The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1909, Page 9

Asset Is Reputation By yoNt K. GOOD reputation Is a man's best trade-mark, Reputation fs not what a man thinks of himself, but what others thi: him, A man's estimate of himself isn't opt to pass current Most men would put the value far too high. Bome few would put tt too low Generally the estimate is in inverse ratio to the value, An unprefudiced public may be trusted to strike a just level. When !t {x announced that a new molracle-working electric devica has been Invented the world ia skeptical The Evening World Daily Magazine, Saturday, January 9, 1909. OOO GOGO) Man’s Best Bonet LeBaron. of the value Reputation printer'y nk When, after a lapses of fifteen years, it was announced that Verdi had w a new opera the musteal world wai tiptoe of expect you It was not the title of the opera, nor the Shakeapearian theme, nor any star cast that aroused public inter It was V 1 “Rigoletto,” “Trovatore,” “Traviata and “Aida” had established his reputa- tion. “Otello's” reception war cordial, as a natural consequence. Washingion's reputation was nerable multiplies invul- ' (Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Broa.) a PRECEDING CHAPTERS. poat trader at Flambeau, on the Yuk n Indian wife, Alluna, and one Beautiful daughter, Necla The gic! has just Feturned home {rom a mission school. Her ther tells her that the discovery. of gold. 1a einen thousands of fortuna-seekera to the hat t ramant, to avert dis- rte atabli thed @ amail M1 andes by rol eh and her father ai 4 dle eh tn leon Doret. ung, latter's Fren gxpected back goon from a trip to jurrell sauntera up and enters Into c tion with the girl. by Necia, learns with horror that eh pugehee Indi Poleon. from Dawson. Ifo secretly loves N him ass Sis brother) a Bur e lac is “just atter she SYNOPSIS yeha ecusetng CHAPTER III. (Continued) Without Benefit of Clergy. os Ate dooking for your father,” sald Burrell, wondering if this glorious thing could be the lalf-breed girl of yesterday. There was nothing of the Native about her now, for her lithe young figure was drawn up to Its height, and her head, upon which the long, Diack braids were coiled, was tipped back In a haughty poise. She had flung her hands out to grasp the table edge behind her, forgetful of her shawl, which drooped trait ly and showed such rounded lines as her ordinary drese fearce hinted at. This was no Indian maid, the soldier vowed; no blood but the purest could pulse in such veins, no Cpirit save the highest could flash in @eeb eyes as these, A jealous rancor Burrell, who {s attracted | ina Mrs. Brown Potter Says She Left Here Broken-Hearted and That She Comes Back a Stranger in Her Own Country | 0 appeared many Umes By Charles Darnton. | SN THE WIDOW of Masculine Lies and Feminine Fibs— Lovely Works of the Imagination, at the Sun- EEO League performances, given tn a , avarv Ocha apent ' town’ have all been overworked until f wie) BROODING silence that Alanon talthe cry (ot) he) peppte (hat) By Helen Racin THOe! OR LEREANOTTE UT aR ea Tea | t had no place to go o! {rons 3 f ' had settled over the fire-! of ’ Beant i ay WISH," sighed the Widow, gla: sympathetically, ‘lt must be an awful ‘y lt head of Mrs. Brown: Mra. Pe eyanmalmcstvoutanonell ie thoughtfully after a young | strain on the masculine imagination ‘| > ravi brelanica ltt harunalewesalewenievawo? meee nian to whorn she had just! to have to Invent so many dally falry ud Bojer vagy proken ont maT Pa teaninin EROS bowed, as she|tales full of adventure" 4 the words: ie eae strotled down Fitth | “And Incident" sighed the bachelor, | “After twelve years I haya come Blood in Ker Veins, avenue benide the] “And local colori j ‘ Bachelor, “that), “And noble sentiment,” finished the Sty 7 ry a stranger “Doha SReareda nl 4 Te A EU Leheyedbrlentrediuloodicnntawater, men wouldn't ie | Rachelon “It Is, And the fact that he H Feople have asked me why I chose Beh VCE tT) the way thoy do.''| keeps It up Is a sign of true love and ; per thing to them it means quite as much to go to England. The answer 8) simple enough: [ was given no choice in the matter. My own people did not want me, I was driven away —I was written off the American stage. They kicked me out.” to me, It ts a mistake, think that nothing sertou given in a vaudeville then London halls even traged stood, for the reason tint the poor are tragedies tn ‘irked him at the thought of this beauty intended for the Frenchman's eves, “Can't you show yourself to me as Well as to Poleon?”’ he said “Certainly not!’ she declared. "He bought this dress for me and I put {t on to please him.’ Now she was herself again, for a note In the Lieutenant's voice gave her dominance over him, he aces it I will take ft off, “Don't—don't take {fr off—ever," sald Burrell. “t though: before, becatise of your quaintness and simplicity, but now’ his chest swelled “why, this {sa breath from home, | you were beautiful You're like my sister and the girls back | in Kentucky, only more wonderful.” “Am I?" qhe crled, eagerly. “Am 1 like other girls? Do I really look as {f I'd always worn clothes like these?” i} “Born to them,” sald he. A amile broke over her grave face, assuming a hundred different shades of Pleasure and making a child of her on the Instant; all her reserve and hauteur vanished, Her warmth and un- affected frankness suffused him, as she stood out, turning to show the beau- tles of her gown, her brown hands uttering tremulously as she talked “L's my first party dress, vou know and I'm as proud of it as Molly i of her rubber boots, It's too big tn here and too small right there; that girl must have had a bad chest; but other wise it fits me as if it had heen made for me, doesnt It? And the shoes! Aren't they the dearest thinga? See’ me, Lee, ‘hat’s why T hate to take it c cheer a poem that means some. eet eile ebeefinefleefleefteefeefteeeteteleefeeeetnieteleetteee inleleininoleleivinieleleteinioi=ieleleleteiotelajeleieieleleleininiolalafeleinjelnielattelelatataleiet “Do they? ald vtlon In any man!" quired the Bach-| I beg your pardon?” elor in shocked as. | started. tonlshment, follow- | Ing the Widow's | glance, = “That| was Robby Por- | The Wid 1 believe, to 1e Widow 8 should be tre. In the y is under- the lives of themselves , + ; re A bit ile in memory of the I go on the principle that life ts made telomp yee Ie At tw stated that Iilison Is the in| When a President was wanted for the) A bitter smile in memory of | upvot tears and laughter, and that by |\HELENREWCANEIT, he added, lien 1 yentor, skepticism is changed td faith, |R€W Tepublic there was no question dead past buried ftself tn the color- ar VineNacnilthiGe GER DALIT cen SeTSIGN ieibeantl } In the reputation of the Wizard of &% to the man. an ita 2088 face. The smile might have been Leneunimansaldaneclan aunlenteie nit "DO they? {interrupted the Widow, | { Menlo the public puts ite trust, Ope wen Ie vmnent the py ie pute Its '\tra, Campbell's, the courage Hern- should tot think of reciting **Oatier [#2MCully, Ignoring the last question. | George Bernard Shaw says he has trust is the man who points the way to) Soe? for example, at this house. ‘Chere /"It lant the faet thee they DO, but the written and can write better plays than reat events Pied e fs nothing in that any more. America | WAY ane do it that 19 so harrowing.’*| ; Bhakespeare's. Reputation {s worth more than riches. They hurt me,” she added sim-) {s too Intelligent for that sort of thing. | “How did he-how do they do 1t? But Shaw's opinion and Shaw's repu- Wealth in the hands of one who !sipiy “| had come from the Sonth,! @ Next week I shall givo Oscar Wilde's [asked ts Bachelor, with real concern tation are a long ways apart. dlseraotied Lecomes & Cures: filled with enthusiasm and treasu. H| "The Fatry Prince,’ and ot explained the Widow, plain-| The verdict 1s still in favor of the poet | “I have loat my reputation! and what |) st oe may pinthood, impos: |that appeal to the Imagination always add so many un of Stratford |remains is besttal,” crles Cassto, & S ba Ane! ras i eel as the heart. Tam sorry that I must [necessary fritts, They start out to tell | | N. P, Willis, who {e scarcely remem-| He who ts without reputation Is ttke a ‘sible Ideals, perhaps, yet I belleved iu $e go back at the end of eight weeks, for ja simple, Little white Mb and end by Dered Uy a succeeding generation, con- ;Tudderless ship without @ aall, them, These romantic {deals I at- 80 I realize that I must create my own |tnventing a highly colored ‘Arablan sidered himself the greatest American, A tree of a century's growth can be n oO ess on the stage,! Q public, and tt ts impossible to do this |Nights’ tale of adventure, They begin 6 Malled {hi tR Hone: tempted to expr gi 8 ; Heir | ; “7 felled tn ; eae al) Y in go short a time divided « & | with w tiny prevarication and finish with nthe was Willis’s estimate So with reputation! Dimeutt to attain, (Nothing more, What es pe era bint number of theatres." ay of art that would make Baron | Bryant, Longfellow and Holmes sat! Bricelees to possess, it must be jealously | They pais A iH ia ye 2 A - , “Will you Ko back to the halls?” £! yin en tremble for hls reputation,’ | themselves upon no pedestal, but thelr | Svarded: ' tation and other things of whic asked, | “How foolish!” exeialmed the Bache- | | Teputations were and are secure. eres Nee reat a Was not guilty, They trampled on y may CH ona four that Will take mo | smiptiously ome a plato, it | - z yrok jto France, R and othe le-I tnean a plain, unyarnished | ant rest upon the estimate of the |reputation based on earller and better me, stamped on me. They broke my pers amie Landaa iit a 4 Mente pla au nish | : work, heart. And so I picked up the poor lig tovorganiaova compan’ Rar : 5 all We can bulld, but we cannot dicta “ i \ ning to organ ap that's never what you~or any & reputation bee tate) Hard carne’ sopueerions Beye sold 'B- ‘tittle pieces and carried them to Eng- plan Is carrled out wo shall give ‘Lads Pity the | The bachelor dropped his cane. i numerable square fest of bedaured can- levy a ne ‘Camille! a A prominent Western advertiser was | vay land. I had to earn my living. I Wao ere Bo vane fn oth edly, | Welt,” retorted the bachelor, “no 4 "i ' ys. Before coming here [ imade ¢ AdREn ade i once asked what he considered the most} such petrayals are always extrava- had to go somewhere. They didn't eetae ai Bhelahi peeled Gielcaay | ; 1 the Bachelor, "no! man is going to take all that trouble ential element in advertising, His) gantiy expansive. want me here. WoWtt eb aie i ie i a ‘ ae ai al man would a ! for a woman he doesn't love and whose reply was, “Reputatios ‘A page ad- | The public is hard to win, but easy eH at Sapte aa a is [pret good opinion he doesn’t prize. It's not vertisement,” said he, “Is of little value | to jose Mrs, Potter's slender hands took SA ee A ec will atrain at/a gndl-l enti. no lagen inteveat In hae THREAT anless the man making the announce: | Deception {sa double-edged dagser. wings, and after fluttering within | De her rec idl aanlt cing CIR 7 Like fb and swattow a camel of false | stops inventing excuses and falry tales ment has @ reputation to back {t up.” | bevracried togtend) an asset} och of her burning hair sank eean They, sae : Met j hood, Sho likes wreaths around @x-/ ang trying to whitewash himself, It's It tm't so much what a merchant | *> on {t should be the/down again upon the arms of her| uel at paca cuses and ruffles on a joke and pink not until he ce: care what she ay galn t 8 with an accent, Irislimen have sub ricy decorations on ev. | Satie , offers as the fact that HE offers 7 es Portas | F | a SE een y [thinks that he to tell her the pants oe ROR: —-———.. |chair !n her dressing room at the mitted new Ines to Mr, Maughan, and) vwvening, from a manta lovemaking tol prutal truth” Lincoln Square Theatre, where she !s aD) sone otathen liste , 1 aut aft s desk, Sho tates a plain, unvar-! sang sot," alghed the Widow, ‘a woe ‘giving vaudevilla {ts first poe » eS lwn, Tara etieiteat ie 1 tie man will He to anybody else on earth p ’ p “turn. L [Span Rees yeeros res Rawat Joh ag A man hates the plat. | sooner than to the man she loves!” etty incent S vice turn. 2 [feral how shalt wo pay our desl nvarntaed tru Unerrupted” the onan nen cen I ae Pr fe now repites: ‘On the Kathleer dew Garena cloaili? oe h nel eserving the Language Y 2 |“ will He ty the woman he loves sooner * yourneen plan—tt my ‘i tha oa oe £0 t B u on Courtship and Marria ge | phe frst thing T had to learn In Eng- [it may be forever.’ This Is only one of Hae daiaee el io eet Ree Nand was Fnglish” she said 1 was |tha changes that have resulted He caaence , awrroned told that I did not speak pure . |suggestions sent to the author by w! Gey Witere UC hem cect etl And so for the first year of two I sinved |Irishmen, When I went into the prov U 1 Aiea , ; ; ) , 5 ea ° : shrugged her shoulders Inserutably When Walking With a Man, ,°ver,!t Can you advise me bow T ovgr my English Hven fn tho mush ROWN ¢ — |inces 1 took the hint and played Lady “Was tt-Jack Van Tassel?" persisted racy could gain her love? Could tt be any-!iane ie one is giving what ts called al Frederick without an accent, [am not Helnerdalertned ( oily! thing {nu my action that has displeased , = Teter Rear het milrdaenenitieatshack hetor determinedls 8 it proper for a young lady to takefow ue om gnithe une P ‘classic number,’ every word ni " [sera hat Tshall'do when Tiget ba | irse not," returned the Widow, . ( her? She has always treated me as ff ot oneq They tell you that th i} to London, There, you know, we wo i Ti i & young man’s arm while out walk- 1g watcher y ry | Sry ck's a nice boy, Mr. Travers she loved me. MEER Hrevanguage reservadi (oevite masse, | from August to Christmas, then. sloy ing, or 1s tt proper for the young 4 > Ml he language Pp t "Ey : | Ir Bertie Hemingway y You must walt patiently and per- a1) a nocms must be spoken ine cer-| up and do a bit tn the spring. I don't ace . ne man to take the young lady's arm? J. a there eine d poems m' 7 = és + ‘Certainly not, but ,[ paps the young lady will in time re. hl 0 BOOM inh think [ shall go back to the halis. But I cara (Wal ety adn eb A young lady takes @ young man's] garq your sult more favorably, You an Letheer teal rnotaNit hain aman Chregrermantiounroeltientnienl | a tb a h er + @rm when out walking In the evening mu L$he by: bide! u ‘ 3 : |clared the Bachelor with convictlon Probably have spoken too soon ANd) a rietican they tame to me because I {have given to them, for they are the “It was NOT!’ retorted the Widow At other times tt {8 customary for the} he has been forced to refuse you ba- |S : eNO reel Vareatent mastareals navenever etudieg Xo’ he ti ad the note to uplift the British pub- | | indignantly, “It was Bobby Porter who man and girl to walk without taking|cause as yet she feels only a friendly Hisense tiave chad tom bencareeuliil | with. They have taught me to be care- nese waty CHL CHD a eels the arm. If the street Is slippery or the | Interest in you, Continue your alten-| 4s. to be true, A false note, a 8 \ ful, to be true.” Wieenienal Andecasniea : told me the . Young man wishes to help a young Iady'| tions, play the part of kind friend, OF Sweceation, and th DENTE \ And Mrs. Potter's algh of mall HA ena Andee ho told mi 1 stially i f e pas as Bal aan bi eme come straight tr tal over a puddie or obstacle, he usually |and later, when you belleve hor affece f° AuCc unm aml luay Atel At seemed to come straight li-Grsampniit: exolatmedi: these HAehatge takes her arm. tion has passed the friendly stage, thing else. Then it's like a sum = | with tN YE UTE t COS MEACLIE (EIA athematics—the answer can't come) WH armaiee | "He didn’t tell, Mr. Travers," dec nly a Friend, me Tabara tative ieatts \ H Hi t [the Widow, turning on the Bachelor ack wrong, Its eye-to-eye, heart: }the Wide son the Bacheld Dbarlwatt ee - Parental Consent. heart work. I am sorry that T am/|What hard and defant took. I miss they She leaned core and Hiored real ome in Ss Me AIMeGaLitietrcetl a varie VE been in love with a young | vege petty; lhere for so short a time, for in |Tomance I had expected to find In thelr | ‘ewe! hanging from a slender chain ck) “He only happened to he I lady for more than six months. I HAVE been going with a young lady /this sort of work you must have {aces-lt Jerness {about her nei | aur busy Housewives, told her recently how dearly 1 for a year and a half and I have ‘ . uri {ng to me from their eyes - ; ; t time to reach the heart of your 9 - loved her and asked her to marry me gained her consent to marriage. audience, My first experience in the! ‘They ara not the sam omen you Appealing to the Masses. Sho aatd ahe loved me very much as &/ Should I, even though we do not expect rough SheMeld districts was rather dis. | SAW When you It 1s a heart capped with a crown, Potato Soup. That was Bobby Porter! he was ill and CATER EEOC) eouldn aunt ee to get married {n the near future, @3K | couraging, but when Mr. Oswald Stoll) “Do you know how many years ft has’ you see, I feel that It ts a good thing! qm ARE and cut {nto dice three po ne SSA UP WITH HIM any other way, 1 am heartbroken /her parents’ consent now? jsent me back for a second tour of the been since [ lived In New Yor! to appeal to the hearts of people. ta P tors, cover with water, add al What?" The Rachelor dropped his} all night long,” replied the Widow. FLUSHING. | provinces I found friends awaiting re teen,” s swered, with ar appeal {n ttsetf is a great civilizer, for plece of butter and a little onlon| cane | sweetly ae oo) | It ts customary for a young man to! everywhere, ‘A little poetry is good f rjtive smile. “A great many anything that touches the heart broad-/1¢ Itked, and boil until done, Then ada! ‘He wants ft sugar-coated an 2 5 = Talcum Powder Cases. ||°** oe pares eens Hits AU them,’ declared Mr, Stoll, ‘and what's have taken place in, that time ens tho brain. Once understood, postry ja quart of sweet milk, While thie) ani! half-velled and de ay fe ee Wise (beatiho Han cine atl tp hough more I am going to give them the blg I have changed, But I am nota? does this, In England they have been! heats make a dough rubbing one tlt the palate of his vanity | Hint for Papering. make. nice prises of bicthday | eee ent intend to marry Immediately, | sreeches trom Shakespeare before fam | Yorker, you know, Iam a child of the whacking away at this sort of thing in| tablespoontul of Jar’ Into a amalt oup| the Widow, “and he can on NOW ITS Ne panerlng anv cool IL eHOUIA be Dtterings for the schoo! triond {| cia cost £0 tell the girl's parents about |tnrough with them.’ Poems may be In|aun. Perhaps one !s more to the halls for several years, My flrat ex-|of flour with a half teaspoonful of halt Ke IP [| remembered that light Is the frst Ste bones ef violet acented talevmn |] ee item emement and ask thelr consent harp contrast to acrobats and boomer- | dreams in the Sout nice, of perience in the work was when the|baking powder In tt; add mi Hoon etal abersta NR veonaiderationianisthatithes papa cuca clin arian et ang-throwers, but I feel aure the change | course, to make a lot of money, and 1/C. 1. V's came Back from the war {n/a stiff dough, roll thin, cut ! bhai Hashe Pure peaia | I Mic berchoeenl mccordlng| a iy must be appreciated anywhere tn time.) want to make @ lot if T can, but f want South Africa, Thelr return was cele-|or small squares, drop Inn Pee st Mennrarnntte lit feehulcalehen exiets coms are auto timoty mais || She Borrows Her Beaa, iit Sirty'e quation of ihe beast |to be Neory atthe same ine. 1 ont (brated atthe Mya and I ested °Pho| comet tu tot enver and ot!ien| Her te In allopathic does 1 fe anwar|] Tate wile he bat choice when CREDIT RRA ETE ribo cua | {Dear Bests It wan oniy natural to as whe want to have my hei rt. After ail, |Charge of the Light Brigade.’ ‘Tho| minutes, season with pepper, salt and)'0 Make her Delleve that the reason |p es or cent, of Rane ere aE ae aed cgebone UTD HAVE a girl friend who comes regu- | Mrs, Pott found New Yors nard-|T have only one life to live; I can eat London hulls serve a distinct educa ya litte fi ipped|| parsleysscon (Ue comssties nero eunane Tide ante Three mubORnt aa DARE aR AEE. bh Na aA Glee ce larly to my home, She ts counted | hearted jonly so many meals a day and ' can tional purpose, as well as entertaining | thyme. He ee re dora carsaanel| (ARC GA GIO) Glace LETE IF det may elther overcast together on \ eee ‘ \: office burned down or you 5 leo rT quite good-looking. It seems to be) sleep on only one bed. Happiness, thera- the public, Six, years ago, when thr . : s bea sreatest consumer of absorb- the wrong side or the edges ean he |!her delight to take all my men friends | Money vs. Beart, fore, in dearer to me than money. My |terift was a burning question, 1 waa; sWeet Potato Muffins, OH his a Aa (yaaa TT bound with a narrow gold galtoon. [)away from me. She does not seem to| “America, of course, 1s a young coun-| real happ is in my work. So far engaged to recite the "Tarif? Poem,’ tho WO-THIRDS of a cup of frean| tending tho kitted anc Poa Next to white as a light-producer The cretonne case reaches to the |Thave any steady: feliows, Do you think | try," she replied, “and the shepherds of fas the world of art 1s concerned, 1 am {managers paying me so much and th mashes! Weel potatoes) two erae ce ee ae eat are the soft pastel tints and upper edge of the powder can. where |) should continue friends with thie|the country—the powerful financiers and |g factor in {t to-day. In England they |'Tariff Committee so much, ‘They want: yell Wea enmittireeitablesnoons of hata uence malloc nmuei aera reer rehire ene b FFT the holes are, and to it ts attached |] gins ANNIE, Influential politiclane—haven't had t!me,| call my work ‘the art of stillness.’ In ed to take the pulse of the masses, T hen addione\aip | vans eee tenet ite, ria cua Wenmecral mere cree! RacilentTitiat @ top that comes down an inch or || Your girl friend is showing @ very perhaps, to cultivate hearts. The coun- | Africa and Australia Tam known as an | went from the Tivoll to the Paragon tn nur, one teaspoon | DUNES mec ie seri $ HUN Weangecat leo BRED cahLr ABB More at the sides and is bound In |/pecullar form of friendship for you,|try has grown very rich, and lt seems! American, though tn my own country /the Whitechapel district, and by the |f salt, three heap ng teaspoons of bake | STAN ABA HEA GeHAN RCT IO Tue nition eraviarcenalalmmacminencenteand fold wallcon, Those tors may be ene |/and she seems to be merely using you. to mo that the wealth given the women |T may be considered a strangor. In lend of tho week the entertainments ua-|Inx powder, one tablespoon of melted wy yit MMAnt De a fancy." put in the J era popular brown {s almost as bad firely separate from the bottom or }|I advise you to give her up. If she jhas left them with a cold, stony express- | Scotland there is always a welcome for simed the form of Chamberlain mags-| butter, Beat well and bake {n buttered MRaHibadeeekiaaanloaaathel ma teeanneie ag dark green, as it up about they can be fastened to the case at| {eared for your friendship she would ion, Perhaps I ain wrone, but the women jme, T have mada rent friends there. | meetings. The enthuslasm was tre tins about twenty minutes In moderate afer sho tas heard them a few lnn- [f to 70 per cent. of the Meht It the back. not pay attention to your men frienda I sea in the street cars. in the hotels and See, this was given | mendous, and the attitude of the masses oven, Ralsins and chopped nuts may qr tthe club, sh throw out but would preter you to them, elsewhere, strike me having a some-! boys of a music hall s determined beyond doubt bo added {f dest out of) petal pee eae : ne es : = ee = ein ‘ nbeleieinininininintelatoinininleloteleinteloininitinirleleininieileleteieivinieleleielelnleleieteleiricieleielelelefelelele-leleleieielehtetelalefel=tet oleleiniet wiclelnlnletetelofeloletelofeteinicintaletelalelaloleleinleiniateiniel en t ep h e B a a r i e | A Delightful Romance of Gold Hunting in the Klondike. | By Re Be ch, ep & | | The Love of a Kentucky Soldier for a Daughter of the Frozen Wilderness. Author of “The Spoilers.” nlelebelsieinieleleieinibieieteteteteieleteletete She held uh skirts back, slowing her “It's too vague and tantaliz e had not mat before, a ragged nonde- | know.” Poleon, the Lieutenant took up his busi- s studying a pattera ‘two font side by side, os what tt is, except that T should seript white overalls were blue and “If you have, don't tell me not ss with the trader, It con d didnot obs slim and shapely in thelr sil Merridy.” faded and part yon the about It," hastily observed Lee. I t e of certain supplies th nt late i “They won't shed water,” he sald, 2 W t froi the legs above the knees, where a God-fearin' citizen myself, leanin d n the military outfit, hesitati ngly “T know; and look at the heels, I} “Ill show you. See." She slipped a shandle wears hardest; whose ¢ towards peace and quietudes, but and this was conclud re-, “Is this your fir couldn't walk a mile to save my life.” hand Inside the shaw! « c was of yellow mackinaw, the what's past {s dead and gone, and L ed to the encounter of Galen” W ther did not answer “And they will come off if they get her breast a thin gold el sleeves worn below the elbows, hate to alt cl e that blue. t a to 4 he looked up and quickly added wet was strung a band ring. r st his legs and-yveller party try to reezureck It." : t mann “I beg your pardon, str, What led me “But they make me very tall.” mother's—that's where I got the fa fe moldier entered the tre coy oy r ote ke with yout? ASK Was Miss Necia—she |¢ so—well-w “They don't wear as well as mocea- fF the name of Merridy, I suppose.” turned on a small, shre price Bot tie Ameren! SOnDACl Hel tayenee Vith vou! /#ha is auch @ remarkable gi sing.” Both laughed delightedty till he, “May T look : er-beacen face with one eye, while | iM Fetes eal Hac ee Gale's face had undergone a chan broke ini, impulsively “Of course. But T dar tof} Fe Aaln a nundee Chany Usels ‘cpmay (Dut he answered, quiet!s “Oh, girl, don't you know how | T haven't had it nee Twas ted over, ° Lb Cad t Peete riteae aeepecy eee: [ieLialnte never been married.” 4 ful you are? A baby.” She he him to wasn't a0 Be : UA era eer A ‘Of course I do!” she cried, imitating @%amIne, and, although tt brought his ra theres (eh tei Penance Hf ‘ i Whe E tats } re wa Oo trae jose by." . aoe 3 Coiled tyle, and neithe his change of voice; then added, naively, Helens ples eae You say the word, Je alm to keep *0 y much about it sin TR ANAT R ORC vp peIA DAW toler? Im to roi} t@ko some feller along to help p skin’ for nobody | sony gen"? ox lke that?” he questioned. “Where did but had no realization of what tt meant, Tercera rae te unary poet 2 Tech) at BHD you get that—well—that air?” for he glimpsed the milk-white flesh ne so. Who's the dressmaker?" Penh aa would Ike the job if yo the first time I “It seems to me I've always known. | Almost at his lips and felt her breath ked his busy head toward Bur- #!ve the wink There's nothing strange about it. ‘The stirring his hatr, while the delicate ho t nt door “"Pshaw! I'm Just supposl sald i ae ‘puttona and the hooks and the eyes are scent of her person seemed to loose with Pole yellow the trader. “As long as pla WO CEO ARE EASY SEEN) all where they belong. It’s tnstinet, I every strong emotion in him. She was grains In a folded paper. around and drill and toot tnitt horn, °"? r suppose, from father's side’ so dainty and yet so virlle, so Innocent "He's the boss soldier." und don't both ybody, [ allow, “Yes certain old-timers, The officers! rhe other was bad enough. Poor “Probably. I dare say IT should under-|and yet so wise, so cold and yet so ‘Purty, ain't he they're not in the way At every pos descriptions of afew ytte girl! Poor girl! stand the mechanism of a dress sult, | pulsating ‘It you ain't good he'll wet you," eald 4 signe! It's up to you, However, | Sichy and If they show up we will take Gala Ilkewise lef even If I'd never neon one,” said the) “It Is very pretty," he satd, Inanely. Gale, a trifle cynically, at whieh 14 1b yacen to leap down on this nand hold them tll courts aré | tnto his house, the odd nan, amused, yet {mpressed by her ar At the look in his eyes as he raised chuckled, atrenen batoran ltr ancanine Gor eyes, to find Necia pos gument. |e head her own widened "I reckon there's several of us tn 1 regalia for Po “Tye always had visions of women! withdrew from } camp that ain't been a whole lot too a i eriptic of her t | dressed In this kind of clothing, white missing him with a good,” said ha “Hos he tried to «it the trader, pected tn qwomen—never natives—not dressed lke! “I wish you would send Poleon here a at | o Thank up the lst and | comman this exactly, but in dainty It's time he was present able to. What woul! * see eh ea UL Malan As You must | things off. H not at all like the ones T As Burrell walked ¢ nto the al | Suppose, for In EAC he u harsh and at 1 an v4 to have a memory, although shut bis jaws grin and vent after or me? aps, W EAL R IR At ten years, mood he had ev ore; nor that, elther—it'e more like a dream—as| "Hold tignt, young man. he one-eyed man st h deristy to place betw: 8 shoulde and n Miss Necla was born out in tho! Wouig he explain aoc ening um {¢ I were somebody else. Father says it} your kind—she’s not your kind. ‘It ain't wuth considerin’ slouched out past Doret, to whom he but strode out agi le hes la is from reading too mucle® Inside the store he found Doret and, “Why not?” Insisted Gale, guardedly, | nodded, tgnoring the ‘dressmaker.’ Je shot a startled glance at the s0l-! tears and the. Frenchman we é “A memory of whasg? rT trader in eameeraation with « Pred ft "Maybe I've got # record—you don't| Having given Necia’s message to|dier before he answered in the agirma- | Continued)