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The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
CHAPTER XIII.

AS for the rest of us, including So
licitor Barnes, who had been rescued
from the library by some maid or
footman, we repaired Immediately to
the dining room, where the wedding
luncheon, of Dearest's creation, await
ed us, and had all taken our places be-
fore the big clock on the mantel quite
ceased booming the hour. Of course
the bridal nature of the table decora-
tions made hit-as my Americanized
wife persists in saying-with those two
ardent lovers, Brancepeth and Agatha
First, and they admired and exclaimed
quite as if the whole thing were gotten
up for their especial benefit. And it
was during this meal that we gathered
fuller details of the trials and tribula-
tions that had beset the path of this
now happy pair, which explained and
accounted for many hitherto unac.
countable happenings of our own ex-
perience.
Among other things it appeared that
Brancepeth was, of course, the owner
of the checked coat l had seen in the
dulOIuOUllG III tu0 WOOuS, duU ludL lu0
coat we had found in Terhune's closet
later had only borne a resemblance to
it. The young man had run down from
his uncle's place in his machine that
day, he told us, to meet Agatha First
in the woods, by prearrangement with
her, which, of course, explained the
business of her assumed headache and
refusal to go to Northbury with us.
They had been obliged to keep their
attachment secret evidently enough.
on account of Brancepeth's uncle's de-
termination to marry him to Miss Sim
plin. But when we protested against
their having left us out of their conf
dence, Brancepeth explained they had
thought it best because they feared
that Cecil Chiltern, who, it seemed,
was a great friend ana political ally of
his despotic uncle, would find out from
US, probably through my wife's friend
ship for his wife, about Brancepeth's
engagement to Agatha First, in which
event Brancepeth felt convinced Chill
tern would feel it his duty to inform
said despotic uncle, Thereby" as the
young man himself put it, raising the
deuce of a row for nothing, don't you
know"
ITO BE CONTINTJED1
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sake!" Then, as Terhune only stood
and stared at her with dropped jaw,
she stamped her foot vehemently.
Don't stand and stare like thati"
she cried. do as l sayi Hurry. Run
for your life!"
And Arch was gone at the word,
though don't think he had until then
any idea that there was still time to re-
trieve the day and fortune
To do him Justice, | don't think he
had any other thought subsequent to
Brancepeth's story and the revelations
that fol owed in regard to Agatha
Sixth's reason for refusing him, than
that she was more likely to change her
MINI and marry him after all, since
he. suspicious had proved unfounded.
And this thought, to give him all his
Iue, had been sufficient to make him
happy without any thought of his
aunts property. In fact, l think he
had forgotten the latter in the first
bliss of the moment, but when Dearest
raised her warning and inspiring cry
he had realized that after all fortune
ike that his aunt's property represent
I'd was quite well worth the having.
I'm not attempting to deny, you see,
hat there was enough of his old self
left, in spite of the changes love had
brought about, not to make him rather
certain, now that Dearest had remind
ID him of it, that Aunt Georgy's Aus
tralian farm would not make half a
bad sort of wedding present. At least
noticed that he lost no time in obey
ing her mandate, for no sooner were
the words out of her mouth than Ter
hume was in full cry for the staircase,
with Dearest and myself hard after
him, while couple of fox terriers that
had sprung from dear knows where
added to the confusion by yapping at
our heels and otherwise impeding our
progress, in a praiseworthy attempt to
be in at the death. And even as
tripped and stumbled over them and
laughed and whooped with Dearest,
on the stoop shrieking, Gone away.
Gone away!" as If he were possessed.
1t is no wonder, then, having admitted
the childish state of excitement in
which Terhune's last throw for a for
tune against time had thrown us, that
in the confusion we all three succeed
ed in running into Agatha First, as she
came round the corner of the hall on
her way, | suppose, to find out what
all the noise was about Dearest
stopped a moment to explain things to
her and l could see over my shoulder,
even as | hurried after Arch, that the
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When 1t Was Rouqher.

Paul Wilmington, the Harvard coach
was praising the milder football of
1910.
Football in the '90s was a terrible
game" said Mr.. Wilmington. "Bour-
get, you know, devoted whole chap
ter of 'Outre Mer' to it's horrors
Some Of the stories of the football of
80 or 81 are, in fact, almost incred-
ible.
"A Philadelphia sporting editor re-
turned one November Saturday from
West Philadelphia with pale, fright
ened face.
Many accidents at the game?' a
police reporter asked him.
lone frightful accident replied
the sporting editor A powerful mule
from a neighboring coal dealers en-
tered the field, blundered into one Of
the hottest scrimmages and got
killed "
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
vERACITY OF THE BIBLE
After Visit to the Holy Land Even
Skeptic Must Be Con-
Vinced

One thing cannot fail to impress
every visitor to Bethlehem. and, in
deed, to the Holy Land generally, who
is imbued with true Christian faith
and proper sense of the sanctity
of the location and Of the events that
have transpired there, and that is the
more than remarkable correspondence
between the things and places shown
US today as having been associated
with the life and work of the Saviour
and other events that enter into the
structure of our religious faith and
the descriptions and accounts of them.
as furnished us in the pages Of the
Holy Scriptures. They agree with
them in every respect and it is i'm
possible, after carefully considering
and comparing them, to doubt their
identity, so exactly are they in accord
with the Bible narrative.
The work in the fields, the arrange
ment of the buildings, the very arti-
cles of diet and clothing of ancient
days are plainly recognizable in the
doings and surroundings of today. In
become obtrusive the manners and
customs of the people remain much
the same as in the days of the pres
ence on earth of the Saviour. Be
tween the descriptions given in the
Bible Of localities, climatic and geo
graphical conditions, distances, etc.,
of these times and those of today
there is hardly any discrepancy. Even
skeptic, considering this remarkable
accord of circumstances with the
Biblical narrative, cannot but be con-
vinced of its veracity; to the believer
it comes as a wonderful conviction,
a satisfactory confederation or en-
couragement to see things as those
who described them SO graphically
saw them so long ago.-Columbian
Magazine.
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two had given each other a swift en-
brace before Agatha First hurried on
to meet her lover.
We had just reached the staircase,
however, when Dearest overlook us.
What are you going to do?" she
asked Arch, who was just about to as
cend.
GO up and find Miss Lawrence" re-
piled the distracted lover, "as quick as
| can"
But Dearest glided past me and stood
in front of him on the stairs, barring
the way.
Wait!" she commanded. She's in
her room, you can't do that! You
can't go and scream the good news
through her door very we'll 1t wouldn't
do at all! You must have more regard
for the appearance of the thing!"
But, good heavens!" cried poor Ter
hume, this is no time to think of ap-
pearances-it' three minutes of one!">
But my darling paid no attention to
him. Hold him, Wilfred," she ordered
me, and as l sprang to obey was gone
in the shadow of the hall above.
Two and half minutes later, and
not second after, she appeared,
leading Agatha Sixth by the hand,
though it is true the latter looked
weepy-eyed, to say the least, and gave
every appearance of reluctance.
This vanished, however, at sight Of
Terhune, red-faced and somewhat
warm from his vain efforts to free
himself from my embrace, and she
flew down the stairs to meet him and
by sheer force of arms, not to be face
tious, compelled me to relinquish my
position in her favor. Something l was
jolly well pleased to do, by the way.
Arch is hard man to hold when he's
riled, end that two and a half minutes
of suspense had made me his debtor
for a couple of knocks and one we'll
kicked shin.
But just how the miracle of Agatha
SiXth's change of heart had been ac-
complished, or in what manner Dear
est had SO presented her case as to
achieve such speedy results, l am not
prepared to state. l only know that 1t
was nothing more than l had expected
OF the cleverness of my wife, and as
for Terhune, | think he was too happy
to know or care.
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The Modern Way.

A couple of young men on the Mar
ket street viaduct the other evening
offered new version of an old saw
After they had passed a couple of au-
burn-haired damsels one of the young
men took his stand at the curb and
gazed up and down the bridge.
What are you looking for?" in
quired his companion.
Pointing to the red-headed girls, the
young man answered: I'm trying to
see white automobile. Youngstown
telegram
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Your Thounhts.

Don't go to sleep with a frown on
your brow. A drawn-down mouth and
screwed-up eyes help to bring wrinkles.
But really one needs to think pleas
ant thoughts in the daytime, too.
Pleasant thoughts bring a serene ex-
preston to the face, which, as the
years go on, becomes permanent.
The people you meet who have pleas
ing faces are the ones who have never
allow hard or unkind or discontent-
ed thoughts to find resting place
in their minds, and there is urgent ne
cesity for cultivating serenity to fall
asleep with.
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CHAPTER xII.-Goptinued.

$50 you were the man in the draw
ing room the other nigh3r" she ex-
claimed, when he had finished telling
her. and she opened her beautiful gray
eyes very widely at young Murray.
"By Jove, yesi" | added, land it
wasn't old Terhune, after ALL"
And it wasn't old Terhune, either,
who was with Agatha First the day
you saw the red automobile in the
woods" she said.
by Jove, mol" l said excitedly. 81
knew I'd seen that machine OF Brance-
peth's before" And as I glanced at it
again the whole significance of the
mystery we had made in regard to
Agatha First and Arch came to me
with the force of revelation. turned
to explain it all to Dearest, but, as
usual. she was ahead of me-
1T was you all the time!" she said
to Murray, but with smile of such in
effable relief that wondered, until she
turned to Arch and 1 saw what bearing
that fact had on the situation in re-
gard to Agatha Sixth and Terhune's
aunt's property.
''II'm so sorry!" she said, holding out
her hands to the old boy. 1--WE did you
an injustice, Mr. Terhune!" And she
told him briefly of the scene she and
1 and Agatha Sixth had been witness
to the other night in the drawing room
and our suspicious of him in connec-
tion with it.
r.
grasp what she meant, and what her
discovery that our suspicious were un-
Just might mean, and l spoke before he
did
And now it will be all right, Dear
esS, | said, about Agatha Sixth She
will see that she was unjust to Arch
and you will tell her, won't you?" And
] looked at her eagerly. But to my
surprise, just as 1 thought everything
explained, everything arranged and
the road clear to a reconciliation and
engagement between my friend and my
wife's friend, toward the accomplishing
of which object we had invited both
parties to come to Castle Wyckhoff.
Dearest seemed inclined to spoil the
ator between the two Ana a mediator
was necessary, that is If they were
to be brought together in time to make
the engagement fact before the fatal
hour had arrived, for Miss Lawrence
was still locked in the fastness of her
room.
Il say!" implored, seizing Dearest's
hand, don't hesitate now! At such a
crisis. Go and tell Agatha Sixth the
news and get her to come down before
It's too late! By Jove, it is hard on
poor old Terhune to lose fortune be-
cause you choose to have whimsi" |
was so earnest l was almost angry.
zone would think fortune was a mat
ter of no Importance to him at ALL"
That's just it," replied my wife
sadly: 'ft's of too much Importance.
The only reason that l hesitate to do
Is you ask is because I've seen all
along that the fortune has been the
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
BOOK FOR sPoRTsMEN.

Every one interested in hunting
should write for copy of 1910 Game
Laws which contains 120 pages telling
where the various kinds of game
abound, when the seasons open and
close, and what laws govern the hunt
ing and game in each state. This book
can be had free by writing to M. H.
Hartley Co., 299 Broadway, New York,
merely by mentioning the name of this
paper.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Too Valuable.

What you want to do is to have
that mudhole in the road fixed" said
the visitor.
THAT goes to show" replied Farm
er Corntossel. how little you reform
ers understand local conditions. I've
purity nigh paid off mortgage with
the money l made haulin' automobiles
out o. that mudhole."
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Its Office.

This cork is very tight in your
brandy bottle. l can't bulge it."
Eyes, that's the nature Of cork. 1t
was put there to keep the bottles
spirits from going down"
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Out of Place.

Everything a woman has she puts
on her back"
Then my wife will look funny wear.
ing that new breastpin gave her yes
terday."
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24

There's an irony in nature that Is
almost sure to bring those who pre-
scribe for the race around to taking
their own medicine.
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Assistance Refuse.

Doc-Well you'll certainly find It
safeguard to boil the water
Blinks-Dern the water! Let It
boil ITSELF
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It's as easy to pick up experience
as it is to drop money.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces in
fammation, ,allays palm cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
POLICY

Cafvin-The doctor forbids me to
drink champagne.
Ruth-Forbids you to drink cham
pagne?
Calvin-Well, until after his bill is
paid.
The National tribune., 1910-02-17
ST. CLOUD VETERANS COLONY.

This success Colony than 5oo
in the last months
and present time
substantial recently destroyed
st Cloud, will be an
OF
National Bank OF
twostory brick
building with vauIs The
a surplus of $4,000
elechic-lshing SYSTEM
nan
most important
selected for the building
Methodist Baptist and Cathoh
10000 within the next TWO years
those who are settled in St CLOUD
lands in locations in Florida @ nave m
another opportunity ho
of 500 town lots and 5oo
of committee Oh
A r. as the total amount suosciioeu lof |
subscription and return the money oil any SUP
of many OF
lot and hv tract
the offering having been fully taken
and the books closed before their money was received ana since we ]
returned their money
basis which they had
their has been deemed advisable 10 MAKE ~ ~
basis as
returning the additional $25 to those VINO nave
will receive the balance OF the SUBSCRIPTION
s1O0 with the fuh
will be 10 mo
been subscribed for
lot both for s1oo' two town oS
two three five
number of lots and fVe-acre tracts ua may %
and fveacre tracts
expended on the streets ana otner I'M
to make this successiui 'o"i
who on the ground a no
colony hase promising outlook
lot and hVae plot OIL nu uhuer 'heS e
the full number of sub
and doubt the Offering VIII be
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1910-02-17
THE CHARGES AGAINST BAL
LfNGER.

A large proportion of the press has
denounced the evidence thus far pro-
duced in the BalIinger-Pinchot inves-
tigation as "haystack of opinion and
a needle of fact" and some of them
assert that the investigation has only
shown the existence of a quarrel, rath-
er than scandal
The attorney for Mr.. CLAWS states
that his client will attempt to show
that prior to entering the Government
service, r. A. Ballinger acted as attor-
ney for the Wilson Coal Company in
cases that were fraudulent on the land
laws; that as Commissioner he did not
show due diligence in investigating the
alleged frauds in the Cunningham coal
claims, and that after leaving the Land
Office and becoming Secretary of the
Interior he ordered the claims to be
clear listed" 1t is also pointed out
that the Wilson claims were pronounced
by the court fraudulent, and the court
directed the property, some 1924 acres
of valuable coal land, to be restored to
the Government. In connection with
this Is q statement recently lSSueu Ny
the Land Office which says that in the
last eight years so, acres of coal
lands worth not less than $1O,00O,00O
have been taken from the public do
main by fraud.
1t is believed On all hands that there
can be no thought of a whtewash by
the Investigating Committee, which is
made up of men so high in reputation
that the thoroness and impartiality OF
their conclusions will not be questioned.
The Chairman is Senator Knute Nelson,
of Minnesota, whose reputation for
ability and absolute integrity is beyond
question. One good result of the in
vestigation has been the awakening of
the public mind as to the great value
of Alaska, and especially Of the coal de-
posts in that country, which were not
thought of when Alaska was purchased.
The Administration. and probably the
majority of the leading newspapers, ex-
press no doubt as to Secretary Bal
linger's ability to meet all the charges
and secure a triumphant vindication.
The National tribune., 1910-02-17
Coming to Florida.

More tourists are visiting Florida this
Winter than was ever known before.
They are scattering more over the State,
too. than ever before. A tourist in an
interview in a Jacksonville paper says:
THE result of this Winters travel to
Florida is going to be more of per-
manent benefit to the State than the
tourist travel has ever before been. In
the past the visitors merely came here
and spent several weeks or couple
of months or so at the most noted re-
sorts. They took little or no interest
in Florida except the climate. Now the
State is rapidly filing with people who
have become deeply interested in Flot-
ida from various standpoints. They
have become impressed with the desir-
ability of owning home in Florida.
They realize that there are vast oppor-
tunities to make money in Florida.
Many of them are people who do not
expect to do their own work, but they
will spend a large amount of money
in the State in making improvements.
In fact. they are just the class of peo-
pie that Florida wants. For years this
State has been looked upon merely as
the rich mans playground. The real
advantages of Florida were never real
lied as they are now"
The National tribune., 1910-02-17

The Utah Independent comes out for
our good comrade, Col. Maurice NJ.
Eaighn, for the nomination to Congress
TO succeed Jos Howell. who is now serv-
ing his third term The nomination Is
equivalent to election. as at the last
election there were 42,560 votes for
the Republican candidate and 2I,92l
for the Democratic candidate. Com
rade Keighn, who is so well known IN
Grand Army circles and who did so
much to take the National Encamp-
mcnt to Salt Lake City and to entertain
it while there. is described by the In
de,}endent las a lawyer of high stand
ing. man of conservative tendencies
and long experience in Utah affairs and
he would be an ideal candidate There
is another view that the coming CEN
sus will show Utah to have 100000
population and thus be entitled to a
second Congressman. In that event the
probabilities are strongly in favor OF
| COmrade Kaighn.
The National tribune., 1910-02-17
GRABBING IMMIGRANTS.

The situation in Florida is peculiar.
The State is filling up more rapidly
than any other portion of the country;
the land boomers are everywhere and
as hungry as wolves to attract settlers
to their particular localities. They cor
daily damn every other place except
their own, and are fertile in ISLANDERS
and calumnies against all which they
think compete with them. AS St Cloud
is getting far more than any other set
tlement, these grasping boomers con-
centrate their calumnies upon it, and
leave nothing unsaid to make the colo
nists dissatisfied with the location.
While this is annoying at the time,
there can be no doubt as to the result
st. Cloud is so superior to any other
location, il has already got such Won
derful start and its improvements are
so much superior to anything that can
be found in any other location that the
future of the city is assured, and the
men who suffer themselves to be delud-
ed away from it will have lifelong re-
grets. There is nothing in Florida that
can compare with the natural attrac-
tiveness of st. Cloud, and certainly
nothing that can show as many sub
stantial improvements in so short a
time. The men who go away from it
are laying up for themselves store of
lifelong repentance.
The National tribune., 1910-02-17
Delighted With St. Cloud.

Dear Comrade and Next Commander
of the Grand Old G. A, r.: l am glad
TO get the old soldiers friend, so much
so that it is always the first paper that
look at, tho l get five others. l was
at ST. Cloud from Sept. 23 to Nov. 20,
and 1 know it is just grand. Some say
fishing is not good there, but L. NJ.
Cross and / caught 43 one day in time
to have fish for supper and gave some
away to old comrades. When 1 started
home I bought rs oranges and II
grapefruit of James Peterson there at
st. Cloud to have some grapefruit to
show to my neighbors. They all think
they are sure fine. There are three
families who say they will go there
next Fall. 1 also bought 70 tangerines
at Kissimmee. The people had never
seen any of them before, and l distrib-
uted them among my neighbors and
friends. L think if our people would
bring fruit back with them it would be
better than to put it on paper.-lsaac
White, Co. r. 22d Ind, Enfield, Ill.