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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDN} THREE COLLECTORS FOR CITY GARBAGE he wou to tell him To his eredit, he perienced in the ways of lpve The of the Nas his st S0 he pretended net to to be surprised; when it was i be coming back. He 10 ask her 1o eare for and to wait until he came baek ot well e wanted her s was modesty mar virtue derstand DAY, MAY 0, 1023, m‘- Purman, $4,000 and J, J J. J entire eo! onahue eetion for the eity of I, B T H 8 | On metior 10 one bidder Donahue bid $12,000 en the Fromen It was voted to award by distriet rather |#ervice and h than give the whole eity's collections | Work distriet he to|slaughter house and hospital explained lnulnmnm the needs at 60 tons r wive consl award in the third Henry Furman. He there was & bid lower than Furman’ but that the collector of his cholee had given the departemnt exeellent as equipment to do the N MAN May Rtiehmond, NOY DEERFI Deerfield, Mass, Frank W, Pratt Change Name of Sanitarium of He 1ee also asked that the hoard ration to the needs for a cooling plant at the slaughter house. . Va, he could not helieve that happiness, such as having her meant, was to be his Mercedes was 0 elose, so lovely fhe seemed so well poised, so at ease, that his own confusion was only magnified by ecom parisen His habitual and often| tested composure had deserted him in his hour of need Riaze was truly ¥ hecause Dr. Bray said he would faver the Dr. Kinselia brought to the atten latter course were it not for the faet [tion of the hoard the faet that there | was not on the train captured by ban- that, if the eolleetor did net live up |has been some confusion resulting | dits in China last Sunday, as had been to the contract, there would be no /from the name of the department's thought when Shanghai d other eollector to overlap a distriet. | hospital on the town farm properties. | mentioned P, W. Pratt as amons \Contracts by Districts Awarded by Board of Health - | Answering the argument that a heavy |1t is now called “Roeky Hill Ranitari-|those saized by the bandits. His sis. |hond weuld he required, the degter jum™, On this account, foodstuffs, |ters, the Misses Jane and Luey Pratt Contracts fo he collection @ r bads ,.',,,,'“L,'."_.‘ ,‘,\*|,"',f“w:r:"‘" |oeniained that the hoard is not inter- |clothing And mail are sent to Rocky of thia town received a cablegram miserable, and in an evident ‘""“P"""'"' at & meeting late yesterday ested in financial gain, but wishes the | Hill and must be returned, while vis. [from the Unitarian minister today, to stem his own feelings, he reserted afternoan to George Reiring for ""“nn-ue‘ properly eollected itors often go to Rocky Hill She |sent from Bankwan, China, saying to the hantering tone that had sepved |hrst distriet for §4,000; to Rven Fwan- | e, Fromen meved {im contracts suggested that 1! be ealled *New Rrit. | that he and his wife were not on the him so well in his man-wo son for the second distriet for u,uuu,x""’r ';'I‘l‘:';'r‘.""'l:'"::l"l ;.-:t':_lr Iflfl:‘nl ::;\"I:a'lll'uulum' Her suggestion wuimun. And what will d wi do|and to He M ) | Yo ‘ et ¥ 4 n — come mu‘k‘. 1m| .:‘.’.‘..: “.‘:." |:Il"::l"l!nfl '11."'.‘.1"“"“"?.&‘ ';..'.."n'...fl""..':‘*“- moved that fiven Awanson be en Dr. F. P, Lee, superintendent of the| Japanese believe that to live long good-naturedly Mercedes howed her $12,000 has heen provided for the gaged to collect in the second distriet, department empowered to seeure | one should sleep with the head point. head Niaze put a hand on each |Werk and the new contraets will re |'"d Dr. Fromen moved that the [bids on a supply of for the | ing north of her shoulders, “I'll ask Kent, or [auire the expenditure of the entire somehody, how Mercedes is, and [sum they'll say, ‘Humph! She's a big| In the cases of the first and second | lady now She's got a new name!'|distriet there were no bide submitted Maybe it will be Ugarde, or Rodri-|lower than those of the .u.n-ulu!‘ guez, or fdotard! Yes, air! That's|bidders In the third distriet, An- what they'll say, Tl look at my old |drew F. Richardson had offered |n1 how time files! But I'll | make the collection for 31,950, which And there you'll be: A is 350 less than Furmah's bid, but the great lady with three or four black- | hoard disregarded the poliey of awarding to the lowest biddef hecause Mercedes shook her head. Her|of Furman's excellent record for col- | eyea were misty, but she smiled, leetion and the fact that he has all “No!" she murmured, “I don't|the equipment that will he necessary think so; not those kids'" for the work, This was the Mercedes of old, “Yes, you will!" Blaze grinned Bids Submitted “The right man will come along, The bids offered the first dis- querida, You look sharp so that he | trict were George iring, 84,000, don't t by Swanson brothers, $4,000; 8Bven Swan- “Huh!" she son, $4,300; J, J. Donahue, $5,000 sharp, all right. For the second district: A, . Rieh. “He?" ardson bid $4,900; Sven Swanson, h’!”’l“llk 'rhlnl rtglh‘t ma i, $4,000, and Swanson brothers, $4,000 {lind like a bat. Dut maybe he don't| yy (ne third district the bids were: Jant th:on Pasqus Btk Bt Af he [ Raftaste Dentl and Vincenso Pecco. 3 w y L \ . . . |be here. Arrascada! That's a good relll, $4,000; A, I". Richardson, $3,080; rame, ' keep it 8he forced a | |tantalizing smile to her face as she |went on: “You won't have to waste |n0 time then when you come.” Once before, In that very patio, | they had looked Into each other's| eyes as they did now. Blaze saw | |there what he should have seen long !ago. our wa . Nauor. “0Oh, querida,’” he breathed. ng all your wages for liguor v l.‘Iot of money to ride the trains | % A | Whatever else he lntend?d to say these days.'” | was smothered in Mercedes' hair. He The stage started then |caught her up in his arms and held 4i4 not doubt for a moment th :lwr to him. There was color in her was goodbye, Blaze waved his | face again; her lips red fo'l: his kisses. to him. “I'll be coming back,” she heard wwell, don't get hurt” the freckle- him say. gaced man called to him It was a CAUGHT P HEIE GUITAR | From a distance, it seemed, came stupld remark, but it served to prase CROONED A PLAINTIVE | her low, wild, tomboy laugh. He the emotion from his fac SPANISH LOVE SONG FOR | was wafted in spirit again to that un- Late afternoon found T DLAZE ALONE, Iforgetable day on the river. 8he well-known trail to the T wnu'nprnkln:. and even her voice was Three days arc almost too last, “and right along T've been tell- | reminiscent of lha.f afternoon. time for even nature to ing myself I'd be mighty well pleased “1 guess ‘maybe," she managed to miracles, but even =o the to get home if Mooney went back, |4y, with a deflant little toss of her swater was giving full promise too. Did you ever get mistaken |head, "Mercedes will have those thro:: days to come. about yourself like that? four black-haired kids anyhow, huh? Henaro, Mariano, and T and| Mercedes did not answer lest her! Minutes passed as they sat there one or two of the old hands had come \Uh".‘ should betray her. without speaking. The shadows he- back to work. The flood-torn debris “I'm awfully blue,” Rlaze went on. |Ean their evening tryst. Peace and was being removed. There was ho “In :firvm‘ Inv all the trouble and the |happiness gettled down upon the fulness and courage in the air fighting, I've heen happler here than |patlo. . Blaze saw that the patio which had|°®Ver before in my life. I've been| ‘In a room above, some one. lighted been . Jose's pride had received | trafling Mooney for two years, I've alamp. Its mellow glow reached the marked attention This last wn,{-\twm my word with the Kid, When |man and girl on the steps. His arm Mercedes' doing; her firat relaxation | their trial's over,. T'll be through. held her closer for a second’ and then ) But no | relaxed. Mercedes laughed lquidly. leexs, Bhe rested now on tne|l'll 80 back to my ranch. :’t‘ep‘:”::’flrn A('k‘lm‘lh | matter; I'm going to be homesick for | From its accustomed place she caught 1 given her the r; I'm n forgotten vanity-case, Blaze was al- Jaradise Valley and you." up her guitar and crooned a plaintive most beside her before she bhecame “Homesick for me?" Mercedes |little Spanish love-song in a volce for aware of him queried in broken tones. Blaze's ears alone: e " " by O gl ; Blaze looked away, but he nodded | ! t was a cry of gladness,| v - Iy ”c:;‘n:flrmmlh‘_ o Lak ot Hlaze | his head. 1t t.he stars in t‘he sll:yl {:rdazo\ren:ou all a-tremble. | “Yes Mercedes. I'm gbing to) HAY h;.mll“tfi;“' ':,hfk"\eo chosen » e, Ga wisdom, YV “You didn’'t think 1 weuld go with- s ey (3% "“.;,er ¢ o e Y My Man whinnied as Blaze stopped. . YG¢0 o 3 °“'“§3«"l'«l‘,i shook her head “'m going to miss him, too. And | How S (0 Tty ;m_mx ::e?" iNo," aho said, “I know you come.|hell mits me Howy then eant L B8lp QUARIEIET 1 want you to ride | THe. Rancho bewins to look. Iike old |hitfh anee th @ while, Mercedes." “La-la-la-la, la, la-la-la” throbbed times, €h? You hear that the Senor | “T'll be very good to him,” shelyne guitar. Blaze closed his eyes. Acklin offer us part of the ds whispered in hushed tones. “T'll [y “as the end of the trail! Life “yes; Melody told me. It's won- | keep him until you come hack, Senor . oan anew here. derfull You've won your fight.: Has Blaze.” She stopped short and got| " 4"ioq- gtole down Mercedes' cheek. Kent gone home?" ; An 0Oil Romance of the Southwest by up. “You will be—coming back, Eh‘iHaPp‘"eM had overwhelmed her. “No, Senor. He is upstairs with senor 2" The morrow no longer threatened. My brother be glad to see ¥ HARY BINELAIR PRAGD A YORERN NORL - ¥ WA t the horse's cold musale up for the loss BEGINS HEW Blaze Kildare of Wye € the murderer of his He fnds his man at the 4 You Buek Bodine in Paradise alley a r, W sheots him dead Kildar He's yours, little of 1 fove with Mercedes, # hen in | You be Rasque girl, and heips find the ! Pim murderer of her father He lifted Hasilio to ln bullds a dam & When he t 1 te Rasques of thelr water . Rhe dine makes a homb parting dam when the Has TODAY iy i He sort of make w t he him to me re going to give cave = good to er 1y Man's back oal fercedes, she was the sac with My Knew Mar A few steps about the patio en the and Mercedes hade Ra- silio tell Terese that the Sener would | you would he re supper When they Nothing but the |alone, Mercedea searched the ught him | the man who sat beside her. + A 1ot he had Ver e know that she didn't he speak Mereedes failed to realize that her| s rendered Niaze aimost that destroys the made i )it NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY horses bacd "To say goodbye “1 reckoned haired one paueed hope of seeing Rinze to town, hut he most profanely had he of It "I mAay not ses he went or Creek tonight dise on the way dowr is all right 1 put that mine on vour saddle might like it" Riaze climbed to his seat in stage to hide his embarrassment. He knew the reata Melody referred to his favorite for many years, a finely woven Mexican He wanted to thank him, but he did not know hoa 1o express his gratitude He put his head through the open window and said banteringly, “I'll buy you a drink for that if you're here when 1 get back." Melody knew, as well as a man can know a thing, that Blaze was really| telling him he appreciated the rope, and that he would repay him some day without counting the cost to Pimaself, either, Clome easy, go easy,” he flung back | at his friend, “Don’t you go spend- Cor say for ad by lared for oved him Didn't | . Why | haired kiddies of your own would have denie been ac you 10 Kelly 'ara- of ory NeArnes spevehiess ong rops I hate to leave,” he muttered at Thoug t you the muttered, T look | But he don't,” | ! He's 50 THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE was what if cost Calvin Gray to break up his young friend Buddy Briskow’s love entanglement with a woman to whom marriage would have ruined his future. “You don’t want me to wed Arline, do you, Mr. Gray?” Buddy asked. “Frankly, my boy, I do not.” Rough treatment, but it worked a cure ! Would you do as much for a friend? But read the story— FLOWING GOLD Melody | at this hand | SHIE laze on the Rancho, short a work her precions of the of the PARTY!” Seven parts Ice Water added to one part of the rich con- tents of this litle GLASS JUG make a PURE FRUIT DRINK as zestful as the FreshFruitJuicesthemselves. Delicious—yet inexpensive! Blaze caught the note of fear, of ¢ o Lod ready for the dawn. Thl‘s Se"al Beg“’ls Th““day, May 107 ln ":‘lf,‘.’""' concern, in her question; but he failed |* ' et o, sbima or pats to take ndvanage of it. Instead he | THE END. S ia murmeediurnEnptlv: S comiin [ i tering feet. lasilio had heafd 'Sy, some day. but when, qu\en:gfl'——'#== | Qo = - :‘}5;;":'“'1'5 el | Cooking is made up of successes and “You come bhack to w‘;]:: 2 the child questioned. | “No, no, little chief. I've got to| go home, to Wyoming. 1 came to| eay: goodbye.” Basilio crept closer “I'm going to miss Flaze added unevenly. “Why you go away you to stay.” Blaze smiled. My his way to his mast “You're going to be for me, little chie ? | The child nodded his head. | He lifted Basilio so the little fel- fi'—_—_ sahe?" you Senor | was not at all what he wanted fallures successes when |to suy, nor was it entirely the truth.| Baker's Extracts, and failures He had a very definite idea of when| you use a substitute,—advt. 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