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under the summer sun, growing
parched and dusty and weary. dogged.
ly leaving behind US the pillar Of
smoke. I thought knew Of a trolley
line somewhere In the direction We
were going. or perhaps we could find
a horse and trap to take us into Bal.
timore. The girl smiled when I sug.
gested It.
I'VE will create a sensation. won't
we?" she asked. isn't 1t queer-or
perhaps it's my state Of mind-but I
keep wishing for a pair Of gloves.
when I haven't even a haiti"
When we reached the main road we
sat down for = moment, and her hair.
which had been coming loose for some
time. fell over ner shoulders In little
waves that were most alluring. II
seemed q pity Is twist 1t up again,
but when I suggested this, cautiously.
she said 1t was t.oublesome and got
In her eyes when II was loose. So she
gathered It up. while I held O row Of
little shell combs and pins. and when
It was done It was vastly becoming.
too. Funny about hair: A man never
knows he has II until he begins to
lose II, but It's different with girl.
Something Of the unconventional stu
alton began to dawn on her as she put
In the last hair pin and patted some
stray locks to place.
II have not told you my name."
she said abruptly. 'I forgot that be-
cause I know who you are. you know
nothing about me. ! am Alison West,
and my home 10 In Richmond"
30 that was It! This was the girl
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81 the photograph on John Gflmoreb
bedside table. The girl Mcknight ex.
pected to see in Richmond the next
day, Sunday! She was on her way
back to meet him! Well, what differ
ence did it make. anyhow? We had
been thrown together by the merest
chance. In an hour or two at the
most we would be back in civilization
and she would recall me, II she re-
membered me at all. as an unshaven
creature in a red cravat and tan shoes.
with a soiled Pullman sheet tied
around my neck. drew a deep
breath.
"Just q twinge." I said. when she
glanced up quickly. "It's very good
of you to let me know, Miss West. !
have been hearing delightful things
about you for three months"
From Richey Mcknight" She was
frankly curious.
"Yes. From Richey Mcknight" I
assented. Was 1t any wonder Nc
Knight was crazy about her? I dug
my heels into the dust.
II have been visiting near Cresson.
in the mountains" Miss West was say
ing. 1.-THE person you mentioned, Mrs.
Curtis. was my hostess. We've
were on our way to Washington to-
gether." She spoke slowly. as II she
wished to give the minimum OF expla.
nation. Across her face had come
again the bafiling expression Of per-
plexity and trouble I had seen before.
You were on your way home. l sup.
pose? Richey-spoke about seeing
you," houndered. finding 1t necessary
to say something. She looked at me
with level, direct eyes.
NO" she returned quietly. II did
not intend to go home. I-weI. II
doesn't matter: am going home
now."
A woman in q calico dress, with
two children, each an exact duplicate
Of the other. had come quickly down
the road. She took in the situation at
a glance. and was explosively hospit'
able.
You poor things" she said. I'll
you'll take the first road to the left
over there. and turn in at the second
pigsty. you will find breakfast on the
table and a coffee pot on the stove
And there's plenty Of soap and water
too. Don't say one word. There isn't
a soul there to see you"
We accepted the invitation and she
hurried on toward the excitement and
the railroad. I got up carefully and
helped Miss West to her feet.
AT the second pigsty to the left"
repeated. I'VE will find the breakfast
l promised you seven eternities ago
Forward to the pigsty!"
We said very little for the remand
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SYNOPSIS.

Pittsburg with the forged notes in tho
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
house he is attracted by the picture of q
FRI whom Gilmore explains is his grand
ther Is rascal and friend Of the forg-
er. lady requests Blakeley to buy her
q Pullman ticket He gives her lower
eleven and retains lower ten. He finds a
man In drunken stupor in lower ten
and goes to bed in lower nine. He ava
kens In lower seven and finds that his
pag and clothes are missing. The man
In lower ten Is found murdered. His
name, 1t develops. Is Simon Harrington.
The man who disappeared with Blake
ley's clothes 10 suspected. Blakeley be-
comes interested in girl in blue. Cir
der suspicion of murder. The train is
wrecked. Blakeley il rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
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er Of that walk. had almost reached
the limit OF endurance: with every
step the broken ends Of the bone
grated together We found the farm
house without difficulty. and / remem.
Der wondering II l could hold out to
the end of the old stone walk that led
between hedges to the door.
Allah be praised" said with all
the voice I could muster. Behold the
coffee pot" And then put down the
cup and folded up like a jack-knife on
the porch floor.
When I came around something hot
was trickling down my neck, and a
despairing voice was saying. "Oh. !
don't seem to be able to pour 1t into
your mouth. Please open your eyes.
But I don't want It in my eyes" |
replied dreamily. Il haven't any idea
what came over me. II was the shoes,
I think: the left one is red-hot tor
ture." was sitting by that time and
looking across into her face.
Never before or since have faint
ed. but would do 1t joyfully. a dozen
times a day. II could waken again
to the blissful touch OF soft fingers on
my face. the hot ecstasy OF coffee
spilled by those fingers down my neck.
There was a thrill in every tone Of
her voice that morning. Before long
my loyalty to Mcknight would step
between me and the girl he loved;
life would develop new complexities.
In these early hours after the wreck.
full Of pain as they were. there was
nothing Of the suspicion and distrust
that came later. Shorn Of our gauds and
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CHAPTER TX.
The HaIeyon Breakfast.


We were still dazed. think. for we
wandered like two troubled children.
our one idea at first to get as far
away as we could from the horror be-
hind US. We were both bare headed,
grimy. pallid through the grit. Now
and then we met little groups of coun.
try folk hurrying to the track: they
stared at US suriously. and some
wished to question US. But we hur.
ried past them: we had put the wreck
behind US. That way lay madness.
Only once the girl turned and look
cd behind her. The wreck was hid
den, but the smoke cloud hung heavy
and dense. For the nrst time ! re-
membered that my companion had not
been alone on the train
1T is quiet here" suggested. IF
you will sit down on the bank I will
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ting out OF her mind something that
obtruded now and then. It brought
with 1t n return Of the puzzled express
sion that had surprised early in the
day, before the wreck. l caught 1t
once, when. breakfast over. she was
Tightening the sling that held the
broken arm. I had prolonged the
morning meal as much Us l could, but
when the wooden clock with the pink
roses on the dial pointed to half after
ten. and the mother with the duplicate
youngsters had not come back, Miss
West made the move had dreaded.
IF we are to get into Baltimore at
all we must start" she said. rising.
You ought to see doctor rs soon as
possible"
"Hush." ! said warningly. Don't
mention the arm, please: It Is asleep
now. You may rouse It."
"If only had hat" she reflected.
but" She give a little cry and
darted to the corner. Look" she
said triumphantly. "the very thing.
With the green streamers tied up in
a bow. like this-do you suppose the
child would mind? I can put IS or
so here-thnt would buy q dozen OF
them"
1t was a queer AFFAIR of straw. that
hat, with a round crown and rim
that Topped dismally. With a single
movement she had turned It up at one
side and ntted It to her head. Gro
tesque by itself. when she wore 1t 1t
was q thing Of Joy.
Evidently the lack OF head covering
had troubled her. for she was elated
at her flnd. She left me. scrawlinS
note Of thanks and pinning 1t with a
bill to the table-cloth. and ran up
stairs to the mirror and the promised
soap and water.
did not see her when she came
down. had discovered bench with
n tin basin outside the kitchen door.
and was washing. in n helpless. one
sided way. felt rather than saw that
she was standing in the doorway. and
made a final plunge into the basin.
How is 1t possible for n man with
only n right hand to wash his left
carr" I asked from the roller towel. I
was distinctly uncomfortable: Men arc
more rigidly creatures Of conven-
tion than women, whether they admit
It or not There is SO much soap on
me still that II ! laugh ! will blow
bubbles. Washing with rain water
and homemade soap is like motoring
on a slippery road. I only struck the
high places"
Then, having achieved a brilliant
polish with the towel. looked at the
girl.
She was leaning against the frame
Of the door. her face perfectly color
less, her breath coming In slow. DIFF
ficult respirations. The erratic hat
was pinned to- place. but 1t had slid
rakishly to one side. When ! real
lied that she was staring. not at me.
but past me to the road along which
we had come. I turned and followed
her gaze. There was no one In sight:
the lane stretched dust white in the
sumo moving figure on 1t, no sign
Of life-,
tTo BE CoNTINUED1
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CTo BE coNTINUEDJ
Cold and Aioof.

Lord Cu.zon. during the visit that
ended In his marriage to Miss Letter
proved very interesting In his cold.
proud way"
The speaker. a Chicagoan. smiled
and resumed:
Gold and proud as young George
Curzon was. he regarded the house Of
lords as colder and prouder. He told
me once that when he asked his IA
ther II his first speech in the house
OF lords had been difficult the old gen.
tleman replied:
Difficult! 1t was like addressing
sheeted tombstones by torchlight!'"
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Headache

"My father has been sufferer from sick
headache for the last twenty five years and
never found any relief until he began
taking your Cascarets. Since he has
begun taking Cascarets he has never had
the headache. They have entirely cured
him. casearets do what you recommend
them to do. I will give you the privilege
Of using his name. ."-E. NJ. Dickson.
1Iso Resiner ST.. w. indianapolis. Ind.
Pleasant. Palatabie. Potent. Tasts Good.
DO Good. Newer Siekent tweak.n or Gripe.
10c. sc. Soc. Never sold ln bulk. Tbe gem
ulne tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
cure OF your Uooey back. Is
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What's In q Manner

"see here. waiter" said Mr.: Crouch,
scowling deeply over his plate. II or
dered turtle soup. There not even
q morsel of turtle flavor in this"
r. "Of course not, SIR" returned tho
waiter. what do you expect? Shake
speare said there was nothing in a
name. II you ordered college pudding
would you expect college In 1t? In
Manchester pudding would you look
for ship canal or cotton exchange?
Any tea, sir!"-TitBits.
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CHAPTER vIII-contInued.

Her voice and my arm were bring
ing me to my senses. II hear" I said.
TIL sit up in . second. Are you
hurt?"
mo. only bruised. Do you think
you can walk?"
drew up one foot after another.
gingerly.
"They seem to move all right"
remarked dubiously. Would you mind
telling me where the back of my head
has gone? I can't help thinking 1t
isn't there"
She made q quick examination. Its
pretty badly bumped" she said. "You
must have fallen ON It"
I had got up on my uninjured elbow
BY that time. but the pain threw me
back. Don't look at the wreck"
entreated her. ITS no sight for Z
woman. N-if there is any way to tie
up this arm. might be able to do
something. There may be people un.
der those cars!"
Then It is too late to help" she re-
piled solemnly. A little shower Of
feathers. each carrying its fiery lamp.
blew over US from some burning pill
low. A part of the wreck collapsed
with a crash. In q resolute endeavor
to play a mans part in the tragedy
going on all around. got to my knees.
Then realized what had not no.
ticed before: The hand and wrist Of
the broken left arm were jammed
through the handle Of the sealskin
grip. I gasped and sat down sud
denly.
"You must not do that" the girl
insisted. I noticed now that she kept
her back to the wreck. her eyes avert
ed. "The weight Of the travelling bag
must be agony. Let me support the
valise until we can get It cut on"
"Will It have to be cut off?"
asked as calmly as possible. There
were red-hot stabs OF agony clear to
my neck. but we were moving slowly
away from the track.
YES" she replied. with dumfound-
ing coolness. IF I had knife !
could do 1t myself. You might sit
here and lean against this fence"
By that time my returning faculties
had realized that she was going to cut
on the satchel. not the arm. The diz.
ziness was leaving and I was gradual
ly becoming myself.
'If you pull. 1t might come" I sug-
gested. And with that weight gone.
I think I will cease to be i've feet
eleven inches OF baby"
She tried gently to loosen the han.
die. but It would not move. and at last.
with g,eat drops Of cold perspiration
over me. had to give up.
I'm afraid ! can't stand it." I said.
"But there's a knife somewhere around
these clothes. and II can find It. per.
haps you can cut the leather"
As gave her the knife she turned
It over, examining II with a peculiar
expression. bewilderment rather than
surprise But she said nothing. She
set to work deftly. and in q few min
utes the bag dropped free.
mp. ''Now, II you can pin my sleeve
to my coat, It will support the arm
SO we can get away from here"
"The pin might give" she objected.
"and the jerk would be terrible" She
looked around. puzzled: then she got
up. coming back in a minute with a
draggled. partly scorched sheet. This
she tore into q large square. and after
she had folded II, she slipped It under
the broken arm and tied 1t securely
at the back Of my neck.
The relief was immediate, and. pick
ing up the seaiskin bag. walked slow
" beside her, away from the track.
The FIRST act was over; the curtain
ala n-rnsO ~
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Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much.
but mighty disagreeable. You've no idea
how quickly little Hamlins Wizard Oil
will lubricate the cords and make you
comfortable agar.
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A Mothers Anxiety.

Willie-Aa. can't | go out on the
street tor a little while? Tommy
Jones says there's q comet to b.
seen.
Mother-well. yes: put don't yoS
70 too near.-Boston Transcript
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The man who deceives himself is an
easy mark for others.
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Back to the Wild.

There was a time when all dogs
were wild and when what We call
wolves were different from other dogs
only as a collie now Is different from
q Newfoundland. for instance. From
time to time you will hear Of dogs
that have returned to the life OF their
ancestors and have run wild with the
wolves Of the prairie or of the woods.
In the town of Sandy in Oregon .
greyhound one night made the &C
Quaintance OF a coyote. which IL a
kind of wolf. and ever since he has
lived away from the town. running
with the coyotes and approaching hu-
man dwelling-places only to steal a
hen or two when he has been more
than usually hungry.
Its Advantages.
"There is one appropriate use Of Q
good poker hand"
what is that?"
1T will shovel in the money"
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- f1ARY mBfRIc RNEf

AkNJZzeAz21y. ~ ~ G.xEZzNEze
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26
. Going East Via Salt Lake Route

This popular scenic line from Los
Angeles to tie east has three through
trains for the accommodation of its
patrons, namely:
The Los Angeles Limited, leaving
Los Angeles daily at 10:30 a. m, and
running through in three days to Chi
cago via Salt Lake City, Ogden and
Omaha. This train consists of the fin
est of standard and tourist sleepers,
dining car and observation library buff
fet car, all electrically lighted. Nothing
is lacking for the comfort and pleas
ure of travellers.
In addition to the Chicago equip
ment is a standard sleeper through from
Los Angeles to Denver, connecting
with the st. Louis-Colorado Limited,
solid from Denver to Kansas City and
st. Louis.
This gives practically through sleep
ing car service from Los Angeles to
ST. Louis in little more than three
days.
American Express, leaving Los An
geles daily at p. m, with through
standard sleepers to Chicago and Den
yer and tourist sleeper and diner to
Salt Lake City.
No coaches or chair cars are car
ried IN either OF the above named
traind
The American Express train also has
through express car to Chicago and
New York.
Lastly is the Overland Express, leav-
ing Los Angeles daily at 8 p. m. and
making all local stops, connecting next
morning at Nipton for Searchlight and
at Las Vegas for Goldfeld. This train
has standard sleeper, diner, chair car
and coaches to Sal Lake City, tourist
Co. "a
and on Wednesdays a tourist sleeper
for st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Dining car service of this line is
popular feature and experienced trav-
elers say l. is not excelled in quality
in railway service.
If you contemplate taking trip east,
Salt Lake route agents will be glad
to give you full information as to
fares, trains, etc, to any point de-
sired.
Los Angeles offices are at col South
Spring street and First street station.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26
INJURIES VETERAN
BY BLOW ON HEAD.
While Sleeping, Aged Soldier Is
Struck with BIudgeon by Un-
identified Person
ASSAILANT MAKES ESCAPE
Police Surgeons Say Victim viii
Recover-No CIeW to Of
fender Is Found
ASSAILANT MAKES ESCAPE

James Moller, an aged soldier, while
sleeping on one of the cots in the
transient ward of the Salvation Army
home, 127 Wilmington street, early yes
terday morning was struck on the head
with a blunt instrument by an uniden-
titled person, the blow inficting a
wound in his scalp. His cry of pain
startled the fifty occupants of the room
from their sleep. In an instant an at
tendant had flooded the room with
light and a thorough search was in
stituted for the weapon and the as
sailant, but it proved of no avail.
Weak from loss of blood and stunned
by the force of the blow, the old SOL
dier was hurried to the receiving hos
pital, where his injuries were dressed.
He was removed to the Soldiers home
at Sawtelle later in the day.
An investigation instituted by the
detectives from the central police sta
ton failed to reveal Moller's assailant
or the cause of the attack. AS far as
is known the old soldier had no enc
mics, although it is said that he figured
twenty years ago in a dispute in the
Virginia courts over the possession Of
a family property left him by a rela-
tive which caused him at that time to
entertain fears for his safety.
Moller is SO years old and has been
an inmate of the Sawtelle home for
number of years. The police surgeons
state that ne probably will recover
from his injuries, although had the
wound been inflicted an inch or so
lower on his Uranium death would have
been the result. No arrests have been
made.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26
EXPECT MANY RECORDS y
TO GO AT NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 25.-Unless
all signs fail the National A. A. u.
championship track and field meeting.
to be held at New Orleans in October,
will produce some record breaking
performances. At any rate, such will
be the case If, as predicted, the lead
ing college athletes who have been
running for athletic clubs go to the
New Orleans meet and in the same
sort of condition that they prepare for
their college games.
Among the college men who are ex-
pected are r. c. Craig of Michigan,
who is a member of the Chicago A. A;
w. C. PAUL Of Pennsylvania, now run
ming for the New York A. c.; p. j.
Taylor of Cornell, with the Chicago
A. A., and a number of the lesser
lights.
In particular, the dopesters are
wondering what will happen in the
mile run, in which Paul. Taylor, Shep-
pard, Hodlund and Kiviat come to-
gether. If they are all in good con-
dition and the track is fast 1t may
mean the creation of a new world
record.
The first three men named are ca
pable of beating 4:20, and the other
two are almost as fast. PAUL is prob
ably the best of the lot for the mile.
tie Is just now IuuIilhS " luS IOAA
that made him famous year ago,
when he did Alt As, the fastest mile
ever run by an American. The ex-
perts are still arguing as to whether
PAUL can beat Sheppard at this dis
tance, the consensus of opinion being
that he can. 1t is true that Sheppard
beat him in June in the only race that
the two have run at the mile, but the
time was slow and merely served to
emphasize the poor condition of PAUL.
Since then he has done APO and 4:22,
and is apparently rounding into con-
dition for a sensational performance.
It is evident, too, that there will be
an unusually good field for all the
other events. The A. A. U. authorities
are trying to get out the best athletic
talent of the country for the meet, the
pick o fthe clubs and colleges. Here
tofore they have had to confine them
selves largely to the clubs. This time
they are looking for a big delegation
of colleglans, and if they get the men
they hope for the 1910 championships
will surely be of record breaking
variety.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26

Creditor-Say, 1 sent you my bill a
month ago. Editor-Yes, but you wrote
across the back of it, please call and
settle" We make it rule to pay no
attention to manuscripts written on
both sides.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26
QUESTION ELIGIBILITY OF
JUDGE RAKER AS NOMINEE

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25.-John e.
Rakers eligibility to election to con-
gress is called into question in the
First district, where he is the Demo-
cratic candidate against w. F.. Engle-
bright
Raker is judge of the superior court
in his home county and has four years
yet to serve 1T is declared.
Article 6, section is, of the constitu-
tion of the state, pointed to by Engle-
bright's friends hare today says:
"The justices of the supreme court
and judges of the superior courts shall
be ineligible to any other office or pub,
lie employment than a judicial office
or employment during the term for
which they shall have been elected. .
Raker might be reached through in
junction against the printing Of his
name in the ballot at tie November
election. However, there is no sugges-
ton that his opponent intends to take
such action. He will probably content
himself with calling the attention Of
the voters of the First district to the
constitution.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-26
BANKERS entertainment
PROMISES RARE GAYETY
"Maid of ManaIay" Will Aid Nc.
KinIey Home

Friday evening, September 30, the
bankers show, "The Maid Of Manalay,"
will be given at the Auditorium for
the benefit of the Mckinley Boys In
dustrial home. At this performance it
is hoped that enough money will be
raised to build an additional cottage,
which .s much needed for the home at
this time. The object of the home is
to help save the boy who is not likely
to be helped or cared for by any friends
or natural protector. In the last two
weeks fifty-seven boys have been re-
fused admission to the home, owing to
lack of accommodations.
The board of directors, with the as
sistance of Mrs. M. H. Whittier, Mrs
H. s. Hurlburt, Mrs. G. A. Brock and
Mrs. William Lacy, are striving to
make the Friday benefit brilliant sue
cess financially as well as socially.
The following ladies will act as pa
tronesses for that evening: Mesdames
William Lacy, valentine Peyton, Hen
derson Hayward, C. e. Anthony, Reu
ben Shelter. William Rowland, Carl