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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

The inevitable happened, for Vim
cent, with a half-articulate cry like
a wild animal, raised his clenched fist
and struck at me. Fortunately for US
both, he struck wildly in his anger and
l caught the blow on my arm.
You liar" he shouted, oh. you
liar!" and in a rage that shook him
from head to foot he rushed from the
room and slammed the door.
was sick at heart as | stood staring
after him to think that matters had
come to such a pass between Vincent
hear himself called a liar. even by
his best friend, without resenting it.
still. when the first fash of my wrath
had passed. I forgave him for it, for !
knew that the heat of his passion
syould permit no satisfaction but VIC
lence. and, Of course, II he really cared
for the woman, the words | had used
were about the most insulting possible
However, | had done what seemed to
be my duty and l only reproached my
self bitterly for not having told him
OF the secretary's marriage before his
unhappy infatuation had gained such
headway. But he had disarmed my
nrst suspicious and | had never
dreamed that anything SO serious was
on foot. That was a restless night for
me and II was dawn before / fell into
4 light sleep.
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gown, or the cleaning bracelets, until
at last it came to me in fash that it
was nothing more nor less than the
glory of her hair that had wrought the
transformation | had never seen the
secretary with her hair done any way
but plainly and unbecomingly, but
now it was dressed as knew 1t should
have been dressed long ago. She wore
It low on her long. slender neck, rolled
at the sides and ripping loosely back
from her forehead, in shining waves
and little willful rings held in place
with big shell combs.
And when at last II dawned upon
me that it was really the secretary
who was Vincent's companion. SO
breathless was with amaze that at
first ! hardly realized that | could
hear perfectly what they were saying.
And when / did realize 1t. wanted to
rise and let them know that ! was
there, but on second thought / saw
that must have been there for SO long
that they would never believe that !
had not heard the whole Of their con
versation. Furthermore. 1t occurred
to re that 1t might be well il stayed
to hear what Miss Marsh had to say
for herself
And SO calmly took the dress and
put it on, just to amuse myself" !
heard the secretary saying. 'and did
my hair the way the others do theirs,
you know. And 1t was so late thought
no one would find me here
And If hadn't left my pipe on the
table no one would have found you.
and think what | should have
missed" Vincents voice was elo-
quent.
OF course, 1t was very vain OF me
very vain" she went on; but you
know when girl has to earn her own
living she gets a little tired of all
work and no play. and sometimes the
impulse to pretend she's fortunate and
happy and-and pretty"-the secretary
flushed under Vincent's gaze as she
faltered the last word, and hurried on
and like the others-is SO strong
that it tempts her to deck herself out
in borrowed plumes and sit In an
empty drawing room at l2 O'Clock at
night enjoying the illusion for brief
hour"
No" said Vincent. softly, Il don't
think it was vain: think it was the
most natural thing in the world, and
and I'm glad you did it," he ended.
rather lamely.
The secretary laughed. and l won
dered what there was about the sound
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THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

On the 18th inst. the Scent passen-
ger rate went into effect on the trunk
lines Of Arkansas, taking the place OF
the 2-cent rate, which was ordered by
the state Legislature in 1907.
Sign-post erecting on an extensive
scale will soon be started by the Au-
tomobile Club of California. The iirst
roads to be marked will be from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz and from San
Francisco to Del Monte.
The worlds champion Cubs" Chica-
gos winning baseball team. have di-
yided among themselves their share of
the receipts of the five worlds cham
pionship games played with Detroit. AS
the winning team the Chicagoans re-
ceived $27,ss9.
Ralph Baker drove his White steam
er mile in sc 2-5 seconds on a circu-
lar track at Kansas City Monday after
noon in the final heat OF the free-for-
all race for the fastest mile ever wit
messed on the track. Time for five
miles, 4:52.
According to a letter from Manager
Howard l.. Gillette to the Pacific Wave,
the college daily. the University OF
Washington baseball team is meeting
with an unparalleled reception in its
tour of Japan, where 1t Is playing all
the leading universities.
Governor ID. s. Dickerson of Nevada
has ordered Attorney General Richard
H. Stoddard to notify the district actor-
neys OF the various counties to begin
proceedings at once against every divi-
dend paying mine in the state which
has not paid its bullion tax.
Property valued at almost 100000
was destroyed In Chicago Friday by a
fire whicn consumed the International
salt Company's docks, the offices of
the Elgin, joliet & Eastern Railway
and L.ty freight cars at One Hundred
and Third street and Calumet river
Mrs. Mary n. Emery OF Cincinnati
has given to the Ohio Mechanics in
stitute 100000 to be used in erecting
a building to be known as the Emery
auditorium and to be devoted to the
use of music. Mrs. Emery is the
widow of the late Thomas j. Emery,
millionaire capitalist, and the gift is a
memorial to her deceased husband
The Rev. F. J. Fielding, pastor of
Corpus Christi church, one of the larg-
est Roman Catholic congregations of
the Southside in Chicago, had a mar
row escape with his life Sunday when
an unknown Greek or Italian fired
twice at him in the vestibule Of the
church. One Of the bullets grazed his
forehead, The man escaped after be-
ing followed two blocks by the priest.
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Water as a Headache Cure.

THE best cure know of for head
ache is to wash your face" said
bright looking man. Yes, l believe
suddenly to cleanse your face with
cold water will open up the pores and
probably start the blood in circula-
ton, and l know it will relieve you
Of headache In a jiffy. l have tried
it myself great many times and have
always been successful. There is
something in the nature OF stimulant
in the cold water treatment that
braces me right up. My head when it
aches gets hot and throbs, and the
water makes 1t cool and fresh l have
theory. too. that people don't wash
their faces nearly enough, anyhow, in
these days Of dusty asphalt streets
and soft coal smokes. People will be
much better on with their pores kept
open and clear of all dust and dirt,
and there is nothing SO good for the
skin - soap and water."
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CHAPTER VI,

When We met at breakfast the next
morning there were no signs of the
breach between Vincent and myself
except his unusual pallor, which sug
gested to me that he. too. had spent a
sieepless night.
The girls were inclined to joke our
solemn faces, but so long as the meal
passed OF without disclosing that
something was amiss between us l did
not care. All day We saw nothing OF
each other, but this was not unusual.
as we always pursued different
courses. l spent most of my time
with Agatha Fourth. the only honor
able. whom l found to be a really de.
iightful girl and certainly the posses
soY OF remarkable musical talent.
In the evening the others went out
to row on the lake and left Agatha
Fourth alone with me. She sat at the
piano and played everything she
could think Of while I lay on a broad
divan where | could watch her and
listen to the soft music.
suppose that my bad night had
something to do with the fact tina,
I was boor enough to fall asleep while
the beautiful Agatha Fourth was play
ing for me. Certainly | know that
was guilty of that appalling rudeness
for ! was suddenly brought to a state
OF con sciousness by the sound of a
clock striking. l counted the strokes
mechanically-ther were 12. | mus
have slept for hours, and, sure enough
the room was dark except for the fire
light, and my sighted hostess was
gone from the piano stool. AS wa
about to rise I heard voices, and. turn
ing. | saw on the other side OF tho
piano a man and girl. The man wa
Vincent, of course. and | thought, as
1 looked at him sitting full in tn,
bright freight, that he had never
looked so handsome. His evening dres
showed off his superb athletic form
to the best advantage. and his face
was fresh and strong, with the bronze
of his tan extending to the roots OF his
hair, which was cut close to conceal
. wave in the gold of It, 1t occurred
to me at once y It his face had los
much Of its boyishIess and he looked
some time to realize that the girl whC
sat with him was none other than the
secretary.
At first could not tell what 1t was
that had sc changed her. whether 1t
was her shimmering white evening
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Capitalists Of Atlanta. Georgia. e.
pect TO shortly incorporate the Attain
ia Taxicab Company. with capitA
stock Of $4,000 to operate cabs on tho
city streets. Ten machines viii De
purchased to begin with.
Preliminary arrangements are Al
ready being made in Egypt for the visit
of President Roosevelt to khartoum
in 1909, and he is being talked OF To-
day as the great celebrity" who IL
coming to Egypt.
The women of Mexico have organ
lied a mothers congress. which Will
hold is first meeting in December. Tne
president Is Signora Luz Gonzalez Cos
10 de Lopez. and the object is to a1d
all mothers who need protection, ad-
vice or assistance.
Col Charles Hunt, live stock man
of Ell Paso, Texas, says he has the con-
cession to establish a race track tn
Juarez, opposite Ell Paso, and will
spend a quarter of million dollars on
1t. He says the concession was
granted by President Diaz.
hepOftS OF IdllfOdoS IIou All P~iss
OF the country indicate that the great
falling off IN business resulting from
the panic OF last fall is being rapidly
overcome and that most of the roads
are now showing an increase in busi-
ness over that of last year.
Rev. jeremiah C. Moynihan. the old
est Roman Catholic priest in Chicago.
and probably in the world. died In
Chicago Tuesday. aged one hundred
years and five months. Despite his
advanced age, he was physically ana
mentally active. He celebrated mass
in the Catholic Cathedral OF the Holy
Angels less than two years ago.
At Newark, N. j.. Saturday, Judge
David B. Howell of the first Criminal
Court twice shot himself In the head
in Branch Brook park. inflicting
wounds from which he died In hos
pital two hours later. Judge Howell
was an active Democratic politician
and Republicans made sharp personal
criticism over the fact that he had
been divorced from his wife. which
wore on his mind
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SYNOPSIS.

Lord Wiifred Vincent and Archibald
Terhure are introduced at the opening OF
the story. in England. the latter relating
the tale The pair on an outing miss
their train and seeking recreation meet
the Honorable Agatha Wyckhof,
whose hand is much sought after, be-
cause OF her wealth Five other Agatha
Wyckhoffs are introduced. The deceased
Rtepfather. In eccentric moment, made
his VIII go that the real Agatha, heress
to his fortune and the castle at Wye,
England. might wed her affinity. Thus
Mrs. Armistrad, chaperon, was In duty
bound to keep the real Agatha's Identity
unknown An attempt by Terhune 70
gather a CleT from the chaperon talls.
Terhune finds old books containing pic
ture of Il former Baroness Wyckhoff.
which is exactly like Agatha Sixth whom
he is courting Agatha Fifth confesses her
love for Vincent and also that she Is the
real heress- He spurns her proposal
Many clews to identity OF the real
Agatha prove fruitless. Agatha Fifth
later corfesses she is not the helr"ss
More apparently unfsiling clews material
ize, Vincent coufessss iOv" for Mrs.
Armistead's secretary, Miss Marsh, who
told Terhune she IS married.
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NOT A MIRACLE.
Just Plain causs and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
q man could suffer from coffee drink
ing 50 severely ~ to cause spells Of
Inconsistencies. And to find complete
relief in changing from coffee to Pos
tum Is well worth recording.
Il used to be a great coffee drinker.
SO much 30 that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became SO weak
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times q
day.
my friends, and even the doctor,
told me 1t was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. l would not be-
heve 1T, and still drank coffee until
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself. persuaded me to stop cof-
fee and try Postum After much hesi-
tation I concluded to try It. That was
eight months ago. Since then I have
mad but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
i feel better. sleep better and am
better every way. l now drink moth
Ing but Postum and touch no coffee,
ana as ! am seventy years OF age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek Mich Read ssTha Road IN Woll.
ville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
lakoeest.
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believe that you would do It delibsr
ately. Is It true?"
Lord Wilfred." said the drl
more clearly II ou want me to under
stand what you have been saying
It's this" said Lord Wilfred, facing
her abruptly and terribly in earnest
Someone told ine last night that vou
were a married woman. Is it true,"
l could not see the face of the sec
retary but l could not help perceiving
the ring of truth in her voice.
I'm not married" she said. simply
| 4 told Mr.. Terhune SO because /
wanted to disabuse him of a false I'm
preston he was laboring under. But
what is 1t to you?"
This" said Wilfred, and he leaned
toward her suddenly and grasped her
hands and put his face within an inch
Of her-I could see by the freight It's
look Of determination and inefYable re
lief. The secretary gave a little or,
and drew back. conjectured that
Wilfred was on the point of making
an irretrievable ass of himself. SO |
interrupted proceedings by knocking
book on the sofa and rising to M
feet. At the first sound of the book
falling the two had jumped to their
feet and stood, the girl shrinking close
to Wilfred and Wilfred with his arm
thrown around her.
Who goes there?" he said. sternly
as he discovered my figure in the
gloom. ana "Ah,-its you. Terhune,"
as came into the circle OF light, in
tone hope may never hear from him
again.
AS the secretary saw who 1t was she
sprang away and was gone from the
room in a second.
Well" he said, with a sneer, as the
curtains closed behind her, caves
dropper meddling as usual. What
can l do for you?"
sat down on the stool. Sit down,
| said. with quiet authority. "and well
talk it over" He sat down. In mo
pendence and remembers that at one
time he used to obey me habitually
l wanted to comfort him. but I knew
my duty better. Vincent" said, ap
pealingly, don't you see it won't do
She's no match for you--a girl with no
family and no money. and of her sta
tion in life. Give 1t up. l implore
you. Think OF your father. There
has never been a mesalliance in the
family it would break his heart"
Vincent raised his head. Mrs
Armistead says her family is perfectly
respectable" he said. Il asked her"
sDarFarfl, 10 Lat
contemptuously Think of Vincent
marrying girl who has nothing in her
favor but the fact that her family was
| perfectly respectable. "
Vincent sighed pathetically and
delivered one more blow. Think"
said: your brother Edmund is over
40, unmarried and sufferer from
| rheumatism Of the heart, as you know
| Suppose he should die-wouldnt you
make more creditable heir to tn.
title If you hadn't tied yourself up to
a wife of obscure origin-a penniless
| American girl? And II you don't come
into the title you're only a youn ger
son. and you know yourself your pro
pensity for getting into debt. and the
foreign Office for boy Of your age
is not paying business. No. Vincent.
you're not cut out for making money,
and it's certain you can't depend on
your father forever Can't you see
how rash and foolish you are to con
slider such a thing?'
| leaned over and put my hand on
Nincent's shoulder. He turned his
head. and when felt his smooth
cheek against my hand l knew that
the battle was won.
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"rm Not Married" She said. Simply

Pm Not Married" She Said, Simply.
that made Vincent rave over it. Then,
as his eyes wandered to her hair, he
sighed
Why slightest thou, oh, furnace"
she smiled at him.
Il was Just thinking about some
thing"
About WHAT"
You don't want to hear?"
"Ah, But dot
'All right, then" He turned on her
swiftly. Il was just looking" he said
at your hair. I'll bet the angels have
halos like that
The secretary blushed. ITS horrid
hair" she said. giving it a vindictive
little pull that only brought 1t to a
more charming disarray. Il hate the
color of 1t. Why. when I was a child
l never could bear to have the heroines
Of the fairy tales have a shining head
of golden hair, and I used to think
mine was gold, and one day when
said SO and was told. No, your hair is
red, not gold / cried for days after
ward"
You poor little thing" he said, his
face as full of sympathy as IL those
tears had just been shed. And for the
life of her the secretary couldn't help
her lip trembling, though she knew it
was absurd and was very much
ashamed of herself. Vincent broke the
silence first. I'VE might do a little
on the Dead Barons of WyckhofY,'
he suggested. 1t was evident that our
affair of last night was uppermost in
his mind, for his air was very alb
stracted
NO, thank you, my lord. This is
my evening off. l am no longer Miss
Marsh the secretary. but Miss Marsh,
the lady OF leisure"
Il didn't think Of 1t as work, and
thought perhaps you didn't, either,
when we did it together"
Little boys shouldn't think: it's
bad habit" she said, severely; be
sides. you talk like 4 in the Dolly Dia-
logues."
At this Vincents face grew desper-
ate, and l saw that she had goaded
him into asking her the question that
had been on his mind all day, and
nearly fell of the sofa in my efforts
to hear without being seen.
DO IL" he said. Well, that's be-
cause I've something I've been want.
ing to ask you all day long. It's some
thing very personal. and. Of course.
I've no right-that is. you won't think
so," the boy was stumbling pitifully,
but I've got to know: It's 20 hard to
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a,ck MAN WANTED CHANGE.
More Than Willing to Make Transfer
with Physician.

A Syracuse business man who. be-
Lides being extremely active and am
bitious. has much sense of humor.
was taken sick with slight attack Of
pneumonia His physician. aware that
II would be a task to keep his high
strung patient in bed, sought to i'm
press on him the seriousness Of the
ailment and the necessity OF absolute
rest: all of which the sick man lis
tened to in q bored manner. Never
theless he consented to obey the doc
tor.
But this enforced inactivity ranked
In him; and each ding day
found the patient importuning the
medical man attendant to allow him
to get out to business. Then. dis
Gusted, he would lie back to cast i'm
precautions at the inexorable physi.
clan.
One morning the physician, after
having been up all night on An i'm!
portant case. appeared Al ais patients
house at the usual hour. He had hard
-ly stuck his haggard face inside the
door. however. before the man In the
bed gave him 4 quick glance and SAT
up.
."Eh? calculated the patient Then
showing out his hand to grasp the doc
tors satchel. he added: Doc. guess
you'd better get into bed here and
let me 60 out with the medicine
bag"
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Makina Sure,

Our Freddy is fully endowed with
the inQuiring mind Of youth. Recently
he said: Mamma, who puts the bottle
Of milk on our front porch every night
when we are all asleep"
isn't that q rather foolish ques-
tiou ;" his mother answered. Whom
do YOU suppose"
We'll" said the small investigator,
thoulhtfully, Il suppose God does. but
I'd like to know for sure!"-A. M. A.
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Poor, Patient Man.

mfr. Henpeck-My dear. please don't
call me Leo" any more.
Mrs. Henpeck-What foolishness are
you thinking about now? Why
shouldn't l call you Leo" That's
your name.
Mr.. Henpeck-I know, but It makes
my friends laugh when you call me
that; l was thinking you might cal!
me Job" Just for a pet name.
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Demand for Artificial Fiowsr

Demand for Artificial Flowers.
Makers Of artificial flowers in New
York city are receiving an unusual
number Of orders from all parts Of
the country for the fall and winter
trade. Most Of the supply for the ma
ticn comes from New York, whore
more money Is spent for the manu-
facture Of imitation flowers than In
any other city in the world
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Work Of zambesl MissIons.

Work OF Zambe91 Mis8iono.
A pamphlet recently issued by An
drew Murray gives brief survey Of
missions south Of the Zambesi. There
are 81 different missionary organiza-
tons At work. ministering to over TO-.
100000 people. The student volunteer
movement in South Africa has put "a
young missionaries in the field since
1896.
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FLY YOUTH.

The Boss-Where did you work
last?
Boy-On a fly paper.
The Boss-A fly paper! What's ny
paper?
Boy-Wot! Don't you read the Daily
Balloon?
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Shoulder Your Own Mistakes.
You will never profit BY your mis-
takes SO long a. you blame others Gor
ther.-Pascal.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-25
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