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the now quite complete fulfllment of
the wishing prophecy. Miss Farnham
was going to prove to be all that the
most critical maker of studies from
life could ask in a model; a supremely
perfect original for the character of
Ffdelia in the book. Moreover. she
would be his touchstone for the truths
and verities; even as Margery Grier-
son might, if she were forgiving
enough TO let bygones be bygones, hold
the mirror up to nature and the pure
humanities. Moreover, again. what
ever slight danger there might have
been IN a possibility of recognition
was a danger outlived If the first
meeting had not stirred the sleeping
memories in Miss Farnham, subse-
quent ones would serve only to widen
the gulf between forgetfulness and rec
objection by just such distances as the
Wahaska Griswold should traverse in
leaving behind him the deckhand of
the Belle Julie.
How much this might have been
modified if he had known that the man
whose face Miss Farnham had seen at
the window was silently tracking him
through the tree-shadowed streets is
matter for conjecture. Also, it is
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1T SLUGS HARD.
Coffee = Sure and Powerful Bruiser.

Let your coffee slave be denied his
cup AT its appointed time. Headache
sick stomach-fatigue. I know il all
in myself. and have seen it in others.
Strange that thinking. reasoning re-
Ings viii persist IN its use, says 2 To-
peka man
He says further that he did lot be-
gin drinking coffee until he was TWEEN
II years old, and that slowly il began
to poison him, and affect his hearing
through his nervous system
Finally, quit coffee and the condi-
tons slowly disappeared. but one cold
morning the smell of my wife's coffee
was too much for me and 1 took a
cup. Soon 1 was drinking my regular
allowance, tearing down brain and
nerves by the daily dose OF the nefa-
riOus beverage
Later, 1 found my breath coming
hard, had frequent fits Of nausea. and
then 1 was taken down with bilious
fever
Common sense came to ne. and I
quit coffee for good and went back TO
Postum I at once began 70 gain
and have had no returns Of my bilious
symptoms, headache. dizziness or YER
tigo-
Il now have health. bright
thoughts, and added weight. where be-
fore there was invaIidism and the
blues
My brother quit coffee because OF
its effect on his health and now uses
Postum He could not stand the nerT-
Gus strain while using coffee. but keeps
well on Postum Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be wen boiled 15c and 25c pack
ages
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup OF hot va
ter. and with cream and sugar. makes
z delicious beverage instantly. goo
and soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same Per cup
There's q Reason" for Postum
sold By GrocerA
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CHAPTER xVIiI-continued.

1t was mamie was looking in
1t the window" she returned in low
zones Il thought 1 saw him once be-
fore; but this time I am certaini"
Griswold sprang from his chair, and
moment later was letting himself out
noiselessly through the hall door.
There was nothing stirring on the
porch He was still cropping among
The bushes, and Miss Farnham had
come to the front door, when the doc
tors buggy appeared under the street
lights and was halted at the home
bltching post
Hello, Mr.. Griswold; is that your"
called the CHEEKY one, when he saw
baCeheaded man beating the covers
IN his front yard.
Griswold met his host at the gate
and walked up the path with him.
Miss Charlotte thought she saw
someone at one Of the front windows"
he explained; and moment after
ward the daughter was telling it for
herself
i saw him twice." she insisted;
"once while we were at dinner, and
again just now. The first time l
thought l might be mistaken, but this
time"
Griswold was laughing silently and
inwardly deriding his gifts when, un-
der cover of the doctors return. he
made decent Acknowledgements for
benefits bestowed and took his de-
parture. On the pleasant summer
night walk to Upper Shawnee street
he was CONCENTRATING himself upon
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CHAPTER XIX.
Pitfalls.

Within week from the day when
Raymer, angrily jubi1ant, had rescued
his imperiled stock, it was pretty gen.
orally known that Kenneth Griswold.
the writing man, had become the
fourth member in the close corpora
ton of the Raymer Foundry and Ma
chine works, and Wahaska was ca
gerly discussing the business affair in
all its possible and probable bearings
upon the Raymers, the Griersons and
and the newly elected directory of the
Pineboro railroad.
OF all this buzzing of the gossip bees
the person most acutely concerned
heard little or nothing. Digging deeply
in the inspiration field, Griswold speed
lily became oblivious to most of his en-
compassments; to all of them, indeed,
save those which bore directly upon
the beloved task Among these, he
counted the frequent afternoon visits
to Mereside, and the scarcely less fire.
quent evenings spent in the Farnham
home. He was using each of the
young women as foil for the other
in the outworking of his plot; and he
welcomed it as a sign of growth that
the story in its new form was acquir-
ing verisimilitude and becoming CRATE
fully, and at times, he persuaded him
self, quite wildly, human.
When he got well into the swing of
it and was turning out chapter every
three or four days, he fell easily into
the habit Of slipping the last INSTALL
ment into his pocket when he went to
Mereside. Margery Grierson was add
ing generously to his immense obIiga-
ton to her; hoping only to find a
friendly listener, he found a helpful
collaboration. More than once, when
his own imagination was at fault, she
was able to open new vistas in the
humanities for him, apparently draw
ing upon a reserve of intuitive con-
illusions compared with which his own
hard-bought store of experimental
knowledge was almost puerile.
Il wish you would tell me the secret
Of your marvellous cleverness," he ex-
claimed, on one of the June afternoons
when he had been reading to her in
the cool half-shadows of the Mereside
library. You are only a child in
years; how can you know with sucb
miraculous certainty what other
people would think and do under CON
ditions about which you can't possibly
know anything experimentally IT'S
beyond mel"
There are many things beyond you
yet, dear boy; many, many things !"
was her laughing rejoinder; from
which it will be inferred that the cpl
sode in the Farmers and Merchant :,
buTglar-proof had become an episode
forgotten-or at least forgiven. aYou
know men-a little; but when it comes
TO the women well, if 1 didn't
keep continually nagging at Won. vour
two heroines-with neither of whom
you are really in love-would deeen-
crate into rag dolls. They would. az
tualIy."
That's true; can see it clearly
enough when you point it out" he ad-
mitted, putting his craftsman bride
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Instantly the Primitive Instinct of
SeIf-PreserVation Sprang Alert.

brackish waters of sheer worIdliness
Then he saw how inadequate it would
be; how utterly impossible it was to
meet this charmingly vindictive young
person upon any grounds save those
of her own choosing.
THAT is the first really unkind
thing 1 have ever heard you say" was
the mild reproach which was all that
the reactionary second thought would
sanction.
"Unkind to whom?-to you, or to
Miss Farnham?"
ASK yourself" he countered weak
1y, and she laughed at him.
Griswold did not reply to the laugh.
He was gathering up the scattered
pages of his manuscript and replacing
them in order. When he spoke again
it was of matter entirely irrelevant.
Il had an odd experience the other
evening" he said. 81 had been dining
with the Raymers and was walking
back to Shawnee street A little news
boy named Johnnie Fergus turned up
from somewhere at one of the street
crossings and tried to sell me a pa
per-at eleven o'clock at night
bought one and joked him about being
out SO late; and from that on couldn't
get rid Of him. He went all the way
home with me, talking a blue streak
and acting as if he were afraid of
something or somebody. 1 remem-
bered afterward that he is the boy who
takes care of your boat Is there any
thing wrong with him ?"
Miss Grierson had left her chair and
had gone to stand at one of the win
dows.
Nothing that know Of" she said.
HE is a bright boy-too bright for his
own good, I'm afraid. But 1 can ex-
plain-a little. Johnnie has taken
and he has fallen into the boyish habit
of weaving all sorts of romances
around you. 1 think he reads too manv
exciting stories and tries to make YOU
the hero of them. He told me the
other day that he was sure somebody
was 'spotting' YOU"
Griswold looked up quickly. Miss
Grierson was still facing the window.
and he was glad that she had not seen
his nervous start.
'Spotting' me?" he laughed. where
did he get that idea?"
How should I know? But he had
made himself believe it; he even went
so far as to describe the man. Oh. I
can assure you Johnnie has an imagf-
nation; I've tested it in other ways"
Il should think SOL" said the man
who also had an Imagination, and
shortly afterward he took his leave.
An hour later the same afternoon.
Broffin, from his post of observation on
the Winnebago porch, saw the writing
man cross the street and enter a hard
ware shop. Having nothing better to
do, he. too, crossed the street and, in
passing, looked into the open door of
Simmons & Kleifurt's What he saw
brought him back at the end of a re-
Elective stroll around the public square.
When he entered the shop the clerk
was putting a formidable array of
weapons back into their showcase
inches Broffin lounged up and began
to handle the pistols
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unoerfoot, as he was always obliged to
do in these talks with her. Il should
be discouraged if you didn't keep on
telling me that the story, as a story.
is good"
at is good; it is a big story" she
asserted, with kindling enthusiasm
The plot, so far as you have gone
with it, is fine; and that is where you
leave me away behind 1 don't see
how you could ever think it out And
the character drawing is fine, too,
some of it. Your Fleming is as far
beyond me as your Fidelia seems to
be beyond you
you don't know Fleming yet Have
you ever met FideIia?"
Not as you have drawn her-no
She is too unutterably fine. If she
had single shred of humanity about
her. I should suspect you of meaning
10 fall IN love with her, farther along
to the humiliation and despair of poor
Joan, who, as you say, is a mere daugh-
ter of men,
But how about Joan?" he fretted.
Is she out of drawing, too?"
Yes; you are distorting her the
other way-making her too inhumanly
worldly and insincere." Then, with an
abruptness that was like a slap in the
face: IF you didn't spend so many
evenings at Doctor Bertie's, you would
get both Fidelia and Joan in better
drawing"
He flushed and drew himself up
with stabbed amour propre prompting
him to make some singing retort con-
traSting the wells of truth with the
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directly behind Miss Grierson's chair
TO put the answer into effect. when the
opportunity was snatched away. Ray
meT, his business apparently conelud-
ed, came down the veranda and took
the chair next to Miss Grierson's
Brofin dropped back into the writ
1ng-room alcove for which the open
French window was the outlet and sat
down to bide his time.
It's shame TO make you wait this
way, Miss Madge- McMurtry said he
had an appointment with Mr.. Gal
braith for three o'clock, and he had to
go to keep it But he ought to be
down again by this time. Don't wait
for me If you want to go back to town.
can get lift from somebody
That would be nice. wouldn't it7-
was the gOod-natured retort- ITO make
you tie up your own horse in town
and then leave you stranded away out
here three miles from nowhere. 1
think see myself doing such a thingl
Besides. l haven't a thing to do but
wait"
BrOff1n shifted the extinct cigar he
was chewing from one corner of his
mouth to the other and pulled his soft
hat lower over his eyes He, too, could
wait. There was a little stir on the
veranda; a rustling of silk petticoats
and the click of small heels on the
hardwood floor Brofin could not for.
bear the peering peep around the shell
tering window draperies. Miss Grier.
son had left her seat and was pacing
slow march up and down That she
had not seen him became a fact suffi-
GENTLY well-assured when she sat
down again and began TO speak to
Griswold-
How is the new partnership going.
by this timer" she asked, after the
manner OF one who rewinnows the
cha1 of the commonplace in the hope
OF finding grals enough for the immedi-
ate need
so far as Griswold is concerned.
you wouldn't notice that there is a
partnership" laughed the iron
founder 4 can't make him galvanize
an atom Of interest in his investment
All I can get out OF him is. Don't
bother me; I'm busy"
Mr. Griswold is in a class by him
self. don't you Think" was the ques-
tioning comment
He is all kinds Of a good fellow;
that's all I know, and all I ask to
know" answered Raymer Loyalty.
Il believe that-now," said his COM
panion, with the faintest possible en-
phasis upon the time-word-
Brofin marked the emphasis and
the pause that preceded it and leaned
forward to miss no word
Meaning that there was a time
when you didn't believe it," Raymer
asked
Meaning that there was a time
when he had me scared half TO death"
confessed the one who seemed always
TO say the confidential thing as If il
were the most trivial DO you remem-
Der one day in the library, when you
found me looking over the file OF the
newspapers for the story OF the rob
berry OF the Bayou State Security bank
in New Orleans2"
Raymer remembered it very well
and admitted it
Yes; remember II all very clearly.
Also recollect how the second news
paper notice told how the robber es-
capped from the officers at St Louis
But you haven't told me how you were
scared" Raymer suggested
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Der of battle honors is one that has
already been in the thick of the fight
ing in France, the Kings Royal Rifle
corps Already in the great war it
has acquired another Victoria Cross.
that Of Major DINNER of the Second
battalion
In the Boer war the regiment car
RED OF two V. C.'s, fourteen D s.
O.s, anc thirty-hve D c. Ms. 1t has
been through about forty battles the
names of the most important OF which
appear on the cap badge.
The Kings Royal Rifle corps was
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common in Austria-Hungary. and En-
peror Franz Joseph is master OF them
all 1t is said that there are so vocab-
laries in Brazil In Mexico the Nahua
IS spoken n 700 dialects There are
hundreds IN Borneo, while II Australia
there is 10 classifying the complex
ties According TO the latest Stats
tics, English is at present SPOKEN By
$50, 900 900. German by 10000. 900,
Russian by 70.00o. 900. FreEch by 4o.-
100000. and Italian. By 10000. 900. and
It is constantly on the increase owing
to the increase In commerce in SPAN
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from true time. for its employees
watches at 80 seconds week This
means that the balance wheel shall
not vary in its motion to the extent
OF one vibration out Of every 10000.
Taking into consideration the various
causes of disturbance to which a rail
way engineers watch is subjected. the
jolts and jars. the changes of tempera-
ture and the magnetic influence incl
dental to the proximity Of large masses
OF iron and steel, this performance is
truly remarkable. That Il is possible
to secure such accuracy In such tiny
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He Let It Go

Fault Finder Tin front OF dairy res
taurant)-I notice the word dairy on
your new sign is spelled diary
proprietor know il is was
going TO have IL changed. but the
painter convinced me his way of spell
ing the word was more suggestive.
Fault Finder-AIOre suggestive2
PrOprietor-Yes: he said ii con-
veyed the idea of putting things down.
Judge
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On an island

Where can I buy q souvenir post-
card2~
You can't buy one on this island
ms island belongs TO man who pos
lively won't allow EN- TO be sold
Hum, said the summer visitor.
1 see 1 am going TO like this place
even more than ] expected Louis
vile Courier-JournaI-
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Tame Dissertation

I saw your husband a: the ball
game yesterday
What was he doing2-
Why. he seemed 10 be an interest
ed spectator"
That doesn't describe my husband.
He's q cyclone rOOter"
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HAD ITS ORIGIN IN AMERICA
British Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Now
In France, Raised In f755 in the
United States.

There is q keen rivalry among the
various regiments of the British army
in every way. Naturally the rivalry
is greatest where lighting is concerned,
and every regiment is only too
ea<er to take part in the war. and so
pdd more lighting honors to its name.
The regiment withIthe greatest num-
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Hard to Ston-

Pa, what is meant by freedom Of
the seas'2''
It means that nations merchant
ships have a right 10 go anywhere they
please"
DO they do that. pa2"
No, my son There is no such
thing as freedom of the seas nova
days except for icebergs-
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PATENTS -. s. 2Ss ssf;I:s II


TOW 10 Clean Stone Window Stills.
In the Woman's Home Companion
Missouri woman told as follows how
TO clean stone steps or stone window
sills-
Get five cents worth OF the coars-
est sandpaper and rub stone steps or
stone windows sills briskiy until all
marks are removed. then simply dust
them with buster or q rag They
VIII stay white much longer by using
this method than scrubbing them with
water l always wear a pair of canvas
gloves. as they protect the hands
from any scratching"
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originally raised in 1855 in the United
States. when those states belonged to
US. and was known then as the Six
1eth (Royal American) Regiment OF
Foot It is supposed to have been the
first regiment to be armed with the
ri1e.-Pearson's Magazine.
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Wonder of Mechanism

Half century ago there was not
watch in existence capable of meeting
the requirements of American railway
time service today Railway time in
spection has set the limit Of variation
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Where He Loses

The man who is always punctuaI
in keeping an appointment never loses
anything"
No, only half an hour waiting for
the other fellow TO show I'D"
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piece of mechanism subjected to those
adverse Influences is little short o.
marvellous, and justifies the claim that
the watch Of today is the most won
derful piece OF mechanism that the
ingenuity Of man has ever produced
Scientific American
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confusion 81 Tononea

Most people are so sparing OF the
use OF languages other than their
own that they have little idea that
there are more than 1000 languages
in the world There are six languages
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The Reason

Mrs Jones has such winning
ways
Yes; that is one reason why 1
don't like TO play bridge with her"
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Tell a woman that consistency is q
jewel and she viii tell you jewelry is
vulgar
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TO BE CONTINUED)
Williams news., 1915-10-28
WANT BOOSTERS
 CLUB AT STATE FAIR

It has been suggested that Will jams ought to have a Boosters Club or Party at the State Fair this year. This is an excellent idea. Why cannot all of the peo- pie who are going to the Fair from Williams, get together and arrange to attend in a body, with pennants and banners advertising the most healthful city in the mountains. While thus advertis- ing the climate and the town to good advantage, the party would be having the best possible kind of good time.
 Talk it over with your neighbors, find out who is going to the Fair, and start the ball rolling at once for there is no time to lose if good showing is to be made.
 We have the climate and the scenery, and there are hundreds and thousands of people who would come to Williams if only they knew of the advantages which it has to offer as a place for spending the summer. Of course it will take time to reach the place where thous- ands will be drawn to Williams, but the work that this boosters party could do would be big step in the right direction.
 It should be remembered, too, that MT. Holub, at Babbitt's, has been authorized to take orders for b3xes at the Fair.
Williams news., 1915-10-28
NEWS NOTES STATE FAIR

In the string of fast horses that are to perform on the fam ous mile track at the Arizona State Fair in November there are a number of noted off-springs of noted sires, both in the trots and paces. Interest centers around the contest of kin of course in these races, many of the followers of the events throughout the country have watched all the year around just how half brothers have gone against each other in the big events.
 ~ Some of these famous animals were in Phoenix last year but many of them were young and inexperienced so were distanced by more experienced horses. This is especially true of Esper- anza, of Carlokin who this year will figure in the 2;09 trot and Contention B. by Copa de Ore in the 2:15 pace; and Teddy Bear by Del Coronado figuring in the 2;04 and Free for all pace.
 Two handsome sisters, daugh- ters of Carlokin belonging to w. G. Durfee of Los Angeles have been entered for the 2:18 trot. Both are beautiful bays. They are "The Lark' and Helen Belle". Their performances this year have been exception ally good, both showing to good advantage in the Panama Pacific meets. In like manner in the 2;04 and free for all pace they are White Socks, a bay mare, and Teddy Bear a bay horse both by Del Coronado, a splen- did sire, and owned respectfully by w. G. Gurfee and c. E. Silva of Sacramento. These two have been burning up the track this year in great shape. In fact Teddy Bear especially is regard ed as one of the years most bril- liant performers.
 Incidents such as these make racing in harness at the Arizona State Fair truly a sport of kings.