The daily tribune., 1909-02-13
Periczes p" s
Pen7bertOn:
Cured
Copyright. by sA0r1.ory Pub. ca
By JssIis Keno ooiys.

.1UD SOI3VSA WAb AfG1AASA s9t AS>sS
short. plump nor slender. Simply .
well-proportioned. weli-poised woman.
dainty In dress and manner Hers
WAS not . young faca, and yet the
smooth, fair skin showed no telltAle
wrinkles.
The clearing was not large. not
quite ten acres; yet. lying A. 1t did
in the midst Of the great forest. 1t was
= beautiful and restful sight to guest
OF chance traveller. Like rose bios
coming in the wilderness 1t scanned
10 Miss Cordelia when she returned
from her brief and infrequent visits
to the little town three nilss away.
Ten years before. with his only
daughter. Pericles Pythagoras Penn
berton had left his Illinois home, left
lifelong friends and neighbors to try
his chance with fortune in the boom
ing Puget sound country. At first his
anticipations seemed likely to be re-
allied. In short time he had acquired
wealth and reputation as prominent.
pushing capitalist in town Of mush-
room growth and marvellous promises.
AS for his daughter. she presided
over prstentious. well-sppointed
home, having her hearts content OF
every procurable luxury. and every
dainty finery. or social gayeties, nat.
tering attention and wouId-be lovers
she had also enough and to spare.
/, And then-well, things began to
change. Money did not dow In such
uninterrupted streams. Desirable cor
ner lots declined in value with un-
heard of suddenness Stock companies
ceased to declare dividends, and then,
one by one. ceased TO exist at all.
Banks failed. real estate companies
dishanded, and one enterprise after
another sank into hopeless oblivion,
The population melted away percep-
tibly. Whole blocks of stores and Of
fice buildings were vacated, and the
and deserted appearance. The rem
nant OF the residents. dismayed, be-
wildered. trying in vain to stem the
current. finally found itself practically
stranded and forced to the stupendous
realization that the bottom had fallen
out of the boom.
When the actual truth of the stu
fesnberton, all his late financial am
bitioas, all his energy, all his interest
was gone in one breath. and he turned
helpless. confused, defeated, to Cor
della, There seemed but one thing
left to do, and Cordeiia determined to
do II. But she need not have feared
opposition from her father. He vas
IS clay in her hands. passive. disinter-
ested. SO they moved to little half
cleared ranch in the Skagit. valley.
taking such OF their household goods
As seemed necessary, converting all
else into money. This ranch Pericies
had In prosperous days jestingly
decided to his daughter. and now It
opened out to them haven OF rest
and refuge after troublous times.
Here Pericles found new channeh
for energy, time and strength. and fell
to work with will. having apparently
no thought beyond the clearing away
Of cedar stumps, the digging of ditch
es. and the raising OF poultry and po-
tatoes. Under his hands the clearing
improved as II by magic.
To the past he never referred. and
had II not been for one instance. Miss
Cordelia would have believed that he
had indeed lost all consciousness of
anything beyond the present exist
ence.
60 Miss Cordelia lived her quiet
life. managing not only the household.
but the limited financial affairs, Who'll
ly unquestioned by her father, who
grew more dependent and child-lik
~ the months vent by.
On this particular evening Pericles
was sitting deeply engrossed In
thought when Cordelia. her evening
tasks completed. took down the lamp,
lighted 1t. and prepared to enjoy a
newly cut magazine.
"Cordelia." said the old man. At
last.
Yes, father?" questioninsly.
1T is a year ago tomorrow since
Mr. Benton and Susie took dinner
with us"
Yes, father"
~ "hh hhyH NcidNiihs tuht WE
Benton recommended to me the use
OF the Quick Conquering Compound.
used It. and you know the result I
am a different man today have
been a well man for three months.
You must admit. Cordelia, that de-
rived great benefit from the use Of
that valuable compound"
Yes. father" Miss Cordelia con.
quered the smile that rose to her
lips as she heard the stercotyped
phrases OF the patent medicine test.
monial glide from her fathers lips.
He was silent for a moment. then
rising. he spoke with inspired de-
oision.
"Cordelia, ! hold II my duty not only
to acknowledge this benefit to those
who provided II, but TO give my tes
timony to the world. that others may
profit by my experience"
In what way. fatber7'
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