ATTAIiK ONTENER 1 b«S BOOMERANG Reputable Editors Repudiate I Journalistic Mendacity. NOT t SINGLE DIRECT GHAR6E Candidate For Governor Helped Rathar Than Injured by the Work of tha Mud Slingera. Keputable newspaper* throughout Pennsylvania are resenting and con demning Ihe disgraceful journalistic i attacks that have been made on John K Tener, the Republican nominee for governor. Misrepresentations of a scandalous character have been made In the at tempt to ruin the reputation of Mr. Tencr, but of the tase have shown that Mr. Tener has acted In a thoroughly honorable and upright manner In every transac tion that hats be u referred to ami through which his political enemies have sought to place him In a false light before the people. The efforts of a enaatlon.il newspa per to have It apt" ar that Mr. Tencr, through Ills connection with the Public Utilities Corpora'it 11, has plae >1 him self in a position to forfeit the sup port of his fellow citizens a* a candi date lor governor, have failed signally. Not a solitary fact Ik been üb mitted showing that Mr. Tener should be criticised for an\ act in relation to this company. While it is admitted that up to date the enterprise lias not been profitable, reputable business men who are Interested in the cor poration are convinced that it will ulti mately be successful. Mr. Tener met the attack upon him with a prompt and sweeping disavowal of any wrongdoing. "I" is a palpable attempt to besmirch my character," said he,"and to ques tion my integrity, vithout the slight est justification and without a scin tilla of fact to base an intimation of wrongdoing upon my part. "The article," he declared. 'T ; an ef- ! fort to promote the selfish and pecun iary interests of a mercenary and de generate publication. There is abso lutely nothing to conceal. 1 became connected with the company through W. L. Christman. a reputable attorney in Philadelphia. When I found 1 could not give the time to the company 1 severed my connection with it abso lutely, never having accepted any of its stock. My relations with the com- j pany were entirely straightforward and | honorable in every respect." Mr. Christman. to whom Mr. Tener i referred, is one of the leading mem bers ol' the Philadelphia bar and a ! man of the nighest n putation in the community. He is now president of the j company, which was formed, among j other things, to construct a railroad on the coast of Oregon to open up a big lumber field. Mr. Tener was voted j $50,000 worth of stock, but declined to ! accept it. He was connected with the j company for but two months, when he resigned. Men of Affairs Interested. A number of well known business ' men are on the board of directors ot the company, including Simeon Mer rell, president of the Yost Manui'actur- I ing company, of Meadville, Pa.; Wil- | liam B. Margerum, a merchant in the Reading Terminal market, Philadel phia; Gerorcl Russell Thayer, who is also a director in the Philadelphia and ; Suburban Elevated Railroad company; Colonel William Bender Wilson, for- j merly of the Pennsylvania railroad, i and for whom the Pennsylvania legis- j lature voted a medal of honor for dis- j tinguished services during the Civil War; \V. W. Plnkerton. of the Pinker ton Construction company; Frederick Schoff. a manufacturer, who has been prominent in many civic movements in Philadelphia, and Thomas Bromley, Jr., who is a member ot" the Commit tee of Seventy, and has been active in a number of reform movements in the Quaker City. General Thayer was among the first to declare that Mr. Tener's connection with the company was entirely honorable. He predicts the ultimate success of the enterprise. Throughout the several publications care has been exercised to avoid di rectly charging Mr. Tener with any specific act of wrongdoing, but by in uendo and by linking him with pro moters who were identified with the unsuccessful companies taken over by the Public Utilities Corporation, an ef fort is made to discredit Mr. Tener. In commenting upon the attack on Mr. Tencr the editor of the Pittsburg ; Gazette-Times, among other things, says: • "Mr. Tener says his relations with i the company were 'straightforward and honorable in every way ' As far as his friends are concerned his repu diation of the slander was scarcely necessary; they know he is an honest 1 man, and they do not question his in- 1 tegrity. But it is just as well that he should denounce the attempt to be smirch hie character, as he has done for the information of the people of the 3tate, before whom he is appear ing as the Republican nominee (or governor. "As for this bit of sensationalism which has been introduced into the campaign, it is a disgrace to journal ism. It is essentially a low-grade po litical trick, partly intended to attain the meanest of partisan ends and partly to achieve a feat of commer cialism of the most despicable char acter." Black Hand Methods. In commenting upon the fact thai the newspaper which printed the sen sational story solicited orders "or the sale of the paper two days in advance of its publication from politicians tc have it distributed as a campaign doe umcnt, the Gazette-Times says:"ln stead of publishing its alleged revela tions in the usual course of business as a purveyor of news and thus con veyinc to the public such Informatioi as it deemed proper without regard t< politics, it served a sort of Blacl BERHTIiEALStarirH NJGHBORS SHOW LIQiICi! INTERESTS FAITH IN TENER On Local Option Platform Bel Pledged hot to Work For!!, I HYPOCRISY GF T!!fc MAN Accuse* Both Hi* Rival*, But Canno' Deny That Ha Made Compact* Witl Baloon Men. William 11. Berry, the K> »t n< Party nominee for governor, ha- up ' date failed to reply to the chart thai he made a deal with liquor men an ■ representative of liquor I rem* both prior to and at the M.entowr convention, to win the support of «» loonkecpers and others afliiiati .1 w the liquor traffic in his effort to wit the democratic gubernatorial nomina tion. Although it is some titee tdnce Mayor l.i< hel, of l'rie. t •rmnllv < liarg ed Mr. Berry witl. holding a eon I r cnce with ".Jim" r the ►".ate con ventioii was being determined upon Mr. Berry met repr. rntatlve-, ol tin 1-aekawannu county Democracy. wh< are largely interested in the whisky and brewery bualn-s, and gave then such assurances taat hi was ; omlsed the voles ol the delegates to the Uc-:u ocratic slate convention. Whcu the l,ack,iwanna delegatiot reached Allontowr, tie y v- nit 1 a di net interview with Mr. Berry, anc they were closeted with him in a roon on 11. ■ Hotel Allen for some time. Titer and there Berry assured them thai i ; he was elected governor he would di nothing to further ti-u cause of loea ' option and they could depend upoi him to be abso .stely u< :;tr;.l. So satisfactory were the guarantee ; given them by Mr. Berry that v -ry man in the delegation when the rol was called in the Democratic conven j Hon voted for William H. Berry. Liquor Men For Berry. In this delegation there were fiv saloonkeeper and one collector for ; : brewery. There wrve a ne.n: o other liquor men in variou* «. le;a tions in th- Democratic convi ntiot who voted lor Mr. Bevry upon assur ances received from him. And yet Mr. Ben yin his nighilj ' speeches fal'.ts about liquor men ' av Ing dominated the conventions w. id i nominated both his competitors an l would have it appear that he is the irn - placable foe of the liquor interests, i He is running upon a local option plat ; form adopted by the Keystone Party 1 i state convention, yet he is under j | pledge to the liquor men of Laekawan- , ; na county and elsewhere to do noth- j | ing, in the event of his selection, to ; i promote the cause of local option. Mr. Berry Las been accused of hy- I ! pocrisy by men who have known him i ; for years and who have watched his i j vacillating course in politics, and , I every day seems to bring forth fresh j j evidence to beai out their allegations. J Pi- aching polities in churches on ! Sunday, and on weekdays making ilea' with representatives of the liquor traf e, seems to come quite natural to I Mr. Berry. Fahrenheit of Lor.g Standing. ' It was about 17:10. at Amsterdam, 112 that Fahrenheit made his first ther- j moineter, which has ser\ ed as a model ever since. Living Cheap In Jamaica. Among the 800,000 Inhabitants of Ja maica there are lOO.OOn who live on an average Income of about 12 cents a day. Hand blackmailers' notice upon Sena tor Penrose that unless ho withdraw Mr. Tener within 48 hours it would publish certain exposures to prove th« latter's unfitness for the governorship Aside from the fact that Senator Pen rose has neither the power nor the authority to withdraw Mr. Tener and that the miserable creatures making this threat knew Mr. Penrose would dc nothing of the sort, the effect of this preliminary publication was to sub ject Mr. Tener to grave suspicions without redress or the opportunity tc defend himself for two whole days during a critical stage of the state canvass. Here was the real infamy of this wretched sensationalism ' though the story as it finally appeared i is baldly less shameful in construe ' tion "The whole affair, however, turn!j out to be a "flash in tho pan." There 1 is nothing to show either culpability I or vvrttgdoing, unfitness or dishonesty j on Mr. Tener's part." Upon every hand citizens are de nouncing the authors of the attack and the fact has been demonstrated that the unwarranted criticisms have helped rather than hurt Mr. Tener ir his canvass for the governorship. Bitterly resenting the work of the journalistic mud-slingers. Republicans everywhere are evincing a keen inter est in the campaign and are deter mined to emphasize their contempt foi the slanderers by rolling up a great vote for Mr. Tener and the full Repub iiean ticket on election day. From the methods now being re sorted to by the Keystone Party man agers almost anything may be antici pated in the way of despicable cam paigning in the closing days of the canvass. The masked man with stil letto is abroad and Mr. Tener has beer picked as the victim. Every conceiv able form of malice and venom will be employed in the desperate game tc cleet Berry governor. These men recognize the strength of Mr. Toner with the people and they are driven to desperation and thug gery in their mad attempts to stem the tide of popular sentiment that is sweeping Mr. Tener onto victory. Business Men ot His Home Town ot Gharleroi Indorse Him. HIS TOUR OF TRIUMPH Republican Nominee Far Gubernatorial Honora Created Everywhere by Im mtme Audience*. A dispatch from Charleroi, the home town of John K Tener, tell* of the quick action of tNi neighbor* of the Republican nominee fur governor, fol lowing the journalistic attack* made upon him. In eipresslng their absolute taith and confidence In htm and their interest in Ills candidacy. For twenty years John Tener has been doing business in his communi ty, and never In all that time has lie lie :i necu ed ol doing anv person oul of a iienny. He is connected with u number of business \ mures— in fact, with everything that goes to make up the Industrial liie of thai xcthw, Nat urally there are some who do not agree with everytuing be does, but no one doubts that he Is open and above board ' In all his actions and thoroughly hon est. The manner in which he lias met his accusers is the action of an hon est man"l have nothing to conceal; I court Investigation of my every ae tion. private or political," he says. j Dozens of persons in Charleroi and the surrounding towns who. before the publication of ibis malicious yarn, were either considering the voting of some other ticket or at least luke warm in the matter, have expressed themselves in no uncertain manner since it camo out. Recognizing it for what it is. a political canard of the first water, they are now unqualifiedly for Tener and the whole Republican ticket. They have no use for "reform ers" who stoop to such despicable j measures. week was held the regular monthly meeting of the Charleroi Bus iness Men's association, ol which Mr. Tener is a member. This organization is composed of all of Charleroi's progressive, hustling j . merchants, manufacturers and busi ness men generally. Its president is a man formerly lined up with the anti- i Tener faction in Washington county. Much of tho hustling in behalf of Mr. Tener before the State convention was done by tho association. And now it comes out unequivocally for him in a ' | set of resolutions drafted by a com mittee composed of John R Schaffer, John 11. Bowers and William Kirk. Business Men Speak Out. Following are the resolutions, adopt ■ ed unanimously: "Resolved. That we, the members of ; the Charleroi Business Men's associa ; tion, knowing our fellow member. Hon. ; | John K. Tener, to be a man of good, j i sound judgment, unquestionable integ ' rity and rare business qualifications, j i and one who has done much for the j interest of Charleroi. and believing | that a business administration has ! proven to be the best for the state of ' Pennsylvania, and feeling assured that 1 j Hon. John K. Tener is thoroughly com petent to fill the high office of gover- j ! nor and will give the people a good, ! clean administration, and uphold with honor the sacred duties of this posi tion. we heartily endorse his candi dacy. and wish him every success on Nc /. 8. "J. H. BOWERS. President. "M. ADAMS. Secretary." 112 State Treasurer C Fred Wright, who I has been making the tour of the state with Mr. Tener. is enthusiastic over the success of the trip and says the meetings are much larger than even those of the Stuart gubernatorial cam paign four years ago. "Mr. Tener is making a splendid im pression." said Mr. Wright, "and is winning votes for the Republican tick et wherever he goes. There can be no question about his popularity in all of the counties of his home territory, even beyond the confines o:' his con gressional district. "Mr. Tener stands well with his neighbors and those who know him best throughout western Pennsylvania. At every place we stopped the leading and most representative citizens, men of affairs and men who are the lead- j ers in their respective communities, were on hand to greet Mr. Tener and to evince an interest in his campaign. "If other parts of the state give as big a vote j get in western Pennsylvania he will be i elected by a tremendous majority." CROSSES STREET LIKE CHILD Dog Puts Paw In Mistress' Hand When Dodging Traffic. < A dog that carries his mistress' bag j and one that carries his master's news paper or cane have been familiar sights to New Yorkers on Fifth avenue. A dog that crosses the crowded street walking close beside his mistress with his paw in her hand has not been seen often enough to cease to attract at- j tention. Mistress and dog regularly cross a crowded thoroughfare in this way, paw In hand, close together. People watch them as they stand together on the curb waiting for a chance to cross. With perfect unconcern they start forth side by side when the chance 1 comes. When the opposite curb Is i reached the dog drops to a quadruped once more. Hard to Write Hongkong. While the mall service between Hongkong and En pe has steadily Improved during the past year, that to i and from the United States has be j come less and less satisfactory Swiss Own Rsiiv.ay Monopoly. The government owns a majority of j i the railroads and e-.vns and operate i all the telegraphs end telephones I Switzerland, manufacturing t'.'.e eenlr | nent for a" px ept ;fer" v A oINGDLAR DUEL Story of a Mreting In an Ancient Rum In Italy. By MARIA Q. MORGAN. i iIM«, n» Am*nmn lr»«» Aaao rial Inn I It wa«i moonlight In Home A car tlago slopped a IIUIIIIIIIK nccu -1 j ;<*t for apartment* In tho t'laxtn del Ka the Coliseum, tower Ink massive and dnrk ngalnat the bright sky. circled It and, entering a street lending southeastward. Anally drew nt> beforu the Imtha of CaraoHlla. A woman ojieiHsl the door from witti t In and stepped out of the cnrrlnge. Walking up lo the little liulldlntr where liven the keeper of tho ruin, she was nilmlttitl, evidently by ap pointment. nml. passing over the curv ed walk that lei I to the great structure, |> i- -iil in under shadow. The remains of the baths of Carn ealla are one of the ureal ruina of iiiitiiiuit.v. Ilullt at the height of Unman splendor by one of tho worst nml most luxurious of the Honia*em perora, It was finished in imperial , i-tyle, nnd from It at u later date were tr'.ken several ef the most famous antique pieces of statuary. The moon. standing nlmoat directly overhead, slnme down on the woman who paced hack and forth within the central part of the ruin. A. thin robe falling from her shoulders covered her whole figure, and ns she walked it floated gracefully behind her. By her V»re f* *»»♦» " "four regreia will not wl|k> rm% the •lain put upon an American gtrl any more than rogrei* would rrsiorr a •light done ymt had on» of j mir entin trymni rnblwd foil «112 a wife Vmi ! know how that Injury would be a»eng ' ed" "I do." I "At the point of the Itntd And It la at (he point of the nword that ymir •■light to the raiich girl tuuat lw atoned for A glrl'a heart I* a* sacred n» n prlnce'a honor Khe Is not to be robbed I of it any more than the prince la to ( be robbed of hla wife Were wo in my j country, instead of yonr>, you and 1 I enuld 'fnu Ilia hammer' In each other'* | face, w« could throw tho lariat, the j ' one who won to have the privilege of j knifing the other Those are barba | roua waya, not fit for n prince of the ; 1 blood Yonr European ways are far | more attractive There la romance In | the nir In Italy. When tho Italian ! cornea to our wild western country hla I sentiment lies dormant and he conald era only his Interest Then a heart la ' nothing to him. A cowboy's shooting : match Is abhorrent Hut here in hU land of art, poetry, music, where ho ! Is reminded by works that have endur- | ed for centuries of the loveliness of n I Marcus Atirellua and the shnme of n i Nero, it is well that lie should pay the j penalty of his heartleasnen nt tho [ point of it Damascus blade ond within j the walls of an emperor's baths." With tho last words she threw back j the wrap that thus far had covered , i her and displayed a woman's fencing costume. In her left hand she held ' two rapiers. Taking one of them by | the blade, she held the lillt toward tho 112 , prince "l>o not shrink from it, my prince. J It Is of gold. And did n Fabian ever i shrink from handling a sword? Could there be anything more betltting a j prince than settling his affairs with n golden hilted blade, the moonlight j pouring in through breaches In the j walls of tho baths of Caracalla?" As the prince shrank away Margaret j advanced. "I will not light you—a woman—a j woman I have loved, love today. I j cannot. Is there nothing that will np- I pease you? I will sign a paper admit- | ting my error. 1 will"— "You will fight." Ry this time she had forced the ban- ! die of tho sword into his hand. Then j she put herself in the attitude of a ! fencer. "Hold!'' he cried. "A sword is not your weapon. Desist nnd I will go to 1 your home anil If i must defend my- j solf will do so iai the point of tho j weapon you know so well how to use— ; the revolver. In God's name, do not j force me here now to die or take your | I life." "On guard!" "I will break my engagement. I will mnrry you." "I will not break my engagement." j "What do you mean?" "I am to marry a rancher of New j Mexico, but not till I have wiped out ! the stain put upon me by a prince of J Italy." There was something in the last j words as merciless as a wave rolling ! 'lnon a stormy bench. The prince had j ; no choice but to die or defend himself, j ! Two of those gentlemen called car- I i binieri. the national Italian police, who ' ' go always in pairs dressed in swallow- 1 I tailed coats, cocked hats and swords j \ hanging by their sides, happened to be ! i walking along the road that led past the ruin when they bcaril sounds of j i the clash of steel. They stopped and j listened Fancying the noise came ; | from within the walls, they hurried there to find two fencers, the one at ■ tacking, the other defending himself. 1 The earblnieri stepped between the two and demanded their swords. "What—prince!" exclaimed one of them. "You here fighting at this time ! of night, and without attendants!" | "It was not premeditated." "And you," asked the officer of Mar garet—"who are you?" "An American woman." "Gentlemen," said the prince, "this ! affair must go no further. You know : that his majesty would not wish it known that a man of my rank was found lighting with a woman under such singular circumstances, i'.esides, j the lady's name should not be connect ed with such an affair." j "I have nothing to conceal," said i | Margaret. Then all left the ruin. Margaret was \ put into her carriage and the coach- i man told to drive her home. The ! prince, after a long conversation with | the carbinlerl, entered his own car- ! I rlage nnd returned to the city. ! The next morning early Margaret j ! left Itome, having received a polite | I message from the king's chamberlain i | that his majesty considered her too | i dangerous a person to be permitted to | j go free among the noblemen of Italy. | ' A month after her departure she was j I married nt her home in the far west, ! settled down to the raising of sheep 1 and babies and became not only a do- j ! mestic, but in certain respects a promi- ! i nent woman. But the story of her j duel in the batlis of Caracalla was ! ! never divulged till years afterward. The Pardon Paperweight. tinder the headline "A Queer Munie | Ipal Gift" a Vienna paper tells this I story: "In the year 18(59 a private sol j dier stationed at Sass killed an officer i of his reglmenfand was condemned to be shot. Comrades who knew the ex j tennating circumstances, friends, ' j priests, relatives—all pleaded in vain j for mercy, the colonel in whose hands I the matter rested insisting on the ' Seatb penalty. The day came and the I man was taken to the place of execu tion. Six members of bis regiment, ; armed with rifles, one of which con tained a blank cartridge, took their places as executioners. The man's eyes were bandaged and with arms | securely pinioned he stood ready for j the volley, shouting 'Comrades, aim i i well!' when a mouuted courier dashed j J Into the crowd waiving a white flag. I : crying "Pardon!' He was Lieutenant \ J Baron du Mont, with the colonel's ' | pardon, which would have been use- \ I less had It arrived one minute later, i The municipality secured the five 1 bullets from the tiring squad, had them ! silvered anil mounted In the form of a I tiny pyramid on a silver plate, nnd ibis, suitably Inscribed, is known as the 'pardon paperweight,' the only one of its kind " HE WHO WAITS, Wooed and Won Hit Bride oc \ Poor Young Man. By CLARISSA MACK IE |Coprr;«hl. IMO, t>t Amertcan I r»w> A»«n cUUon.J "Ten.- milil Fred MtlOKilnn m).• : akillfully threaded the maze of inM-v --' In the hotel dining room and led hi* I ! mother ami cousin to desirable pine#* In a fool corner, "I rather pride ray ; aelf on having found room* for jroii | hero In the Crag Houae They claim*! i they were filled to the brim, Imt I lit: I tried my purse, the eagle streamed, and ' they paaaed the trick flow do yon i like It, Stellar | The girl. half amlllng nt her cousin'* i rattling talk, wni Idly watching 'hi Kay scene of which she wna a |>nrt. I "It'a lovely. Isn't It. Aunt Jn? ' rour j mured the girl Inn low tone thnt she might not Interrupt Fred, who waa or | dering the meitl. "I wonder If we will : meet nny acquaintances here." Mrs. Livingston patted her stiffly ar ranged white puffs, puahed iti a loose j hairpin nnd twinkled her earrings I with n slight toaa of her head. "i trust we shall not meet any undeslr ' able acquaintances." she said signifi cantly. j Stella Hewitt flushed rosily, and her j pretty teeth closed ou her red lip. "To j ( f —if —r> ' ifl | "WHO WEIiK. YOU SMII.TSO AT, STF.IiLA?" | borrow Fred's sluiile, 1 suppose desir- I ability is gauged by the scream of tile j eagle on the dollar." "Vulgarity is not wit." returned her j auut tartly. i Fred turned a rubicund. Rood ua ! tared countenance toward them. "Wrangling again'/" he asked cheer j fully. "What about now?" I Mrs. Livingston stared coldly nt her I son. and Stella merely acknowledged j his question with a contemptuous lit ' tie smile. , "Did you notice the chap that tool; ! our order?" asked Mr. Livingston, no whit abashed by their coolness, i "You mean the waiter?" Mrs. Llv ] lngstou's strongly marked brows were I elevated. ! "Yes. the waiter. lie's in my class at college. Don't get excited, mother. Lots of those chaps work their way through in this sort of way. They wait oti table at these summer hotels and make a pretty penny." "What Is his name?" demanded Mrs Livingston "Schneider,'' returned Fred nonchal antly—"a mighty nice little Dutchman too " "Was that waiter at the Fines in Hellalry. the one who presumed to speak to Stella on the street one day was be a college student?" This time Mrs. Livingston's voice was vibrant with eagerness Stella's color faded, leaving her face singularly white and strained. "Is it 1 necessary to bring me into the dlscus ! sion. Aunt Ju?" she asked disdainfully ! Fred looked uncomfortable. "You | mean Forrest, Jim Forrest, I suppose. | Oh, yes, he's a senior now. Good fel | low too." I"I should think he might find a more dignified method of obtaining an edu cation," sniffed Mrs. Livingston. | "Didn't uncle keep a chophouse?" j asked Stella, with sudden clearness of tone. I "Hush!" Mrs. Livingston's face crimsoned angrily. "How dare you. [ Stella!" j "I'm sure he told me that once he kept a chophouse aud an oyster par , lor. He said he waited on the cus j tomers himself," persisted Stella wick edly. Just then the diminutive Mr. Sc-hnei ! der arrived with the dinner, which he 1 served most deftly and with an ele | ment of respect that must have been divided between the loveliness of the young woman he served and the recol lection of the Livingston dollars as represented by young Fred, his class mate. The conversation shifted to less dan gerous ground, and the meal passed pleasantly. Fred strove to make him | self agreeable to his indifferent cousin while his mother aided with infinite tact to smooth the girl's ruffled com posure. 1 Their stay nt another mountain re i sort had been rather disastrous frotv j Fred's point of view Their lirst men' at the Pines had been marked bv ar I accident. A candle had fallen over, and the flame had leaped to Stella's j delicate lace sleeve and would have speedily enveloped her lilmy gown had j not the tall waiter who, unnoticed, had : served them stripped off his coat and i wrapped it about the girl, extinguish ing the Are. lie had scorned Fred's generously | proffered reward, received with urban \ ity Mrs. Livingston's patronizing com | mendation and thrilled at the gratitude lin Stella's dark eyes. He had pi'ieiid l ed not to see the soft little hand she I graciously extended and. slipping on his coat, had rearranged the table, served the dessert and sent the hotel j pUyak lan l«i «"f t Item | The nifti thnt fnIMWMI waa a | atfatige | pnared. and he hnd uttered noma sharp worrta that divulged the fact that ba knew wh-> the waiter waa. The next day the waiter disappeared, | and two days afterward Mra. Living ston found It convenient to move onto | another resort. Stella understood and amlleii a bitter little amlle. Now ahe felt n little throb of exulta tion thnt her Instinct had not been ( wrong. She hail recognized iu the | man who had saved her life some clnlm to distinction. She admired him for Ids pluclc and perseverance sho felt thnt he was more to lie respected than Fred, who lazily necepteil what the poils (and h: industrious fntheri j had provided and was without nmbl , tfoa of any sort, If "lie excepted his devjre to wed Stel' i Dessert was served, and Stelln. play j ing Idly with her spoon, looked across i the large room and saw Jim Forrest * looming large In the distance, bearing , a tray carefully poised on one palm. Their eyes met across the Intervening apace, nnd Stella smiled. Forrest did , not return the greeting. "Who were you smiling nt. Stella?" ! demanded Fred hastily. She did not reply. Mrs. Livingston hnd seen, however, aud so it was the very next day they ' I gave up the rooms Fred bad engaged i and went back to town where there | would be no doubt as to who would serve the soup and where there were no dangerous candelabra on the table. September came, and Fred went back to college, a rejected suitor. Stella was most unhappy with her aunt, who could uot conceal the bitter disappoint ment she suffered in her son's failure to win Stella. The girl was very gentle with the older woman, who cblded her wit'i in- I gratitude nnd coldness. At last she ! sent Stelia away for a long visit to another relative in the west, while she i turned her thoughts to other matters ! and tried to forget the failure of her j cherished plans. In March Fred suddenly married a pretty girl—the sister of one of his classmates—and his college career | came to an abrupt close. One night at dinner a telegram was i brought to Mrs. Livingston. She read it and uttered a startled exclamation. ' | "Why—Stella is married!" she es ' claimed. .. - I , '«• "To whom?" asked Fred. I "She doesn't say—merely "Will be with you during our honeymoon. Let ter explains.' Who can It be? She hasn't mentioned any one in her let ! ters." , ; "Some cowpuncher,' • "irested Fred ' a little drearily, then Wi. -•» ani mation. "I say. mother, you ber that chap. Jim Forrest, who . ed on table at Bellalry last sutnmer j the one who saved Stella's life?" ' "Yes." "Why. he's turned out to be all sorts jof a big gun Seems his father made ! hltn work his way through college— '• told him he didn't care what be did so I long as the labor was houest—and now ■ the old man's dead and Forrest is worth a cool ten trillion' Mrs. Livingston Hushed deeply. "It ; would have made a splendid match for : Stella." she said regretfully. "But j that's always the way. If she had j chosen him it would have turned out I he was a beggar " "You could trust Stella to pick out ' i the right party, only, you see, you i scared them both off, mother. I don't believe either one of them thought of j love or anything else. He was merely polite, and Stella was grateful to him. ! If they had been left alone It might I have developed Into a pretty romance. [ eh, Florrie?" He grinned across at hia. | pretty little wife. ! She nodded wisely. "Poor old Stel j la!" ahe said condescendingly. _XUfi~ icUet from Stella never came, but Stella came herself, with her hus band in tow-none other than big Jin» 1 Forrest himself. "I won her as a poor man,"he said proudly to Fred, "first as a waiter, , and afterward I met her on the Rose Leaf rnnch, in Wyoming, of which I am part owner. 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