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sole injuries. which were confined re
a pair of battered knuckies, went to
the nearest public telephone and
called her up. She answered rather
sleepily at first, her voice quickening
bit as l told her what had hap
pened. But when I had finished ]
waited in vain for her answer.
Have you nothing to say" ! in
CURED at length, rather coldly per
haps. Her voice came. to my ears
again, strained, it seemed to me, and
somewhat expressionless.
Il very much regret that the affair
happened Certainly you div quite
right to protect yourself. But I am
really unfit to talk any more tonight.
You may come and see me tomorrow
and tell me more about it, if you care
to. I wish you a resIful sleep after
your adventure. Good night
Taking everything together, | went
home fairly content. She had re-
pulsed his attempt to call upon her;
had made no attempt to excuse him
for his actions then or later In his at
tack upon me; and all in all it had
been bad night for the enemy. In
the nature of things, it was but.
natural that she should be more or
less perturbed over the two disagree
able events Of the night, and could
well appreciate that she might be re-
luctant to talk of such matters over
a public telephone, with all it's pos
sibilities of unseen listeners. But I
was confident that she would express
herself with more warmth upon the
subject when we were together on the
morrow
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saver Of sters. The remains OF O
natural grove were scattered through
out it. and upon its center the night
shades lay heavily. AS | passed an
oak that leaned over the path | was
conscious Of a slight rustling move
ment at my back and ducked my head
with an involuntary quickness that is
the gift of natural boxer. Then l
Whirled with my heel for a pivot.
Close behind me through the murk
saw big form lurch across the way
| had just left behind me, thrown
completely from it's balance by ter
rife blow that had been wasted in the.
empty air. In flash I became a fight
ing machine; my fists knotted and
muscles hardened as with my guard
raised I edged towards him, on the
alert for either attack or defense. At
the same instant he regained his bal
ance and came towards NE. You
puppy" growled the heavy voice Of
Mackay.
Cold as ice, externally, but never.
theless with the fires of satisfaction
burning tiercely within. I stepped
backward and to one side, my left
hand darling towards him In rapid
feints. Knowing the mans reputation
as / did, I was not in the least sur
prised at his attempted thuggery. and
I now determined to give him the
worst beating I was capable OF with
out using more than my fists or Ell
dangering his life. His reputation
was as an open book. When sober he
used his brains for the destruction Of
his enemies, but when drunk the beast
within him arose raging, and many
was the man who. crossing him in his
cups, had been felled unconscious by
his great fist. Instfnctively disliking
him to the very core of my being,
raging inwardly at the cowardliness
of his attack. l stopped his approach
by a straight 1eft-hand blow that
cracked like the report Of a pistol and
sent his head rocking. He was prob
ably as powerful a man as myself.
bot much slower, much older and in
much poorer condition physically and
swings I evaded without difficulty,
sending his head backward with short,
quick blows until his wine-tilled mind
whirled and he staggered as he tried
to reach me. My time had come and
deliberately I took full advantage of
it. For the first time used my right
hand, sending it over his guard with
the viciousness with which I would
He spun in his tracks, threw up his
hands and came down like falling
wall
| stepped back. readjusted my coat
and stood waiting Perhaps thirty
seconds later he stirred and climbed
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CHAPTER XIV.

Somewhat contrary to my expecta-
tons, Mrs. Dace had little to say con-
corning the matter when | next saw
her She accepted my version of the
episode practically without comment,
and when I tried to draw from her
some expression of sentiment on the
subject, she threw the whole matter
bodily out of our conversation with
the request that we talk about some
thing less unpleasant. In a measure
this disappointed me for the reason
that | felt that was entirely in the
right and that she, therefore, should
have been rather more outspoken in
her approval Of my actions. Still, be-
lieved that understood her thoughts.
Mackay was her business agent; was
in a position to be Of great service to
her and for that reason she did not
care to antagonize him by coming out
In open partisanship over our disa-
greements. l had given him a hand
some whipping and escaped unhurt
myself, and so far as ! was concerned.
therefore, there had been no damage
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SYNOPSIS.

Aoner Halliday miserly millionaire.
n found gagged, bound and insensible in
his room, his safe rified and $4,000 miss
ing. The thread Of the story is taken up
ny aja nephew Tom. Living in the same
house are other relatives; reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Glare Winton- Bruce.
who is bond broker. has been trying to
raise $4,000 to put through deal and
save himself from financial ruin He has
applied to his misery uncle and to others
for the loan but has been refused. Tom
sends for William LeDue. Ia Old time
friend connected with b detective agency.
In relating the story Tom reverts to his
acquaintance with Mrs. Dace, a wealthy
widow. whose business agent is Richard
MackaY. q boodler and political boss
Tom is jealous OF Mackay and is deeply
In love with Mrs. Dace. Bruce Halliday
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
err. He afterwards meets the woman at
a horse race, and, happening to mention
that Bruce had tip on the winner, she
gives him $500 to place on the race. The
ttp goes wrong and she loses her money.
Later Tom invests In stocks. He makes
some money. and returns the lost $500 to
Mrs. Dace. II is AT this iuncture that the
theft Of the $4,000 from old Abner Halli-
day occurs. LIE Due meets Glare and
Rruce. He learns THAI the key which
Glare had 70 the house is missing. Mac
Rays dealings with Mrs. Dacc make Tom
moro Jealous The detective intimates a
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
thief This Glare Wlnton Indignantly re-
pudiates. Mrs. Dace accepts Tom as her
Sance.
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LAWYER CURED OF EczEHA

s'While attending school at Lebanon
Ohio. In 1882. / became afflicted NTH
boils, which lasted for about two
years. when the affection assumed The
form Of an eczema on my face, the
lower part Of my face being infama
most of the time. There would BE-
water-blisters rise up and open, and
wherever the water would touch i
would burn, and cause another onata
rise. After the blister would open
the place would scab over, and would
burn and itch so as to be almost do
bearable at times. In this way lid
sores would spread from one place b
another, back and forth over the33
whole of my upper lip and chin, and
at times the whole lower part os III
face would be q solid sore, This eaes
dItion continued for tour or flYe years
without getting any better, and r lass)
got worse all the time, 30 niuch q
that my wife became alarmed less II
prove fatal.
During all this time OF boils anl
eczema, I doctored with the best paT
sicians Of this part of the countryy, by
to no avail. Finally ! decided % uI
Cuticura Remedies, which did, tas
ing the Cuticura ResolVent, applyas
the Cuticura Ointment to the sores
and using the Cuticura Soap for Vaslss
ing. In a very short time ] began q
notice Improvement, and confined y
use the Cuticura Remedies until We ~
well again, and nave not had afsI
currence Of the trouble since. Whicla
over twenty years. have recon-
mended Cuticura Remedies to otheIs=
ever since, and have great faitn .
them as remedies for skin diseases,
(Signed) A. C. Brandon, Attorneysf
Law, Greenville, o., Jan. II, 19ll.
Although Cuticura Soap and olne
ment are sold everywhere, q sample
Of each, with 32-page book, Will y
mailed free on application TO sGuu
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
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From Me-"

done. | accepted this as the natural
solution of her desire to refrain from
further comment upon the matter.
From my own standpoint / considered
myself invulnerable to him, except in
the case of treacherous physical at
tack, and that I could guard against
by Watchfulness. Figuratively speak
ing, [ snapped my fingers in his face.
Of Uncle Abner, still mumbling and
grumbling like a bear stung upon the
nose by a bee, l saw as little as |
conveniently could. When I was at
home I kept myself pretty close
within my Gown quarters, and he sell
dom disturbed me beyond the occa-
sional opening Of the door to glare at
ME for moment and then close it
with a bang. II fact, he seemed to
more and more consider me as resDon-
sible for his loss by reason OF my not
having been present upon the night of
the assault. The few attempts |
made to reestablish myself even par
TALLY in his favor met with such lit
tie success that / gave them up, leay-
ing matters to take their natural
course. The securities that he had
previously kept In the safe he had
now deposited In the bank, even going
to the extent Of reposing his gold
watch among them and buying a dol
lar timepiece for his daily use. The
experience Of the night Of the crime
had seemed to make an arrant COW
ard of him
had not seen LeDuc for several
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Creature of Habit.

MAN" didactically began Professa
Twiggs, during a recent session q W
Soc Eft Tu I'm club. SIS a creature .
habit"
"Eh-yah!'' grunted Old Codgei
" 'Tennyrate, my nephew, Canala I
Babson. seems to be- He has oesa
run over by the same ansomo0l'
twice. But then Canute always conls'
home down the same lane about "
same hour in the evening, after Y
has partaken OF about the W.
amount of hard Puck.
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! to his feet after several unsuccessful
efforts and stood rocking in his tracks
as he wiped the blood from his face
and glared at me- IF | don't get you
for this you will be the first one that
ever got away from me- he said,
wickedly For the second time that
night | laughed in his face.
LAT any time and place that suits
you, Mackay, There is a beauty doc
tor a few blocks down the street
open day and night, believe | wish
you a pleasant evening with the devil
for your partner" He picked up his
hat ccughed once in his peculiar way
direction Of the lighted street. Al
though | knew that I had made an
unforgiving foe, against whom it had
been charged and almost proven had
more than once hired professional
thugs to half kill his enemies; know
ing also that there was no reason
why he might not do the same in my
case. / was still more than half glad
that the affair had happened. At any
rate, il he had any status beyond that
of business agent with the woman
who had promised to be my wife, this
incident would develop the fact. Even
though he was her financial guardian
he would be seriously embarrassed
should he attempt to uphold himself
in what he had done this night; and
certainly If she cared for me at all
she would express her satisfaction to
me over the outcome. Nursing my
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CHAPTER Xiil.-{continued.)

But nevertheless I am going TO do
e. Soul and body l want you to pre-
vail and your sacrifices to the COM
mon cause shall be mine There will
be enough wine left for us when we
do not have to think OF tomorrow
Come. Let us go now" l looked
around and then glanced at my watch,
1t was II o'clock and a steady stream
OF humanity was flowing towards the
exit. as we wedged ourselves into
&c. Once outside the enclosure |
htarted the motor and taking my
place assisted her TO her seat,
standing erect for moment there
after as allowed my eyes to
wander over the outpouring stream.
Through the midst Of it l saw
a big man with coarse face and
flowing mustaches blowing his way,
hia small eyilly set eyes riveted upon
me with omlnous fixity. It was
Richard Mackay, and the maievolent
jealousy Of his expression filled me
with an unholy Joy of triumph, l
laughed point blank in his face as I
seated myself beside my tlancee and
tucked the robe close about her with
lingering and ostentatious familiarity
before throwing forward the lever. A
sidelong glance stolen at her told me
that she had not noticed him in the
press, and with no reference to his
having been present sent the car
humming homeward
She asked me If cared 10 come
within for few moments and to-
gether We were lifted to her floor In
her reception parlor seated myself
close beside her, gathering her hands
in mine. The first intoxication Of
success had passed and q great. quiet
Soy had settled upon me, soothing and
reposeful. Never had | been filled
with better impulses than III this
hour. IN nag victory the better side
of my nature came uppermost H. my
gratitude to the Infinite Firmly /
resolved that my life In the future
should be one of which no man miyht
be ashamed, and for what | had dtsne
In the past that was unworthy | ST.
ientIy avoWed amends. For the sake
OF the woman by my side should
Head life that our sons would be
proud to emulate. ! would command
per respect Id all things. Speculation
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STYLES In Ailments.

well, here I am" announces =. =
fashionable physician in his pl ~.
way. "And now what do you wv
Is the matter with you?"
Doctor, hardly know" repilea Y -
fashionable patient. What is new new
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A QUARTER CENTURY

Before the Public. Over Five Million ~ sss
given away each year Tho constant all'i a.ss
ing sales from samples proves the sehuiua
ALIENS FOOT EASE the anttsepnc pp s,sorfs
be shaken into the shoes for Tired, Achns.
Tender feet Relieves corns and bnntons g ~
Sample FREE. Address, Allen 8. Olnstea, LeisSs5,
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Lumbaao, rheumatism and cal'e a,sss
There is nothing that gives 70 20 s 'TSss
benefit as Hunts Lightning vi. n
very minute it is rubbed on III .hirlf
provement is noticed. For oVe1 , ,ss,,si
years this Liniment has been ae issIes
edged to be the best for these LUZ IVY q
livery druggist will reconnisAs
Price CSC and SOC per Bottle.
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Wealth may not bring man naRf,s
ness, but it surrounds him s1A
multitude of would be friends.
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One way TO not please Woins1
to let her do as she pleases.
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a milkman may be az rlch s.ss
cream and still not be Weal 'rI
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ONLY ONE "BRoMO QuIN sI Hi 4,
that Is LAXATIVE BROMO NM shs N0s
the signature of e. ". GROW ~; lsesA y
over TO Cure Cold IN One Day. &c.
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.swede Doe" Came to Grief Last
Night When He Tried to Rob
MIRA Henry Tlsue Of
Purse.
PEARSON MAKES ARREsr
The Alleged Robber, Stone e Web
ster Employe, Was Slightly
Intoxicated at Time
Of Arrest.

A purse snatcher, one who selects
unaccompanied women for his vic
Tins. came to grief last night near
Tenth and Main streets when he at
tempted to rob Mrs. Henry Tigue,
wife of the driver at the Tenth street
fire station.
Mrs. Tigue, accompanied by her
sister, was near the corner of Tenth
and Main when the fellow leaped out
and snatched her purse Mrs. Tigue
and her sister followed the man,
while the police were notified OF the
purse grabbing and in a short time
Sergeant Pearson had arrived on the
scene and had placed the fellow un-
der arrest.
It could not be learned from the
man who he was or what his name
was. The only thing that could be
learned about him was that he was
an employee of the Stone & Webster
company, and that he is Swede. He
was booked under the name OF
@swede" Doe. He was slightly intox-
icated at the time of his arrest.
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Patented Articles Must Be Marked.

We are all accustomed to see pat
ented article marked Patented" with
the date of the patent 1t is doubtful,
however, whether one in a hundred,
or in five hundred. who notices the
mark realizes its Importance to the
patentee. The statute on the subject
makes it the duty of all patentees or
those holding under or making the
patented article for them to apply the
mark Patented" together with the
day and year the patent was granted,
and the same statute provides as a
penalty for not marking that "in any
suit for infringement by the party
failing to so mark no damages shall
be recovered by the plaintiff. except
on proof that the defendant was duly
notified OF the infringement, and CON
tinued, after such notice, to make, use
or vend the article so patented
Scientific American.
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Fare 6oc; round trip ST

Special rates of SOC round trip TO
parties of 10 or nore-arrangements
with agent to be made at least ono
day previous to date of trip. Good
meals on board.
Hub. phone 1870. Bell 2s4.
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United Through Literature.

More than one literary man owes q
happy marriage TO his books. Long
before she first met her future hus-
band had Elizabeth Barrett felt her.
self drawn toward the author of BELLS
and Pomegranates." of which she
makes the hero of Lady Geraldine's
Courtship" say: Some Pomegranate
of Browning's, which, II cut deep down
the middle, shows the heart within
blood-tinctured of yeined humanity"
Nor was Browning insensible to the
charm of the lady's work, SO that the
Inevitable, thugh delayed, meeting. re-
suited in love which, overcoming all
obstacles. resulted in the happiest OF
unions.
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CITY NEWS.

See the new Dolly Madison
bracelet at Ayres & Sons.
Take time this morning to read
the want column. What you have
been looking for may appear. If you
lost something perhaps you will find
it and If you have found something
perhaps the owner has advertised for
GUS. Read the want column
New and pretty designs in sterling
silver just received at Ayres & Sons.
Fort Madison business men, ac-
cording to a poll recently taken. the
heartily in favor of the granting OF
franchise to the Keokuk Water Power
Company for the wholesale distribu-
ton of electrical power in that city.
The granting of the franchise is to be
decided at an election held September
9th.
We are receiving new designs in
jewelry. Ayres & Sons.
1t will pay you to buy rugs at
the big special rug sale It Wallberg's
Furniture Store. 6o3 Main street. con-
Quoted by F. A. Wedler
Two of the Quincy daily newspa-
pers, the Journal and Herald. in their
issues of yesterday. severely take to
task the Keokuk Industrial Associa.
ton and the Water Power people for
the reception accorded the Chamber
of Commerce excursion to this city
Friday The Quincy press complains
that the excursfonists were not
shown over the dam and works, as
they claim it was represented to them
they would be, while the Industrial
Association is reminded that ifs fail
IRE to have a representative to meet
the officers OF the Quincy Chamber Of
Commerce was considered a discount
esy by the Quincy people The Quin-
! cy papers further intimate that their
reception here was not such as to be
conducive to future excursions from
that city.
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Personal

Mrs. Charles Renaud and sons, En-
nest and Charles and daughter, Miss
Bertha of Pearce, Arizona, are visit
ing their grandmother, Mrs. T. Re-
maud.
DIR. Hugh L. Dwyer of Kansas City,
No., enroute to Indianapolis, Ind, to
attend the national convention of
Veterinary Surgeons. is in the city
visiting with his grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Dwyer. Hugh is a Keokuk hoy
who has made good; he Is chief surg
con with Armour and Co., of Kansas
City, and his many Keokuk friends
are glad to welcome him home again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clancy of Hills
boro, H., are visiting in the city. Mr..
Clancy Is an old Keokuk resident and
left here as boy twenty-three years
ago to make his way in the world, and
shows signs Of having won success.
He has connection with c large smelt-
ing works located at his home town
and is here enjoying the scenes of his
childhood and renewing acquaintance
with his cid and young friends.
]. L. Warwick of Unionville, Mo-, Is
in the city on business.
Miss Gertrude Wiley has gone to
Burlington. where she will teach in
the Elliott Business College for the
coming year
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. English, of sSan-
nibal are visitors in the city.
NJ A. Hawkins and x. B. Hawkins,
of Burlington are in the city.
Miss Hawkins and Miss Henry OF
Burlington are visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs o. B. Mccoy and
daughter Viola are visiting friends
and relatives in Kahoka, Mo.
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every day-Any day except Monday
Take the
Steamer Keokuk
For Quincy

Leave every Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri.
day and Saturday at $3.50 a. m.
Leave keokuk every Thursday at 7
,. m.
Leave keokuk every Sunday at 4:ao
D. m.
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Gate city want ads. bring results.
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But WHAT IS MAN?
THE BIBLE ANSWER
Man Never Fell From the
Angelic Nature
And Has Not Boon Promised Angelic
Nature In Future-He Is "of the
Earth Earthly" Christ Redeemed
Him With a View to His Restoration.

Paris, August II.
One Of Pastor
Russell's address
es today was from
Psalm Will, i.
What Is Mani"
He remarked that
although he had
been several times
In Paris this was
his first public adj
dress thereon In
vitation OF the To-
cal Glass OF Bible
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Where Samson Would shine.

A fond father rendered a dull Sun.
day afternoon pleasant by telling his
small son Bible stories. BY and by
he told how Samson carried away
the great gates of GAIA Said the son,
who had learned much through many
fittings: "oh, daddy, wouldn't he be
a fine moving mani"
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When Walls Are Damp.

The walls OF cupboards and pantries
are often damp on wet or sultry days
without apparent reason when other
sections of the kitchen wall viii be
comparatively dry. The best device for
any wall that is inclined to damp"
Is to make 1t impervious to moisture
by applying a varnish Of one part
shellac and two parts naphtha.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-25

The riding of elephants
supposed Outside of the still limited
Of native rulers. the elephant is seldom
fashion had
who has the Gauges,
elephants camels and these
elephant
every his soldier The
Durbar, the Mharajahs
hand enlven the and
inevitable jugglcr charmer present.