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| ing her from over many intervening
hills. She did not feel sure what she
should do at the end of her journey or
what awaited her there. She knew
herself a most unpracticed hunter,
she, who all her life had been the
most artful of quarries.
She turned in at the low gate of imi-
tation grill in front of an enormous
wooden mansion, with towers and Gu
polas painted all a chill slate gray,
with fuchsias, purple and red, clam
bering up the front. She rang, and
was admitted into a hall, ornate and
very high, with a wide staircase
sweeping down into the middle of it.
The maid looked obviously at Flora
and thought Miss Butler was not at
home, but would see. Flora turned
into the room on her left and sat down
potted palms with a feeling that Miss
Butler was at home, and, for one rea-
son or another, preferred not to be
seen. She waited apprehensively,
wondering whether Ella was not see-
ing the world-in-general, or had really
specified against herself. Could it be
that Ella was one of those women
whom Harry had alluded to as run
ming. after Kerr? In the short "a hours
every individual help she had counted
upon had seemed to draw away from
her-Kerr, whose understanding she
had been so sure of; Clara, whose pro-
priety had never failed; Harry, whose
comfortable good nature she had so
taken for granted! 1t seemed as If
the sapphire, whose presence she was
never unconscious Of, for all she wore
1t out of sight, had power like the
evil eye over these people. But If 1t
could turn such as Ella against her,
why, the Brussels carpet beneath her
might well open and let her down to
deeper abysses than Judge Buffers
wine-cellar.
She started nervously at the step OF
the maid returning. The message
brought was unexpected. Miss Bull
Ter says will you please. walk up
stairs?"
Flora was amazed. That invitation
would have been odd enough at any
time, for she and Ella were hardly or
such intimate footing. But now she
was ushered up the majestic stair
and from the majestic upper hal
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, abruptly into a wild little cluttered
but more spacious bedroom, large cur
tains at the windows, large roses on
the carpet, and over all objects in the
room a clutter of miscellaneous ar
ticles, as if Elias band-boxes, bureaus
and Work-baskets habitually refused
to contain themselves.
From the midst of this Ella con-
fronted her, still in her wrapper"
and with the large puff of her hair a
little awry. Under it her face was
curiously pink, color deepening to
the tip of her nose and putting out un-
der her eyes.
well. Flora" she greeted her
guest. "You were just the person l
wanted to see. Sit down. No, not
there-that's my birdN of paradise
feather! Oh, no, not thefe-that's the
breakfast Well, 1 guess you'll have
/ to sit on the bed"
Flora swept aside the clothes that
streamed across it and throned her.
self .on the edge of the high, white
plateau of Elias four-poster. Ella
for all her eager greeting, looked upon
her friend doubtfully, and Flora recog
nized in herself similar hesitation
as if each were trying to make out
without asking, what thoughts the 9th
er harbored.
II was afraid shouldn't see you at
ALL" Flora began at last.
well, you wouldn't if it hadn't hap
pened to be you," said Ella paradoxi
cally. Look at me; did you ever see
such sight?"
"You don't look very WELL" Flora
cautiously admitted. "Why. Ella, you
have been crying!"
"Yes, I've been crying" said Ella
mopping her nose. which still showed
a tendency to distill tear at its tip
"ARd it's perfectly awful to ms Il
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At q private view of the Chatworth
personal estate, to be sold at auction, the
Chatworth ring, known as the Crew IDOL
mysteriously disappears. Harry Cressy,
who was present, describes the ring to
his fiancee, Flora Gilsey, and her chap
sron, Mrs. Clara Britton, as being ike
heather god, with a beautiful sapphire
set in the head. Flora meets Mr.. Kerr,
an Englishman, at the club. In dis
oussing the disappearance of the ring, the
exploits of an English thief, Farrell
Wand, are recalled. Flora has a fancy
that Harry and Kerr know something
about the mystery. Kerr tells Flora that
he has met Harry somewhere, but cannot
place him. $4,000 reward is offered for
the return of the ring. Harry admits to
Flora that he dislikes Kerr. Harry takes
Flora to a Chinese goldsmith's to buy an
engagement ring. An exquisite sapphire
set in a hoop of brass, is selected. Harry
urges her not to wear it until it Is reset.
The possession of the ring seems to cast
q spell over Flora. She becomes uneasy
and apprehensive. Flora meets Kerr at
box party. She is startled by the effect
on him when he gets glimpse of the
sapphire. The possibility that the stone
10 part of the Crew Idol causes Flora
much anxiety Unseen, Flora discovers
Clara ransacl1ing her dressing room.
Flora refuses to give or sell the stone to
Kerr, and suspects him of being the thief.
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81 wonder If It's the very favor
was going to ask of your"
But he didn't take 1t up. He seemed
hardly to hear her, as if his mind was
too much absorbed with quite another
question: question that the next mo-
ment came out fiat. What was that
Kerr doing here yesterday"
She was taken aback, so far had her
apprehension of Harry's jealousy
slipped into the background in the
last "a hours. But her consciousness
that Harry was not behaving well,
even for jealous man, made her take
it up all the more lightly.
why, he was calling, chatting, ia
king tea-what anybody else would do
from four to six. What in the world
gave you the idea that he was doing
anything extraordinary"
WELL" he said, you shouldn't do
the sort of thing that makes you
talked about"
THAT makes me talked about?" 1t
made her pause in front of him.
why, yes, it isn't like you. 1t nev-
er happened before. Look here. l
drop into the Bullers' yesterday; find
Clara sidled up to the Judge; look
around for you. Hello, l say,
where's Flora?' Oh says she, 'Flora's
at home amusing Mr.. Kerr Amusing
Mr.. Kerr!'" he repeated. That's a
nice thing to hear"
Flora went red. She walked down
the room from him to give her sud-
denly tumultuous heart time. How
ever little he might guess the real
trend of her interview with Kerr, she
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wondered if he could have forgotten
how he had denied it before.
And that isn't why you distrust
him?"
The devils tattoo that he beat on
his hat stopped.
Il don't distrust him"
well, dislike him, then. When was
it you saw him before?"
Isn't 1t enough for me to tell you
that 1 don't want you to see him?"
"Oh!" She turned away from him.
Every nerve in her was in revolt.
Then he really wasn't going to tell her
anything. He was keeping her out Of
it as If she were child. She had re-
lied on him to return the ring. She
had counted upon his indifference and
good nature. And he was neither in
different nor good-natured. All desire
of even mentioning the ring to him
left her; and as to giving him her con-
fidence- These hints that he had
thrown out about Kerr-they might
be mere jealousy-but he might have
actual knowledge, knowledge that,
with her own fitted to it, would make
for him a complete figure. She caught
her breath at the thought of how near
she had come to actually betraying
Kerr. Until that moment she had not
realized that through all her waver-
ings her one fixed intention had been
not to betray him.
Harry had risen and was buttoning
his overcoat. You know you're new
er at home if you don't want to be,
he said.
She stood misleadingly dropping be
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CHAPTER XIV.

She stood where he had left her In
the open doorway, with the damp ed
dy of the fog blowing on her. She had
had a narrow escape; but after the
first fullness of her relief there re-
turned upon her again the weight of
her responsibility. There was no slip
ping out of it now, and it was going
to be worse than she had imagined.
So much had come out in the last
half.hour that she felt bewildered by
1t. What Harry had let slip about
Clara alarmed her. What in the world
was Clara about? With one we'll
aimed observation she had stirred up
Harry against Kerr and against Flora
herself. And meanwhile she was rum
ming after the Buffers. Twice in two
days, if Harry was not mistaken, and
she was even nearing another engage
ment
After all her fruitless housings,
Clara had too evidently got on the
scent of something at last. How much
she knew or guessed as yet, Flora
could not be sure, but certainly, now,
she couldn't let Clara go. For that
would be turning adrift a dangerous
person with a stronger motive than
ever for pursuing her quest, and the
opportunity for pursuing it unob-
served, out of Flora's sight. Clara
was at it even now, and the only con,
! ISOLATION Flora had was that Harry, at
least, would not play into her hands
For Harry had a special secret in
terest Of his own. The last ten min
utes of their interview had made that
plain. His manner, when he had de
clared his intention of taking the
ring, had been anything but the man
ner of a care-free lover merely con
cerned with pleasing his lady. Their
they were all of them racing each 9th
er for the same thing-the thing she
held in her possession; and whether
she feared most to be felled by &
blow from Harry, or hunted far afielC
by Kerr, or trapped by Clara, she
could not tell. She stood hesitating
looking out into the obscurity of thu
fog, as if she hoped to read the an
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chIIdIIka Ignorance.

Laura Jean Libbey, discussing in
Brooklyn her successful appearance
on the stage, said:
II talk in my monologue about love,
marriage and the other interests Of
the heart. On these subjects women,
especially young women, are strangely
ignorant.
They really make me think, you
know, of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
"'What can you tell us about Solo
mon?'
Solomon replied the little girl,
was very fond of animals
"'And how, my dear said the teach.
er, do you make that out?'
Because answered the little girl,
the Bible says he had 500 porcu-
pines.'"
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"Why, Harry, Never Saw You JeaI Gus Before!"

couldn't hear him come near it with
out apprehension. She was angry,
helplessly angry at Harry that he had
taken this moment for his stupid
jealousy. But she was more angry at
Clara, since such a speech on Clara's
part wasn't carelessness.
She tried to laugh him out of it.
why, Harry, never saw you
jealous before!"
Its all very we'll to say that-and
you know I've never made row
about the other Johnnies. knew you
didn't care for any of them"
Her eyes narrowed and darkened.
And you take it for granted | care
for Mr.. KERR"
"Oh, no, no." He pushed his hand
through his hair with an irascible
gesture. But it's plain enough you
like him-you women always like a
fellow that flourishes-but that's not
the sort of man I care to see hanging
around my girl"
Flora stood leaning on the table,
breathing little hurriedly, feeling
rather as if she had been shaken.
Harry, standing with his hands in his
pockets, looked not unlike the threat
ening image he had appeared in the
back of the goldsmith's shop.
"Of course, the fellow can talk" he
admitted, "and he has manner. But
Lord knows where he comes from or
who he is. Why, even the Buffers
don't know"
Flora turned sharply on him. who
told you that?"
THE judge. He picked him up at
the club"
Well" she kept it up, "some one
had to introduce him there"
Harry smiled You wouldn't care
to bow to some of those club mem
bers."
Harry, do you know how you sound
to me?' She was trembling at the
daring Of what she was going to say.
"You talk as If you knew something
against him"
Her statement seemed to bring him
up short. mo, no, I DON'T" he said
hastily.
She made little gesture of des-
pair. How was she to count on Harry
if he was going to behave like this
How truss him when he was shutting
so?
She made one more bold stroke to
make him speak out.
Harry. you do know something
about him! / know you have seen
him before"
Why, yes, I've seen him before
But that's got nothing to do with it,"
He looked surprised that she should
seem to accuse him Of it. and she
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-20
COFFEE WAS IT.
People Slowly Learn the Facts.

"All my life / have been such .
slave to coffee that the very aroma
of it was enough to set my nerves
quivering. l kept gradually losing my
health but used to say Nonsense, it
don't hurt me-
Slowly I was forced to admit the
truth and the final result was that my
whole nervous force was shattered.
"My heart became weak and uncer-
tain in its action and that frightened
me. Finally my physician told me,
about year ago, that must stop
drinking coffee or could never ex-
pect to be well again.
II was in despair, for the very
thought of the medicines l had tried
so many times nauseated me. l
thought Of Postum but could hardly
bring myself to give up the coffee.
Finally concluded that / owed 1t
to myself to give Postum trial. So I
got package and carefully followed
the directions, and what delicious,
nourishing, rich drink it was! Do you
know 1 found it very easy to shift
from coffee to Postum and not mind
the change at all?
almost Immediately after I made
the change / found myself better, and
as the days went by kept on improv-
ing. My nerves grew sound and
steady, slept well and felt strong
and well-balanced all the time.
Now am completely cured, with
the old nervousness and sickness all
gone. In every way I am well once
more"
It pays to give up the drink that
acts on some like poison, for health
is the greatest fortune one can have.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON."
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SIiQhtIy Mixed,

Two Englishmen were resting at the
Red Home inn at Standardization.
One of them discovered print pictur-
ing low, tumbling building under.
meath which was printed: "The House
in Which Shakespeare Was Born"
Turning to his friend in mild surprise
he pointed to the print. His friend
exhibited equal surprise and called
waiter, who assured them of the &C.
curacy of the inscription.
"'Pon my word," said the observing
Englishman, shaking his head dubious.
ly. Il thought he was born in a man.
ger!"
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Like the other Kind.

1t was in down east" village that
the young man met his sweetheart,
charming country beauty. When he
returned to the city he sent he jar
of cold cream to keep her cheeks as
fresh as the budding rose.
On his next visit he asked her how
she liked his little gift.
"The taste was very nice," she
said, with rather sickly smile, "but
l think that l like the other kind of
cream best, dear."-Lippincott's.
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AS SOON BE WITHOUT MATCHES
AS WITHOUT RESINoL IN
THE HOUSE

Resinol is the never failing article
resorted to by my wife for the many
bruises, chafngs, cuts, burns and
accidents of the children and has been
our cure-all for years. have used it in
cases of irritation and Inflammation
and have invariably been relieved al
most instantly. We would as soon
think of being without matches in our
house as without Resinol Ointment.
B. Rush Davenport, Philadelphia, Pa,
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CTo BE CoNTINUED.l
gpeclHcatIons,

MY son, having graduated, is now
looking for position"
What kind of Job does he want?''
zone that win allow him two
months or in summer and six weeks
every fall to coach his old college
football team louisville Courier
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peared, but she could still hear his
footsteps growing thinner, lighter,
passing away in the whiteness.
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Love him and keep him for thy
friend, who, when all go away, will
perish at the last.-Thonas a Kempis,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-21
FIFTlETH ANNIVERSARY
Conference At Mitchell Marks Half
Century of Methodism in State

Mitchell-The converting of the con-
ference in this city will mark the
fiftieth anniversary of the coming
of the first Methodist itinerant into
the then territory of Dakota, which
vas brought about through the ap-
pointment of Rev. Stephen w. Ing
ham by the Upper Iowa conference.
Ingham was a young circuit rider, and
began his work in October, 1860,
preaching his first sermon at Vermil-
lion, Sunday, October IA. Three
months later the first religious organ
ization of any kind, in the lower half
of the territory at least, was organ
lied and at that time the presiding
elder of the Sioux City district held
the first quarterly conference. Dur
ing his two years pastorate Mr.. Ing
ham travelled from Elk Point to Fort
Randall and also to Sioux Falls, and
visited the pioneers then there. He
was succeeded in 1870 by Rev. Jason
l.. Paine, a sup~erannuated preacher
from the Upper Iowa conference.
The Mitchell meeting will be made
prominent from the fact that two
bishops will be present-Bishop Nuel-
sen, representing the German denomi-
nation of the church, and Bishop Old
ham, the missionary bishop from
Singapore. Bishop Nuelsen will be
the presiding officer and Bishop Old
ham will take part in the missionary
features of the conference.
There will be two or three import
ant questions up before the confer
ence and before the laymens' conyen-
ton, prominent among which VIII be
an effort made to locate the $25O,00O
hospital which the church has decid-
ed upon building. Three towns are
candidates for the hospitals location
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-21
LINE
Construction Work Will Probably be
Pushed in the Spring

Aberdeen-A party of high officials
of the Minneapolis C st. Louis
Railway company, including Theo-
dore P. Shonts, president, Edwin
H. Hawley, chairman of the board
of directors, and w. G. Board, general
manager, visited Aberdeen in a special
train on Friday. The officials were
on a general inspection tour of the
system, but In addition they came to
decide upon the practicability of at
once beginning work on the construc-
ton of the roads contemplated line
from Aberdeen to Pierre, over the old
pierre grade" built by the Pierre
capital boomers twenty years ago and
offered to the road which would agree
to iron it and run trains over it. The
st. Louis accepted the offer last year,
and this year secured an extension Of
time to October 1. Late in September
it was announced that the contract
had been let for ironing the grade to
Winston brothers and chat work
would be commenced at once. Gener-
al Manager Beard blasted all such
hopes on Friday, however, when he
stated that owing to the lateness of
the season it would be impossible to
secure contractors who would agree to
push the work, and that the company
therefore, would wait until spring be-
fore beginning construction work. The
announcement is a great disappo Mt
ment not only to Aberdeen and Pierre,
but to a number of intervening towns
which had been counting on more dir
rect connection by rail with the
metropolis of the northern part of the
state or with the state capital. Mr..
Beard implied, however, that the road
would build the extension as Don as
spring opens.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-21
GRAIN RATE HEARING
nter State Commerce Commission
Investigate Rates

Investigate Rates
Acknowledgements at the In
t~erstate Commerce grain rate hear
Ing at Aberdeen, are the South
Dakota railway commission, the
South Dakota Millers' association,
the state of North Dakota, the Su-
perior Wis., board of trade and Com
mercial club. the Minneapolis Traffic
association, and the Duluth, (Minn.)
Commercial club. All the railroads
entering the state are also represent
ed by their attorneys and their gen.
eral freight agents. A number OF
commercial clus of South Dakota
sent representatives, who desired to
have the present freight rates investi-
gated, as well as the proposed increase
In grain rates, effective November /,
but c. R. Hillyer, who Is conducting
the hearing on behalf of the interstate
commerce commission, decided this
was not the proper tine or place t o
go into that matter, and the request
was refused. In taking up the in
v%estigation proper, the defendant
railroads declared the roads entering
South Dakota were not receiving the
proportionate share of interest and
dividends on their investments in
this state, by a quarter million dollars
a year, and contended the proposed
raise in grain rates was necessary to
bring the income from South Dakota
business up to that received from 9TH
er states on the same amount Of capt.
tai invested. They contend the in
crease in wages and the increased cost
of materials used in arilroad construc-
ton make it necessary to raise rates
to keep the income above the expense
of conducting and maintaining the
railroads.
The hearing promises to be quite
extended. and in order to expedite
matters as much as possible, night
hearings will be held.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-21
LAND MARK AN ASH PILE
WiiIowdale, Abandoned Resort Near
Sioux Falls, is Destroyed

Sioux Falls-Willowdale, famous
over South Dakota as one OF the
earlier day resorts, situated on the
Siouv river, about two miles west OF
the city, was destroyed by fire during
last evening. The city fIe depart
ment was notified by telephone that
a building was burning, about two
blocks west of the Lowell school and
a quick run was made to that local
ity.
When the brow of the west hill was
reached Chief Arendt discovered the
fire a mil. or mor west and with one
chemical engine, the journey across
the turnpike, which is a very poor
road, even in broad day, was made,
with the horses doing their best.
Arrived at the scene of the fire it
was found that the building was too
nearly destroyed to warrant any ef-
fort to save it, though the few up
right timbers which remained IN
were on fire, were subjected to a sur
icient treatment from the chemical
to put out the flame.
The building was owned by Louis
Schubert and was last occupied by a
regular tenant some years ago
It was erected in the administra-
ton of Mayor Wiley about twenty
five years since and for years was the
residence of Madam Doyle.
Later a man named Crawford con-
Quoted it and when the people OF that
part Of the county objected to the city
having it's undesirable population 10
Gated in the rural districts, the state
closed the resort.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-21
History Of Red Gross seal.


Charity stamps" first used In
Boston in 1862 for the soldiers relief
funds during the Civil war, were the
original forerunners of the Red Cross
Christmas seal, which will be used
this year to bring happiness and cheer
to millions. The Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis society in 1907 for the nrst
time In America made use Of q stamp
for the purpose OF getting revenue to-
fight consumption. In a hastily or
ganized campaign Of only three weeks
they realized $1,000. The next year,
1908, the American Red Cross con-
Quoted the first national Tuberculosis
stamp campaign. From this sale 1885,
900 was realized for the anti-tubercur
losis movement. In 1909, under many
adverse conditions, $250.000 was rear
lized from these stamps. This year
the slogan Of the tuberculosis fighters
and the Red Cross is "A Million for
tuberculosis From Red Cross Seals
In 1910"