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CHAPTER III.
The Bride.

The Bride.
Frederic fatty refused to meet the
steamer when she locked. AS If
swayed by his decision, Dawes and
Riggs likewise abandoned a plan to
greet the returning master and his
bride as they came down the gang
plank. But for the almost peremp-
tory counsel of Mrs. Desmond, Brood's
son would have absented himself from
the house on the day of their arrival.
Jones and a footman went to the pier
with the chauffeur.
1t was half-past two In the after
noon when the automobile drew up
In front OF the house and the fur
coated footman nimbly hoped down
and threw open the door.
James Brood. a tall, distinguished
looking man Of fifty, stepped out OF
the limousine. For an instant. before
turning to assist his wife from the car,
windows on the lower floor. In one
of them stood his son, holding the lace
curtains apart and smiling a welcome
that seemed sincere. He waved his
hand to the man on the sidewalk.
Brood responded with a swift, almost
perfunctory gesture and then held out
his hand to the woman who was de-
scending.
Frederic's intense gaze was fixed
on the stranger who was coming into
biu ltfn .rDyA frzv. prnnI aha
glanced up at the window. The smile
still fingered on the young mans lips,
but his eyes were charged with an
expression Of acute wonder. He had
never looked upon a more beautiful
creature In all his life. A kind of stu
pefaction held hira motionless until he
heard the door close behind them; In
the brief interval, however, q picture
had been impressed upon his senses
that was 20 last forever.
She was slightly above the medium
height. slender and graceful even in
the long, thick coat that enveioped
her. She did not wear a veil. He had
q swift but enduring glimpse of a Gu
riously pallid. perfectly modelled face;
OF jet black hair; of q Arm, sensitive
chin. Somehow he received the en-.
traordinary impression that the slim,
1.-THE body was never cold: that she
expressed In some indeinable way
the unvarying temperature OF youth.
He hurried into the hall. driven by
the latent spur Of duty. He heard his
fathers warm. almost gay response to
the greetings Of the old men. whose
hands he wruns with . fervor that
vas uumistakabla. He heard him
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room was darkened by al or
heavy window hangings; the effect
was that produced by the cleaning
just before the stars appear. Objects
were ~shadowy, indistinct, mysterious.
The light from the jade-room door
threw a diverging ray across the full
length of the room In the very GEN.
ter of this bright strip sat a placid
eftigy of Buddha that Brood had found
in a remote corner Of Siam, ~serenely
stolid on top OF its thick base CT
bronze and lacquer, with a shining
shrine for a background. In the dim
edge Of the shadow, rear the door at
the far end of the room, Lydia made
out the motionless, indistinct figure Of
a woman The faint outlines OF the
face were discernible but not so the
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not the kind you want. Your pride.
pour ambition win rebel. Then you
win make something out of life for
1O~urself."
Well. Il looks to me AZ II he mean
- make It impossible for me to marry.
Mrs. Desmond. I've thought OF 1t q
Good DEAL
And Is 1t impossiblef"
NO shall marry Lydia. even
enough ! hsve to did IN the streets
Cor her. It isn't that. however. There's
nome other reason hack or his atti-
ifn1e. but for tho We Of me ] cant
g0s ~ It"
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features. For a moment the girl stared
at the watcher and her advanced to
the door.
who is it?" she inquired, peeriDS.
A low. husky voice replied, with q
suggestion of laughter in the tones.
Il am exploring the house"
Lydia came forward at once. "Oh.
it is Mrs. Brood. / beg your pardon.
Shall | switch on the lights?"
"You are Lydia?"
Yes, Mrs. Brood"
Il have been prowling everywhere.
Your good mother deserted me when
my maid arrived with Ranjab a short
time ago. Isn't this the dreadful blue
beard room? Shall | lose my head Il
| am discovered by the Ogre?"
The girl felt the spell stealing over
her. The low voice of the woman in
the shadow was like a sensuous Ca
ress. She experienced a sudden long
ing to be closer to the speaker, to
listen for the very intake Of her
breath.
You have already been discovered
by the ogre, Mrs. Brood" said Lydia.
gayly. and your head appears to be
quite safe"
THANK YOU" rather CURLY, as IL re-
pelling familiarity. 1t was like a dash
of cold water to Lydia's spirits. You
may turn on the lights. l should like
to see you, Miss Desmond"
The girl crossed the room, passing
close to the stranger in the house.
The fragrance of a perfume hitherto
unknown to her separated itself from
the odor of sandalwood that always
filled the ROOM; II was soft, delicate,
refreshing. 1t was like a breath Of
cool, sweet air filtering into a close.
stuffy room. One could not help draw
ing in a long, full breath, as if the
lungs demanded its revivifying quail
ties.
A soft, red glow began to fill the
as Lydia pulled the cord near
the door. AS the light grew brighter
and brighter the eyes Of the stranger
swept the room with un~disguised won
der in their depths.
How extraordinary" she muir
INJURED, and then turned swiftly toward
the girl. Where does 1t come FRONT
l can see no lights. And see, There
are no shadows, not even beneath the
table yonder. lit is uncanny-but,
oh. how lovely!"
Lydia was staring at her with wide
open eyes, frankly astonished. The
ouu nycffnA Uloon, uanieh,I To-
Mrs. Brood's lovely eyes. They mar
rowed ave- so slightly.
why do you stare at me?" she de-
manded.
II expected" began Lydia, and
stopped In pretty confusion.
Il see. You expected a middle-aged
lady, ale? And why. pray, should
James Brood marry q middle-aged
person."
II don't know. I'm sorry II I
have offended you"
Mrs. Blood smiled, a gay. pleased
little smile that revealed her small,
even teeth. "You haven't offended
me. my dear" she said. "You offend
my husband by thinking SO iii of him.
hats all" She took the girl IN from
head to foot with critical even. He
said you were very pretty and very
lovable. You are lovely. No one
wants to be pretty. Yes, you are just
what expected"
Lydia was the taller OF the two
women: a matter Of two inches per-
haps. and yet she had the curious feel
ing that she was looking upward an
she gazed into the others eyes. II
was the way Mrs. Brood held herself.
Sending a swift glance around the
ROOM, she went on: MY husband de-
lights in having beautiful things about
him. He doesn't like the ugly fhinn
of this world"
CTO BE coNTINuED3
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It's a great old world. and II THERE'S
, hotter we've never beeh In It.
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SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home OF Jaides Brood
and comrades. await the coming OF
Brood's son Frederic tc learn the contents
of a wireless from Brood. but Frederic.
after reading, thySws II into tie fire and
leaves the room without a word. Frederic
tells Lydia Desmond, his fiancee. thai the
UEessage announces his fathers marriage
and orders the house prepared tov an Inn
enodlats Homecoming.
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Apparently she did noe hear hip4.
for abe gave nc sign. She was soek-
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Curious Teiacranh Lines.


The most original telegraph line in
the world once extended from La Plaz,
the capital Of Bolivia, to the neighbor-
ing town Of .Oruro, a distance Of about
156 miles. There are no growing trees
In this part Of the world, and wood Of
any kind is so rare that the telegraph
poles were made Of the same material
as the natives household furniture
dried mud. The pillars were built on
stone foundations and measured about
Ave feet square at the base, with a
tapering height Of fifteen feet. They
we're placed about 36pfeet apart. An
other curious telegraph line was con-
stucted in Uganda by British en-
gineer, who transported growing trees
to the roadside and used them as poles
because he could not find any dead
wood, that would withstand the raw
ages Of the white ants. In Dutch
East India growing trees are also
turned to account in this manner, but
there a wire is stretched across the
road between the trees on either side
and the actual telegraph line suspend
ed down the center.
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Ruskin Ia the Kitchen.


In her book Of "reminiscences, 'sir'
teen Years Of q Busy Woman's Life, .
Mrs. Alec Tweedie says that her "a:
ther, Dr.. Harley, a welI known Lon
don physician was great friend OF
Ruskh and often stayed at Brentwood.
One night Rnskin asked DE-. Farley
whether he liked tea or coffee before
he got up.
"a cup Of tea," he replied.
tsWhy don't you choose coffee? .?
ssWeli, to tell the truth, have lived
so much abroad that don't fancy
English coffee. 1t is generally so bad
II made
BIS host said nothing. The next
morning Dr. Harley was awakened
and a strong smell OF coffee permeated
the, room. Turning to a servant, ne
asked, sTs that my cup Of tea"
e.No, sir; it IS Mr.. Ruskia's coffee"
SIR. Ruskin's coffee! What do you
1aean?"
The master was up early. he roast
ed the coffee himself. be ground the
coffee himself, and he made the coffee
himself. and he hopes you VIA like it :
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Eleas as Jumpers.

The jumping powers of deas have
been much exaggerated, according to
8 bulletin ON these insects issued by
the department Of agriculture. The
species known as the human flea
Pulex rritans) is probably the best
jumper. According to Mitzmain, the
maximum horizontal distance this spe-
cies can jump Is thirteen inches and
the maximum vertical distance less
than eight inches
The question Of the feats jumping
powers is Of importance In connection
with the spread Of bubonics plague and
other diseases Of which this insect is
the carrier. The Indian plague COM
mission, which has investigated the
habits Of the Indian rat flea, finds its
maximum horizontal Jump to be only
FIVE inches, while Mitzmain records the
maximum height to which it can jump
as three and one-eighth inches. One
species Of flea, the "stektight," is near
ly incapable Of jumping.
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Ancient Gardens.

Statues were decorative element OF
which the Florentine garden architect
made expensive use. at first few
antique busts were placed along the
parapN Of the terrace OR under the
central loggia, but ere long Greek gods
and heroes, fauns and naiads We're
seen at the end of every alley, while
giants and caryatides were introduced
to support walls and porticoes.
One great charm Of renaissance gar
dens was the skillful manner in which
nature and art were blended together.
The formal design Of the giardino Sc
reto agreed with the straight lines Of
the house, and the walls, Pith their
clipped hedges, led On to the wilder,
freer growth Of woodland. and mead
ow, while the dense shade Of the bosco
supplied an effective contrast to the
sunny spaces Of lawn and flower bed.
The ancient practice Of cutting box
trees into fantastic shapes, known to
the Romans as the topiary art, was
largely. restored in the fifteenth CEN
tury and became an essential part OF
Italian gardens--New York Telegram.
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.Enaiisfi Military offenses.

There are more than q dozen differ
ent offenses Tor which a soldier may
be sentenced to death while on active
service. The first on the list Of death
ofenses applies to, a commanding ofti-
Ger and reads, "Shamefully delivering
up a garrison VIXEN in command Of
troops. without due necessity-punish-
nent, death" :: A soldier can be shot
for throwing away his rifle or sword
in the presence Of the enemy, for COW
ardice or for leaving his commanding
officer in order to plunder. II he forces
his way past sentry on active seiT-
ice he may be sentenced TO death OF
for assaulting any one bringing up pro
visions for the troops. A soldier Is e1-
pressly forbidden while on active serv-
Ice to commit any ofense against a
resident Of the country In which he Is
fighting under pain Of death. nor may
be break into any house in search Of
plumber OF discharge his rifle intention
ally to create false alarm on the
march. A soldier while acting as. SEN
try who is found sleeping at his post
may be shot. Amy man causing or
Joining in a mutiny IS liable to be shot.
Desertion OF attempt at desertion while
on active service IS naturally a death
ofense.-London Opinion.
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Iirnitasiaaa af Seienea

Z Johnny was sent to study mathemat:
les, and the teacher told him that 1t
was q true science.
"For instance" she said, "n it takes
one man twelve days to build house,
then twelve men can build it In one
day"
Johnny replied: "And 2SS men viii
build it in an hour, 17,2so in minute,
1,o36,S00 men will put it up in a sec
ond. Now, don't believe they could
build even single brick in that time.
Again, if one ship can cross the Allan
tic In twelve days, twelve ships should
be able to cross it In one day. I don't
believe that either, so I'M not going to
study mathematics" And Johnny left
the teacher studying it herself-E1-
change.
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Dumas-an Enigma.

& The elder Dumas was the greatest
enigma in. the literary world Of Paris.
for who has ever been able to explain
just how and when all the books that
bear his name were written? BE loved
the mysterious for its own sake. He
told me how he had dabbled in magnet
ic and mesmeric experiments. He
spoke with absolute. conviction Of the
power Of magnetism and declared that
the whole Of life and society was, to
his way Of thinking, nothing but a
manifestation Of magnetic force.
His talk was like the man himself,
calm, nonchalant. without a trace Of
emotion. He was SC far above discus
SION as to ignore it. When he was
speaking he seemed to imply by his
Look and manner that it made no diff
ference to him whether you believed
what he was saying Or not--Francis
Grierson in Century Magazine.
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Growth Of Wealth.

The wealth Of the world grows very
slowly, and the amount OF real saving
IS amazingly small Il, for example,
the wealth Of the United States when
George Washington became president
was equivalent to a billion dollars
and that perhaps is not bad gcess
and this amount could have steadily
earned little over 5 per cent every
year since, this gain, compounded,
would exceed the present estimated
wealth Of this country. This means
that all the rest Of the saving and the
gains from new enterprises and a rap
Idly increasing population have only
just about balanced the annual waste
and loss. True, more than two-thirds
Of the wealth Of nations is still the hu-
man machine and not the visible tax
able property, but the fact serves to
show how slight IS the annual gain
even in the premier get rich quick
country Of the world the United States.
Carl Snyder In Golfers Weekly.
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No Simple Life at Ayr.


The simple life" finds no sympa-
thetic atmosphere in Scotland and,
above all, not in the "Auld Ayr" OF
Robert Burns
Acid Ayr, wham ne'er town su9oasses
For. honest men and bonnie fasses.
George Ferguson Munro is a news
paper person who writes articles for 9
Scottish newspaper. Munro wanted to
live q free, untrammeled, outdoor life.
he began last spring. He wandered
over hill and dale. doing nothing, find
ing enough to eat and drink, lying on a
shaded hillside reading a good book.
He interfered with no one. The earth
was his bed. the starry Sky his roof.
When it rained he went into a barn.
Yet for leading this simple life he was
taken by the rough hand Of the law
as vagabond and sentenced by the
magistrate Of Ayr to three months
hard labor.-Indianapolis News.
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Dreams.


What IS the purpose OF dreams?, DR..
Isador n. Coriat answers the question
thus in The Meaning Of Dreams"
It can be shown through dream anal
ysis that dreams subserye definite
function IN our mental life in that they
really act as protectors and not as dis
turbers Of sleep. This guardianship OF
sleep by means Of dreams IS due to the
persistent dynamic action Of the CEN
sor. In sleep the censor Is exceeding
" active. and its functon;is to protect
sleep from the mass Of repressed emo
tons which threaten to oYerwhelm the
sleeper in the shape Of dream. This
Is done by means Of the dream mecha-
nisns. in which the dream thoughts
are fused and displayed, thus under.
going such disguise and symbolization
as to be unacceptable to the sleeper
and consequently not disturbing to
him. When the censor mods or is evad"
ed, when. the literal dream thoughts
lombard and invade, consciousness IN
IN undisgussed form. sleep Is disturbed
go insomnia results e.
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Beer ALWAYS OF Tap.

Bavaria has the worlds record for
beer drinking. Perhaps. that accounts
for certain push button in the city
OF Nuremberg. On one Of the many
interesting little streets Of that quaint
old town there is a large, plain-look.
Ing building which serves as the down.
town Office and warehouse OF GER
tain large brewery. In the wall near
the door Of this wholesale esta blish-
menu there is push button that evil
IDENTIFY connects with an electric bell
somewhere Over it is sign reading
"BieTglocke," which translated literal.
~ into English means Beer Bell
evidently an arrangement for sum-
monlng more beer in case Of emer-
gency.
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Simply Sensrated.

s The janitor Of q hall in a country
place was asked by an entertainer from
the city II there wasn't a piano that
he could use for the evenings enter.
tainment
.Waal, yes, there is piano down in
the cellar" said the janitor, "but you
couldn't play on it-leastways. not as
1t Is, Tor it's full Of books"
Then the janitor bawied to. bis wife:
Susan, where's the works of that
pianow
AND Susan's voice deated down from
upstairs:
AAtn't they out in the garden?'-
-Washisgton Star.
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A Remarkable Suicide.

One of the most remarkable cases OF
suicide was that cf the king of Falaha.
Oh the west coast of Africa.
The king was attacked by Moham-
medan force. and. finding resistance
impossible, he assembled his family
and principal officers and after ad-
dressing them and mtimating his deter.
uination never to accept Mohammed-
anism and inviting those who did not
agree with him to so away. he applied
a light to large quantity Of gunpow-
der collected for the purpose and blew
into atoms the palace and all who
We're in it.
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Queer Eno;is;, upstom.

queer EHShS! SSoSoH.
It is customary in the Peak district
for the unmarried girls to peer
through the keyhole Of the house early
on St. Valentines morning before any
one else in the house is asttr. They
believe that if this is done fssti1g,
omens Of the year to come will be
seen. For instance, should cock and
hen pass together, the girl may be
sure that she viii be married ere
the year is out; II she sees a robin
alone it is a sign that she will have
a fortune left her; if sparrow flies
up to the door and pecks about as
though for crdmbs, she may take it
as warning to be careful, and that
her good name will be in danger un-
less she take heed; while, If a hen
stroll by, it is sign that she viii
be an old maid.
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Anxious 70 Heip.

he (after the honeymoon)-Has your
father said anything about helping to
provide a home for US? She-Oh, yes,
indeed! He said that when we had a
home Of our own he would buy me a
cookbook and allow mother to come
and teach me how to use It, even Il 1t
took year.-New York Weekly.
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He. Word of Honor.

"Don't you love me?s
"Yes, but I'm already engaged"
sThen break your engagement" "
ooh, Jack, that. wouldn't be honor
able! An engagement IS a sacred
thing, not lightly to be entered into or
broken off. Besides"-
ttWen~
.Weu, I'm engaged to two men, and
that makes it even worse" Boston
Transcript.
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How To Give Q11n1ns To Children

FEBRILINEi Is the trademark name given to an
improved Quinipe. Itis Tasteless Syrup. pleas
Children take it and never know It is Quinine.
also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quiuine. Does not uauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing In the head. Try
it the next time you need Quiuire for any pur-
pose. Ask for 2.ouncc original. package. The
name FEBRlLINE Is blown IN bottle. IS cents.
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Largest Star Known.

Canopus, the .argest star known
with a luminosity Of 1900 times that
OF the sun, is Invisible from the north.
ern hemisphere o. r. Walkley, az
English astronomer, adduces testimony
at great length to prove it the central
sun of the universe about which all
other orbs revolve.
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Nautical.

"Father;" wired the young yachtsmaa,
please advance me some money. Ny
boat Is entered in tomorrow's race and
I'm sure she will win"
And father promptly replied, mot
with a time allowance from Ne."-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
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Vanity.

THAT man says he wants his picture
to lock perfectly natural" said the
photogra piers assistant.
Make it as handsome as possible"
replied the proprietor.
But he insists that he doesn't want
the picture to fatter him.
He won't think it fatters him. He'll,
think that at last somebody has MAN
aged 10 catch the way he really looks"
Chicago News.
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Appearances Deceptive.

: Thompson has made discovery"
Indeed?
ayes. He says that he has Gscov-
cred that the more buttons there are on
a.wcman's coat the greater the proDa-
bility that It really fastens with hooks
sand eyea"-Plek.
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Girl With a Conscience.

Two little girls walking through
field were afraid Of cow. Said one
Of them, Lets go right on and act
as If we were not afraid at ALL "But
wouldn't that be deceiving the cow?
the other little girl expostulated.-
Christian Herald.
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10 Drive Out Malaria

10 DrTV0 OUL NIaIarIa
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what yon are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in a taste1ess form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
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Rubbinq II In.

Proud Dad-I suppose in the course
of time baby will be married, even as
we were. Mamma Yes, / suppose
she'll throw herself away on some
man.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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DISCHARGE Notice.

I will apply to the Judge of Probate,
for Clarendon County, on the 18th day
OF November 1915, at IL o'clock a. m.
for letters of discharge as guardian for
Martha II. Jenkinsoo formerly minor.
W. E. Jenkiuson,-
Guardian
Kingstree, Oct. Is, 1915.