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! my boy7" he asked. Remember.
only want yore Judgment. Ef we hit
the eeilin' feet fo'most III never throw
1t up to you
George was silent for moment
The others hung on his reply. You
are putting me in a rather ticklish
place. Mr.. Hillyer.' he said. I'D real
" rather not have the responsibility OF
as big thing as this is entirely on
me-"
We'll" said Hillyer. you won't
mind teilin me what you would do Ell
1t was all yore affair
III 1t were mine" answered George
| I'D hold awhile longer.
THAT settles It." cried Hillyer. and
| he turned to write an answer to the
telegram.
| A few minutes later Hanks came in
with his son Bob. well dressed young
man past twenty years of age. The
young man paused in the outer room
! an expression of deep embarrassment
on his face.
"Has that car O. meat fer me been
! sideracked?' Hanks asked HillyeI
abruptly.
"Yes: It's at the platform now" the
merchant answered. casting curious
glance past Hanks to his son. "Are
you ready to have it unloaded?
Eyes; Bob's goin' to do it"
The whole room stared in sympa-
thetic astonishment.
"You say he is7'' Hillyer got out I'M
der his breath.
Yes; I'm soin' to show him an his
mother that I rule the roost up our
way. She's tuck notion he's too good
to worb. like common folks, an let's
i'm run wild with these town dudes.
an I've made up my mind as long as
he eats my grub he's got to lay bis
hands to whatever work there Is to do.
could git Niger to do the job fer
dollar an half, an I'm simply gotn'
to save the money
At this outburst Bob Hanks was
seen to turn his face to the door. 1t
was as red as blood.
"Oh, say Hillyer began to pro-
test. but Hanks interrupted him.
"Git that pair O trucks back thar
an go to work." he said to his son,
"an' shuck of that coat an necktie.
You won't need no buttonhole bouquet
fer this Job"
The young man made haste to obey.
It was as II he wanted to spare his
parent the exhibition he was making
Of himself. Hanks sat down at the
stove III his usual place quite unruf-
fed.
Say" Hillyer began mildly. II don't
think yo're handlin' that chap right.
He's all right. eff you'd only treat him
like a young human beln'. I've want
ed to speak to you about that boy a
long tine ! like Bob, cayn't help
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26
CHAPTER TX.

Ev1ILLYER was alone In the office
IH of the warehouse one morning
I'LL about the middle of the follow
ing week when Kenner came
In from the postoffice the mornings
mail in his hands.
"Wheats gone a-whizzin'," he said.
,s'Its $1.10 in the shade-away above
high water mark Take a FOOLS adj
vice, Mr.. Hillyer, an git out while you
hin. I've got Georges interest at heart
the same as you have, an it's better
fer young men to go slow an be on the
aafe side"
Hillyer smiled broadly and rubbed
his hands together with an air OF in
tense satisfaction. You were jest as
badly ratified when it hadn't reached a
dollar" he said Now. you let George
alone. Eff I'm willin' to resk his judg-
ment, with plenty O. scads behind the
investment, why can't your"
Kenner shrugged his shoulders and
made no reply. George was coming in
at the door. Hello, young Gorlld"'
the cotton buyer cried out jovially.
sAre you weak at the knees?"
s.Oh, you mean wheat" said Buckley
andiferently as he went to his desk.
'sThat's Mr.. Hillyer's affair"
mo. II ha.n't, my boy, not by Jug
full" said Hillyer,s almost tenderly.
.sYore Judgments held good so far;
what do you think we ought to dor
.sWhy. If wanted to realize" re-
piled the young man. I'D telegraph for
the best offers right away. You can't
rely on those printed reports like ken
ner has. My opinion is that it hae
gone higher since that circular was
sent out"
.Higher9 exclaimed Kenner, with a
cold smile OF derision. "My boy, you
are actin jest like every young srecu-
lator that ever grabbed the whip an
Jumped in the arena. You never, let
20 till the back action sets In, an then
down you scoot like an avalanche
Hillyer's next remark surprised ken
ner.
"That's jest what / have done. my
boy don't say intend to sell, but I
wired Jacobs & Co. fer Their best offer
on my way down"
Just then d messenger boy came in
with q telegram. Hillyer opened 1t
with shaky fingers. but when he read
It he laid 1t on his desk quite calmly, a
CLEAN Of triumph in his eye.
Jacob offers $l.121a," he said I'm
pressively as he looked ut the cotton
buyer.
Kenner stared and then spat against
the wall behind the st e.
Somebody's crazy" he grunted.
NWheat can't stand at that"
Hillyer was gazing at George with q
hearty smile on his face
''What do you think we ought to, do.
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heats the whole shouse perfectly and
has taken so little fuel that have been
completely surprised. 1t has not used
one-f fourth the fuel that have COM
monty used to heat the same space, and
the hot water attachment that I re-
ceived with it is not only the greatest
convenience that l have had In the
house. but 1t is worth the cost. in saw
ing heat, as the tank keeps the, kitchen
perfectly warm night and day. To say
that I am thoroughly satisfied hardly
expresses it"
And the company has gathered to-
gether In n little book several hundred
letters just like this one men who want
their sons to buy Lennox furnace
just like the one they have and men
who once used q Lennox furnace and
want another for the new house they
are building and men who want the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26

1t. why, hang it, he's jest natural!
He don't know how to get down to
work. He's been fetched up IN this
giddy set o. young folks, an he feels
his fodder. When you do put I'm at
work you put i'm at some mental en-
ployment that makes all the boys IN
town laugh at him. an no BOY Win
any pride at all can stand that. An
the trouble Is he's ashamed OF the way
YOU do along with it. The daddies o
that set he's been runnin' with don't
act that way, an he don't know why
yo're different
What In the name o. common sense
do you know about boys?" said Hanks,
leaning forward and applying his
cheap cigar to red spot on the stove.
you've never had one. Do you reckon
I hain't anxious to see i'm make
some'n out'n hisself? | tried my level
best to git i'm to go to mill t'other
day, and hetwixt I'm and his nanny
was clean outwitted. Jest think o
meme feedln' an housin' young
Prince o. Wales.'
~ L
to mill on a corn sack" said kenner
dryly. Lib, you've got white ele-
plant on yore hands as shores preach
in"
lust then they heard the rattle of the
iron, wheeled trucks in the rear. Bob
Hanks had set to work. His father
began to pull at his cigar. No one
spoke for few minutes. Then three
young men. faultlessly attired and
laughing merrily, entered the ware
house mt the front and went through
the building toward the car at the
platform In the rear.
Coin back to poke fun at Bob
said Kenner They certainly are n
trifin' gang. but I'll bet Bob feels like
crawlin' In hole an pullin' the hole
In after i'm
George Buckley stood down on the
floor, his face rigid. They were all
watching him He took of his coat
and hung it up and then walked out Of
the office through the warehouse to-
ward the car Of bacon.
II wonder what he's goin' to- be
gan Kenner.
Coin to scatter them fools, ! reck-
on said Hillyer angrily. An he
ort, the blasted idiots.'
Hanks had observed and heard, but
he smoked on as IL unconcerned.
Kenner roee and went out. He came
back In a moment, strange light in
his honest face, his lips twitching.
George has got another pair o
trucks an is helpin' Bob unload that
car" he said in an unsteady voice.
by gum, he's man. tell you
man.
Hanks cigar had gone out, and he
leaned forward and pressed its end
against the stove again. 1T won't
hurt George as much to take little
exercise with the trucks MS it will Bob
to be bolstered up In his ways by what
George Is a-do3n' The Lord knows
you'll all ruin the boy among you. l
don't care how much work George does
fer me. I'll save dollar and half.
He can't make me feel cheap by that
sort o trick"
Kenner dii not seem to be listening.
With his eyes on Hillyer's sympathetic
face he remarked: The minute George
doomed up out thar an grabbed them
trucks an set to work that gang dried
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Selling From {

citing machine just like boiler. There
are no packed or painted joints, no
thick walls of cast iron to gather rust
and ashes and keep back radiation for
half day after u fire is started, but
inst ead the steel dome is dust and gas
proof and radiates heat for circulation
into the living rooms within ten min
utes after the fire is kindled.
Then it is economical in coal con-
sumption. first because 1t radiates the
heat quickly and second, because the
genius of its inventor has provided an
indirect radiator which utiliZes the
heat from the smoke and adds this to
the radiation of the furnace before 1T
is allowed to pass into the chimney.
Hundreds of people who use Lennox
furnaces have written about the small
amount of coal it uses
Heats Any House.
And because OF this peculiar con-
struction of the Torrid Zone which gets
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26
All Druggists

ask the readers Of this paper who are
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26
BOSTON AND RETURN.

Only One Cent Per Mile From Chicago
Via Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway.
Tickets on sale Aug. IL. 10. IA, with
provision for extension of return limit
to Sept. 80. Tickets available via all
regular routes, including thru New
York, as well as the st. Lawrence
River, Adirondack and White Mountain
territory. For full information address
NJ. S. Giles. T. p. A., Chicago, or G. F.
DAILY, Chief A. G. P. A., Chicago.
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urnnu arsttnp1r anaua 4esug anp r. 1904

Hardin, begun 20 banter me TO sell I'm
a light overcont / was about through
with, an l laid 1t out fer i'm. Well,
Fred noticed it a-lyin out on the table,
an axed me what l was a-goin to do
with it. ! told i'm | was a-goin to
sell 1t to ALI Hardin. Me N Fred was
a-lyin' smokin' on the bed, an he got
up all at once an put the coat on an
stood lookin' at hissef in the bureau
glass He'd turn fust one way an
then another like woman dressin' fer
a picnic, an then he said: 1t fits me
like a glove, Jim. How much is ALI
goin' to give you fer it?' Five dollars.
said l. Fred screwed about Mt the
glass minute longer, an then he
said. Dern EFF l don't give you five
fer it; it's Jest what / want Well,
thar was, born southern gentleman
an room mate was akin to be pre-
ferred over a niger. an not a clink
nur sight O. coin anywhars around.
Well says I. after one o my silent
prayers fer fresh light, III let you
have 1t, Fred. but I'm needin' the
money right now, I'm needin' 1t fer
a particular purpose, that's the reason
I'm sellin' the coat I'm needin' 1t
powerful bad oh, said he, as he
tuck off the coat nm put 1t In his
trunk, I'll git the money fer you. I'm
expectin' some next Monday l know
ed then that was done, an done
brown. but didn't know my crust
was burnt to cinder. The next day
was Sunday. an a niger baptizin'
day. an in the black procession headed
fer Mill Greek | seed ALI Hardin
among the elect, on his way to be bap-
tized. with my overcoat on. 1t was
solemn OCCASION, but l was mad.
stopped ALI an axed i'm whar he
got the coat. Marse Fred Dinslow
sol 1t to me, sub he said How much
did you pay i'm fer it?' l axed i'm.
Five dollars. subj said ALI: he tried
ito sit six. but l didn't have it, At
another time. Fred-but I see that cot
tor wagon out in front, an I've got
to git move on me-
EIillyer was alone in the office when
Bob Hanks and George came in. flushed
and hot, their task finished.
"You are the right kind. George" the
old man heard Bob saying, in CRATE
full tone, "and I'm not going to forget
it either"
"Pshaw. Buckley said, ut was ex-
nctly what 1 needed to set my blood in
circulation. get the cramp sitting on
that STOOL"
Hob went to the wash pan in the cor
ner Of the room and cleansed his hands
of the brine and salt. Hillyer called
him when he had finished.
Say, Bob he said, come sit down
here" The old man indicated chair
near his desk The young man obeyed
wonderfully.
.Bob," began the merchant, Il be-
kAve I'm yore friend an that ! have
yore intrust at heart
'.Well, I've always thought you treat
ed me decenuy, Mr.. Hillyer. was
Just telling George out there In the car
that could work like steam engine
for man like you. Mr.. Hillyer,
may look like pretty tough specimen,
but I'll give you my word that l am
sick and tired Of living like I am.
That's Gods truth"
What sort O. work do you think you
would like. Bobi" Hiilyer could not
suppress the round note of sympath5
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up an looked like they wanted to hide.
They made some excuse or other an
SUNK off down the railroad. an Bob
Bob jest looked like be could die fer
i'm. / tell you. you old stick in the
mud"-to Hanks-"I'l bet any other
daddy but you'd "a made man out o
that material Bob told me once that
he wanted to go In business fer his
se'f. Why don't you try im?"
TRY lint" said Hanks indifferently.
"Who tried me, wonder? l had to
shift fer myself, an eff I've accumu-
lated anything 1t has been by my own
efforts Ef anybody had set me up in
business at that boys age I'd never
been with a Hill o beans
Yes, an you didn't start out with
as much agin you as Bob has" an
| swered the cotton buyer You wasn't
constantly surrounded by folks tellin'
you yore old scrub of daddy was
goin' to die an leave you whole lot
o. money, an'-hold on. I'm not
through"-as Hanks was about -
speak-"an' whole community tellin'
you you mustn't lay yore hands to
mental labor Yore daddy, from what
l hear, made you pull bell cord over
mules back tell you was twenty-one.
an when you finally riz to the dignity
o. the junk shop you used to keep. you
considered yourself in high G. Why,
they say you never wore shoes tell you
put 'em on to vote In. They say n
stranger put up at Lbs house one
night. Mr.. Hillyer. an Lib was standin'
I'D before the fire warmin' hiSse'f. All
Mt once Ibis nanny said, Henry.
thars coal O. fire under yore foot,
an Lib looked up, as lazy then as now.
an asked, in his slow way, Which
foot, MAJ"
Hlllyer smiled, but Hanks simply
grunted indiTerently and began to look
over a packet of papers which he took
from his pocket. Jake came in to tell
kenner that some cotton wagons were
driving up, and Kenner started out,
laughing good naturally. AT the door
he paused, and. coming back. he leaned
on the back of chair toward Hanks
You know how to take my fun, Lib"
he said, just touch of apology in his
tone. You see, l used to have jest
sech a gang as Bob's society crowd to
contend with" Kenner laughed. 1t
was plain he had more to say in spite
of the pressure OF business.
when I growed UP II was wuss. IL
anything. than now. 1t was Jest after
the war, when nobody had anything to
put on style with. an everybody want
ed to make good show to keep from
lookin' beat. Among the young men
in this place thar was some Of us that
Jest naturally would work, an pile
Of 'eln that didn't seem to know how,
an US that knowed how seemed tokeep
up the rest, fer they was eternally
a-borrowin' our cash an never dream
In o. replacin' 1t. I remember thar
was one young Teller. Fred Dinslow.
that kept my pocket change down to
low ebb. 1t went on SO long that
got to prayin' over it, an finally got
the courage to put my foot down.
kept tellin' I'm ! didn't have It He
knowed / did, an so did l. but could
tell Inn that better'n anything else,
becn se he hated to dispute my word.
as bad as l hated to refuse i'm my
wages Me n him was a-roomin to-
gether, an one day Il niger. ALI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26
Cured Of Chronic Diarrhoea After
Ten Years of SUFFERING.

II wish to say a few words in praise
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" says Mrs. Matte
Burge, of Martinsville, Va. Il suffered
from chronic diarrhoea for ten years
and during that time tried various
medicines without obtaining any per-
manent relief Last summer one of my
children was taken with cholera NOR
bus and I procured a bottle Of this
remedy. Only two doses were required
to give her entire relief. then de-
cided to try the medicine myself. and
did not use all OF one bottle before
was well and have never since been
troubled with that complaint One can
not say too much in favor Of that won
derful medicine" This remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-26

For Heating Store Rooms, assembly
halls, churches, school roomsv etc. 1t
is intended to heat only the room in
which it stands. 1t is regulation Tor
rid Zone furnace cased but without
hood and so con structed as to allow tho
cold air from the floor to pass up over
the heated surface, thus, by perfect
circulation of air. heat the entire room
evenly without making tho temPera.
ture uncomfortable near the furnace.
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that dominated his voice.

J0aC dominated MS VO1Ce.
ct may seem very silly to you" Bob
declared slowly, but am just as sure
that I could run q business for myself
as I am that I'm sitting here talking
to you To make clean breast of 1t
for l know you will understand my
fix-I was on trade with A. G. Sand
ford, up the street. for his grocery
store. Sandford's wife has got Indian
blood in her an she's entitled to land
in the territory. He wants to move
out there and quit here. I've looked in
to his books an his trade, an he's got
a good thing-a thing that could be
built up till 1t would pay big. He's
got old fogy ways an hasn't kept up
to date. an l believe money can be
made in this town according to late
methods Well, when | heard he was
thinking OF selling out had talk
with him. told him had no money,
but If he'd sell the stock to me on time
I'd pay him. Well, that pleased him
and his wife, too, for they are anxious
to get away, and we even took stock.
1t inyoiced about $1,000. an he doesn't
owe a cent In market, but somehow my
father got wind OF It, an. Lord. the
row he raised over 1t! He made me
go out in the yard an cut wood all that
morning, an he went down to Sand
ford and said so much against me that
Sanford backed clean out"
Hillyer stared for moment at
George, who was listening, and then
he looked at Bob. Are you twenty
oneY he asked.
II was last July, Mr.. Hillyer."
''Then you are yore own boss?"
II reckon l am, as far as age goes"
said Bob, with good natured smile,
but my credit doesn't seem to amount
to much"
Bob illyer was not looking at
him-"you must net lose that chance.
It's good one, and believe you can
run the business. I believe it's in you.
You are interested In it. an that's the
chief thing
Thank you, Mr.. Hillyer. I like to
hear you say that, but don't much
blame father. I haven't been living
just like he wanted me to, and have
thought seriously Of getting away from
this town. It's pretty hard to do the
right thing surrounded by gang like
I've been ina crowd that thinks 1t be-
meath fellow to work"
"They wouldn't laugh at you II you
were the proprietor O that grocery"
said Hillyer. Look here, Bob; I've
got a lot O money lent out on sight
wuss security than yore word, an ef
you'll give me yore note fer two thou.
sand I'll make the rate O. interest so
you kin stand 1t, an I'll give you jest
as long time as you want to pay it o6."
Bob HanksG,eyes were wide open In
astonishment. He caught his breath
and gazed alternately at George and
the merchant.
"Oh, Mr.. Hillyer, are you In ear
nest z" he asked finally.
80 much in earnest that I'm goin'
to close this thing inside O. the next
ten minutes, fore somebody else comes
along an buys Sanford out. George.
make out the note, an when Bob's put
his name to it stick it In the safe. I'm
goin' uptown an tell Sanford it's
deal"
"Mr Hillyerw Bob cried out as the
merchant was leaving the office, but
the old man did not look round.
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Customers Talk For Them.

And then the customer always helps
the sale of LennoS furnace. c. C.
keister one of the successful shoe
dealers OF Grinnell, Iowa, once used a
cast iron furnace and had a difficult
house to heat. He bought a Torrid
Zone and writes.
"a. B. Mack & Co. Grinnell. Iowa.
The furnace that you set for me-the
Lennox Furnace No. 022--is the most
complete of any heating apparatus that
/ have ever had anything to do with. 1t
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"Let him aloner' said George Buck
ley to his friend. III you had lived
with him as long as have you'd know
that you are giving him the keenest
pleasure he ever had. He believes in
you, and so do I. Bob"
Bob Hanks turned around once or
twice in an aimless way and then said
under his breath. well, I'll be blamed!'
(To Be Continued.)
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Special Round Trip Rates Via Chicago
Great Western Railway.

Commencing June % and continuing
thereafter on each Tuesday during July
and August, 1904, the Chicago Great
western railway win sell round trip
tickets at very low rates to Bann Hot
Springs, Ala, Laggan, Ala, and Field
B. C. For further in formation apply
to ]. r. Harding, agent Marshalltown.