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terest for the nrst time. what do you
know about me! What? What! You
have seen me dance and heard me
sing"
And he interrupted her.
Ten times. and you are a bully
dancer and bully singer. but you do
other things than dance and sing.
There is not man living that would
want to have his mother dress that
way"
She controlled a smile. Never
mind that. Peoples opinions are very
different about that sort of thing. You
have seen me at dinner with your boy,
as you call him. and you can't say
that ! did anything but ask him to
help the poor, ! haven't led Dan on.
have tried to show him just what
you are making me 60 through now"
II she acted well and danced we'll,
1t was hard for her to talk. She was
evidently under strong emotion and 1t
needed her control not to burst into
| tedTs anu lose ner chance.
OF course, l know the things you
have heard. OF course, l know what
Is said about me"-and she stopped
Ruggles didn't press her any fur.
ther; he didn't ask her II the things
were true. Looking at her as he did.
watching her as he did. there was In
him a feeling so new. so troubling
that he found himself more anxious to
protect her than to bring her to JUS.
tice.
There are worse, far worse women
than ! am, Mr.. Ruggles. ! will never
do Dan any harm"
Here her visitor leaned forward and
put one Of his big hands lightly over
one Of hers. patted It moment. and
said:
II want you to do a great deal bet.
ter than that"
She had picked up photograph OF
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!. tCoDyr,sht lslO, By The BobDs. Nerrin CO..
SYNOPSIS.

! ffty-mIlIon dollar copper king @ Of Blsirs e
Town. Mont. is guest at the English
home OF Lady 0alorey. Dams father had
peen courteous to Lord Galorey during
h M visit to the United States and the
courtesy 10 now being returned to the
Ioung man. Tho youth has an Ideal GIRL
& " MS mind. He meets Lily. Duchess Of
] et,eaSwa'er. et,raSr beautiful widow, who Is
takes has liking to her. When Dan was a
10y, girl sang solo at a church. and
ne had never forgotten her. The Ca
.!1reys. Lily and Dan attend a London
mneater where one Lefty Lane Is the star.
Ian recognizes her as the girl from his
H. HSown. and going behind the scenes intro
ILees T himself and she remembers him.
!orey and friend named Ruggles deter
m!ne 70 protect the westerner from Lily
ano other fortune hunters. Young Blair
sues 70 see Lily: he can talk OF nothing
% gut Lefty and this angers the Duchess.
me me wesferher fnds Lefty III from hard
work; but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
~ ian ,, INVITE her to supper. She asks Dan
atrical people. Dan visits Lily. for the
time forgetting Lefty. and later an
nounces his engagement to the duchess.
4etty refuses to sing for an entertain.
ment given by Lily. Galorey tells Dan
tnat AZ Lily cares for Is his money. and
Y disclosed that he and the duchess
nave been mutually in love for years.
66etty sings at an aristocratic function.
Dan escorting her home. Dan confronts
Salorey and Lily together. Later he In
53orms Lefty that his engagement with
Lily Is broken. asks the singer to marry
p'm. and they become engaged.
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| the table, pretty picture of herself
In "Mandalay," and turned 1t nerv.
ously between her fingers as she said
with irritation:
Il haven't been In the theatrical
world not to guess at this Worried
Father act. Mr.. Ruggles. | told you
! knew just what you were going to
say"
"Wrong!" he repeated. "The bust.
ness Is old enough perhaps, lots Of
good jobs are old. but this is a little
different"
He took the turning picture and
laid 1t on the table. and quietly DOS.
sessed himself Of the small cold
hands Blair's solitaire shone up to
him. Ruggles looked into Lefty Lanes
eyes. He Is only twenty-five; It amt
fair. 1t amt fair. He could count the
times he has been on a lark, ! guess.
He hasn't even been to an eastern col.
lege. He is no fool. but he's darned
simple"
She smiled family. The mans face.
near her own, was very simple indeed.
You have seen SO much" he urged,
so many fellows. You have been
such queen, dare say you could get
any man you wanted" He repeated.
Most any man."
II have never seen any one like
Dan"
Just SO: he amt your kind That
Is what am trying to tell you"
She withdrew her hand from his ylo.
lently.
There you are wrong. He is my
kind. He is what like, and he is
what ! want to be like"
A wave Of red dyed her face, and.
In a tone more passionate than she
had ever used to her lover, she said
to Ruggles: ... ....
II love him-I love him!" Her
words sent something like a sword
through the older mans heart He
said gently: Don't say It. He don't
know what love means yet"
(To BE coNTINUED.)
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woman. not an eighteen.year-old girl,
but woman. clever. poised. witty. un-
derstanding. and that she might have
been twenty years older than the boy.
I'm sorry you spoke so quick" he
said.
II knew" she interrupted. "just
what you wanted to say from the
start II couldn't help It. could 1?
l knew you would want to come and
see me about It. It isn't any use.
know Just what You are going to say" "
mo. ma'am." he returned. II don't
believe you do-bright as you are"
Ruggles gazed thoughtfully at the
cold end Of his unlighted cigar. It
was a comfort to him to hold 1t and
to look at 1t, although not for any.
thing in the world would he have
asked to light It
Dams father and me were chums.
We went through pretty much to.
gether, and l know how he felt on
most points. He was a man Of few
words, but know he counted on me
to stand by the boy"
Ruggles was 80 chivalrous that his
role at present cost him keen discom.
fort.
"A lady like you," he said gently
knows great deal more about how
things are done than either Dan or
me. We amt tenderfeet in the west,
not by long shot. but We see so few
Of certain kind Of picture shows
that when they do come round they're
likely to make US lose our minds! You
know. yourself, circus in a town
fifty miles from a railroad drives the
people crazy. Now. Dams a little like
the boy with his eyes on the hole in
the. tent. He would commit murder
to get inside and see that show" He
nodded and smiled to her as though
he expected her to follow his crude
simile. Now. l have seen you a lot
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Of times" And she couldn't help re.
minding him, mot Of your own &C.
cord, Mr.. Ruggles."
well, l don't know" he slowly ad.
mitted: II always felt ! had my mon.
ey's worth, and the night you ate with
US at the Carlton understood pretty
well how the boy with his eyes at
the tent hole would feel" But he
tapped his broad chest with the hand
that held the cigar between the first
and second fingers. II know Just
what kind Of heart you've got. for
/ waited at the stage door and ! know
you don't get all the applause inside
the Gaiety theater."
Goodness" she murmured. they
make an awful fuss about nothing"
"Now." he continued. leaning for.
ward a trifle toward her languid. half.
interested figure. Il Just want you to
think Of him as q little boy. He's
only twenty-five. He knows nothing
Of the world. The money you give to
the poor doesn't come so hard perhaps
as this will. It's big sacrifice. but
| want you to let the boy 60"
She smiled slightly. found her hand.
kerchief. which was tucked up the cuff
Of her blouse. pressed the little bit
Of linen to her lips as though to steady
them. then she asked abruptly:
What has he said to you?"
"Lord!" Ruggles groaned. Said to
me! My dear young lady, he is much
too rude to speak. Dan sort Of
breathes and snorts around like a
lunatic. He was dangling around that
duchess when was here before. but
she didn't scare me any"
: And Lefty Lane. now smiling at
him, relieved by his break from .
more intense tone. asked:
Now. you are scared!"
WELL" Ruggles drawled, II was
pretty sure that woman didn't care
anything for the boy. Are you her
kind?"
II was the best stroke he had made.
She almost sprang up from her chair.
Heavens" she exclaimed, II guess
I'm not!" Her face flushed.
II had rather see . son Of mine
dead than married To . woman like
that" he said.
why. Mr.. Ruggles." she exclaimed
passionately. addressing him with In.
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The RuIlnu Passion.

Little Willie was an embryo elec.
triclan. Anything relating to his
fayorite study possessed absorbing in,
terest for him. One day his mother
appeared in new gray gown, the
jacket Of which was trimmed IN fiat
black buttons showing an outer circle
OF the light dress material. Willie
studied the gown critically for a mo.
ment, then the light of strong ap.
proval dawned in his eyes.
"Oh, mamma he cried, what a
pretty new dress! It's all trimmed In
push buttons. Judge.
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In the Dark.

Has that boy Of yours who gradu.
ated from college last year found n
Job that suits him yet?"
Nope. He's still looking for one. -
Where's he looking?"
well, don't Just know. He seems
to do most OF his looking nights
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Boys Idea.

Willie was looking at the pictures in
magazine when suddenly he turned
TO his father and asked PA, do CO.
coannts really grow on trees?"
"Of course! Where did you think
they grew"
why, pa. | always thought the
monkeys laid em."-Boston Tran
script.
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CHAPTER XIV.
RuqaIes' Offer.


He felt as he waited for her in that
nower-flled room. for she had recov.
cred from her distaste for flowers, as
ne glanced at the photographs Of WON.
en- like herself in costumes more or
less frank. more or less vulgar. he
felt as though he wanted to knock
down the walls and let in big view
Of the west-of Montana-of the hills.
With such setting he thought he
could better talk with the lady whom
he had come to see.
Ruggles held an unlighted cigar be.
tween his fingers and gooseflesh rose
all over him. His glasses bothered
him. He couldn't get them bright
enough. though he polished them half
dozen times on his silk handker-
chief. His clothes felt too large. He
seemed to have shrunken. He moist.
ened his lips. cleared his throat, tried
to remember what kind of fellow he
bad been at Dams age. At Dams age
he was selling suspender patent on
the road. supporting his mother and
his sisters-hard work and few temp.
tations; he was too tired and too
poor.
Miss Lane kept him waiting ten
minutes. and they were hours to her
guest. He was afraid every minute
that Dan would come in. The thoughts
be had gathered together, the plan Of
faction. disarranged itself in his mind
every time he thought OF the actress.
He couldn't forget his vision Of her
4 on the stage or at the Carlton, where
Eshe had sat opposite them and be-
witched them both. When she came
INTO the sitting-room at length. he
started so violently that he knocked
over a vase Of flowers, the water
trickling all over the table down on
| to the floor.
She had dazzled him before the foot.
lights. charmed him at dinner, and It
was singular to think that he knew
1ow this dignihed. quiet creature
\ BOXED in ballet clothes and in a
timer dress. whose frankness had
sAade him catch his breath. It was
~ third woman who stood before
9Huggles now. He had to take her into
eonsideration. She had expected him.
'nw him by appointment. She had
not climbed to her starry position
Without having acquired a knowledge
~ men. and 1t was the secret Of her
f0ccess. She showed It In the dress
- which she received her visitor. Size
I xNore q short walking skirt Of heavy
teerge. a simple shfrtwaist belted
fofound, a sailor hat on her beautiful
title head. She was unjeweled and
5enpainted. very pale and very sweet
l II had not been for the marks OF
s4tgue under her eyes. she would, ,.ss
eve looked more than eighteen. Won
er left hand a single diamond, clear
~ water. caught the refracted light,
r. "How.de.do? Glad you are back
gain"
She gave him q big chair and sat
DOWN before him smiling. Leaning
/. her elbows on her knees, she sank
! her face upon her hands and looked
~ him. not coQuettishly In the least.
xbut as a child might have looked.
rom her small feet to her golden
ead she was utterly charming.
i RuCgles made himself think Of Dan.
diss Lane spoke slowly. nodding
Toward him. in her languid voice: ITS
ho use. Mr.. Rugglcs. no use."
Holding her face between her hands,
Der eyes gray as winters seas and as
profound. she looked at him intently:
hen. In q flash. she changed her 20.
ton and instantly transformed her
Aracter. He saw that she was a
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The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston.
Mass, will send large trial box of
paxtine Antiseptic, a delightful cleans.
ing and germicidal toilet preparation.
to any woman, free, upon request.
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Employed.

Father-Satan always finds some
work for idle hands to do.
Tommy-Wonder II that's why Mr..
Softly is 80 awfully busy holding sis
ter's.-Judge
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call manptrtion, which Is attended with impoverished blood
and exhaustion Of force The "Dcovery"h Is an ali.
round tonic which restores the blood nerves and
heart by initiating Natures methods Of restoring waste
Of tissue and feeding the nerves. heart and lungs on rich
red blood.
suffered from pain under right shoulder blade also very
ssycrc sough writes Mss DoRs OF Now Brookand c. Dr.
" Pierce Buffalo, NJ Y. Had and mons dH
good Some sah had consumption others sa would Ssvo
TO have operation. was hrdcn all up for m ntbs
snd was nohipg but Iys skeleton You advised tae Dr.
Fierce Golden Medical Discovery md Dr. Pleasant Pc
When had taken one bottle q The Discovery could up for an
cooking and tend tho Children tes IN iii sn wa,
nen In good health. My weight now lc7 pounds - vs.
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When bachelor is landed by a leap
year girl. he can imagine about how
fish out of water feels.
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Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniiamma.
ton, aiiays pain, cures wind cole, &c bottle.
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A good nights sleep is one of the
few things people like that Is good
for them.
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A man is no sooner elected to Office
that he begins to kick because It isn't
more remunerative
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Garfield Tea. the Incompatible laxative
Pleasant TO take, pure, mild In action and
wonderfully health.giyng.
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BE happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue:
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers.
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A girls kisses are like pickles in
bottle-the first Is hard to get, but
the rest come easy.
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The system takes kindly to natures laxa-
tive, Garfield Tea. which is mild In action
and always effective.
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It's wonderful what large catalogues
from small garden seeds will grow.
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THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

49, DO not the pns. Of life by NEGLECT Of the human allowing
restoring waste tissue and mpov hment Of the blood and
take an Alternative Gyecri' extract hout alcohol Of Golden Seal
Grape Bloodroot Stone and Mandrake 40
80 Dr. Pierce eave the public this Peroe Golden
Med Discovery He found would u the
men from food help the liver into activity thereby
NO one eyer takes cold unless eonspated
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W. n. u, DENVER. mo. 1s-tsi2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-23
BOODLING IN BELGIUM

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Americans who cheerfully admit that America has monopoly in crooks should read the dispatches from Brussels telling of defalcations to the extent of 8 GOO, OO0 or more unearthed in the offices of the Grand Ternuzen railway through the accidental discovery of some false certificates of stock.
 The missing manager of the company who is alleged to have swindled two dozen banks by his elaborate scheme is an Operator" upon a large scale if he is guilty as charged. He owned racing stable, lived in style and was the typical defaulter of the type that used to find asylum in Canada after victimizing American banks. He has skipped over the frontier of Belgium. How the Belgian police will handle the case, and whether he will be brought to Jaw are questions decidedly interesting.
 Brief space in American newspapers are given to this affair If an American railroad president should steal s5OOO,0eo or s6OO ,O00 the newspapers of Europe through the acllVlty or ther American correspondents, and because American business scandals interest the world as Kentucky "feud" murder interests America, would publish fuller accounts of it.
 In America. generally speaking, promi- nent business men are not guilty of the deliberate theft of money from large cor porations. The bank president sometimes speculates with money belonging to de- positors and is exposed as a thief when he gets upon the wrong side of the mar ket. But out-and-out stealing is more often done by the small salaried subordl- nate. And we recall no case in which the head of a railroad in America has been found guilty of forging stock certificates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-23
Great Crop of Nnts

There Is an unusually large crop of all kinds of nuts and mast this year" said a man who rambles the woods and fields almost every after noon.
 'In the, very corporate limits of Bir- mingham I have seen quantities of hickory nuts and several heavily laden walnut trees. I notice that there is an unusually heavy crop of acorns in the forests. On a trip some days ago up in the Dolcita section, I came across a chestnut tree that had borne a good crop. I gathered many and when I had roasted them in cov- cred skillet they were delightfully."- mealy and nutritious-very much su- perlor to the imported kinds offered on the streets.
 T do wish some one would plan a nutting trip in auto trucks for the orphans and the children who cannot roam the fields at will. They could come home laden with bushels of nick ory nuts and with glad hearts. I see many groups of boys and girls and not q few 'grown-ups' lugging bags of nuts home late these evenings. They are healthful and nutritious; also they are the best of nuts for taffy.'
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necessarily bring The associations or Oxford with the Tudors and with the Stuarts are those of occasional state visits, not of permanent residence
 "The late King Edward VII was q student at oxford. As Prince or Wales he matriculated as a member of Christ's Church college in 1859. The present Prince of Wales is at Mag dalen college Oxford. He is there as ar ordinary commoner of the college W hereas King Edward matriculated as q nobleman and wore a silk gown and a silk tasseled cap. The young prince will reside in college and suite. or rooms has been prepared for him and his tutor with large accommodations for servants His equary, Major the Honorable William Cadogan. will re- side in Oxford though not in the col lege. The prince will be directed on such modern subjects as history and geography, political science and po- lItical economy, English literature anu French and German. He will also study music He will go to lectures like an ordinary undergraduate and as he is said to be youth of quiet man. ners and democratic ways he Will doubtless commend himself to the stu dent body generally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-23
MIME. GADskrs ADVICE

"The most necessary equipment for the vocal student, next to her voice. is a sul- ficient amount of money to carry her well through her training" This is the advice of Madame Gadski in an article
 ..To the Young Girl Who Wants To Sing" in the new November number of
 Harper's Bazar Mime. Gadsh goes on to say:
 'The lack of money means not only em- barra assment and interrupted studies. II
 may mean having to ask for help, and II may add seriously to the dangers the girl
 meets in professional life, especially if
 she is pretty. The theatre-I use the
 word as we do in Germany, to include also the opera,-is not a convent garden.
 girl must learn to look out for herself,
 to protect herself in ways which she may not previously have i'm agined. Now 1t is an unromantic fact that money will protect her against many things-money and some strength of char acter. If she has not the money she must depend upon favor as well as upon her talent-a dangerous condition. Even with money she must also be careful, for there are interruptions persons who will take it from her and make promises which are never fulfilled.
 'she must be careful of the agents.
 who will drive hard bargains with her, and take heavy percentage of her earn
 ngs when it comes to the signing of con-
 tracts. These agents, of course, do an international business. I know cases of German singers who were engaged here in America. through the offices of Ger
 man agent, for a salary that, on paper, seemed very large increase of their German earnings. But when the agent was paid, and perhaps some indemnity for release from the German opera con- pany to which they belonged, the artists were but little better off financially at the end of the season here than they had
 been at home'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-23
Musical Attractions

"I was glad to read that the com mittee in charge of the Sunday after noon concert series had engaged the Pasmore trio and that it was nego- tistng for Zimbalist, the great Rus sic lover. 'I heard the Pasmores q year ago and was delighted with them. do not think that the celebrated kneisel quartet could charm an au- dience more than did the Pasmores. They are not only accomplished ar lists but they play such beautiful mu- slc-srtistic but not too classical for the enjoyment of the average audience. As I recall the programme rendered that Sunday afternoon by these fine musicians there was not single num- Der that was the least bit dry.
 q have not heard zimbalist but as q violin virtuoso he ranks, I believe, second to none. He makes point, too, of playing popular music; that is to say, artistic music which at the same time pleases those who like plenty of tune If he were playing here as an amusement attraction on week night hen would have fashionable audience tSseat prices as high as $2, But one object of having concerts on Sunday afternoon is to enable those who are rot able to pay high prices or to go to the theatre at night to hear up- lifting music at a mere nominal price, The season tickets for the Sunday aft ernoon musicales at only s5 admits two persons to each recital of the se- lies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-23
STORY OF WHITTIER

From Eugene Fields 'Sharps and Flats. v
 Horace Fletcher, one of the most charming of New Orleanss charming people visited Boston last summer, and while there he determined to make a trip to Amesbury, the former home of the poet Whittier MT. Fletcher has a poetic nature, and he reveres the memory of the dear old Quaker wrist. He got aboard an electric car and whirled to and fro amid the quiet scenes in which MT. Whit tier used to participate, and presently he could suppress his emotions no longer he had to unbosom his thoughts to q fellow traveller a resident of Amesbury, hum- ble looking man, seemingly carpenter, for he. had a kit of tools with him. MT. Fletcher praised Amesbury and it's peo- pie, and then discoursed long and elo- ouently upon the Poet Whittier and upon the honor which his genius had reflected upon his townsmen and associates Mir. Fletcher even quoted whole poems, by way of cinchng his argument with his fellow traveller; but, curously enough, the Amesbury man sat silent and un- moved.
 Finally after our New Orleans friend had talked himself to the verge of bron- chitls the Amesbury man said, coldly and forbiddingly:
 We folks here in Amesbury don't think as much of Mir Whittier as we did. You know we don't go much on a tax dodger While he was Twin he never paid no taxes on more than $loOo, but after he died-howling Jehos' aphatl-it came to lighi before the judge of probate that he wus worth s260,0o0.''