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know that had finger in the pie, >
laughed Mr.. Lacy.
"Never-never, upon my wordr
fervently asseverated Miss Hender.
son. And, If smiles were sunshine
Montagu Lacy's homeward way
would have been one illumination
that evening.
Five minutes afterward, Malvina
| entered the room where Leslie
Brown was deluding herself with the
idea that she was reading.
Leslie" she said, earnestly, 81
want your advice"
Miss Brown looked up, rather sur
prised. Although they were second
consins, she was not particularly
partial to Malvina, and she had rea-
son to suppose that she herself was
not favorite with the fading passe
brunette.
"My advice, Malvina?" she re-
peated doubtfully.
yes" laughed and blushed NAL
vina, "about getting married. l am
going to confide in you, my dear. /
have had an offer"
Leslie arched her fair brows, inno-
Gently, and Miss Henderson went on,
with well-affected air of pretty con-
fusion.
"From-but you can never guess
from whom, if you were to try for a
hundred years. From Montagu
Lacy"
Leslie Brown grew pale, and then
scarlet.
"You must be mistaken, Malvina.
He"
And then she stopped.
ooh, 1 dare say" said Malvina, a
little maliciously; "but you'll tell
quite different tale when you see
the letter / received from him to-
night"
Leslie smiled; what else could she
do, secure as she was in Montagu's s
alteration of herself. She could only
pity her cousins monstrous delusion.
But Miss Henderson was prepared
with testimony to back up her words.
She unfolded the note and laid it on
the table.
"You will believe his own words,
If you don't believe mine," said she,
laughingly; and the blood seemed to
turn to ice in Leslie's pulses at the
sight of the well-known handwriting.
"My own darling" it began, but
she could decipher no more. Her
head swan, her lips quivered.
II do not wish to read it," she
said hurriedly. Il have no wish
to pry into the secrets of Others"
But that is entirely mistaken
idea, Leslie. We both wish you to
know our plans. Let me read 1t to
you, If you will not look at 1t your
SELF"
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She murmured out the flowing sem
tences of love-smitten rhetoric which
the unconscious victim had penned
80 merrily not ffteen minutes before,
but Leslie Brown scarcely heard
them. 1t seemed so impossible-se
monstrously absurd-that Montagu
Lacy should dare to make open love
at one and the same time to herself
and this black-eyed, vindictive old
maid! That he, whom she had
deemed the very impersonation OF
everything that was noble and chiv.
alric, should be so utterly false! II
he were untrue, then what and who,
in all the world, could be pronounced
real?
Miss Henderson's cooling, hypocrit-
ically-sweet voice broke harshly in on
the thread of her reflections.
do tell me how to answer him?"
she murmured. "You see how he
presses for an immediate reply. What
shall say?"
II don't know" said Leslie,
pressing her hand on her forehead.
my head aches-I don't think
am very we'll this evening. Some
other time, Malvina, l will answer
your questions"
And Leslie Brown, whose self
command had barely extended to the
uttering of these incoherent SEN
tences, hurried out of the room.
Malvina watched her with a sly,
cat-like smile.
Il think l have done for you, young
lady," she thought to herself, with
all your rosy cheeks and big, gray
eyes! A little maneuvering, and I
shall bring Mr.. Montagu Lacy to my
feet, now that this dangerous rival is
out of the way"
Mr.. Lacy's astonishment, the next
day, on receiving Leslies indignant
message of mot at home" was ex-
treme.
What does it all mean?" he NUT.
tered. II will see her, or"
And he sat himself resolutely down
on the front piazza, thus laying regu.
lar siege to the unconscious Leslie
line of tactics entirely different
from anything Miss Henderson had
supposed him likely to pursue.
Here I sit until midnight-or un-
til she comes out!" he told himself.
Presently she came, but not alone.
Malvina Henderson was with her,
who was rather more discounted
than Leslie at the sudden apparition
which confronted them. But he did
not notice the elder Of the two ladies'
at all.
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The Baby's Medicine.

The mistress of the home had been
to a concert, and when she returned
she was met by the servant with:
Baby was very i'll while you were
out, num-"
"Oh, dear!" said Mrs. Youngwife.
rs he better?'
"Oh, yes, mum; he's all right now,
but he was bad at first l found
his medicine in the cupboard"
Good gracious! What have you
given the child? There's no medi.
cine in the cupboard"
"Oh, yes, there is; it's written on
It," and then the girl triumphantly
produced bottle labelled kid Re.
viver."-Lippincott's.
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For Beautiful Hands.

Mrs. Jameson, the well-known au-
thor, was a great admirer of beau
tiful hands and thus expressed her.
self on her favorite point" in a
woman: "a white hand is a very
desirable ornament, and hand can
never be white unless it be kept
clean; nor is this all, for if a young
lady excels her companions in this
respect she must keep her hands in
constant motion. which will cause
the blood to circulate freely and
have a wonderful effect. The mo-
tion recommended is working at the
needle, Frightening her house and
making herself as useful as possible
N the performance of all domestic
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Character in Chins,

The minority who have square
chins and big lower jaws say that we
OF the receding chins have neither
will nor strength of character, which
is absurd, as any one may know who
remembers that General Wolfe and
Mr.. Pitt had practically no chins at
all, to say nothing of living soldiers
and statesmen. To judge man by
his chin is no less foolish than to
judge him by the bumps of his skull.
London Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

virtues and values of Munyon's Paw
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Juice Of the Paw-Paw fruit. un-
hesitatingly recommend these pills a.
being the best laxative and cathartie
ever compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting free package Of
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., 53d
and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
IN THE GARDEN OF LIFE.

By CHARLES BUXTON GOING, IN SUCCESS MAGAZINE.
All when first began to plant
Lifes garden close, l did not know
(For was young and ignorant)
What choice Of seeds ought to sow.
And many things planted there
Alas! turned out but barren seeds,
And others died for want of care,
And many more proved noxious weeds
But in the midmost place of all
A little slip grew, unaware
And it had burgeoned fair and tall
Before l knew that it was there.
Around its head the sunlight drew,
The sweet earth drew around its root,
And fairer still in form it grew
To bud, to blossom, and to fruit
And now, so radiant it grows,
The garden is magic bower
Spaces of perfume and of rose,
Soft-veiled with beauty and with flower.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Pats Pathetic Passion.

DoLICEMAN PAT peruses picture puzzle prize proner
Premium promised person purchasing placing painted
pieces, producing perfect pictures
Pat ponders, purchases-paying prodigous prce-pre-
pares place. puts pieces promiscuousy particular
plan pompously prophesies prompt performance.
Pieces proceed peversey. Pat perturbed Prob.
m perpexes Prolonged perpxiy produces panic Plen.
uful poteen potations prove pernicious.
Protracted puzzng produces prouse perspraton pant
ing pam paor palpation Pills procure partial paliation
Eat persists persevere protests perfection possible
Punishment pursues pertnacous policeman. Poor Pat
pays penalty perishes pitully, prone, PROSTATE.
Parents provide proper pail.
Priest publicly pronounces panegyrc
Paper prints pertinent paragraphs prasng popular prom
inent policeman. ~ P
Pat planted permanently.-Camlla ]. Knight in Life
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Corset Reflection.

The wonderful endurance power Of
women is evidenced again by the fact
that a husky New York college man.
who was rehearsing in a girls part In
play, fell in fit and remained un-
conscious for some time, and for no
other reason than that he had been
wearing a tightly laced corset for a
couple of hours.-Topeka State Jour.
nal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
A Package Mailed Free on Request Of
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

The best Stomach and
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation.
Indigestion, Jaundice.
Billousness, Sour Stom-
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ailments arising from .
dlsordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concen-
trated form all the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

a
the treacheous quicksands
idea the this
the openings of which about width
through 2O0mesh
that such fine material when saturated with
ITSELF through
liquid Herein lies
waiting qucsands should
pit of this fine material will invariably
the pumping be continued will finally
structures, eventually undermining
probably oldest
lying the bed rock at depth about forty
the United Building
covered by stratum of hard about eleven
layer of qucknd and muck thirty
slightly a
species of cedar AS there
brought into this niche in the bed
deposited by the glaciers is evident specimen
formed had been growing before
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar.coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig.
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not
grippe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15

Hearst fears that he is not going to
be wholly satisfied with Gaynor as
mayor of New York.-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-06-15
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes and
Granulated Eyelids. 1t Soothes Eye Pain.
Murine Eye Remedy Liquid, 25c and SOC.
Murine Eye Salve, 25c and $1.00.
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both
admissible
to
women? On the shall hold that
medicine another without
musical another qualifications
exercises
dstaste another
shall qualified
bors qualified
the work. of kindred
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81 3 M
UnderGround New York.
Bv Maurice DeutSch.

rock surface of Manhattan slopes south
below the tide level
point south and below the level the island
great blanket silt deposits built up undery
rock by the tides geologic
clay and thickness places
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@ ~ ~
Plato on the SexeC.
BY Emily J. Putnam.

J
grant, he urged that badheaded different In one
regard longh man; shall then that if bald
become cobbers onghaired not? And SINH
ary sending for doctor, shall get who
exces professional Skill who performs this that
function reproduction? None of the occupations which
prehend ordering belong
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@ ~ .ES
By the Shape Of Your Nose
BY DR.. Wood Hutchinson.

HERE olerably close racial parallel between highnosed and
hghminded The is not only most human but in
intellectual feature Growth OF nose
and shnkage have been the great correates which
have accompanied human The moment however, tha
endeavo beyond these broad and loose generazaons
This the fact natent to every
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10

She walked forward in silence for
few moments, and the lights Of the
town grew quickly brighter.
You will come in and have some
supper with us, of course" she said
presently.
why, certainly, since you are so
kind" answered Van Torp.
Il feel responsible for your having
forgotten to dine," she laughed. Il
must make it up to you. BY this time
Mrs. Rushmore is probably wondering
where I am"
WELL" said the American, "if she
thinks I'm perfection, she knows that
you're safe with me, l suppose, even
If you do come home a little late"
II shall say that we walked home
very slowly, in order to breathe the
air"
Yes. We've walked home very
slowly"
81 mean" said Margaret quickly,
that I shall not say we have been
out towards the fields, as far as the
gate"
II don't see any harm If we have"
observed Mr.. Van Torp indifferently.
Harm? No! Don't you under
stand? Mrs. Rushmore is quite cap
able of thinking that l have already
how shall 1 say?"-she stopped.
Taken note of her good advice"
he said, completing the sentence for
her.
Exactly Whereas nothing could
be further from my intention, as you
know. I'm very fond of Mrs. Rush.
MORE" Margaret continued quickly, in
order to get away from the danger
GUS subject she had felt obliged to
approach; "she has been a mother to
me, and heaven knows 1 needed one,
, and she has the best and kindest
heart in the world. But she is so anx-
ious for my happiness that, whenever
she thinks it is at stake, she rushes
at conclusions without the slightest
reason, and then it's very hard to get
them out of her dear old head"
II see. If that's why she thinks me
perfection, I'll try not to disappoint
her."
They reached the hotel, went up
stairs and separated on the landing to
get ready for supper.
On his side of the landing, Mr.. Van
Torp found Stemp waiting to dress
him, and the valet handed him tele-
gram. 1t was from Capt. Brown, and
had been photographed from London.
Anchored off Saint Marks square
to-day, $3.50 p. m. Quick passage. No
stop. Coaling tomorrow. Ready for
sea next morning"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
CHAPTER vi.

Margaret took Van Torp with her
to the performance the next day, after
impressing upon him that he was not
to speak, not to whisper, not to ap-
plaud, not to make any sound from
the moment he entered the theater
till he left it for the dinner interval
He was far too happy with her to
question anything she said, and
obeyed her most scrupulously. Twen-
ty-four hours earlier she would have
laughed at the idea that his presence
beside her at such time could be not
only bearable, but sympathetic, yet
that seemed natural now. The diva
and the eX-cowboy, the accomplished
musician and the Californian miner,
the sensitive, gifted, capricious wom-
an and the iron-jawed money-wolf had
found that they had something in
common. Wagner's last music affected
them in the same way.
Such things are not to be explained,
and could not be believed if they did
not happen again and again before
the eyes of those who know how to
see, which is quite a different thing
from merely seeing. Margaret's sud
den liking for the man she had once
so thoroughly disliked had begun
when he had whistled to her. 1t grew
while he sat beside her in the dark
ened theater. She was absorbed by
the music, the action, and the scene
and at this second hearing she could
follow the noble poem itself; but she
was subconscious of what her neigh
Dor felt. He was not so motionless
merely because she had told him that
ne must sit still; he was not so in
tent on what he heard and saw, mere
ly to please her; it was not mere in
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
What God Asks.

1t is not the great thing, but the
true thing. that God asks; and it
would often be to our peace of mind
to remember this. The earls of Lin
coin held their title and estates from
the throne on the condition that they
give to the king annually one white
rose in the time of roses. Now that
was not much to give; white roses are
abundant enough and cheap enough in
the time of roses, yet it was enough.
1t was a lovely sign of loyalty; it sig
nified that these mobiles held all from
the throne and for the throne, and
that they would be found by the kings
side whenever they were summoned.
So God is not ever asking from us the
great. the costly. the difficult, but
rather, the easy, the simple, the prac-
ticable-the one white rose in the
time of roses; and if we cheerfully.
lovingly, Loyalty render that modest
service, it is enough in his reckoning.
to whom things are neither great nor
small. II the smallest thing is the
only possible thing, it is a kings ran
som.-Rev. w, L. Watkinson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10

itself and that was approximately
true.
I'm sorry you have told me all
this. We might have spent these next
two days very pleasantly together.
Oh, I'm not pretending what l don't
feel! It's impossible for a woman
like me, who can still be free, not to
be flattered when such a man as you
cares for her in earnest, and says
the things you have. But, on the 9TH
er hand, I'm engaged to be married to
another man, and it would not be
loyal of me to let you make love to
me-"
Il don't mean to-" said Van Torp
stoutly. ut won't be necessary If
never spoke again you wouldn't for
get what I've told you-ever! Why
should l say it again? I don't want
to, until you can say as much to me.
If it's time to go, hitch the lead to my
collar and take me home! I'll follow
you as quietly as a spaniel any
where!"
And what would happen if told
you not to follow me, but to go home
and lie down in your kennel?" She
laughed low as she moved away from
the gate.
I'm not sure" answered Van Torp.
Don't"
The last word was not spoken at
all with an accent of warning, but it
was not said in begging tone either.
Margaret's short laugh foSAwed In
stantly.
you said Just now that you would
not say over again any of those
things you have told me tonight. Do
you mean that?"
Eyes, mean it."
Then please promise that you
won't. That's all 1 ask if you are go,
| ing tn spend the next two days here
and If I am to let you see me-
81 promise" Van Torp answered
without hesitation.
| She allowed herself the illusion that
she had both done the right thing
and also taken the position of com
mand and he, standing beside her
| allowed uluS9u 10 SLulle dL tue lullll
| ty of what she was requiring of him
with so much earnestness, for little
as he knew of women's ways he was
more than sure that the words he
had spoken that night would come
back to her again and again; and more
than that he could not hope at pres
ent. But she could not see his face
clearly.
Thank you," she said. That shall
be our compact"
To his surprise, she held out hel
hand. He took it with wonderful calm
ness, considering what the toucl
meant to him, and he returned dis
creetly what was meant for friendly
pressure. She was so well satisfied
now that she did not think it neces
sary to telegraph to Logotheti tina
he might start at once, though ever
if she had done so Immediately hi
could hardly have reached Bayreutl
till the afternoon of the next day bu
one, when the last performance o
"Parsifal" would be already going on
and she herself intended to leave OF
the morning after that.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
Let Him In.

The world has been vocal with the
call of God If we would but hear, and
ablaze with the signs of God II we
would hut see. BY silence and by
sound. by mystery and by revelation.
by providence and by grace, by holy
days and holy places and holy men.
love has clamored at our hearts and
knocked at the door till deathless love
itself has almost died of hopelessness.
At sundry times and in diverse man
ners, If by any chance one might sue
coed where others fail, he has spoken
by the prophets, rising early and
sending them. Last OF all. he sent
his own Son. standing beside US.
touching us with human needs. cali
ing us with human Hugh
Black.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
BVEMARION CRAWFORD
S9AUD7uP0 F cNRACHKSc4," HRE7KZtN"Ez.lH
IL: Mh ..I:I IA I,: a. a Ms 606S
Nal1NseIeAIz Ieoz ~ I.In4qNoY cyRANlepRo

terest that held him, still less was 1t
curiosity. The spell was upon him;
he was entranced, and Margaret
knew it.
Even when they left the theater and
drove back to the hotel, he was silent,
and she was the first to speak. Mar
garet hated the noise and confusion
of the restaurant near the Festival
theater.
"You have enjoyed IT," she said.
I'm glad l brought you"
i've felt something I don't under
stand" Van Torp answered gravely.
She liked the reply for its simplici-
ty. She had perhaps expected that
he would summon up his most pic
turesque language to tell her how
much pleasure the music had given
him, or that he would perhaps laugh
at himself for having been moved;
but instead, he only told her that he
did not understand what he had felt;
and they walked on without another
word.
go and get something to eat" she
said when they reached the hotel
"and I'll meet you here in half an
hour. don't care to talk either"
He only nodded, and lifted his hat
as she went up the steps; but instead
of going to eat, he sat down on a
bench outside, and waited for her
there, rejecting on the nature of his
new experience.
Like most successful men, he looked
on all theories as trash, good enough
| to amuse clever idlers, but never tc
be taken into consideration in real
| life. He never asked about the prin
ciple on which any invention was
founded; his first and only question
was: Twill it work."
Considering himself as the raw ma
terial, and the theater he had just
left as the mill, he was forced to ad
NIT that "Parsifal" worked"
Presently Margaret came out of the
hotel, expecting to find him waiting
to be annoyed with him for taking 81
long over a meal. She stood on the
step and looked about, and saw hin
sitting on the bench at a little dis
lance. He raised his eyes as she came
towards him and then rose quickly.
"Is it time?" he asked.
Eyes, 'she said. did you get any
thing decent to eat?"
"Yes," he answered vaguely. "Tha
is, now / think of it, l forgot abou
dinner. 1t doesn't matter"
She looked at his hard face curious
ly and saw a dead blank, the blanl
that had sometimes frightened her b.
its possibilities, when the eyes alon
came suddenly to life.
Wont you go in and get biscuit
or a sandwich" she asked after
moment.
ooh, no, thanks. I'm used to Skin
ping meals when I'm interested il
things. Let's go, if you're ready"
81 believe you are one of nature
Wagnerites," Margaret said, as the
drove up the hill again, and sh
smiled at the idea.
well" he answered slowly
there's one thing, if you don't min
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
SYNOPSIS.

Baraka, Tartar girl, became enamored
of golden bearded stranger who was
prospecting and studying herbs in the
vicinity of her home in central Asia, and
revealed to him the location of a mine
OF rubies hoping that the stranger would
love her in return for her disclosure.
AThey were followed to the cave by the
rls relatives, who blocked up the en-
'Gance, and drew Off the water supply
paving the couple to die. Barala's cousin
Town a cliff overlooking the mine; but
CHhe traveller shot him. The stranger was
F,vlved from a water gourd Saad car
kSed, dug his way out of the tunnel, and
p bag OF rubies Baraka gathered all the
gems she could carry, and started in pur-
Bsuit. Margaret Dome (Margarita da
RCordova), famous prima donna, became
4 engaged in London to Konstantin Lo-
gotheu, a wealthy Greek financier. Her
Intimate friend was Countess Leven,
known as Lady Maud whose husband
had been killed by bomb in st. Peters,
burg; and Lady Maud's most intimate
friend was Rufus Van Torp. an Ameri-
men in the world. Van Torp was in love
with Margaret, and rushed 10 London as
soon as he heard of her betrothal. He
offered Lady Maud $5000,000 for her pet
the singer from, Logotheti. Baraka ap-
preached Logotheti at Versailles with
rubics to sell. He presented ruby to
Margaret. Van Torp bought a yacht and
sent it to Venice. He was visited by
Baraka in male attire. She gave him a
ruby after the American had told her of
having seen in the United States a man
answering the description of the one she
loved. The American followed Margaret
to the Beyreuth "Parslfal" festival Mar
scented her with the ruby Baraka had
given him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-03-10
Drew the Line.

Mrs. Crawford-Did you manage to
coax your doctor to recommend a trip
to that mountain resort you wished to
visit?
Mrs. Crabshaw-Yes; but 1 can't
go, for 1 couldn't get him to add that
a few new dresses would do me a
world of good.-Puck.