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qthoe Pevolax By Geo. B. "rNoPsis on Mere CHAPTERS. : CHAPTER IX. Lave and a Prize-Fight. T {s best not to repeat the expressions Brewster —ubed,, regarding one 8. Jongs ‘after reading hia telegram. 4, Uiut he felt constdorapty. retleved after “he bad Uttered them, He fel! to reading fh evcounts of the big prize-ght which 3 Wns to.take place !n,San Francisco that evening. He revelled In the descriptions of “upper cute’? and “left: hooks, teatned incidentally that the aMtutr was to be quite one-sided. A local amateur wee th box a champion, Quick to see ay opportunity, and cajoling himself into the ballet that Swearengen Jones could not dbject to stich a disp! tportsmanship, DreNster iid’ Vook several cv0d waxera on the regult, He ‘intimated that he had reason to Delieve that the favorite would lose, Harrison zoon placed. $1,000 on, hia man. Tho young financier felt so sure of the result that he entered the bets on the Pront side of his tedger the moment he Fecelved Harj!son's report, Thia done, ho telephoned Miss Drew. Eo Was not‘ insensible to the signifi- cance of lis inquiry !f ahe would be in that afternoon. She had observed tn him of late a condition of uneasiness, Supplemented by moroseneas and occa- sional periods of trascibility. Every girl whose oscupation in life 1s the study of men recognizes ‘these symptoms and knows how to treat'them. Barbara had dealt with many men affilcted tn this manner, and the flutter of anticipation that came with his urgent plea to see her was tempered by expertence. It had something of joy in It, for she bared enough for Montgomery Browater to have made her anxiously uncertain of his site of mind. She cared, indeed, much more than sho intended to confess at the outset. Tt was nearly half-past! five when he _€ame, and for once the philosophical Blea Drew folt a little irritation. So certain waa she.of his object in coming that his tardiness was @ trifle ruffling. He apologized for being late, and suc- ceded In banishing the pique that pos- sessed her. It was naturally Impossible _ for him to share all his secrets with (Copyright, 1908, 1901, by! Herbert 8./etone & Co.) “Drew, | Swearengen Jones, in which the gentle- jex- | alx thousand dollars. Beyond that there ut torneys. They smiled when he burst in "The Evening World’ s : ‘Do You Ghink Vou Could Sanely a One Million Dollars Inside of a Sear =BREWVWSTER’S | McCutcheon. her, ané that ts why he did not te that Grant & Ripley had csiled him up to report the recei;« of a telegram from man laconically safd'he could feed the whole State of Montana for less than was no comment to the office of the at- |. | upon them. ‘Good heavens!” ho exclaimed, ‘does the'miseriy, old hayseed expect, me to @pend a million for newspapers, cigar: etiesana Boston. terrierat tough! he would be rdasonabie!" “Ho evidently has seen the newspaper accounts of your dinner, and this ts merely his comment," said Mr. Rip- ley. “It's either a warning, or else he's amb{cuoiis’ in his compliments,” xmwied B cater, disguatedly, = Tdon't bat! he disapproved,- Str. Brewster. In the West tha old gentle- man ts widely known as a wit."’ “A wilt, eh? Then. he'll apprectate An answer from me. Have you a tele- erapt blank. Mr, Grant?* Two minutés later the following tele- tam to Swearengen Jones was awalt- ing the arriyal of 1 messenger boy, and Brewster was blandly assuring Mosars. Grant & Ripley that ho did-not “care a rap for the consequences: i ‘New-York, Oct. 28, 1—— twearengen Jones, Butte, Mont. No doubt’ you could do {t for les than aix Chousand. Montena is regarded aa the don't eat The that sort of stuft In New York. why It costs more to'Live here. 3 MOe ERY BREWSTER, “‘Sust “before Isaving jhla apartments for Miss Drew's home ihe recelved this Tesponse from faraway Montana: Butte, Mont., Oct. 2, 1— Montromer@iire waier, ___ New_York. We are eight thousand feet above the level of ea. I supposo that's why 11 conte Us lom to lie hikh, 8. JONES, “I was beginning to despair, Monty,’ said Misa Drew, reproachfully, when he had come down from the height of his exasperation and remembered that there Were things of more {mportance, The light in his eyes brought the faintest tinge of red to her /cheeks, and where & moment befcre there had been Gnnoyance there was now a feeling of serenity, For a moment the silence Was fraught with purpose. Monty Slanced around the room, uncertain how to begin. It was not so easy as he had Imagined, “You are very, good to see{me,““he said at last. ‘It was absolutely neces- sary for me to talk to you this even- ing; I could not haye endured the sus- Pense any longer. Barbara, I've spent three or four sleepless nights on your account. Will tt spoll your evening it 1 tell_you in plain words what you al- rnady know? It won't bother you, wil: the floundored. ‘What do you mean, Monty?” ahe bogged, purposely dense, and with won- derful contro! af her eyes, 11 By: Elbert ~GFrom “Th agatnat It interests’ of the hor Breased-obute,- by Ic wasn't hired to do actly >~—Ho-works~untit engral proposltion 1 would” say that topsnotchers “and: clgarettlata aie raons, A top-notcher prizes his health more than a good time, so he ~And Harken to Other Advice That Is Terse and Salient. 1X NOT BE W A top-notcher Is works for the Institution of which he is a part, not He-aoex “Not Wear rubber boots and when-he-gets ordera fiom tha boss, He {sa good conduc- tor and through him piays.the policy of the house. The never separates himself from the. concern, swabbing rhe ight hours and wear the face off the clock. hia~deak— looking Jike@-map.-of San Francisco. esvan sate Hubbard. Philistine: ) | = A TOP-NOTCHER? ‘ almply an individual whe best grazing country in the world, but wel: Daily Magaz ine, Wednesday, March 13, 1907. “IT loves you, Babs," he cried. thought you knew about It all along or | YY "T) had sald Ib A wave of exultation sw her, tingling through every nerve th y e resolutta u { ahowld have told you before. That's) quily Vently. with hie emotion. mattered why I haven't slept. The fear that you; a check that almost brought jenomini+ ous murrender. oth of her hands were clasped in his when he exultingly re- eumed the charge against lier heart, but she was capidly regaining control of her emotions and he did not know t he was! losing grcund with mash may not care for me bas driven me nearly to distraction, It couldn't oon any longer. I must know toyday,' There was a gleam in his eyes that made her pose of indifference difficult; ‘ step -he took forward. Barbara Drew the fervor of his half-whispered words | joved Brewster, but she was Kolng to took possession of her. She hud expected| make him pay dearly. fpr the brist composure had; oxperlenced rentimen{ of auth a different character that hla frank confession disarmed her completely. Beneath his ardent, abrupt plea there was assyrance, the confidence of one who fa‘not to be denind, It was] ¢ not what he had said, but the way hel? no next ghe mpoke she was the Miss Drew who had been tralned In lhe wayn of the world, and not tho young girl in love, for you & grea: deal. Monty,” . “but I'm wondering whether « enourh te—te marry you." ain TA New York { i Mo ae Cristo. "We haven't known each other very he sald, Vong, 5 think “It Is like you to tenderly, other well enougi: “putt ¢, the wholé piness should be considered Bnly In the hope that when. 1 come t y u ‘afratd thing,” ahe sald, chidingl: Dan't you be happy for that give mo time ty convince /myaele that u i 1 love you as you would ike. and as I with ‘iinet man TL marry? forgot mynelf," he mid. humbly: ae You forgot me," she protested, ‘Ken- “worth fuorates Baent touched by ft sign of contrition. shed: fear do care for Monty. but don't ot you neo-{t's no me? {before — ‘ou will love love me now. muat love if T expect to be happy wit ne you ask of Jomuat be sure—very sure—befor® Don't be so distreeged.s! te pleaded T know, because vor nH means much to me hit You are th from wave! He had not pleac ne she Trewster walind to the tad at Iecat Do YOU .KNow, DARLING, HIS VOICE 13 MUSICAL EVEN WHEN -HE ISN'T MAMA'S, CRIES! DEAR LITTLE Dumpr) EVER GOING TO” STOP CRYING? NT sont en ire ~ HEARTLESS! THEY, “SAY THAT FAT OLD MAN GEATS HIS wire! AYNT-YOU COMING BAK TOOLD NEW Jo HAMPSHIRE MOLLY, -AINT You coming AQat BACK YOU WONT THE SPRING LOVE ALF. ATR. stand on glass use are his—he is the business, and he nocking on the place or man: agemnort ~~ A top-notcher never says Inwurdly or “outwardly, TT] that nor does he figure td work ex- the work ts done and “does “not leave fine slush after th perhaps all the #luth {a not underfoot, but: ts in our ‘Kearts ax well. If you fallin love this spring let me cau- |-Uon you not tu take the emotion too seriously until it has Weathered the summer Beason and the autumn frosts. sho fires’ of spring are kindled very casily and as a ru are like wood fires, fuming up quickly and with fine display, —but-never-lasting very tong -nor-gtying out the ammo heat or Me sTower Kindred Dut More durabl axe. The, Love that {a kindiéd in a moment often dies as readily, If a’young man whom you have known ail winter with- out being particularly tmpressed, suddehty begins to uxsumoe the proportions or) ‘we Tletion hers ura pagan Kod-be-wise-and-remember-that-the-change-13-not- in; iit the young man but In the temperature. Of course, you may really be in love | {pe with him and he with you. All-Iveay ta, take: time to ind out. 4_with one ‘rood eye on the thermont S season of tnner-melting is at hand; There ia a ‘haa a good time all the time. Bore heads and bellyachers aro fram overeating, lack of oxygen and loss of sleep. Ifyou want to be « top-notcher beware of th > room habit—otherwise destiny has you on the list. K Few. Philistinisms. ‘Time ts an {llusion—to orators, +sieTi-lejust as zaich-fun-to put: $60.in-e weilroad bonds. Scandal connected with a ve man ts shocking, but for a dead one It ts the ‘pe thing that makes good reading in his blography. Love and music are the two most beautiful things in the world, but any man { 7°" who concentrates upon them to the exclusion of all else is a candidate for the | |monkey-hotise, e _Fallure.is ‘a hablt—ask your Denker! Men who are/in the habit of letting thelr notes go to protest do,-and those who]. acquire the habit of being on time are, ‘**S acquire the habit of belng on time and keeping your word—few people know this, FO% pus it la #0, All the world’ i late suppitesthres great tpochs, an (TNhnd GIVING oF ALMS Is THE . The man who geta as much fun out nding it is a financle; ‘@ have thi ; Of consol jess—that is not the soul, Bi @ro hot the soal—why, that is the soul, STORM THE CHAUTAUQUAS, Out of The Mo jen’ work. fenmansttp is tmproving. » Mamme—I¢, you had tw pennies, Local adoney yp erledallaaid No-man.will-Jong be-Jeyal-to-s-woman-who-falle-to-laugh-at hie jokes: a stage, but the parts aro cast haphazard. Love work for {ts own eako’and all things shall be added unto you. BERS ALWAYS REMEMBER THE POOR, We sce shapes before us and have sensations of them—that is not the soul. ughts and images—things tossed by the psyclilc waves of the ocean iy WHEN YOU HAVE FAILED AT MOST EVERYTHING, DO NOT BE DIs- ; couraamp: JUST PREPARE A LECTURE ON ‘BUCCESS' AND BARN- DACHER—Now, Jobany, you may give me|the definition of “axereise." i ‘Johnny—Exerclse ts work whats & fellow likes to do “eosher—Why, (eddie, this execso Goemyt took tke your father Yredule—Well, the next one will Look-miore like It, T-guess, He eaya my usually suffering snow, as the saying goes, and I rou iThe: Newlyweds--Their Baby ar “By George MCMaAtiS_L- EE a WE ALL SKNED THIS! PETITION|AND IF YOU CAN'T STOR THAT 4fant You COELING BACK I_LLIONS.=| Tecan live ed anit ty ardently hag expected foeirad. and. try aa she would. she yild not Danish the touch of Irritation ad come to unt her for the His position was now clear, Besidoa Monty resolved to eden imaeit tn oeing a must win Barbara the eyes of his eritics. Ha wolild slow In een ec hem that hig: brain was not wholly | at the th tat oveninic he nie | given ovar to frivolity, tioneens te of Judilt-/ With ‘this project In mind, he Whero did) vou Ket that pT? asked Ee ae tea encteeene ne stock mar questions aban yal reading and. convinced him that Lind rip? rom Drewstar. ht f felt and romathing } cold crept over How did—w result?" he! common was the one Asted. mite of th wer, 1 he cout nafely plunge! Haven't you jenrd? man 1 apprehension Knookad him nut in’ the ft Swearengen Jones was surpriwed ey Prepared for, what-was to CHAPTER X : The Napoleon of F inance. | ths were buny heavens, Mon! + erled the you're jokingt Lainber ia awa Up now. Tt can't possibly go » fractio) of a pont higher. ‘Take my advice ari don't touch it,” it opened to-day £5 113-4 and closed at Why, mal eK crazy to think about it tor ay nag! my business, Gardner’ sad, Brewate quietly, ‘and? his. conse! ee bint whan. Sr ee —o ification or otha face. oi nA. The rebuke had out Gardner fo uicl oa | tant Interview, w pua.| broker, [ato to her. but co was alwa’ “Hin attitude in changed somehow," she thought to herself, and then she ro- Membered that “a man who wins a girl after an ardent sult ia often Mke ono Who Tuna after-a street car’and then + atte tata to-TreRd=Wld- paler — = In truth, after the first few days Monty seemed to have forgotten his Se AGT know i |competitors, and was resting jn the con-| Ing about At least let, ma ; | Aclounness of hia assured poaltion,, Rach | 4omething’ about thts. stock,” day he sent her flowers and considered lye despite the wounes f into thiy that he had more than done hia duty. He used no small part of hia income on the flowers, but In’ this case hin mission jWas almost forgotten in his love for jo about “dgcldsdly, Dut affectionately, ake iny word for it Laimber pe y hirhes, ‘Thi Eth ” the lumber men in the North and Weat ewe: not due to any ¥ jwantnk or is affection, bu jUnromahtic bus! lengaged. It neemed to him that, “plan {as ho might, he could-not devise freah ways and means to earn $16,000'a day, He was still comfortably ahead tn the | Tce, dut a-tamine tn opportunities was not far remote. Ten bir dinner parties and a string of elaborato after-the-play suppers maintained a fair but insuffi- clent average, and he could see that the time was rpe for radical measures. He could not go on forever with his din- ners. Penple -were-already- beginning -to {refer to the fact that he waa warming {hia-toes-on-the Social Tegister, and He | had-no desire to become the Taughing- ;8tock of the town. The few slighting, reaatle remarks about his business Hity, chiefly by wouwn and therefore Fenlected from men, hurt him. apparently’ harmless n'a open citiciamn encueh how the wind was blowing, It was Peggy's gentle questions that Gut the deepest. There | was waa auch honest concern in her voice yoo how ape is profigacy was troubling her and ray, In thelr eyes, more than nvoihers, he felt ed" and , humil Finally, the vemark of a, bank direc: ove win is turning. in hig. grave over the way be Is going it,” 8 song, Thy Shump in iabte. to, 3 en ‘any day. {ty mind ts made up” said the or Ra you etal cxecnee Ba i “Wall you or wi order Gs me at the opening toinotrowt rm cwith ten eiowane What wi wate ON custeee to margin !t Gaul t thousand, \f ft which would: be be fwelve anda naif a hundred. shotres. try lump Instead | of ai the poe [Hon rhte xan pe cydrlooked, x Sit that There had Rtock exchange: tes la Jealous Lover, Dear Betty: AM a young girl and haye been keeping company with a young man teveral years my senior for a year, He haa been very kind to me and sayn he thinks a great deal of me. they Ssh thougdt just tho rame of him, but Ke; seto-t firet one. other, What-would ‘ail in love | to do? ‘Tell..the young man.you.. Lee poker proclivity and the pool- sovings bank as to. buy. $60,000 worth of ‘There are: men alwaya ready to quit. You do not have to go to college to a two of them you can’t evade if you LAST REFUGE OF A-ROGUE—ROB- of putting $2 in the bank as he does In jut that which tella me that theée things uths of Babes. because it Wille, and I wes If YOU Had a Wife Like ‘This. rae HENRY, PEcn! THE LAZINESS THAT PIEV AUS THS-NOYSE +S. Sankey CISC RACE RELL ealere ee re To LIE IN GEO. ALL HOURS THESE } BRIG neve Se oes ik Poe : lve an BaCDED You wrercH /. I THOUGHT THAT. WAS YOU MAKING THAT AWFuL NOISE, lately I met another-man through a girl friend of mine and like him, oh, #0 ; but No, 1 says it In not fair to him and wants me elther to give the second one up or not have any thin imore todo with him. Now, 1 do not Ja, ae-T-aan--not CAA Mab but like one-as m uch aa ce I alsy PRON Do Yo IT NECESSARY TO KNOCS DOWN, FIND SUDDENLY between them at ie Be seeoent Eines tha! toate’ eau: he must perse- Etigaette of the Bail, Dear Betty: 8 tt proper for a young lady who ts escorted by her fiance to a ball to dance with other-young men: with- out first having obtained permission of her escortt he BC. “The question should “be wettled be- tween the couple amicably, A girl should not ‘ask permission” to do anyy Whigs OW very welsh” of @7iian to wish to- deprive his fiances-‘of «pers | ich 88| fectly Innocent pleasure, but if he ts| ‘n° so selfish and she loves, ahe is apt to eee By P.-G. Long OK iG oo (zy i Za Ye MINK S/DERHTE VILLAIN, PE nye Sworn A ook Wom, /ORKE) AN on HAVEN'T) ENSES TH ‘all materials, The knickerbockers are perhaps preferred for the every-day play suits ang the trousers for the slightly more dressy ones, al- though thefe? can really be no law hig? : laid down, os, atter Liebe, i it ty a; matter of individual prof, erence. One boy looks better in trousers and al knicker- oper In fockers, and ques- Hons potlappearee Boys’ Knickerbockera— Pattern No. 5599, and comfort are the gf only ones to be decided. As illustrated, the knickerbockera are made of dark blue sergq.-and the trousers are made of heayy white laon, but everything that is used for boys’ sults and boys’ separate trousers ls appropriate. ‘The quantity of material required for the medinm size, (eight yeara) {1 11-3 yarda A14 yards 90 or 4-4 yard 53 Inches wide for the knickerbockers; 114 yards 21 yard 3} or 6-S yard 62 Inches wide Yor the trousers. 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