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ly that George and she would ever
marry. She had seen her face in the
mirror; she had changed even more
than Eunice, but instead of taking on
the matronly aspect of happily mar
ried woman she had become a Queru-
lous-looking old maid instead. Some
day George would awaken to the I'M
derstanding of what they had missed
In life; he would marry some young
girl, and she-well, it would be like
those horrible breach-of-promise cases
that she had read in the newspapers.
She must let George go. She knew
that he did not love her. She had be-
come merely a part OF the routine of
his life.
A ring at the bell-George's ringl
He never called at four in the after
noon. Something must have occurred
to make him leave his office at that
hour. She fastened her hair and
slipped down the stairs.
George followed her into the parlor
and sat down heavily. His face was
unshaven, his tie sagged from his col
lar; he looked thoroughly detected.
Leslie" he said, Il have come TO
offer you your freedom. l can never
marry you"
She looked at him; newborn pity
rose in her heart. How men had to
struggle! She had not thought before
that George, too, might be as wretched
az she.
"The bank has failed" he continued,
in a monotonous voice. Every penny
is gone. am at the bottom of the
ladder again. 1t will mean three years
longer. Leslie, can't hold you. Les
lie! Why, what are you laughing
about?"
She laughed, and the tears in her
eyes were those Of happiness. She
went across to Georges chair and
perched herself upon the arm of it,
just as she used to do in the first days
of their engagement.
my DEAR" she said, "how would
you like to marry me without the
house and the furniture and the new
trunks and the outfit and the trous-
seau? Do you want me, dear, or do
you want these?"
He leaped up and caught her hands
incredulously.
do you mean that, Leslie?" he
cried. why, l have never dared to
make that suggestion. Do you-win
you? Today?'
Tomorrow" answered Leslie, smil-
ing, and then a flood Of happy tears
blinded her eyes.
Copyright, 1918. by w. G. Chapman)
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VICTORY WON BY DIPLOMACY
When Mr.. ThurloW Knew How to
Soften the Heart Of His Charm
er's Mother.

Mrs. Darnton," said william Thur
low, there is matter which would
like to discuss with you, If, L may at
this time"
Mrs. Darnton looked over her glass
es and frowned. She was the secre-
tary of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Manly independence, and she
had a well defined idea of the nature
Of the proposition that Mr.. Thurlow
Wished to discuss. &
We'll, go on she said in her most
impressive manner, what is tt?'
Il love your daughter and | have
reasons to believe that she returns
my affection
Have you dared to make love to
her without first gaining my permits
sion?"
mo, dear lady. l have never call
ed her sweetheart or darling, or any
thing like that. have merely gained
the impression, owing, perhaps, to
the pleasure she seemed to have in
my company, that she might learn to
care for me if gained authority from
you to try to win her love-
Mrs. Darnton's features hardened,
and she coldly asked:
What recommendation have you to
offer for yourself? If you love my
daughter now, how am / to be con-
vinced that your love will not be as
evanescent-kindly mark the word-as
evanescent as is the love almost every
other man has for his wife at the be-
ginning?"
Il am sure my love will not be evan
escent. / shall love Geraldine always,
| know. shall never cease to worship
her for her beauty. have noticed that
she takes after her neither. If l may
say so. and that is guarantee that
her beauty will not fade as the years
go by. If / might, with permission
try to win"
Geraldine came downstairs and in
terrupted them then, but the jury
returned a verdict in Mr.. Thurlow'S
favor
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Uncle Ike to Dear Bertha.

Do you know Dear Bertha" or
Uncle Ike?" If so you are in po-
sition to do one or both favor and
incidentally aid the employees of the
Winsted postoffice in the performance
of their duties. There is card at the
Office for Bertha, and the message that
it contains is such that Postmaster
Glynn and his clerks are anxious to
have it reach its destination. The
message is as follows:
Dear Bertha: If you go to the
church left some cheese on the plate
near the organ Will you take it away,
if there is any left, and put it in the
furnace? UNCLE IKE.
The writer neglected to add Bertha 8
address, and consequently when the
card reached the Office it was posted
in the lobby with the dozens of others
that are held for one reason or anoth-
Hartford COprant.
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DEATH FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK
Cessation of Life Is Due to Contrac.
ton of the FibriIs or Muscular
sFibers of the Heart.

While every one knows that an cleo
trio shock, if powerful enough, will
cause death, there are very few who
know exactly the cause, and from
description given in recent English
magazine, quoting an authority on the
subject, the whole matter is simple.
Death produced from electric shock.
says this magazine, usually Is the re-
suit of contraction of the hbrlis or
muscular fibers of the heart, or OF
paralysis of the respiratory organs.
While doctors have been unable to
find any treatment that will cure the
former, artificial respiration often
overcomes the respiratory paralysis.
The effects of direct and alternating
currents vary with the current
strength. the duration of contact and
the path through the body; and with
alternating currents low frequency
usually is more dangerous than high.
The lower animals are more suscep-
tible toselectric shock than man, dogs
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HER FRIEND EUN|CE
BY EVA TAYLOR.

George" said LESLIE "you have
heard me speak about my friend
Eunice Vane? l have just had let
ter from her; she is coming to pay
me visit for a couple of days, with
her two children, while her husband Is
away in New York. ] haven't seen
her for nearly six years. You know
we were at college together"
"Then ! guess I'll have to spruce up
tomorrow night answered Leslie's
fiance, as he rose to take his leave
of her. He kissed her and put on his
hat. AS he went down the steps Les
lie looked after him with a vague dis
satisfaction which she could not quite
analyze.
Lucky Eunice!" she soliloquized, a
little bitterly. Here we are, both
verging on thirty, and both engaged
In the same month. And you have
rich husband and two babies, while
+" She shrugged her shoulders and
went back into the parlor.
George and Leslie had been engaged
LOI uCuI1J OLA yCoA De A1hO "~S -
school teacher and George lawyer
in the same town. But Leslie earned
more than George and he would not
marry her-nor did she desire it
until he was earning enough to sup
port her at home. They had meant
to be married many years before, but
first Georges firm had failed and he
had had to set up for himself, this In
volving the expenditure Of all the lit
tie hoard that had been accumulated
so carefully. Then had come pc
rioG of sickness, when all Lesfie's saw
ings had gone on hospital and ply
sicians fees. Finally, just when they
had begun to put something aside for
furniture, a nationwide panic had
cut down Georges earnings to the
bare minimum of subsistence, and he
was only just beginning to earn a liv-
ing wage again.
Happy Eunice!" sighed Leslie.
And then she began to understand
why she was miserable that evening.
1t was not altogether envy of her
friend. The fact was-she felt that
George and she were drifting apart.
There was no longer the sense of ro-
nance, of rapture, in their meetings.
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Almost the Same Thing.

A little girl, visiting her auntie, was
compelled to sleep in room colder
than that to which she was accus-
toned at home. Every night, before
retiring, she took a hot bath, and
anntie noticed that from the bathroom
she made swift and straight flight to
bed Don't you say your prayers at
night, dear?" asked the lady. in tones
of gentle reproof "Oh, yes, auntie
dear, l say them in the bathroom, it's
warmer. say them just the last
thing before l come to bed
But" said auntie, who had noticed
the childs habit of lying fiat In the
water for a few moments before
emerging from the bath, you don't
kneel down to say them, do your"
mo" was the unexpected answer,
but turn over on my front"
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starting to the door to intercept her,
Il want you to stay. I'll have no Sc
crets from you, Lucy. want you to
hear what these gentlemen have to
say" He glared at Abbott as if daring
him TO speak the words that must de-
stroy his wife's last feeble hold on
her position.
Il hope Mrs. Gregory will exc&se
u.s." said Abbott, smiling at her as
cheerfulIy as he could, "but she knaws
that there are matters of business
that women don't understand, or care
to learn. This is something that re-
lates merely to you, Mr.. Gregory, and
ourselves"
"Of course understand you, Alb.
bott," said Mrs. Gregory gently, "and
Mr.. Gregory is wrong to insist on my
errupting-women are always in
the way" She smiled, and, slipping
around Gregory, had reached the door,
when she came face to face with
Grace Noir, entering. At sight of her
for Grace did not pause. but went
over to the piano-Mrs. Gregory ap-
parently reconsidered, and stepped te
her husbands side.
$50 you did come" Grace said, smil-
ing at Robert "Shall we go into the
other room?"
Robert revelcd In her beauty, and to
that extent his anger against Gregory
famed higher. Pretty soon," he said,
pretty soon, Miss Grace-in just
twenty minutes" he looked at his
watch, then at Abbott.
Il must tell you, Mr.. Gregory" Alb
bolt began rapidly, that | had just
thirty minutes to consummate the
matter with you-just half an hour,
when we came here, and ten minutes
are already gone. Only twenty min
utes are left"
what do you mean by your twenty
minutes being left?" Gregory blus-
tered.
Abbott spoke carefully, at the same
sine drawing a little farther away
from the mamie despised: Bob has
been to Springeld about that matter.
you understand"
mo, don't" cried Gregory. "Or if
| do-tell it out-all of it."
HE has been to Springfield" Abb
bolt went on, land he got on the in
side of the business, and the interests
are determined that-that they will
retaliate on you for your successes in
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"Why7" Asked Leslie.

And George was growing careless. He
pulling out that old pipe of his in the
parlor. And he had said that he
would have to spruce up for Eunice
had said it brazenly, as though adj
hitting that it was not necessary to
take such a measure for her!
Leslie spent q miserable night. In
the morning Eunice arrived with the
children.
Leslie was astonished at Eunice's
appearance. She had always thought
of her as the young, immature, rather
sedate young girl with whom she had
roomed at college. Instead of which
she saw before her matronly young
woman, calm, self-possessed, with two
children, a boy and girl, who made
Leslie's heart ache as she kissed
them.
They found a certain sense of en-
barrassment in their meeting. They
were conscious that everything had
changed since their college days; their
interests had become divergent; they
had grown apart in many ways And
Leslie was painfully conscious that 1t
was she who had stood still, not
Eunice. 1t was not until after
Georges visit that evening that
Eunice seemed to thaw.
$50 that is George" she said Then
she took Leslie by the hand. my
dear, how long have you been en-
gaged?" she asked
Give years." said Leslie, rather
frigidly.
Leslie, do you know that you could
have been married for five years and
had that much more happiness?" ask
ed Eunice.
Leslie began to explain the cir
cumstances, the long series OF 'mlsfor-
tunes. There was a touch OF envy in
her tone which was not lost upon her
friend
my dear" she answered, II know
that you have made a, great mistake
/ should say the great mistake"
"Why?" asked Leslie. do you be-
lieve in marrying before one is in a
position to do so? II George had had
your. husbands advantages"
when Philip and l got married,
answered Eunice, "he had just $50 in
the world. And we spent that on our
honeymoon. We had no furniture, he
had no prospects except those of a
poorly paid clerk. The first three
years were a continuous struggle. A
month before Arthur was born we did
not know where the doctors expenses
would fcome from. And we have been
very happy all through it. Philip al
ways says that If ne hadn't had me he
would never have reached the position
he holds today.
eff we had waited, as you have wait
ed-where would we be now? Dear
Leslie, do you think marriage Is
thing that should come after one has
made ones way in the world? PhiliI
says that it is part of life, not the re
| ward of life
Leslie hardly slept that night. Anc
| on the; next day, after Euniee hac
| gone. she was too i'll to go to school.
/ She knew now that it was not Like
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what q Nonparen! y
MUCH VIRTUE IN GOOD YAWN
Beneficial Exercise, Though It Might
BE Well for One to Select the
Time and Place.

Eagping may be rude-especiaily IN
cofnpany-but it is a good thing Tor
you TO do.
For one thing, it vertilates the
lungs. When you take an ordinary
breath the lungs. are not completely
flIed. nor are they thoroughly emptied
by an ordinary respiration. There is
q certain quantity of air left in the
lungs always, which psychologists call
residual air"
This air In time becomes foul and
atfects@ the blood, and through the
blood the nervous centers. Certain
nerves get tic2led, as it were. and
the result is yawn, stretching the
lungs TO their fullest extent, tlllng
chem with clean. fresh air and driving
the foul air out.
That's one Jeason why it is good to
yawn. Fer another. yawning opens
and stre'J,nes and ventilates all the
various passages leading to the lungs.
You will perhaps be surprised TO
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Knew His Work Well.

Some years ago an ass was employ
ed In the Isle of Wight, in drawing
water by a large wheel from very
deep we'll When the keeper wanted
water, ae would say to the ass, Tom,
my boy, want water, get into the
wheel, my good lad which Thomas
immediately performed with prompt
ness that would have done credit to
a nobler animal; and no doubt he
.essary for the wheel to go around on
its axis, to complete his labor. because
every time he brought the bucket to
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Pawnshon Sentiment.

A watch had just passed from the
hands of seedy young man into
those of a pawnbroker. Before ~the
young man got OUT of the shop the
broker called him back.
Here's a picture-a woman's pic
ture-in the back of this watch he
said. You'd better take it out
The young man flushed.
"It isn't worth WHILE he said. I'll
redeem the thing in week or two"
Maybe you will and maybe you
won't" the broker retorted. You
never can tell about these things. l
may not be strong on sentiment, but
one thing / insist on is that no man
shall leave woman's picture in a
watch that he pawns here
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Owed Life to Dream.

Melton Prior, the famous war art
list, always averred that he owed his
life on one occasion to warning
dreams. When going out to the Zulu
war he twice dreamed that he was
shot and then buried. On arriving at
Durham he received letter from his
mother telling of dream identical
with his own, and begging him not to
GO to the front. He obeyed her in
junction, and engaged another artist
to go in his place. The unfortunate
substitute was almost the first man
killed In the fighting. One wonders
why a warning dream was not grant
ed him also.
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know that yawning is even beneficial

know that yawning is even beneficial
to your hearing.
The cracking sound which you so
often hear when giving an extra big
yawn is due to the stretching and
opening of the eustachian tubes.
These tubes communicate between the
ear and the back OF the throat. If
they are congested. which happens
when you have a bad cold in the head,
people complain of deafness.
If you feel inclined to yawn, then,
do So 1t is Natures way of cleaning
out your lungs and air passages.
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Believed Fish Had a Language.

In the old Roman days the murae-
mas, or sea cells, were supposed TO De
possessed of a, "language'-"low and
sweet" it is denominated by one an
nient writer, "and with an intonation
&C fascinating that few could resist its
influence" The Emperor Augustus, 1t
was contended, was the only mortal
who could understand this language"
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the past, and at the same time be a
help to Bob"
'T don't understand" Gregory gasped
blankly.
me neither" muttered Robert.
ITS very simple" Abbott main
tanned. "The Springfield interests
want to give you blow, and give Bob
a helping hand. Therefore, you are
to transfer your secretary to his store,
where bookkeeper is needed
ooh, indeed" interposed Grace Noir
Jelly. Il am a mere pawn, | presume,
to be sent where l am wanted. But
would like to ask Mr. Clinton if he
found out anything about Fan. while
he was in Springfield"
Fran is all she claims 10 be-" Rob
ert declared bluntly.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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the surface of the we'll, he constah~-.
stopped and turned his honest head
to observe the moment when his mas
fer laid hold Of the bucket to draw it
towards him, Lecause he then had
lust one more turn to make to brfr 8
the rope to the top. 1t was pleasing
to observe with what steadiness and
regularity the poor animal performed
his labor.
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often being killed by a direct current
of 70 volts. In the average man di-
rect current of 100 volts Is scarcely
felt, 200 or 800 volts give rise to mus
cular cramps, while $40 volts will stop
respiration suddenly.
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thing. MFR. Gregory has done for me.
he's opened the food-gates that have
been so long dammed-yes. I say
DAMNED say"
Bob" Abbott exclaimed, don't you
understand Frans object in keeping
the secret?] It's on account of Mrs
Gregory If she finds it out-that she's
not legally married-don't you see?
OF course it would be TO Fran's in
tercsts-bless her heart! What a
what q Nonpareil!"
.,"H}'Taint natural. returned Clinton,
Tor any girl TO consult the interests
Of a woman that's supplanted her
mother. No, Fran's afraid to have it
told for fear she'd be injured by your
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Never Satisfied.

When a man gets something for
nothing he is pretty sure to think it
might have been something better.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Just Thirty Minutes.

During the week spent by Robert
Clinton in search of Fran's life-secret,
consciousness of his absence and its
cause was like a hot iron branding
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-25
ma Cure a Gold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. 1t stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Gold.
Druggists refund money if it fails to eu-e,
E W. GROVES signature OF each boz. zc-
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WOODWARD FOR THE WOMEN
AtIanta's Mayor Is Expected to Favor
Votes for the Ladies. His
Wife Has Joined.

ATLANTA, Gait is pred cted
that Mayor James G. Woodward will
Join the woman suffrage ranks with
in the next few days.
Uncle Jim hasn't said a word about
it, and votes for women is slo-
gan that hasn't yet figured in Atlanta
city politics. Not one word has the
mayor ever said in favor of the sut-
fragettes, nor has he ever attended
one of their meetings. But Mrs.
James G. Woodward has Joined the
suffrage ranks-and there's the milk
| in the coCoanut.
Those who know Uncle Jim most
intimately are confident that when
he finds out his wife really wants to
vote he will be willing to do every
thing in his power to let her have
| that vote, even if it necessitates a
general permission for all the women
in Atlanta and Georgia to vote.
Not that Uncle Jim is hen-pecked,
either. The hen-pecked man never
wants his wife to have anything that
she wants. Mrs Woodward won
| try to persuade her husband in any
such way, and it is safe to say that
her first convert will be made at
! home.
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PROBING CONDUCT
OF CONGRESSMEN
East Pointer Asks Into the Actions
of Those Who Attended the Rod
denDery Funeral.

WAYCROSS, Ga.-HOw any one
could know anything of the allega-
lions recently made concerning the
conduct of congressman and senators
en- route to late Congressman Rod
denbery's funeral at Thomasville is a
question asked today upon receipt by
local people of inquiries from East
Point
The questions asked are Did any
of the congressman get drunk OF
we're they drinking at the Rodden-
berry funeral? Did they cause any
trouble in Thomasville, at the hotei
or upon the street? Have you the
names of those who caused trouble
or who were supposed to be
drunk?"
1t was at first thought the inquiry
had been missent and was intended
for some one in Thomasyille but ii
was soon found that several such let
tiers were received in the city.
The probe this East Pointer seems
to be conducting of his own initia
tive is causing a lot of talk and citi-
zens are wondering TO what end the
| invest CATION" is being conducted.
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BOY 7 FEET TALL
CANNOT FIND WORK
Abnormal Height Causes Lad Many
Inconvenience. He Is Still
Growing, Too.

New Orleans.-Only a kid" and
seven feet one and quarter inches
tall is ]. Willis Kenelly. And he's still
growing.
Mr.. Kenelly. who is barely twenty
years old comes from Columbia,
Marion county. Miss. When he went
to Mississippi A. and NJ. college at the
beginning of the years term they bar
red him from football practice because
the team quit the field in body when
he came out for ''scrimmage work
"Why, if a man tackles him he will
fall halfway to the goa" argued the
team. The coach; not wishing to take
any undue advantage of opponents like
that, decided that Keneily could not
play.
So when he left to go home again
because they barred him from playing
he took a day coach and sat up all
night.
whats the use of paying for
sleeper when they don't make the
berths long enough for me to get
into?" he said. He is having trouble
obtaining work too MY height Is
against me-" he said.
Whenever Kenelly goes into tailor
shop in Columbia they get down the
longest piece of cloth and start I'M
winding it.
Eyes, | was about the average size
until l was seventeen years old, and
then l got good start and kept on
growing"
Barney Lewis. who. it is alleged,
robbed a Northeastern train about a
year ago, came from the same county
us Kenelly. He isn't small man
either" said the giant. Il tell you they
don't grow small in that county.