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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-04

a thing to you ought to be a sufficient
answer, l should think" was her mild
retort
Il don't see why" Raymer objected.
What would you think If Gertrude
did such thing?"
"Oh, well; that is different In the
first place, Gertrude wouldn't do it,
and"
Precisely. And Miss Grierson
shouldn't have done it. 1t is because
she can do such things that a few
think she wouldn't be pleasant per-
son to know. socially
but why?" insisted Raymer, with
masculine obtuseness.
1t was his sister who undertook to
make the reason plain to him.
1T isn't anything she does. or
doesn't do. particularly; it is the at
mosphere in which she lives and
moves and has her being. If it weren't
for her fathers money, she would be
well, it is rather hard to say just
what she would be. But she always
makes me think of the bonanza
people-the pick and shovel one day
and a million the next. l believe she
is a frank little savage, at heart"
Il DON'T" the brother contended,
doggedly. "She may be a trif1e new
and fresh for Wahaska, but she is
clever and bright, and honest enough
to ignore a social code which makes
a mock of sincerity and a virtue of
hypocrisy. l like her all the better
for the way she f1ared out at me.
There isn't one young woman in
thousand who would have had the
nerve and the courage to do it,
COR the impudence," added Mrs.
Raymer. when her son had left the
room. Then: Il do hope Edward isn't
going to let that girl come between
him and Charlottei"
The daughter laughed
Il should say there is room for a
regiment to march between them, as
it is. Miss Gilman took particular
pains to let him know what train they
were leaving on, and l happen to
know he never went near the station
to tell them good-by.''
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the answer came gravely: You have a
very sick man on your hands, Miss
Margery.' Then the inevitable:
who is hep"
She spread her hands in pretty af
fectation of embarrassment.
What will you think of me. Doctor
Farnham, when 1 tell you that
haven't the littlest atom of an idea?"
Charlotte's father was a small man,
with kindly eyes and the firm. straight
Tell me about it." he said concisely.
She told him.
A shrewd smile fiickered for an in
slant in the kindly eyes of Wahaska's
best-beloved physician
Almost anyone else would have
found plenty of other things to door
not to do" was his comment Are
you prepared to go on. Miss Margery?'
There were fine little lines coming
and going between Miss Margery's
straight black brows. I'VE needn't
do it by halves. doctor" she said de-
cisively IF it would be better to
wire St Paul or Minneapolis and get
a trained nurse"
You'd stand the extra expense,
or course, laughed the doctor on
are all the worlds good angel when
you set out to be. Miss Margery- And
I'll send somebody before bedtime
Meanwhile, there's nothing to do but
to keep your patient quiet; and he'll
do that for himself for few hours
gave him bit of anodyne before
came down"
Margery went to the outer door with
her kindly counselor. playing the part
of the gracious hostess as one who is.
or who means to be. precisely letter
perfect; and after he was gone. she
went slowly upstairs and let herself
softly into the room of shaded lights
The sick man was resting quietly. and
he did not stir when she crossed to the
bed and laid cool palm on his fore
head
You poor castaway," she muir
! INJURED I wonder who you are. and
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chance that he has friends In wa
haska. and that someone will be at the
train to meet him But it is only a
chance"
why doesn't the conductor tefe-
graph ahead and find out?"
He doesn't know the mans name.
I tried to get him to look for a card,
or to break into the suitcases under
the berth. but he says the regulations
won't let him.
"Well?" said the father again, this
time with a more decided upward in
Election Then he added: You've
made up your mind what you're going
to do: say it,
Margery's decision was announced
crisply. There is no hospital to send
him to-which is Wahaska's shame.
Maybe he will be met and taken care
of by his friends: if he is, well and
good; if he isn't, wen put him in the
carriage and take him home with US"
The cast-iron smile with the indul-
gent attachment wrinkled frostily
upon Jasper Grierson's heavy face.
The Good Samaritan act, Ell? I've
known you long time, Madgie, but l
never can tell when you're going to
break out in a brand-new spot Didn't
lose any of your unexpectedness in
Florida. did you?"
Miss Margery tossed her pretty
head, and the dark eyes snapped.
Somebody in the family has to
think of something besides making
money" she retorted- please lend
me your pencil; l want to do some
wiring"
All other gifts apart, Miss Grierson
could boast of a degree of executive
ability little inferior to her fathers;
did boast Of it when the occasion Of
fered; and by the time the whistle
was sounding for Wahaska, all the ar
engagements had been made for the
provisional rescue of the sick man in
lower six
At the station a single inquiry served
to give the Good Samaritan intention
the right of way. There were no
friends to meet lower six; but the
Grierson carriage was waiting. with
the coachman and Mereside gardener
for bearers. From that to putting the
sick man to bed in one of the guest
chambers of the lake-fronting mansion
at the opposite end of the town was
mere bit of routine for one SO capable
as Miss Grierson; and twenty minutes
after the successful transfer she had
Doctor Farnham at the nameless ones
bedside and was telephoning the col
lege infirmary for a nurse.
Naturally, there were explanations
down. To her first anxious question
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-04
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth GriswoId. an unsuccessful
writer because of socialistic tendencies.
sups with his friend cambridge at Chau-
diere's restaurant in New Orleans and
declares that IL necessary he will steal to
keep from starving He holds up Andrew
Gaibraith, president of the Bayou State
Security in his private office and escapes
with 500 600 in cash. BY original methods
he escapes the hue and cry and goes
aboard the Belle Julie a deckhand- He
Unexpectedly confronts Charlotte Farm
ham of Wahaska. Mimi. who had seen
him cash Gaibraith's check in the bank
Charlotte recognizes Griswold. but de-
cides to write to Galbraith rather than
denounce the robber to the captain She
sees the brutal mate rescued from drown
ing by GrisWold and delays sending her
letter to Galbraith She talks to Girls
void and by his advice sends her letter
of betrayal to GaIbraith anonymously.
Griswold Is arrested on the arrival of the
boat at st Louis but escapes from his
captors. Griswold decides Wahaska-
MINI. as hiding place. and after out
fitting himself properly. takes the train
Margery Grierson. daughter of Jasper
Grierson, the financial magnate of Wa
haska, starts a campaign for social recog-
ntten by the "old families" of the town
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CHAPTER x.
Good Samaritans.

Since she had undertaken to show
Wahaska precisely how to deport it
self in the conventional field, Miss
Grierson had telegraphed her father
to meet her in st. Louis on her return
from Florida
When Jasper Grierson travelled alone
he was democratic enough to be salts
fed with a section in the body of the
car. But when Margery's tastes were
to be consulted, the drawing-room was
none too good. Indeed, as it transpired
on the journey northward from St.
Louis. the Anita's drawing-room
proved to be not good enough.
1T is simply a crude insult, the
way they wear out their old, broken
down cars on US up herei" she pro-
tested to her father. you ought to
do something about it"
Jasper Grierson's smile was a CAPT
talistic requirement, and some of his
fellowtownsmen described it as cast
IRON But for his daughter it was
always indulgent.
Il don't own the railroad yet
Madgie; you'll have to give me little
more time" he pleaded, clipping the
tip from a black cigar of heroic pro-
portions and reaching for the box of
safety matches.
IN begin now, If you are going to
smoke that dreadful thing in this
stuffy little den," was the unfilial re-
tort; and the daughter found a maya
zine and exchanged the drawing-room
with its threat of asphyxiation for
seat in the body of the car. Halfway
down the car one of the sections was
still curtained and bulkheaded: of
course. the occupant of the middle
section must be i'll. Quite suddenly
her interest became acute. Who was
the sick one. and why was he, or she,
travelling without on attendant?
With Margery Grierson, to question
was to ascertain; and the Pullman
conductor, once more checking his dia-
grams in Section IL, offered the readi-
est means of enlightenment A few
minutes later Margery rejoined her
father in the private compartment
DO you remember the nice-looking
young man who sat at the table with
US in the Choteau last night?" she
began abruptly.
The gray-wolf Jasper nodded. He
had an excellent memory for faces.
What did you think of him?" The
query followed the nod like a nimble
| boxers return blow
4 thought he paid a whole lot more
attention to you than he did to his
supper. Why?"
He is on this car; sick with a fever
of some kind, and out of his head. He
l is going to Wahaska-"
How do you know it's the same
one?"
Il made the conductor take me to
see him. He talked to me in Italian
and called me 'Carlotta mia"
/ "Humph. he didn't look like a dago."
He isn't; it's just because he is
/ delirious-"
There was a long pause, broken
finally by q curt '.Wen?" from the
father
I've been thinking" was the slow
response .'Of course. there Is a
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the true name and standing of the man
whose real identity-if she knew it
she had been careful to conceal in the
unsigned note to Mr.. Galbraith? Brof-
fin read the note agatha deck-hand-
whose name on the mates book is
John Wesley Gavitt,' was the descrip-
ton she had given 1t might. or II
might not. be an eQuivocations but the
longer Broffin dwelt upon it the more
he leaned toward the conclusion to
which his theory and the few known
facts pointed The young woman
knew the man in his proper person;
that, he decided, was sufficiently
proved by the lapse of time interven-
ing between the date of her note and
its postmark date; having finally de-
cided to give him up. she had told
only what was absolutely necessary.
leaving him free to conceal his real
name and identity if he woodland
could
Having come thus far on the road to
confinement, Broffin knew what he
had to do and set about doing it me-
thodically. A telegram to the clerk of
the Belle Julie served to place the
steamer in the lower river; and board
ing night train he planned to reach
Vicksburg in time to intercept the wit
nesses whose evidence would deter
mine roughly how many hundreds or
out of the zigzag journeyings to which
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CHAPTER xI.
The Zweibund.

On his second visit to the sick man
lodged in the padded luxuries of one OF
the guest rooms at Mereside, made on
the morning following the Grierson
homecoming, Doctor Farnham found
the hospital status established good
natured Swede installed as nurse, the
bells muff1ed and Miss Margery play
ing the part of sister superior and
dressing it, from the dainty, felt-soled
slippers to the smooth banding of her
hair.
An hour later, however, it was the
Margery of the Wahaska renais-
sance, joyously clad and radiant, who
was holding the reins over a big Eng
lish trap horse, parading down Main
street and smiling greetings to every
body.
By one of the chances which he was
willing to call fortunate. Edward Ray
from her high seat in the trap when
she pulled the big horse to a stand in
front of her fathers bank.
I'm the luckiest man in Red Earth
county; 1 was just wondering when
should get in line to tell you how
glad we are to have you back" he
a.
Are you, really? You are not half
as glad as 1 am to be back. There is
no place like home. you know
There isn't. and there oughtn't to
be-" was his quick response. i've
been hoping you'd come to look upon
Wahaska as your home, and now 1
know you do"
why shouldn't II" she laughed, and
she was reaching for a paper-wrapped
package on the trap seat when he got
1t for her
You are going somewhere may
carry 1t for your" he asked; but she
shook her head and took it from him.
"Only into the bank she explained;
and she was beginning to tell him he
must come to Mereside when the sick
man episode obtruded. itself. and the
invitation was broken in the midst,
very prettily. very effectively.
Il know" Raymer said, in instant
sympathy. You have your hands full
just now VIII you let me say that it's
the finest thing 1 ever heard of-your
taking that poor fellow home and car
ing for hfm?
Gertrude Raymer had once said In
her brothers hearing that Miss Grier-
sons color would be charming IL it
were only natural. Looking into Miss
Grierson's eyes Raymer saw the refu-
tation of the Islander in the suffusing
wave of generous embarrassment
deepening in warm tints on the perfect
neck and cheek
.Oh. dear mel" she said in pathetic
protest; lis it all over town SO soon?
I'm afraid we are still dreadfully
country in Wahaska, Mr.. Raymer
Please cut it down to the bare, conn
monpIace facts whenever you have a
chance. won't you? The poor man was
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"You Poor Castaway!" She Murmured.
the following up of the hypothetical
clue would lead.
For, cost what it might, he was de-
termined to find the writer of the I'M
signed letter.
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The robbery of the Bayou State Sc
curity bank was already an old story
when Mr.. Matthew Brofin, chief of
the New Orleans branch of a notable
detective agency, took over the case
of the bank robbery a few days after
his return from Central America
had fired and missed their mark in ST.
Louis, there was a blunder to be re-
trieved-
Brofin was obliged to confess that the
cult to be solved on conventional lines
1t presented no point of attack With
neither a name nor pictured face for
reference, inquiry was crippled at the
very outset. None of the many board
ing and rooming houses he visited had
lost a lodger answering the verbal de-
scription of the missing man Very re-
luctantly, for bulldog tenacity was the
detectives ruling characteristic, he
was forced to the conclusion that the
only untried solution lay in Teller
Johnson's unfortified impression that
the chance meeting at his wicket was
not the first meeting between the rob-
Der and the young woman with the
draft to be cashed-
1t was the slenderest of threads, and
BrofTin realized sweatingly how diff
cult 1t might be to follow Assuming
that there had been a previous meeting
or meetings. or rather the passing ac-
quaintance which was all the young
woman's later betrayal of the man
made conceivable, would the writer of
the accusing letter be willing to add to
her burden OF responsibility by giving
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-02
MEAT INJURIOUS
TO THE KIDNEYS
Take Tablespoonful of Salts if Back
Hurts or Bladder Bothers-Meat
Forms Uric Acid

We are nation of meat eaters and
our blood is filed with uric acid. says a
well-known authority, who warns us to
be constantly on guard against kidney
trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork; they
get sluggish; the eliminative tissues
clog and thus the waste is retained in
the blood to poison the entire system.
When your kidneys ache and feel like
Jumps of lead, and you have stinging
pains in the back or the urine is cloudy,
full of sediment, or the bladder is irri-
table, obliging you to seek relief during
the night; when you have severe head
aches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleep
lessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in
bad weather. get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a
tablespoonful in glass of water before
breakfast each morning and in a few
days your kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to flush and stimulate clogged
kidneys, to neutralize the acids in
urine so it is no longer source Of ir-
ritation, thus ending urinary and blad-
der disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink, and nobody can
make a mistake by taking little occa-
sionally to keep the kidneys clean and
active.-Adv
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agitator. He hadn't penny. 1t was
a disgrace

agitator. He hadn't penny. 1t was
disgrace
Alaric checked his mother again.
Hawkes. resumed: WAS cut of by
her family, went to the United States
Of America with her husband. where a
daughter was born. After going
through many conditions of misery
with her husband, who never seemed
to prosper. she died shortly after Civ
Ing birth to the child" He looked up.
MIR. Kingsnorth elsewhere expresses
his lasting regret that in one Of his sis
ter's acute stages of distress she wrote
to him asking him for the first time to
assist her. He replied: You have made
your bed. Lie in it,"
"She had disgraced the family. He
was justified" broke in Mrs. Chiches-
ter.
with death approaching" resumed
Hawkes., "Mr. Kingsnorth's conscience
began to trouble him, and The remem-
brance of his treatment of his unfortu-
nate sister distressed him. II the child
were alive he wanted to see her.
made inquiries and found that the girl
was living with fer father In very poor
circumstances in the city Of New York
We sent sufficient funds for the jour
ney. together with request to the ia.
ther to allow her to visit Mr.. Kings
north in England. The father con.
sented. However, before the young
girl sailed Mr.. Kingsnorth died"
"Oh" cried Alaric. who had been
listening intently. Died. eh? That
was too bad. Died before seeing her.
Did you let her sail, Mr.. Hawkes."
"Yes. We thought it best to bring
her over here and acquaint her with
the sad news after her arrival. Had
she known before sailing she might not
have taken the Journey"
But what was the use Of bringing
her over when Mr.. Kingsnorth was
dead?" asked Alaric.
For this reason" replied Hawkes..
Realizing that he might never see her,
Mr.. Kingsnorth made the most remark
able provision for her in his will.'
provided for her and not for be-
gan Mrs. Chichester.
Here is the provision" continued
Mr.. Hawkes.. again reading from the
will 81 hereby direct that the sum
of $1,000 year be paid to any respect
able. well connected woman of breed
ing and family who will undertake the
education and upbringing of my niece,
Margaret O'Connell. In accordance with
the dignity and tradition of the Kings
norths.'"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-02
EASY TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Try This! Mix Sage Tea and Sulphur
and Brush It Through Your Hair,
Taking One Strand at THE

When you darken your hair with Sage
Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, be-
cause it's done so naturally. so evenly.
Preparing this mixture, though, at home
is mussy and troublesome. For so cents
you can buy at any drug store the
ready-to-use tonic called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" You just
dampen sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, TAX
ing one small strand at time. BY
morning all gray hair disappears, and,
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully darkened,
glossy and luxuriant. You will also
discover dandruff is gone and hair has
stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair. though no disgrace,
is sign of old age, and as we all de-
sire youthful and attractive appear.
ance, get busy at once with Wyeth's s
Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger.-Adv.
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P. R. RS NEW BOND ISSUE
Oversubscribed Four Times Greater
Than the Amount Available

New York, Feb. 2.-The issue Of
$40, 100000 Pennsylvania Railroad
Company consolidated mortgage AZ
per cent. bonds offered by Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., last week at 1888 has been
heavily oversubscribed. Bankers hand
ling the Issue did not state the extent
of the ver-subseription or say on what
percentage basis the bonds would be
distributed. In Wall street it was
heard that the subscriptions had reach
ed 5000, 100000, or four times the
available issue.
On the Curb s325,000 of the bonds
were sold yesterday on "when is
sued basis. the price ranging from
104A to 1923 and closing at 1043s.
The sales of these bonds on the euro
last week amounted TO s1,025,000
Announcement of the immediate and
great success of the bond offering
strengthened investment sentiment yes
terday and had part in strengthening
the stock market.
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THE SOUTHERN States ARE
SHORh OF THEIR STRENGTH
Republican National Committee Decides
to Reduce the Representation From
the Democratic Strongholds in the
1916 Nominating Convention

Washington, Feb. Estates repre-.
senting 900 electoral votes, or % more
than necessary for the adoption of the
resolution of the Republican National
Committee, have adopted the plan re-
duelng the delegation in Republican
national conventions from Southern
States. Under the new apportionment,
there will be about SO delegates less
in the 1916 Republican convention
than in the one that was held in 1912
In brief, the basis of representation
is made up as follows:
Each State shall be entitled in susn
convention to four delegates.at-lar, -
Two additional delegates large for
each Representative-at-large in Con-
eress elected from any State entitled
to one or more additional Representa-
tivcs in Congress under the apportion-
ment made in accordance with the last
census, but in which State no new Con-
gressional district has been provided by
law.
One delegate from each Congress
sional district in which the vote for
any Republican eleetor in 1908 or for
the Republican nominee for Congress
in 1914 shall have been not less than
1900.
Provided, further, that in the ease OF
any State electing all Representatives
in Congress from the State at large such
State shall be entitled to rs many dele
gates, elected at large, as though the
State were divided into separate Con-
gressional districts.
The membership of the next national
convention, in accordance with the
above plan, has not yet been worked
out i'll detail by States, as this requires
q canvass of the votes IN each Congress
sional district, in order to determine
the additional delegates to be allowed.
The result by States will be made
known later by the National Commit
tee
The statement further says: 1.-THE
official returns that have been COM
piled by the Republican National
Committee show that on national issues
the vote of the country in November
was: Republican, 5,915,270; Demo-
cratic, 1852, $50; Progressive, 1,4I4,-
243."
This vote is made up of the votes
cast for United States Senators in the
States where such elections were held
in 1914 and in the other States the
State Congressional vote. In this com
pilation the vote east for Governor and
for other State officers was entirely
eliminated as being local in issue and
in character.
The figures taken apply wholly to
the contests in which national issues
were involved in the election o. Sena
tors and of members of the House of
Representatives.
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AT ONCE! PAPFS DIAPfPSIN STOPS
INDIGESTION. GAS, SOUR STOMACH

in the whole world, and besides, it is
harmless.
Millions of men and women now eat
their favorite foods without fear-they
know it is needless to have bad
stomach.
Get large fifty-cent case of Papc's
Diapepsin from any drug store and put
your stomach right. Stop being miser-
able-life is too short-you're not here
long, so make your stay agreeable. Eat
what you like and digest it; enjoy it.
without fear of rebellion in the
stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home. Should one of the family eat
something which doesn't agree with
them, or in case of an attack of indi.
gestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach
arrangement, it is handy to give in.
stant relief.-Adv.