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Instantly the Primitive Instinct c
self-Preservatlon sprang Alert

brackish waters Of sheer worldliness
Then he saw how inadequate 1t would
be; how utterly impossible 1t was t
meet this charmingly vindictive young
person upon any grounds save those
Of her own choosing.
THAT is the first really unkind
thing 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 tc
Miss Farnham?"
ASK yourself" he countered weak
ly, 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
1t was of matter entirely irrelevant
Il had an odd experience the other
evening" he said. Il 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 blue streak
and acting as If he were afraid of
something or somebody. remem.
bered afterward tina; 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 bright boy-too bright for his
own good, I'm afraid. But can ex.
plain-a little Johnnie has taken a
violent fancy to you for some reason,
and he has fallen into the boyish habit
of weaving all sorts of romances
around you. think he reads too many
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
GrieT son 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 known But he had
made himself believe #; he even went
so far as to describe the man. Oh, |
can assure you Johnnie has an imagl-
nation; I've tested it in other ways.
81 should think sol" said the man
who also had an imagination, and
shortly afterward he took his leave.
An hour later the same afternoon,
Brofin, 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 q re-
fiective stroll around the public square
When he entered the shop the clerk
was putting a formidable array q,
weapons back into their showcase
inches. Brcfln lounged up and began
to handle the pistols.
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unisrfoot. as he was always oblieea %
do In these talks with her. 81 should
be discouraged IL you didn't keep on
telling me that the story, as a story.
is good"
1T is good; IL is big story she
asserted. with xindling enthusiasm
The plot, so far as you have gone
with 1t, is fine: and that is where you
leave me away behind. ! 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 Fidelia?''
Not as you have drawn her-no.
She is too unutterably fine. II she
had single shred of humanity about
her. should suspect you OF meaning
to fall in love with her, farther along
to the humiliation and despair of poor
Joan, who, as you say, is mere daugh-
ter Of men"
But how about Joan?" he fretted.
is she out Of drawing, too?"
Yes; you are distorting her the
otner way-making her too inhumanly
worldly and insincere." Then, with an
aoruptness that was like slap in the
face: IF you didn't spend so many
evenings at Doctor Bertie's, you would
get both Ftdeia and Joan in better
drawing"
He flushed and drew himself up,
with stabbed amour propre prompting
him to make some stinging retort con-
trasting the wells of truth with the
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Broken Links.

II was on the second day after the
pistol-buying incident in Simmons &
Kleifurt's that Broffin. wishful for soil.
tude and a chance to think In perspec.
tive. took to the woods.
A letter from the New Orleans OF
fee had reopened the account OF the
Bayou State Security robbery. The
mall communication was significant
but inconclusive. One Patrick Shee.
han, st. Louis cab driver, dying, had
made confession to his priest. For a
bride of two hundred dollars he had
aided and abetted the escape of a
criminal on a day and date correspond
ing to the mid-April arrival of the
steamer Belle Julie at st. Louis. After
ward he had driven the man to an up
town hotel name not given. He could
not recall the mans name. But the
destination address, 'Wahaska. Min
nesota," was submitted with the con-
fession.
Brofln felt himself short-sighted
from the very nearness OF things. The
single necessity now was for absolute
and unshakable Identification. To es-
tablish this, three witnesses. and three
only, could be called upon. or the
three, two had failed signally-Miss
Farnham because she had her own
reasons for blocking the game. and
President Galbraith :. That was an
other chapter In the book of failure
Broffin had learned that the president
was stopping at the De Soto Inn, and
he had Unanswered to bring Mr., Gal
braith face to face with Griswold in
the Grierson bank on the day after the
pistol-buying. To his establishment
and disgust the president had shaken
his head irritably, adding a rebute.
INA, ma, man; your trade makes ye
over-suspicious. That's Mr.. Griswold.
the WATERMAN and friend eff the
Griersons Miss Madge was telling
me about him last week. He's no more
Hike the robber than you are. Haven't
/ told ye the man was bearded like a
tyke?"
With two Of the three eye-witnesses
refusing to testify, there remained
only Johnson, the paying teller of the
Bayou State Security. Brofiin was
considering the ACCESSIBILITY OF wiring
for Johnson when he passed the last
of the houses on the lakeside drive
and struck into the country road which
led by cool and shaded forest wind
ings to the resort hotel at the head OF
the southern bay. Presently a vehicle
overlook and passed him. II was Miss
Grierson's trap, drawn by the big Eng
fish trap-horse, with Miss Grierson her
self holding the reins and Raymer
lounging comfortably in the spare
seat.
Half an hour later BrofIin had fol-
lowed the huge footprints OF the
great English trap-horse to the drive
way portal Of the De Soto grounds
where they were lost on the pebbled
carriage approach. Strolling on
through the grounds into the lake
fronting lobby of the inn, he went in
search of Miss Grierson. He found
her on the broad veranda, alone, and
for the moment unoccupied. How to
make the attack so direct and so over
whelming that It could not be with
stood was the only remaining ques-
ton; and Broffin had answered it to
bis own satisfaction. and was advanc-
inK through an oEen French winGow
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directly behind mIss Griersons ehsfr
to put the answer into effect. when the
opportunity was snatched away Ray.
mer, his business apparently concIud,
ed. came down the yeranda and took
the chair next to Miss Grierson's.
Brofln dropped back into the writ
ing-room alcove for which the open
French window was the outlet and saa
down to bide his time.
IT'S shame to make you wait this
way. Miss Madge. McMurtry said he
had an appointment with Mr.. Cal
braith for three o'clock, and he had to
go to keep 1t. 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 it's
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 nowherei
think | see myself doing such thingl
Besides. haven't thing to do but
wait"
Broffln 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; 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 sufi-
ciently 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
char Of the eommonplaces In the hope
of finding grain enough for the immedI.
ate need
$50 far as Grlswold is concerned.
you wouldn't notice that there Is q
partnership" laughed the IRON
founder Il can't make him galvanize
an atom of interest in his investment.
All / can get out of him is, Don't
bother me; I'm busy"
''Mr Griswold is in class by him
self, don't you think?" was the ques-
tioning comment
"He is all kinds of a good fellow:
that's all know, and all / ask to
know" answered Raymer loyalty.
"I believe that-now," said his COM
panion, with the faintest possible en-
phasis upon the time-word.
Broffin marked the emphasis and
the pause that preceded it. and leaned
forward to miss no word.
Meaning that there was time
when you didn't believe it," Raymer
asked.
Meaning that there was time
when he had me scared half to DEATH"
confessed the one who seemed always
to say the confidential thing as II II
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 Orleans?"
Raymer remembered 1t very we'll
and admitted II.
Yes; remember 1t 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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Force Of Habit.

Burglar Buck-Where's tn toolsf
Burglar Bill-Dished II ! haven't fer
got 'em.
Burglar Brick S'help me. It's tn
last time I'll take on reformed
plumber as a partner!-washington
Star.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-20
Childrenof the
Heart
'cscscscscscs,scscycscSoscscycs.scscs.scscs
By Rose De Witt Tresham

copyright. 1915. by w. q. Chspman.)
"Oh. Hugh Evans is easy" boasted
big fat Basil Drake. He's a good feL
low, all right. He's friendly and &C.
commodating. Too much so for his
own good. Hasn't any ginger In him,
though. Wish I could marry him on
and see him settle down for life"
Well might blum. hearty. but In.
tensefy selfish Basil Drake speak In.
diligently and patronizingly OF his
cousin. Hugh Evans. Years before
Drake had been a clerk Of the senior
Evans. When the latter died he
turned the business over 10 Drake
"All I ask. Basil" he said. lis that you
take care Of my boy. Help him along
until he can take care OF himself. and
II you feel like giving him a start In
life. then. SO much the better"
Now. Drake had done fairly we'll for
this quasi ward in his own estima-
ton. lie had sent him to school and
provided for him. but he found Hugh
a good helper about the store and had
kept him ground down In a business
way. or late Mrs Drake had init.
mated that she wished Hugh would
find quarters elsewhere. not that she
disliked him. but the growing family
needed all the living room in the
house.
Hugh was a good man. When that
was said. II covered the case. lie was
honest, industrious. sympathetic and
kindly 10 all humanity. The Drake
system had In a measure tended to
suppress ambition, but the mental and
spiritual aspirations OF the man were
pure and strong. He was content to
remain In the humble situation fate
seemed to have awarded him. As for
the rest truthfulness and earnest sen.
tlments OF humanity for all his fellow
creatures gave TO Hugh that greatest
OF all blessings. a peaceful mind.
II was towards the close OF fair
spring day that Hugh. passing down
a squalid street in the poorer portion
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OF the town. paused to take In an I'M
usual scene that appealed powerfully
to his warm. sympathetic nature.
A small heap OF wretchedly poor
furniture lay on the sidewalk. evident
ly Just removed from a tworoom tene-
ment. In its midst. wan. poorly dressed
and evidently III. was . young girl Of
about eighteen. Tears filled her eyes
and the look OF blank despair in her
tired face made Hugh's heart ache. A
motherly looking woman with a brood
OF tattered children at her heels was
trying to console the poor girl. Her
efforts seemed vain. As she stepped
aside Hugh spoke to her and asked
her the occasion OF the distressing
scene
"oh. sir, it's pitiful." broke out the
genuine-souled creature. She Is Ivy
Moore. Her father. who was an old
physician without a practice, died a
month ago. She has been Ill since and
today they evicted her and the poor
sticks OF furniture you see, She Is
crushed. Oh. she has had so little Of
Joy in life that she Is heartbroken! ]
asked her to make her home with US
until she Is strong and well. but she
will not do It. knowing how poor we
are. dear SOUL"
"she must do Just that" declared
Hugh determinedly. Il will give you
some money. You must see to It that
she has care and food and nursing
Bless you. sir! the poor creature
needs It," and the woman went back
to the girl and talked with her earnest
ly Hugh thrilled as the stricken crea'
ture cast a glance Of gratitude upon
him. Then, overcome, she sank back
unconscious.
They took her into the rooms of the
woman. who promised to care dilisent-
ly for her charge. Hugh gave her
some money. He told Drake the pitiful
story OF the girl when he got back to
the store.
"Humph! You must have money to
throw away" remarked his unfeeling
relative. Il say. you seem gone on her.
! knew her father. A respectable old
has been Why don't you marry her
that would solve the problem OF q
poor homeless girl needing q friendf"
Hugh blushed 70 the roots OF his
hair. but he said. with dignity:
IF felt myself worthy Of that
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"aIus atoekInaa."

The name. blue stockings" as sp-
piled to highly intellectual women.
originated In England In the eight
eenth century. Boswell tells OF the
origin in his Life of Johnson" Some
leading London women used to give
evening parties for eminent literary
men. One Of the sought-after men
OF the time was q BENJAMIN Stilling.
feet. whose dress was remarkably
grave" and who always wore blue
stockings. II he were late to q party
II used to be said. We can do moth
ing without the blue-stocking." Thus
by degrees" says Boswell. the title
was established" II became classic
In a poem by Hannah More. "Bas
Bleu." describing Q BlueStocking
club,
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eIIIy MIssed somethlna.

My sister going to call one day on
q school chum. took her little son
along. While there. the hostess
served Refreshments on a highly pol
ished table. with only a centerpiece
In the center OF the table. II looked
like a regular meal to Billy. who
looked first at his mother and then
at the hostess In puzzled way.
They both began to eat. and finally
Billy with a little sigh. seriously lift
ed his glass and plate and spread out
his napkin under them. His mother
wanted to know why he was doing
that. and Billy, slancins furtively at
the hostess. who appeared not to BIO
noticing. whispered: Ssh! she for
got the tablecloth. "-Chicago Tribune.
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She sat there G1nT nearly 3 O'Clock.
trying vainly TO put together the puz-
zllng details OF Lois Boynton's CONVEX.
sation. wondering whether the perplex.
flies that vexed her mind were real or
fnncicd. but warmed to the heart by
the affection that the older woman
seemed instinctively to feel for her.
for me at once" thought Waitstill ten
derry and proudly, "and for her. too.
at the first glance"
She heard her father lock the barn
and shed and knew that he would he
going upstairs Immediately. so she
quickly went through the side yard
and lifted the latch OF the kitchen
door. IL was fastened. She went to
the front door. and that. too. was bolt
ed. although IL had been standing open
all the evening SO that II b.eeze
should spring up II might blow through
the house. Her father supposed. Of
course, that she was In bed. and she
dreaded 10 bring him downstairs for
fear OF his anger SIN there was no
help for II, and she raped smartly at
the side door. There was no answer.
and she raped again. veXed with her
own carelessness. PHtty's face ap-
peared promptly behind her screen OF
mosquito netting in the second story,
but before she could exchange a word
with her sister Deacon Baxter opened
the blinds of his bedroom window and
put his head out
"You can try sleepin' outdoors or In
the barn tonight" he called. II didn't
cause ! wanted to see where you was
intendln' to prowl this evenin'." ''
II haven't been proving anywhere.
father" answered Waitstill 1--WE
been out In the garden cooling OF. It's
only O'Clock"
well. you can cool or some more"
he shouted, his temper now fully
aroused. ''or go back where you was
this afternoon and see II they'll take
you In there. l know all about your
deceitful tricks. ] come home to
grind the scythes and found the house
and barn empty. Cephas said you'd
driven up Saco hill and ! took his
horse and followed you and saw where
you went. Longs you couldn't have
Teller calm on you here to home
you thought you'd call on him. did
yer. you boldfaced hussyT'
81 am nothing OF the sort" the girl
answered him quietly. Ivory Boyn-
ton was not at bis house. He was In
the bayfield,. You know II. and you
know that ! knew IL. ] went to see a
sick. unhappy woman who has no
neighbors. ! ought TO have gone long
before. am not ashamed Of II. and
] don't regret IT, II you ask unrea-
sonable things OF me you must expect
to be disobeyed once In awhile"
Must expect 10 be disobeyed, must
IT, the old man cried. bis face posi-
lively terrifying In its ugliness. We'll
on young man you were calm on a
crazy woman. and I won't have II. I
tell you. do you heari ! won't have a
daughter O. mine consortin' with any
O. that BOyntOn crew. Perhaps a
night outdoors will teach you who's
master IN this house. you imperdent.
shameless girl. Wen try II anyway"
And with that he banged down the
window a.id disappeared. gibbering
and Jabbering impotent words that she
could hear. but not understand.
Ito be Continued
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sweet. patient creature 1 might con-
slider -FOUR suggestion"
DO g." chuckied Drake. "and III
give you q house and lot as q wedding
present"
you mean that. do your" interrupt
cd Hugh, rather grimly.
Il do-ha! hs! Sure. do" gufYawed
Drake. as though he was enjoying
some immense joke. You give me .
sort OF cancellation OF all obligations
and the property have in mind you
shall have"
That's generous Of you. BASIL" said
Hugh. In his usual way OF humility.
lie never forgot the evening, one
week later. when Ivy. nursed back to
strength and hope. listened to his sim
pie appeal
II am q lonesome man, you are q
lonesome girl. ! offer you q home. I
think we could be very happy to-
gether."
"oh! II I could think you would not
tire OF mel. so poor, so unused to
love and tendernessl could slave for
you and be happy In the merest hut"
she said.
Basil Drake. IN his coarse way,
laughed uproariously as, a month
before the wedding. he took Hugh to
see the house and lot"
A narrow strip OF land two hundred
feet wide. half mile In length. lay
between the hills. Once there had
been a house there. II had been
burned down. All that was left was
a substantial but rough tool house.
There's your house and lot. just as
promised" he said
Hugh WINGED. but he said quietly:
Thank you. think can make II
do"
lie set at work TO make the big
roomy shell comfortable. One day
while he was hard at work a stranger
came to him.
Il understand you own the valley
strip here clear to the next section
line he remarked.
That's right" replied Hugh.
Got a deed to it,"
"A week ago. all clear and record
ed"
we are surveying for a district
sewer system" explained the man. Il
represent the county board OF i'm
proyements Your land has a natural
slant and could be utilized without
eXcayating. Would you sell?"
why. suppose I would, answered
ITuyh ..pagd.r.H th. an
low and narrow. rather valueless.
hut"
Il can offer you FIVE thousand dol.
lars said the man.
Hugh was daEed. II seemed as II
the Golfers OF Croesus had been sud.
denly set at his disposal
"Ill-lll take Il" he all but gasped
a wild. joyous vision OF little two
thousand dollar rose embowered cot
tage nearer town filling his vision.
Then he signed contract to ac-
cept five thousand dollars for the strip
OF ground. the house and lot" shrewd.
calculating Basil Drake had put over
upon him"
Drake looked chagrined and mad
when he learned OF the transaction.
One glorious evening. that OF their
plain. simple wedding day. Hugh Evans
led his bride TO the little cottage OF
which he was the proud owner.
"Oh. Hugh" she breathed ecstat-
ically. as he led her up the path to the
rose -giorified home. this Is not ours!"
ours. my dear. yours and mine."
he said
She put her loving arms about his
neck. The blue heavens seemed to
smile down upon them. Then. true
children OF the heart. they passed the
humble portal OF what was to them
the most beautiful palace In all the
wide. wide world
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Absolute Size Of the stare.

The latest attempt to determine the
absolute diameter OF a number OF
fixed stars Is that OF signor Ferrara
OF Termo. Italy. who publishes his
results In the Rivisita di Astronomis.
Among the stars having q measures
BILE parallax he estimates. from pho
tometric measurements, that Campus
IL the largest. with q diameter nifty
one times as great a. that OF the
sun. Other large stars. and the ratios
Of their diameters to that OF the sun.
are: Castor. Is: Arcturus. 1914; Pol
luz. ST.: Capella. o: vega. 6.s. Such
determinations are. Of course. highly
problematical.