| NOT LIKE !OTHER MEN s s S q By Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, 2 * Author ol "Th» lirotberhood ot SI- ® tonce," "Tho Quality of » a Mu," Ktc. A O Copyright, lyot, by Frederic Van o 0 Kens.>«*!aer llf v. oe —•• •«<# [Continued fr<»in last \Yeek.| CHAPTER XV. rROt"T> TO BE A WOMAN. C* '"" R \IG THOMPSON went awaj with a heavy heart, but his SjPPj faith in Lisle was Infinite, SaGEI nl> d deep dowu In his owo mind he knew that she was right. He was a ttrtu adherent to the principle that personal perplexities are best fought out iu solitude, aud In reality he admired Lisle for her determination aud upheld her in It. While Mr. Thomas aud his daughtet remained with him he was content to let things goon as they were, but wheu the week of their stay came to an end and they had departed he soon became moody, a condition which always Im mediately preeedi d one of Ids tits, .lust before the guests left bliu Erna be fought him to ride or send over to Crescent aud Cross for Information concerning Lisle, but the old frontiers man was obdurate. " ' 1 won't do," he said gruffly. "W hen I.lsle wants me, she'll send for me. aud 1 agreed not to bother her until she did. She's got sand. Lisle has. and It wou't do to cross her In the mood she's In Jn-t now. She wouldn't stand it. She'd take the bit iu her teeth and get to buck jumping so's she'd throw t lie whole gang of us You and your pop mosey right along to Kansas City and gay nothing, and when Lisle lias her stampede out she'll quiet down and go to feeding all quiet and serene. After that I'll take her to Kansas City to see you. and then we cnu lix her up and regulate matters." Nevertheless his restlessness Increas ed as the days passed. The one week swelled Itself Into two. and the two lengthened into three and then four, aud Craig developed 11 habit of riding off alone on the plains and being ab sent all day. At such times he luevita bly rode In ttie direction of Lisle's ranch to a spot that was situated a lit tle more than half way between the two places aud sufficiently high sc lliat from It he could with the aid ot its binoculars quite plainly see upon the veranda of the ranch house wherf he believed Lisle wi.s still engaged In "fighting it out." He used to dismount from his horse, turn him broadside to ward the ranch, and. resting his arms upou the saddle, study for an hour at a time every moving object that came •nto his rang -of vision. Sometimes lit thought he recognized the figure ol Lisle, aud during the ensuing 24 tiour» there was always an ppreciable lift ing of the cloud that rested upou him. But he never went farther than that particular point, and he never permit ted one of his men to do so. "If I don't keep my word with her Bow, she'll never trust me again as long as 1 live," was his mental com ment whenever the Inclination to ob tain information on the sly proved al most too strong for him. But he be came more and more morose as the weeks passed: hoping all the time that she would not permit the entire two months to couie to an end before she communicated with i,'.m. but at last, when only two weeks remained until the time would be up. he began to count the days, convinced that he would nei ther hear from nor see her until the ex piration of the time. When the morning of the great day arrived, he was up with the sun. his uioroseness had vanished, aud Craig Thompson was himself again. He pos sessed implicit faith that I.isle would keep her word, and he felt as certain that he would have news of her or see , her before the sun set as he was that he would live until that hour. That day he did not ride out, as usual, but be roamed restlessly about the place and, much to the astonishment of his men. whistled gayly while he "inspect ed thiugs." As the da.\ advanced and began to i decline he became uneasy, and at last, ; when the sun glowed like a ball of tire In the west preparatory to hiding itself behind the Sierras, he began to talk to himself, swearing under his breath in a manner which, if he had uttered tho words aloud, would have horrified the most accustomed ears. The sun dropped out of sight, ami still there was no sign of Lisle. "The day won't be up till midnight." muttered Craig. "I'll wait till then, but not a minute longer. When thv clock strikes 1". I'm going to light out for Crescent and Cross." When evening fell and darkness set tled upon the earth, he did not go in side, as was hi> custom, lie brought an easy chair out upon the porch and settled himself In its depths to wait, straining his ears to catch the slight est sound that would announce the ap proach of a stranger, and at last, when the hour was considerably past 9, he bounded to his feet with sudden inter est, for his practiced ear had detected the unmistakable footfall of a gallop lng horse, in a moment more the rider came Into view and presently drew rein immediately In front of the wait ing man. "Is this Thompson's ranch?" he in quired. "You bet it Is," was the quick re sponse. "I want Craig Thompson." "That's me, stranger." "All right. I've got a message for you. I was Instructed to deliver It be fore sundown, l>nt my horse went lame, atid I ha<l to fool around half a day before I could get another." He handed over a sealed envelope while speaking, and then be leaped to the ground. "Turn your mount into the corral," •aid Craig, taking the letter In his hand. "You'll find it over there." And j He handed over a ncaled envelope t ihile epcakiny. he vaguely indicated the direction in which it was located. "When you get j back. I'll look uo some grub for you." The messenger led his horse away, and Craig stepped through the door into a lighted room. lie studied the direction on the envelope a moment or two and then gingerly broke the seal. Then, while he read the contents of the short message, his eyes opened wider and wider, and at last he uttered a long, low whistle. The missive was written in Lisle's hand upon stationery of the Palace ho tel, San Francisco, and was as fol lows: Dear Craig— You will be surprised to learn that I left Crescent and Cross the day following your departure and came directly here. Since then 1 have been very much occupied, as you may sup pose. 1 shall leave here tomorrow for the city of New York and will establish myself at the Hol land House, where 1 will await your corning, tor 1 know that you will come. \ou may travel at your leisure, as there is no need for haste. Then after we have met and discussed things, a little we will call together upon my father's lawyer. You will find tne arrayed in feminine autre, but 1 will oiler no further explanations here. Lisle Majlwlll. The look of perplexity upon Craig's face deepened, but it was softened by a tender smile, which somehow won derfully transformed it. "Grit! Clear grit!" he muttered. "She's a rustler! Lisle, I'm proud of you! And all the time 1 was jackass enough to suppose that you were i moping all alone within 30 miles of n here I was a-sitting aud a waiting for ton to yell 'Tally-ho-o-o!' " He turned abruptly and strode to the door just as die messenger who had cared for his aorse was on the point of entering it. "How far did you come with that let :er?" he demanded. "From San Francisco," was the quiet reply "What! Did you bring it clear from '.here?" "Yes. Those were my instructions. '. came by rail as far as Reno, and from :here I've made the trip on horseback, by way of Belmont - a roundabout way. but the best traveling. 1 was born there and know the country thor oughly. I used to know you when I was a boy." "Shake! You're all right! Now I'll find you something to eat." »«*«=»»• One week later Craig Thompson ar rived in New York, and it is doubtful If his familiars in Nevada would have known him had any of them chanced to encounter him on the street. All the roughness had disappeared. His uu kempt beard was gone. His mustache had been trimmed and trained, his liair was shorn, and his costume was all that the most fastidious city bred man could desire. But the strangeness of it all was in the fact that the alter ations seemed entirely familiar to him, and he was as thoroughly at ease as if he had lived all his life in the sphere to which he had been born. "Home!" he said aloud as he stepped from the train to the platform. "Home again after all these years, after hav ing sworn that I would never again put my feet upon tlie pavements of New York! Twenty-five years since I left home and lost myself >:i the Nevada plains and among the mines in the Sier ras! Eighteen years, or nearly that, since I came back for that one flying visit—arrived In the evening and left in the early morning, bitterly sorry that 1 came, more than ever determined nev er to return—and here I am!" He signaled to a cab, entered it and was taken to the Holland House, where he knew that he would liud the object of his journey, and an hour later he rose from the couch where he had awaited the return of the boy who had taken his card to Miss Maxwell—rose to meet a tall, faultlessly clad figure that entered the room, a figure which rapidly appr.acbed him, which had Lisle's face, which looked upon him out of Lisle's eyes, which spoke to him In I.isle's voice of rich contralto, but v\ hich in no other way resembled the your.;: friend from whom he had parted on the plains if Nevada. "Craig"' she said and hesitated. Her surprise was as great as his, for the trau. formation in him was not less marked than it was iu her. But the hesitation was almost imperceptible, for with both hands she drew his head down and kissed him upon his brow. "Have you been undergoing a course of Instruction also?" she asked, seat ing herself beside him. "The change in you is as great as it is in me. It is an improvement in both cases; don't you think so?" "Y'es. With me, Lisle, it is simply the resumption of my own. I was born here, lived here until I was 18; then I went away. Once I came back. That was 18 years ago. I Intended never to come again, but you needed me, and here 1 am." "Have you forgotten how to swear, Craig?" "No; I have only laid the habit aside with my other clothes. They fit each other and are to be worn at the same time. Lisle, has any one told you that you are a beautiful woman?" "Yes"—laughing gayly—"l have not lacked for information on that point." "You were a handsome boy, but now you are superb. Before you go into anything else 1 want you to tell me all that has happened during these two months and more since I parted with you." "Oil, that Is quickly told. My father always kept a supply of cash In the house. There were several thousand dollars there at the time he died. I took It and went to San Francisco, traveling in my cowboy costume, for it was the only dress with which I was familiar. I had formed a plan of pro cedure, and when I arrived at my desti nation I tarried it out to the letter. It consisted in fiudiiig a woman who would be at once a friend and an In structor. and I found one. I knew of a gentleman who had visited us once when 1 was quite young. He was a banker, and my father had business dealings with him, so that letters fre quently passed between them. Among those letters i discovered his address, and as soon as I arrived in San Fran cisco I applied to him I told him, of course, that I was Richard Maxwell's son. that my father was dead and that I desired his advice regarding several matters, the tirst one lit ing a suitable place to live. He settled that In the way I wished him to do, for he Invited me to his own home, and In his wife I found the friend 1 needed. My course of instruction began that same day, for I at once told her what I was, and I can assure you that my path has been strewn with roses from that day to this. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons came east with me and are here In the hotel. They are in their parlor now waiting for me to take you to them, for you may be sure that I have told them all about < 'raig Thompson. Will you come now and let me present you to them? They will be surprised, for you are not the Craig Thompson whom I have de scribed to them. It Is very funny. I have been apologizing all this time for your rough ways, which I have Insisted are as natural to you as it Is for water to run down hill Will you go with nie now?" "Yes, and afterward I'll get a car riage, and we'll take a ride together. I want to talk to you, not to strangers. Put before we goto them. Lisle, there Is one question that I want to ask ' you." "What Is it, Craig?" "Are you sorry now that you are a woman?" "No, Craig; I am glad that I am a woman. My heart is very light and very triad. I am proud to know that I am a woman!" "Thank God! So am I; but prouder tit ill because you are always Lisle. Fate can alter your dress and your out ward appearance, but It can't change 3.isle Maxwell. That's what I'm proud nf, little woman! Now take me to your friends." CHAPTER XVI. TO MAKE TWO WOMEN HAPPY. / -w—s lIGHTEEN years had not great- I r 112 I lv altered the appearance of nnn Daniel Maxwell. ll** was still tlie same square jawed, inn vlsaged man with whom Philip Bar rington had discussed his affairs that time long ago when he had stolen his |iaby girl away from its mother and disappeared as utterly as if the earth had opened and engulfed him, and the disappearance had been utter and en tire. even to him, for he had been no better informed regarding the real lo cation of his client than had the mourning wife so cruelly deserted. Such correspondence as they had had was carried on through the medium of a banker In San Francisco, and the New York lawyer had never made the slightest effort to learn more concern ing his former friend than that friend chose to tell him. Knowing nothing, he could impart no information. Be lng himself uninformed, he could truth fully say "I don't know"to all in quiries. He had never given the acts of Philip Barrlngton his personal ap proval, but he had nevertheless obeyed Instructions without deviation. Per sonal liberty of action was the maxim of his daily life, and be adhered to it us closely in regard to others as he did in the regulation of his own affairs. Nothing had ever moved him from the straight course of duty as he recognised It. He was a philosopher and a stoic, Hud it was his practice to impart all kinds of information which he had to give in tlie same even tone in which he would have said, "It is raining." He rarely smiled, and he never frown ed. Surprise never altered a line in liis face nor changed the inflection of his voice. With him no meant no and yes meant yes, and nothing could qual ify either expression after he had once uttered it; so that when a card which bore the name of Lisle Maxwell en graved upon it and with Craig's name penciled beueath it was given to ldm early in the evening following the in terview between Lisle and Craig he put it aside and said calmly: "Admit them." They entered the same room into which Lisle's father had borne her the night before he went away, a self con demned outcast, and the quick mind of the lawyer already grasped the fact that it was the child who had returned, doubtless to acquaint him with the in formation of Richard Maxwell's (Phil ip Barriugtou's) death, but he made no sign when the young lady, accompa nied by the tall stranger, entered the room, only saying with his aggravat ing calm: "Be seated. What can 1 do for you?" Lisle did not reply. She stepped for ward and without a word of explana tion gave the letter which her father had addressed to Craig into the law yer's hands. He read it through to the end, raised his eyes and asked: "Have you other proofs of your fa ther's death?" It was Craig's turn to act, and he stepped forward and laid the death cer tificate upon the table. "H'm!" said the lawyer, examining fit. "He has been dead something over two months. Now, young lady, if you iwill wait a few moments until 1 read a letter which your father left with me to be read by me after his death I will 'know how 1 am to talk to you." He was exasperatingly slow in open ing the great safe that was in one cor ner of the room, in the deliberation 'with which he took therefrom a bundle (of papers, and at last separated one from the others. It was an envelope, sealed with wax, but lie broke it open (and, still crouching before the safe, Iread it to the end. j "Very good," he si.id at last, rising |and resuming his chair. "Your father's letter places me entirely at my ease. 1 am told that, unless you otherwise de termine, I am to act as your counsel In all things and that 1 am to exercise my lown judgment in replying to any ques tion upon which you may desire to be Informed. Your father's will appoints me your guardian until you are of age. In addition to that, 1 am your attorney. "li'ml" mid the lawyer, examining it Fortunately for you, 1 can tell you all that you wish to know concerning your self. But, first, who is this gentle man?" "He is the Mr. Thompson to whom that letter on your desk was addressed, and he Is my friend and was my fa ther's friend." "Very good. We can continue the matter in his presence if you desire to do so." "I certainly do." "Do you know anything at all con cerning yourself? Do you know if Maxwell is your name?" "I know nothing whatever about my self I did not until two months ago know that 1 was not a man. My fa ther kept me In ignorance of every thing which concerned the world or his past. Is my name Maxwell? Are you related to me?" "No; we are not related. Your father was my fru-nd and my client, and your name Is not Maxwell. Your father borrowed the name from me when he went away Did you never hear of me?" "No." "It was understood at least by me - that you were to be told that 1 was your uncle. Doubtless Philip never re garded it as necessary." "To whom do you refer as Philip?" "To your father. His right name was I'hillp Barrington." Craig Thompson, who had crossed the room and was > xamlulng the book shelves, dropped with a sudden crash one of the books that he had taken down. "1 beg your pardon," he said and stooped and replaced the book. THE CORN HARVEST. (lent Time to Cut Fodder—Point* of llatMllliif; tlie Crop* Extensive experiments to determine the best time for cutting corn have Vh en condtn ted at tlie Pennsylvania station at one time and another, and the results are remarkably uniform, all pointing to the advisability of al lowing the corn to become quite well matured before cutting and shocking. In every experiment the amount of <!r\ matter increased very rapidly aft cr growth had apparently ceased. This Increase takes place in the grain. Prac tically these same conclusions were l 'ached in Maine. The large growing varieties of the west should, according to the Maine station, be harvested be fore they are quite mature, but flint corn should be allowed to stand until well ripened. I'ltttliifc and itftiocktfiK. Other things equal, a large shock should be planned for, especial ly m the west, where there is less dis position to house the fodder. A Bhock sixteen hills square is the favorite In most sections, although In some local ities wlietv the corn lo very heavy u twelve hill shock is the favorite. In the east and north shocks are seldom more than eight hills square. The cli mate also has something to do with the size of the shock. In the humid regions small shocks are more desira ble. Care must be taken iu putting up shocks. It seems most desirable to start the shock, cutting about one fourth the fodder, allowing it to dry out thoroughly, then putting on anoth er fourth and continuing until the shock is completed, allowing at least one daj to elapse between each cut ting. If, however, rain comes during the cutting, much more of the fodder will be injured. Great care must be exercised in standing corn about the shock, so that the shock will not twist or blow down. Improved Machinery. The corn ladder is coming Into use rapidly. l ig farmer , operating as many as ten at one time. They are so constructed that corn can be handled even though it be badly blown down. It operates best in corn of medium size. The cost of twine Is largely off set by the smaller amount of labor re quired for shod iug and hauling. W here the corn is on the green order there is more danger of it molding un der the band when placed in the shock than if cut by hand. If it is not prac ticable to have a corn binder, many of the numerous drag cuttefs in the form of a sled with cutting knives on each side answer very well and save much hard work. They are simple and can be const rucied at home with the aid of a blacksmith. The old fashioned method of cutting with a hand knife still obtains in many places. Storing ili»- Fodder. The common practice in the corn belt Is to let the fodder remain in the field until wanted. This results in a loss of about L'o per cent, depending upon the weather, size of shock, etc. Where large shocks have been made this loss of course is reduced to a minimum. Stacking corn fodder after It has been thoroughly dried is common where small quantities are to be taken care of. This also is true in the older states where the fodder is stored In barn. In the big corn growing sections the fodder shredder and busker Is becom lng more and more popular. The first objection to this machine was that there was difficulty in keeping the shredded fodder. The tendency to mold seems much greater than iu hay and other kinds of rough feed. It has been determined, however, that this difficulty can be remedied by thorough curing. American Agriculturist. Wheal «>n Curn Ground. Wherever the three year rotation Is practicable but little plowing is done for wheat, says an Ohio correspondent In National Stockman. The yields of wheat on corn ground are so satisfac tory in many places that the economy of growing wheat in this way Is no longer disputed. The improbability of a higher level of prices for wheat on account of worldwide competition makes cheaper production Imperative. Many farmers would eliminate wheat from the rotation altogether were It not the connecting link between corn and grass. No other crop serves this purpose quite as well. Better crops of wheat are grown on corn ground now than twenty live years ago. The difference is chletly due to the better treatment of the seed bed. Then It was the custom to sow the seed broad cast and cover it with a double shovel plow. The seed could not be covered with a uniform depth of earth, and the surface was left uneven and cloddy. If moisture was deficient In the fall, the wheat would be a failure. and Notew. The onion outlook Is rather unprom ising, a poor rate of yield and failures being reported from some sections and nothing more than average In others. The large a reage, however, compen sates to some extent for these condi tions. Georgia's 1902 peach crop Is expected to b» a record breal.i i ihe crop is es tim:i • I at l.f.uu carloads. Cutting and curing tobacco pro gressed favorably, and the crop has generally done well, says the govern ment weather bureau report. Corn prospects continue promising In the principal states. Oklahoma leads in castor bean grow ing. and the crop Is a good one this season. There Is much interest in hairy vetch for a cover crop, but the seed is scarce and costly. The combination of a number of the large manufacturers of harvesting ma chinery In the 1 nited States into a corporation with a capital of $120,000,- 000 is announced. Xiit Inreanonable. There lives In a Massachusetts town a young woman whose courtesy never deserts her. even In the most trying moments. Not long ago she stood swaying back and forth, holding to a strap in a crowded electric car on a rainy day. A young man who stood next her had a dripping umbrella, with which he emphasized his remarks to a friend. As he pounded it down on the floor of the car an expression of anxiety gradu ally deepened on the young woman's face, and at last when the umbrella had become quiet for a moment she Spoke. beg your pardon." she said In a clear, calm tone. lam sorry to trou ble you bit < uld you kindly change your umbrella to ui\ other foot for a moment so that I may empty the water out of in > rubber shoe in which the umbrella is now fastened?" Tl »•»<-* < liaii«{**d. "Hut before we were married," she complained "you used to give uie beau fiftil pit sents "Yes, but a dollar looked like a dime then, and now ei a dime looks like a miracle." Baltimore News. MY "WALLFLOWER" (Original ] The winter festivities were at their | height. I was young ami impressiou i able, Just tlie age to be run away with | by a fancy, especially for a woman. Vne evening at one of the large enter j ainuie.its of the season 1 noticed a I /oung girl sitting alone In the turner | of a sofa. There was that in her ap | pearunce which attracted me strangely. ; I'erhaps 1 showed uiy admiration In | uy expression, for when our eyes met 4he colored slightly and turned her | glance quickly away. Turning to a j lady standing beside me, I asked if she | knew my "wallflower" and if she would | Introduce me. The lady glanced at the j girl and shook her head. 1 tried an ! other and another, with no better suc- I cess. The girl soon noticed that I was | trying to secure an Introduction to her ' and could not repress an amused ahiil i. Presently an elderly clerical gentleman came in and took her away from the room and the house.l went to tlie host, described the young lady and asked her name, lie could not ma! ■ out from my description to ..: c. a I referred, but suggested, in \i. • of the lack of attention paid her, tl at she must be some poor minister's daughter from the country. 1 went home, expecting to forget all about the incident, but was surprised to flnd that it, or at least the girl, would not be forgotten. At the end of a week there was no change, and at the end of a month 1 had discovered that I was in love. Three mouths and when a waiui spring day came on 1 got out my saddle horse nn.l took a ride in the park. A carriage passed me, and there, lying back on the cushions, was my wallflower. On seeing me a scarcely perceptible smile llit ted across her face, and then she was gone. 1 rode on In a 11 utter of excitement. Then as soon as I could recover my wits 1 turned and dashed after her. A police man seized my bridle and took me to the station, where I paid a tine of $lO for fast riding. Our next meeting was at the sailing of an ocean steamer for Southampton, England. I came to hid adieu to friends, and as the ship left the wharf, a white cloud of handkerchiefs waving on both wharf and steamer, there, lean lng over the rail, was uiy wallflower. She saw me, laughed, as though the matter were amusing, and faded away from me. I secured a stateroom on the next steamer for England and in less than ten days was In London. 1 had not realized the tolly of attempting to lind my inamorata till I reached the great smoky city. However, concluding that all Americans make some stop at the British capital before going onto the continent, 1 went to the principal ho tels, scrutinized the names of recent arrivals, asked questions about the per sons who bore them, went everywhere where strangers were sure togo, but saw nothing of the girl 1 was hunting. Then I went to Paris, Berlin, Vienna and a host of other places, returning to London at the time of the social season 'jere. One day while riding up the Arand toward the city a carriage passed me, driven by a coachman iu claret colored livery, with a footman to piatch Inside the carriage was my wallflower. 1 called loudly to my driv er to Stop, but the noise of the vehicles was so great that he did not hear me. We were blocked for a moment. The girl saw me, seemed intensely amused, and her carriage passed on.l finally caught my driver's attention and told him to turn and follow the carriage; but, owing to the crowded condition or the street, before he could get a free passage we had lost all trace of it. I remained in London a month, hoping for another meeting, but was obliged to return to America disappointed. The next winter one of my invita tions attracted my especial attention. It was for a dinner and cotillon at the house where 1 had seen my wallflower. Since the affair was a select one for twenty couples 1 had no hope of seeing a "poor minister's daughter from the country." Had it not been for a desire to look at the sofa on which she hart sat 1 should have sent my regrets. As It was, I accepted. On the evening of the dinner I went to the house a lit tle early, and as no one was In the drawing room to receive me I went to the sofa where 1 had first seen my ideal and sat where she had sat to dream of her. Gradually the room filled, and the host made his way to me. "Come," he said. "Let me present you to the lady you are to take to dinner. She's not known here, though she has met with considerable social success in Lon don. W ait a moment. She's engaged at present." A few minutes later he approached me with a lady on his arm. Great heaven! Who should she be but my wullilowvr. my "poor minister's daughter from the country!" I did not see her till she was directly before me. looked up. my lackadaisical expres sion changing to stirpi is • <!• light, con fusion, while she how did this woman whom 1 had been hunting ail over the world greet me? She latr.'h.d. Dinner was announced, and i felt the hand 1 so much coveted on uiy arm. L'uring the evening I got her story. She was the daughter of a rich Episco pal bishop. The year before, when ) had seen her sitting alone, she had come among strangers, and the social way had not been prepared for her. When she visited England with her fa ther the next spring, he was called "my lord bishop," and his daughter, being furnished with an opportunity, became a social success. Alas, she was betrothed to an Eng lish nobleman! But how can 1 state in a few word* oil that comes after that little word r The settlement was not satisfactory to his lordship. My settlement was satis factory to the bishop, her father. OLIVER M. HINSDALE. Sltkit WonriititK, 111 Sitka an Indian wife shows her sorrow lor the death of her husband by painting the upper part of her face black. Nasal ZbftySX CATARRH /p» In all its stages there %(& Jj*o/ should be tleauiine^g. Ely's Cream Balm cleanses, soothen and heals % M the diseased membrane V It cures catarrh and dr i \ ea away a cold In the head quickly. Creuai Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. I .urge Size, 60 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10cents by mail. ELY BROTHERS. r».i Warren Street, New York. J. J. BROWN. THE EYE A SPECIALTY K yes tested treated, tit ted with es iinl artificial eyes supplied. Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Hour*—lt* a in.to 5 p m Tel'phoue 14:« GREGSON'S POLICY [Copyright, 1901. by A S. Richardson.] Franklin Howard regarded the group ou the porch with a curiosity which was returned with interest. He was the latest arrival at Stony Brook farm, and the other summer boarders looked upon a newcomer with satisfaction. Howard was a big, clean faced fel low, with clear eyes and an alert air that was lacking in most of the stoop shouldered young men who had left their desks In the steaming city to spend their year's savings at a board ing house where their two weeks' stay was more costly than three months In the city. Naturully the women regarded him with favor, especially those who had passed the first flush of youth. The only drawback was that he did not re spond readily to their overtures. He was courteous, but they excited only amusement. The only one upon whom he looked with favor was Miss Helen Gregson, and naturally enough she was the most unapproachable. The father, Henry G. Gregson, was rather more disposed to be sociable. A cigar was his overture, and as the two men talked Gregson led the conversation to the city. "Stay here long?" he asked curtly. He was not given to waste of words. "Only two weeks," replied Howard. "I wanted four, but the boss said he couldn't spare me from the shop, so I took what I could get." "Good policy," commented Gregson. "Always do that. I can't stay here fool ing. City wants me. You care for my daughter ?" "How do you mean?" asked the astonished Howard. "I admire Miss Gregson immensely, but"— "Nonsense," ejaculated the other. "I didn't ask If you loved her. You look after her. Keep those Infernal small boys away. You are a man at any rate. Box of cigars do?" Howard Intimated that he did not require the bribe to Induce him to act as a squire of dames. "Come over," said the other. "Helen," he continued when they had approach ed, "this Is Mr. Howard. He will look out for you when I go back to town. Get acquainted." And he left them to engage the farmer landlord In conver sation as to the crops. Gregson was "carrying" more wheat than the farm er probably realized was raised In one summer. Howard got on famously with Miss Gregson and by the end of the first week was her inseparable companion. They roamed the country over and at last one day, reverting to childhood, built a dam In the little creek which flowed at the botom of the meadow. It was not much of a dam as dams go; still It served to break the last barrier betweeu them. They were children again, and when at last they had In duced most of the water to run over the top Instead of between the stones they regarded their accomplishment with admiration. He gained possession of her hand, unrebuked till a pressure warned her to withdraw It. It was too late then. Hot from his lips rushed the words of love. Those ten days of close compan ionship had had their Influence upon both. The building of the dam had completed the work They bad con trolled the waters of the creek, but their love rau free aud unchecked. When the dinner horn brought them back to earth again, they were be trothed, and Helen admiringly regard ed the ring which had once been his mother's. The next three days were all their own. Then Howard had to return to town. He presented himself before the head of the Gregson family, who seem ed a little surprised. "Back, eh? Come for the cigars?" "No," said Howard evenly. "I have come to ask for your daughter." Greg son's face purpled. "You upstart!" he finally managed to ejaculate. "You mechanic! You want uiy daughter? No!" "I am no mechanic," responded How ard. "You said shop," urged the other. "Well," retorted Howard, "I didn't say I was a mechanic. You jump at conclusions. I told you that I had to get back to the shop In two weeks. I didn't say It was a machine shop." "Machinery, dry goods—all the same; one as bad as the other!" Gregson was rapidly reaching the stage described as being too full for utterance. Howard seemed to enjoy the situation. "I lived several years in England," he explained. "There shop is any place w here you work. My shop Is the Blue Star Transport line. My fatherowned two-thirds of the concern when he died. Now I am learning the business, and this Is the rush season." Gregson was appeased, but still un satisfied. "All the same, you had no business getting engaged. 1 never told you you could have Helen." Howard smiled. "I admit I should have asked per mission first," he said, "but you advised it." Gregson jumped from his chair. "1 never!" he shouted, then sank back. "You will remember our conversa tion of two weeks ago," Howard ex plained smoothly. "That Is evident from the fact that you have already re ferred to things 1 said then. 1 told you I wanted four weeks, but had to take two Instead, and you told me to take all I could get." Gregson was vanquished. "Take her, my boy," he said weakly, a shade of, awe in his tones. "You would take her, anyway, and 1 may as well consent.! 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