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from the sash at her belt the small
packet Winslow had delivered.
From Belle" he had explained,
"and she says you will understand. l
think it is something she found in the
effects of Senior Gonzaga."
Mechanically, for her mind and heart
were with the man who had just rid
den away, Lavender opened the large
envelope.
1t contained only the yellow letter
now SO hateful in her sight-and a
package Of envelopes and paper exact
with It in color and size. They were
innocent of writing, but bore. never
theless, fragrant, if unwritten, testi-
mony
She covered her face with her hand,
and sat in silence long time.
Then she murmured under her
breath: mot i'll of the dead" and slow
ly she retraced her steps to the cabin
where the palsied finger of solitary
candle shook warning in the dark.
Not many days later came second
visitor to the Creighton cabin-Owa-
toga. who brought to Lavender bunch
Of white roses These he presented
awkwardly, a giant messenger for so
slight a burden.
Tied to the crinkled paper holder in
which the stems lay was note in
Winslows hand. 1t contained but line;
"The promise was another's; may its
fulfillment be mine?"
Lavender brought the letter to her
mother, and told all the story.
And in her listeners eyes was re-
flected a light, like that which never
shone on land nor sea-" the light OF
proud joy in mothers face.
Then the daughter raised her head
and, patting the pale cheeks with both
hands, said with solemnity: And now,
dear mother, do you realize that the
prayer is to be answered? That the
gift | have begged of Heaven is to be
ours? You are going back-going home
with him-and me-
A silence fell between them; their
hearts too full for words,
Suddenly whippoorwill sounded his
plaintive note from an elm outside.
The sun sank until the tree-tops were
lost in the somber eastern sky-only
the trunks cast long pillars of shade.
Through their gigantic colonnade the
last yellow beams poured a flood OF
light straight to the cabin door where
sat mother and child together.
Think, daughter" she whispered
that sunset is even now shining on
the sloping roof, on the vine-covered
porch of Aomel Imagine how its rays
empurpie every Michaelson daisy, and
glorify the golden-rod! For there is
a hint of autumn there already, dear.
~under the trees the grass is soft
and brown with needles, and the
grapes are ripening. The stone steps
4 are worn-one is falling away at the
side. Perhaps the old red gate is oTen
child, open for u.s."
She looked out into the garden, al
sunset-illumined. and her voice wa:
clear. almost triumphant. as she sans
the refrain:
And she thought OF her flowers. and sh'
thought OF the well.
Where the cool waters dashed DER thu
large white stone.
And she thought Ii would soothe Tx
a fairy spell.
Could She drink OF that fouut when he
fever was on"
|
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CHAPTER xxx.

It was evening of a few days later
when the Creighton family Gerald ex-
cepted. sat about the hearth where a
few fagots burned. 1t was still mid
summer, but for the invalid the night
wind blew cool. Their talk was chiefly
of the letter just received from Mrs.
Blennerhasset, who, an exile in the
south. awaited the issue of Purr's trial,
and her husbands fate.
II will hear i'll of neither" she
wrote. "and faith in the loyalty OF
both shall ever abide with me-"
Mrs. Creighton closed the letter with
a sad smile and doubling shake of the
head.
"Why. mother, dearest" cried Law
ender. "You do not doubt? You are
not of the idle majority-the masses.
ever ready to cruelty the fallen?'
Mrs. Creighton replied with the
calm judicial manner that seemed to
fit the brow, massive beyond her sex:
Eve have no means Of knowing the
truth, daughter. l doubt if even his
tory will solve this riddle which lies
hidden in the hearts of few. There
are great and good in power who are,
as you say, ready to cruelty him. 1t
seems, therefore, as though we, be-
tween two fires, had better keep as
cool as possible"
But this view met with no sympathy
from the young partisan. She ap-
pealed to her father: Dad, do, you
think Aaron Burr a martyr, as l do?'
The elder Creighton smiled. Hard
" that; he may come out OF this
trial with flying colors; in that case,
be sure he will find no lack of friends
of reparation. If he does not-well,
/ am too much of a patriot to think
he will be convicted unless he deserves
1t. Let us abide the issue"
But IA.7ender was unconvinced. at
is audacious, know, to hold opinions
where two such wise heads dare to
form none. All the same, | believe
that Aaron Burr is a much persecpted
mani"
encore, encore, quite agree with
you," and at the door stood Winslow,
smiling and clapping his hands.
Lavender glided to meet him; then
on a stool at her mothers feet she
sat, with eyes on the fire, quiet and
happy.
They talked of the trial, although as
vet only meager news mad reached
them.
$50 Aaron Burr has but one cham
pion in this assembly" and Winslow
laughing, turned to Lavender.
at seems So" Mr.. Creighton as
sented. Women are, as a rule, OF
his side. That is why marvel at my
wifes impartiality."
WinsIow took a letter from his peck
ct. 81 have here word from a friend
who is summoned as a witness in tn,
trial. He is now in st. Louis. HI
urges me to accompany him back Il
Richmond, and | may CO." He fin
ished with an involuntary glance a
Lavender.
She sat within the radius of the fire
her face suffused, less by its GLOW
than by the throbbing of her heart a
the news.
Mrs. Creighton was the first d
speak. But this is not a sudden deter
mination? You had planned to g
soon?" and she glanced at Lavender
and back at him.
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Lavender
CreightOn'S
Lovers
By OLIVIA B. sTROHM
.sR &
Copyright, 1905, by Olivia B. strohm).
CHAPTER XXvIII.-C CONTINUED.

CHAPTER XXVlII.-CoNTINUED
Distrust and unfaith and all hard
ness passed forever at sight OF him
stretched helpless there.
He opened his eyes. al knew you
would come" he murmured,
He tried to raise his hand. She took
It in hers, REFRESHING the shudder with
which her healthy frame shrank from
the cold, prophetic moisture in his
palm.
She whispered some sweet, plying
words, and her voice was music to his
ears.
From the open door of the tavern
not far away came sounds Of merri-
ment, but all was quiet near by.
Ballinger and Winslow stood with
heads bowed while the girl leaned just
within the parted curtains, half sup
porting the dying man. Occasionally
he gasped few words of which they
could distinguish only her name. His
voice grew fainter-scarcely heard
above the sobbing of her whose arm
now pillowed his heavy head.
A birds song from a tree near
reused him, and with an effort he
opened his eyes, which, if they had
power to see beheld not the things OF
earth. Even her dear face was
blurred and his gaze wandered, and he
put up one hand feebly, as If to guide
his erring vision
There was a rafting sound in his
throat. At the first note of this fatal
herald, the preacher raised one hand,
and the words of prayer rose, full,
sonorous. ladder of faith wherein
the stumbling soul might climb.
But Gonzaga seemed not to hear:
kiss me-" he SAID.
She obeyed, and he sank back with
a last, long sigh Of content. 1t almost
seemed in that one kiss there lay more
power than that of bell or book to
shrive his passing soul.
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a Girl Shoots a JUDGE.

st. Louis, Jan. 3.-Just after Judge
]. A. Mcdonald, of the circuit court
had convened court Wednesday morn
ing. Miss Rosa Wiel suddenly rose
from among the spectators and fired
point blank with a revolver at the
Judge. The. bullet missed him. She
was disarmed and arrested. She was
a litigant in a case concerning
disputed inheritance that was tried
before Judge Mcdonald two months
ago.
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sanulpa Has Greatest Oil well.

Sapulpa, I. T.. Jan. S.-An oil gush-
er flowing 1920 barrels a day exceed
ing anything on record in Indian ter
ritory oil fields was brought in near
the city limits of Sapulpa early Tues.
day by the Crow OH & Gas company,
composed exclusively Of local men.
The highest flow in the famous Glenn
pool has been 20 barrels per day.
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CHAPTER xxx

When the new schoolhouse was
completed, it was decided to hold dedi-
catory exercises amid much pomp and
ceremony. For after great deal of
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-11

The same God who breathed life
into the dust-made body, still breathes
into the soul, defiled by sin, dead In
sin. the new life of righteousness and
heaven by his Holy Spirit.
The reason here given for the Sab
bath is repeated in the fourth com
mandment to enforce and illustrate
the duty of Sabbath keeping.
The glory Of man is that he is made
in the image of God. Herein is hope
10Y. life, and immortality.
The revealed fact Of our origin en-
ables us tu know what we need L
know about fl0d our Yather.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-11-21
Lost Her Pr.atIna.

A New York woman. not being con.
tent with the reputation she enjoys OF
being one OF the most beautiful women
In her state. has literary aspirations
Recently she was a guest at luncheon
when the conversation drifted to books
and plays. Various discussions follow
ed. The beauty took part and express
ed herself freely. But when she asked
her listeners whether they considered
Ibsen a psychological and, patholog.
zeal writer she handed out a sumner.
A graveyard silence reigned until one
girl, who was holder than the rest. ask
ed what pathological meant
Here Is where the beauty lost liter.
airy prestige.
81 looked 1t up a few days ago" she
replied, "but I cannot remember just
now what 1t means" New York
Times.
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A Roomarann.

A very rich, very economical and
very parsimonious young squire was
making preparations for a tenants
ball some years ago and at his wine
merchants discovered a cheap brand OF
champagne. 'gThis," he said, SIS q
good brand Of champagne. 1t is quite
good enough for those people who will
come to my tenants ball. They
couldn't tell the difference, anyway"
Accordingly he ordered a dozen cases
Of the cheap wine. 4 day or two be-
fore the event, picking UP his news
paper, he noticed that his wine mer-
chant had a half page advertisement.
He ran his eye over it and saw In big
black letters the paragraph, 'Try our
celebrated champagne at 38 shillings a
dozen, as ordered by Gobsa Gold, Esq,
for his forthcoming tenants BALI
Illustrated Bits.
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DOING EUROPE.
This TsAtist Seemed to Have a Mania
For Souvenirs.

This Tourist Seemed to Have O Mania
For Souvenirs.
1 had met Jones before. In fact.
meeting him had become a sort of
habit The first time / saw him he
was hanging by his feet, an apoplectic,
squirming mass, on the facade of Blar-
ney castle, kissing the stone Of elo-
quence. My camera caught him In the
act. "GadI' he sputtered when 1 told
him that his feat was i-mmortalized
sis my face in It? Send me one, will
you? Thatn prove to the folks back in
GAINESVILLE that l did it,
/ had run across him again In Lon.
don, where all ways meet. / was saun-
tering around the Whitechapel ghetto.
and through the window Of an alley
tavern / noticed two men drinking
stout. One was a bobby" in uniform.
His eyes were bIeared and his face
purple. The profile Of the other looked
familiar. / walked In and beheld-
Jones. The policeman, startled by my
intrusion. brought himself together and
wabbled out. Jones turned to me with
a look of vast reproach.
"Glad to see you again. old man, but
why in the deuce couldn't you stay
away a little longer? I'd have had 1t in
half an hour more"
Had what?'
"Why. his club. Lord, what a sou
venir that would have made!"
Our ways parted again for awhile. /
was riding "a wheel over the crest Of
the Black forest near Titisee. pumping
slowly to the top Of the long, white
road. A pine cone struck my handle
bar. another knocked my hat off, and
/ looked W. An aerial voice emitted a
Tyrolean halloo with much JUNCTION.
and l saw a swaying speck silhouetted
against a cloud. My instinct told me it
was Jones.
"Hey. old mani" he yelled, trumpet
ing through his hand. take my pic
ture-quick. You're just in time. Can't
hold on much longer. Cameras at foot
Of tree. Lost it halfway up"
His camera was smashed, so I used
my own. Were you expecting me?' /
asked when he Skinned down, with
barked hands and frayed trousers.
mo, not exactly. Look here-big-
gest pine cone in Germany, from the
tallest tree on top Of the highest hill In
the S~chwarzwald. There's something
worth while!'
/ admitted 1t. and we stood survey
ing the panorama Of mounded hills
and deep cut gorges full Of the sound
Of falling water.
CIT nvoluI 100 r nnrwroruoI
"What2 Oh, yes. I s'pose it is. But
say-I wonder If l couldn't find a big
ger cone somewhere in these parts.
Let's move on."-Wilfred 81. Album In
Outing Magazine.
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An Ar+emus Ward Story.

When Artemus Ward was at the
height Of his fame he received a tele-
leading amusement manager Of the Pa
cifc slope. 1t asked Artemus, who
was then delivering his funny lecture
in New York, what he would take for
fifty nights In California. The prompt
and laconic response was Brandy and
water" Mcguire somehow failed to
see the point. and he wired Ward for
an explanation. he got it In the shape
of a thirty word message costing
$1,000. for rates were high in those
days. which stated that a diagram
would be sent by the following mail.
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MISPLACED MONUMENTS.
Helpless Figures, soiIed and Grimy, Ia
Stone and Bronze.

Helpless Figures, SoiIed and Grimy, la
Stone and Bronze.
The ordinary run Of statues, unless
they are royal. have only one real
pleasant and satisfactory day in their
existence. and that Is the day they are
unveiled. If stone. on that day they
are spotlessIy clean. If bronze. they
are nice and shiny. After that they
are never clean or shiny again. 1t has
to be the statue Of a very exalted per-
sonage for the SCOT to be scraped OF
and to have its face washed once a
year. The average hero has to be sat
isfed with being unveiled. After that
no n takes any further interest in
him. But IT Is most instructive to OBJ
serve the unholy skill with which the
SCOT and other accidents Of the air
will lodge on the top of a venerable
bald head and on the surface Of what
should be an immaculate frock coat or
a well fitting uniform. A Roman toga
that has met with accidents is not half
so ridiculous as a bronze frock coat
and immaculate bronze trousers that
have been the scene Of disaster. Stand
ing in-front Of the statue Of a great
statesman, a man notably tidy in his
day and a great worry to his valet, 1
studied the undigni6ed results of a
family Of sparrows that had set up
housekeeping under his elbow and
thought how indignant he would be
could he catch a glimpse OF this I'M
seemly domestic arrangement. Mrs.
John Lane in F~ortnightly Review.
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Free Lunch For a Lion.

He was selling suspenders on the
street, but he declared that in his
palmy days he had been Professor
P1ccolomini, the lion tanner.
what made you give 1t upF" he
was asked.
"Well, you see it was this way. Once
I was engaged to tame a lion called
Frederick ~Barbarossa, who was GER
tainly q wild proposition.
But l was equal to the task. By
slow and gradual steps I taught Fred
erick good manners. l used to walk
into his cage. snap a whip, make him
do stunts and all that sort Of thing.
Everything went along beautifully.
But I got into trouble when I tried to
teach Frederick to eat out Of my
hand"
"How?"
"Why. he ate three fingers out of
my hand, confound him! Have q pair
Of suspenders? They work without
hitching. twenty-five cents"- New
York Times.
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The HOT WATER CURE.
Effectively Applied BY An Australian
Settlers Wife,

Wives of "Squatters," or farmers, In
Australia are often left entirely alone
1T the farmhouse and are more or less
subjected to danger in consequence.
\ traveller writes: II know of a squat
er's Wife who was left to her W de-
ICES III this way. while all the men
# the STATEN were mastering cattle
/ business which on large open plains
lakes weeks to complete. One morn
ing a party OF natives arrived and,
finding her alone, demanded food.
threatening death If she failed to bring
it. 'Oh. yes answered the lady coolly,
speaking their own dialect, 4 feed you
well. very well, now master away.
You come along a kitchen. You sit
down all the same white man. / get
you budgory tuck-out' (splendid food.
In no time a score OF blacks were
squatting round the kitchen, while the
lady produced all the food available.
Then she filed all the pots, kettles
and billies she could find and put them
on to boil-for tea, as doubtless her
guests thought while they gobbled
and jabbered. growing more and more
uproarious. Presently the water boil
ed. and then my lady her natural
compassion slain by her desperate
n~eed-Seized a quart pot in either hand
and dashed the boiling water along
each row Of naked figures. This she
did again and again, shrieking. I give
you budgory tuck-outT while the blacks
yelled in pain and terror. tumbling over
each other to get out Of the house.
screaming that she was no white wom-
an at all. but a di~bbIe-dibble. Neither
could they ever be induced to return
to that station. inhabited. as they were
convinced. by a dangerous DEVIL
Chicago News.
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A man must make his opportunity
M Oft az find it-Bacon
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Business Hours In HonoIuIu.

Business manners in Honolulu lack
the strain and furry of the mainland
city. The hard, white. anxious Chicago
face no man ear here. The lodging
and hurrying to go around the man In
front are never seen. The accent of life
Is on men, not money or machines.
There is not much doing before 10
o'clock, and at 4 the safes are locked,
the desks are shut, and THE men who
do things are OF for a ride or a swim
or a game of tennis. Here a man does
his Observation-Disclosures News.
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Home Ever Made. -.
IT DOES DOUBLE DUTY

It-warms the coolest and largest room in
he house, making it coy. The busy
housewife can cook or bake anything
from light rolls to a Thanksgiving or
Christmas turkey. Still it looks just as
neat as any heater made. It Is air-tight
and a great fuel saver. Thousands are be-
ing sold. Thousands of housekeepers are
enthusiastic. Fine Cast Iron tops and
bottoms, making it last for years without
repairs. Made only by
UNION STOVE CO., Inc,
Box 2745, RICHMOND, VA.
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Another View.

Mrs. Tourist-T'm afraid that the
monkey wouldn't please my husband.
vender-But madam will find it easier
to ind another husband than to get a
monkey like that for 3 piasters!-
Translated For Transatlantic Tales
From LIE Rire.
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IL Reorinda.

"The mill will never grind again
with water that Is past" remarked the
mournful citizen.
That's where a joke mill has the
bulge on a water MILL" cackIed the
cheerful press humorist. - PfttsburR
Post.
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Not Prenared.

What is a third Of ffty-three and a
flirdY' asked her friend. who was add
ing up her weekly accounts.
"If you'll wait I'll run home and get
my diploma and show you that l am a
college graduate and a woman Of
mind" she returned, "but don't spring
questions like that on me ali Of a sud
den.'-New York Press.
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II want you to write me a play"
"What sort Of a play2"
"Well. we have seventeen s~pecialtdes.
Get me up enough stun to wedge EN-
apart"-Kansas City Journal
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Tho Limit.

Mrs. Wiggs-Cook has only broken
n plate today. dear. Mr.. Wigs
That's better. How did that happen9
Mrs. Wight was the last one.-Lon-
don Graphic.
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The big responsibilities of married
lie are little ones.alRohemian.
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PICKS ANOTHER TEACHER.
Pennsylvania Educator Selected to AS
sjst in Modern Languages.

StSI III MOdClu IaiiS0oSSSs
President Richard C. Hughes Of Ri
pom college has announced another ad-
dition to the faculty, the fifth this sum-
mer, and a sixth is soon to be added
to the list, all of the six additions to be
ready to take up their duties with the
beginning of the next school year in
September. The work in French and
German has increased to such an eX-
tent that it has been found necessary
to provide Miss HARDWOOD, the head of
the department, with an assistant.
Miss Alice Witbeck has been selected
for this position. She graduated from
Swarthmore in 1898. After graduation
she spent two years in study in France
and Germany.
DR.. Hughes has also announced the
selection of Miss Florence Hays of
Oshkosh as librarian, in order to re-
lieve Prof. Marston of that work and
allow him to, give his entire attention
to his regular classes. Miss Hays was
for six years librarian at Manitowoc,
and is a graduate of the state library
school.
The appointment of a professor of
applied mathematics will soon be an
nounced, it is expected. He will work
with the department of pure mathe-
matics, physics and mechanics in
rounding out the pre-engineer group Of
studies.