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and plain as possible. You don't mean to say that
Sear1e really drugged you, or something like that!
What for?"
Il want to know myself" said Glen. What s
the answer? Perhaps he preferred l should not be-
hold your Sir Cowboy Galahad "
There is something going on, she said, some
thing dark and horrible How did you happen to
show Mr. Van Buren-let him see the last page of my
letter.
Il didn't let him see anything" said Glen. Il
myself. Searle sat on the bed and read it aloud
and lit his cigar with it later.
my letter." she said, rising abruptly, and i'm
med1ately sitting down again. lou never saw
Searle got tread it Oh, the shamelessness!
Then it must have been Searle who made the mis-
see What did he read you-read about Van
Mr. Van Buren-amost the last thing in the letter! .
Glen surprised at her agitation. He glanced
at her blanky.
Nothing he said He read nothing
remember, about your friend. Was it something in
PARTICULAR"
She again abruptly and wrung her hands in a
gesture of batfed impotence. "Oh, don't know
what it all means'' She said. ITO think of Searle
being there, and interCeptlng my letter-dar1ng to
read it-burning it up-reading you only portion!
Of he didn't read you my suspicious concern
ing HIMSELF
Not your halftone, Glen assured her. What S
all this business, anyway? Put wise, Sis; / m
cropping like blind snail in the mulligatawny."
RETH sat down as before and leaned her chin in her
- palm in attitude of concentration Don t
you know what Searle has done-takng the Laugh
ing Water claim-Mr. Van Buren, S claim =!
Il don't know anything he told her convincingly.
I'm bowling wilderness of ignorance. l want to
know.
Lets start at the very beginning she said.
Just Seare brought your letter, the first
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CHAPTER XII.
Glen and Revelations

-GVSS6OW she spent that night Beth never
!. / / {: !. !
NCSlA0& could have told. Her mind had
NlHlSGA refused to work. Only her heart
H6mo a was sensible of life and emotions;
H(5H(Y for there lay her wound, burning
1A)llk4IN fercely all the long hours through.
U4$YlREbN That Van had made excuses to his
NE( partners and disappeared, on bust
SA YIN ~ ness" was matter of which she
tgLS3SS2A' received account
In the morning the unexpected
happened. Her brother Glen arrived in Goldlte,
having driven from Starlight with a friend He
appeared at Mrs Dicks while Beth still in her
room indisposed. She had eaten dinner She
took no breakfast But with Glenvill es advent she
was suddenly awakened to new excitement almost
sort of hope.
Young Kent was smooth faced, boyish chap,
of medium height He was like Beth only in family
manner His nose a trihe large for his face but
something in his modest good natured way, coupled
to his delivery of slang in all his converse
ton lent him a certain charm that no one long
resisted.
He was standing in his characteristic pose, with one
hand buried in his pocket, he laughingy explained
himself to Mrs. Dick, when Beth came running down
the stairs
"Glen!" she cried as she ran along the hall, and,
casting herself most ferventy upon him, with her
furious and brief and looked like rain-wet rose when
she pushed him away and scrutinized him quickly
through her tears.
Il say Sis, why this misplaced fountain on the
iob?" he said do look as bad as that"
"Oh, Glen!" she said You've been i'll You
were hurt! I've worried so! You're well? You've
entirely recovered? Oh I'm glad to see you,
Glen! There's so much I've got to say!'
Land snakes! said Mrs. Dick. IF l don't
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one mean in which you asked for sixty thousand
dollars to buy mine
"Whoap! Jam on the emergency!" Glen
interrupted. Il never wrote such a letter in my
life!''
She looked at him blankly. But Glen, saw
your letter. l read it myself at this very table"
Glen knitted his brows and became more serious
81 letter from me- touching Searle for sixty thou?
Somebody's nutty.'
But Glen what saw with my own eyes"
Cant help it: Nothing doing!" he interrupted
as before. If Searle showed you any such letter
that, he wrote it him Hold on! l wrote him
for grubstake, fifty dollars at the most; but l
haven't even seen a mine that any man could buy,
that the other would SELL and Searle sure got
my first before was bughouse from that wallop on
the block" He put his hand to the spot his
head and rubbed it soothingly
Beth pale She did not even notice his ges-
lures absorbed all her faculties in the of
facts in which she somewhat helplessly struggling
Gould Searle have written such letter as that?''
she said. What for?"
For money if he wrote it" said Glen did he
touch you for a loan?"
Beth's eyes were widely blazing Her lips we're
white and stiff why Glen, l advanced thirty
thousand dolars-I thought to help you buy mine.
Searle was to put in like amount but recently"
.Searle! Thirty thousand bucks!" said Glen
" He hasn't got thirty thousand cents! The man
who drove me up last night knows the bank CASH
Searle is -fusher-hasn't bean-and looks
like a mighty good INIT alton of a crook Seare!
You put up thirty stung, Beth, good and
Beths hand was on her cheek pressing it to white
"Oh, I've been afraid that something was
wrong; that something terrible Why Glen, that
would be forgery, obtaining money under false pre-
lenses! He may have done anything anything to
get the Laughing Water claimi He may have done
something-said something written something to
make Van-Mr. Van Buren, think that L Oh,
Glen l don't know what to do!''
Her brother looked at her keenly. You're in
trouble, Sis, he hazarded us Van the candy boy
with you?'
She blushed suddenly. The contrast from her
paleness was striking He's the one who is in
trouble" she answered And he may think that
L He does think something. He has lost his mine.
a very valuable property. Searle and Mr.. Nc
Coppet have taken it away from Mr.. Van Buren, and
those poor old men-after all their work. their wait
ing, everything! You've got to help to
what can do!'
'McCoppet's a gambler, a short-card tumble
weed" said Glen You've got to
Tel no ,bo1o,
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"SSt, odlo olSA Oo VIC SOL "
put me next. Tell me the whole nov
elette, beginning at chapter one"
YES, l must" she said, and she
1 did She related everything,
even the manner in which she and
Searle had first become engaged,-a
business at which she marveled now,
and of how and when she had en-
countered Van, the results of the
meeting, the subsequent events, and
the heartbreaking outcome of the
trip that Van had made to carry
her letter to Starlight In her letter,
her love had been confessed. She
CLOSED that item over now as spot
too sensitive for exposure. She
merely admitted that between her
self and Van had existed friendship
such as comes but once in many a
woman's life, a friendship recently
destroyed, she feared, by some
horrible Vaccinations of Bostwick.
You can see,' she concluded,
THAT Mr.. Van Buren, must think
me guilty of almost anything. He
doubtless knows that my money,
which l thought was helping you,
went to meet the expense of taking
away his property. He probably
thinks l sent him to you to get him
out of the way, while Searle and
the others were driving his partners
off the claim. My money is gone.
l asked for its return, and I'm sure
Searle cannot repay me. I'm told
he couldn't have used so much as
thirty thousand dollars in anything
legitimate, SO far, on the Laughing
Water claim. If he'd forge letter
from you, and lie like this and de-
ceive me so, what wouldn't he do
to rob these men of their miner"
Il scent decay" said Chenille
gravely. Have you got any plans
in your attic?"
Why, 1 don't know what to do.
of course she admitted; "but
I've got to do something! I've got
to show Mr.. Van Buren, I'm not
wilful party to these horrible things!
/ don't believe I'll ever get my
money back. don't want a share
Continued on page IL
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hurry and OFT she went.
You're the photograph for
mine" said Glen. What's the
matter with your eyes? Searle hasn't
got you going on the lacrymals al
ready?"
NO; I'm all right" she said
excitedlv. Il didn't sleep well,
that's all. Do sit down. I've SO
many things to say, SO much to ask,
l don't know where to begin! 1t was
such a surprise, your coming like
this! And you're looking so well!
You got my letter, of course!'
Glen sat down, and Beth sat near,
her hand on his arm. They had
been more like companions than
mere half brother and sister, all their
lives. The bond of affection between
them was exceptionally developed.
came up on account OF your
letter." he said. Either my per-
ceptive faculties are on the blink, or
there's something decaying in Den
mark. It's you for the Goddess of
Liberty en1ightening the unen-
lightened savage I'm from Missouri,
and want you to start the ticker on
the hum
YOU know Searle what has done?"
L she said. How much do YOU
know of what has happened!'
Nothing. I've been retired on
half knowledge for a month";" said
Glen. Il haven't been treated right.
I'm here to register roar Nobody
tells me you're in the State till |
read that account in the paper. |
dope it out to Searle that | am
humping the bumps, and there is
nothing doing He shows up at last
and hands me a species of coma and
leaves me with twenty-five dollars.
That's what l get! What I've been
doing is longer story. l apologize
for not having seen your friend who
brought the letter; but it's up to
you to apologize for bum epistle
to the Prodigal. -
Wait minute, Glen! Wait
minute, please! Don't go so fast"
she said, gripping tighter to his
arm. must get all this as straight
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His Politics at Home.

A political canvasser called at a
home the other day and inquired as
to the political affiliations of the man
of the house.
"Oh, WE'LL said the housewife
hes everything. He's nice when he's
away, and he's not so nice at other
tines
But about politics." said the can
vasser rs he Democrat or a Re.
publican?"
We'll, it depends on who he is
WITH said the lady. IF it's policy
to be a Democrat when he's with Dem.
ocrats. he's a Democrat, and when
he's with Republicans he's a Repub-
lican."
Il understand" persisted the can.
vasser. but between ourselves, what
is he at homer"
"oh, at home he's perfect terror. -
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kavanaueh Opens Convention.


William X. Kavanaugh of Missouri,
president of the association, called the
convention to order Saturday morning
and set forth briefly the aims and
plans of the organization. He said the
deep waterway work is now in this
condition.
l. The sanitary district of Chicago
has built the deep waterway, practl-
cally to Joliet, nearly 40 miles, and
$60,000000 have been spent thus far
on the work.
2. The entire route of the lakes-to-
the-gulf deep waterway from Joliet to
New Orleans, through the Des PLANES
river, the Illinois river and the Mis-
sissippi river, has been surveyed un-
der direction of congress by United
States engineers, who have officially
reported to congress that the building
of the deep waterway is feasible.
8. The people of the state of Hi
nois have adopted a constitutional
amendment providing for bond is
sue of $20,O0O,000, the money to be
spent in constructing the deep water
way southwark from Joliet.
A. A bill introduced by United States
Representative Richard Bartholdt OF
Missouri is now pending in congress
providing for the issuance by the
United States government of bonds to
the amount of $500000,0 600, the money
to be spent in constructing this deep
waterway from the lakes to the gulf
! and other meritorious projected river
improvements.
5. 1t is intended to ask the Sixty.
first congress to pass a bill providing
definitely that the United States gov
eminent undertake the construction
of the deep waterway from the point
where the Illinois work will end, to
the Gulf of Mexico.
In the afternoon, following the ad.
dress of President Taft, Clifford Pin
chot, head of the government forestry
department, made an address on the
conservation of the nations natural
resources.
In the evening the delegates to the
convention were entertained at stag
smoker by the Progressive union OF
New Orleans. This evening all the
delegates and the ladies accompany
ing them were the guests of the Pro-
gressive union at the New Orleans
Opera house, where La Juive" was
given by the French Opera Com
pany.
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SHOWED HIS HERO WORSHIP
Surely Nothing Wrong Could Go Forth
from Lips That Were His
Veneration.

Allen has a strong admiration for
soldiers. He seldom misses a military
parade and his childish fancy has so
idealiyed the boys in blue that he
considers them little short of perfec-
ton.
Not long ago his mother took him to
see an elderly friend Of hers-a sweet
faced, silver-haired woman, who is the
widow of veteran of the civil war
Before arriving at the house Mrs. Par
ker told Allen this bit of her friends
history. and consequently the boy &C
corded this beautiful woman the most
reverent attention.
In discussing certain current sub
ject of literary interest the two WON
en- had mild difference of opinion
and Aliens regard for brass buttons
would not long permit him to listen
in silence
Mamma" he asked in gently re
proacbful tones after he had fidgeted
moment in his chair, don't you
think a soldiers wife ought to know
From the Housekeeper
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The Best Food for Workers.

The best food for those who work
with hand or brain is never high
priced.
The best example of this Is found in
Quaker Oats. 1t stands at the top
among foods that supply nourishment
and vigor, without taxing the diges-
ton, and yet it is the least expensive
food one can eat.
This great food value ard low cost
make it an ideal food for families who
want to get the greatest good from
what they eat
Laborers, factory or farm hands, fed
plentifully on Quaker Oats will work
better and with less fatigue than ii
fed on almost any other kind of food
All of these facts were proved and
very interesting information about
human foods were gathered by Pro
fessor Fisher of Yale University in
1908. In addition to the regular pack
age Quaker Oats is packed in large
sized family packages either with Oh
without china dishes.
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DEEP WATERWAY IS
DEMANDED BY ALL
Great River Convention Is Held
in New Orleans.
PRESIDENT FAvORS PROJECT
Promises the Present Administration
viii Support Issuance Of Federal
Bonds II Fourteen-Foot Pro.
gram Proves Feasible.

New Orleans, Nov. L. Ringing
demands for IA feet through the val.
ley" and elaborate argument in sup
port of the program TO. the creation
Of a deep waterway from the lakes to
the gulf have marked the great con-
vention of the Deep Waterway asso-
citation that opened here Saturday.
President Taft, Vice-President Sher-
man, Speaker Cannon, governors of
tn Mississippi valley states, innumer-
able senators and representatives and
mighty throng of private citizens
who believe In the big river project
are here and all urge that it be un-
dertaken and carried to speedy con-
clusion.
President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived in New
Orleans escorted by great flotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis, land
ed from the lighthouse tender Olean-
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his ho-
tel through streets that were cano-
pied with magnolia branches, palmet-
toes and southern moss. and every
where entwined in the decorations
were the notices Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation" At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused a storm of cheers
by promising that If the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
defray the cost.
Not for "Pork Barrel"
At the same time Mr.. Taft made 1t
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make pork barrel of the
project. He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of $500,000,-
600 or 0O0,OOO,O00 for waterways
Improvement, the money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tions. He declared that the improve
ment of waterways had been carried
forward in haphazard fashion in
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RASH ALL OVER BOYS BODY.
Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on
Little Sufferer--A Score of Treat.
ments Prove Dismal Failures.
Cure Achieved by cuticura.

my little boy had an awful rash all
over his body and the doctor said it
was eczema. 1t was terrible, and used
to water awfully. Any place the water
went it would form another sore and 1t
would become crusted. A score or
more physicians failed utterly and dis.
mally in their efforts to remove the
trouble. Then / was told to use the
Cuticura Remedies. / got cake of
Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Oint.
ment and bottle of Cuticura Re
solvent, and before we had used half
the Resolvent l could see a change in
him. In about two months he was en-
tirely well. George F. Lambert, 1879
West Centre ST., Mahanoy City, Pa,
Sept. 26 and Nov. 4, 1907"
Potter Drug Il Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston
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THE DIFFERENCE
Coffee Usually Means Sickness, But
Postum Always Means Health.

Those who have never tried the ex.
pertinent of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the expert
ence of others who have made the
trial.
One who knows says: 81 drank cot.
fee for breakfast every morning until
| had terrible attacks of indigestion
producing days of discomfort and
nights of sleeplessness. tried to give
up the use of coffee entirely, but found
1t hard to go from hot coffee to a
glass of water. Then l tried Postum.
1T was good and the effect was so
pleasant that soon learned to love
it and have used it for several years.
improved Immediately after left
off coffee and took on Postum and
am now entirely cured of my indiges.
ton and other troubles all of which
were due to coffee. l am now we'll
and contented and all because
changed from coffee to Postum.
Postum Is much easier to make
right every time than coffee, for 1t is
so even and always reliable We
never use coffee now in our family.
We use Postum, and are always we'll"
There's a reason" and it is proved
by trial.
Look in pkgs for copy of the famous
little book, THE Roa6 to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one nDpears from time 10 time. They
ore genuine, true. and full of human
IAfcrest.
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President Taft.

the past, and that new method
should be adopted.
81 believe in the deep waterway"
said the president. 81 am for it, and
l shall use all the power that pos
sess in doing what may be accom-
plished to give you citizens of this
great valley what you so earnestly de-
sire. 1t is all a part of still great
er movement inaugurated by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and properly called
by him the conservation of our ma
tional resources.
1.-THE projects for irrigation and for
the improvement of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing pork to every part of
the country. Every measure is to be
adopted on the ground that it will be
useful to the whole country They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressman back to Wash
ington or for making certain parts of
the country profitable during the ex-
penditure of the money.
I'VE should take up every compre-
hensive project on its merits and de-
termine whether the country where
the project is to be carried out has so
far Developed as to justify the enor-
nous expenditure of money and if 1t
will be useful when done. When we
decide in favor of project. l believe
in issuing bonds to carry it to com
pletion as rapidly as possible. 1t has
been proposed that we issue bonds for
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FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS.

Any druggist can supply these In
gradients or will get them from his
wholesale house.
Mix half pint Of good whiskey, two
ounces of glycerine half ounce OF
Concentrated pine compound. Shake
the bottle well each time and use In
doses OF a teaspoonful to tablespoon
full four times day" This prescrip-
ton Is said to work wonders.
The Concentrated pine is special
pine product and comes only in hall
ounce bottles. each enclosed in an air
tight case, but be sure 1t is labeled
Concentrated" in order to get the
genuine article.
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The Bare elf, Of Courtesy.

Courtesy includes not merely social
kindness, graces of speech. absence of
iudeness, but honorable treatment of
business associates and of all the fell
low citizens with whom man of af-
fairs may have business to transact.
II is not American to keep one citi.
zen waiting all day at the door be.
cause he is poor, and to grant an
other citizen an interview because II
is believed he is rich, Wisdom is not
confined in a purse, and frequently
much wisdom may be learned from q
poor man.
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How to Care for the Child.

Perplexed mother writes: MY child
has sneezing fits after the morning
sponge bath. What would you ad-
vise?" Some mothers give their
babies a hypodermic of morphine for
sneezing. But we haye always felt
that this was too harsh remedy.
Give the baby about three tablespoon
fuls Of Old Tom gin with a little sugar
and a pinch of lemon peel. The sugar
makes this remedy more grateful to
The child. Be sure to keep this prophy-
tactic away from father
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An Who
Would Enjoy

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Then the Use Of medicines may be dis
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Consequently, the Company's Syrup of
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buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
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A lonq.Panter.

Mary, aged IA, was found one day
by an older sister sobbing and crying.
What is the matter?" she asked,
with great concern.
Three boys have asked me to go
to the dance tonight" was the unex-
pected reply.
We'll, my dear child, certainly that
is not such terrible misfortune"
Yes; but | told the first one
would go with him, and the last one
was long-panter"