8 ! The Daredevil j 1 'jt* * I . b'y : > Maria Thompson Daviess • * Author of 'The Melting ► of Molly" * : Copyright, 1915, by the Rellly ft ' L Brltton Co. , \ "THE DAREDEA L" isn't jnst an ordinary storj of a girl who masquerades in man's cloth ing. There is a vital reason be hind it all. It isn't all a lark, though comedy lurks on the foot . steps of the stout hearted pre tender; an American father, a French mother and quick sym pathies that link fntherland and motherland in love that braves very real dangers Tor the safety of one and the honor of both. In the story there is a most irresis tible young man whose name is Buzz and who lives up to it. There is an irrascible old bachelor undo, secretary of state to his excel lency the governor of Harieth, "the greatest gentleman in the world." But, best erf all, there is Roberta, the "daredevil," the lov able heart of a mighty likable story. You may be sure she will captivate you, just as she did those who knew her "in boots." • k CHAPTER I. Sparkling Waves Over High Explo sives. Was there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself at long moments the doublet and hose Daily Do.t Puzzle 7 ' •* t. *io I •11 5 - -2 4. * ' 1 "3 • 3<j 39* 57 ' I 4 SI \ 21. .'2O '*> •22 25 •3l 26 •2>o , \ *j? 2 ! v/j I* A\ ! Fifty Unes yon know Brings my Uncle Joe. Draw from one to two and so on to the end. All Traces of Scrofula Eradicated From the System By the greatest of all purifiers. A common mistake lc the treat ment of scrofula has been the use of mercury and other mineral mix tures, the .effect of which is to bot tle up the impurities in the blood, and h'.de them from the surface. The impurities and dangers are only added to in this way. For more than fifty years S. S. 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And for me it has been a very tine dash into the wilds of a land of I strangeness, and I do not know that ! I have yet found myself completely returned unto my estate of a woman. I first began to realize that I was | set out upon a great journey when 1 ' stood at the rail of the very large! ship and watched it plow l"ts way through the waves .which they told ' us with their splendor hid cruel j mines. I felt the future might be ■ like unto those great waves, and it | might be that It would break In j sparkling crests over high explo- j sives. I found them! I had seen a fear of those explo j sives of life come in my dying fath- I er's eyes, and here I stood at his i command out on the ocean in quest of a woman's fate in a strange ! country. "Get back to America. Bob, and go straight to your Uncle Robert at HayesvUle, in the Harpeth valley. He [ cut me loose because he didn't un | derstand when I married your moth er out of the French opera in Paris. When I named you Roberta for him he returned the letter I sent, but with a notice of a thousand dollars in Monroe Co. for you. I didn't tell him when your mother died. Yes, I've been bitter. But these German bullets have cut the life out of me, and I see more plainly. Get the money and take Nannette and the kiddie on the first boat. There's starvation and—maybe worse in Paris for you. Take—the money— and—get—to—Brother Robert. God of America take —them and — guide—" And that was all. I held him in my arms f.or a long time, while old Nannette and small Pierre wept be side me, and then I laid him upon his pillow and straightened the lit tle tricolor that the good sister of I the old gray convent in which he lay I had given me to place in his hand when he had begged for it. My mother's country had meant my mother to him, and he had giVen his life for her and France in the 1 trenches of the Vosges. And thus at | his bidding I was on the very high j seas of adventure. From this thought of him I was very suddenly recalled j by old Nannette, who came upon the i deck from below. | "Le bon Dieu," she sighed as she with highly satisfactory results for Scrofula. Being made of the roots and herbs of the forest, it is guaran teed purely vegetable, and absolutely free from all mineral ingredients. You can obtain S. S. S. from any drugstore. Our chief medical adviser is an expert on all blood disorders, and will cheerfully give you full ad- Nice as to the treatment of your own case. Address Swift Specific Co., Dept. P214. Atlanta, Ga. settled herself In her steamer chair and took out the lace knitting. "Is It not of a goodness that I have tied in my stocking the necessary francs that we may land in that Aemrica where all is of such a good fortune? I And also by my skill we have 150! francs above that need, which must be almost a hundred of their huge! and wasteful dollars. All is well with j us." And as she spoke she pulled up j the collar of Pierre's soft blue serge blouse around his pale thin face and eased the cushion behind his crook ed small back. "Is—is that all, which remains of the $1,500 we found to be in that bank, Nannette?" 1 asked of her with a great uncertainty. My moth er's fortune, descended from her father, the Marquis de Grez and Bye and the income of my father from his government post had made life easy to live in that old house by the. quay, where so many from the Fau- I bourg St. Germaine came to hear her sing, after her fortune and chil-I dren took her from the opera—and to go for the summers in the gray old Chateau de Grez—but of the in vestment of francs or dollars and cents 1 had no knowledge, in spite of my claims to be an American girl of much progress. My mother had laughed and very greatly adored my assumption of an extreme American manner, copied as nearly as possible after that of my father, and had failed to teach to me even that thrift which is a part of the dot of every French girl from the Fau boug St. Germaine to the Boulevard St. Michel. But even in my ignor ance the information of Nannette as to the smallness of our fortune gave to me an alarm. "What will you, mademoiselle? It was necessary that I purchase the raiment needful to the young Mar quis de Grez according to his state and for the marquise, his sister, also. It was not to be contemplated that we 'should travel except in apartments of the very best in the j ship. Is not gold enough in America even for sending in great sums for relief of suffering? Have I not seen it given in the streets of Paris? Is it not there for us? Do you make me reproaches?" And Nannette be gan to weep into the fine lawn of her nurse's handkerchief. ."No, no, Nannette! I know it was of necessity for us to have clothes, and of cource we had to travel in in the first class. Do not have dis tress. If we need more money in America I will obtain it." I made that answer with a gesture of soothing upon her old shoulders, which I could never remember as not bent in | an attitude of hovering over Pierre i or me. "Eh bien!" she answered, with a perfect satisfaction at my assump tion of all the responsibilities of our three existences. And as I leaned against the deck rail and looked out into a future as limitless as that water ahead of us into which the great ship was plow ing I made a remark to myself that had in it all the wisdom of those who are ignorant. "The best of life is not to know what will happen next." 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It was not until the day after Grace's funeral that Brewster Norton and I were again alone. Then I went into his library in response to a mes sage he sent to me asking me to meet him there. "Shall I go with you or In your stead?" Hugh asked when I told him of the summons. I shook my head. "I would rather go alone. It will not be hard now to say what I have to say, and the interview will be brief." Resentful as I was at my employ er's course of deception towards me. a sense of pity smote me when, as I entered, he rose to meet me. I had scarcely seen him since his child's death, for ho had remained upstairs most of the time. I knew that he went often to the nursery while Grace's earthly body was there, and I had been careful to avoid meet ing 'him at those times. Now that the tiny form had been laid away in the peaceful village cemetery I was shocked to note how old and haggard the father looked. "Sit down, please," he said gently, almostjjumbly. "I want a few words with you. I am casting myself upon your mercy, Elizabeth. You know all that I have hidden from you. Of cpurse, some one would tell you," with a ring of bitterness in his voice. "But," pleadingly, "you must know that all I have concealed was because of love of you. You will not cast me off now. will you, Elizabeth—now when all else has been snatched from me? Can't you care enough for me to let me make you happy? "That is impossible," I said steadily. "I am very sorry for you, Mr. Norton, in your great grief. "It is my grief, too" I stopped, for my voice broke and tears rushed to my eyes. I could not speak of Grace yet without emotion. "That's just it," he urged; "our grief is one. Can you then leave me without a hope, a ray of comfort In my life?" "You have Tom," I faltered. "Tom!" he repeated scornfully. "Tom cares nothing for me. He never has cared for me." She Itcfunes Hl* Love "You are mistaken," I declared. "But that has nothing to do with me. I must be honest with you, Mr. Nor ton. I can never love you." "You" he paused and swallowed hard. 'You love Parker?" I bowed silently. Crossing the room, he stood in front of me. "Are you engaged to him?" he de manded. "Yes," X said. "Well," sneerlngly, "he made the most of his time and opportunities— didn't he?" His manner angered me and I sprang to my feet. "If that is the tone you take, Mr. Norton," X said coldly, "we will consider this inter view ended. I want to tell you, too, that I am going away this afternoon." "Wait!" His voice was Imploring. "Forgive me! I spoke in the heat of anger- and in the bitterness of a great disappointment. Where are you going?" "First of all to visit—to spend a few days with—with Hugh's mother," I acknowledged. "She has written, asking me to come to her." "I see," he said dryly. "Then it's definitely settled—lsn't it?" "Yes," I affirmed, "it is definitely settled." Later I went upstairs softly and shut myself into my room. Here I read again the letter that had come to me this morning from Hugh's mother. Her son had told her of our engagement and of the tragic hap penings that had darkened our hap piness. Mrs. Parker had written to me immediately, telling me that Hugh had confided to her weeks ago the secret of his love for me. and that she was thankful and glad for him and for herself. "I never had a daughter," she add- i Combat Hot Weather 1 I With Hot Water 1 1 You Can Relieve the Su P |j a Bath—the "Pitts |jj A bath when you want it and as many of them as you want No limit No waiting I The Pittsburgh Bungalow Instantaneous Automatic lias Water I | Heater is "The Gas Water Heater With the Self-Starter." gj i Get Yours Today Harrisburg Gas Co. i jM| Steelton, Harrisburg, Middletown ed. "You will be like my own child, dear Elizabeth." I was not ashamed of the feeling that made me kiss the letter I held. It was as if at last I had found a mother. / Before going downstairs that after noon I went softly into the nursery. Here the windows were stretched wide open. Some of the first yellow leaves from the elms outside had drifted in upon the floor. The sun was low in the west and a golden shaft lay across the pillow where Grace's head had so often rested. Kneeling by the narrow bed, I hid my face in the small pillow. "Dear little girl!" I whispered. "No I am sure It was not fancy that matter where I go, don't let your spirit leave me!" I am sure It was not fancy that made me believe that the child I had loved heard my petition. • •••• Hugh and I have been married for six years. We have a pretty little cottage not far from his mother's home. Tom Norton lives with us—that is, he makes our house his headquarters. He has no other home, for his father gave up the New York branch of his business and returned to his Chicago office soon after the death of his only daughter. He was-qulte willing that Tom should stay with us during vaca tions if we would consent to let the lad board with us until he was through college. This we were glad to do. Now Tom has a good position in New York, but he spends his week ends and holidays with us, and Is like an own dear brother to us both. Mrs. Gore Is living with a cousin out In California. Our little daughter was born two years ago. When Hugh suggested that she be named for me, I demurred. JULY 18, 1917. "Dear," I pleaded, "there is an other name 1 would like to have." The look that Hugh wears when he understands—(and ha seems al ways to understand me)—stole fnto his face and a tender look came into Dr. Lewis Says Hot Sun and Heat Weaken the Eyes Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight 507° in One Week's Time in Many Instances A Free Prescription You Can Have Filled and l'e at Home New York, N. Y. Do you wear glasses? Are you a victim of eye strain or other eye weakness? If so. you will be glad to know that, ac cording to Dr. Lewis, there is real hope for you. He says that exposure to sun, smoke, dust or wind often produces eyestrain, and people living in warm climates should frequently bathe the eyes and be careful to protect them from extreme light. This prescription will prove of great value to many eye sufferers. Many whose eyes were fail ing say the have had their eyes re stored through the principle of this wonderful free prescription. One man says, after trying it: "I was almost blind; could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything without my glasses and my eyes do not water any more. At night they would pain me dreadfully, now they feel fine all the time. It was like a miracle to me." A lady who used it says: "The atmos phere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this prescrip tion for fifteen days everything seem ed clear. I can even read fine print without glasses." It Is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spar- his eyes. "It shall be as you wish, darling.' he said, bending to kiss, first me and then the tiny face pressed to my breast. "Her name shall be 'Grace.' " ; THE END. Ed the trouble and expense of ever Retting trusses. Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by following the simple rules. Here is the prescription: Go t° any active drug store and get a pottle of Bon-Opto Tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass or water and allow to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly rtht from the start and inflammat.on will quick ly disappear. If your eyes are bother ing you even a little, take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for their eyes in time. NOTE—Another prominent physi cian to whom the ftbove article was sumbitted said: "Bon-Opto is a very remarkable remedy. Its constituent ingredients are well known to emi nent eye specialists and widely pre scribed by them. The manufacturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesight 50 per cent, in one week's time in many instances or refund the money. It can be obtained from any good druggist and is one of the few prescriptions I feel should be kept on hand for regu lar use in almost every family." It is sold in Harrisburg by Kennedy, Keller. Clark and others.
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