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a lot OF time" said Mr.. Mortimer, drtv-
ing home his point.
The girl had listened to these in
tellectual exchanges with impotence.
She now spoke again.
ooh, Bream!"
Hello"
"Do be a dear and run down to the
saloon and see if it's all right about
our places for lunch"
1T is all right. The table steward
said So"
Yes, but go and make certain"
"All right
He hoped away and the girl turned
TO Sam with shining eyes.
ooh, Mr.. Marlowe, you oughtn't to
have done it! Really, you oughtn't {!
You might have been drowned But
| never saw anything SO wonderful. 1t
vas like the stories OF knights who
used to jump into lions dens after
gloves !"
"Yes?' said Sam, a little vaguely.
The resemblance had not struck him.
u SttAltu al Shiy hobUy anu iouSu Oh
the lions, too.
at was the sort Of thing Sir Launce-
lot or Sir Galahad would have done
But you shouldn't have bothered,
really! It's all right now"
"Oh, it's all right nOwf"
Eyes. I'd quite forgotten that Mr..
Mortimer was to be on board. He has
given me all the money / shall need.
You see il was this way. I had to sail
on this boat in rather a hurry. Fa-
theirs head clerk was to have gone to
the bank and got some money and met
me on board and given it TO me, but
the silly old man was late, and when
he got to the dock they had JUST pulled
in the gang-plank. SO lie tried to
throw the money TO me in a handker-
chief and it fell into the water. But
you shouldn't have dived in after It,"
"Oh, well !" said Sam, Strengthening
his tie, with a quiet brave smile. He
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"RtLLIE!"

Mrs. Horace Hignett, world
famous writer on theosophy. au-
thor of The Spreading Light"
etc, etc, arrives in New York on
a lecturing tour. Eustace. her
son, is with her. Windles, ances-
trail home OF the Hignetts, is his
so her life is largely devoted TO
keeping him unmarried. Ente'
her nephew, Sam, son OF Sir Nal
Iaby Marlowe. the eminent Lon
don lawyer. II is arranged that
Sam and Eustace shall sail to-
gether on the Atlantic the ext
day. Enter Bream Mortimer,
American, son Of a friend OF an
I~nsuferable American named
Bennett, who has been Fostering
Mrs. Hignett TO lease Windles.
Dream informs her that Will
heImina Bennett IS waiting for
Eustace at the Little Church
Round the Corner. Bream him
self ia In love with Wilhelmina.
Mrs. Hignett marches off 20 Eus-
faces room. The scene shifts
TO the Atlantic at her pier. Sam.
heading for the gangplank, meets
a glorious, red-headed girl. with
whom he instantly falls In love.
though her dog bites him. Eustace
appears, heart-broken. II appears
that his mother had "pinched his
trousers and delayed the cere-
mony, %whereupon Wilhelmina had
declared the wedding Off. Sam
is pushed overheard. has a des-
perate struggle in the water with
another swimmer and plans TO
reioin the Atlantic at quarantine.
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"Have you forgotten? On the
dock 80"
Sudden enlightenment came into her
eyes.
"Oh, you are the man poor Pinky-
Boobies bit !"
"rhe lucky mani"
Her face clOuded.
Poor Pinky is feeling the motion
of the boat a little. It's his first vOy-
age"
Il shall always remember that IL WINS
Pinky who first brought us together.
Would you care for a stroll on deck 2"
Not just now, thanks. | must he
getting back TO my roOm to finish I'M
packing. After lunch, perhaps"
Il will be there. BY the way, you
know my name, but ="
ooh, mine?" She smiled brightly.
ITS funny that a PERSONS name is
the last thing one thinks of asking.
Mine is Bennett"
"Bennett!'
"Wilhelmina Bennett. Ny friends"
she said softly as she turned away.
"call me Billiew .
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CHAPTER li-Continued.

The trousers did not ever culver.
But this girl was a girl OF decision.
There was some nautical implement
resting in a rack convenient TO her
hand. 1t was long. solid, n con-
gtructed Of one Of the harder forms
OF wood. Deity extracting This from
Hts place she smote her inoffenslve par
He turned sharply, exhibiting a red,
bearded face.
"Pa, this gentleman wants TO be
book aboard the boat at quarantine.
Hell give you fifty berries"
The wrath died out OF the shippers
face like the slow turning down of a
lamp. The fishing had peer poor, and
no far he had only managed 10 secure
single two-dollar bill. In a crisis
like the one which had so suddenly
arisen you cannot do yourself justice
with a boathook.
"Fifty berries"
Fifty seedsl" the girl assured him.
~Are you on?"
Queen" said the skipper simply,
you said a mouthful!"
Twenty minutes later Sam was
climbing up the side Of the liner as ii
lay towering over the tug like a noun
tain Ills clothes hung about him
clammily. He squelched as he walked.
A kindly looking old gentleman who
was smoking a cigar by the rail re-
Rarded him with open eyes.
MY dear sir, you're very wet" he
said.
Sam passed him with a cold face and
hurried through the door leading to
the companionway.
"Mummie, why is that man wet?"
cried the clear voice of a child.
Sam whizzed by, leaping down the
stairs.
: Good Lord, sir! You're very wet!"
-said N steward in the doorway of the
dining-saioon.
you are wet" said a stewardess in
the passage.
~SSam raced for his stateroom. He
bolted in and sank on the lounge. In
tine bower berth Eustace Hignett was
aying with closed eyes. He opened
them languidly-then stared.
"HUlior he said. 81 say! You're
wet"
Sam removed his clinglng garments
and hurried into a new suit. He was
I'm no mood for conversation, and Eus-
tSse Hignett's frank curiosity Jared
upon him. Happily, at this point, a
tudden shiysring Of the floor and a
freaking of woodwork proclaimed the
fact that the vessel was under way
again, and his cousin, turning pea
green, rolled over on his side with a
hollow moan. Sam finished b%uttoning
bis vest and went out.
He was passing the inquiry bureau
on the C-deck, striding along with bent
head and scowling brow. when q sud-
den exclamation caused him to look
pp, and the scowl was wiped from his
brow as with a sponge. For there
stood the girl he had mel on the dock.
with her was a superfiuous young
man who looked like q parrot.
"Oh. how are your" asked the girl
breathlessly.
"Splenc d. thanks" said Sam
~Didn't you get very wet?"
81 did get q little damp"
al thought you would" said the
voung man who looked like q parrot.
directly i saw you go over the side
said to myself: That fellows going
TO get wet!"
There was q pause.
"Oh !" said the girl, may I-Mr.-T
"Marlowe."
"Mr. Marlowe. Mr.. Bream MORT.
mer."
Sam smirked at the young nan The
young man smirked at Sam.
~Nearly got left behind" said Bream
&Iortimer.
Eyes, nearly"
mo Joke getting left behind"
"No.n
-Havs to take the next boat. Los'
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"Sit Down!" He Said. Don't Stand
There Swaying Like That. Can't
Bear It,"
full name and suited her to perfection.
He practiced 1t a few times. billie
Billie :" 1t certainly
ran pleasantly off the tongue. Billie
Bennett" Very musical. billie Mar
love-" Still better. I'VE noticed
among those present the charming and
popular Mrs. Billie Marlowe."
A consuming desire came over him
to talk about the girl TO some one.
Obviously indicated as the party Of
the second part was Eustace Htgnett.
II Eustace was still capable Of speech
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"Oh no, Dream is going to 40
below and look after poor Pinky."
GRO BE C~ONTINUED.)
~Breadmaking Useless.

The South Sea island housewife does
not have to make bread. There Is q
tree IN those islands called the bread
fruit tree, the fruit Of which when
baked in an over looks and tastes very
much like wheat bread.
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ROUGH-HEW N

calling Donna Antonio ''bad.tem-
pered, stupid old woman" She
had been taught that 1t was one
of the pretenses which must be
kept up under penalty Of the ruin
Of all civilized intercourse. She
envied and resented his freedom
from it.
She addressed herself directly 10
him now to force him out of his
reflective taciturnity. do you
agree to that, Mr.. Crittenden?"
ITO what?" he asked, making
no decent pretense of being
abashed because he had not been
following the conversation.
why. Mr.. Livingstone was say
ing that artists are the only hui
man beings to be envied, the only
human beings who really live, in
tensely."
They're the only ones who talk
about it," he offered as his varia
ton on the dictum. That's what
an artist Is, isn't he? Somebody
who happens to be put together go
that 1t kills him to keep anything
to himself. He Just goes up in
smoke If he can't run and tell the
world what he has seen, or tasted
or handled. or got hit by, and the
way 1t made him feel. admire
and revere artists. They certainly
do lot for the rest Of us. But
don't see any reason to think that
they feel things any more intense.
~ than anybody else, and I don't
see anything so terribly enviablo
in their lot. There seems to be IA
lot OF hard work about 1t, II you
Judge by the way they carry on.
l don't see why you can't enjoy
beauty ana feel tragedy, even II
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interior decoration of the average
modern church, why, the more
mystery and twilight the better"
This made Marise laugh. He
often made her laugh, more than
she had ever laughed before. And
yet he never told funny stories.
He now went on, II suppose 1t
depends on your opinion of what
there is to see. If you think
your imagination can do better
for you than reality, of course
you want a lot left to it, and
plenty Of dark corners for It to
work In. Just now, it seems to
me that reality is so much be-
yond anything my poor, starved
imagination could have done. il. -
He did not look at Marise as
he spoke. His tone was perfect
ly matter of fact. She wondered
what the other two made out of
it. She knew very well what she
made out Of it.
VII.
They were sitting on the ter
razza In the evening, with several
other people from the pension,
having their coffee SOCIALLY
around the big round table and
looking out over the roofs and
domes and church towers Of
Rome. The conversation had been
chit-chat, as was usual dur
Ing meal times, and Mr..
Crittenden had contributed littlo
to 1t. His massive capacity for
silence when he had nothing spe-
cial to say was a constant source
OF wonder to Marise. Not to
make talk" even very common
place talk. was a betrayal of a
tacitly accepted code as much as
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Quarts With Giants Chests

IN THE high Andeau plateau in Bolivia live dwarfs
with the chests of giants. Living the height of
10000 to 600 feet above level they have developed
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[lIIIIIIIIuIIIllI

SO I thought would try il. After TAX
ing it week / began to improve, and
now feel fine and am doing all Of my
homework, including washing, sew
ing and house cleaning. / have recon-
mended your medicine to my friends,
and l am willing for you to use this
letter as testimonial, as would like
to help any one suffering the way ]
did from such q weakness. Mrs.
DELLA HICKEY, 4 S. Ludlow ST.
Worcester, Mass.
lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text
Book upon " Ailments Peculiar to
Women" will be sent you free upon
request. Write to The LydiaE. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. This.
Nook contains valuable information.
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AMERICAN GIRLSARE
GETTING BENEFITS OF
RUSSIAN SECRETS
CHER br0SC ,ac0s Hike the sMoacdrift,
Her throat tU1S as the Stc1H'S
And her face 4U6S cen the forrest
That e'eT the sat1s shore on.
Annie LGWrie

Some of the beauty secrets
which we have brought to America
from the Russian Court are won
derful," says former countess,
who is now owner Of a beauty
parlor in New York. Take. for in
stance. the method by which they
remove tan. discoloration and other
after effects of sunbnrn.a
First the skin is steamed with 1
few hot towels. then lightly mas
saged with a good cold cream. This
brings out any, Inflammation, helps
to prepare the superficial skin To-
the bleaching cream. But great care
should be used in selecting the
proper cream for this delicate
work"
The famous creation known as
Beauty Bleach. which bears the
well.known Black and White label
is proving to be the most salts,
factory freckle and blenish remov-
er in connection with this method,
for the reason that 1t only bIeaches
out and removes discolorations
from the scarf skin and never goes
below it, as liquid preparations do.
thereby causing Inflammation or Ar
ritation and doing more harm than
good.
on account Of It's low popular
price of so cents, Black and White
Beauty Bleach Is becoming more
uopular every month. The Cold
cream, which bears the Black and
White label, can be had in liberal
25c Jars as well as the soc jar.
which contains nearly three times
as much as the small size.
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AStOvy of
DeStinY

you keep your mouth shut. You
can feel it just the same, can't
you? I'm sure I've felt things
about million times more in
tensely than anything that ever
got into book. And can't say
I'm any less satisfied with my
fate because I'm not thrifty try
ing to use those same feelings as
raw material for an art"
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND


suddenly realized that long
ago, when Jim's affairs were In 4
desperate state. had considered
pawning my one jewel-the pearl
ring Jim had given me the pearl
ring Of which Daisy Condor had
been 90 crininally envioua.
Now I have other Jewels. / sell
dom wear them. And since Jim
has gotten out Of the way 81, taxi
ing me about socially have less
and less need for my jewels.
There Is even Phoebe's Jade
necklace. It was Meals gift 70
rne-his offer Of keepsake to -
member Phoebe BY. TO part with
Il seemed almost sacrIIege. But
to part with It temporarily ana IN
the cause Of clearing away Meals
debt seemed almost . sacred duty
to Phoebe.
Knowing the great value attach
ed to Jade now, particularly the
emerald kind Of which poor little
Phoebe's necklace II fashioned, /
felt that the necklace, together
with my ring and one or two pins
and bracelets which Jim has given
me. would raise the needed sum.
Setting my teeth grimly, de
termined to sacrifice my jewels.
my sentiment and pride. Once
I had made the decision I felt
more at peace. So. sunamoning
all my practically. stopped IN
at q little tea room and had
bite OF lunch. Then / attended
to scme outside business Of i'm
portance. So II was nearing five
when I hurried back to my Office
determined to rise above my
worries and problems and do my
best work. When arrived Wal
ter. my shrewd young office boy.
came up to mo mysteriously and
said:
There's lady waiting i4 your
private room. She said she had
important bushes. and she's
hadn't ought to be sitting out
side for the bunch to rubber at.
She's been here most two hours.
Was It right-me taking her IN
and making her at homer"
"Of course" / said. not with
out certain misgiyings since
wasn't in the mood for entertain
ing, and fancIed from Walters
description that I'd find Lorraine
Thurlow or soma other lily Of the
field waiting to waste my time.
MABEL AT THE OFFICE.
But when ! got to my room I
found Mabel Storrs Buchanan sit
ting there waiting with the air
Of stiff formality which she
seemed to have taken on with
her marriage.
oh, how do you do" said
uneasily, not able to account for
her visit on her manner which
verged on the grim as she rose
to greet me.
Go Be Continued TOmOrrOwl
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"A Delightful Narrative of Domestic
Life by a Popular Magazine
Writer.

this mess and then cut and run.
I don't know what to
do! Why couldn't he have
left an address so could have
cabled him and had his ad-
vice.
He groaned helplessly.
MY God-if I ever get out of
this, I'm through. I'll quit; I'll be
satisfied with what I've got; I'll
never take another chance!"
In the midst of his worries he
received an urgent request from
Lucy in Honolulu for additional
funds. He took a keen satisfac.
ton in cabling her in reply he. did
not have them.
"Beckie can help her out" he
told himself grimly.
He borrowed every dollar on his
own realty holdings, and even
sold some at a sacrifice. It was
clear enough to him that If, by
hook or. crook he could either
meet his obligations or stave off
his creditors until the Bragg-For-
sythe people completed their work
on the Douglas development and
began to sell the lots he could
pull out with safety, probably
with handsome profit.
In March, the Bank of Italy
called wilbur's note for the TWEEN
ty-seven thousand dollars loaned
him on the Berkeley Apartments.
and politely but firmly refused to
renew it. since the runor had be-
gun to go about that Wilbur had
skipped" Desperate, Philip by
pothecated the SIP stock his part
ner had left In his safe deposit
box. AS the building was Lucy'E,
he did not hesitate to use any
available funds belonging to her.
to avert it's loss.
But the circumstance that tho
Bank Of Italy had declined to ex-
tend the loan became bruited
about in banking circles, and when
the ninety days were up on tho
note held by the Market Street
Bank. Trevor asked for some Sc
curity before renewing it. Philip
was compelled to turn to Leila: he
asked for mortgage on the Vale
homestead. In three weeks at the
outside. the Douglas property
would be thrown open to the pub
lie: he assured her that If he could
tide over that interval he was
safe.
The alarm and agitation with
which his wife received his request
took him completely by surprise.
Concerned only with the immc-
date need confronting him, he had
not stopped to consider how she
might accept the news Of his
financial difficulties.
"Just what do you mean, Phil?"
she demanded with anxious.
frowning eyes. "I don't think /
understand. The business? You
mean Baldwin & Lansing?"
He tried to explain, but her in
creasing agitation would not per-
nit her to listen. She kept inter-
rupting him.
but I can't believe it! How dc
you mean 'ruin?' You're
just fooling, OF course. You can't
be in dangeri Why the business
Wilbur left everything-you told
me yourself he said you were go
ing to make half-a-millionv'
"I KNOW know. That's all
right. We have a chance.
It's just a question Of three
weeks
What's the trouble? What
have you gone and done? Is it
a question Of investments? Mis-
management? Tell me, the truth"
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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By Ann Isle,
whose Serials Of Married Life Have
Won . Big Popular Success,
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate. Incl

"fIE beautiful, cIear-cut god
dess GIRL who had once been
in charge OF Jirn's office, APP
peared more beautiful and more
aloof than in the days when had
not won her confidence. She was
wearing q perfectly cut dress Of
extreme simplicity. It was no
more elaborate than the simple
suits she had worn to work. But
it had q. sophisticated ana ultra
expensive air which served to re-
mind me that Mabel il now the
wife Of the wealthy Bonbright
Buchanan.
Mabel" / cried with All the
warmth of liking / had felt for
her in the latter days Of our ac.
quaintance. "Thjs is q wonder
full meetingl I'm 50 glad"
I'm glad you've made up your
mind" she said almost curly.
And wondered ii she was going
to hold against me that one mo-
ment it had taken me to drag
myself back from a contemplation
of my own problems. This IL
a pleasant meeting though I've
just time for hello and good
by. I'VE business at the bank"
'T had" / said almost bitterly
feeling q shadow fall over my
face. ''But it's over. Cant you
postpone your business and come
to lunch with me? We've 30
much to talk ever. I want to
hear all about you"
THAT can wait. can't it?" de-
manded Mabel in her most god
dess-girI manner. "I'll run in to
see you some time when nsitheT
of us has so much on her mind.
Glad to have seen you. SO long!
with this curt dismissal she
walked on. For moment ] was
too hurt to think. Then, even In
the midst OF my troubles. I real
lied that Mabel must be niser-
ably unhappy. And this was ner
return from her honeymoon.
Made sensitive by my many tro1-
bles, I found myself brooding over
Mabers snub all the way back TO
the office. 1t seemed hardly pos
sible that Mabel should be over
bearing to me merely because she
has made what the world calls q
brilliant marriage. At another
time might not have entertained
the thought. At another time
might never have permitted Mabel
to brush by me and hurry into the
bank from which / had just come.
Even now I felt unhappily GER
tain that her marriage was not q
happy one.
Then hauled myself up short.
It's easy to be morbid and cynical
on the subject OF marriage when
face to face with the fact that
ones own marriage is not great
success. And with all the finan-
cial worries I had to add to my
troubles, the slightest shade OF
manner would naturally seem more
important ana impressive than 1t
really was.
So I forced myself to stop
thinking about Mabel and to re-
solve myself into committee Of
ways and means for getting money
to pay the next installment Of
Meals debt.
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~ lady classic forehead
celed this ancient sport Diana then
~ earnestly. whether excelled
while, quiet off the highway
thempunn and Understanding
Of a isn't
he is sometimes
merely an
tilt Of rough the singing
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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By Dorothy Garfield.

w E now said, judicially, CAS-
far as I personally go, it de-
ponds what I'm looking at.
If I'm looking at a very fine statue
or something that eeems beauti-
fun to me, 1 want as good a light
as possible to see 1t in. II
should ever have any personal
happiness in my life, I'd want
daylight to see it by. But when
It's a question Of looking at the
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ana got so run
down and weak
from It that /
could hardly stand
or walk across the
floor. The doctor
gave me all kinds
of pills, but moth
ing helped me. /
happened to meet
"a friend who had
taken Lydia E.
'Pinkham's Vege-
table C0nn0YITi6-