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among the guests of Mrs. WIthersp0onY
Ii concerned me much to know
Derringer and / became so much
absorbed, each in his own reflections
that we were unfit for conversation,
and he presently withdrew.
Lit a fresh cigar and sat down By
that window which gave the best view
down the orchard The slender cres-
cent of the moon looked bright against
the darkness of the sky. but could not
light the earth. / pictured the girl
looking out upon it from the veranda
Of the apple tree lodge, and upon the
lake and the rough hill, both as God
made them. She might well imagine
herself in the primeval wilderness. 1t
was pleasant to think of her there,
clarifying the scene with her own
sweet fancies. And yet it must be very
lonesome and not altogether safe.
did not then know that the Wither-
spoon estate was patrolled by night. SO
that a faint cry from the orchard
would have brought swift rescue. 1t
came into my mind that / would per-
form that duty as a volunteer, and
under the influence of this idea | went
out to the road again, for an invader
Of the orchard would probably be no
worse than a homeless wayfarer seek
ing shelter. A thief would not look for
plumber there.
A well kept path ran beside the fence
toward the shoulder of the hill that
bent the road. l had scarcely set foot
upon the path when | perceived two
suspicious characters lettering near by
Advancing boldly upon them, discov-
cred that they We're Derringer and
Trask, and it was thus l came to know
the artists name.
II have thought" said Derringer.
when he had made us acquainted, that
there might be tramps along this way
in the early part of the night. 1t seems
that the same idea occurred to Mr.
Trask. / met him here
Then we began to speak of the
warmth and sweetness of the night, the
excellence of Mrs. Witherspoon's cut
sine. the advantages of the country in
hot weather-many things, indeed-but
not the girl.
We walked slowly down toward the
break of the hill, and having reached it
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ing you presented said tie artist. Tho
court will not interfere. But don't
make any advances.
Scovel sat down ON the fence and ap-
peared TO consider these rulings. The
conversation waned and died. We
wandered silently back TO the house.
For my own part / was too deeply
perplexed to talk much. The situation
was extremely unusual. 1t was evil
dent that the girl was of vital interest
to Trask and Derringer. while no more
than an object of romantic speculation
and natural curiosity to Scovel; that
the lawyer did not even attempt to
guess who she was, though the other
two men had settled convictions upon
the subject.
Moreover, / would have made oath
that Trask and Derringer were not in
each others confidence, and that their
views about the girl were utterly at
variance. 1t would be impossible for
me to state the grounds of this belief
or to quote a word spoken by either OF
them in support of this theory. The
thing was in the air. / held it for GER
tain that one of these men was delud-
ing himself with a romantic notion
that had no basis in fact. Indeed both
might be mistaken.
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4 The Girl of the
X Orchard ~, ao..,
90 c-----.- 100, - Fielding
(Continued.)
opyrieht. 1901. by Charles W. HoOke

L became excited about it and stared
fercely up at heaven. And then no.
ticed that the sky was beautifully blue
and the arch of it UNNECESSARILY vast.
My boat dwindled to d speck Looking
over the rail, as l could do by turning
my head lazily, 1 saw this dome COM
pleted to a sphere. l was an atom in
a great blue egg, an egg that miracu-
lousy holds the germs of an infnitude
of creatures. Considering that l have
not yet pecked the shell of it, why be
inpatient? There is a time. no doubt,
when we shall all go forth.
Yet undeniably we suffer now, the
big and the little of Us. There was a
swallow chasing a fly, and winged love
was after me with no better intentions.
Around me in the air and water innu-
merable creatures preyed on one an
other, the stronger on the weaker and,
indeed, the weaker on the stronger al
most as commonly. Yet the scene inn
pressed the deeper parts of me as a
scene of peace, and l was happy.
Why not play the game according to
the rules thereof and be cheerful about
it? The like is done by those gay col
ored insects and by the little people
down there in the water. The tiny
pickerel under that leaf is not protest
ing, though his very father would eat
him if he could catch him. 1t is only
when a man transfers to these light
hearted creatures his own elaborate
and farreaching terrors that he is con
strained to shudder at the carnage of
the under realm. 1t is but life and
death, after all-the life agreeable for
the most part, and the death preserved
from cruelty by methods which you
will better guess in the fields than shut
up in a study with cold reason for a
counselor. For in the winning of this
reason you have lost some part of ma
lures mercy or, at least, the power to
feel that her eXactitude requires no
mercy to season it.
Idle speculations, leading nowhere
except, thank heaven, away from ones
own personal and exaggerated troubles.
It was for this, indeed, that l came to
Mrs. Witherspoon's. l have had a fine
| afternoon on her lake.
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THE SPECIAL GUARD.

THE SPECIAL GUARD.
HEN / went to dinner, there
were several people in my
section of the dining room, all
very quiet and well bred. An
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/ Sal0 Derrtnger glance ut 1T and start
turned back Presently we saw a spark
of fire approaching, and it proved to be
cigar between the lips of Alexander
Scovel
LONELY bit of road this, isn't it," said
the lawyer to me as we shook hands
81 wonder if tramps ever come along
this way. l got to thinking about it in
my room
Yes" said Trask; eve all did"
And he added a trivial remark obyi
ously intended to turn the conversation
1t is a lawyers business, however, tc
hold fast to the essentials unless he be
paid to do otherwise.
1T is strange" said Scovel at the
first pause, "how mystery and romance
walk hand in hand. Why are we here
Why do we speak with a certain re
straint, as if we were influenced by a
superior presence? We do not know
this young lady. Speaking for myself
l should not recognize her if l should
meet her face to face. and 1 have no
present hope of ever doing So
Derringer smoked hard and Trask
took off his hat and rubbed his rough
red hair with a gesture of impatience.
1T is the mystery" Scovel continued,
waving his hand gently and gracefully
toward the orchard. ''Our interest
might vanish if we saw her. BY the
way, came very near doing so yester-
day afternoon. l was out on the lake
and she was sketching by the shore, so
[ rowed in little way
Instantly there was a strong chill in
the air, and Scovel. who. to do him JUS
tice, was in some respects a sensitive
animal, detected it and stopped.
"Well, / didn't exactly row in" he
said after pause; I let her drift.
"A distinction without difference" "
said Trask. IAN unwritten law cir
cumscribes that orchard"
| mo man can be less inclined to in
trude than / am" protested Scoyel
However, If without intrusion one
might have n glimpse of her face
He did not finish the sentence, but it
had the effect of a question. The
silence of Derringer and Trask was as
loud as any voice l ever heard.
''For instance" the lawyer persisted,
eve are clearly within our rights here.
Now to state a hypothetical question:
Suppose you, Mr.. Trask, were standing
in this spot during the hours of day
| light and saw the young lady approach
/ ing, would you not hold that the re-
sponsibility of meeting, if one should
occur, would rest with herg'
"How natural it is, said Trask. adj
dressing the moon, "for a lawyer to
break the law
But l should be inclined to argue
j Scovel began.
"Of course you would" interrupted
Trask. THAT is what you are on earth
for
Scovel laughed.
"Will the court please rule on the
matter of Miss Scott" said he, las to
whether it would be within the statute
for me to make her acquaintanceT'
! IF she requests the Measure of hay.
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h=@T@s section of the dining room, all
t&szsgzJ very quiet and well bred. An
elderly couple and their daughter were
at one Of the tables and two young men
at another. In ordinary circumstances
l might have been interested in the
young woman who was a dainty crea-
ture, having wide blue eyes full Of
light. But as matters stood, | gave
my attention to John Trask and Alex
ander ScoveI-whose names, of course,
We're a later discovery
Trask was Enthusiastically an artist by
dress and manner, but his face would
have been ideal for a judge, being
strongly Indicative of perception both
broad and deep and calmly severe in its
expression. He had the look of one
who has engaged in the more violent
athletic sports in youth and has begun
to take on flesh for the lack of them.
His hair was reddish brown, wavy and
remarkably ornamental.
Scovel was a thin man, tall and high
shouldered. His hair and dropping
mustache were dark and his eyes were
gray. Watching him languidly during
dinner, l made two accurate guesses-
ond, that he had come to Mrs. Wither-
spoons to recuperate after an illness.
After dinner L wrote letter to my
father and then went out to take a
walk. When upon the steps, l became
aware of a faint strain of music pro-
ceeding from nowhere in particular 1t
was a different kind of music from that
which | had heard on the veranda in
ST. 10, and l was conscious of u wish
that it were more distinct. A woman
was singing to the accompaniment of
guitar, and, though | could not recog-
nize the song, it touched that chord of
memory vaguely sad which vibrates' in
the heart.
Strolling toward the road, | saw the
flare of a match and then the glow of a
cigar. A man was sitting on the stile
beside the carria geway, and when l
came nearer L recognized Mr.. Derrin-
ger.
1 greeted him with something like
cordiality and said that | was glad to
have the pleasure so early, for judged
that two people might live a month at
Mrs. Witherspoon's and never run to-
gether
pldCc, 1911 II. AC CSAA0
gloomily.
The tone and the words We're match
ed so i'll that | smiled and he perceived
it, though there was not much light.
Il am down on my luck, and that's
fact" he said. Queer too. | ought not
to be feeling this way. There's moth
ing the matter with me-" he continued,
more to the circumambient night than
to me. Health good, prospects first
rate, plenty to do. if | could find the
sand to do it; not broke or anything
of that kind"
Looks like a girl on the evidence
thus far presented" said l. Its none
of my business, of course; but I'm in
somewhat the same trouble myself
He frightened perceptibly.
| You were looking a bit low N your
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fast | sat in my favorite win
R=%Sf dow and cut off the end OF
tSE4sA1 one of my miIdest cigars. I
was feeling for my matchbox when
there was q cracking sound at my ell
bow, and there stood Jimmy Lamoine
offering me light.
James," said L, accepting the match,
81 observe that you rarely use any
form of salutation. That is why the
pleasure of seeing you is SO often
heightened by surprise
Good morning, SIR said he gravely.
"Good morning, James. Have you
seen Miss Witherspoon today?"
He shook his head
81 don't see her very often" said he.
"She's always at work. But she
wouldn't tell you"
"Wouldn't tell me what?" demand
ed
about the young lady who lives in
the orchard said he.
Now, it really had been in my mind
that L would ask Miss Witherspoon
few questions, not directly about the
girl, but of a general character de-
signed to fix the limits of the problem.
/ would like to know, for instance,
about how many young ladies there
were in the house who might be Sibyl,
for it would be disturbing to my mind
to meet a new one every day without
having any notion how long this proc
eSs might continue. 1t had not been
my intention to question Jimmy La
moline, partly because of the difference
in our years, but more because | had
a great and growing distrust of his We
racity. Yet since he came Haunting his
cloak of mystery in my face and with
somewhat the air of a champion sent
forth by the other side l set him down
for fair game.
'Why should 1 wish to know any
thing about the young Lady," said L.
"W'hat is she to me?"
Jimmy shifted from one foot to the
other and finally said:
Il thought you wanted to get her to
move out
1t would have been a good answer if
he hadn't been obliged to hunt for it.
1 decided to converse further with this
precocious youth and opened my lips
to say Come in," but he anticipated
the words. nodding and pointing to the
other window. 1t was so aptly done
that l did not speak at all. l merely
nodded in response, and he climbed in
to the room.
There was heap of pictures on my
desk, mostly small photographs of
scenes and people abroad. | put the
print of Sibyl among them and then in
vited Jimmy's inspection. For a few
minutes the boy dropped his mask.
He viewed the pictures with hearty in
terest, asking questions which proved
that he was well taught and more than
ordinarily mature in mind. Yet once
| or twice | caught him cleverly pretend
| ing to know more than he did, and
gained some small acquaintance with
the methods by which he delighted to
anticipate the thought and speech of
| his elders.
| At last he came upon the print and
| it was a genuine surprise. Beyond
| question he recognized it at glance,
/ but when l asked him in the most or
binary tone / could command whether
he knew the lady he lied with coun-
terfeit of sincerity quite shocking in
one so young. Indeed j could not have
/ done it better myself.
/ Ito be continued.)
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TIME TABLE
Dayton and Western
Traction Co.
| effect January %. 1901.

IN CIICCI JdIIuetI J u, IJUf.
Cars leave union station, south 9Th ST,
every hour-6:00, 745, and As minutes
after every hour until 7:45 p. M. 900,
9:I5 and Ii p M, for New Westville
Eaton, West Alexandria, DAYTON.
Xeuia; Tippecanoe, Troy, Piqua, Spring
field, Urbana, London, Columbus,
Last car to Dayton at p, m, stops
only at New Westvi1l e, New Hope, Eaton,
West Al xander and way pointseast,
9.15 and IL p. m, to West Alexandra
only.
New Paris local car leaves at 80. $40,
500 1920 a. M, 1920. 2:20 and $40 pm
For further information call phoue 2G9.
c. o. BAKER, Agent.
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CHAPTER VII.
HE GIRL IN THE PICTURE.

THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE
HE next morning after break
fast l sat in my favorite win
- dow and cut off the end OF
G4kS1 one of my miIdest cigars. I
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RATE OF FARE.

Hotel Rates st. Louis Worlds Fair.
For copy of Worlds Fair official
pamphlet, naming Hotel accommoda-
ions and rates during Universal Ex-
position of 1904, address E. A. Ford.
General Passenger Agent Pennsylva-
aia-VandaIia Lines, Pittsburg, Pa.
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TIME TABLE.

On Sundays Cars Leave One Trip
Later.
First car leaves Richmond for In
dianapolis at 3 a. m.
First ear leaves Dublin for Rich
mond at 5 a. N.
Every car for Indianapolis leaves
Richmond on the odd hour, from
$500 a. N. to 700 p. m.
First car leaves indianapolis for
Richmond at 700 a. m. and every
other hour thereafter until 500 p. m.
Hourly service from Richmond to
Dublin and intermediate points, from
500 a. m. to HOO p. Il.
Subject to change without notice.
RATE OF FARE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-14
"A MOTHERS LOVE
For Her Deformed Child Is Touch
ingly Pathetic.

ingly Pathetic.
The tender solicitude of a mother
for her deformed child is only equaled
by the warmth and depth of her love.
That crippled child is the one object
of her alteration in this wide world.
The child's deformity is an ever pres
ent anguish Of her aching heart. To
see that child growing up to be Grip
pie for life is to her heartrending
Oft in the Silly night, as the child
lay asleep in the mothers arms, her
heart is melted to tears as she looks
at the little crippled one. Yes, she
would cheerfully give all this world If
the wrong of her child was righted.
It may be a curved spine that is
gradually growing worse; or some
bone irregularity-the result of ac-
cident, disease or birth.
The best time to right such wrongs
is in childhood for then the bones and
ligaments are pliable, for "as the twig
is bent the limb will grow"
Dr. L. J. Cooke of this city, speciali-
list in therapeutic physical culture. and
an authority on bony irregularities
treats all durable deformities at his
private institute, sixth floor Kasota
building. His method of treatment
gives the most satisfactory results;
without drugs, surgery or electricity
bandage or any mechanical appliance,
the wrong is righted by working along
the smooth lines of nature.
Ample accommodations Of private
!, board room and the comforts OF
home, for patients from a distance
| who have to remain for treatment, at
| his institute.
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A. C. cambridge, business agent of the
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He will take the river trip, and while In
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now assistant attorney general of the
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his work.
Mcneil & Jeffrey have well under way
| at Fourth street and Ninth avenue
their new building. The old Minneapoli:
Iron Works building is being completely
remodeled and additions are being made
to increase it's height. The firm has beer
established at Tenth avenue and Thirt
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move about July Is.
The Oak Lake Improvement associa
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in the city, was revived last evening a
! a meeting held at the home Of PER-!
Starkweather, 81 Highland avenue
Health Commissioner P. M. Hall gave
talk on municipal cleanliness, going int
the details of the disposal of kitchen
waste and backyard rubbish The asso
citation will hold monthly meetings t.
consider questions Of local Importance.