking.—The visit of Lieutenant
General Tanaka, vice-chief of the
Japanese general staff, to China has |
caused much comment. He went to !
Tsing-tau and other points In Shan
tung province where the Japanese
have been charged by the Chinese
with helping revolutionists and in
other ways undermining Chinese au
thority. Chinese officials extended
General Tanaka every courtesy at
Tslnanfu and other places of im
portance visited by him. He was en
tertained at many dinners, before he
reached Nanking.
Chinese newspapers have com
mented widely on the visit of General
Tanaka at a time when internal af
fairs are so unsettled in the republic
and the anti-Japanese press has
made many bitter attacks on the mis
sion. which was denounced as one
designed to cause further uneasi
ness.
Germans Even Take Oxen
From Ruined Belgians
Havre. —The price of a pair of
oxen in Brussels is now the equival
ent of $1,600, according to informa
tion received in Belgian official cir
cles here. Besides a few donkeys, i
oxen are about the only means the
Belgian population has for the trans
portation of goods and merchandise.
Even these are being requisitioned by
the Germans.
Food continues to grow scarce.
Flour is made of 97 per cent, of the
whole wheat and the rations of the
Royal Dutch Relief Committee are
being reduced.
Industry is practically suppressed,
the Germans having ordered that all
factories employing more than a
dozen men must work for the Ger
man army or close their doors.
WORKMAN BADLY INJURED
Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 26.
Harry DeVenney, who is employed
at the D. Wilcox Manufacturing
Company plant, met with a serious
accident yesterday afternoon when
one of the dies broke and cut a gash
In his right forearm between three
and four inches long and quite deep,
partially severing both muscles in
the arm. He was taken to the office
of Dr. P. R. Koons, who dressed the
wound. .
zy \£AK THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Tomorrow The Last Day
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To Share in the Bankrupt Stock of.
B. Bloom Which Was Ordered
Sold By the Court
TO-MORROW will be your last chance to share in the Big
Bankrupt stock of B. Bloom. Owing to the size of our
store we were unable to place on sale the entire stock at one
time and to-morrow gives you the same opportunity as the
opening day, so if you were not fortunate in getting here
during this sale, then by all means attend to-morrow as it
will be your last chance to share in the truly wonderful
values.
Cloth Suits From the B. Bloom Stock
Silk Dresses From the B. Bloom Stock
Silk Suits From the B. Bloom Stock
Silk Dress Skirts From the B. Bloom Stock
Cloth Dress Skirts From the B. Bloom Stock
Cloth Dresses From the B. Bloom Stock
Waists and Blouses From the B, Bloom Stock,
Petticoats From the B. Bloom Stock
ALL AT HONEST PRICE REDUCTIONS
Remember TOMORROW
THE LAST DAY
Women Everywhere
Use Lemon Juice
To Beautify Skin
The beauty lotion which is be
coming so popular throughout the
country is easily prepared by any
one, and a whole quarter pint of It
doesn't cost any more than a small
Jar of the common, ordinary cold
creams.
Add the Juice of two fresh lemons
to three ounces of orchard white
end shake well in a bottle. Strain
the lemon juice two or three times
through a fine cloth so no pulp gets
into the lotion, then it will keep
fresh for months. Regardless of
what price you pay or how highly
advertized, there is nothing else
really more meritorious in beautify
ing, softening and clearing the skin.
As a tan and blemish remover, also
to remove oiliness and sallowness,
lemon juice has no rival. Massage
I it into the face, neck and arms, once
or twice each day, and just see If
it doesn't bring out the roses and
, hidden beauty!
Lemons have always been used to
bleach the skin, but pure lemon
Juice is too highly acid, therefore
should never be used except in this
manner.
1 If properly prepared, this sweet
ly fragrant lotion will speak for It
self. Any drug store will supply
the three ounces of orchard white at
very litte cost, and the grocer will
supply the lemons.—Adv.
Purifies
Highly
Used as a curativema,
agent for all
skin troubles. Conceals
permanent blemishes I /
and reduces unnatural I
I color. Ideal for correcting
greasy skins. ffC y
Gouraud's *
Oriental; Cream
i * Send 10c. for Trial She
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