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his soreness OF shame till Il teecame q
weight of guilt. It also stirred afresh
the pity, which was the strongest feel
ing he had for her. 1t was the ten
derest, the most womanly letter, Ber-
ny had ever written him. A note OF
real appeal sounded through 1t. She
had humiliated herself, asked his par
don, besought of him to return. As
he thought of 1t, the vision OF her
alone in the fiat, bereft of friends,
duly devoid of any occupation, scorn-
full Of her old companions, fawningly
desirous Of making new ones who re-
fused to know her, smote himl with
an almost sickening sense of it's pitl-
fulness. He felt sorry for her not
alone because of her position, but be-
cause of what she was, what her own
disposition had made her. She would
never change, her limitations were
fixed. She would go on longing for
the same flesh-pots to the end, believ-
ing that they represented the highest
and best.
Berny had realized that her letter
was a skillful and, moving production,
but she did not know that 1t was to
gain hundredfold in persuasive
power by falling on guilty con-
science. 1t put an end to Dominick's
revolt, 1t quenched the last sparks of
the mutinous rage which had taken
him to Antelope. That same after
noon in his frlgid bedroom at The ho-
tel, he answered 1t. His reply was
short, only few lines. In these he
stated that he would be back on the
his injured foot making an earlier
move impossible.
The letter reached Berny Friday
and threw her into state of febrile
excitement. Her deadly dread Of DOM
inick's returning to his family had
never quite died out 1t kept recur-
ring, sweeping in upon her In moods
of depression, and making her feel
chilled and frightened. Now she knew
he was coming back to her, evidently
| not lovingly disposed-the letter was
too terse and cold for that-but. at
any rate, he was coming home. Once
there, she would set all her wits to
work, use every art of which she was
mistress, to make him forget the
quarrel and enter in upon new era
of sweet reasonableness and mutual
consideration.
She set about this by cleaning the
house and buying new curtains for the
sitting-room. Such publications and
garnishments would have agreeably
impressed her on homecoming and
she thought they would Dominick. In
the past year she had become much
more extravagant than she had been
formerly, characteristic which had
arisen in her from a state of rasped
irritation against the restricted means
to which Mrs. Ryan's rancor con-
demned her. She was quite heavily
in debt to various tradespeopleA 4 and
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CHAPTER x.
pomlniok Comes Home.

Domlntck ZONES nome.
Three days after the return of the
Cannons, Dominick Ryan also came
home. He'had answered Berny's let
ter the day the Cannons left, few
hours after that interview with the
Bonanza King, in which, driven to
bay by the old mans questions. he
had torn the veil from his married
life.
After that there was period of
several hours when he sat in his room
thinking over what had happened. 1t
seemed to him that he had played
dastardly part He saw himself a
creature of monumental, gross selfish
ness. who had cajoled a young girl,
in a moment Of softness and senti-
ment, into an action which had done
nothing but distress and humiliate
her. He, who should have been the
strong one, had been weak. 1t was
he who should have seen how things
were going; he, the married man, who
had allowed himself to feel and to
yield to love that ought to have been
hidden forever in his own heart.
He felt that 1t would be sort of
expiation to go back to his wife. That
was where he belonged. Rose must
never again cross his path, have> a
place in his thoughts. or float. a soft
beguiling image, in his memory. He
had wife. No matter what Berny
was, she was the woman he had mar
ried. She had not deceived him. 1t
was he who had done her wrong,
and he owed her a reparation.
In his raw state. his nerves still
thrilling with the memory of that mo-
ment's embrace, he saw Berry from
her own point of View. He lost the
memory of the complacent mistress in
the picture Of the unloved wife, on
whose side there was much to be said.
Morbidness colored his vision and ex.
aggerated his sense of culpability. II
she had an ugly temper. had it not
been excited, f. and aggravated by
the treatment Size had received from
his family? If they had maintained
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stockholder thatll double his salary
anA give him a chance he'd never
have got in this world. She wants to
pay off mortgage on a ranch Perley
has in the Sacramento Valley and
she's sent Mrs. Perley a check for
five hundred dollars. She's offered
Willoughby first-rate job on the Red
Calumet group Of mines near Sonora
in which Con had controlling inter
est, and she's written to the doctor to
come down and become one of the
house physicians of the st. Filome ena
Hospital, which she practically runs.
She's ready to do all this because of
what they did for Dominick, and yet
she, his own mother, won't give the
boy cent and keeps him on starva-
ton wages, just because she wants to
spite his wife"
He looked at his daughter across
the table with narrowed eyes. What
have you got to say for yourself after
that, young woman?" he demanded.
Rose had evidently nothing to say.
She raised her eyebrows and shook
her head by way Of reply. Her face,
In the flood Of lamplight, looked pale
and tired. She was evidently distract
and depressed; a very different-look-
ing Rose from the girl he had taken
away with him four weeks earlier.
He regarded her for an anxiously-con-
templative moment and then said:
Whats the matter? Seems to me
you look sort'er peaked"
"1?" she queried with a surprised
start. why, I'm quite we'll"
Wells you were before you went
up to the mines?"
A color came into her cheeks and
she lowered her eyes:
I'm little tired, |. think, and that
always makes NE look pale. It was
hard sort of trip, all those hours in
the sleigh, and that hotel at Rocky
Bar was a dreadful place. | couldn't
sleep. There was a COW somewhere
near-it sounded as II 1t were in the
next room-and the roosters all be-
gar to crow in the middle of the night.
I'll be all right tomorrow"
Her father drew his coffee-cup
tON az u nm uIOppSu III d Vi
sugar. No word had passed between
him and his daughter as to the scene
he had witnessed two days before in
the parlor of Perley's Hotel. She was
| ignorant of the fact that he had seen
it and he intended that she should re-
main ignorant of 1t. But the next
morning he had had an interview with
Dominick Ryan, in which the young
man, confronted with angry questions
and goaded past reserve by shame and
pain, had confessed the misery of his
marriage and the love that in an un.
guarded moment had slipped beyond
his control
Cannon had said little to him. Be
yond telling him that he must not
see Miss Cannon again, his comments
on Dominick's confessions had been
brief and non-ccmmittal. Itswas moi
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his business TO preach to Della Ry-
ans boy, and large experience of
men had given him practically linn
itless tolerance of any and all lapses
of which the human animal is capable.
They only concerned him as they bore
ON his own affairs. In this particular
case they did bear on his affairs, close
ly and Importantly. on the affair of
all others dearest and nearest to him
the happiness of his daughter. He
knew that in this three weeks of inn
prisonment she had come to feel for
Dominick Ryan sentiment she had
never before felt for any man. He
had seen her in the young mans
arms, and, knowing Rose as he knew
her, that was enough.
Driving down from Antelope In the
sleigh he thought about it hard, hard
er than he had ever before In his life
thought Of any sentimental complica-
ton. He was enraged-coldly and
grimly enraged-that his girl should
have stumbled into such pitfall. But
1t was not his habit to waste time and
force in the indulgence Of proftless
anger. The thing had happened
Rose, who had been courted many
times and never warmed to more than
pity for her unsuccessful suitors. had
suddenly. by fateful. unpremeditated
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different attitude toward her, the
poor girl might have been quite a
pleasant, easy-going person. In all
other ways she had been good wife.
Since their marriage, no other man
had ever won glance from her. She
had often enough assured Dominick
of that fact, and he. for his part, knew
1t to be true. She had struggled to
keep a comfortable home on their
small income. If she was not congen-
ial to him-if her companionship was
growing daily more disagreeable-was
1t all her fault? He had known her
well before he married her, six months
of the closest intimacy had made him
acquainted with every foible of her
character. 1t was no story Of youth
beguiled and deceived by mature
woman in the unequal duel of draw
ing-room courtship.
Her letter intensified his condition
OF selfaccusation. chafed and trritated
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SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon. the bonanza king, and his
daughter, Rose. who had passed UP Mrs.
Cornelius Ryan's ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father. arrive at Antelope.
Domlnick Ryan calls on his mother to
beg ball invitation for his wife and is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
to. recognize her daughter-in-law. DOM
iulck had been trapped into marriage
with Bernice Iverson, II stenographer,
several years his senior. She squanders his
money, they have frequent quarrels, and
he slips away Cannon and his daughter
are showed in at Antelope. Domnlck
Ryan is rescued from storm in uncon-
scious condition and brought to Antelope
hotel. Antelope Is cut off by storm. Rose
Cannon nurses Dominick back to life.
Two weeks later Bernice discovers in q
paper where husband is and writes letter
trying to smooth over difficulties between
them. Dominick at last is able to Join
fellow snowbound prisoners In hotel par
lor. He loses temper over talk of Buford.
an actor. After three weeks. end of im-
prisonment is seen. Telegrams and mail
arrive. Dominick gets letter from wife.
Tells Rose he doesn't love wife, and never
did. Stormbound people begin to depart.
Rose and Dominlck embrace. father sees
them and demands an explanation: Roses
brother Gene is made manager of ranch.
and Is to get 1t II he stays sober year.
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that his darling had left the table in


that his darling had left the table in
tears.
He sat on for some time, stonily mo-
tionless, save for the movement of
his lips as he puffed out clouds OF
smoke. The soft-footed servants,
coming to clear the table, fed before
his growled command to "get out and
let me alone" AS he smoked he
looked straight before him with
fixed, unwinking eyes, his face set
in furrows of thought. At long In
tervals he stirred in his chair, pom
derously, like an inert, heavy animal,
and now and then he emitted short
sound, like grunted comment on
some thought, which, by Its biting
suddenness, seemed to force an ejac
ulation out of him.
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TO dressmakers and millinek che
owed sums that would have astounded
her husband had he known of them.
This did not prevent her from still
further celebrating his return by or
dering new dress in which ito greet
him and new hat to wear the first
time they went out together. How
she was to pay for these adornments.
she did not know nor care. The occa-
sion was SO important that 1t excused
any extravaganza, and Berny, in
whose pinched. dry nature love Of
dress was a predominant passion, vas
glad to have reason for adding new
glories to her wardrobe.
CTo BE coNTINUED)
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CTO BE CONTINUED.
Poor Rich.

Sometimes poverty consists in just
feeding the psor. Half the millionaireG
in the country don't know how much
they are worth. Atlantic Constitution.
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BROOKLYN BEATEN
IN FIRST GAME
At HOME
Standing of the Clubs.

Brooklyn, April 9.-Philadelphia beat
Brooklyn in the special opening game
of the National league season which
marked the formal occupation of Eb-
belts field today. The cold, raW wind
kept the attendance down. but did not
affect the players, who put up a re-
markable battle. Both Seaton and
Rucker pitched brilliant bail, the for
mer just shading the famous SOUTH
paw in a l to 0 shutout.
Benny Meyer, the heavy-hitting re-
cruit from Toronto, lost the came for
Rucker in the first inning. With one
out. knabc doubled to right, Meyer
muffed Lobert's foul in the sun field,
but Stengol overcame this error by
making n t".,sational catch of a long
fly troUI the same batter. Then
Meyer muffed Magee's fly, letting
knabe in with the only run of the
contest, Stcngcl added further to his
reputation by grabbing Jeland's sim
gle and cutting off Magee by a great
throw to the plate,
Neither side was able to score there
after. Rucker was taken out in the
eighth, when, with one out, Fisher and
Miller made scratch hits and Gala
han was sent in as a pinch batter.
The substitute forced Miller and STEM
gel was out on a Corking stop ~
Doolan. This was Brook'yn's best
chance to score. Ragon pitched the
last inning, and showed good form.
The opening ceremonies were i'm
pressivc, the two teams parading
across the field headed by a brass
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SAFER CAN'T PLAY TODAY.

Chicago, April 9.-Reports today in
Dictated hat Victor Saier's ankle,
which he injured in practice ,yester-
day, will keep him out of the Chicago
Nationals opening game here tomor-
row n perhaps for several days will
force him to stay on the invalid list.
Archer probably will understudy
Safer at first base, leaving the bulk
of the catching to Bresnahan for the
first few days. 1t is Manager Evers'
intention to accustom Archer to first
base anyway, so he a be used
against ~left-handed pitchers, Safer be-
ing somewhat weak when facing them.
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BOYS TO BEGIN
SEASONS WORK
TODAY

New York, April 9.-Firing will begin
along virtually the entire line in major
league baseball tomorrow. Formal
openings in seven cities will mark the
real start Of the American and Ma
tional league pennant races.
Philadelphia, which, by virtue of its
victory over Brooklyn in the ~latter's
new field in the only game of today,
holds undisputed possession Of first
place in the National league race. will
have Brooklyn for an opponent again
tomorrow, but with the scene of the
encounter changed to Philadelphia. In
New York the champion Giants will
meet the Bostons. In the west, st.
Louis pays at Chicago. The Cincin-
natl field has beer adjudged too wet
for play, and the season there will not
open until Saturday.
There was no preliminary opening
in the American league, and first
games in that circuit are scheduled for
tomorrow. The Boston Red SoX, pres
ent worlds champions, play on their
home grounds with the Philadelphia
Athletics. while New York and WASH
ington will meet in the latter city.
In the other half of the circuit the
openings will be at Cleveland and st.
Louis, with Chicago playing in the for
mer and Detroit in the latter city.
Aside from the enthusiasm incident
to the annual opening of the reason
varied reasons are responsible for the
special interest in the showing several
teams will max in tomorroW's con-
tests. Boston and Philadelphia are
admittedly strong rivals for the
American league championship. Both
teams are in fine f%ettle, and a notable
The form which the National league
champions will show in their game
with Stallings' men also is a matter of
interest. Johnny Evers will make his
debut as a big league manager at the
head of the Cubs in the game with st.
Louis.
Frank Chances H~ighlandcrs, pur-
sued as in former years by the "jinX'
with accidents to several of the teams
mainstays, already recorded, will go
into its game with Washington SER
iOusly handicapped. Detroit will be
without the services of its brightest
star, Tyrus Cobb, who is Still a hold
out.
In the game here, Tesreau for New
York and Perdue for Boston are the
probable selections.
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Wilson to Throw Ball.

Washington, April 9.-Dropping
tariff schedules for the baseball game,
President Wilson is expected to open
the american league season here to-
morrow by tossing the first ball in the
game between Washington and New
York. Rain and cold weather. how
eVer, was the prediction for tomorrow,
Although probably not quite as en-
thuiastic a fan as former President
Taft. President Wilson has accepted
the presidential pass" and hopes to
attend many games.
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and formed a 3O-game schedule which
will be. played during the summer
months. There are some mighty
good players in Missoula and the class
of ball that will be played here during
the summer will be pretty high. The
following schedule has been arranged;
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OUT STARTS.

New York, April 9.-Maior baseball
teams here already have begun cut
ting down their strings in preparation
for compliance with the 25-player
limit rule. Manager Chance of the
New York Americans disposed of five.
more players today to Southern, In
ternational and New York league
clubs. Manager McGraw of the Ma
tionals announced the release Of
Pitcher Bader to the Dallas, Texas,
league team.
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No Game; Rain.

Cincinnati, April 9.-Owing to the
continued hard rains that fell here To-
day, President Hermann decided to-
night to postpone the opening of the
National league baseball season in this
city until Saturday. April -. Early in
the day the game had been post
poned until Friday.
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CASHIER INDICTED.

Ravenna, Ohio, April 9.-Two in
dictments charging embezzlement of
approximately $4,000 from the Port
Savings & Loan have
been returned against S. J. Post.
cashier in that institution.
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KILLED BY FOOTBALL,

kearney, Neb., April civilian
Jennings Bryan Townsend, a 15-year-
old schoolboy of this place, is dead at
the home of his parents after an ex-
tended period of illness caused d.
rectly by an injury received at a prac-
tice football game several days ago.
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NAVY BEATS

Annapolis. Md, April 9.-Through
Ieiberts sensational pitching in which
he struck out 10 and allowed no hits.
the navy easily defeated Cornell to-
day, 4 to 0.
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Twilight League Schedule
Framed Up by Committee

The formation Of the Twilight league
is a move. that has brought real JOY
to the hearts Of the Missoula baseball
fans, for the city circuit will fill in
those mournful gaps that come when
the home team is out of town. Yes
terday the schedule committee met
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ARMY WINS AGAIN,

West Point, N. Y, April 9.-Nov-
land, the armN's star pitcher, scored
his fourth straight victory. today.
when the army defeated La Fayettc,
s to 5.
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SEASON ON WATER
WILL Be BEST
EVER

New York, April 2.-Tha forthcom-
biggest in the history of the sport.
Many club and college regattas are on
the seasons schedule. The season will
open on April 10 and extend into the
middle of october.
After IA years Boston will hold the
national championships on the Charles
river on Friday and Saturday, August
s and 8. They will be one mile and a
quarter, with a turn, except the senior
and intermediate eight-oared races
and the senior centipede four scullers
in a shelD. In having the singles, dou-
bles and tours now with a turn, it is
believed the spectators will enjoy the
contest more than ~straightaWay races,
as has been customary, as the people
along the river banks can see the start,
progress and finish of each event.
Peoria has this year again secured
the central states and southwestern
regattas.
Triangular Races.
Cornell me Harvard will race this
year at Lake Cayuga, Ithaca, on Sat
urdaN, May "a. A new test will be a
three cornered event between the Har-
ward, Pennsylvania and Princeton var
sites on the Charles river course,
Boston, OF Saturday, May 10.
The list Of races, college and club,
for the season follows:
saturday, April 19-California, STAN
ford and University of Washington
(Seattle), varsity, three miles: also
California and Stanford freshmen, two
miles, on Oakland estuary, California.
Saturday, May l0-Triangular var
sity race, Harvard, Pennsylvania and
Princeton, on Charles river, Boston;
Saturday, May Il, Princeton VS.. An
napolis, at Princeton: Saturday, May
"a, Cornell VS.. Harvard, at Lake
Cayuga, Ithaca; Saturday, May "a,
pennsylvania VS.. Annapolis, at An
napolIs; May 20, Harlem river, New
York city; Saturday, May 81, Ameri-
can regatta on %SchuylkiI river, Phila-
delphia.
June u. Harvard VS.. Yale, at New
London, Conn, varsity and freshmen
eights and fours.
Intercollegiate.
Saturday, June q, intercollegiate
regatta at p~oughkcepSic, varsity
clghls, freshmen Fights ana fours be-
tween Cornell, PENNSYLVANIA, Column
bia, Syracuse and Wisconsin; Schuvl-
kill navy regatta.
July 2 to 5, Royal English Hanley
regatta, Thames river, London; Inde-
pendence day July ~, peoples re-
satta, Philadelphia; New England
Rowing association, Boston: Connecti-
cut Valley Rowing association regatta:
Rosedale On. j. club, Hackensack
river; July l6 and II, entral States
ftoWlng association regatta, also july
IL and 10, Southwestern Rowing assoc
cation regatta, both at Peoria, Ill:
July 10, Long Island Rowing associa-
ton: July 26, Hudson river regatta,
New York.
August l and ., Canadian Henley. at
ST, Catherincs; national regatta at
Boston, August s and 8; week of Au-
gust 20, Perry centennial regatta, Put
ln-BaN, Lake Erie, Detroit B. C. aus
pices.
September 1 Labor day., middle
states regatta (probably Raltimore);
New England Rowing association, at
Boston.
october u, Columbus day. New Eng
land Rowing association regatta, Bos-
ton. ~
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Los Angeles Drops One.

Sacramento, Cal, April 9.-Sacra-
mento turned the tables on Los An
geles today, winning 4 to 0. Crabb
held the locals to three hits but these
We're punched with free passes for the
four TALES.
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Washington Wins.

Washington, April 9.-The Washing
ton Americans ~overwhnlmed the To-
ronto International l,aone team to-
day, winning, IS to .. Score:
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Seals Lose AGAIN.

Los Angeles, April "a base on
balls, an error by Cartwright and a
delayed double. steal gave Venice one
run in the first inning of today's
game and they We're never headed by
the Seals.
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Batteries-Bush, Wyckoff and Egan;
ShaWkey n Bergen.
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At New York-New York Nationals,
5; Yale, 2.
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BUSH BEATEN
BY BALTIMORE CLUB

Baltimore, April 9.-The Baltimore
International league team won today's
game with the Philadelphia Ameri-
cans, . to 3. Score: r. H e.
Ra1tip,ora
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Notes
from
the
Anvil


John Bassey, right fielder for the
peerless Mr.. B~lankenship, is some
thing of a poet. Mr.. Bassey admits
that he is the author of the following
versus, a perusal of which is apt to
the common belief that ball
players aren't human beings. Mr.
Bassey's poem is entitled: