The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-10-10

f7OuFS iITle.
The first impulse of the banker had
been to send the story forth to the
world, to harass and eventually cap
| ture his brother; but his foresight
/ becoming normal, he realized that
| silence was best, even if his brother
| escaped. If the depositors heard that
the bank had been entered and mill
| lion taken from the vaults, there
would naturally follow a terrific run.
When the last bag had been taken
out of the library and the banker and
the police had gone, the bell rang.
George went to the door. A messen-
| ger handed him small satchel and
a note. There was to be no reply.
The note was from Ryanne. Briefly it
stated that the satchel contained the
emeralds. There had been some diff
| ficulty in forcing the Major to surren-
| Ger them. But that much was due to
| George for his generosity. Later in
| the day he-George-might inform his
-Horace's-brother that the coup
hadn't been a total fizzle. They had
already packed away in suit-cases
something like two hundred thousand
dollars in bills of all denominations
Tell that dear brother of mine to
charge it to our account. 1t will be
less than the interest upon a million
in ten years. To you, my boy, add:
Fortune favors the braye!"
George" said Mortimer, "you will
not mind if l forage round in the
kitchen? A bottle OF beer and a bit
of cheese would go handy. It's almost
my breakfast time
"Bless your heart, help yourself!"
And George turned to Fortune.
"Ah," she cried, Selling his hands
you will not think i'll of me?"
"And for what?" astonished.
"For not speaking to my mother
Oh, 1 just couldn't; l just couldn't.
When l thought of all the neglect
all the Indifference, the loneliness.
couldn't! 1t was horribly unnatural
and cruel!"
81 understand, heart Of mine. Say
no more about it." And he put his
| two hands against her cheeks anG
kissed her. Never shall you be lone
ly again, for / am going to be all
things to you. Poor heart! Just think
that all that has passed has been
| only bad dream, and that it's clear
sunshiny morning; eh?" He held her
eff a ways and then swept her into
his arms as he had done on board the
ship, roughly and mastery. "And
there's that old rug! Talk about
magic carpets! There never was one
i just like this. But for it l shouldn't
even have known you. And, by JoveA
when the minister comes this after
noon
"This afternoon!"
| Exactly! When he comes, you and
are going to stand upon that beau
tiful, friendly old rug, and both of US
are going to be whisked right away
into Eden"
"Please!"
Silence.
"How brave you are!"
Il? Oh, pshaw!"
would you have shot one Of
them?"
! Girl, your Percival Algernon
couldn't have hit the broad side of a
barn." He laughed joyously.
Il knew it. And that is why call
you brave
And when the pale gold Of winter.
dawn filed the room, it found them.i
hand in hand. staring down at the.
old Yhiordes, the magic old Yhiordes4
rom Bagdad.
! THE END
| Warts.
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solution of common washing soda AMI
| water. Battle the warts with this fcs
a minute or two, and let the soda dr.!
on them; repeat the bathing severi
times day until the warts disappeas
Or rub them night ard morning viii
a moistened piece of muriate of ait
monia. They soften and dwindl
away, leaving no white marks as ff
low their dispersion with lunar car
tic.