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began George. who was no longer the
shy, laundering recluse. They were
on the way back to town.
Tell 1t me-" said Mrs. Chedsoye.
He leaned over from his seat beside
the chauffeur Of the hired automobile.
(Hang the expense on day like
thisD "a fellow brought me rug
last night, one of the rarest outside
the museums. How and where he got
it I'm not fully able to state. But
he had been In violent struggle
somewhere, arms slashed, shins bat
tered, He admitted that he had gone
in where many shapes Of death
lurked. II was a bit irregular. |
bought the rug, however. Some one
else would have snatched it up If I
hadn't. | wanted him to recount the
adventure, but he smiled and refused.
/ tell you what it is, these eastern
ports are great places
"How irteresting!" Mrs. Chedsoye's
color was not up to the mark. He
was not seriously Nounded?'
ooh. no, He looks like a tough IN
diyidual. I mean, a chap strong and
hardy enough to pull himself out of
pretty bad holes. He needed the
money. :
Did he give his namei" asked For
tune
eyes; but no doubt 1t was assumed.
Ryanne, and he spelt It with an ne,
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which OF the four was by all odds the
most popular theme. All agreed that
she was handsome In bold way. This
modification invariably distinguishes
the right sort of women from the
wrong sort, from which there is no ap-
peal to a higher court. They could
we'll afford to admit Of her beauty,
since the dancer was outside what is
called the social pale, for all that her
newest escort was a prince incognito.
They also discussed the play at bridge,
the dullness Of this particular season,
the possibility of war between Eng
land and Germany. And some one
asked others who were the two we'll
goWned women down in front, sitting
on either side of the young chap In
pearl-grey. No one knew. Mother and
daughter, probably. Anyhow, they
knew something about good clothes.
George was happy. He was proud,
too He saw the g1ances. the mods Of
approval. He basKed In kind Of
sunshine that was new. What an ass
he had been all his life! To have
been afraid Of women just because
he was Percival Algernon! What he
should have done was to have gone
forth boldly, taken what pleasures he
found. and laughed with the rest Of
them.
here weren't two other women In
ali Cairo TO compare with these two.
The mother, shapely. elegant. with
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in life fiOcked about her, why, 1t Is
the eternal tribute demanded of beau
ty. Here and there the men were not
all the daughter might have wished.
Often they burnt sweet fattery at her
shrine. tentatively; but as she coolly
stamped out these incipient fires,
they at length came to regard her as
one regards the beauty of frosted
window, as q thing to admire and
praise in passing. One ache always
abided; the bitter knowledge that had
she met In kind smile for smile and
jest for jest, she might have been her.
mothers boon companion. But deep
back in some hidden chamber Of her
heart lay a secret dread of such a
step, dread which, whenever she
strove to analyze it, ran from under
her Investigating touch, as little balls
kof quicksilver run from under the
pressure of thumb.
She was never without the comforts
of life, well-fed, welldressed, we'll
housed, and often her mother flung
her some jeWeled trtnket which (again
that sense Of menace)s she put away,
but never wore. The bright periods
were when they left her in the little
villa near Mentone, with no one but
her old and faithful nurse There,
with her horse, her books and her
flowers, she was at peace. Week into
week and month into month she was
let be. Never letter came. save
from some former schoolmate who
was coming over and wanted letters
of introduction to dukes and duchess
es. II she smiled over these letters
1t was with melancholy; for the dukes
and duchesses, who fell within her
singular orbit, were not the sort to
whom one gave letters Of introduction.
Where her mother went she never
had the least idea. She might be in
any Of the great ports Of the world,
anywhere between New York and
Port Said. The major generally dis
appeared at the same time. Then,
perhaps, she'd come back from a
pleasant tram-ride over to Nice and
find them both at the villa, maid and
luggage. Mayhap night or two, and
off they'd go again; never a word
about their former journey, uncom-
municative, rather quiet. These abb
sences, together with the undemon-
strative Temperatures, used TO hurt
Fortune dreadfully. II gave her a
clear proof Of where she stood, exactly
nowhere. The hurt had lessened with
the years, and now she didn't care
much. Like as not, they would drag
her out Of Eden for a month or two,
for what true reason she never could
quite fathom, unless itEwas that at
times her mother liked to. have the
daughter near her as al foil.
AT rare intervals she saw steeleyed,
grim-mouthed men wandering UP and
down before the gates sof the Villa
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the dark beauty of a hfgh-class Span
lard, possessing humor, trenchant COM
ment, keen deduction and application:
worldly, cynical, high-bred. The stu
dent of nations might have tried in
vain to place her. She spoke the
French Of the Parisians, the Italian
Of the Florentines, the German of the
Hanoverians, and her English was the
envy Of Americans and the wonder Of
the Londoners. The daughter fell be-
hind her but little, but she was more
reserved
As Fortune sat beside the young col
lector that afternoon, she marveled
| why they had given him Percival Al
gernon. Jones was all right, solid and
substantial, but the other two turned
1t into ridicule Still, what was the
matter with Percival Algernon? His
tory had given men Of these names
mighty fine things to accomplish.
Then why ridicule? Was 1t due to the
perverted angle of vision created by
| wits and humorists in the comic week
| lies, who were eternally pillorying
these unhappy prefixes to ordinary
! cognomens? And why this pillorying ?
She hadn't studied the subject suf-
ficiently to realize that the business
Of the humorist is not SO much to
amuse as to warn persons against be-
coming ridiculous. And Percival Al
gernon Jones was all Of that. It re-
solved itself into matter Of values,
then. Had his surname been Mont
morency, Percival Algernon would
have fitted as key to Its lock. She
smiled. No one but fond mother
would be guilty Of such crime. And
IL she ever grew to know him well
enough, she was going to ask him all
| about this mother.
What interest had her own mother
in this harmless young man? Oh
some day she would burst through this
web, this Jungle: some day she would
see beyond the second act! What
then? she never troubled to ask her
self; time enough when the moment
arrived.
II had an Interesting adventure
! last night, a most interesting one
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Fanny, but they never rang the bell,
nor spoke to her when she passed
them on the street. Il she talked OF
these. men, her mother and the major
would exchange amused gIances, moth
ing more.
II, rightly or wrongly, she hated her
mother. she despised her uncle, who
was ever bringing to thesvilla men Of
money, but Of coarse fiber, ostensibly
with the view Of marrying her Of.
But Fortune had her dreams, md she
was quite content to Waik
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scoFFERs
Often Make the Staunehest Converts.

\ y s.
The man who SCOTS at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully un-
derstand has at least the courage to
show where be stands,
The gospel OF Health has many con~
verts who formerly laughed at the
idea that coffee and tea, for example,
ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into
the matter seriously, often at the sug-
gestion Of friend, such persons
have found that Postum and q friends
advice have been their salvation.
My sister was employed in an east.
ern city where she had to do ca1culatr
Ing" writes an Okla. girl. "She sufs
fered with headache until she was al
most untitled for duty.
Her landlady persuaded her to quit
coffee and use Postum and In q few
days she was entirely free from head
ache (Tea Is just as Injurious as
coffee because 1t contains caffeine, tbs
same drug found In coffee.) "She told
her employer about 1t. and on trying
1t, he had the same experience.
"My father and have both suffered
much from nervous headache since
can remember, but we scoffed at the
Idea advanced by my sister, that COT
fee was the cause of our trouble.
However, we finally quilt coffee and
began using Postum. Father has had
but one headache now In four years,
due to severe cold, and have lost
my headaches and sour stomach,
which am now convinced came from
| coffee.
a cup Of good, hot Postum Is sat
tsfying to me when do not care TO
eat meal. Circumstances caused
me to locate in a new country and !
feared I would not be able to get my
fayorite drink, Postum. but ] was
relieved to find that a full supply In
kept here with a heavy demand for
It." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Weilville." in
pkgs. There's reason. :,
Ever read fhe shove letter. A mevy
one appears fronn thine to time. They
are genuine, true, and 2un of hEmas
! interest. ADV.
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CHAPTER vi.
Moonlight ard Poetry. t'

Moonlight aTiu poetry.
A ball followed dinner that right
Wednesday. The ample loudgtng'
room filled up rapidly after coffee:
officers in smart uniforms and spurs.
whose principal function In ttmes Of
peace is to get In everybody's way
rowel exposed ankles, and demoiish
lace ruffles. Egyptians and Turks and
sleek Armenians In somber western
frock and scarlet eastern fez or tar
boosh, women of all colors (meanings
as course. as app1ied) and shapes and
tastes, the lean and the fat, the tall
and short, such as Billy Taylor Is said
to have kissed in all the ports, and
taiI-coats OF as many styles as jos
seph's had patches. George could dis,
tiuguish his compatriots by the fit Of
the trousers round the instep; the
Englishman had his fitted at the
waist and trusted In Providence for
the hang of the rest. This trifIing der
tective work rather pleased George.
The women, however, were all Ewes
to his eye; liberal expanses OF beautt.
full white skin, the bara effect being
modified by string OF pearls or dtar
monds or emeralds, s,nd hair which
might or might not have been wholly
their own. He waited restlessly for
the reappearance of Mrs. Chedsoya
and her daughter. All was right with
the world, except that he was to sais
altogether too soon. His loan haA
been returned, and he knew that bis
former suspicious had been most ~
worthy. Mrs Chedsoye had neF<f
received his note.
ITO BE coDsTINrMn3
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armor. and she never denied herself
the thrust. Mrs. Chedsoye enjoyed
these sharp encounters, for 1t must
be added that she gave as good as
she took, and more often than not her
thrusts bit deeper and did not always
heal @
Fortune never asked questions rela-
tive To the family finances. Il she
harbored an doubts as to their origin.
to the source &c their comparative lux
|. Try, she never put these into speech.
| She hal never seen her father, but
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SYNOPSIS

0 p.rciyal Algernon Jores, vice.
osofss a the Metropolitan Oriental
ssssaen.n NV Of New York. thfrsting for
MS ceiap =. in Cairo on a business trip.
senanes.p yanne arrives at the hotel In
Horace IN . carefully guarded bundle.
earo ais Tones the famous holy Yhi-
Rlyyaan - which he admits having stolen
sfde0' ~ nasfa at Bagdad. Jones meets
ltoa : rallahan and later is introduced to
hae az. s rhedsoye by woman to whom
got saa ,oaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
p ~ .snntbg previously, and who turns
2olag !, n fortunes mother.
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!; End humorously explained why he dad
so"
'Is he young, old. good looking. OF
wEat?"
Mrs. Chedsoye eyed her offspring
thro4gh narrowed lids.
II should say that he was about
thirty.dve, tall, something of an ath-
lete; aud there remains some indiea-
tons &hst in the flush of youth he was
handsome. Odd. He reminded me Of
u young man who was on the varsity
eleyen-foot- baller-when entered
/ my freshman year. didn't know Aim.
but was great admirer Of his from
the grand-stand. Horace Wadsworth
was his name"
Horace Wadsworth. Fortune had
the sensation OF being astonished at
something she had expected to hap
| pen.
Just before going down to dinner
that night. Fortune turned to her
/ mother, her chin combative In Its
angle.
/ Il gave Mr. Jones hundred and
fifty pounds out Of that money you
left In my care. Knowing how forget
full you are, took the liberty Of at
tending to the affair myself"
She expected storm, but instead
her mother viewed her with apprais-
ing eyes. Suddenly she laughed mel.
lowfy. Her sense Of humor was too
excitable to resist so delectable q sie,
uation.
'.You told him, Of course. that tho
money came from me?" demanded
Mrs. Chedsoye. when she could Coz
troll her voice.
Surely. since 1t did come fraan
you
4 my dear, my dear. you are to mo
like the song In the Mikado:" and sno
hummed lightly
ITO make the prisoner pent
yEnwiliingly represent i.
4 A gource OF innocent merrimenf.
i or ianocent merrtment
i IAN I 8 prisoner. them"
whatever you like It can NOT ba
said that ever held you on the leash"
taking final look into the mirror.
what is the meaning Of this rug9
You and know who stole 1t, :
II have explicitly warned you my
child, never to meddIe with affairs
that do not concern you.
Indirectly, some Of yours do. Yen
I are in love with Ryanne. as he calls
I. himself.
aMy dear, you do not usually stopD
to such vulgarity. And are you Ger
tain that he has any other name?"
.If were should not tell YOU
"Oh!"
"A man Will tell the woman hs
loves many things he will not tell
the woman he admires.
"As wise as the serpent" bantered
the mother; but she looked again into
the mirror to see II her color was stila
what 1t should be- And whom does
he admire?" the Mona Lisa smile hov.
ertng at the corners OF her lips.
'sYou.' evenly.
Mrs. Chedsoye thought for mo
ment, thought deeply and with new
insight. It was no longer child but
j a woman. and mayhap she had played
upon the taut strings OF tho young
heart once too often. Still. sha was
unafraid.
"And whom does he love?'
"Me. Shall get you the rcuga
mother?'
Still with that unchanging smile,
the woman received the stab. MY
daughter" as II speculatively. 'you
viii get on. You haven't beer my pu.
oil all these years for nothing. Lea
us go down to dinner
Fortune, as she silently followed,
experienced sense Of disconceruoD
rather than OF elation. a.
CHAPTER vi. ~ssa
...o 'ssssA
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Regular practicing physicians recommend
and prescribe OXIDINE for Malaria, be-
cause it is a proven remedy by years OF ex-
perience. Keep bottle in the medicine
chest and administer at first sign of Chills
and Fever. Adv.
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HIS Susplclcna Aroused,

LecturerAll statistics prove that
the blonde woman is more difficult to
get along with than the brunette.
Astonished Man in the Audience
(starting up)Are you certain Of tha
fact? .
Lecturer-It Is q fact.
Astonished Man-Then believe my
Wlfe's black hair is dyed.
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After Dinner Joke.

In the great Pecos valley apple
country of New Mexico the latest ar
rival Is always asked:
What is worse than biting into an
apple and finding worm?''
He is stumped. They tell him
Finding half a worm ss
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We have noticed that the men who
die for women nearly always do SO ae
the hands of an injured husband.
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or Course.

Ut V0WFSE.
Women always succeed In civic af-
fairs when they organize q broom
brigade
Naturally, they make q clean
sweep"
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Buy experience IL you want per-
manent investment.
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Ailsa What did papa say when you
asked him for my hand?
Alfred-He said he guessed I'd find
It In the pocket he carried his money
III.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-22
Chamberlin= JOfnSOn=DuBOSe Co.
DON'T MISS BIG SHOW
AT BONITA THEATER
ALL THIS WEEK

If you want to see a dandy good mu-
steal comedy, filed to the brim with
laughable ClimaXes, good music. catchy
songs and up to-date jokes. in addition
to a pretty girl chorus that would do
credit to any show in the world.
Allen & Kenna, with their Aviation
Girls" are too well known to need
comment, and the beautiful new motion
pictures which SIRE shown between each
performance are well worth the price of
admission alone which is Toe for adults
and sc for children. CAdvt)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-22
STUDENTS NOW DECIDE TO
HAZE ONLY SMART ALECKS'

SWARTHNTORE, PA, Nov. 22.-In the
future, at Strathmore college only "fresh" =
freshmen will be hazed This was de-
cided at a meeting of the student gov
eminent commission.
General hazing will no longer be in
dulged. In the past, every freshman I'M
derwent certain penalties, whether he
needed it or not Now only those fresh
men violating the rules" will be taken
in hand by the upper classmen.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-22
GAS ON LITTLE FARM
MAKES FARMER RICH

ST GAINESVILLE, OHIO. Nov 21.-
John Rothgeb was making S2.6S day as
miner until gas was discovered on his
500 a dav
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-22
ANOTHER WOODROW WILSON,"

MONTGOMERY. ALA, Nov Ell
Woodrow Wilson Bailey, a two-day-old
baby boy, has the distinction of being the
first child in Montgomery to be named
for the president elect. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ J. Bailey.
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CHILD BORN WITH FULL
GROWTH OF GRAY HAIR

WHITESBURG, KY, Nov 21.-Pine
Greek farming community is agog over
growth Of gray hair. Mrs. John II Graft,
wife of a farmer. is the mother
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-21
STARTLING FACTS
AT COLMAN DOCK
PROBE ARE SHOWN
Csupany Failed to Make Regular Inspection OF Dock
Machnery-Coroner's Jury VIII Give Verdict on
Accident This Afternoon.

rxsre sho~nq failed TO make
- Inscse,ons machinery but that permitted the
a passengers psrfunetoy examinations made
stationary engineer employed 20 taNc
81 heating arrangement of the deck
by testimony before the
s morning probing the Of the deaths Of Mrs
6ru6er result of
- csman loci accident Sunday refnlna
NJ testified that he had assist
hps h. gearing mouth but that
xhen complaint officers be would do
ss complaints had been made about the
he accident red for he months.
+ TESTIMONY
oiled the gearing tha, slip about 10
AZ that time that the scar wheel
rebuilt
making inspections but that be oiled
vhesrvs be eed be machinery needed Il.
the jurors viz admitted that he
slipped the wheels and caused the acct
quarter zach play although only ihreequaf
nm inch entire length.
II utase retired at ~ 70
Prosecuting Murphy and H. L.
puhc commission together wh Coroner Snyder
dsece1 examinations -,
Tse examined who duty al the Col
Clark who helped In the
the boat and the other
q g. l. Wiz. the cock snkineeF,
and Andrew iiil enbalms
vho Identified the dead bodies
material whether the
other injury sustained by
composed OF the follow
~ Nks Funk. Mrs r. M Rhodes H. H. DAVIS, EAr
EieHsf A. Erxeti and r g PvrrEo.
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The needles are telling the story
OF the days weather.
Every hour or so the Iron men
leave their desks and rush to the
cylinders. II Is gruelIing work.
What is the rainfall on Capitol
Hill7 The wind velocity in George
town. What says the barometer
Fair7 Quick, give the news to
Washington. And the temperature 2
Thunderationi It's down a degree
in Green Lake. Clouds hang over
the OIympics. The sun shines on
Everett.
Steady, men! Cool and steady"
Back TO their desks 90 the men Of
iron. Back 10 his dime novel goes
the iron office boy. They must con.
serve their energies now. They
must gather their strength against
the coming hour when they must
again rush at the cylinders.
The silly needles scratch on and
on and on.
II is killing work. And what is
the reward
~ see by the weather bulletin"
remarks the average wife 20 her
husband as he is leaving for the
office. that II promises to be dry
and fair today"
"ln which case replies the aver.
age man, "it would be wise to take
my umbrella"
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you can be sure that will take
= uiri passenger In The star flight
ncxt week. declared Philip Parma
lee. tho youngest. hsrosorest and
most experienced blrdman actively
engaged In the aviation business to.
day.
Z with ] Clifford TnrpIn. the young
nyistor arrived Ia Seattle yesterday
from the South. en- route to vancon.
yer u. c.. where the two will par.
tieipate In the celebration OF the
queens birthday. Thursday and Fri
day.
We carry the fastest machines
In the country" said parmeleo this
morning. They can travel az n rate
Of from 60 10 rs miles an hour. I'm
building one now that will have a
spf "a of 1906 miles. which I am con.
fldanl will break the wsrid'o record
Iat the next competitive meet"
Phil looks like a mere lad, but his
youthful features show n dcfcrmin.
ed fact that gives you the impress.
sion that II fears not even danger
signals. Having been In the game
only two years. he has made over
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1000 flights. and has met with only
one accident. lie fell into the Rio
Grande a few months ago and es-
capped without injury.
Parmalee fears no weather. and
nothing but gale would stop him
from disappointing the crowd.
More Bird Girls.
The Star list OF anxious bird
women Is daily increasing. With
the assurance that the handsome
young siy pilot win safely conduct
one OF Seattle's prettiest maidens
through the air. next week. compe-
tition for the coveted seat is getting
keener daily.
This morning the. names OF Miss
Grace V. Boucher. 1897 First av. ~;
Myrtle Meyer. 224 W. Kilbourne.
and Genevievc NJ. Buckner, 3i1
Eastlake ay., were received.
Over thirty young ladies have sig
nificd their willingness to brave the
upper atmosphere. up TO date.
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My boy you are credit TO your and all humanity
Later the boy said: "And that's all the reward want !"
But Is IL enough' Is Seacs gratitude to Newton Johns
to be measured by words Of prase1
u heard Of plucier act" said Mayor Coter to-
day The boy in that icecold nearly hour He
was cool courageous strong him just after he left the
water lie reelng and his face CHASTITY He had taxed
himself 10 the limit OF his endurance Aud wthal was
modest anxious minimize the importance OF his work and
embarrassed TO find himself the Of interest and applause
Il earnestly hope that Seattle will find way prove
gratitude to Newton Johns in substantial FORM He
serves Carnegie medal II did but Seattle would
have share in giving Carnegie medal have had Johns
home life investigated find he is good steady young
who for several years has supported paray
daughter.
Let's together and think of substantial token in
which all Seattle may have a share"