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husband remained there, be
tween the curtains, perfectly rigid,
(taring, pale as a ghost. He was look-
"YouP9 said the doctor.
at the doctor beside my bed, and
lancing up I saw that the doctor was
storing at bim.
'Your said the doctor, and be took
—iUnje strides out .of the room,, my hus
band backing away as the other ad
vanced.
"They whispered together they
thought I could not bear. But, Brenda,
1 would have heard them if they had
been In New York.
"'She says you were married this
afternoon,' said the doctor. 'How Is
that?'
'Who in the devil's name called you
In? demanded my husband. 'Where
did you come from?'
'This is state prison business/
said the doctor, without minding the
questions. 'You are living legally
separated
from
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By HOWARD FIELDING
Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke.
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"As If she Uad lioen a piece of furnl
tttre. Then I asked where my hus
band was, and she snid he had gone
out for a doctor. So she made me He
down. Probably I seemed to be there
on that bed. but In reality—my own
reality—I was playing In that old barn
Btormlujf company and studying,
studying, studying on long parts that
,t were always changing, but sometimes
I was a little girl again in tgwn way
out In Michigan, running through the
streets, with my Jnng legs tlylng and
my heels touching the back of
your wife, but you are
not divorced, and you never will be by
your own consent, for her father 1b
paying you to behave yourself/
'There has been no marriage here/
said my husband. 'Don't say any*
thing. This is a mere freak of mine.
I'll make It right with you if you'll
keep quiet*
*You lie/ aald the doctor, and then,
'Am I too late to save her?'
"My husband answered'Yes/ Brenda,
how is it possible for a human being
to utter a falsehood like that? I was
no more to him thau you are except
that I had promised before God to be
&is wife. And the doctor looked him
in the eyes .a moment and then struck
him across the face with the back of
his open hand and went out of the
room.
"My husband came to the curtains
and looktd in then he approached the
bed, and I groaned as loud as I could.
At that he seemed to lose bis wits. He
ran around the room aimlessly and at
last snatched his bat from the floor
and ruBhed out. I suppose he was go
ing for another doctor,
"When he was gone, I invented an
errand and sent the woman away. Then
I got up and dressed. I don't know
how it was possible for me to do It,
but I seemed to be as light as a feath
er. I got out of the hotel easily enough
and took a cab to the railroad station.
I had not money enough for a sleeper,
so I rode In a day coach all the way to
New York, but my mind was in a
thousand places, and some of them
were beautiful, and I was happy there,
and again I was In terror and pain.
"When I left the train at Jersey City,
my head was bursting upon my shoul
ders and the air was Are. Honestly,
Brenda, when the ferryboat ran into
the slip on this side, I thought it was
|he mouth of the infernal regions. It
looked like a great cave full of flames
and It seemed that I was being crushed
atid thrust into It. Yet I must have
had some part of my senses, for I
found a cab and gave the driver my
address. And so I came home from
my wedding Journey, Brenda. I let
myself in with my key, and the people
In the house never knew that I had
been away that night. They found
me 111 and got a doctor for me, and be
fore the day was over I was nearly
well. The doctor said I must have eat
en some sort of a thing—what do they
call it—I always think of tomatoes."
"Ptomaines," said Brenda. "Oh, you
poor child you poor, wretched, lucky
little Elsie! I am so glad, so glad!"
"Would you believe," said Elsie,
"that that man tried to get my heart
back again, to plead his cause with me?
Well, he did, and, though I had peace
for quite a long time, of late I have
been much annoyed by him. You can
understand now why Clarence Alden's
love was torture to me, why —well,
why I bought the picture of Tantalus
to look at, Brenda. Oh, I love him, I
love him so muchl The feast of the
heart that I can never have! He 1b
everything I want, Brenda."
"But why in the name of all martyr
dom should you hesitate to tell this sto
ry to him?" exclaimed Brenda. "What
bar
cuajt
be to your marriage?"
"Cm.' day." sn'nl E1.«U slowly, "when
I was beginning to love Clarence so
that my heart snug of him all the time.
I was walking on Broadway and had
stopped to look in at a jeweler's win
dow. And 1 glanced up, and Clarence
was coming down the street with that
doctorl"
"The oue who attcuded you in Phil
adelphia?"
"Yes," said Elsie. "They were laugh
ing and talking together, and I shrank
Into a doorway and died of shame as
they passed. Suppose they had seen
me?"
"I think no harm would have come of
It," said Brenda.
"Suppose I married Clarence and wo
should meet him then?"
"But, my dear," exclaimed Brenda,
"take the wildest possible supposition.
Say that this doctor believed the worst
aud told it to Clarence and lived to
llijish the story, which unless he is
Samson reincarnated is not possible, it
would make no difference. Unless Clar
ence can believe you absolutely agaiust
every other voice in the world, you
don't want to marry him anyway."
"You don't know men," said Elsie,
shaking her head. "One little doubt,
and there is misery for a lifetime. 1
heard Clarence speak once of a woman
who had gone wroug. It frightened my
bones until they turned to dust in my
body."
"But, Elsie, you haven't done any
wrong," pleaded Brenda. "You were
cruelly deceived"—
"I no more than the others," replied
Eteie. "Every woman who goes wrong
Is deceived, or there would be no wrong.
The point is, Brenda, that that Is not
the way to get married. No really good
girl ever does such a thing. I should
have had my mother and my friends to
see me make my vow. That is the only
right way your way, Brenda, the way
of your world. And, besides, I haven't
told you all. I am really his wife."i
"What do you mean?"
"His wife from whom he was sepa
rated was abroad at the time/' said
Elsie. "She died two days before my
marriage. That's why I called him
my husband all the way through the
story."
my
head, as my mother used to say. I
Btole the neighbors' flowers In the
scented June evenings and staid out
under the little whispering stars till
my mother came, weeping with anx
iety, to bring
me home.
And, strange­
ly enough, right In the midst of It all
th^re stood the doctor, a tall, gaunt
young man, asking me how I felt.
But where was my husband?
'He has not got back,' said the wo
man. 'I was afraid to wait any lon
ger, so I got this gentleman, who Is a
New York doctor stopping In the
bote!.'
"Then I felt something sharp prick
ing my arm and afterward the pain
was easier, and my mind suddenly be
came as clear as It Is now. I heard
the doctor say that I would be all
right when I had had some 6leep, and
then my husband appeared, looking In
between the curtains that hung by the
bedroom door. It seems that be bad
not. brought a doctor, but had left
Brenda was speechless for some sec
onds before the spectacle of this fatal
ity.
"I don't see that that makes it any
worse," she said at last. "Better, 1
should say. Such a marriage can be
easily annulled. It does not even re
quire a divorce."
"It requires legal proceedings," said
Elsie. "It means publicity and brand
ing. It means that Clareuce Alden's
wife will be marked as a woman with
a past, with a romantic scandal attach
ed to her uame. It would be bad
enough, Brenda, for him to marry me
anyway, but an actress, with that
story fastened to her! Well, you know
what all the world would say. No I
would rather die. I would rather he
should never know. I'd lie to him,
Brenda, if necessary—I have lied to
him, as you are aware—rather than he
should think me the sort of girl who,
on a hasty acquaintance with a man
about whom she knows nothing, would
run away to a strange city, trusting to
luck to be married there."
Brenda kissed Elsie's hand again
very tenderly.
I'll tell you what, my dear," said
she "the fact is that you have brooded
over this matter until you are not quite
sane about it I really mean what I
say. Now, this is my advice to you:
Tell Mr. Alden this story just as soon
as you're strong enough to do it and"—
Elsie gripped her hand bard.
"I have told you this in confidence,"
she said. "Give me your solemn word
that you will never breathe one sylla
ble of It that you will help me in ev
ery way to conceal it! Promise!"
"The word and honor of one who
loves you, Elsie," Brenda answered.
"Whatever you wish I will do."
"You are so good to me!" said Elsie,
letting her head sink back into the pil
lows.
"There is one thing more," said Bren
da. "Did he, your husband, strike this
blow?"
"Don't ask me that/' cried Elsie. "I
can never tell you how I got this
wound. Think what a frightful bur
den that knowledge would be to you if
I should die."
CHAPTER XVIII.
BBEHDA OFFERS A BRIBE AND A CAUTION.
,LDEN looked in at St
Winifred's about 6
o'clock, as was his cus
tom before going to
dinner. He had al
ways left word where
he should dine and
had never gone far
from the hospital.
On this occasion he met Mr. Elmen
dorf at the head of the stairs by which
one ascends from the street level with
in the structure. The most unobserv
ant and preoccupied person could not
have failed to note that Elmendorf was
possessed by an unusual excitement.
Alden's greeting was simply, "What's
the matter?" aud the words were spo
ken in great anxiety.
"Nothing—nothing at all," replied El
mendorf. "Miss Miller is better than
"We'll begin with A."
ever. She ought to be dead after what
Bhe's been through, but she Isn't. She's
fine, I assure you."
"What has she been through?" de­|cumstances
manded Alden, and the detective be
came singularly embarrassed. He would
•M-nothlnir except tbat Elsie bad bad
a hard day.
"But I've struck a little clew In the
case," he continued, brightening. "It
looks to me like a sure thing. But don't
ask what It Is Just yet. All I want Is
the names of all the doctors you know
in New York."
"AH the doctors I know!" echoed Al
den lu surprise. "Isn't thnt rather a
large order? How am I going to re
member them all?"
"We shan't need absolutely all," said
the detective. "You can skip the old
ones and the fat ones and the short
ones. In fact. I want a tall, thin, gaunt
man, and if you could remember walk
ing down Broadway with him awhile
ago, perhaps two months"—
Alden lauglled gently.
"I say, Brother Elmendorf," said he,
"you're rattled, aren't you?"
'Terhaps 1 am," the detective admit
ted. "Tliis new clew absolutely stands
my case on Its head. It seems to prove
squarely and fairly that everything I
had figured on was not only wrong It
was upside dowu. However, let us not
be lmsty. Let us think about the doc
tors. 1*11 take a list of them."
And lie produced pcncll aud paper
for that purpose.
"Now." said he. "we'll begin -with
A."
'•Tail. thin, young doctor, whose
name begins with 'A?'" said Alden.
"I don't know any but. passing to B,
there's Blair."
Elmendorf leaned back against the
wall and put the pencil and paper Into
his pockets.
"Do you mean to tell me that you
knew Dr. A. G. Blair before this case
came up?" he asked In a sort of hope
less tone almost laughable.
"Why. certainly," replied Alden. "I'd
met him."
"You showed no sign of It over at
Mrs. Slmmous'," said Elmendorf.
"Didn't I? Well, the Lord knows
what I did there. Blair certainly bow
ed to me."
"I was watching you," said Elmen
dorf. "However, this simplifies mat
ters. You didn't know Blair well?"
"Not Intimately. I'd met him several
times, and," he added, with a smile,
"I may have walked down Broadway
with him, but I don't remember."
"It's only a small matter," said the
detective, with a resumption of his
usual demeanor. "I wnnt to ask Blair
a question that's all."
"I'll go over with you," said Alden.
"Walt till I have seen Kendall."
He walked toward the doctor's room
and at the first turn of the hall encoun
tered Brenda.
"You were going to see Dr. Kendall?"
she asked. "Please wait in his room."
She hurried by him and reached the
spot where Alden and the dctective bad
Btood, just as the latter was upon the
stairs, for It had not suited Elmendorfs
purpose to watt for Alden.
"1 must speak with you privately at
Dnee," she said. "Come."
There was a sort of bay window open
ing from one of the corridors, and she
led Elmendorf there. They were par
tially shielded from observation and
could speak in guarded tones without
much risk of being overheard.
"Mr. Elmendorf," she said, "how
could you do this thing? 1 have a seri
ous wish to know."
"I can do anything." he answered,
:lie picture of shame and woe. "There's
absolutely no good In me. What made
you think there was?"
"Do you remember that j*ou rose
when you saw that I was not Beatcd,"
said she, "in Elsie's room that first ter
rible day? That's not much, but your
manner was fully that of a gentleman."
"I was trained in a gentleman's home
In Massachusetts," said Elmendorf. "So
was the gentleman's dog, and we both
remained brutes."
"You arranged a place to listen," said
Brenda, "In that unused room next El
sie's. The nurse who helped you has
confessed to Dr. Kendall. It was she
and not you who overheard the story
told this afternoon."
"She and not I?" echoed Elmendorf
In a voice of the dead. "Do you think
I ever listened there? Miss Maclane,
there's some limit even to what I will
do. No, no I took the chance that's
all. This nurse, whom 1 seem to have
got Into a lot of trouble, as I always
get everybody sooner or later—this
nurse listened when her duties would
let her. I knew Miss Miller would
some day tell her story to you."
"Now that you have heard the story,
what shall you do?" asked Brenda.
"It seems evident," replied Elmen
dorf, "that Dr. Blair is the physician
referred to in that story. He has
known her secret from the beginning.
Tbat was why she bad him here, to
plead with him. Well, I've no faith in
Blair. He's crooked, or I'm no Judge.
But he seems to have played a fairly
creditable part toward Elsie Miller."
"Dr. Blair!" exclaimed Brenda.
"Think of bis being called to dresB her
wound! Think of his standing there
In that room with Neale and ourselves
and keeping his own counsel so quiet
ly! I begin to have an admiration for
him."
"Well, I wouldn't go so far as that,"
said Elmendorf. "He has had his self
ish ends to sarve. However, that Is
neither here nor there new. 1 am
going to bim and 1 shall make him tell
me who that man Is."
"Her husband
"Yes." ..
"Then what will you do?" she
added.
"Find him," said Elmendorf, "and
see that he gets what he deserves.
Tills will "afford me many different
kinds of satisfaction, MIbs Maclane.
1 Bhall have credit for It In the news
papers, and they're the only friends
I've got. My job will be safe for an
other year at least 1 shall beat Joe
Nealc, whom 1 hate devoutly, and,
lastly, I shall get square with the cow
ard who struck dowu that little girl.
I have longed for bim ever since I
first saw her. It's a poor thing to do
for her, but it's all 1 ever can do, I'm
afraid."
"It is no service to her," said Brenda
"far from It. You will reveal her
secret."
"Nothing can sure that," he replied.
"It is a mere dream to think It can b«
dene."
"It Is net a dream," rejoined Brenda,
"It shall be kept a secret if possible.
She is wise to wish it though of
course she should tell Mr. Alden, and
that she will do as soon as her mind
gets back to Its proper balance after
Its long strain with his wretched story.
But *bp Is right in thinking that pub
lication of It will leave a stain upon
her and perhaps bring many sorrows
to herself and Mr. Alden. It will be
distorted and redlBtorted In the telling
until the poor glrl'B name can never
be clear of It. And In any case 1 bnve
given my word. Mr. Elmendorf, will
money help?"
Elmendorf was silent.
"I think you are net a man to take a
bribe," she began.
I "Yes, I am," said Elmendorf de
clstvely. "but not just here. If tho clr
were different, why, I
could be bought and sold like my as
sociates. But this Isn't the time nor
1 thp nlora."
^trva'uwuu mA)pj njnu njjsjimup,
"You would like to get out of this
life Into a better one," said Brenda.
"I suppose most of us would," re
plied Elmendorf, "except that dying Is
disagreeable."
Brenda laughed, as one sometimes
will at a funeral, from the effect of
contrast.
"1 didn't mean that," she said. "I
meant that you would like another
way of earning your bread. And 1
think you might have very high ambi
tions in another career. My father
will put you In the way of profitable
business, but don't fancy' 1 would
tempt you with an empty promise. I
am rich in my own right by inheritance
from my mother, and I will be glad to
help you. We will give this a color of
perfectly honorable dealing, and It
shall be so Indeed. Take $50,000 of
my money and select whatever busi
ness pleases you, and I will be a silent
partner, an equal partner, In the en
terprise."
"Fifty thousand dollars," said El
mendorf, with awe In his tones. "Why,
Miss Maclane, this Is what I have
prayed for. The idea of a tenth of It
is the explanation of my going on the
force. And to think that It should
come at last in a way tbat I can't toucb
It! 'Billy Elmendorf's luck,' as the boys
say."
At this moment Kendall, passing
through the corridor hastily, glanced
In toward the window.
"Brenda! Come!" he said. "The
nurse you left there has sent for me."
Brenda turned as white as paper.
"It Is I who let her talk and excite
herself!" she said huskily. "I may
have killed her."
She turned and seized Elmendorfs
arm.
"One thing more," she said almost in
a whisper. "Remember my promise
and also remember this—that Elsie bas
not said It was her hueband who struck
the blow. Do not make an error now
for your own sake and for—for all of
us."
CHAPTER XIX.
THE EVIDENCE OF DR. BLAIB.
BLAIR'S office was
beginning to gather
the night shadows In
Its corners when El
mendorf entered, al
though the long June
day was still bright
without. The doctor
was sitting on his couch, staring at the
pretty pillow that Kendall had noticed.
He had not troubled himself to rise as
he called, "Come In!" In response to the
detective's knock.
"Mr. Elmendorf," said he, "good even
ing, sir. What can I do for you?"
"I wnnt to ask you a few questions,
doctor," replied Elmendorf. "Hello!
Had a burglary?"
He pointed to a desk in tbe corner
that seemed to have been broken open.
"There was a blankbook that had
contained a business memorandum," he
said, "and It was locked up in tbat
desk. A friend of mine was so anxious
to see It that, calling in my absence,
be did not wait for me to return. He
broke the desk and got the book. But,
unluckily for him, I had already re
moved the page on which the memo
randum appeared."
"Blackmail?" queried Elmendorf.
"Something of the sort," was tbe re
ply.
"If can be of any assistance, let me
know," said the dfetective. "And now
I want to talk about the case of Elsie
Miller. There's a little medical point'—
"Why don't you ask Kendall?"
"Dr. Kendall Is not talkative," sold
Elmendorf, "and"—
"Neither am I," responded Blair.
"However, let's hear your question."
"You remember," said Elmendorf,
seating himself and looking across tbe
table in tho center of the room, his
arms resting upon It, "tbat Miss Miller
was stabbed in a peculiar way. There
was a little mark, a scar you mlgbt
call it, just below the collar bone on
the left side"—
"The mark of what we call a 'green'
fracture," said Blair "that is, the bone
was broken in youth. I understand
she fell against a sharp point of some
thing while she was at play. The rib
at tbat spot was permanently weaken
ed and somewhat depressed afterward,
but not enough to Interfere with tbe
lung."
"It was no disfigurement when she
wore a low cut dress, was It?" asked
Elmendorf.
"Quite the contrary," replied Blair.
"It looked like a large dimple."
"An ordinary man wouldn't have
known what It was, eh?"
"Probably not."
"The knife couldn't have struck there
by accident," sold Elmendorf. "It
looks to me Uke oue of those freaks of
a murderer who has brooded over tbe
crime In advance."
"Curious point," said Blair.
"So It seemed to me," said Elmen
dorf, "and here's another. Of course
tbe man who stabbed her meant to kill
her."
"Certainly."
"A thief would have struck ber on
the head."
"I should think likely."
"So this was a murder case," said
Elmendorf. "There was the intention
to kill. Now, why didn't the murderer
strike again?"
"He probably thought the wound
was fatal," responded Blair.
"That's the queer part of It," said
the detective. "I wouldn't have
thougbt it was fatal. Most murderers
go on stabbing they strike half a
dozen times In a sort of frenzy. This
man was content with oue blow, but
It was a good one, and if the knife
blade hadn't been bent"—
"Was It bent?" Inquired Biair.
"Yes," waB tbe reply. "And if the
assassin was oue who kuew the loca
tion of tbe vital organs, but was at
the time too much excited to notice
the defect In the instrument, why,
then, that bend in the blade may have
saved her life."
"If It 1s saved," added Blair.
"It was certainly saved for a time,"
said the detective, "though every doc
tor who saw tbe wound immediately
pronounced It fatal. That's a point In
the case."
"From which you conclude—what?'
said Blair, rising and taking a seat at
tbe table opposite Elmendorf.
The detective did not immediately
answer tbe question. He seemed to be
deep in thougbt.
"By the way," he said suddenly,
"there's another point while I remem
ber It I mean that letter."
"What letter?"
"The one Aldet) wrote and Elsie nev
er got," replied Elmendorf. "The post
man really delivered it, of course,
though he won't testify positively. It
was undoubtedly put by the servant
under the door of the vestibule, that lit
tle bait leading to Miss Miller's room.
It was put under that door, but not far
enough."
"Not far enough?"
"No. Somebody came along and
pulled It out. If it happened to be a
man who waa in love with Miss Miller,
the reading, of it couldn't have been
pleasant. T^ut bow did the man get
there?"
"I don't know." said Blair.
"As t:j the motive," continued tbe de­
tective, "mat's pretty clear now. Miss
Miller has told about her marriage.
She hasu't named the man, but you
know him."
"Yes," said Blair "I know him."
He took up a very little bottle from
the table and began to turn It Idly in
bis hands.
"Now, then," said Elmendorf, "let's
recapltulnte. The murderer was a man
who knew of that sear."
"Anybody might have Been that," re
joined Blair.
"He knew what it was," continued
Elmendorf. "He also was a man who
at the first glance believed that wound
which he Iwd inflicted to be fatal. We
conclude that he was a doctor."
"Very pretty." said Blair.
"The individual subsequently tried to
poison Miss .Miller," said the detective,
"and his way of doing It also bears
out the theory that he was one who
had a knowledge of medicine. He
knew Just what poison to employ, and
he guessed that there would be some
sort of food substance In the room Into
which the poison could be put Now,
besides being a doctor, wbat was he?"
"A scoundrel, 1 should say," replied
Blair.
"lie was a man who could go In and
out of Mrs. Simmons' bouse when be
pleased," 'said Elmendorf. "He was
not one who depended upon any Im
perfect catch of a door. Perbaps he
had lived In the house and bad never
given up his key. Anyhow It Is certain
that he went to see Miss Miller at 9
o'clock In the morning, an hour when
most men would not think they bad a
right to call, but one who claimed to be
ber husband might He saw that letter
sticking out from under the door. He
stole It, and be said after reading It, 'If
cot mine, then no man's.' He was
There was a rap at the door, and
Blair said "Excuse me" quite conven
tionally as he crossed tbe room to open
It He exchanged some words with a
servant and for
a
few seconds stood
outside, bnt his left hand was always
visible upon tbe door, as Elmendorf
carefully noted. Wben he returned to
bis seat, he set down the very small
bottle upon the table.
"I bad reasoned so far early In the
case," continued Elmendorf, "and had
even made an experiment with a per
son whom I bad suspected. I cut my
hand and let him bandage It though
that proved not to be necessary, for tbe
man acquitted himself Instantly by
saying that I had cut 'an artery' when
there was plainly no arterial bleeding,
to say nothing of the location of the In
Jury. So he surely wasn't a doctor."
"You seem to be quite an educated
man," said Blair dreamily. "Have yon
learned anything in this life tbat
would help you lead another If you had
one?"
"Very little, I'm afraid," said Elmen
dorf "bnt let us proceed. I bad proved
that the man was a doctor, and then
came the Philadelphia story. You
know what happened over tbere. The
husband ran out for a doctor. That
floored me at first, and I bad to think It
out"
"I was afraid she was poisoned,"
said Blalr calmly, "and dared not be
alone with ber If she should die."
"You!" exclaimed Elmendorf, rlBlng.
"You! Well"—and he sat down again
—"It doesn't surprise me!"
"You came here to get me," respond
ed Blalr. "I knew It as soon as you
sat down there. I bad no chance,
though she promised to shield me In re
turn for my clearing Miss Maclane.
She'd have done it anyway, of course.
Tbat she bad already proved. She was
ashamed, ashamed, deadly ashamed,
and sick to tbe soul of her for having
ever loved me! Well, It's all over. If
you know wbat happened In Philadel
phia, It only remained for you to And
the New York doctor. He's in Europe,
however left a week or more ago.
His name Is Osborne. Any more In-
Blt left hand wai alumyt vMble
the
door.
formation 1 can give you, Mr. Elmen
dorf? It's all up. I mlgbt as well
talk."
"Why didn't you run?" demanded
Elmendorf.
"I staid to play "the game out," re
plied Blalr. "There was money In
view, and I lore money, my friend
also I love life. How absurd, but
I do—now that it's over! Think of
it! And there Isn't a man In New York
this minute as wretched as 1 am. Why,
I'd Just heard from the hospital, and I
was sitting tbere on that couch, staring
at the pillow she made for me, think
ing of the endless stltcheB and tbe love
—Elmandorf, she told me that every
one of them was sewed with love fer
me. Why does that stick In my mind?
Why couldn't I be straight? Well,
well, I'm done for—done for!"
Elmendorf eyed the man curiously.
His face waa flushed as If with fever,
and his words were thickly uttered
and hurried, as with delirium.
'You didn't get the money?" said
Elmendorf.
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loosTDma.1
The Danlili Mascot.
The chimney sweeper Is the Danish
mascot Yon see him in gold or sliver,
suspended on a lady's watch chain. In
stead of the "lucky pig" or horseBhoe,
which Is the English symbol of good
luck. He- also appears on nota paper
and postcards, Implying tbat your cor
respondent wishes you a rise In life.
It is tbe old fashioned sweep that la
thus, depleted—be who bad actually to
climb tbe chimney, his Implements be
ing a four foot ladder, a abort broom
and ft rope.
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But it never follows tbe use of Foley's
Hone and Tar. It stops the cougb,
beals anJ strengthens the lungs and af
fords perfect security from an attack of
pneumonia. Refuse substitutes. Den
ton & Ward.
A married man Isn't necessarily a
Hercules because be is fond of bis club.
Foley's Kidney Cure makes the kid
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log Injurious. Denton & Ward.
When beggars cease to ask you for
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tailor.
Raw or Inflamed Lungs.
Yields rapidly to the wonderful cura
tive and healing qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia
aud consumption from a hard cold tat
tled on the lungs. Denton & Ward.
A wise man never wants what be
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Cougb Settled on her Lungs.
"My daughter bad a terrible couph
which settled on her lunes," says N
Jackson, of Danville, III. "We tried a
great many remedies without relief,
until we gave her Foley's llonpy ano
Tar whicb cured her." IlefuBe substi
tutes. Denton & Ward.
Money can always make tbe mare go
in time to lift the purse.
Foley's Honey and Tar.
Cures cough and colds.
Cures bronchitis and astbma.
Cures croup and whooping cough.
Cures hoarseness
and bronchial troubles.
Cures pneumonia and ia grippe.
a
murderer In his heart then."
"You mean to Imply," said Blair,
"that he bad been accustomed to go in
and out of that bouse without ringing
tbe bell that he was ber husband,
though she wonld not see bim except
wben be presented himself at ber door
to plead and to be sent a'way, with hla
heart on fire. Well, I think tbat may
be true."
"Undoubtedly," said Elmendorf, "but
who was the man
Denton & Ward.
Being daughters of Eve, young lad
lea are of course partial to twilight.
A. Bevere Oold for Three Months.
The following letter Irom A. J. Nus
baum, of Batesville, Ind., tells its own
story, "X Buffered for three months
with a Bevere cold, A dtuggist prepur
me some medicine, and a physician pre
scribed for me, yet 1 did not improve. 1
then tried Foley's Honey and lar, and
eight dOBes cured me." Jlefuee substi
tutes. Denton & Ward.
Tbere is evidently electricity in a
cornfield, because it produces shocks.
Dangers of Pneumonia.
A cold at this time if neglected is
liable to cause pneumonia which is so
often fatal, and even when the patient
has recovered the lungs are weakened,
making them peculiarly susceptible to
to the development of consumption
Foley's Honey and Tar will Btop the
cough, heal and strengthen the lungs
prevent pneumonia. Denton & Ward.
Tbe kleptomaniac regards things
from an abstract point of view.
La grippe coughs yield quickly to the
wonderful curative qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. There is nothing else
"just as good." Denton & Ward.
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M. B. Hlslr, Secretary of tlio Delaware County
Fanner's Mutual lusur&nce Co., aud County
So.
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wilt tie at Fred Blair's ofllco lu Manchester,
Saturday afternoon of each week. in:
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Cure, One Minute Cure Is not a mere
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Practically Starving.
"After using a few bottles of Kodol
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says J. R. Holly, real estate, insurance
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fore using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she
could not eat an ordinary without
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Ibmeal
now entirely
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Tbe great American trusts full particu
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Improvement of Corn.
"Uncle Henry" Wallace,is devoting a
Rood deal of space in his paper, Wal
laces' Farmer to the improvement of
Iowa Corn. 1I« calls attention to the
fuct tbat while the Iowa Farmer has
been improving his live stock for twen
cy years end mure he has given very
little attention to tbe great Iowa crop,
corn. Among the many articles which
"ave appeared in Wallace's Farmer on
ih is subject has been a series by Prof,
-•hamei, of Illinois, the corn expert,
«nd these are illustrated by a number
•«r photographs showing different va
eties of corn, perfect and imperfect
urs, the most profitable to raise, etc.
The average Iowa farmer thinks he
knows as much about corn as anybody
does but we miss our gueBS if he can
Dot learn a lot from these articles in
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In this connection we wish to say
that Wallaces' Farmer is one of the
brat agricultural papers that comeB to
t'(is office. It Is handsomely printed on
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Uncle Henry," Its departments of
^Nirving, Horticulture, the Ilog and
Poultry, Its Home Department, for the
women contains full reports of the
leading fairs, live stock shows, and
sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It is
I'uhlished weekly at Des Moines, Iowa'
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*blt in advance and the paper stops
«hen the lime is out. We can send
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The tour through the United States
of l'rince Ilcnry, of Prussia, is being
made in a train containing examples of
tbe highest art of the car builder.
The two compartment sleeping cars
Iowa" and "Ohio" were picked out
from the equipment of roads covering
the entire country as being the most
luxurious and comfortable cars now in
operation. They ore part of the new
"Great Western Limited" running ev
ery night between Chicago, St. Paul
and Minneapolis via. Chicago Great
Western Railway. 10w2.
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ia
STATE
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IS
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gOYNTON I M'EWEN.
HAVE
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all sizes kinds and styles,
Ladies, Gents and Chrildrens Rings
from DIAMONDS, OPALS, EMER-,
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CAPITAL $60,000
'M
PLAIN GOLD. HANDS. i'
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TAI1LE, DESERT and TEA SPOONS,
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sender tickets from and to ail parts of Eur
ope direct to Manchester, tor sale.
Long Time Mortgage Loans Made,
Bought and Sold.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
For tho storage or valuablo papers,
etc. for reut.
Banking
House
Hulcblntm', Building, Minchsiler. lom.
CAPITAL, $70j000
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, Cashier.
COLLECTIONS
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President, Casbler.
R. IV. T1RKIL, C. W. KEAGY,
leo President, Ass't. Cashier.
DIRECTORS
WM. C. CAWLEY. II. F. ARNOLD, ftl!
W. (}. KKNYOHT. K, W. TJJtlilLL.
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piitf
Henrv Hutchinson
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DRAFTS
sold on New Yorkt Chloago
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lana ano European Cities.
TICKETS
—sold to ana from all European
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Henry Hutchinson
wsm
Breeder of Thoroughbred
Shoehorn Cattle.
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON
Manchester, Iowa.
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M. F.
LEBOY Trent. H. A. GRANGER Cashier^
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A. II. BLAKE.
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1
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