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Harmon, who had been Inspecting
him critically. took out his fountain
pen. f
-rll write you your check for com
missions-shall IT He held tho pen
poised insinuatingly. "And then we'll
forget this little m!sunderstand. and
start fresh. Shall II Let's see." with
great attentiveness to the figures.
"Your twenty per cent Is twelve thou
sand four hundred, and that. less half
expense call 'em Eve thousand
even that's seventy-four hundred. I"
He tore q sheet from his pocket check
book. dried the Ink by waving 1t In the
air. and fiirted 1t over to Hilliard.
"put It away and let's have some
lunch. II you're afraid to have your
friends see me down here. let's have
It upstairs. I'm not sensitive, son; 1t
don't pay"
NO." said Hilliard. DULY. "ard !
guess It never WILL"
That's the idea Now you're taIR-
ing sense! Come on. son. buck up
and let's have some lunch. -"
At eight O'Clock In the evening.
when Rufus Waring knocked at Hill
liard's door, It was opened BY . man
with q face to remember afterward.
There were deep-cut lines-almost fur.
row-by the mouth and eyes; and The
eyes themselves were startlingiy
luminous, and drawn. The mans
complexion was chalk.whlte.
"why, Mr.. Hilliard" exclaimed
waring. "What on earth's the matter
with your
Come on in," said billiard. and his
smile was ghastly. ave been waiting
for you"
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Ing" he said presently. "you sure are
the biggest baby for man's-sized man
ever saw. Brace up. there! You"
Hilliard pulled himself erect with q
final effort. and bis flst gestured his
accusation. s
"You know what I'm going to do
about 1t, don't your
"Yes." Harmon nodded. as he drew
the smoke deep into his lungs.
"rm going straight back to those
four men, and"
no" Harmon wagged his head
"No, you can't very well do that, either
even II you're as shocked as you
look. Look at 1t Just q minute
look at our contract. There's some
loopholes for me you could drive q
motortruck through; but you haven't
got one as big as a knitting needle. No,
son, the best thing for you to do Is to
take brace. and 60 get another sixty
thousand while the getting Is good"
"Not necessarily" Hilliard's high.
pitched laugh was brittle.
Harmon allowed the smoke to eddy
gently from his nostrils. "Yes-nec'
essarily."
"You think I'll raise my finger after
this. except to what do you
take me forY'
II take you," said Harmon deiib'
erately, "for . short-slghted young
man in . mighty bad spot. You don't
want these folks up here to know the
whole truth, do youi It wouldn't hurt
me any-but after the record you made
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eral months and tried other remsdieS'
I had Rad Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and decided TO try It;
After taking twelve bottles found
myself much improved and ! took sx
more. l have never had any more
trouble in that respect since. ! have
done sll kinds Of work and at present
an an attendant st . state Hospital
and an feeling fine. ! have recon-
mended your Vegetable Compound to
dosens OF nv friends and shall always
recommend LILLIAN THARP, N
8. eth st.. Carrollton, Ky.
Hyou have any symptom about which
Won would like to know write TO the
tydia q. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass., for helpful advice given free OF
charge
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CHAPTER x.

Hilliard was waiting. hoping. pray
Ing for q blow from fate. but fate.
which at other times had been ready
enough for fisticuffE and often prema-
ture with them, refrained from strik.
ing. The interview with Waring had
passed without friction (and Hilliard
had 30 contrived to present his data
that Waring had finally declined the
risky and the night passed and the
morning came. with Its accompanying
horde Of old regrets and new and
sweeping thrush Of fresh hallucina.
lions.
To his tortured Imagination, he was
a greater paradox than even Jekyll
and Hyde: for he was Hilliard and
Dicky Morgan, the living and the dead.
without the boon of the supernatural
to separate them. And yet he felt that
the wickedness Of what he had done
was the wickedness Of Dicky Morgan,
and that he. Hllllard, the soul, was sit
ting in impartial judgment on Dicky
Morgan. the flesh. He conceded the
wrong: he conceded the penalty
nevertheless, his youth cried out to
him for mercy.
At the maids announcement. Doctor
Durant, who had been occupied with
nothing more momentous than filling
pot-bellied calsbash. rose hastily and
went out into the hallway.
Come in. Hilliard!" he said cordial.
ly. Carols of looking at somebody's
trousseau somebody's always get.
ting married In Syracuse she'll
be In directly. Come smoke . pipe
with me. and be sociable."
HIlliard. lingering nervously by the
outer door. started at the kind voice.
You're not busy7"
"Busily composing my mind" said
the doctor. He ushered Hilliard into
the comfortable old study and mo
toned towards squat little smoking
stand. "All kinds Of poison there" he
said. "Cigar-cigarettes-pipe tobac-
CO. Suit yourself"
Hllllard laughed affectedly.
"You call It poisonl And you q doc
tor-and smoking?"
"Ah, but It's the pleasantest poison
there Is. I'm always having to
explain that to Carol. Matches1
Well, what have you been doing to
yourselfT'
~" Hilllard didn't look at him.
"Nothlng important, doctor"
"But that's not quite true. Is lit"
The tone was gentle, but 1t filled Hill
Hard with portentious Qualms. You've
been enjoying little attack Of insom-
MIA, haven't your"
Hllliard WINGED.
"Why-yes. As matter Of fact"
The doctor attempted q smoke ring.
and smiled at the dismal failure.
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"oH. MY aoo!"

eynopsis.-Dick Morgan Of syra-
cuss, N. Y. = failure In life. enlist
Cd In tho Foreign Legion Of the
French army under the name OF
Henry HiiIsrd. u disfiguted BY
shrspnsi. The French surgeons
ask for q photograph to guide them
10 restoring his face. In his rage
against life he offers 10 derision 4
picture postcard bearing the radi-
ant face Of Christ. The surgeons
do . good Job. On his way back to
America no meets Martin Harmon.
. New York broGer. The result
u that Morgan. onder the name OF
Hiliisrd. goes back to Syracuse to
sell q mining stock. He 10 deter.
mined to make good. He tells
people Of the death Of Morgan He
finds In Angela Cullen = loyal de-
fender OF Dick Morgan. He meets
Carol Durant. who had refused TO
marry him. She does not hesitate
to tell him that she had loved Nor
gan. Hllllard finds he still loves
her and IL tempted to confess Hi.
lizard tempts Cullen. his former EN-
ployer. with his mining scheme.
He discovers rival for Carols
love In q nice young fellow named
Armstrong. Hilliard betrays his
love to Carol and Is told he has
"ore chance In a thousand" lie
sells large blocks Of mining stock to
Cullen and others. Harmon unex-
pectedly arrives In Syracuse.
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MIR. harmon, smiling broadly, half
arose from his chair as the masquer-
ader came slowly back to the table
and sat down hard.
"Well," he said. "More businessT'
Hilliard shook his head.
ION the contrary" His voice had In
It q curious dullness which the broker
was quick to catch.
mo bad news. ! hope7"
I'm not sure. Let's 90 on discussing
the mine."
"Not much else to discuss, ls there
It's the same old mine." He looked
intently at Hilliard. whats got Into
you. anyway. In the last couple Of min.
utes? You've lost all your pep. You
look as though you've seen ghost"
Maybe have" said Hllliard. with
a short laugh.
"WellY"
HillIard regarded him with an odd
Intermingling OF respect and alarm.
The respect was a holdover from the
past-from the early impression he
had formed from Hnrmon's resplend-
ent Offices In New York, and Harmon's
contempt for money. He had consid.
cred his employer. at worst, weak.
principled vendor Of legitimate securi-
ties.
"Mr. Harmon" HIllIard said re-
luctantly. "I'm In a mighty awkward
position. We can't AFFORD TO
let anything spoil this campaign. can
WEI"
Not II we can very well help 1t.
What's bothering your
For over ten weeks now. I've been
building up a reputation-you know
what I've been doing; You know how
much depends on II. Your nnme hasn't
been mentioned once I've been selling
this thing on my own personality
holding myself out as the principal.
Well. the man who called me outside
just now-and he's one Of the solid
banking crowd up here-he spoke Of
you as though he knew you. In fact
to be perfectly frank-he called me
out there to ask me about you. Now,
| don't know what dealings you've
ever had with him, or with anyone else
up here, but II struck me that II there
Is anything between you and Syracuse.
or any Of Its fairly big men. perhaps
II would be better II I knew II. You
see. this thing I'm selling Is so darned
| personal"
"Who was he?" Harnon's voice
rusped.
"Embree-of the Trust and Deposit
company
"Oh. yes" Harmon smoked refec-
lively. Yes. we know each other.
What did he have to say7"
1T wasn't so much what he said as
the way he said 1t. suppose yor've
had some disagreement with these peo-
ple?"
Some disagreement" admitted Har.
man, grinnIng. "These upstate farm.
ers and l love each other like couple
Of strange bulldogs. Still"
Tf 1t isn't Objectionable to you, "
said Hllliard. hesltatlng. I'D rather
I like to know a bit about 1t. Mr.. Har-
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Over fifty years ago a young
physician practiced widely in q
rural district and became famous
for his uniform success in the
curing Of disease This was DR..
Pierce, who afterwards estab-
lished himself in Buffalo, N. Y,
and placed one Of his prescriptions,
which he called Golden Medical
Discovery" in the drug stores Of
the United States 90 that the pub
lie could easily obtain this very
remarkable tonic, corrective and
blood maker. DR.. Pierce manu-.
factured this Discovery" from
roots and barks-a corrective
remedy, the ingredients Of which
nature had put in the fields and
forests. Tor keeping us healthy.
Few folks or families now living
have not at sometime or other used
this Golden Medical Discovery,
for the stomach, liver and heart
Over twenty four million bottles
Of this tonic and blood remedy
have been sold in this country,
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CHAPTER Ix-Continued,


THANK you. And you might take
these drafts now; three Of 'em. Right?
Good. Well-nny Developments"
"What" Harmon tapped his Gig
arctic case In the Pain OF his left
hand. "Oh. you mean the mine7"
Hllliard nodded. "Yes. HIVE you
gone any further with the shaft yet?
Two or three OF the more cautious men
are holding back until something hap.
pens with that"
"Shaftl" Harmon was puzzled.
"What shaft?' He plncidIy slowed
away the drafts. 'Im not sinking any
new shafts at this stage OF the game"
II was HlllIard's turn to he puzzled.
why, | mean the old shaft on Sill
~etbow No. l. Have you gone any
further with 1t? I've told these people
we were just starting. That's right.
isn't itr'
Harmon laughed no'slly.
"Oh. that shaft! Don't you think
1ts q little early to begin on that?
Say. about ninety thousand dollars too
early3''
As HiIliard sat gazing at him In pro
found bew!lderment a waiter slid up
alongside him and coughed for his at
tention.
Gentleman wants to speak to you
outside. Nr. Hllllard. In the lobby.
Says It's important"
"Ohl" HlllIard drew the back OF
his hand across his forehead 'rel
him I'll come right out. VIII you ex.
cuss me a moment. Mr.. Harmon7'
sure! Go ahead" The promoter
eat back comfortably and gave him a
wave Of dismissal. Hlllard, his pupils
narrowing went out to the doorway.
A pace or two distant one OF the vice
presidents Of the Trust and Deposit
eompany-a friend Of Cullen's and u
very good man to know-was lettering
restively.
Hello, HIlliard," he said. wrinkllng
his forehead. How are you? Look
here. It's none Of my business. Of
course. but couldn't help wondering
how much you know about that chap
you're sitting with. Don't be offend
ed; It's friendly question. Simply
my interest In you as one Of our
clients"
"Why, know good deal about
him."
The banker continued solemnly:
"You probably know lot more
about him than do. then. but just the
same, | wanted to make sure That's
all." He turned, but Hllliard stopped
him.
"well. what do you know about
himT
Before l answer that's he a
friend Of yours?' The question was
too blunt to be diplomatic. and too sug-
4estive to be dlsregarded.
mot exactly that; he's rather
good acquaintance, though. In busi-
ness way only-what he Is socially
don't know, and don't think l much
care"
$50 you don't need any advice about
his business connectIons?"
"Why, think not" He was nettled
BY the bankers manner.
"The only thing about IT," said the
sice president. nettled In his turn BY
billiards brevity. "is that II you'd said
sou didn't know him very well. I'd
have offered you some suggestions. I'd
have expected you to thank mel
really would. Under the circum.
stances, can't very well 70 any fur
ther than this. Sorry ] interrupted
you"
"No, but walt minute! +"
The vice presidents refusal was
Arm and definite.
z can't ~ another word. Not an
ssber one. II you know him. that's
xufscient." And he strode away across
- lobby. isavins Hilliard DUN.
HannAn1
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here before you got yourself kicked
out two years ago. /. Oil don't
jump! You don't think I've been
asleep. do your don't believe
you'd get much sympathy. Not much
And I've Invested q lot Of money In
you. I want some big returns.
Look me In the eye. son. ! want you
to calm down. Now. there's only three
parties to this dsal-you and me and
the world. You and me-and the
world. Get thatl And you and have
got to play straight with each other.
You help me get the money. and TIL
help you get whatever you want. But
when you throw me down. I throw you
down. and we'll see who comes out
ahead. I'll bet I do. What do you
betr
Hllllard shook his head helplessly.
you've got to remember" said Har.
mon In sardonic consolation. "that
you're an awful easy man to describe.
You can slip out Of Syracuse Just as
easy as you please, and try your
durnedest to make getaway. and
you'd have pretty hard work to keep
away from the Plnkertons for twenty.
four hours. And I've got the evidence
that would put 'em after you. So don't
you plan to run away. s0n-don't do
IT,"
HIllIards Judgment was tottering.
Where did he stand In relation to Arm
strong now7 -r
"Wel7
Harmon snatched at the sign Of
weakness, and was instantly per
suasive. g..
"Stay on another six weeks; make
the rest Of your killing. After this Is
over, do what you please. You'll have
money enough to suit yourself. I'm
playing Straight with you .
am I ne;?"
"Yes3 said Hllliard, with withering
sarcas6, "you are!"
Har.aon giowered afhim.
Don't you accuse me of double
crossing you. son! It's the other way
round" +r.
"You aren't fool enough to expect
me-" said HillIard shakily, ito keep on
trying to sell more Of this rotten stuff |!
You aren't enough Of fool for that"
II can, and I do. You're In for It
now. Hllliard. and you can't very well
60 back. You've collected money |:
you can't get your hands on It again |:
you can't make any restitution. You've
lied your head of already; you can't
do any better now than to stick to
your first story, because the truths a
good deal worse. You'd better make
your killing and make 1t quick. And
II you open your head for just one lit.
tie peep hooey, fooey. and the
fats In the nre. Well =" t
Hilliard's head was splitting with
the horror Of 1t. He saw. In a whlri-
ing vision Of dread. the people Of the
city rising to denounce him not mere
ly for his inexcusable masquerade, 80
grotesquely built upon the dream Of re-
generation. not only for his vast abuse
Of personal confidence. not only for
the base hypocrlsies he had practiced
upon his quondam sweetheart. but
also for this grossly profitable fraud.
Dimly. hs argued Just a. Harmon
claimed, he couldn't be In harder
straits. A spasm Of reckless fatalisn
shook him.
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mon. The subject might come up
later. It's almost sure to. now that
Embree's seen you and spoken to me
about you. And II you've had any
quarrel with this crowd. even II 1t
wasn't your fault, and II II came out
that I'm working for you, and there
was any talk about It. you can see
how I'd have to be on the defensive.
So II you could Just give me a
faint idea" ...
"Plain English 10 lot better than a
faint idea" said Harmon carelessly.
II noated some steel bonds up here
once. Prettiest bonds you ever saw In
your life, too"
.Ohl And they didn't turn out
wslli"
mot szaetiy. h company vas TOO
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Many stIil Read Dickens,

Charles Dickens has been ruled out
by a class Of the younger literary
critics as a decided back number. but
the statement by his British publishers
that during the past three years the
sale Of his books has been almost dou-
bled seems to refute that idea. Some
OF Dickens novels sell more than 6O..
900 every year. and be has been dead
forty-eight years. His sales during the
last ten years have been larger, It 10
asserted. than those Of any three nov.
ellsts put together.
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A Wet Hump.

Recently at one Of the towns on the
Canadian border goat severely but
ted q hunchback, and a sharp-eyed
customs official perceived that, sue
ceeding the assault. the mans hump
was out Of place. Upon further ex-
animation 1t was found that the man
was perfectly formed, though diminu-
tive, and that his hump" when de-
tached, was two-quart receptacle
filled with whisky.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The pain Of a lost love Is what
many a woman has paid for a home.
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Harmon Is revealed In
his true light.
Cro BE coNTINUEp.)
Chameleonss Food.

The proper diet Of chameleons and
lizards consists Of nies and other In.
sects; also meal worms, and the com.
mon idea that sugar and water will
serve In winter Is incorrect. A good
many of these animals refuse food In
the winter months and all Of them
need warmth and sunshine. as well az
water. They are dificult to keep In
health, and II not given their natural
food will starve to death In time
though their ability to fast for LONG
periods Is well known.
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c0QlQ not W~ uy
distance, ride OF
take any exercise at
all without resting.
II ! swept the floor
or did any kind OF
work It would bring
my sickness on. ]
was weak and lang
|un, had no energy,
| and hfewasa misery
to me. was under
the care Of . good
| nhvsician for sew.
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A simple appliance. easily attached
has been invented for preventing tels-
phono cords twisting
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14
LIFE WAS 4
MISERY TO Her
Saw, this Woman Until Re-
Eeved BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Csrrollton, Ky.-"I suffered almost
two years with female weakness. !
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-16

Idaho. ON the nth day of October
1920 at 300 o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of considering and
passing upon the proposition of in
creasing the authorized capital stock
of said u. - Copper Mining Company
from one Hundred Thousand Dollars
to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
ana the number of shares of the cap
ital stock of said corporation from
900 GOO to 100000 shares: for the
further purpose of considering and
passing upon the proposition of pur-
chasing additional mining claims and
property and the payment therefor;
for the further purpose of considering
and passing upon the proposition of
altering and adopting new
bylaws for said corporation; and for
the further purpose of considering
generally the business and affairs of
said corporation, ratifying and ap-
proving the former acts and business
of the directors and
of said corporation. and
the future conduct of the
business of said corporation.
Your attendance is earnestly re-
quested; but If not in a position to at
tend i'm person, please sign and return
promptly the annexed proxy upon
W hici the corporation will place the
necessary revenue stamps.
IL. V. EDWARDS. President
T.. r.. DAY, Secretary.
S2-O7-6t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-16
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Clear Grit Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace, Idaho, Aug
ust 80, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Clear Grit Mining Company Linn
tied, held on the 30th day of August
1920, an assessment of one and one
half az mills per share was levied
upon the outstanding capital stock of
the corporation payable on or before
the End day of October, 1920, to o. w.
Lewis, secretary treasurer of the cor
poration. at the Office of the corpora
ton, GIG Cedar street, Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the End day
of October, 1920, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the 2Sth day of
October, 1920. at 500 o'clock p. m. of
said day at the office of the company,
GIG Cedar street Wallace, Idaho. to
pay the delinquent assessment there
on, together with the costs of adver-
Using and expenses of sale.
o. w. LEWIS,
Secretary Treasurer of the Clear Grit
Mining Company, Limited; GIG Ce-
dar Street, Wallace, Idaho.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-16
THE MATTER WITH" AMERICA.

illinois Bankers Association
Bulletin.)
What's the matter with America
these days?
Too many diamonds, not enough
alarm clocks.
Too many silk shirts, not enough
blue flannel
Too many pointed toed shoes, and
not enough square toed.
Too many serge suits. and not enough
Overails.
Too much decollette. and not
enough aprons.
Too many satin upholstered lin
cuisines, and not enough cows.
Too many consumers, and not
enough producers.
Too much oil stock. and not enough
savings accounts.
To much envy of the results of hard
work, and too little desire to emulate
it.
Too many desiring short cuts to
wealth, and too few willing to pay the
price.
Too much of the spirit of get while
the getting is good" and not enough
of ld-fashioned Christianity.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-16
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office and principal place of business
of Western Union Mining Company.
W1524 Boone avenue. Spokane,
Washington.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Western Union Mining company.
held on the 18th day of June, 1920, an
assessment Of five 60 mills per share
was levied upon the outstanding cap
ital stock of the corporation, payable
on or before the 18th day of July, 1920,
to Ben L. Collins, secretary, at his Of
fee, W1524 Boone avenue, Spokane,
Washington.
Amy stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 18th day
of July, 1920 will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on the 10th day of August,
1920 at 300 o'clock p. m. of said day
at the Samuels hotel, Wallace Idaho,
to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon, together with the costs of
advertising and expenses of sale.
BEN L. COLLINS.
Secretary, Western Union Mining
Company; W1524 Boone Avenue,
Spokane, Washington.
Je1O-Jy15-6t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-09-16
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the American Mining Com
pany, Limited, Wallace, Idaho, Sep
TENDER 4, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors Of
the American Mining Company, Linn
tied, held on the 4th day of Septem-
Der, 1920, an assessment of two (2)
mills per share was levied upon the
outstanding capital stock of the cor
poration, payable on or before the Sth
day of October, 1920, to John Dolan,
secretary treasurer of the company
Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the Sth day
of October, 1920, will be delinquent.
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made be-
fore, will be sold at the Office of the
company, to-wit: the Office of the
Wallace Printing company, Wallace,
Idaho, on the Goth day of October.
1920, to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with the costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
JOHN DOLAN,
Secretary treasurer of the American
Mining Company Limited. p. o.
Box 236. Wallace, Idaho. S9-O7-5t;