Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 283, 19 August 1909 — Page 6

THE BIOimOSD FAlXADIU3i ASu SUX-TELEGBAJl, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1909.

News of Surrounding Towns

MEW PARIS, 0. ' New Puis, Ohio, Auf. Is Mrs. Al len Bohn of Kew Madison visited here Wednesday. ','fj : . Mr. Augustus Leftwich of Rldunond wa here Wednesday, 'f. . . Miss Marine Tillman ts the guest of friends at Greenrllle. ... Mrs. Caroline Taylor Is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Nell Mitchell. Neil Mitchell made a business trip to Dayton, Tuesday. Mrs. Horner and daughter, Elma, were entertained Wednesday by Mrs. Elmer McKee end daughter, Eva. Mr. Joe Klncaid of Hamilton spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr. Nell Mitchell.; ?:rMiss Grace Samuels left Wednesday for an extended visit with relatives at New Paris, Ind. Miss Roxie McKee is taking her place at the post office during" her absence. i Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the committee consisting of Mrs. Kuth, Mrs. Raid emi Mrs. Iredell will award the flower prizes to the child who has the prettiest flower bed. This flower Contest has been under the direction of the Tuesday Club. They will meet at the school building where they will have a short program consisting of a few essays on "How to Cultivate Flowers" by the children; music, and some ladies of the Aftermath club of Richmond will address the children A nice time is expected, so let all be present that can. Miss Helen Sherer of Dayton, is Yisltlng relatives here. Mrs. Susan McKee and daughter, Roxie were the guests of Mrs. Elmer McKee, Monday and Tuesday. Miss Mary Cronin of Xenla is here visiting friends and relatives.. Mrs, Bunker entertained Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Williamson of An derson, Ind., Wednesday. Mrs. Joseph Miller had for her guests Wednesday, Mrs. Lester Haid er-man and Mrs. Marlatt of Camden, O. Mr. and Mrs. Dagler entertained a number of young people Tuesday eve nlng in honor of Miss Voggle of New Brunswick, N. J. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Dagler of Centervllle, Mrs. Caldwell, Misses Eva and Roxie McKee, Vergle and Erina Kuth, Morna Newbern, Marie Wrenn, Ruby McWhinney, Bernice and Elma Horner and Helen Slurer of "Dayton, Mr. Clifford , Richards, Ethmer Held, Ctetus Kuth, Roy Watt, Howard Popple, Raymond Souers and Paul Jordan. A very pleasant evening was spent with games, music and contests. A delicious luncheon was served. They all departed thinking the hostess a royal entertainer. Mrs. Frank Kemp and daughter, Laura, have been visiting relatives at Lima, O., for the past week. . Miss Onda Larsh, who has been working at Indianapolis, is home on a week's vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKee spent Tuesday and Wednesday near Cincinnati where they purchased a farm a few days ago. Mr. Wm. Snell and Miss Wagner, the telephone operator, have resigned their positions and expect to locate at "Union City, Ind., In a short time. Mr. George Fortney and Miss Mary OToole are filling the place at present. Mrs. Louis Murray of Eaton, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Boyle. Mr. Wesley Prather Is visiting relatives at Scipio, Ind., for a few weeks. " For Indigestion and all stomach trouble take Foley Orino Laxative as It stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels and will positively cure habitual constipation. A. O. Lnken ft Co. CHESTER. IND. Chester, Ind., Aug. 19. Howard Hall and family of Philadelphia has been visiting Mrs. Lydia Hall and children. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hunt entertamed a large party of friends at dinner Sunday. Enos Kendall and Michael Kendall attended the reunion of the , Kendall family at Indianapolis. Mrs. Maggie Boerner has returned from Lebanon, Indiana. She found her father slightly Improved. Mr. and Mrs. . Chas. Bond and Mrs. Earbes and daughter Annie of Richmond visited at Ollie Boerner's last week. Mrs. Pierson has returned to her home at New Castle. Mrs. Kendall of Cadis is visiting at Solomon Huffman's. Miss Edith Hampton is entertaining at a house party a number of her young friends. Earl Cook is visiting at Alpine. Frank Bush has gone on a pleasure trip South. Will Ryan In company with Prof. Vorls has gone on a trip to Norfolk, Va. Lawrence Gist and family and Mrs. Llssle Gist of Richmond are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gist. Miss Bertha Bulla has returned from an extended visit at South Bend. Chester Ladies Aid society served dinner for the Huffman sale. They will serve dinner for the Joey sale. Wilson Kendall is building his new barn. A number of Chester people will visit at Richmond chautauqua. The Wesler school reunion this year was the best one ever held. An excellent program, musical and other wise was given. A large crowd was in attendance. Ltssie Woodruff Johnson was present. -. If you are all run down, Foley's Kidney Remedy will help you. It strengthens the kidneys so they will eliminate the impurities from the blood that depress the : nerves, and cans exhaustion, backache, rheumatism and urinary Irregularities, which sap the vitality. Do not delay, lake Foley's Kidney Remedy at once. A. CkXaSasM ft Co.

HAGERSTOWN, IND. ' Htegerstown, Ind., Aug. 19. Mrs. Velita Wilson and three children who have been making an extended visit with her parents; Mr. and ; Mrs. Lew Woods went to Dayton, O., Thursday to visit her sister a few days. Mrs. Wilson will then join her husband at Detroit, Mich., where they will make their home. ' Miss Leona and Lulu Brown are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lark Hoover south of Greensfork this week, t Ebert Howell of Centervllle has been visiting bis sister Mrs. Charles Porter this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Billheimer of Dalton, were guests Tuesday of Dr. and Mrs. C. I. Stotlemeyer. Mrs. Horace Hoover and daughter Eva spent Tuesday with friends at Cambridge City, Marguerite Smith of Cambridge City has been spending a few days here among friends. Knode Porter, postmaster is " enjoying a week's vacation and Miss eJssie Newcomb, who was formerly deputy, Is in the office assisting Miss Myrtle Newcomb. Miss Katherine Gohring returned on Tuesday from a week's visit at Covington, O. She was accompanied home by her sister,. Mrs. Michael Maier. ; Mrs. Eunice Macy of Indianapolis was entertained Tuesday night and Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs. John Werklng. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Scott and nephew Robert Bryson have returned

from a week's outing near Anderson Eddie Donnelly of Cincinnati was entertained Tuesday evening at sup per at the home of R. R. Brant. John Teetor is having a cement floor and driveway laid for a new automobile at his residence property. Miss Edna Addington went to Rich mond Wednesday for a weeks visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Ell Evans; Mark Allen has been spending a few days with his uncle, James Allen and family near Boston. Mrs. Ann Addington went to Rich mond Wednesday to visit friends for a few days. 0 Mrs. Martha Harter, MJss Ethel Har ter and Mrs. Cora Hahn were guests of friends at Muncie Thursday and Friday and attended the fair. Miss Eva Roller is spending two weeks with relatives at Dayton, O. Miss Helen Miller of Chicago who has been visiting here, is visiting with friends at Dayton, O. Mr. and Mrs. H. C Teeter, Miss Ma ble Teeter, Miss Hazel Knapp. Messrs. Samuel Siersdorfer and Ed Donnelly spent the evening. Tuesday with Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Moore at Mooreland. Orville and Pansy Gill of Elwood are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Frank Petro and family north of town. Miss Leah Ruth Petro has returned from a two weeks visit wit hrelatives at Elwood. Mrs. Agnes Lancaster is visiting friends at Muncie. No matter how long you have suf fered Foley's Kidney Remedy will help you. Mrs. S. L. Bowen. of Wayne, W. Va., writes: "I wns a sufferer from kidney disease, so that at times I could not get out of bed, and when I did .1 could not stand straight. I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely." It will cure you. A. G. Lukens & Co. CAMBRIDGE CITY. IND. Cambridge ' City, Ind., Aug. 11). P. H. Zehrung is in Greenfield, O., on ac count of the serious illness of an aged brother. Miss Alice Medearis of Centervllle, was the guest of her niece, Mrs. May Boden Tuesday. G. Al Andrews of Indianapolis Is spending the week in this place. Joseph Wallack accompanied by Dr. J. B. Allen, went to Spiceland yesterday where he will remain seve ral days taking treatment for rheuma tism. Arthur Reese who has been in the employ of the Maxwell-Briscoe com pany of New Castle for several months has returned to his home in this place and will re-enter school at the begin ning of the fall term. Mr. and Mrs. eGorge A. Martz, Mra. Sadie Dimmick and eGorge Boden attended the McConkey reunion in the fair grounds of Montpelier Sunday. Two "hundred descendants were in at tendance. A fine musical and literary program was given. " Rev. Henry Patten of New Castle, and Rev. Posting of Missouri, a trav eling evangelist were present at both the morning and evening services at the A. M. E. church last Sunday. Mrs. Frank Marson and son Ralph and Miss Catherine Callaway are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. John Callaway of Kntghtstown. Miss Marie Knox has returned from Chicago, where she spent the summer with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jones of Indian apolis have been here this week.the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Lydia Jones. Ernest Poole of Indianapolis, is a Cambridge City visitor this week. Miss Ethel Zehrung spent yesterday In Connersville. Miss Goldle Hunt has returned from Dayton, where she spent the past visiting friends. Mrs. Delia Williams has returned from a short visit In Anderson, accompanied by her daughter, Louise, who has been there for some time visiting relatives. The social union of the Methodist church will hold a market In the eCntral hotel building Saturday afternoon. Miss ' Ruby Wagar of Calgasko, Mich., Is the guest of her uncle, W. D. Wagar and family enroute home from Pennsylvania. . Prof. W. H. Shrawder of Pittsburg Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Hoddleson of Mt Auburn. Miss Hattie Lafever of Indianapolis Is visiting relatives in this place and UL.Aabn.rn. George Evans and family of Pitts

burg are the guests of W. D. Evans and family at Evansdale farm. Orange ; Hall made ' a business trip to Cincinnati yesterday. Messrs. Stanley, Jackson and Klzer returned to Indianapolis yesterday after three months spent at work in the gravel pit near this place. William Sowers has taken a position in Fronaphel's grocery. - Ferd Romer spent Wednesday ' In Dayton on a business trip. - Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chapman have returned from -a trip to Niagara Falls and the great lakes. -;- Prof. D." R. : Ellebarger and son of

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CHAPTER XIII. THE WILL Or A WOMAN. A family icene Snrnh't ldca We dins. Carmichael come in Vision of empire Almost pertuaded Common people The touch of mind and mind Mr Dround become ill, and tee miss Big John The garden by the lake A bit of old marble and other thlnq Inspiration Outlining a campaign The big gambit. FTER all, it was the will of a woman, perhaps of two women, that settled this business matter, for even in business. In the groping for position and money, the woman's share is large. Wherever a man's will is in play she brings her influence, soft and sure and bidden. When I left Mr. Dround that afternoon I was not ready to put the little fortune I had made and. what was more, my life energy Into his forlorn enterprise. Not to hurt bis feelings, 1 asked for time to consider bis offer and went home to tell my wife about the change in our affairs, considerably puzzled what to do. We had just moved into a. larger house near the lake. The place had some pretty ground around it and a large stable. It was all that our means warranted and a Httle more, but Sarah bad a passion for having people about, and there was a boy now to be considered. The air was supposed to be better for him farther away from the city smoke. 8arah had been delicate and nervous ever since the child was born, and I was glad to have her mind busy with the big new plaything. A nurse In uniform was just coming Into the gate when I arrived. It seems that little Ned had a cold, and, though he looked lively enough when I went Into . his room, Sarah was hovering over him as if he had lung trouble. "The doctor thought I should have a trained nurse," , Sarah explained. "Of course he doesn't expect any serious results, but one should take every precaution. And Mary is so careless, and we have those people coming to dinner tonight and are going to the theater." I bad forgotten that we were to have guests this evening. While we were dressing I told Sarah about the trouble between Drouad and his old manager and how they bad finally parted. "That's just what I should have expected from Mr. Dround," my wife exclaimed approvingly. "It must have been annoying for Mr. Dround to have such a dishonest person connected with him." "Well, that Is one way of looking at it I hadn't thought of!" I laughed. "That Carmichael man is just an Irish brute! I suppose you have to put up with 6ucb people in the packing business, but I couldn't have them in my house." "The Carmichaels don't trouble us much," I replied, smiling to myself at Sarah's ideas of things. "And John's all right as honest as most men. This isn't just a case of stealing somebody's wash from the back yard, you know." "But it's just as wrong! It's dishonest!" 6be cried, with a proud tone In her voice'. She came across the room and took bold of me by the shoulders. "Van. you don't believe In bribing people and such things? Why, you're too big and strong and handsome" she gave me a kiss "to do such common things!" "Well, I don't know. It depends how you call it" But she gave me another kiss, and before we could recover from this argument there was a knock at the dressing room door. "My, Van! There's the first of them, and I haven't my dress booked. You run and send Mary to me." That rather closed the topic for the present. There were ten of us at dinner, and we tried to keep up a chatter about the little things that Sarah bad trained me to talk of when I was In company the theaters and the opera. Mrs. Doodle's new place la the country or old Steele's picture by the French painter. But tonight It was hard work. My thought would wander back to the yards. At last the ladies left us to put on their wraps, sad the men were lighting their cigars when a servant told me that a man was waiting in the hall to see me. It was Carmickael. "Why didn't you come right out Jobs 7" I qgelaimed. "Seme of your friends are ent there." ."Be. thanks. Van." he growled. "I ain't got my fancy clothes on this trip, and maybe yeur wife wouldn't think me good enough for her friends," which was pretty close. to the truth. "But I come to see yon about something important" Sarah rustled into the hall Just then. "Van." she said, bowing coldly to John, "we are all waiting for you." t "Better go. Harrington." Carmichael said sarcastically, reaching for his hat "Business don't count when there's a party go la on." ' "Oh. It's bnsinessr Sarah's voice could carry a deal of scorn. "Leave a ticket for me, and 111 follow later." I replied impatiently, leading Carmlchapl into my library. "Very well." Sarah answered and swept out of the hall without a look for the Irishman. Carmichael took, ji eir

Piqua. Ohio, are spending a few days with friends in this vicinity. - Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Coffln, their son Craig Coffin, and family of Anderson, their guest, Miss Annis StlHwwU of Converse, and Miss Esther Con attended the Chautauqua yesterday. Mrs. Amanda Mauk and Mrs. Tom King attended the funeral of Mrs. Robert Penny at German town today. Master Verne Richey of Dayton Is

visiting' his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Riche on Dale avenue. ,, Master James Hamilton of Indiana polis is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. T. E. Frazer. a long drink of wliisky and thrust bis ungainly figure into a chair before the Are without saying a word. After time he ripped out: "You aren't thinking of staying with old Dround?" "That depends" I began. "Dround 11 go broke inside of two years," be Interrupted savagely. "Hi credit ain't much to boast of now. and when it gets around that I have drawn out it won't Improve." "That's true enough," I admitted. "The London and Chicago company Is going into the bands of receivers this week," he went on confidentially. "That was another of your tony houses managed from England. Strauss 11 most likely get their plants at 20 cents on the dollar, and he'll get Dround when the time comes." I made no remark, and after smok ing for a time he leaned over toward me, saying impressively: "Young feller, do you reckon you can buck up against me and the Strauss crowd with that one horse rig?" It seemed to me highly improbable that any man could perform this feat but I held . my tongue. Carmichael should make his bid in bis own way. Finally he whispered almost solemnly "Want to make big money?" And he began to bid, lowering bis loud voice and beating the arm of his chair to clinch his argument He spoke of the great revolution through out the business world, coming con solidations, farreaching plans that the Strauss people bad had In mind for a long time, the control of railroads and steamship lines all leading to one con elusion, one end the complete mas tery of food products by Strauss and his allies. We had in more whisky and cigars for the Irishman, who had a bead like Dround V - a rock. As be drank and talked his brain was tired by a kind of rude imagination for the vast reach of what he saw. He epeaed himself to me without reserve as if he already held me in his hand. , The hours sped by. A carriage drove up to the bouse, and 1 knew that Sarah bad returned from the theater. But Carmichael talked on. Through his words I could see those vast industrial forces that bad been shaping themselves for ages now fast rushing ea toward their fulfillment Ever since my bead had been above the horisea, so to speak, I had seen straws borne on this -wind. But now the mighty change was imminent Those who survived soother decade would look out upon a very different world from that we bad grown np with. That is wnat Carmichael and I saw that night sad when the door finally closed oa my visitor I felt that It was settled. I should fight with the stronger army, side by side with Carmichael. I was standing before the dead fire thinking when the door opened and Sarah came in, her hair loosened over her white dressing gewn. She looked strangely pale and troubled. "Van!" she cried sharply. "What have you te do with that dishonest Carmlchael? What business has he with you? He makes me afraid. And yon never came to the theater at all!" ? "You're dreaming. Sal." I took her on my knee. "John jnst came to tU me how te make your everlasting fortune." "Bat you are not te leave Mr. Drouad?" "Just that" "Leave Mt Drennd and go with that dishonest man! What are you thinking ef, Van Harrington?" That instinct of women which people talk a boat sometimes acts, like a fog. It keeps them from seeing any one thing clearly. Smrea could only see the Drouads and the piece In the paper about bribing. So we talked It over, like aagbacl and. wif arritigg go-

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Too would like to be rich, to nave a . lot of money, more than yon ever thought to have motions maybe?" "Would it mean all that?" she asked slowly, I laughed at the way she took my bait - "Millions and millions maybe." ; "Would ft be dishonest Van?" "We dont calculate on going to prison," I joked. "Well,! she reflected, "of coarse yoa know best I dont Believe a woman should interfere In her husband's business. But the Carmichaels and the Strausses are such common people, even If they are so awfully rich. They haven't the position the Drounds have." When It came to that I kissed her and put out the tights. In this life few Intimacies fill the full orb of a man's being. - Most men of affairs whom I have known very wisely shut down their desks before coming heme snd shut therein a good slice of themselves. Perhaps they do not care to trust any one, even a wife, with their secrets. Perhaps they do not need to share those restless hours of anxiety that come to all men wbo go into the market to make money. The wife should mean peace and affection; that Is right and proper. Nevertheless there come times when a man must talk out his whole soul to one who understands the language of it for he hungers to say to another what be scarcely dares say to himself, what is shut up in the dark of his thoughts. It Is not advice that be needs, but sympathyto reveal to another that web of purpose which he has woven, which Is himself. Many a man who has carried burdens silently long years knows what I mean. The touch of hand to hand Is much; the touch of mind with mind is more. Not that Sarah and I faUed to be good married lovers. She wss my dear wife. But there are some last honesties that even a wife penetrates not moments when the building of years is shaking In the storm, moments of loneliness when mad thoughts arise In a sober head and a man gropes to find what there is not even in the heart of the woman he loves. Dround wss not st the office the next morning. They telephoned from bis house that he wss 111. Worry perhaps had brought on one of bis nervous attacks. Meantime it was easy to see the effect of Carmlchael's loss all over the place. Down to the girls In the mailing room the force knew that something was wrong with the concern. You can't keep real news from spreading. People sro good conductors of electricity; their thoughts leak. In any business the trouble at the bead runs all along the line to the office boys. Later In the day there came a message from Mr. Dround asking to see me at his house before I went home. It was plain enough what he wanted of me, and I disliked the coming Interview, for I should have to tell him that I had decided to desert to bis enemies. There was no other wsy ss I saw It And yet it seemed like Ingratitude. That was what his wife would think, and I saw her looking at me, a scornful smile oa her lips. However, this was no matter for sentiment If her husband bad been another sort of man if be had any dare in him it might have been worth while to try a fall with Carmkhsel and Strauss. But as it was I felt no desire to follow a funeral. Maybe she would understand. As I turned into the avenue near Dround's house there wss a fresh little breeze from the lake, blowing the smoke away from the city and cooling the air after the warm day. It was quiet and peaceful on the broad avenue a very different kind of place from the dirty yards whence I bad come. It made me feel all the more that Dround didn't belong In Packington. 1 sat waiting some time for Mr. Dround and was growing impatient when his wife came into the room. "Mr. Dround Is engaged with his doctor," she said. "Woa't you step Into the garden with me?" Behind the bouse, hidden from a cross street by a brick wall, was a little green lawn with one old willow tree. It was a pretty, restful kind of place, hardly to be looked for so near the heart of the city. In one corner there was a stone bench and some chairs and a table with books and tea things. Across the top of the wall one could see a line of gray where the horizon met the lake. "Pleasant place!" I exclaimed, looking across the little garden out to the lake. "Yes; It makes the city in summer tolerable." Her eyes followed mine as they rested on a bit of marble, old and sculptured with yellow figures, that had been set Into the wall. "I brought that from Siena," she explained. "It was In an old wall there. It reminds me of Italy," she added, touching the marble lightly with her fingers. Suddenly she turned to me with a swift question: "So you're to be our new Mr. Carmichael?" It was not tjroman's mere haphazard Quizzing. She demanded the truth. . ' "No," I replied gravely after a moment's hesitation. "Mrs. Drouad. I have come here to tell Mr. Drouad that I must decline bis offer. I have other" "You are going over to them!" she cried quickly. There was no reproach In her vetoe. but she gave me a keen look that read to the bottom of my mind. "You will be a tool for tbe Jew and the Irishman!" There was a smile on her lips sad a touch of scorn in her voice. "Tell me. why?" And I told her as I might a man whom I trusted just what the situation was, bow disastrous had been the row with Carmichael and bow foolish the cause as I thought She listened without questions, and I went on to cover the whole matter to tell of tbe large plans that onr great rival undoubtedly had In view, plans which meant ultimately the consolidation of the satire business in some greet corporation under his control. It wss clear to me as handwriting what he was aiming for. the entire food products busmen ef the country, and It would take a stronger maa than Henry L Dround to stand against him. -So, Mrs. Dround.- I concluded, "the best thing yoa and I can do for Mr. Dround is to advise him to retire, to sell eat."

' Tie would never do that she Interrupted mo autetly. "Yon must make him see It I urged, "There are some things I cannot do. You will not understand. I cannot tell you. It Is not my right Only he will go on to the bitter end." I bowed. There was nothing further to be said, and we sat silently for a few minutes. "But are yoa sure." oho began again, "that that would be tbe best way? Is It best to run to your enemy crying for quarter?" "Not If you can put np a good fight" She drew ber fingers caressingly over the outlines of the old marble. "I think yon could put up the right kind of a fight" she remarked quietly. "Suppose that you saw your way clear to go in to fight what would yon do?" "The first thing." I said, smiling.

"would be to hit Strauss between the eyes. "Just bow?" "Do what he Is doing. If I could get together all the Independent concerns that could be bought or persuaded into joining. Then you would be in a position to make terms with the railroads and force agreements from the big fel lows. And I shouldn't let my scruples stand In the way, either," I added hardily. "Naturally not If the others were the same kind!" "And if your husband were made like you," I thought to myself, "the chance would be worth the trying." "If," I continued aloud, "you could get the Jevons Bros tbe E. H. Harris Co., Griscom, in Omaha, and .two or three others, there would be a beginning. And there Is this London and Chicago concern, which could be bad cheap," I mused half to myself, remembering Carmlchael's words. "I was sure you knew what must be done," she took me up In the same cool, assured tone. "You aren't the man to follow in tbe traces. Yon are the kind that leads, that builds. And this is building! Wbst Is the first step?" I looked at her, but this time 1 did not laugh. 8he had risen from the stone bench snd stood gazing out across tbe quiet sward to the blue lake beyond. Her dark features were alight with enthusiasm. Then she looked over st me inquiringly, expecting me to take her lead, to walk on boldly with her. And there of a sudden for until that moment there was nothing In my mind but to tell Mr. Dround that I was to leave him there shot Into my head a plan of bow this thing might be handled, the sketch of a great campaign. All tbe seeds of thought the full years' schemings, the knowledge and experience of life I had been getting everything that was within me came surging up into one grand purpose. How It came to me of a sudden, born of a few words this woman bad spoken here in tbe garden by the blue lake, is beyond my explanation. Sud denly I saw a way, clear and broad ahead tbe way for me to travel. "You will have to take the first steps by yourself. Manage this London and Chicago company affair on your own responsibility." Mrs. Dround's voice wss now matter of fact as though the time ' for clear thinking 1 had come. "Then when you have your plans ready know just what must be done you will have the necessary help. I can promise thut:" I understood what she meant that Mr. Dround was not to be approached until the scheme was ripe. Then she would swing him to a decision. That was the wise way. - "You are right" I agreed. "It would be useless to trouble him until tbe land. Is mapped. When it comes to forming the company" "Yes. then." she interrupted, seeing my point "Then I shall be of use.' "My, but It's a big gambler I said low to myself. "That Is the only kind worth mak ing," she flashed. It struck the right note In my heart She held out ber hand, and I took it in mine. "We're partners on this thing!" I smiled. "Yes, to the end. Now. shall we go to Mr. Dround?" Here wss a woman who should have headed a regiment or run a railroad or sat at a game with a large stake! Mr. Dround opened the door on tbe veranda and came forward, walking feebly. "How do you do, Harrington?" He greeted me, giving me a thin, feverish hand. "The doctor's been gone a good while. Jane," he added querulously. "I hsve been waiting for you in the library." Mrs. Dround moved away while" we discussed some matters of urgency, and then Mr. Drouad said hesitantly: "I hope you see your way clear. Harrington, to accepting my offer. It promises a great future for a man as young as you, with your energy," he added a trifle pompously. "It is pretty late to talk of that tonight" I replied evasively. Mrs. Drouad was walking slowly toward us. She stepped by the marble piece In the wall aad seemed to be examining It But 1 knew that aha was listening. "There are some plans I waat to talk over with you first If they prove satisfactory to you. we could make an arrangement perhaps." Mrs. Dround turned her bead and looked at us inquiringly. "Oh, very welt I expect to be at the office tomorrow. This commission for the exposition takes a great deal of my time and energy Just tew." (It was the year before the great fair, and Mr. Dround was one ef the commissioners for that enterprise.) "But we will take np your plans at enos," he concluded graciously, giving ma his hand. There was a family party at my house that evening. .Will had arrived from Texas, where he bad been to look over the field for me, aad May was visiting os with her children. As I walked np the path to the house oa my astnsn from Mr. Breoad'a I could hear Sarah's low laagh. She aad May were rockiag back aad forth babied the vanes ef the piazza, watchiag the children at their sapper. May kwktag aameat plump aad had a aat lash ea either these-, for times had made her Meseom aat, But Barak waa the kaadseaaer woaaan, wtth her 'wavy, sick brawn hair aad sort profiia. Instead of Maye prim little

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claimed: "Whete have yoa Vanf "aeiagaaejmaaa""I know." CA said, wttk a "Too have bean wtth that aarrU Irish man. Wall. I hope give yea jnst toad af i "But anppeaa t aaveat beaa te Joha?" I aaki she would be deMahtsd.to ami aat I wss to keep oa with DreaadL "Suppose I took year advise?" -What! Are yea sole to stay with Mr. Pre aad after air?. Aad all that money yoa were tetUag saa aeoat millions!" she drawled ta har oeft voice like i disappointed child. . She seemed troubled to know that after all. I had given np my chance to make money with Strauss aad Carmichael. ' r I guess wo shan't starve. Sarak. I laughed hack. "You must do what yea think best," she said finally and repeated her fa vorite maxim. I don't believe la a man's interfering In a man's bush After supper as wo sat out the warm night Will talked af his trip through the southwest "It's a mighty big country down there end not touched. Yoa folks up north here haven't begun to see what Is coming te that country. It's the new promised land!" And he wont raving on In the style I lovo to hear, with the sunshine at great lands on bis face aad the wind from the prairies blewlag low In his votra. It wss like music that aet my thoughts In flow, and I began to see my schema unfold, stretch out embrace tkls new fertile country, reach oa to ,forelga shores. Then my thoughts went hack to the garden by tbe lake, with the piece of yellow marble In the walL "That's a pretty little place the Drounds have behind their house." I remarked vaguely to Sarah la a pause of Will's enthusiasm. "Wbst were yon doing ha the Drounds garden?" Sank asked quickly. ' "Oh. talking buslnessr "It's a queer place to talk business." "It's a pretty place, and there's a piece of marble In the wall they got In Italy Siena or some snch place." "So you were talking business with Jane?" Sarah persisted. "Well, you can call It that Ten me more about that country. W11L Maybe the future will take ns there." In tbe warm, peaceful evening, with a good cigar, anything seemed possible. While the women talked of schools snd the children's clothes I saw visions of the coming year of the great gam ine: (Continued.) CURED HAY FEVER AND SUMMER COLD A. S. Nusbaum, Batesvtlle, Indiana, writes: "Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold so distressing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symptoms of bay fever and a doctor's prescription did not reach my case, and I took several medicines which seemed only to aggravate it Fortunately I Insisted upon having Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly cured me. My wife has since used Foley's Honey and . Tar with the same success." . A. G. Luken & Co. "Do yon expect people to believe ev erytblng you tell them?" asked the constituent "Certainly." answered Senator Sorghum, "so long as I am careful not to toil them everything I bel lev a," Washington 8tar. SCHEDULES la Effect April 11 lt9. East

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