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CHAPTER xxxIII.
The Voice From the Past.


Though the doctor left the church
with Shirley and her mother, he did
not drive to Rosewood, but to his Of
fee. There, alone with Mrs Dan
bridge while Shirley waited in the
carriage, he unlocked the little tin
box that had been the majors, with
the key Mrs. cambridge gave him, and
put into her hands little packet of
yellow oiled-silk which bore her name
He noted that it agitated her pro-
foundry and as she thrust it into the
bosom of her dress, her face seemed
stirred as he had never seen it. When
he put her again in the carriage, he
patted her shoulder with touch far
gentler than his gruff goodby.
At Rosewood, at length, alone in her
room, she sat down with the packet in
her hands. During the long hours
since first the little key had lain in
her palm like live coal, she had been
all afire with eagerness. Now the
moment had come, she was almost
afraid
She tried to imagine that letters
coming to her-then. Thirty years
ago! A May day, day of golden
sunshine and flowers. The arbors had
been covered with roses then, too, like
those whose perfume. drifted to her
now. Evil news flies fast, and she
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CHAPTER xxx,,-continued.

In the little haircloth trunk back In
her room lay an old scrapbook. 1t
held few leaves torn from letters and
many newspaper clippings. From
these she had known of his work, his
marriage, the great commercial sue
cess for which his name had stood
The name that from the day of his 60
Ing, she had so seldom taken upon her
lips. Some of them had dealt with
his habits and idiosyncrasies, hints OF
an altered personality, and aloofness
or loneliness that had set him apart
and made him, in a way, stranger to
those who should have known him
best. Thus her mind had come to
hold double image: The grave man
these Swallowed forth, and the man
che had loved, whose youthful face was
In the Iocket she wore always on her
breast 1t was this face that was
printed on her heart, and when John
Valiant had stood before her on the
porch at Rosewood, it had seemed to
have risen, instinct, from that old
grave
He had not kept silence! He had
writteni 1t pealed through her brain
like a muffied bell. But Beauty Vail
ant was gone with her youth; in the
room near by lay that old companion
who would never speak to her again,
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so poorly that my folks thought was
going into consumption. One day I
found piece of paper blowing around
the yard and picked it up and read it.
1t said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has done for women. 1
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it?' So l did, and
after l had taken two bottles l felt
better and I said to my husband, L don't
need any more and he said You had
better take it little longer anyway
So took it for three months and got
well and strong" Mrs. ALoNzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh ST., Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
of many woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia =.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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ALWAYS STOOD FOR ~THE"
aye" of Our Forefathers Has Too
Long Been lgnorantIy Mis-
pronounced.

How does it happen that in copying
and reading ancient manuscripts we
call the character our ancestors
meant for 'the" By the ridiculous
'ye?"
They said 1.-THE" just as we do, and
the only apparent reason for mis-
taking the character is that two cen
turieg ago the letter "h" was usual
ly written with tail below the line,
and with raced top, which made it
look like our ~" Then the word
was SD frequently used that it was
contracted, just as the word and"
was then treated and continues to
be treated to this day By many Of US.
When / WIS boy, more than 80
years ago, the alphabets in our school
books always ended with the short
and" We called it "ampersand," and
considered it a fine snapper when we
ratified off the alphabet. Sometimes
when sufficiently cultured we gave it
the fill title "and-per-ge-and."
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when Valiant would have done SO, the
major called him nearer.
NO. he painted; 81 like to see you
two together" His voice was very
weak and tired.
AS she leaned and touched his hand,
he smiled whimsically. Its mighty
curious" he said, "but I can't get it
out of my head that it's Beauty Vail
ant and Judith that I'm really talking
to-. Foolish-isn't it," But the idea
seemed to master him, and presently
he began to call Shirley by her moth
er's name. An odd youthfulness crept
into his eyes; subtle paradoxical
boyishness. His cheek tinged with
color. The deep lines about his mouth
smoothed miraculously out.
Judith" he whispered, "-you-
sure you told me the truth while ago,
when you said-you said"
Eyes, yes" Shirley answered, put
ting her young arm under him, think
ing only to soothe the anxiety that
seemed vaguely to thread some vague
hallucination.
He smiled again. ut makes it
easier" he said He looked at Valiant,
his mind seeming to slip farther and
farther away. Beauty" he gasped,
"you didn't go away after all, did you!
| dreamed it reckon. It'll be-all
right with you both"
He sighed peacefully, and his eyes
turned to Shirley's and closed. Tim
so glad" he muttered, so glad I
didn't really do it. Judith. 1t would
have-been -only-lowdown thing
lever did"
The doctor went swiftly to the door
and beckoned to Jereboam. Come in
now, jerry" he said in low voice,
quickly"
The old negro fell on his knees by
the couch. Mars Monty" he cried
Us you gwine away en- leabe OF Jer.
ry? Is yo? Mars'?"
The cracked but loving voice struck
across the void of the failing sense.
For last time the major opened his
misting eyes.
Jerry, you-black scoundrel!" he
whispered, and Shirley felt his head
grow heavier on her arm, Il reckon it's
about time-to me going-home!"
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CHAPTER XXI.
Remuneration.


The grim posse that gathered In
haste that afternoon did not ride far.
It's work had been singularly we'll
done. 1t brought back to Damory
court, however, a white bulldog whose
broken leg made his would-be joyful
bark trail into sad whimper as his
owner took him into welcoming arms.
Next day the major was carried to
his final rest in the myrtled shadow of
st. Andrews. At the service the old
church was crowded to it's doors.
Valiant occupied a humble place at
one side-the 9th ers, he knew, were
older friends than he. The light Of the
late afternoon came dimly in through
the stained-glass windows and seemed
to clothe with subtle colors the voice
of the rector as he read the solemn
service. The responses came broken
ly, and their were tears on many faces.
Valiant could see the side-face of
the doctor, its saturnine grimness
strangely moved, and beyond him,
Shirley and her mother. Many glanced
at them, for the majors will had been
opened that morning and few there
had BEEN surprised to learn that, save
for a life-annuity for old Jereboam,
he had left everything he possessed
to Shirley Miss Matte Sue was be-
side them, and between, wan with
weeping, sat Hickey Snyder. Shirley
arm lay shelteringly about the small
shoulders as if it would stay the pas
sion Of grief that from time to time
shook them.
The evening before had been further
darkened by the 'child's disappearance
and Miss Matte Sue had sat through
half the night in fearful anxiety II
was Valiant who had solved the riddle
In her first wild conjunction, Hickey
had gasped out the story of her meet
ing with Greet King, his threat and
her own terrorized. silence, and when
he heard of this he had guessed her
whereabouts. He had found her at
the Dome, in the deserted cabin from
which on snowy night six years ago
Shirley had rescued her. She had fled
there in her shabbiest dress, her toys
and trinkets left behind, taking with
her only string of blue glass beads
that had been Shirleys last Christmas
present.
LET me stay!" she had walled. I'm
not fit to live down there! It's all my
fault that it happened. I was coward
| ought to stay here in Hell's-H alf-Acre
forever and everi" Valiant had car
ried her back in his arms down the
mountain-she had been too spent tC
walk.
He thought of this now as he saw
! that arm about the child in that pro
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant, a rich society favorite,
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded ana
which was the principal source OF ms
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist Of an old motor car, a
white bull dog and Damory court, neg
1ected estate in Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, ana de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia I'M
mensely Shirley's mother. MIS-. Dand-
ridge and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which it is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father. and a
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought duel on her
account in which the foHmer was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overgroWn
with weeds and creepers and decides to
rehahilitate the place. Valiant saves
Shirley from the bite of a snake, which
bites him. Knowing the dcadliness of the
bite, Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left Vir-
ginia on account of a duel in which Doc
his fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. cambridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
first time. Valiant discovers that he has
q fortune in old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament, a survival of the JouSt1ng OF
feudal times is held ut Damory court. AT
the last moment Valiant takes the place
of one of the knights. who is SICK, ana
enters the lists He wins and chooses
Shirley cambridge as queen of beauty to
the dismay of Katherine Fargo. former
sweetheart. who is visiting in Virginia
The tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite of the countryside. Sh1r-
ley s crowned by Valiant as queen of
beauty Valiant tells Shirley of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo, determining not to give up vail
ant without struggle, points out to Shlr-
ley how terrible it would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel to meet Valiant
who looks so much like his father. Shlr-
lev. uncertain. but feeling that her moth
err was in love with the victim of Vail
ants pistol. breaks the engagement Greet
King, liberated convict whom Major
Bristew had sent TO prison. makes threats
against his prosecutor. Valiant pleads ads
with Shirley, but fails to persuade her
TO change her decision. Major Bristow IS
fatally wounded by Greet King. but be-
fore dying he confesses to Mrs. Dand.
ridge that he had kept a letter Valiant
had written TO her after the duel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Save the Babies.

fgful hardly realize that
of all the children born in civilized countries twenty-five per cent
die before they reach
than oned before they fv and onehaf before
fifteen!
do hesitate that timely Of Castor would save
Neither hesitate
nfante deaths occasoned by the Of narcotic
less opium morphine They in considerable quantities
concessions death operates exactly reverse but
causes blood to circulate properly, opens the IF
of the skin and allays fever. ~ ~ZTZx-l-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
TRIALS OF ELDEST DAUGHTER
times Results in Making Her More
Or Less of a Drudge.

I'm glad I'm not the Oldest" re-
marked pretty girl to her chum.
why, Susan has to do almost every
thing at home; father thinks she ought
to take the burden of housekeeping
off mothers hands, and my brother
wants her to wait on him as if she
were a servant-he knows better than
to ask me to do something for him
says I'm spoiled-and you just bet I'm
glad I'm the youngest girl"
Too often the oldest daughter Is
made a drudge, and there is not the
proper amount of respect and regard
for the girl whose labors take the
place of a maid. She is expected to
run errands, help with the care and
amusement of the children, teach
them lessons. What wonder that
such a girl will take, the first oppor-
tunity for work as means to escape
from these unpaid labors. or accept
an offer of marriage in order to live
apart from family who do not even
try to make her home life comfort
able and pleasant.
But l am glad to say that not al
ways is the position of "elder daugh-
ter" such an unappreciated one; in
some households she is beloved and
respected, at the same time expected
to fulfil whatever duties may fall to
her lot. Her sisters and brothers are
taught that they must return any serv-
ice she may perform for them with
due appreciation, if nothing more, and
they soon learn that her place is an
honored one, instead Of being unen-
viable.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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origin of the Word Alcohol.

In the second century B. c., the
Egyptians had an eye salve contain
ing anthony sulphide, which. in
Arabic, was called "kol," or with the
article al kol" Originally the word
denoted any remedy for the eyes, and
specifically a liquid collyrium, made
from burnt incense and burnt almond
shells. Later any fine powder was
called al kol," and by extension, any
fine or subtle substance, whether in
powder form or hot. Since the fine
ness and volatility of wine-were called
its spirit" the latter was also
termed al kol," or alcohok This sig
nificance of the word has persisted to
the present time, in the expression
"alcoholisatus," used for drugs in very
fine powder-The Pharmaceutical
Era.
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Lawyers, Favorite Indoor Sport.

CAS- to the question of good faith
that has been raised here, that has no
bearing whatever" declared one of th8
lawyers for the taxpayers" who are
trying to enjoin the Hyde case prose.
cution. And possibly he spoke correct
ly. More and more the element OF
good faith" is ceasing to be q factor.
Many attorneys regard the administra-
ton Of law as an indoor sport-a duel
of wits between Artemas bubble and
Erasmus X. Snitch.-Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Improvement over Netting.

Miss Audrey has come to spend the
weekend with friends in little New
Jersey town and exhibited keen
interest in the much talked Of Jersey
skeeter."
When the greetings were over and
the party settled down the guest re-
marked to her host, after a careful
survey of the porch:
Il don't see any mosquito netting
around, William"
mo-" answered he, were using
mouse traps" Everybody Magazine.
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Actors Presence of Mind.

When something goes wrong on the
stage the clever and experienced &C
tor can always save the situation by
taking. An old hand worked it one
time like that. die, villain!" the
hero said, and shot off his revolver
at the villains head But the gun
didn't go off. Six times the hero
pulled the trigger, and not a single
explosion took place. The audience
was getting hysterical, when the vic
tim struck an attitude and said:
Your pistol has missed fire, Sir
Reginald, but what difference does it
make? The thought that was to be
shot has frightened me to death"
And ne rolled over and died.
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The Interpretation.

Fola La Toilette, actress and suffra-
gist, said at q luncheon at the Colony
club. apropos of divorce: There
would be less divorce if men were
franker. Men are too secretive in all
things. The half is not told. Here
she smiled quantity. THAT, being in
terpreted, MEANS" she said, 1.-THE bet
ter half is not told.
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petition to Egypt, where he organized
the Institute of Egypt in Cairo and
proposed to establish an observatory
His illustrated report of his investi-
cations on the antiquities Of Egypt
was the first STEP in Egyptian arch
eology, leading to the brilliant labors
of Champolion, Marietta and Mospero
and the dominance of the French
school in Egypt, even under British
control
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Quite a Contrast.

Are Tompkins and his wife happy
together?"
"Oh, yes They are as happy as
anybody could expect them to be, con-
sidering the fact that she was Pen
field of Penfield Manor, and he was
just Tompkins of nowhere in particu-
lar"
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Now, it is likely that our "&" will
become obsolete, just as Eye" has be-
come. Then our descendants of the
next century or two will be puzzled,
perhaps; but I do not think they will
be so foolish as to say "ampersand"
when reading our manuscripts and
coming to the little quirk we meant
for and" Do let us drop saying
ye."-The Dial.
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Napoleon as a Scientist.

Napoleon Bonaparte was an active
member of the french Academy of
Sciences; was elected member in
1897. His appreciation OF the impor-
lance of scientific research IS illus
trated by the number OF eminent
scientists he took with him on his ex-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
NOTHING But the Truth,

"Mis' Anna" said old Aunt Milly,
dat yaller gal say she amt never
tole a lie. She say she allus tell de
truf."
"Well, don't you believe her, Aunt
Milly?"
"No maam, dat All don't! All
knows dere amt dat much truf in de
world"
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COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian, Mich. "I suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and

got so weak CnaC i
could hardly do my
w ork. w h en- I
washed my dishes !
had to sit down and
when / would sweep
the floor l would get
so weak that l would
have to get a drink
every few minutes,
and before I did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. l got
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Vocational Training.

Knicker-"Why did he propose to
herr" Bocker-"He wanted to get
points on how to refuse an office and
yet. be sure of having it offered again"
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LADIES WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease, the
Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes. 10
makes tight new shoes feel easy. Just the thing
for dancing. Refuse substitutes. For FREE trial
package, address Allen S. Olrnsted, Leroy, n. z.
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condition he succeeded In bringing Il
to Fredericksburg alive. 1t is sup
posed the hawk saw only Spicer's
eyes through tie brush, and thought
him a rabbit or other prey
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
His Status.

Young Coke thinks he's legal
light"
well, he is-a legal lightweight.
Boston Transcript.
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL. You
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red Weak Ma9Sery
lust Eve Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
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Incubators relieve old hens of lot
of responsibility.
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had heard of the duel very early that
morning. The letter would have
reached her later. She would have
fled away with it to this very room
to read it alone-as she did now!
CTO BE CONTINUED)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-16
Asserts U. S. Marriage and Di-
vorce Laws Are Framed AC-
Cording to Whim of LegiS-
IatorS of individual State.

Commencement exercises were i'm
pressively brought to a close last
night when degrees We're conferred
on 90 students ct Notre Dame uni
versity. Hon. Joseph f. Ransdell,
United states senator from Louisiana.
delivered the address Of the evening
on Divorce" The senator was
among the number OF those TO be-
come alumni OF NOtre Dame last
night when the honorary degree Of
doctor OF laws was conferred ON him
by the university.
Convincing ia argument and elo-
ouent in delivery. Senator Ransdell,
20 whom divorce has been a serious
study for many years. made strong
appeal for betterment Of conditions
IN America regarding this problem.
The senator Is the author Of pro-
posed constitutional amendment TO
prohibit absolute divorce throughout
the United States, but said that he
was not welded TO his amendment
and would support any legislation
looking TO the enactment Of a uni
form divorce law In the United
States" said the senator, divorce is
spreading with alarming raTidity. 1t
has permeated every walk OF life and
is prevalent among every class Of
people. The total number OF divorces
granted in 1867 was 1897, or 27 per
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-16
Stocks SAC AS No
ORDERS APPEAR
All Depart Early, as Dizziness
Hangs In Street-FinanCiaI
District Pleased at Import
anCe OF Rate Decision.
BY BROADAN WALL.

NEW YORK, June 16.-Stocks stood
still today.
At the opening steel common was
So bid and offered at GO IL. For sew
eral minutes no trade took place.
This was the tuning fork of the days
dullness.
Once upon a time Mondays market
was an event and prices boiled or
sagged according to speculative tenn
perature. Today most of the brokers
came upon the floor without orders
and left without doing anything.
Everyone that could departed from
the street early, while junior partners
who were unfortunately compelled to
stick it out until o'clock discussed
polo or anything rather than the stock
market.
Just before the opening word came
from Washington that the rate case
would not be settled for several days
at least. and as il pleases the financial
district to think that much depends
upon this decision, no attempts were
made to encourage trading.
The supreme court met without
handing down any important decisions
and the only live news of the day was
furnished by the passing Of the pre-
ferred dividend of the st. Louis South
western. This was followed by a
break of points in the common stock
and "a drop OF ABOUT IL IN the pre-
ferred alphabetically. Missouri Pa
cific fell from Is IA to Il.
Fertilizer stocks were firm. Amer
lean Agriculture Chemical gained frac-
tionally. General Chemical advanced
II 1-2 points on the sale of 200 shares.
Virginia Carolina Chemical was easier.
OF the standard issues, Union Pacific.
Southern Pacific and Reading were
neglected.
New Haven was firm and INTERIOR
ough- metropolitan preferred dropped
a point when the directors without
taking any action on the dividend, al
though as a matter Of fact it was not
expected that the matter would be
brought up until later.
Dealings in bonds were again more
important than the trading in shares.
international Mercantile Marine As
were firm on the publication of the
annual report. ST. Louis and san
Francisco refunding As were active
and steady, Southern Pacific converti-
BILE SIS a shade lower.
Foreign exchange held firm around
Saturdays high figure and $1,750,O0O
more gold was taken for tomorrow's