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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19
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CHAPTER david Stires, deter
mined to disinherit his scapegrace son
Hugh in favor of his blind ward Jes-
sica Holme, is dissuaded by the girl
and Rev. Harry Sanderson. The latter
who resembles Hugh greatly. sowed his
wild oats with the younger Stires in
college, where he was known as Satan
Sanderson."
CHAPTER II-Hugh returns and is
welcomed by his father. There is no
hope of Hugh's reformation. but Jes-
sica. deceived by her blindness. loves
him. He plans to marry her.
CHAPTER Hillary lends him
CHAPTER Iv.-Jessica is to marry
Hugh, and foreign surgeon is COM
ing to operate on her eyes. Jessica,
whose sight is restored is married to
Hugh. Harry officiating. although he
loves the girl. Immediately after the
ceremony Stires is informed that his
son has forged his name for $1,000.
CHAPTER V.-Harry. sent upstairs
to bring Jessica to the old man, is mis-
taken by her for her newly welded hus-
band He kisses her.
CHAPTER VI.-Hugh fees and Jes-
sica reproaches Harry for having led
him in evil ways in college Stires signs
the will disinheriting Hugh.
CHAPTER VII and VIII.-Nearly a
year has passed. Hugh who has been
in the mining country, returns and re-
proaehes Harry for his downfall The
minister in an effort to save him plays
cards with him on the altar table. Har-
ry stakes gold and the spendthrift
waxen waters. each one representing
a day of decent living.
CHAPTER 1X.--IIallelujah Jones, an
itinerant preacher, spies on the game
and breaks in on it with Harry $
bishop Hugh vanshes and Harry
jumps into an automobile for a swift
ride.
CHAPTER X-The minister's car
n mt hn rf M hn 10 hlnr
Harry wakes to fin dhimself uncon-
scious of his own identity in a freight
car with tramps, He wears ring
with his initials. II S." but they sig
CHAPTER XI-Jessica, accompany
Stires, who is in poor health. is in a
Little Paymaster claim and the town
of Smoky Mountain. In town she hears
the name Hugh Stires execrated.
CHAPTER XIL-In Smoky Mountain
Devlin, the town bully, Jessca wit
Messing the fight. His part is taken by
Tom Fielder, attorney.
CHAPTER XIIL-Going out of town,
Harry is struck by stone hurled at
him by one of the mob.
CHAPTER X1V.-Jessica and Prem
dergast, Hughs partner. take Harry.
whom they both mistake for Hugh, to
CHAPTER XV-Jessica is worried
by her supposed husbands illness and
goes to his cabin. Jessica's love for
Hugh returns.
CHAPTER XVL-Prendergas hints
to Harry of the shady source of the
money accumulated by the former and
Hugh.
CHAPTER XVII--Harry is suspected
of a murder believed TO have been com
= mitted by Hugh. Prendergast quarrels
with Harry and threatens to tell what
he knows. His look of hatred is seen
by Jessica and troubles her.
CHAPTER XVIII.-Harry is suspect
ed in town of robbing the sluice of d
hydraulic company. Jessica's horse runs
away with Devlin's child, and Harold
jumping into an automobile, brings her
back safely.
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rorgotten. Know you have put 1t all

Forgotten. 1 know you have put 1t all
behind you
His face changed swiftly. Today
the determination with which he had
striyen to put from his mind the prob.
lem OF his clouded past had broken
down. In the light of the charge
which had been flung in his teeth the
afternoon before, his imagination had
dwelt intolerably on it.
"You known he said hoarsely. "Yet
you say that They stoned me in the
street the day 1 came back. Yester-
day they counted me thief. 1t Is like
a hideous nightmare that can't wake
from. Who am 1? Where did l come
from? 1 dare. not ask for fear of fur
Their shame! Can you imagine what
that meansT
She came close to him and touched
his arm.
81 know all that you suffer" she
said. "You are doing the strong thing,
the brave thing! The man in you is
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Let kOdOl
Digest what you eat. Then you can
Eat what you like

You once could eat anything you
wanted. and your stomach would
digest it.
But now there's some things
which your stomach won't digest.
Your stomach absolutely refuses to
accommodate you when you eat
certain food-so you have been
forced by your stomach to eat food
which you detested. and pass up
those delicacies that you would
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19

creasing rain. they passed. and after
q moment he softly unattached the win
dow
"Goodby." ;le said
She stretched out her hand. He
touched l.. then drew the window
wide. AS he stepped noiselessly down
on to the sp-,ngy turf the lightning
flashed again. Il pale green glow that
seemed almost before her face. She
drew back. and the same instant.
through the thunder. the electric bell
Gil the wall rang sharply. She threw
on her dressing gown. thrust her feet
into slippers and FASTENED from the
room.
The same fash that had startled Jes-
sica lighted brightly the physician and
the Waterman, who stood at the cor
ner of the building, having finished
their tour of inspection 1t was the
latter who had found the open door
and who had aroused the doctor insist
ing that he had seen a man in the hall
The other had poohpoUhed this. but
now by the lightning both saw the
figure emerge from the French window
and disappear il the darkness.
They ran back. the physician ahead.
The. window was not locked. and they
stepped through it into an empty repm.
ITO Ne sure" said the doctor disgust
eddy. lie was here all the time heard
lis searching the halls and took the
! first unlocked door he found Miss
IIolme. 10 doubt, is sitting up with
| Mr.. Stires.. Not a word of this" be
added as they walked along the hall.
/ He barred the outer door behind the
Waterman and went on. AS he reached
/ David Stires' room the door opened.
and Jessica came out. She spoke to
! him in low. anxious voice. II was
coming for you" she said. Il am
afraid he is not so we'll. cannot rouse
| him. VIII YOU come in and see whot
! you can do:'
The doctor entered, and glance at
his patient alarmed him. Until dawE
he sat with Jessica watching. When
the early sunlight was flooding the
room, however, David Stires opened
his eyes and looked upon her quite
naturally.
"Where is Harry Sanderson?' he
asked Il thought he was here
She looked at him with forced
smile. You have been dreaming" she
/ answered
81 suppose So he said. with sigh,
''but it was very real. | thought he
came in and spoke your name"
She strolied his hand. st was fancy.
dear"
He lay silent moment. Then he
said, "If 1t could only have been Har~
ry you married instead of Hugh. for
he loved you. Jessica."
She flushed as she said. "Ah. that
was fancy too"
1t was the first time since the day Of
her marriage that he had spoken
Hugh's name.
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aglration and surprise blotted the puz-
zle of his presence there. She forgot
that it was the dead of night; that
she was In her nightgown. 1t flashed
across her mind that some near and
desperate trouble had befallen him.
All the protective and maternal in her
love welled up. She went quickly to-
ward him.
He did not move or stir. and then
she realized that, though his eyes
seemed to look at her, it was with a
passive, tranced fxity. They saw moth
ing. He was asleep.
She halted, a deep compassion and a
painful wonderment holding her. feel
ing with thrill the power, she pos
sessed over him. Then, like a cold
wave, surged over her q numbing sense
of his position How had he entered?
Had he broken, locks like a burglar?
The situation was anomalous. What
should she do? Walked abruptly, the
result might be disastrous. Discoy-
cred, his presence there when all slum-
bered, suspected as he had been, would
be ruinous. She must get him away,
out of the house, and quickly.
A breath of cool air swept past her,
putting out the lamp-an outer door
was open. AT the same instant she
heard steps beyond the curve of the
hall, DR.. Brent's voice peremptory and
inquiring. Her nerves chilled. He
blocked the sole avenue of retreat.
No, there was one other, and only one
"a single way to shield him. Quiet
and resourceful now, though her
cheeks were hot, she took the hand of
the unconscious man, drew him silent
and unresisting into the friendly shad-
ow of her room, closed the door noise
lessly and bolted it.
For Il moment she stood motionless,
her heart beating violently. Had he
been seen? Or had the open door ere
ated an alarm? Releasing his hand
gently, she found her way softly to a
stand. lighted tiny night taper and
| threw a shawl about her. A sudden
| confusion tingled through her veins. a
sense of maidenly shame, opposing the
sweet reminder of their real relation
| ship-was he not in fact her husband
that lay ever beneath her thought to
| Justify and explain.
Suddenly, in the tense silence of the
room, the mantel clock strlck in deep
chime. like the vibration of faroff
| church bell. The tone was not loud
indeed. the low roll of the thunder had
been well nigh as loud-but there was
| In the intrusive metallic cadence a
| peculiar suggestion to the dormant
mind. It penetrated the crust OF
sleep. It touched the inner ear OF the
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He stood perfectly still.

TIC $1,000 pcfJCcIU StltL.
conscious intelligence Harry started,
shudder ran through his frame. he
swayed dizzily, his hand went to his
forehead.
In the instant of shocked awakening
Jessica was at his side in an agony of
apprehension. her arm thrown about
him, her hand pressed across his lips,
her lips at his ear in an agonized
warning:
Hush! Do not speak, 1t is 1, Jes-
sica! Make no noise..'
She felt her wrist caught in a grasp
that made her vince. His whole body
was trembling violently. 'Jessica.'
he said in painfully articulated whis-
per. you? Where am I?'
This is my ROOM" she breathed.
you have been walking in your sleep.
Make no sound. We shall be heard"
A low exclamation broke from his
lips. He looked bewilderedly about
him, his eyes returning to her face
with Mortified realization. "I-eame
hereto your room?" The voice was
scarcely audible.
1T was l who brought you here.
You We're in the hall. You would have
been found. The house is reused"
He turned abruptly to the door, but
she caught his arm. what are you
going to do? You will be seenr'
$50 much the better. 1t will be at
my proper measure-as prowler, a
housebreaker, a disturber of honest
sleep"
mo, MOP she protested in a panic.
you shall not. / will not have you
taken for what you are not. l know
But they would not know. No one
must see you leave this room. Do you
not think of me?''
| He caught his breath hard. 'Think
| of your he repeated huskily. sis
there even an hour when do not
think of you? Is there a day when
would not die to serve you? Yet in
my very sleep
| He paused, gazing at her where she
stood in the half light, misty, uncer
tain figure. She was curiously happy
The delicious and pangless sense OF
guilt, however-the guilt of the hidden
not the blameworthy thing-that was
| tingling through her was for him 9
shrinking and acute self reproach.
She was silent. "Forgive me-" he
said, IF you can. II can never for
give myself. How can I best go?"
For answer she moved to the win
dow, slender and wraitblike. He fol
lowed silently. AS she parted the cur
tain a second Of bright lightning re
vealed the landscape, the dark hedges
and clustered trees. 1t blackened, ant
she drew him back, with hushet
word. pointing where, a lantern wal
flashing through the shrubbery.
at is Waterman" she said. al
will be gone presently"
I God help me!' he whispered, tn
4 pent passion of his dreams rushing +
utterance. why did ever see you
face? was reckless and careless then
I had damned the. decent side of IN
that now is qufvering alive. hay
tried to blot your face from my mem
DRY. but 1t is useless. / shall Away
see 1t ~
On the lawn just outside the windoy
low voices were heard through the IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19

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you play the violin. Whatever has
been, l have faith in you now!'
She spoke breathlessly, in very aban-
don, carried away by her feeling. AS
she spoke he had turned toward her.
his paleness flushed. his eyes leaping
up like hungry fires. devouring her
face At the look timidity rushed upon
her. She stopped abruptly and took
startled step from him.
He turned from her Instantly. His
hands dropped ut his sides. The word
that had almost sprung to speech had
slipped back into the void.
Il thank you for the charity you
have for me-" he said. (which | in no
way deserve. II shall always re-
member it."
She hesitated an instant, made as if
to speak. Then. turning, she went
quickly from him. At the edge of the
bushes she stopped with a sudden i'm
pulse. She looked at the handker-
chief she held. Some tiny lettering
was embroidered in It's corner. the word
"Jessica." She glanced behind her.
He had not moved. Rolling 1t into n
ball, she threw IL back over the bushes.
then ran on hastily through the trees.
After a time Harry turned slowly,
his shoulders lifting In a deep respira-
tor The white and filmy cambria
caught his eye lying at the base of
the great knoblike rock. He went te
| it, picked 1t up and looked at St closery
"Jessica"' he whispered. The name
| chung about him. The very leaves re
peated it in music. He had curious
sensation, as if while she spoke thai
| very pame had half framed itself il
some curtained recess of his thought
We pressed the handkerchief to hi:
| face. The faint perfume it exhaled
like the dust Of dead roses, gave hin
a ghostly impression of the familiar.
! He struck his forehead sharply will
his open hand.
"Fool.~ he said, with a bitter laugh
"Fool.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19

~ moments of that thrill
ing ride and rescue
mysterious change had been wrought
in her.
In the past days her soul had been
possessed by painful agitation which
she did not attempt to analyze. At
moments the ingraiued hatred of
Hughs act, the resentment that had
been the result of that year of pain,
had risen to battle for the inherent
Justice of things. At such times she
was restless and sat much alone. pup
zling David Stires by meaningless re-
sponses.
She could not tell him that the son
whose name he never took upon his
lips was so near: that he whose crime
his fathers pride of name had hidden
through all the months since then had
gone down with the current, stunned
by honest folk, adding to his one dis
NAL act the weight OF persistent repe-
tition. She could not tell him this.
even though that son now lived with
out memory of the evil he hat, done,
thoubH ne StruSSieu uuuef Ciouu vi
hatred. reaching out to clean deed and
high resolve.
Now, however, all distrust aud trepi-
dalton had vanished. Strangely and
suddenly the complex warfare in her
mind had. stilled Standing with Mrs.
Halloran. she had listened to the COM
ment with shining eyes. Not that she
distinguished any sudden change Of
opinion to turn persecution to populari-
ty and make the reprobate of today
the favorite of tomorrow. but In its
very reserve she instinctively felt a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19

light of moon or stars,
and its chamber win
dows We're dark save where here and
there the soft glow of night lamp
sifted through a shutter. The evening
had closed gloomily, breeding storm.
Before Jessica extinguished the light
she searched in drawer and found
her wedding ring-the one she had
worn for less than an hour. When
she erept into bed the ring was on her
finger. She had fallen asleep with
her cheek resting on it.
She awoke with a start, with a
vague, inexplicable uneasiness. an in
stinct that the night had voiced an
unusual sound. She sat up in bed,
staring into the dark depths of the
room. Her instant thought had been
of David Stires. but the tiny bell on
the wall whose wire led to his bed
room was not vibrating. She listened
a moment. but there was only a deep
silence. Slipping out of bed, she cross
ed the room and parted the curtain
from before the tall French window
The room was on the ground floor and
the window gave directly ON the lawn
While she gazed there came a sudden
yellow flare Of lightning, and far dis
tant mutter of thunder spoke behind
the hills.
Still, with the unreasoning uneasi
ness holding her, she CROPPED to the
door, drew the bolt and looked out
into the wide, softly carpeted hall
lighted dimly by lamp set just al
the turn of the staircase. All at once
a SILVER ran through her. There. 8
dozen steps away, the light full upor
him, stood the man who filed hel
thoughts.
He stood perfectly still. withou
movement or gesture, gazing at her
Sne could see his face distinctly, sill
houetted on the pearl gray wall. L
Wore an expression of strained concerl
and Of deep helplessness. The instan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-19

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not astray now;
it was lost, but
it has found it's
way back. When
your m e m o ry
comes you will
see that it is
fate that has
been eadingyou.
There was moth
ing in your past
that cannot be
buried and for
gotten. w h q t
you have been
you will never
be again. l know
that! 1 saw you
fight Devlin. and
/ know why you
did 1t. l heard
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Chapter 40

' Err the sanitarium OH
the ridge sleep had de-
scended. On its broad
grounds there was no
light of moon or stars,
and it's chamber win
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(To be Continued.)
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Chapter 10

ESSICA bore back from
the town that afternoon
a spirit of tremulous
gladness. In the few
moments of that thrill
inc ride anil rescue q
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PEGGY
son
OPENING
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~ In. Watson Hotel Building.

The. Art Millinery Company. q new
establishment in the city. opened their
doors this morning for their first
opening OF millinery goods. The et'.
Enlistment is located in the Watson
Hotel Building on Madison street anil
Is an attractive place. The interior is
,tastefully arranged and the models
shown today were decidedly attractive.
ID All sorts of shapes and sizes prevail
in the fab millinery and there is a
splendid selection ut the Art Store. A
large humble Of ladies visited the c IS
Establishment this morning and were
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Keenan,, "a young lady from the IA &
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- The company mas now perfected a
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lAIr. and Mrs. Monroe Isfsnef ami
two chi1a ren, OF Fairmo1t. ANA Mr.
and MRS: naIe IIann and two catldren.
foE Viola, were visiting the formers
sister. Mrs. Burleen Travis Saturday
and Sunday. y ;SSs
VIII Heck, Of Frat.tnont, was
out driving his mule Sunday. Any-ll
one wishing to take a drive Just call
on Bile z
Mr.. John Wolf ard grand son, lloyd,
Weaver, we're visiting the forr<er's;
daughter, Mrs. Emma Freeman. SAT-
nrday and Sunday. !, n:
There was a large crowd attended
the basket dinner at Grassy run Sun
day. All reported a good lime.
Mr.. Clate Wolf and c. C.. White
made q flying trip to Barber county;
last week. e Y.
Mr.: Nathan McVicker. Of 3 Barbour
county, was visiting his son, Monroe.
McV Wicker, a few days last week. Il!
Mrs. Nora r. oblnson, Of Ora ton.
are visiting her sister. airs. Bnrleen
Travis. this week \,
III There will be basket dinner at,
Fairvlew Sunday. 26th. Everybody Is.
invited to attend. Il
PEGGY