THE FULTOfl COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
FRANCIS LYNDE
EUSTMONSCDPtlOffiS
CHAPTER XXVIII Continued.
14
After the Introduction to Johnson
his hand had gone mechanically to his
coat pocket. The demon at his ear
wan whispering "kill: kill!" and his
Angers sought and found the weapon.
While he was listening with the out
ward ear to Balnbrtdge's che rful rem
iniscences, the little minutiae were ar
ranging themselves; he saw where
Pruflln would step, and was careful to
mark that none of the bystanders
woula be in range, lie would wait un
til there could be no possibility or
missing; then he would tire from the
pocket.
It wa Johnson who broke the spell.
While liainbridge was insisting that
Griswold should come in nnd make a
nodal third at the hotel dinner table,
the ttller pick"! "I ''Is hundbag and
mounted the steps, Griswold' brain
fell Into halves. With one of them he
was making excuses to the newspaper
man; with the other he saw lirollln
top Johnson and draw- him aside.
What the detective was srylng was
only too plainly evident. Johnson
heeled short to face th fldewalk
group, and Griswold cou'.l ttvi in ev
ery fiber of him the searching scrutiny
to which he was being subjected.
Whin he stole a glance at the pair
on the porch, Johnson was shaking
his head slowly; and he did It again
after a second thoughtful stare. Grls
old, missing completely now what
liainbridge was saying, overheard the
teller's low-toned rejoinder to the de
fective's urglngs: "It's no use, Mr.
lirotlin; I'd have to swear positively
to it, you know, and I couldn't do
that. . . . No, I don't want to
hear your corroborative evidence; It
might make me see a resemblance
whre there Is none. Walt until Mr.
Gaibruith recovers; he's your man."
Griswold hardly knew how he made
shift to get away rom liainbridge
fiiiHlly; but when it was done, and
he was crossing the little triangular
park which filled the angle between
the business squares and the lake
fronting residence streets, he was
sweating profusely, and the departing
fear-uianlu was leaving him weak and
tremulous.
I'assing the stone-busined fountain
In the middle of the park he stopped,
Jerked the pistol from his pocket,
lpilled the cartridges from lu maga
line, and stooped to grope tor a loose
stone in the walk-border. With the
fountain ba.-;e for an anvil and the loos
ened border stone for a hammer he
beat the weapon into shapeless Inutili
ty and flung It away.
"God knows whom I shall be tempt
ed to kill, next!" he groaned; and the
trembling fit was still unnerving him
uen he went on to keep the appoint
ttient made by Charlotte Famham.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Oust and Ashet.
A f':ll moon, blood red from the
smoke of forest fires far to the east
ward, was rising over the Wahaska
hills when Griswold unlatched the gate
nf the Famham Inclosttre and imssed
quickly up the walk.
Since the summoning note had
tressed the urgencies, he was not sur
prised to find the writer of it await
ing his coming on the vine-shadowed
porch. In his welcoming there was a
curious mingling of constraint and im
patience, and he was moved to marvel.
Hiss Farnham'a outlook upon life, the
point of view of the Ideally well bal
anced, was uniformly poiseful and self
contained, and he was wondering if
some fresh entanglement were threat
ening when Bhe motioned him to a
sirat and placed her own chair so that
the light from the sitting room win
dows would leave her In the shallow.
"You had my note?" she began
"Yes. It came while 1 was away
from the hotel, and the regular trip
of the inn brake was the first convey
ance I could catch. Am 1 late?"
Her reply was qualified. "That re
mains to ho seen."
There was a hesitant pause, and
then she went on: "Do you know why
sent for you to come?"
"No, not definitely."
"I was hoping you would know; It
would make it easier for me. You owe
mo something. Mr. Griswold."
"1 owe you a great deal," he admit
ted, warmly. "It Is hardly putting It
too strong to say that you have made
some part of my work possible which
would otherwise have been Impos
ibte."
"I didn't mean that," she dissented
with a touch of cool scorn. "I have no
especial ambition to figure as a char
acter, however admirable, in a book
Your obligation doesn't lie In the lit
rnry field; It Is real and personal
You have done me a great injustice
.nd it seems to have been carefully
premeditated."
The blow was so sudden and so
ralmly driven home that Griswold
gasped.
"An Injustice to you?" he protest
ed: but she would not let him go on.
"Yes. At first, I thought It was
only a coincidence your coming to
Wahaska but now I know better.
You came here, in goodness knows
WOMEN THIEVES IN CHURCHES
Boston Complains That Band fs Sys
tematically "Working" the Sacred
Edifices of That City.
.
A clever band of woman thieves is
suspected of "working" the wealthy
congregations of several large Iioston
churches. Rectors and sextons of at
least two houses of worship have been
otlfled recently of purse and handbag
thefts during services Circumstances
lave led to the conviction that It i
what spirit of reckless bravado, be
cause it was my home; and you made
the decision apparently without any
consideration for me; without any
thought of the embarrassments and
difficulties In which it might Involve
me."
Truly, the heavens had fallen and
the solid earth was reeling! Griswold
lay back in the deep lounging chair
nnd fought manfully to retain some
little hold upon the anchorlugs. Could
this he his ideal; the woman whom
he had set so high above all others in
the scale of heroic faultlessness and
sublime devotion to principle? And
she was so much a slave of the con
ventional as to he able to tell him
coldly that she had recognized him
again, and that her chief concern was
the embarrassment It was causing her?
Ilefore he could gather the words for
any adequate rejoinder, she was going
on pointedly:
"You have done everything you
could to make the Involvement com
plete. You have made frleuds of my
friends, and you came here 88 friend
of my father. You have drawn Kd
ward Haymer Into the entanglement
and helped him with the stolen money.
In every way you have sought to make
it more and more impossible for me to
give information against you and you
have succeeded. 1 can't do It now,
without facing a scandal that would
never die In a small place like this,
and without bringing trouble and ruin
upon a family of our nearest friends.
And that Is why I sent for you today;
and why, 1 say you owe me some
thing." Griswold was sitting up again, and
he had recovered some small measure
of self-possession.
"1 certainly ow e you many apologies,
at least." he said, ironically. "I have
really been doing you a great injus
tice, Miss Karnham a very grave In
justice, though not exactly of the kind
you mention. I think I have been mis
apprehending you from the beginning.
How long have you known me as the
man who Is wanted In New Orleans?"
"A long time; though I tried not to
believe It at lirst. It seemed incred
ible that the man I had spoken to on
the Helle Julie would come here and
put me In such a false position."
"Good hiavens!" he broke out; "is
your position all you have been think
ing of? Is that the only reason why
you haven't set the dogs on me?"
"It is the chief reason w hy I couldn't
afford to do anything more than I
have done. Goodness knows. I havo
I
iipi
"Is That the Only Reason Why You
Haven't Set the Dogs on Me?"
tried In every way to warn you, even
to ioint!ng out the man who is shadow
ing you. To do it. I have had to de
ceive my father. 1 have been hoping
that you would understand and go
away."
"Walt a minute," he commanded.
"Let me get it straight! you still be
lleve that the thing I did was a crim
inal thing?"
"We needn't go Into that part of It
again," she returned, with a sort of
placid Impatience. "Once I thought
that there might be some way In which
you had Justified yourself to yourself,
but now "
"That isn't the point," he Interupted
roughly. "What 1 want to know is this:
Do you still believe It Is a crime?"
"Of course, It Is a crime; I know It,
you know It, all the world knows it."
Again he sat back and took time to
gather up a few of the scattered
shards and fragments. When he spoke
it was to say: "I think the debt Is on
the other side, Miss Charlotte; I think
you owe me something. You probably
won't understand when I say that you
have robbed me of a very precious
thing my faith In the ultimate good
ness of a good woman. You believe
you have always believed that I am a
criminal; and yet you have been weak
enough to let expediency seal your
Hps. I am truer to my codo than vou
the same band that operated last
spring among Hack Hay churchgoers.
Trinity Church In Copley square and
St. Paul's F.plscopal Cuthedral have
been visited by members of the fe
male gang lately.
The suspects are all women. One of
them, at least, disguises herself In
deep mourning, apparently to throw
her prospective victims off their guard.
Others of the suspected band are stun
ningly gowned girls, attired always lit
the latest styles. One of the suspects
la about fifty years old, another is said
are to yours, as you shall see If the
dny ever comes when 1 shall be con
vinced that 1 did wrong. Hut that is
neither here nor there. You sent for
me; what Is it that you want me to
do?"
"I want to give you one more chance
to disappoint the Wahaska gossips,"
she replied, entirely unmoved, as it
seemed, by bis harsh . arraignment.
"Do you know why tbfs man Urofiln
Is still waiting?"
"I can guess. He Is taking a long
chance on the chapter of accidents."
"Not altogether. Three days ago.
Mr. Galbraltli had Miss Grlerson tele
graph to New Orleans for some one of
the bunk olllclals. Yesterday I learned
that the man who is coming Is the
teller who waited on me and who gave
you the money. As soon as I heard
that, 1 began to try to 'find you."
Griswold did not tell her that the
danger she feared was a dungvr past.
"Go on," he prompted.
"You are no longer safe fn Wahas
ka," she asserted. "The teller can
Identify you, and the detective will
give him the opportunity. That Is
doubtless what he Is waiting for."
"And you would suggest that I muke
a run for it? Is that why you sent for
me?"
"It Is. You are tempting fale by
staying; and, notwithstanding what
you have said. I still insist that you
owe me something. There is a fast
train west at len o'clock. If you need
ready money "
Griswold laughed. It had gone be
yond the tragic and was fast lapsing
Into comedy, farce.
"We are each of us appearing In a
new role tonight, Miss Furnham," he
said, with sardonic humor; "1 as the
hunted criminal, and you as the equal
ly culpable accessory after the fact.
If I run away, what shall be done with
the the swag," the bulk of which, as
you know, Is tied up in liaymer's busi
ness?" "1 have thought of that," she re
turned calmly, "and that Is another
reason why you shouldn't let them
take you. Kight or wrong, you have
incurred a fresh responsibility In your
dealings with Mr. Itaymer; and Ed
ward, who ls-perfeclly innocent, must
be protected In some way."
It was not in human nature to re
sist the temptation to strike back.
"1 have told Itaymer how he can
most sucessfuliy underwrite his finan
cial risk," he said, with malice Inten
tional. "How?"
"Dy marrying Miss Grlerson."
He had touched the springs of anger
at last.
"That woman!" she broke out. And
then: "If you have said that to Kd
ward Haymer, 1 shall never forgive
you as long as I live! It Is your af
fair to secure Edward against loss In
the money matter your own individ
ual responsibility. Mr. Griswold. He
accepted the money In good faith,
and "
Again Griswold gave place to the
caustic humor and finished for her.
"And, though it Is stolen money,
It must not be taken away from him.
Once, when 1 was even more foolish
than I am now, 1 said of you that you
would be a fitting heroine in a story
In which the hero should be a man
who might need to borrow a con
science. It's quite the other way
around."
"We needn't quarrel." she said, re
treating again behind the barrier of
cold reserve. "I suppose I have given
you the right to gay disagreeable
things to me, if you choose to assert
It. Put we are wasting time which
may be very precious. Will you go
away, as I have suggested?"
He found his hat and got upon his
feet rather unsteadily.
"I don't know ; possibly I shall. Hut
In any event, you needn't borrow any
more trouble, either on your own ac
count, or on Haymer's. Ry the merest
chance, I met JohnBon, the teller you
speak of, a few minutes ago at the
Winnebago hou: and was Introduced
to him. He didn't know me, then, or
later, when Hroflln was telling him
that he ought to know me. Hente,
the matter rests as It did before be
tween you and Mr. Galbralth."
"Mr. Galbralth?"
"Y'es. That was a danger past, too,
a short time ago. I met him. socially,
and he didn't recognize, me. After
ward, Profrin pointed me out to him,
and again he fulled to Identify me. Put
the other day, after I had pulled him
out of the lake, he remembered. I've
been waiting to see what he will do."
"He will do nothing. You saved his
life."
Griswold shook his head
"I am still man enough to hope that
he won't let the bit of personal service
make him compound a felony."
"Why do you call It that?" she de
manded. "Pecause, from his point of view,
and yours, that Is precisely what it Is;
and It is what you are doing, Miss
Faruham. I, the criminal, say this to
you. You should have given me np
the moment you recognized me. That
is your creed, and you should have
lived up to it. Since you haven't, you
have wronged yourself and have made
me the poorer by a thing that "
"Stop!" she cried, Btunding up to
face him. "Do you mean to tell me
that you are ungrateful enough to "
"No; ingratitude Isn't quite the
word. I'm Just sorry; with the sor
row you have when you look for some
thing that you have a right to expect,
and find that It isn't there; that It has
never been there; that It Isn't any
where. You have hurt me, and you
have hurt yourself; but there is still
a chance for you. When I am gone,
go to the telephone and call Droflln
at the Winnebago house. You can tell
him that he will find me at my rooms.
Goodby."
He was half wav to the foot of Lake-
to he not more than twenty. Invaria
bly the thefts are from women in the
congregations, and most often the
stolen articles disappear during com
munion services, when the' communi
cants leave their pews to receive the
sacrament. They return to .find that
the demure, well-attlred girl who sat
beside them Is gone; so also Is the
purse or handbag, containing money
or Jewelry, perhaps, which they had
left on the cushioned rent when they
went forward. Or again, the sorrow
ful, aged woman In widow's weeds.
view avenue, striding along moodily
with his head down and his hands be
hind him, when he collided violently
with Itaymer going In the opposite di
rection. The shock was so unexpected
that Griswold would have been
knocked down If tho muscular young
Iron founder had not caught him
promptly. At the saving Instant came
mutual recognition.
"Hello, there!" said Itaymer. "You
are the very man I've been looking for.
Charlotte wants to see you."
"Not now she doesn't," was the
rather grim contradiction. "I have Just
left her."
"Oh."
There was a pause, and then Gris
wold cut In morosely.
"So you did take my way out of the
labor tfoubU. after all, didn't you?"
Haymer looked away.
"I don't know Just how you'd like to
have me answer that, Kenneth. How
much or how little do you know of
what happened?"
"Nothing at all" shortly.
"Well, It was Margery who wrought
the miracle, of course. I don't know,
yet. Just how she did It; but It was
done, and done right."
"And you have asked her to marry
you?"
"Suffering Scott! how you do come
at a man! Yes, I asked her, if you've
got to know."
"Well?" snapped Griswold.
"She she turned me down, Ken
neth; got up nnd walked all over me.
That's a horrible thing to make mo
say, but It's the truth."
"I don't understand It, Itaymer. Was
It the No that means No?"
"I don't understand It, either," re
turned the Iron founder, with grave
naivete. "And, yes, I guess she meant
It. But that reminds me. She knew
I was looking for you and she gave
me a note - let me see. I've got it here
somewhere; oh, yes, here It Is gilt
monogram and all."
Griswold took the note and pocketed
it without comment and without look
ing at It.
"Were you going to Doctor Per
tie's?" he asked.
"I was. Have you aj objection?"
"Not the least in the world. It's a
good place for you to go Just now,
and 1 guess you are the right man
for the place. Good-night."
At the next corner where there was
an electric light, Griswold stopped and
opened the monogrammed envelope.
The enclosure was a single sheet of
perfumed note paper upon which, with
out date, address or signature was
written the line:
".Mr. Galbralth is better and he Is
grateful."
CHAPTER XXX.
Apples of Istakhar.
The swinging arc light suspended
above the street crossing sputtered
and died down to a dull red dot of In
candescence as Griswold returned
Margery's note to his pocket and
walked on.
There are crises In which the chief
contention looms so large as to leave
no room for the ordinary mental proc
esses. Griswold saw no significance
In the broken line of Margery's mes
sage. The one tremendous revelation
the knowledge that the dross-creating
curse had finally fallen upon the
woman whose convictions should have
saved her was blotting out all the
subtler perceptive faculties; and for
the time the strugglo with the sub
merging wave of disappointment and
dlsheartenment was bitter.
He was two squares beyond the
crossing of the broken-circuited arc
light, and was still following the curve
of the lakeside boulevard, when be
came to the surface of the submerg
ing wave long enough to realize that
he had entered Jasper Grlerson's por
tion of tho water-froitt drive. The. greut
house, dark as to Its westward gables
save for the lighted upper windows
marking the sick room and Its ante
chamber, loomed In massive solidity
among its sheltering oaks; and the
moon, which had now topped the hills
and the crimsoning smoke haze, was
bathing land and lakescape in a flood
of silver light, whitening the pale yel
low sands of the beach and etching
fantastic leaf-traceries on the gravel
of the boulevard driveway.
There was no Inclosing fence on the
Meresido border of the boulevard, and
under the nearest of the lawn oaks
there were rustic park seats, Jasper
Grlerson's single concession to the
public when he had fought for and
secured his operty right-of-way
through to the lake's margin. Griswold
turned aside and sat down on one of
the benches. The disappointment was
growing less keen. He was beginning
to understand that he had made no
allowance for the eternal feminine In
the Idealized Fidelia for the feminine
and the straltly human. Put the dls
heartenment remained. Should he
stay and fight it out? Or should ho
take pity upon the poor prisoner of
the conventions and seek to postpone
the day of reckoning by flight?
He had not fitted the answer to
either of these sharp-pointed queries
when a pair of light-fingered hands
came from behind to clap themselves
upon his eyes, and a well-known voice
said, "Guess."
"Margery!" he said, and she laughed
with tho Joyous unconstralnt of a
happy child and came around to sit
by him.
"I was doing time out on the veran
da, and I saw you down here In the
moonlight, looking as If you had lost
something," she explained, adding:
"Have you?"
"I don't know; can you lose that
which you've never had?" he returned
musingly. And then: "Y'es; perhaps
I did lose something. Don't ask me
what It Is. 1 hardly know, myself."
whose heavy Mac!: veil had complete
ly hidden her features, has vanished
and the worshiper's costly muff or rich
fur piece Is mlsBlng, too. Hoston
Post.
Fur Markets Disorganized,
Tho effect of the European war has
been felt In few channels more keenly
than in the market for furs. Pefore
the war London and Lelpsic, with
Paris, Petrograd, and St. Louis, wcra
the world markets for fur dlsirlbutlon,
the largest part of the t" 1 tar-
'You have Just come from Doctor
Pertle's?" she Inquired.
'Yes,"
"And Charlotte doesn't wnnt to
marry you?
'Heavens and earth!" he exploded.
"Who put the idea Into your head that
I wanted to marry her?"
'You did" calmly.
"Then, for pity's sake, let me take
It out, quick. If I were the last man
on eurth, Miss Farnham wouldn't
marry me; and if she were the last
woman, I think I'd go drown myself
in the lake!"
The young woman of the many met
amorphoses was laughing again, and
this time the laugh was a letter-perfect
Imitation of a schoolgirl giggle.
"My!" she said. "How dreadfully
hard she must have sat on you!"
"Please don't laugh," he pleaded;
"unless you are the heartless kind of
person who would laugh at a funeral.
I'm down under the hoofs of the horses,
at last. Margery, girl. Pefore you
Very Gently He Took Her In His
Arms Again.
came, I was wondering if the game
were at all worth the candle."
Her mood changed in the twinkling
of an eye. "The battle is over, and
won," she said, speaking softly.
"Didn't you know that?" And then:
"Oh, boy, boy! hut It has been a des
perate fight! Time and again I have
thought you were gone, in spite of
ull I could do!"
You thought I was gone? Then
you know?"
Of course I know; I have known
ever since the first night; the night
when I found the money in your Bult
case. What a silly, silly thing it was
for you to do to leave the Rayou State
Security slips on the packages!"
"Rut you said"
"No, I didn't say; I merely let you
believe that I didn't see them. After
that, I knew it would be only a ques
tion of time until they would trace
you here, and I hurried; oh, I hurried!
I made up my mind that before the
struggle came, all Wahaska should
know you, not as a bank robber, but as
you are, and I made It come out Just
that way. Then Mr. Droflln turned up.
and the fight was on. He shadowed
you, nnd I shadowed him or had
Johnnie Fergus do It for me. I knew
he'd try Miss Farnhnm first, nnd there
was only one hope there that she
might fall in love with you and bo re
fuse to give you away. She did, didn't
she?"
"Most emphatically, she did not," he
denied. "You have greatly misjudged
Miss Farnham. The reason the only
reason why she did not tell Droflln
what he wanted to know was a purely
conventional one. She did not want to
be tho most-tulked-of woman in Wa
haska." Ills companion's laugh was not
pleasant.
"I'd rather be a rplteful little cat,
w hich is what she once called me, than
to be moth-eaten on the inside like
that!" she commented. Then she went
ou: "With Miss Farnham out of it
and I knew she must be out of It,
since Droflln didn't strike there was
still Mr. Galbralth. You didn't know
why I was so anxious to have you get
acquainted with him, but you know
now. And it worked. When Broffln
asked him to identify you, he couldn't
or wouldn't. Then came that un
lucky drowning accident."
Griswold nodded slowly. "Yes, Mr.
Galbralth knows me now."
"He doesn't!" Bhe exulted. "He Is
a dear old saint, and be will never
know you again as the man who held
him up. LiBten: He sent for Urofiln
this afternoon, and gave him a new
commission something about bonds
In California. And he told him he
must go on the first train!"
Once more the castaway was run
ning the gamut of the fiercely varying
emotions.
"Let me understand," he sold. "You
knew I had taken the money, and yet
you did all these things to pull me out
and make the holdup a success. Where
was jour moral sense, all this time,
little girl?"
She made a charming little mouth
at him.
"1 am Joan, and the Joans don't have
any moral senses to speak of do
they? That's the way you are writing
it down in your book, Isn't It?" Then,
with a low laugh that sounded some
unfathomed depth of loving abandon
ment: "It was a game; and I played
It played It for all I was worth, and
won. You are free; free ub the air,
Kenneth, boy. If ProfTln should come
here this minute and put his hand
on your shoulder, you could look up
ried on In London and Lelpsic. Since
tho conflict began, the London market
has been the only one to conduct busi
ness on a large scale, and even here
the demand has diminished. In conse
quence of prevailing conditions trap
pers in Canada and the United States
are finding dlfllculty in getting a mar
ket for their catch. Probably the
greatest sufferers are the Canadian
Indians, who have been notified by the
trading companies that the usual sup
plies of food and ammunition will not
be advanced agalnBt their prospective
H
0r '
ana laugh in his tace. aid yuu jjlua
or sorry?"
His answer was tn answer of tht
man who was, for the time being, nol
thor the moralist nor the criminal.
With a swift outreachlug he drew her
to him, crushed her In his arms, cov
ered her face with kisses.
"I am glad glad that 1 am youi
lover," he whispered, passionately
"God, girl! but you are a woman to die
for! No, not yet" when she would
have slipped out of his arms believe,
me, Margery; 'there has never been
anyone else not for a moment. Put
I thought It was Rnymer, and for your
'sake and his I could have stepped
aside. That Is the one decent thing
I have done In all this devilish busi
ness. Are you listening?"
She had stopped struggling, and was
hiding her face on hlB shoulder He
felt her quick little nod and went on
"Since you know the one decent
thing, you must know all tho horrible
things,' too. A dozen times I have been
a murderer In heart."
She looked up quickly.
"No, boy, I'll never believe that
never!"
"Walt." he said. "It was there this
evening just a little while ago. MIbs
Farohum and Galbralth were not toe
only ones I had to fear; there was an
other; the teller who got here from
New Orleans on the seven-forty-five
train. You didn't know about him, did
you? He came, and an old newspaper
friend of mine was with him. ' I
stumbled upon them on the sidewalk
In front of the Winnebago house; and
Proflin was there, too. We were Intro
duced, the teller and I, and Proffln was
so sure he had me that he got his
handcuffs out and w'as opening them."
Margery shuddered oud hid her face
again. "And I 1 didnt knew!" she
gasped.
"Luck was witu ma aln." he con
tinued. "Johnson didn't remember
me; refused to do so even whon
Droflln stopped him and tried to bill
him who 1 was. 1 bad a pistol In
my pocket, and It was aimed at Droflln.
If he had made a move to take me,
I should certainly have killed him."
She sat up suddenly.
"Give mo that pistol, Kenneth givo
it to me now!"
"I can't," he confessed, shnmefaeed
ly. "When It was all over, I smarhed
the pistol with a stone and threw it
away."
She drew a long breath. "Is that
all?" she asked.
' "All but one thing; the worsf of
them all . . . that dny In the banlr
vault"
The daughter of men burled her face
on his shoulder again at that. "Dvn't!"
she begged. "You couldn't luip It.
hoy; I made you do It meaning to.
There! and I said that wild horses
should never drag It out of me!"
Again he said. "Walt," and covered
the shining head on his shoulder with
a caressing hand. "It wasn't love,
then, little girl; that's what It breaks
my heart to tell you It was just mad
ness. And It wasn't clean; yon've
got to know that, too."
She nodded her head vlnlent.lv. "I
know," she murmured; "I knew It at
the time, and that was what mido
me cry. Put now It's It's different.
Isn't it, boy? now you are "
"You have heard It all, Margery
You know what I thought I was, and
what I have turned out to be. I'm
afraid I am just a common crook, after
all; there doesn't seem to be stand
ing room anywhere else for me. But
every living fiber of me, the good and
the bod, loves you loves you!"
"What do I care for anything else?"
she flashed back." "You are you, Ken
neth, dear; that Is all I know, and all
I care for. If you had stolen all the
money In the world, and had killed a
dozen men to make your get away. It
would be Just the same. Only"
"Only what?" he demanded Jealously.
"It would be Just the same to me;
but but. ... Oh, boy, dear! It
will never, never be the same to you!"
"I I don't understand," ho stam
mered. "Some day you will. You call your
self a crook man. mon! there Isn't
a crooked drop of blood In you! Don't
I know? You persuaded yourself that
you had a right to take this money;
perhaps you did have; I don't say
you didn't. When I see anything I
want, I reach out and tnke It, If I can
and I guess most people would, If they
dared. But you are different; you are
good. Some day all these dreadful
things that have come fTigglng along
after the fact will rise up and gnash
their teeth at you and tell you that It
was a sin. a crime And then oh.
boy. dear! then I shall lose you!"
Very gently he took her In his arms
again; and for a time all things sen
Bible and tangible, the deserted drive
way, and the plashing of the little
waves on the sands, the staring moon
light and the stenciled shadows of the
oaks, were forgotten In the great soul
healing silence that wrapped them
about and enveloped them.
(TO B15 CONTINUED.)
Surely Prize 8earecrow.
An American tourist had been boast
ing again In the village inn, says Lon
don Tit-Bits.
"Talking of scarecrows." he said,
with a drawl, "why, my father once
put one up, and It frightened the
crows so much that not oneteutered
the field ogaln for a yenr."
He looked triumphantly around bis
audience Surely that had settled
those country bumpkins
But he was to meet his match
"That's nothing," retorted one farm
er. "A neighbor o' mine once put a
Bcarecrow into -his potato patch and It
terrified the birds so much that one
rascnl of a crow who had stolen some
potatoes came next day and put them
back."
catches. Sea otter Is the most valu
able fur at present, with Russian sable
next, followed closely by silver fox,
although when the size of the skins
Is taken Into consideration the sable
Is much the greatest in value. More
of the world's fur supply comes from
the United States than from any other
country, with Canada a close second.
Then rank Russia and Australia.
The mere apprehension of a coming
evil has put many Into a situation oi
the utmost danger. Lcaa.
This Musi Be a Great
Kidney Remedy
Several yean ago I suffered with Ui
pains in my back. I was very rttltai
often getting up several times during tti
night. My limbs were swollen, ami
dropped in weight to 147 pounds.
suited a well known Norfolk physician i&j
he stated thut I had a very bad caw .
VM . 1.1- "
axiuucy iruuujv.
a ww juur uveiiiHL'iiiL'iiL in ftf par
and purchased a bottle of Dr. Kilatr,
Swamp Koot from a druggist, after b,
recommended it to me. After I took
bottles, I felt greatly relieved, I L.
ct t-. : i-ir . .w(
laren ownmp-nnm since ai uinercnt tin,
I gained in weight to 206 pound, and 1
am well and have been ever at nee I tot
menced taking Swamp-Hoot,
Very truly yours,
W. J. BARROW,
Farmville, Vi.
for the County of Prince Kdward, in id
mate oi v irgiiua, uo ceruiy mat w, j
Barrow, whose name is aigned to the for.
coins writing, bearing date Jan. 15th 1011
pemonally appeared before me in
County aforesaid and nmcie oath that I
aid writing is true in substance anil
fact. Given under my hand thia 15th
oi uauuary, mi.
A. M. B ARROW, Notary rublie
We sold Mr. W. J. Barrow moat of U.
bwamp-lloot in question and have r
onauy nearu nun speua oi us action
moat complimentary terms.
WHITE DRUG COMPAXT,
By E. W. Sanfori
Prove What Swimn-Root Wilt Do ForT
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer k (v
Bingliamton, N. Y., for a sample ai bJ
tie. It will convince anyone, ioq t
also receive a booklet of valuable infe
nation, telling almut the kidneya nnd
der. hen writing, be sure and nienli
mi naner. jioeiimr iiuv-ccni anil m.
dollar size bottles fur sale tt all irj
j..
lurea. -Ally. f
Curious Mineral.
Perhaps tho most curious mlnen
found in tho United States Is staurv
llto, otherwise known as the "fair
stone." This Is an iron-aluminum il
cate found only in Virginia and Nor,:
Carolina, the reddish-brown it
brownish-black crystals occurring
well-defined single and double crositi,
There Is some commercial demand l
the crosses as curios, which are wori
as watch charms or on chains In ft
manner of a locket or lavalllero id'
mand perhaps stimulated by tl
quaint legend which Is told of the.
origin; the fairies living in the ornJ
of the mountains, on hearing the u
tidings of the death of Christ, fu
ioned these crosses as niemeiitoet C
him.
Why Do the Girls Do It?
"Why do only very pretty girls wd
their hair in knots over their ean
asked Jenkins.
"Because fur earmuffs cost mom
In theso war days," ventured Judklr
"They wouldn't probably, it th'
knew constant covering up the a
tends to deafness, besides being i
sanitary." said the doctor. "The tr
require air as well as tho face."
"Pshaw!" returned Jenkins, "H
cover their ears because they dor
wish to hear all the pretty things u
about them."
"Jenkins, you don't know a th!'
about human nature, as exemplified
the pretty girl," retorted tho doctor.
And they all laughed.
Improving on Shakespeare,
A member of the business staff '
Robert Mantell, the actor, telli of
conversation he overheard "In froc:
on the occasion of Mr. Mantell's p
ductlon of "Hamlet" In a Wester
town. '
"Oh, Harry," said the young worn)
"I think It's an awful shame to dm
Ophelia and kill Hamlet. They uf'
to havo been married."
Whereupon Harry heaved :'
and looked earnestly at his compi:
ion.
"I an great on tragedy," sold t
"but. that's how I should fix it.
Possibly.
"The big financiers seem to be
rying an awful lot about the flood
gold that's coming to this count
from Europe."
"Maybe they're afraid the com
people will get hold of some of It"
If all men were compelled to pn
tlce what they preach tho niajon
would discontinue the preaching hat
All news Isn't as black a
printed.
HARD ON CHILDREN
When Teacher Has Coffee Habit
"liest Is best, and best will 'j
live." When a person feels thU '
about Postum they are glad to f'1
testimony for the benefit of others,
A school teacher down In Mlsis)1
"I had boon a coffee drinker since f
childhood, and the luBt few yer
had Injured me seriously.
"One cup of coffee taken at bnl
fast would cause me to bccom
nervous that I could scarcely I
through with the day's duties, and It-
nervnnnnpRa wna nften . nccoDlP1'
by deep depression of spirits audil
palpitation.
"I am a Uacher by profession,
when under lh Influence of coffee t
to struggle against crossness wl"!
(lin ar1innl rnnm
"When talking this over M r1
physician, he suggested that I
Postum, so I purchased a pacKaB"
made It carefully according to d'H
tlons; found it excellent of w'
and nourishing.
"In a short time I noticed vcryf
fvlnc nffnnta Mv nnrvnllRneSfl
poared, I was' not irritated by ntf 1
plls, llfjB seemed full of sunsnin -my
heart troubled mo no longer.
"I attribute my change In health
spirits to Postum alone." ,
Name given by Postum Co., H ''
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum Cereal the original ft
must be well boiled. I5o and 25c P
ages. ' .tr.
In..- B.t.. . .nliil.tn DO1"
dissolves quickly In a cup of not 1
tor, and. with cream and sugar, u"
a dollcloiiB beverage Instantly- j
and 50c tins. .
; Both kinds are oqually dollcio"' .
cost about the same per cup. I
"There'! a Reason" for Foal""-
fin1,
sold br