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honest, Jim Van Pelt. He
has been honest and true to
every trust.
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of maturity was in Escamba county; and il the
Der of years of voting asset IN my for the Office
of Justice of the Peace in District No doubtless those
dissenters who have made their business to make such
statements to those unacquanted with my record will
find to their advantage to correspond the above
Der of years with any of the other candidates in this
race-and again wish to thank my many friends and
we'll wshers for the many kind things that they have
said and done and if sufficiently supported at the polls
will endeavor to make all that you would have your
Justice of the Peace. Respectfully
w. L. Gilmore.
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SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. the 22-year-old son OF the
fifty mil ion-d dollar copper king of Blair
town, Mont. Is a guest at the English
home of Lady Galorey Dams father had
been courteous to Lord Galorey during
his visit to the United States and the
courtesy is now being. returned to the
young man; The youth has an Ideal girl
Breakwater, a beautiful widow, who ID
attracted by his immense fortune aud
takes liking to her. When Dan was a
poy. girl sang a solo at a church. and
ne had never forgotten her. The Ga
loreys. Lily and Dan attend London
9heater where one Lefty Lane Is the star.
Dan recognizes her as the girl from his
town, and going behind the scenes intro
quces himself and she remembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky Ii
s sultor and escort to Lefty. Lord Ca
lorey and friend named Ruggles deter
mine TO protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters. Young Blair
goes to see Lily; he can talk of nothing
put put Lefty and this angers the Duchess;
me Westerner finds Lefty Ill from hard
work; but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
- pan Invite her to supper. She asks Dan Dan
atrlcal people. Dan visits Lily. for the
time forgetting Lefty, and later an
4ounces his engagement to the duchess.
LEFTY refuses to sing for an entertain-
t ment given by Lily. Galorey tells Dan pa,
i is disclosed that he and the duchess
nave been mutually In love. for years.
LEFTY sings at an aristocratic function.
Dan escorting her home. Dan confronts
1atorey and Lily together. Later he In
forms Lefty that his engagement with
Lily Is broken. asks the singer to marry
him; and they become engaged, Ruggles
thinks the westerner should not marry
a public singer
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per room where, of late, he had or
dered his luncheon.
The tide of life rolled slowly in this
quieter part of the city, and as Blair
sat there under the window there
passed piper playing shrill, sweet
tune. 1t was so different from any of
the loud metropolitan clamors, with
which his ears we're full, that he got
up. walked to the window and leaned
out. It was a pastoral that met his
eyes. A man piping, followed by little
pattering goats; the primitive, un-
looked-for picture caught his tired at
tention, and, just then, opposite the
Quais, two women passed flower sell
lers. their baskets bright with GRO
cuses and CIRCLES. The bright pic
ture touched him and something OF
the spring-like beauty that the day
wore and that dwelt in the May light,
socthed him as nothing had for many
hours.
He paid his. bill. took courage.
picked up his hat and gloves and
stick and walked out briskly, crossing
the bridge to the Rue de Rivoli, deter
mined that night should not fall until
he found the woman he sought. Nor
did 1t, though the afternoon wore on
and Dan. pursuing his old trails. wan
dered from worldly meeting place to
worldly meeting place. Finally. toward
six o'clock, he saw the frightening
shadows steal into the woods Of the
Bots de Boulogne. and in one OF the
smaller alleys, where the green
trunked trees Of the forests were full
OF purple shadows and yellow sun
discs. pickering down, he picked up
a small iron chair and sat himself
down. with long sigh. to rest.
While he sat there watching the
end of the alice as it gave out into
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all drawn with emotion. was raised to
his.
"Oh, you'll kill me-you'll kill me!
Just look how very Ill am; your are
making me crazy. l just worship
him.
Give him up, then" said Ruggles
steadily.
She faltered: 81 can't can't-it
won't be for long"-with terrible pa
thos in her voice. you don't know
how different can be: you don't know
what a new life we were going to
lead"
Stammering, and with intense mean
ing, Ruggles, looking down at her,
said: my dear child-my dear child"
In his few words something per-
haps made her see in fash her past
and what the question really was. She
dropped Ruggles' arm. She stood for
a moment with her arms folded across
her breast, her head bent down. and
the man at the door waited, feeling
that Dams whole life was In the bal
ance of the moment. When she spoke
again her voice was hard and entirely
devoid of the lovely appealing quality
which brought her SO much admira-
ton from the public
.1f 1. give him up" she said slow
ly, what will you do?"
why" he answered, I'll divide
with Dan and let things stand just as
they are"
She thought again for moment and
then as IL she did not want him to
witness-to detect the struggle she
was going through. she turned away
and walked over toward the window
and dismissed him from there.
please go. will you? ! want very
much to be alone and to think"
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CHAPTER xxv.-contlnued.

You say she's gomez" he ques,
toned.
II say" said the boy, "that you've
been meddling In my affairs with the
woman ! love. don't know what you
nave said to her, but it's only your
age that keeps me from striking you.
Don't you know" he cried, that you
are spelling my life? Don't you know
that?" A torrent Of feeling corning
20 his lips, his eyes suffused, the tears
rolled down his face. He walked away
INTO his own room. remained there a
Jew moments, and when he came out
again he carried in his hand his va
Use, which he put down with bang
on the table. More calmly, but still
In great anger, he said to his fathers
friend:
Now. can you tell me what. you We
done or not?"
Dan" said Ruggles with difficulty.
IF you will sit down moment we
can"
The boy laughed in his face. "Sit
DOWN." he cried. why, think you
must have lost your reason. / have
chartered motor car out there and
the damned thing has burst a tire and
they are fixing it up for me- 1t will
be ready in about two minutes and
then ! am going to follow wherever
she has gone. She crossed to Paris,
but ] can get there before she can
even with this damned accident. But,
before | go, | want you to tell me
what you said"
why" said Ruggles quietly, Il told
her you were poor, and she turned
you down"
His words were faint.
"God!" said the boy under his
breath. That's the way you think
about truth. Lie to a woman to save
my precious soul! But l expect" he
said. you think she Is SO immoral
and so bad that she will hurt me.
Well" he said, with great emphasis,
"she has never done anything in her
life that comes up to what you've
done. Never! And nothing has ever
hurt me So.
His lips trembled. Il have lost my
respect for you, for my fathers friend,
and as far as she is concerned, don't
care what she marries me for. She
has got to marry me, and IL she
doesn't'-he had no idea, in his pas
sion, what he was saying or how
why, ! think I'll kill you first and
then blow my own brains out!" And
with these mad words he grabbed up
his valise and bolted from the room.
and Ruggles could hear his running
feet tearing down the corridor.
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UNCLE HIRAM TO HIS NEPHEW
He Hopes the Boy VIII Turn Out to
Be Good Judge of Men. When
His Turn Comes

-Stevey. my boy" said Uncle Hiram
to his hopeful nephew. Il hope it will
turn out that yousare a good judge
of men. for by virtue of that quality
a man is able in effect to multiply
his own power
1T is common thing to hear
people say that the more pay a man
gets the less work he does, and as
10 the doing of actual labor this may
be true; somebody else saws the wood
while he sits by the fire.
AS matter of fact there are plen-
ty Of men high up who still work
hard, and all OF them certainly worked
hard when they were younger. and II
they are doing less actual labor now
It is because they are good judges
Of men, able to pick out for the bust
ness under their direction Just the
right men to do the work and carry
it forward successfully.
Really 1t is in the exercise of this
gift that we find the greatest value in
manager: 1t is just this that makes
him worth his high pay. We want
him to sit around and take things
easy and give himself time to think
and keep his head clear. We don't
want him to get out and chop down
trees: we want him to be able to
select men who can do that work to
the greatest advantage and with the
greatest economy.
Some OF us know men on sight
and some don't | hope. Stevey, that
you will turn out to be a good Judge
OF men"
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She spoke hurriedIy and almost with
out politeness.
Il have sent for you to come and
see, me here. Not soul in London
knows l am going away. There will
be dreadful row at the theater. but
that's none OF your affairs. Now. I
want you to tell me before I go Just
what you are going to do for DAN"
Who are you going within" Ruggles
asked shortly. and she flashed at him:
We'll. really, don't think that Is
any of your business. When you drive
a woman as you have driven me. she
[ will go far"
He interrupted her vehemently, not
daring to take her hand Il couldn't
do more. / have asked you to marry
me. ! couldn't do more. stand by
what have said. Will your" he
stammered.
She knew men, She looked at him
keenly. Her veil was lifted above her
eyes and its shadow framed her small
pale face on which there were marks
of utter disenchantment, of great en-
nui. She said languidly: What |
want to know Is. what you are going
to do for DAM"
Il told you would share with
him"
Then he will be nearly as rich?"
He'll have more than is good for
him"
That satisfied her. Then she pur
sued i want you to stand by him. He
will need you"
Ruggles lifted the hand he held and
kissed 1t reverently. I'll do any
thing you say-anything you say"
Downstairs in the Savoy. as Dan
had done countless times, Ruggles
waited until he saw her motor car
carry her and her small luggage and
Higgins away
In their sitting-room in the Carlton
a half-hour later the door was thrown
open and Dan Blair came in like a
mailman. Without preamble he seized
Ruggles by the arm.
Look here" he cried. what have
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CHAPTER XVI.
White and Coral.

Spring In Paris, which comes In n
fashion SO divine that even the most
calloused and Indifferent are i'm
pressed by its beauty. awakened no
answering response in the heart Of
the young man who, from his hotel
window. looked out on the desecrated
gardens of the Tuileries-on the dis
tant spires of churches whose names
he did not know-on the square block
Of old palaces. He had missed the
boat across the channel taken by Let
ty Lane, and the delay had made him
lose what little trace of her he had
In the early hours of the morning
he had flung himself in at the st.
James, taken the Indifferent room
they could give hin. In the crowded
season. and excited-As he was he slept
and did not waken until noon. Blair
thought it would be matter OF few
hours only to find the whereabouts Of
the celebrated actress, but 1t was not
such an easy job. He had not guessed
that she might be travelling incognito,
and at none OF the hotels could he
hear news Of her, nor did he pass her
In the crowded. noisy. rustling, cry
ing streets. though he searched mo-
tors for her with eager eyes. and
haunted restaurants and cafes, and
went everywhere that he thought she
might be likely to be.
At the end of the third day, unsuc-
cessful and in despair. having hardly
slept and scarcely eaten, the unhappy
young lover found himself taking a
slight luncheon in the little restau-
rant known as the Perouse down on
the Quais. His head on his hand. for
Che present moment the Joy OF life
gone from him. he looked out through
the windows at the Seine, at the
bridge and the lines Of towering trees
He was the only occupant Of the up
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SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. the 22-year-old son OF the
nifty mil Iion-dolIar copper king of Blair
town. Mont. is guest at the English
nome Of Lady Galorey. Dams father had
his visit TO the United States and the
courtesy is now being returned to the
young man. The youth has an ideal girl
In his mind He meets Lily. Duchess OF
Breakwster. a beautiful widow. who Is
attracted by his immense fortune and
takes a liking TO her. When Dan was g
boy. girl sang a solo at church. and
ne had never forgotten her. The Ga
ioreys Lily and Dan attend London
theater where one Lefty Lane Is the star.
Town. and going behind the scenes intro
duces himself and she remembers him.
lie learns that Prince Poniotowsky Is
sutton and escort TO Lefty. Lord Ca
mine to protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters. Young Blair
goes to see Lily: he can talk of nothing
but Lefty and this angers the Duchess.
The westerner finds Lefty III from hard
york, but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
Dan invite her to supper She asks Dan
TO build a home for disappointed the
atrical people. Dan visits Lily. for the
time forgetting Lefty. and later an
nnounces his engagement to the duchess.
ment given by Lily Galorey tells Dan
that all Lily cares for Is his money and
It Is disclosed that he and the duchess
have been mutually in love. for years.
Dan escorting her home. Dan confronts
Galorey and Lily together. Later he in
forms Lefty that his engagement with
LILY Is broken. asks the singer to marry
him. and they become engaged. Ruggles
thinks the westerner should not marry
a public singer. and endeavors to induce
Lefty to give him UP. She runs away.
tearing she Is not good enough for Dan.
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rose to put their conversation at an
end, she said:
Why, you don't mean to say that
you thought l wouldn't stand by him?"
She seemed, as she put her hands
upon her hips with something of q
defiant look at the elder man, as
though she just then stood by her pau
perized lover.
Il thought you cared some for the
boy" Ruggles said.
We'll, am showing it."
You want to ruin him to show it,
do your"
AS though he thought the subject
dismissed he walked heavily toward
the door.
You know how 1t stands. I have
nothing more to say" He knew that
he had signally failed, and as a sud
den resentment rose in him he ex-
claimed. almost brutally:
Il am darned glad the old man is
dead; ! am glad his mothers dead.
and / am glad have got no son."
The next moment she was at his
side, and he felt that she chung to his
arm. Her sensitive, beautiful face.
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the broader road, a beautiful red mo-
tor rolled up to the conjunction Of the
two ways and Lefty Lane, in a sum-
mer frock, got out alone. She had a
flowing white veil around her head
and a flowing white scarf around her
shoulders. AS the day on the Thames,
she was all in white-like dove. But
this time her costume was madeevivid
and picturesque by the coral parasol
she carried, pair of coral-colored
kid shoes, around her neck and fall
ing on their long chain, she wore his
coral beads. He saw that he observed
her face before she did him. All this
Dan saw before he dashed into the
road, came up to her with something
like cry on his lips, bareheaded. for
his hat and his stick and his gloves
were by his chair in the woods.
Lefty Lanes hands went to her
heart and her face took on a deadly
pallor. She did not seem glad to see
him. Out of his passionate descrip-
ton of the hours that he had been
through, of how he had looked for
her, Of what he thought and wanted
and felt, the actress made what she
could, listening to him as they both
stood there under the shadows Of
the green trees. Scanning her face
for some sign that she loved him. for
1t was all he cared for, Dan saw no
such indication there. He finished
with:
~You know what Ruggles told you
was a lie. OF course, I've got money
enough to give you everything you
want. He's lunatic and ought to
be shut up"
TT may have been a lie, all right"
she said with forced Indifference;
1--WE had time to think 1t over. You
are too young. You don't know what
you want" She stopped his protesta-
lions: well. then, / am too old and
/ don't want to be tied down"
When he pressed her to tell him
whether or not she had ceased to
care for him, she shook her head
slowly, marking ON the ground fine
tracery with the end Of her coral par
asol. He had been obliged to take
her back to the red motor. but before
they were in earshot Of her servants.
he said:
Now. you know Just what you have
done to me, you and Ruggles between
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you. For my fathers sake and the
thing | believed in I've kept pretty
straight as things 60" He nodded
at her with boyish egotism. throwing
all the blame on her Il want you 20
understand that from now, right now,
I'm going to the dogs just as fast as
! can get there, and it won't be very
gratifying result to anybody that ever
cared"
She saw the determination on hts
fine young face. worn by his sleepless
nights, already matured and changed,
and she believed him.
Paris" he nodded toward the gate
Of the woods which opened upon
Paris, "is the place to begin in--right
here. A man." he went on, and hin
lips trembled, Can only feel like this
once in his life. You know all the
talk there is about young love and
first love. Well, that's what I've got
for you, and I'm going to turn it now
right now-into what older people
warn men from, and do their best to
prevent. have seen enough OF
Paris" he went on, these days
have been looking for you. to know
where to go and what to do. and am
setting off for it now
She touched his arm
NO." she murmured. mo, boy, you
are not going to do any such thing!"
This much from her was enough for
him. He caught her hand and cried:
Then you marry me. What do we
care for anybody else in the world?'
Go back and get your hat and stick
and gloves" she commanded. keeping
down the tears.
No, no. you come with me, Lefty;
I'm not going to let you run to your
motor and escape me again.
60; I'll wait here" she promised.
Il give you my word"
AS he snatched up the inanimate
objects from the leaf-strewn ground
where he had thrown them in despair.
he thought how things can change In
quarter of an hour.
Jubilant to have overcome the fate
which had tried to keep her hidden
from him in Paris, he could hardly be-
1ieve his eyes that she was before
them again. and, as the motor rolled
into the Avenue des Acacias. he asked
her the question uppermost in his
mind:
Are You alone in Paris. Letty?"
Don't you count?"
Mono honestly, you know what
mean"
you haven't any right to ask me
that"
Il have-I have. You gave me q
right. You're engaged to me, aren't
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THAT cLINGInG REST HABIT
Hard to Break. but II Can Be Done.
Says the Amiable Mr..
GIimmerton.

For that don't feel like work feel
ing. with which," said Mr.. Climmer.
ton, Il fancy we are all of US more OF
less likely to be afflicted, would In
some cases prescribe rest. though in
most cases no doubt the proper pre-
scription would be exertion.
"The trouble with the rest cure is
that 1t is like taking opiates; the
more you take the more you want. The
rest habit is easy to acquire and hard
to break.
The habit of exertion, ON the coz.
trary. is one that commonly we do not
take to so kindly: It does not. as II
were, spontaneously permeate us al
the rest habit does; It may ia fact re
quire assiduous cultivation, and II
takes quite man to acquire this
habit in completely saturating and
permanent form so that he is proof
against attacks of the rest habit
which. II he has a trace OF It left II
him, is sure to develop on the slight
est provocation.
"Exertion is the only real cure. q
may be, hard to take at first. but
you'll come to like It Persist and
you'll find It vastly strengthening and
then delightful; and then. while ID
taking the rest cure you are all the
time paying money out, in taking thiz
one you have money all the time com
ing in.
Try work. continuous. steady
hard work Once get the habit oi
work embedded in your system and
you won't be troubled any more By
that tired feeling"
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CHAPTER XIV.
Lefty Lane Runs Away.

He had not got upstairs to his
rooms at the Carlton before note
was handed him from the actress. bid
ding him to return at once to the Sa
voy, and Ruggles. his heart hammer
ing like trip hammer. rushed up to
his rooms. made an evening toilet. for
it was then half-past seven. threw his
cravats and collars all around the
place, cursed like miner as he got
into his clothes, and red almost to
apoplexy. nervous and full Of emo
ton, he returned to the rooms he had
left not three hours before.
The three hours had been busy ones
at the actress apartment Lefty
Lanes sitting-room was full Of trunks.
dressing bags and travelling parapher
MALTA She came forward out Of what
seemed a world Of confusion. dressed
as though Tor journey, even her veil
and her gloves denoting her departure.
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you been doing? Tell me now. and
tell me the truth. or. by God, don't
know what I'll do. You went to the
Savoy. You went there twice. Any.
how. where is she?"
Dan, slender as he was beside Rug
giles great frame. shook the elder man
as though he had been terrier.
Speak to me. Where has she gomez"
He stared in the Westerner's face.
his eyes bloodshot why in thunder
don't you say something's"
And Ruggles prayed for some power
to unloose his thickening tongue.
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
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Am Ideal.

/ will strive to raise my own body
and soul daily into higher powers of
duty and happiness; not in riyaisnip
or contention with others. but for the
help. delight. honor of others. and
for the Joy and peace Of my own iife
John Ruskin
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you? Gosh. you haven't forgotten.
have you
Don't make me conspicuous In the
Bots, DAM" she said; Il only let you
come with me because you were 10
terribly desperate. SO ridiculous"
.(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Finland. with its thousand lakes. Il
now considered attractive enough Il
be on the general tourists list
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INTERNATIONAL,
SUyDGYSCl()OL
LESSON

(By r. o. SELLERS, Director OF Even
ing Department, The Moody Bible In
stitute OF Chicago.)
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LESSON TExT-Matt. 11:2-1s.
GOLDEN TExT-"Among them that
are born of women there is none greater
than John; yet he that Is little In the
kingdom of God is greater than he
Luke 7:28