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again what have asked you this after
noon. In the meantime, may be your
friend, may l rot? You will let me
see great deal of you? You will
help me just a little?"
Louise leaned back in her chair She
had been carried )ff her feet, brought
face to face with emotions which she
dared not analyze. Perhaps, after all
her self-dissectiOn, there were still Sc
cret chambers. she thought almost
with fear of what they might contain.
Her sense of superiority was vanish
ing. She was, after all, like other
women.
"Yes," she promised, 81 will help.
We will leave it ut that. Some day
you shall talk to me again, if you like.
In the meantime, reme,Gber we are both
free. You have not known many wOm-
Elf, and you may change your mind
when you have been longer in London.
Perhaps it will be better for you If
you dor
THAT is quite impossible" John said
firmly. you see" he went on, look
ing at her with shining eyes, II know
now what half believed from the first
moment that saw you. l love yOu!"
Springing restleSsly to her feet, she
walked across the room and back
again. Action of some sort seemed i'm
perative. A curious hypnotic feeling
seemed to be dulling all her powers
Of resistance. She looked into her life
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The day after Prosecuting Attorney
Horace G. Murphy and his deputies
and constables made Sunday morn
ing raid on Muncie blind tiger" and
arrested so persons found there, many
of the men going to Jail on various
charges, the wife of one of those whose
fate it was to be locked up, was con-
fiding to Billy Blamey, the elevator
man at the Wysor building, in which
Murphy as his Office, says the Indian
apOlis News.
Pm considerably worried" she told
him, "about by Sunday dinner yester-
day and thought Mr. Murphy might
straighten things out. You see, my hus-
band started away from home about
te no'clock in the morning to get some
meat for dinner said said he intended
to stop in at the club (all tigers" are
clubs in Muncie) and get a bottle OF
beer on the way, lick he always does
Sundays. Well, he hasn't brought that
meat home yet, and meat nowadays
costs too much to waste"
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II am sorry" he said. "And yet 1
am not" he added. drawing his chair
close up to her side. II am glad! You
knew that / loved you, Louise. You
knew that IT was for you / had come"
She was beginning TO collect herself.
Her brain was at work again; but she
was conscious of q new confusion In
her senses, u new element in her life.
She was no longer sure of herself.
Listen" she begged earnestly. BE
reasonable! How could marry you?
Do you think that l could live with
you up there in the hills?"
I'VE will live" he promised, any
where you choose in the world"
"Ah, no." she continued, patting his
hand. "You know what your life is,
the things you want in life. You don't
know mine yet. There is my work.
You cannot think how wonderful IL is
TO me. You don't know the things that
fill my brain from day to day, the
thoughts that direct my life. l cannot
marry you just because-because-"
Because what?" he interrupted ca
gerly.
Because you make me feel-some-
thing ! don't understand, because you
come and you turn the world, for few
minutes, tOpsy-turvy. But that is all
foolishness, isn't it? Life isn't built up
of emotions. What l want you to un-
derstand, and what you please must
understand, is that at present our
lives are so far, so very far, apart.
do not feel l could be happy leading
yours, and you do not understand
mine"
Il have come to find out about
yours" John explained. THAT is why
I am here. Perhaps | ought to have
waited little time before l spoke to
you us did just now. But l will serve
my apprenticeship. l will try to get
into sympathy with the things that
please you. 1t will not take me long.
AS soon as you feel that we are draw
ing closer together, | will ask you
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CHAPTER XIV.

Henri GraillOt had made himself
thoroughly comfortable. He was en-
sconced in the largest Of Johns easy
chairs, his pipe in his mouth, u recent
ly refilled teacup-Graillot was English
in nothing except his prediction for
tea-On the small table by his side
Through Il little cloud of tobacco
smoke he was studying his host.
$50 you call yourself Londoner
now, my young friend, I suppose" he
remarked, taking pensive note OF
Johns fashionable clothes. "It is a
transformation, beyond a doubt! Is it
wonder, upon the surface only, or
have you indeed become heart and soul
son Of this corrupt city?"
"Whatever 1 may have become
John grumbled, cts meant three
months of the hardest work I've ever
d0new
Graillot held out his pipe in front OF
him and blew away q dense cloud OF
smoke.
Explain Yourself" he insisted.
John stood on the hearth-rug, with
his hands in his pockets. His morning
clothes were exceedingly well cut, his
tie and collar unexceptionable, his hair
closely cropped according to the fash
ion of the moment. He had an ex
tremely civilized air.
Look here, GrailIot," he said, "Ill
tell you what I've done. although
don't suppose you would understand
what it means to me. I've visited
practically every theater in London"
alone"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-16
MONEY LENDER PITIED POOR
Chinese ShyIock in Manchuria Gave
Annual Sum for Relief Work to
Relieve His Conscience.

A wealthy Chinese money lender in
Manchuria was recently convicted OF
making false declaration regarding
robberies of his caravans by Mongolian
bandits. His conscience troubled him
to such an extent that he offered to
contribute an annual sum Of $3.50 for
the relief of the poor, East and West
says. This money was made the basis
of a fund for feeding the helpless at
Kungchuling.
Manchuria Is terribly poor, despite
the mineral and agricultural riches ex-
tracted from its soil and rocks, all Of
which products are shipped abroad.
There are probably thousands of indus
trlous natives unable, by unremitting
toll, to earn more than a meager llv-
ing. When to their natural difficulties
are added the ravages Of bandits and
the evils of misgovernment, such as
now prevail in many parts of China,
abject poverty and starvation must be
the lot of the people who, in the best
of times, are only half fed.
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at the calling of the melody. There
was no apparent effort of the body.
She was merely beautiful, unearthly
shape. 1t was like the fitting of n
white moth through the blackness of a
moOnless summer night.
But her motions grew more ami
mated, more human. With feet which
seemed never to meet the earth, she
| gllded toward the corner where John
was standing. He caught the smolder-
ing fire in her eyes as she danced with
| In few feet of him. He felt q catch In
his breath. Some subtle and only half
| expressed emotion shook his whole be-
ing, seemed to tear at the locked cham
Der of his soul.
She had flung her arms forward, SO
near that they almost touched him.
He could have sworn that her lips had
called his name. He felt himself be-
witched, filled with an insane longing
to throw out his arms in response to
her passionate, unspoken invitation, in
obedience to the clamOring of his Seeth-
ing senses. He had forgotten, even,
that anyone else was in the room.
Then, suddenly, the music stopped.
The lights flared out from the ceiling
and from every corner of the apart
ment. Slender and erect, her arms
hanging Imply at her sides, without a
touch of color in her cheeks or n coil
Of her black hair disarranged, without
sign of heat or disturbance or pas
sion in her face John found Aida
Calavera standing within few feet
Of him, her eyes seeking for his. She
laid her fingers upon his arm. The
room was ringing with shouts of ap-
plauSe, in which John unConSciOusly
Joined. Everyone was trying to press
| forward toward her. With her left
hand she waved them back.
"If have pleased you," she said, 81
am so glad! go now to rest for n
little time"
She tightened her clasp upon her
companions arm. and they passed out
of the picture gallery and down long
corridor. John felt as if he We're
walking in dream. VolitiOn seemed
to have left him. He only knew that
the still, white hand upon his arm
seemed like wise burning into his
flesh.
She led him to the end of the corri-
dor, through another door, into small
room furnished in plain but comforta-
Bile fashion.
1--WE will invade the princes own
sanctum," she murmured. Before l
dance, drink nothing hut water. Now
I want some champagne. viii you
fetch me some and bring it to me
yourself?"
She sank back upon divan as she
spoke. John turned to leave the room
but she called him back
"COme here" she invited, "close to
my side! can wait for the cham
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my side

pagne. Tell me, why you are so silent2
And my dancing-that pleased yOu?"
He felt the words stick in his throat.
"Your dancing was indeed wonderful"
he Stammered.
ut was for you!" she whispered, her
voice growing softer and lower. at
was for you l danced. Did you not feel
it"
Her arms stole toward him. The I'M
natural calm with which she had fin
ished her dance seemed suddenly to
pass. Her bosom was rising and fall
ing more quickly. There was faint
spot of color in her cheek.
"It was wonderful" he told her. 81
will get you the champagne"
Her lips were parted. She smiled
up at him.
go quickly" she whispered, "and
come back quickly! l wait for you"
He left the room and passed out
again into the picture gallery before
he had the least idea where he was
The band was playing waltz, and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-16
Louise cumes to have a secret
horror of the prince. GraiIIot
gives John some very sensible
advice. The next lnstaIIment
brings important developments.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Some Prussian Orders Cheap.

Mention in the recent debate on the
enemy princes bill in the British par.
Lament, that Lord Middleton possessed
the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle,
led that nobleman to intervene with
the remark that when it was offered to
him he wished to decline it, but was
forced to accept it. 1t is cheap, and
for this reason coveted by the Prussian
bourgeois, whereas the Order of the
Black Eagle is almost as exclusive Of
the English Garter. Red Eagles are al
lotted generally in January, along with
other similar distinctions, at festival
of orders, which includes truly demo-
cratic banquet where the chancellor
may find himself sitting side by side
with station master, or even his local
pOstman. In the January before the
war some 1000 orders were handed out
at this annual festival, no fewer than
1000 of which were of the Red Eagle
brand.
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IS CURIOUS TRADE MONOPOLY
Making of Missionary Boxes In England
Has Been in Hands of Same Fam
lily for Many Generations.

It is curious how certain trades and
occupations remain peculiar to certain
families. There is one occupation
employing large number Of men to-
day which is in the hands Of the same
family that has been associated with
it for many generations. 1t is the MAX
ing of missionary boxes, says London
Tit-Bits.
1t might be supposed that any car
penter could knock together suitable
receptacle for contributions to mis-
sionary and other charitable funds ;
but the fact remains that every mis-
sionary society, every church organ
ization, that requires a cOlleCting-boX
goes, as a matter of course, to this old
established firm whose speciality it is
to make such boxes.
1t Is thriving business, and one
which has profited rather than suffered
through the war, for the institution of
flag days and other means of collect
ing funds has led to an enormous in
crease in the demand for boxes.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Sophy Gerard sat in the little back
room Of Louise's house, which the lat
ter called her den, but which she sell
dom entered. The little actress was
looking very trim and neat in a simple
blue serge costume which fitted her to
perfection, her hair very primly ar
ranged and tied up with bow. She
had Il rel in her mouth, there was a
sheaf Of bills before her, and an open
housekeeping book lay on her knee.
She had teen busy for the last half
hour MAILING calculations, the result
of which had brought a frOwn to her
face.
There Is no doubt about It," she de-
cided. Louise is extravagant
The door opened, and Louise herself
in gray morning gown of some soft
material with a bunch Of deep-red
roses at her waist, looked into the
room.
"Why, little girl" she exclaimed
chow long have you been here"
"All the morning" Sophy replied. 81
took the dogs out, and then l started
on your Housekeeping book and the
bills. Your checks will have to be
larger than ever this month"; Louise,
and don't see how you can possibly
draw them unless you go and see your
bankers first"
Louise threw herself into an easy
chair.
Dear mel" she sighed. 81 thought
| l had been so careful"
"HOw can you talk about being care
ful?" Sophy protested, tapping the
pile of bills with her foreflnger. "YOu
seem to be overdrawn already"
81 will see to that" Louise promised
"The bank manager is such a charm
ing person. Besides, what are banks
for but to oblige their clients? How
pale you look, little girl! Were you
out late last night?"
SOphy swung around in her place
81 am all right. spent the evening
in my rooms and went to bed ut eleven
o'clock. Who's lunching with you?
see the table is laid for two"
Louise glanced at the clock upon the
mantelpiece.
''Mr. Strangewey," she replied. 81
suppose he will be here in a minute OF
two"
Sophy dropped the housekeeping
book and jumped up.
''Td better go, then"
"Of course not" Louise answered
"You must stay to lunch. Ring tht
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and she was terrified. Everything had
grown Insignificant II couldn't really
be possible that with her brains, her
experience, this man who had dwelt all
his life In the simple ways had yet the
power to show her the patti toward the
greater things! She felt like a child
again. She trembled u little as she
sat down by his side. 1t was not in
this fashion that she had intended TO
hear what he had TO say.
81 don't know what Is the matter
with me today" she murmured dis
tractedly. II think | must send you
away. You disturb my thoughts.
can't see life clearly. Don't hope for
too much from me-" she begged. ''But
don't go away" she added, with sud-
den irresistible impulse Of anxiety.
"Oh, wish-I wish you understood me
and everything about me, without my
having to say NOrdH
II feel what you are" he answered,
"and that is sufficient"
Once more she rose to her feet ana
walked across to the window. An au-
tOmobIe had stopped in the street be-
low. She looked down upon it with
sudden frozen feeling Of apprehen-
sion.
John moved to her side, and for him,
too, the joy of those few moments was
clOuded. A little shiver of PRESENT.
ment took its place. He recognized the
foOtman whom he saw standing upon
the pavement.
1T is the prince of Seyre," Louise
faltered.
"Send him away" John begged.
I'VE haven't finished yet. | won't say
anything more to upset you. What l
want now is some practical guidance" B"
81 cannot send him away"
, John glanced toward her and hated
himself for his fierce jealousy. She
was looking very white and very pa
thetic. The light had gone from her
eyes. He felt suddenly dominant, and,
with that feeling, there came all the
generosity of the Conqueror.
"GoOd-by ~ he said. "PerhapS can
see you sometime tomorrow.
He raised her hand to his lips and
kissed her fingers, one by one. Then
he left the room. She listened to his
footsteps descending the stairs, firm,
resOlute, deliberate. They paused,
there was the sound of notes.-the
prince and he were exchanging greet
ings; then she heard other footsteps
ascending, lighter, smoother yet just
as deliberate.
Her face grew paler us she listened
There was something which sounded
to her almost like the beating of fate
in the slow, inevitable approach OF
this unseen visitor.
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Their Appetites Were Poor.

1t was the boast of a certain famous
gourmand about New York that he
counted full-sized tenderloin steak
surrounded by half-dozen lamb chops
merely as the foundation of q fair
meal. Another celebrated bon vivant
and host, taking his preprandial cock
tails, invited his guest of honor to men.
ton his preference in the way Of an
appetizer. The guest, a food worship
err and running true to form, allowed
as how three dozen cherry-stone CLANS
might start him off right. And the
hideous part Of it is none of the party
regarded the order as in any way I'm.
uSual.-EXchange
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one or two couples We're dancing. The
people seemed suddenly to have be-
come like puppets in some strange,
unreal dream. He felt an almost fever
lsh longing for the open air, for q
long draft of the fresh sweetness of
the night, far away from this over
heated atmosphere charged with un-
namable things. g..
AS he passed through the farther
doorway he came face to face with
the prince.
"Where are you going?" the latter
asked.
"Mademoiselle Calavera has asked
me to get her some champagne" he an
swered.
The prince smiled.
II will see that it is sent to her at
once" he promised. you are in my
Sanctum, are you not? You can pursue
your tete-a-tete there without inter
ruption. "You are very much envled."
"MademOiselle Calavera is there"
John replied. AS for me, l am afraid
l shall have to go nOw."
The smile faded from the princes
lips. His eyebrows came slowly to-
gether.
You are lcaving?" he repeated.
Il must!" John insisted. II can't
help it. Forgive my behaving like a
boor, but must go. Good night!"
The prince stretched out his hand,
but he was too late.
John found himself, after a few
minutes hurried walking, in PiCc2-
dilly. He turned abruptly down Duke
street and made his way to st. James
park. From here he walked slowly
eastward When he reached the
Strand, however, the storm in his soul
was still unabated. He turned away
from the Milan. The turmoil of his
passions drove him to the thoughts
Of flight. Half an hour later he en-
tered st. Pancras station.
what time is the next train north
to Kendall or Carllsle" he inquired.
The porter stared at him. Johns
evening clothes were Spattered with
mud, the raindrOps were gistening on
his coat and face, and his silk hat was
ruined. 1t was not only his clothes,
however which attracted the mans at
tentiOn. There was the strained look
of a fugitive in Johns face, a fugitive
flying from some threatened fate.
''The newspaper train at five thirty
is the earliest. sir" he said. Il don't
know whether you can get to Kendall
by it, but it stops at Carlisle"
John looked at the clock. There was
an hour to wait. He wandered about
the station, gloomy, chill, deserted.
The place sickened him, and he strolled
out into the streets again. BY chance
he left the station by the same exit
as on the day of his arrival in London.
He stopped short.
How could he have forgotten, even
for moment? This was not the world
which he had come to discover. This
was just some plague-spOt upon which
he had stumbled. Through the murky
dawn and across the ugly streets he
looked into Louise's drawing-roOm. She
would be there waiting for him on
the morrow!
Louise! The thought of her was
like sweet, purifying stimulant He
felt the throbbing of his nerves
soothed. He felt himself growing calm.
The terror of the last few hours was
like a nightmare which had passed. He
summoned a taxicab and was driven to
the Milan. His wanderings for the
night were over.
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were useless and only an operation
would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has proved It
otherwise. / am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work. Mrs.
NELLIE PHELPS, care of R. A. Rider,
RID. No. 5, Fulton, N. Y.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
ters written by women made well by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you have bad symptoms and do not
understand the cause, write to the
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
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Rahv Was Developing.

Johnny was small boy Of about five
years, and he had baby sister who
was Just learning to walk. One day
Johnny saw his little sister stand alone
and take few steps for the first time.
Johnny ran hurriedly to his mother and
said, "Oh, mamma, come here quick
Baby's walkin' on her hind legs"
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receive no dement,,
when so many have
proved that Lydia
E. Pinkham' 8 Vege-
table Compound d
will make them
we'll ? . For over q
year / suffered 90
from female weak
ness / could hardly
stand and was
afraid to go on the
street alone. Doc
tors said medicines
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Just Like Stocks.

Stock Broker Visiting hospitaO-
How's your temperature, old man?
Invalid Partner-Great for active
speculation. It went to 104 five times
yesterday, each time dropping to par.
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Where EIoquence Has Value.

"Eloquence," said Uncle Eben, us
what enables a man to do ten minutes
work an den lecture on 1t in way
dat makes it seem worth a dayt
wages"
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All say "How hard it is that we have
to die"-a strange complaint to come
from the mouth of people who have
to live.-Mark Twain.
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Several million acres of land in Cal
ifornia are shortly to be irrigated at a
total cost Of $10,0O0,000 or $15,0O0,O0
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making motor tour of
broke down. spend the
Stephen and John Sangewey bachelor
district Before the next day
months London and
playwright Sophy ghtharted little john
prtanca bohemian life of the city with
the prince Seyre
rivals Louise Sophy also loved John
secretly.
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Winding ones own business is good
method Of developing the brain.
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WOMAN COULD
HARDLY STAND
Restored to Health by Lydia
E.Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Fulton, N. "Why will women
pay out their money for treatment and
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Katherine Lansing. sailed a week ago to
engage in this work.

Katherine Lansing. sailed a week ago to
engage in this work.
An ambulance unit is to be sent to
France in memory of Mrs. Frances War
rem Pershing, wife of Maj. Gen. John j.
Pershing, L. S. A, as soon as the money
can be raised for this purpose. The late
Mr.. Marshall Darrach, whose death oc-
CURED at his country home at Enfield.
Conn, last month, was interested with
Mrs. Darrach in assembling this fund.
with the result that at the time of his
death twelve of the ambulances had been
assembled. When the remaining eight
shall have been secured the unit will go
to France marked From the Army and
Navy Women of America"
Both before and following her mar
riage Mrs. Pershing passed many sea-
sons in Washington and was well known
in official and Army circles.
Mr.. John Hays Hammond who has been
at Poland Spring. Me, has proved him
self to be a good fisherman, for while
there he had a catch of six bass in one
day. the largest of which weighed three
hounds, Mr. Harris Hammond of New
York, a son of Mr.. John Hays Hammond,
was the guest of his father while the
latter was at Poland Spring.
Mrs. Charles P. Stone and Miss Paul
inc stone have returned after an alb
sence of several weeks spent at New
york and Atlantic City.
Mr.. George Scott of Chicago, who