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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912. r THE QUEST OF GENTLE HAZARD Being the Adventures in Love and Chivalry gf Lord Richard Jocelyn $ f By H. M. EGBERT $ $ m I 1 a little." Jocelyn confessed. "Poor fellow, I am so sorry for Whl Only a short half hour ago he asked me to become his wife. He has been desperately in love with mo for months." "And you refused fcim?" "Of course. Didn't I love you?" What answer was returned if there was any is not recorded. But when, half an hour later, Jocelyn con ducted Miss Jerrold back to the draw- nounced the builer at the door. Mrs. Jerrold placed her hand upon Lord Jocelyn's sleeve and fce led her down the stairs.- Half way down he heard May's voice vhi.-ner behind him. He thcr's lost every penny in the Norta westetn bank?" "It's true, then?" cried Doano. "Every penny, and he's got to go to work again and mak'e another fortune. turned, to see his fiancee following . Harry, we're living cn borrowed money upon the arm of Frince von Mitfohlen. ' now. And I've eot to have somebody who met his gaze with an insolent, supercilious stare. Lord Jocelyn chuckled to himself; he could not And It Sp his heart to harbor resentful feelings toward this young man who was to receive so staggering a blow . . . who can support me as I've been ac customed to. Harry, I must marry -Tnpiilvti ThorA tcn't anv wt. v nut " "And afterward?" said Doane husk- q ny. 1 g May Jerrold looked up at him and, b o COCCOCCCXXXXOCCOOOCX)OOCOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOa 8 8 8 o o o o o Detroit Jewel Gas Stoves 5 A FRUSTRATED ALLIANCE n'opyrifht. Ly W. U. Chapmanj I ; satisfaction and the slightly patroniz ing tones in which, he addressed the Englishman. When at length the gentlemen en tered the drawing room Mrs. Jerrold, beckoning Lord Jocelyn into a corner, approached the bubject in hand in the raoit direct 'way possible. "I understand, Lcrd Jocelyn," she began, "that a mutual attraction has sprung up between yourself and May." ! Lord Jocelyn was too confused to In the bedroom cf his ai artmcnt on Madison avtnue. New York, Lord Richard Joselyn was struggling Into bis dress clothes, and his face wore an expression of as much dissatisfac tion as he ever permitted to appear; find a suitable answer, but evidently there. When he hail brushed his hair Mrs. Jerrold expected none. and settled his hire tie he took up a j "Ve were so entranced It your letter from his father, the cause of j dear father," she continued effusively. a peerless gentleman, And before we left he ing rocm. his heart beat loud in tri umph ana Eis neaa sau u , ro uua ceriiimy ima ; tnougn sho did nol speak, lnere was happiness. But he said nothing to . her plans wuli ingenuity. j a world of mca!1ins in hPr eyes. for Mrs. Jerrold. tnougn ne saw ner e ; uui aner dinner be was disillusion- j rjoane laughed and, beading down, 1 j bent upon his own inquiringly. For, j ed, for the party resolved itself into , tisse(j ner- : q ; before they left the conservatory, aiay ; a series or bnd?e games, in which . had said: , ; both May and tb? prince participated. "Richard, one favor I beg of you. j And this diversion lasted during tha Let us keep it secret until next : entire evening, so that, when at last month. I have my reasons. Do you the guests arose to go, Jocelyn was : want to know or will you trust me?" j chafing with rase. The destined in "I trust you till the end of time" terview between his fianceo and the he answered, raising her hand to his i prince had not occurred, nor had he V-J -V . i.i, -c.,,. J,,,. ; "r9. I ?BU fcpea MuU u.-, fear ttat j have made a t mistake I J5 "Then I shall tell you. Richard," , ing the entire evening. j j &Q not know fcow x can ever fcr. q answered his fiancee. "It's because j And he must speak with her. The , glye myself for having forcea this lady " of Prince von Mitfohlen. Poor fellow, ; thought of departing without any fur- : , .nmpl,t hPn nil hr lnrii- 6 I want to break the news first to him, ' ther understanding was intolerable to j Eatlons were 6Q ciearly 8et elsewhere, i o cim. as we guests movea, laugmus tt gnvtMn m t"- , 3 Then Lord Jocelyn 6tcpped out of the suit of armor. His face was ghastly white and there were deep furrows under his eyes, but he carried himself with a composure of his cnte. May Jerrold started back and with a low cry collapsed into Doane's arms. "I'm sorry," said Jocelyn simply. "I are the best, safest and do not cost any more than others. Prices from $2.50 to 125 Plain or enameled and with porcelain . or glass oven doors. Come in and look over the finest line you ever saw. and gently. He will be inconsolable. I fear that he may commit some rash and irreparable act." his distress, and re read It slowly. "My djar Richard." wrote the fourth viscount from his home at Stockton, England, "you have tow been six months In America and have not fuc ceeded in your quest of a bride who shall restore the much depleted fam ily income to its pristine size before we had radical ministries in power "He la such Lord Richard. begged that we New York and take you to our hearts. Yes, those were his very words." The lady was looking at him with an expression of the utmost and most complacent benevolence. "And I may tell you. In confidence, : and chatting, toward the door, a dar- ; ! ing plan flashed through his mind. ; The back door of the conservatory Jocelyn was home again. He was j opened upon the court-yard In the seated in his dressing gown, puffing i rear of the house, through wbich he and doles for the laboring clarses at I Lord Richard," she went on, "that the expense of the landed gentry. Nor j ay had more than friendly feelings . have you cisplayed any evidence that ' for you. But 6he is shy, poor girl, and you are likely 'o succeed in such an! not quick :t expressing herself. Take attempt in the near future. And a mother's word, Lord Richard; go meanwhile the sands of my patience and find her and discover for yourself are running out. and, what will dis- j v.hat sentiments she entertains. I be concert you more, I fe:.r, the allow- ; liove." she ended, glancing around ! ar.ee that I am making you must her, "that you will find her in the would find you in UP clouds cf 6moke out ot hls favorIte meerscnaum, OUI Bis sueer uayyiur:sa overwhelmed him. At last he could endure the secret no longer, and rang his bell. "Talbot," he said, when his middle aged servitor entered, "I am engaged to be married." "Yes. sir," answered Talbot re spectfully. "Confound you, Talbot, why don't you congratulate me?" "Which I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart," Talbot replied, laying couia nna ms way to a siue I I hope you bear no malice." ana emerge upon inu sired. u v ; emerge upon J should he not conceal himself some- ' ; where till all the guests were gone, ' ! waylay his fiancee and snatch a hasty ) parfing. then leaving her in the meth ' od Indicated so as not to alarm the ! house? And what so good a hiding j place as within one of the suits of armor at the conservatory entrance? 1 Jocelyn lived by impulse, and no i sooner had the idea come to him than ! he proceeded to adopt it. Bidding farewell to Mrs. Jerrold in the draw- Have you anything to say to me, Blr? Henry Doane's face wrinkled with ' CS mirth. i "You're a good 6port, Jocelyn," he ' O said. " 'All's fair in love and war," : you've heard that said before, I fancy? O Aei, Mvers & Company THE E-XCXISIYK STOVE STOKE. OO3CO0OOCX3CX5OOOOOCOO0O0O00 OOOOOOOOOOOOCKXOOCCCOOOOOOZj hortly como to an end conservatory. "I have, therefore, Richard, picked I Lord Jocelyn rose obediently. As out a brlr! for you. She Is Miss May j be left the room he felt his face grow Jerrold, the daugh'er of the Pittsburg i rod with shame at the ingenuousness millionaire, who owns a magnificent I of the trap that bad been set for him. fcousu iu Fifth avenue. New York. The I At the bottom of the flight he heard family have recently been visiting . whispers coming from among the Eugland. where I met them. I have I palms in the conservatory, and pass rntered into a tentative contract with ing between the two armored figures. the mother, and you will do your best to bring 8l''.ut an engagement cow tht they hri-ve returned to America. You v ill b v arnily welcomed, and there Is little doubt that, if you are not lost to all ber.se of duty, Double wlth Manor will see a new bride next year." Upon the table lay a 6orond mis sive, on engraved card, announcing that Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold requested the pleasure of Lord Jocelyn's com pany to dinner that evening. Lord Jocelyn had paid one visit to I the Jerrold's and it had not pleasant ly linpreshed th young Kngltshinan. He bad found M.iy Jerrold a plain featured, ratber v. orldly girl, and the father a nonentity, soclul'y speaking, ruled by the mother, a pompous pe.r Borifcfe. who, in language hardly veil ed, had Mitwsu-d thut in exchange of the title fur tb Jerrold wealth mould Le in the best Interests of both fanillleB. As to the wealth, there was no doubt of Its existence. Though he had recently been implicated in some rather seculative transactions in Wall street, Jerro'.d pere vas reputed by connervatlve Judges to worth fifty millions. "I suppose that there's no help for It," Lord Jocelyn sighed. "I've got to get sp'.ieed. Tonight I Fhall warm 1 ence fuseinauiig end repellent, up to the Jerrold girl, and soon, after "Your mother saJd that you would a decent interval two weeks, say I j bo here," he stammered. "I don't tbull auk her to be my brltie." know how to begin to talk to you, He struggled into bis overcoat and ' Miss Jer-old I " he suddenly found himself face to 1 fare with May Jerrold and Prince von Mitfohlen. So quickly he came upon them that he could have sworn he saw the prince's ripht arm in peculiar proximity to the lady's waist; but as he drew near both started up with an expression of embarrassment and stood facing him nervously. May Jerrold broke the silence. j "Have you seen father since din ner?" she asked the prince. "He was crazy to talk with you about buying some hunting dogs. You ought to find him in his library." The prince ti.uk his dismissal w'th gnod grace. He bowed to the lady and then to Jocelyn, a slightly super- ci'.lous smile hovering uron his lips as he caupht the latter's embarrassed g!i'j;ce. Then he was gone. a;:d May Jerrold sat down again and made rojui for Jocelyn upon the scat beside her. Jocelyn sat dow n nervously, mute in 1 humiliation and shme. How was ho to bis;in? What wa3 he to say? There had never Leen any but the j mobt formal relations between himself i und this you::g woman. Presently he ! raised his head and found Miss Jer I rold locking into his eyes. There was a peculiar greenish, light in hers, at passed out of his ap-.irtTient and dowu the stairs. A crawling taxlcab loomed ! up out of th n-ist. Lord Jocelyn en- : tered, and son.o twelve minutes later ; emerged at the threshold ol the Jtr- : rold home. The guests were for the most part already astern i d In the drawing ' room when ho entered. Mrs. Jerrold came forward to meet him with &f fucted enthusla: in, and after he Lad shaken bands with her daughter, in- f The answer was the most unex pected thl'ig that had ever happened to Jocelyn. for. wi.liout a word, the young woman laid her head upon his fchoulder and burst into tears. Then, as he began timidly to ask the cause . W4Mmt Lrr y mm wmmm m wis mmmmmm Kill! 1:1 i W -fit a ' ' i. . VI " JM; V U l V.' 4 ir litn ! . . It .11 ' i. ;T 1 ' r. mtj 'tSj f'Af IS J. t .r, rJ.. 'll 5 ' - i . w . . . 'fU V'Permlt Me to Coneralul&te I fo&M ' U.feMi ! YoMr. Downer W M(Mmm "Not the least in the world," said Jocelyn heartily. "And now, if you will permit me to pass " "One moment, please," said a voice ! " ' " between them. Both started round with others and It Just breaks my to see Prince Von Mitfohlen standing heart to " at the foot of the second flight of "There goes Sadie." said her friend stairs. ; In a shrill whisper, clutching her arm. "I fear I, too, havo involuntarily "Down the side aisle with the feath played eavesdropper," ho said. "Per- cr. Doesn't she know that willows niit me to congratulate ycu, Mr. : have gone out? Who's it with her?" Doane, upon having won a very charm- ; The girl w ith the psyche knot turn ing and diplomatic wife. I bid you cd solemn eyes upon the questioner. i "If it isn't Tom!" she got out. "And the last time I saw her she said that she'd nevre have anything more to do with him If he was the last man on earth!!" ! "Walt till I get hold of him!" Kur gled the girl with the chatelaine. "Didn't I call him up yestlddy and ask him to drop In this afternoon and ; we'd take a walk and didn't he say he was sorry, but he had to work? ; Slighting me for Sadie! I bet phe ast .him to bring her to the matinee to !day! I'd never hint such a thing If I died for it! Of course, most any ; man if you ast him to go walking would suggest dropping In to see a show or something, but that's his busi ness." "I'm going to get some chocolates." said the girl with the psyche knot. "Yes, I am you got somo the last i time. I like these solf, squashy ones, 'don't you? There goes the curtain!" "I simply can't talk," declared the girl with the psyche knot, at tho end j of the firt act. "I never was so affect ; ed In my life. It was all I could do to i keep from crying and I didn't want to because I knew this act couldn't be half as sad as the rest and I didn't want to get started so soon!" "Wha'd I tell you?" triumphantly ! whispered the girl with the chatelaine five minutes late. "Ain't it Just heart rending?" "D-d-don't t-t-alk!" sobbed the girl with the psyche knot, sopping her eyes. "It is perfectly awful, it Is so sad! I can't stop tho tears!" "I knew you'd like it," purmicd her friend in a satisfied tone. "Listen to that!" "It's Just dreadful!" wept the first girl. "V-w-w!ll you g-g-get m-m-my C c: o 8 9. HIS MEMORY CLEAR. The Witness Proved to the Lawyer That He Could Remember. A story is told ot uu eminent lawyer receiving a severe reprimand from a witness whom be wns trying to brow beat. It was an important issue, and iu order to save his cause from defeat it was necessary that the lawyer should impeach the witness, ne endeavored to do it on the ground of age In the following mnnner: "How old are yon?" asked the law yer. "Seventy-two years." replied the wit- ness. "Your memory, of course. Is not so brilliant and vivid as it was twenty years ago. Is it?" asked the lawyer. "I do not know but It is," answered the witness. "State some circumstance which oc curred, say. twelve years ago." said the lawyer, "and we shall be able to see how well you can remember." "I appeal to your honor." said th witness, "if I am to be interrogated lu this manner. It is Insolent!" "You bad better answer the ques tion." replied the Judpe. "Yes. sir: state It." suld the lawyer. "Well. sir. if yon compel me to do it I will. About twelve years ago you studied in Judge ' otlice, did you not?" "Yes. answered the lawyer. "Well. sir. 1 remember your father coming into my e)fflce and saying to me, 'Mr. D., my son is to be examined tomorrow, and I wish you would lend me $15 to buy him n suit of clothes.' I remember also. sir. that from that day to this he has never paid me thnt sum. That, sir, 1 remember as though it were yesterday." THIS LADY'S GOOD APPETITE iSlMT"-''''10"' 1 a,u " ! Wrs. Hansen, In a Letter From troduced him to tome of those near- how pretty May Jerrold was. Her est. ' hair, which had at first appeared to h!s hand upon the region of his atom- ins room, he proceeded to the bottom ach. "When is it to be, sir?" 1 of the flight. Then, hastily raisl-ng j "I don't know, Talbot next month, j th breast j.-iece of one of the armored ' perhaps. Then w shall return to j figures, he ci i,t into the hollow witu- Eueland." 'Jn- The rei'us--' served his purpose et- of her distress, finding that she only 1 "Yes, sir. Will you wear your black ; fectlvely. He waited till ho beard tne cobbed more bitterly, he was tempted j boots or your tan ones tomorrow, j hist carriage roll away, and then to place one arm around her and, with : tir?" I Ia' Jerro'.d came down the stairs, the filmy handkerchief she carried in ! "Get out," cried Jocelyn, throwing With her was Henry Pcai:c. her hand, to wipe away her tears. i a pillow at his servant's head, which i They approached tho conservatory Talbot dodged nimbly. "Unfeeling beg- ! together at:U bulled at tuo entrance, 1 gar," he muttered, as the man with drew; "he doesn't believe me. llut Jocelyn had never noticed before (,ool niht, sir." Doane moved aside and Jocelyn and the prince passed out through tne con servatory together and Into the street. At the entrance Jocelyn rausc-d and held out h!s hand which the prince grasped warmly. "Where were you?" Jocely asked. "In the other suit of armor," an swered the prince. "Goodnight, and better luck to both of us." "Prince Von Ml'foblen. I wr.nt you him to be of a plain red, displayed un- ' this time It's real. O. Dick Jocelyn, to meet Lord Jocelyn," she said. guessed gleams of gold and bronz if ever you knew what love meant you The prince, a till. t.iend r your g i under the lamp light; her greenish ! know it now." man of military bearing, bowed stiff- eyes revealed wonderfol depths; her I And he went to bed and dreamed ly and looked at Jocelyn curiously. ' red lips were not five inches from all night long of May Jerrold. "A real prince, Iord Jocelyn," whis pered Mrs. Jerrold witb e'udent s K-i-ath-factloa. "Iio'i in the 'Almanurh de Gotha.' Lord Josclyn Mr. Henry Doano." The latter was the antithesis of the prince; a short, round. Jovtal Ameri can of t" e successful business type, who grimpcd .ocelyn's hand warmly. A few moro introductions were effect ed, and then the servant announced dinner. "You are to take my daughter down. Lord Jocelyn," s.iid Mrs. Jerrold, and May Jerro'.d put her tnu.ll gloved hand upon hU arm and aciompunied i "To you." the murmured, resting his own. And suddenly Lord Jocelyn 1 In the morning he received a letter realized that he loved her. He Lent , from his fiancee. , forward and kissed her lips, i "I love you. May. Do you love ! dinner on Thursday week," she wrote. j me?" be whispered; and, though the ; "Will you Join us? I'rince von Mlt- . question had been asked many times ' fohlen and Mr. Doane you met him? before by many men. it possessed a ' will be here, and I shall then try novelty that positively thrilled him. ! to break the news to the prince as ! "Yes," whispered Miss Jerrold. i gently as possible. So if you see us "Then you won't cry any more? i alone together you mustn't be Jealous, Why are you crying, dearest?" i "O, It's so shameful," she mur mured. "To be bought and sold." "Sold?" reiterated Lord Jocelyn, his heart thumping tumultuously under o:;e of the palms. And, star ing incrudulously through the lowered vizor of the anuor. Lord Jocelyn saw Do;.:in's arms embracing his fiancee, saw her arms fold themselves round his neck and saw them kiss. Every word of their conversation was distinctly audible. "So you've definitely taken the Eng- "We are to give a little impromptu l" jay, Maisie?" asked Doane. louve sa!d good bye to tho Dutch i man?" ! May Jerrold nodded, j '"Say, Maisie. Is it all fixed?" allied ! Doane, pleadingly. "Isn't there ono j tiny chance for Henry? Don't you love I me, dear?" I "Of course I do. Harry, but what "Talbot," said Jocelyn, as he en ; tered his apartment, "I havo changed I my mind. I am not going to be mar ! ried after all." "Yes. sir," replied his servant re i spectfully. I "Congratulate me, Talbot" ! "Indeed I do, sir, from the bottom 1 of my heart, sir. Which, if I might : make so bold. Lord Richard, there ain't no young woman as I've seen yet : as measures up to what you might ! exiH'Ct in the way of matrimony, sir." I "Hold your tongue, Talbot. I say. Talbot, do you know what gives me I the keenest satisfaction that this af- "Try to control yourself," said her friend, sympathetically. "Mm-most people c-c-ould," replied the weeping o:ie, "but I ain so tender h-h-henrted! Isn't it-nearly over? I never saw anything so beautifully sad, did you?" "Aren't you glad you crime?" de manded her friend. "If it hadn't been for me you'd have gone to thnt old comic thing instead of to something where you really could enjoy your self!" "Mercy, I'm glad that act's over!" said the weeping one, giving her face a final dab. As the lights went up there was a startV-d scream from the girl with the chatelaine bag, and every one near turned around to look. Then they laughed. Tho girl with the psyche knot sat red-eyed and ur.conrerned. "I thought something awful lrul hap- Mobile, Tells How She Gained It Mobile, Ala. "I suffered for eecn years, with womanly trouble," writes Mrs. Sigurd Hansen in a Mtcr from this city. "I felt weak and always had I a headache and was always going to I the doctor. At last I was operated on, 1 and felt better, but soon I bad the J Eamc trouble. My hur.band asked me to try Cardul. i Ifelt better after tho first bottle, and row, I have a rood uppetlte and sleep , '.v.U. I feel fine, and the doctor tells j m; I am looking better than he ever I Ea-y mo." I If y.tu are sick and miserable, and suffer from any of the pains due to ' v.-ornar.ly trouble try Cardul. j Cardul is successful because It is composed of ingredients that have been pened to you at first." s -i ! the Rlrl j found to act curatlvcly ou the woman- with the chatelaine bag. 'Tropin's hair ly constitution. turns w hite I j oin grief or shock, so I i Tor more than fifty years, It has been thoi'ght complexion might change tho j .j.;e(j v women of all a-;? ;, with great comiortauy in els arms that now en folded her. "Did you think I was cold to you. dearest? It was this con- I restraint that Jocelyn had ever spent. eciousr.css that it was all a matter of ! A dozen times a day he bargain between you and me." "Deartst May." answered Jocelyn fervently, 'if I had not loved you I should never have " "Never have what, Richard?" "Asked you to be my wife, as I do now," paid Jocelyn. "Will you marry lue, dearest?" "Yes," whispered Miss Jerrold. hid- lilm down tho stairs. The drawing room u at the top of the second flight; at the top cf th? first was large conservatory, the entrance puarded by two antique- sets of armor, each post d. lance in hand, as though to warn all persons away who had not serious butlutss within. On the ground floor was the dining room, lav ishly decorated with pictures of all shapes and sizes, most of which bore the names cf o!d masters and bad been skillfully copied for tiie Ameri- C4n purchaser In Brus&tl. The dinner pased eff qtdetly, th attention of the guests .belsg concen trated rather ou the viaads than upon one another. On the other fide of Jocelyn's companion sat Prince Mit fohlen, and noticing that be seemed to devote much of his conversation to Mis Jerrold. and that she listened with more enthusiasm than she dis played toward himself, Jocelyn felt disconcerted; he seemed to read a secret understanding In their words and gestures. When the ladies de-; want to ask you about," said Jocelyn parted, the consciousness that be bad presently. "It's about that prince." In r.o wise pressed his suit or even j "What, Mitfohlen?" aiked Miss Jer creatcd friendly relatione waa In- rold, laughing softly. "Youfre not Mite&b'l bX Lha rifiuft lUUU iaJL-1 feaJous of noor Mitfohlen?" j dearest, and you must not follow us." There was a postscript. "You must ! not come till then. Mother must not j suspect. She cannot ke p a secret, and 1 if she even guessed the prince would i learn of it and perhaps shoot him j self." I That was the hardest week of self- fought against his inpulse to rush around to his fiancee's house, and he could never i leave his apartment but his feet bore him in her direction. But at last the eight of the dinner arrived. When Jocelyn was shown into the drawing rocm he was surprised to find nearly as many people assembled as on the last occasion, and, notable among good'll that do? ! u. dollar a day." ; " hy, that guy from England hasn't I much more to his name." j "He has an allowance from his fa- ! ther, and the estates aro pretty near- ; ly fifty thousand acres, Harry. They i must be worth something." I "But, listen. Maisie, you won't be j happy with hiia, will you? You don't love him?" i Do you think so.' lay jerroiu in quired, kissing him. "Does this look like it?" "Then what the dickens " "See here. Harry, we've get to be sensible. Fathfr won t stand for you and that's all there is to it. He says fair is broken off?" We couldn't live on i "Which I do not, sir," Talbot re- samo way in your excitement you've beet) mopping your face w ith tho band you held the chocolate rremns in. In stead of tho one with tho handkerchief!" I plied. j "I d hate to think what my father j would havo said when he f.mnd out ' that father-in-law ha 1 gone busted. That's all. Leave r.y slippers under the radiator. Good-night. TalLot." ENJOYMENT AT SAD PLAY Sensitive Grl's Weeping, However, Resulted in Moit Startling Change of Complexion. cent to their names. They're just a i I'va Pot tn ee-t a titlf. and a fortune ing her face In his coat. Tut-but i these. Prince von Mitfohlen, who i both cr he U kn0W3 the reasou wny- you reany love me: greeiea mm wicn a caim patronage "I loved you from the first moment which showed only too clearly tbut he I saw you," replied Jocelyn, and he ', little anticipated the blow that was EJtant it sincerely. For his disgust ln store for him. May Jerrold was had been completely obliterated in radiant, and there was the mothtr-in-thls suaden revulsion of feeling, and law smile twinkling upon Mrs. Jr be knew only that he loved this won- rold's mouth as she shook hand3 with derful creature with the alluring eyes. him. and that he had always loved her, j "Welcome, dear Lord Jocelyn," Eha even against bis own knowledge. said, beaming on him. "May. dear, there is one thing I ; "Whv have vou not called on ua this whole week? I have a dreadful punishment la store for you. Can you guess what? I am going to let you take me into dinner." "I brought two handkerchiefs," said the girl, whose h;:Ir was done up in iin exaggerated psyche knot. She spoke proudly as cne who makes it known thut she has thoughtfully prepared fcr all emergencies. I First, ttK-re was the prince, aad 1 j . T . , ... ,. , . ' , ,. . . . ., - ,y I Wish I had, said her frienrN. envt- ttought he was all right until fatter' . . . .,.,.,'. discovered his family haven t a red ,, n , .... ... .... j vas perfectly excrtK'btii-s and thc-ie So l??n 'l,,ooked up Jo.!ynsjhow ehe couJd guar to that , don.t careiuuy. iney areu t r:cu. nurrj, but the estates are r.ot entailed. Ar.d once I get my I'lgers into their money-fcags why. dear, I'll those debts that have been worrying you. And then " "Well, what?" Beetles That Grow Mushrooms. Scientists have known of mushroom growing ant for a long time nr.d It was generally believed that the ant w s the or.ly in;;e( t posses: Ing sultl i lent intelligence to make a success ful mushroom farmer. Prof. J lion verie, the French entomologist, has found that a certain wood bntjug beetle known as the bostrychide Is as familiar with mushroom cultivation for home consumption as the ant. Professor Iiouverle discovered that the beetles bore holes ii wood and Li.lf fill them with a prepared fungus which makes an Ideal mushroom bed. The garden Is carefully spawned and tended tr-d in course of time the mush rooms appear. In this way the beetle provides itself with a food suliic.ien.Uy tender for Its feeble jawb. ; succ ,'H3. Try it. Your druggist sells It. j N B.-'lVifetu: I ii Alvivirv Dept.. Cht ! norgt M " tne Co.. c ti.itjn 'a. Itnn.. tor Kri'fi I ' - . , a.i-l M i.iif- l i U. " H'ui r Trmaieu j As VVunit ii." bint : Uin wrapper, on lc4ueU "Dimtr Is served fiadjute" an- May Jerrold burst Into tears. "Don't think me horribly mercenary. Harry," she sobbed, "but don't you know, te ste, for, of course, she couldn't ?o around looking at everybody, cou'd ; she? That's what I don't l:ko nhr.i-.t ': square j x-., j..t.j ,.,. .v..,.v; i. uc.iT.uu uioii niidl cue t 3a ys." "I really oughtn't go see a play like ' this," said the-girl with the psyche, knot, shaking out handkerchief Xo. 1. j "I'm too sensitive! I sympathize to j Htlps a JuOc in E2d Fix. i Justice. Eli Cherry of Giilia Mills, i Tenn., was p'aibly worrb?;'.. A bad sore cn his 1- g had baffled several doc- ' tors and hn r-istc-d ail remedies. "I thought it wa.; a cancer," he '.srote. "At btst I used Itocl.len's Arnica Salve, and was completely cured." Cures Second Avenue! Investment Property I have a cht.he location for sal on Second r.venue to whif-h I tan give rny un qualified recommendation. ms ins, li'-ev. hoiis, ulcer, cuts, bruit;5 and 25 cent3 at all drui.v;ist3. Edward li.Krell Iteal Instate and Insurance Phone West 17C8. fSVZ I '.est Building. All the ucfts ail tho Uiiie The Argus. 'A