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11 SHORT-STORY
iift The Thing That Counts.
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By EARL REED 8ILVER&
(Copyright, 1917, by the McCiure
Newspaper Syndicate)
( (1T ISN'T so much what a teller
I says that maters," Jimmy Barx
raett remarked casually to Mildred
McAdams. "It's what he does
, that really counts."
Mildred looked up at him with rait':
ther wistful eyes. They were rather
SI''. pretty eyes, too, as Jimmy had more
p;'V than ance noticed; and hidden in their
depths was a light which, If Jimmy bad
been a little wiser, would have told!
him somcthln whichg would have;
?>V 'made his heart miss a beat or two. j
But Jimmy was ignorant in. the ways |
of woman. Mildred was the only I
girl he had ever really known, and he j
knew her so well that he'd begun to:
look upon her as he would a sister.j
They played tennis together, motored j
:C around town in Jimmy's big car and ,
"bawled each other out" whenever thoccasion
rtemenrteH
.,.cj u..u up together, l.
since the new little girl next do
bad stuck out her tongue at him Jimm.
I had felt a rather proprietary interest
in Milared. Perhaps as the years wore
on Mildred grew into the promise
of womanhood she 'wondered If Jimmy's
interest would ever be other
than neighborly. But. whatever her
thoughts, she kept them strictly to herself.
And Jimmy, satisfied to let
things run their course, took Mildred
to dances and card parties and forgot
that perhaps other men would see
"in his companion charms to which he
himself was oblivious. Mildred had
never cared much for other men; she
smiled at them and danced with them,
but in her attitude was an impersonal
not which rather discouraged further
advances. And so, until tho Assembly
ball at tho Country club, Mildred
and Jimmy pursured the oven tenor
of their ways.
And then John Hastings appeared.
He was siting on the porch of the club
when Jimmy's car drew up, and as
soon as his eyes dwelt upon Mildred
a smile of joyful recognition overspread
his features. When Jimmy
returned from parking the car he
found Mildred in animated conversation
with a eood-lookinc young man
(who was evidently a stranger in
Bridgetown.
"Oh, Jimmy!" she exclaimed, happily.
"This is John Hastings, whom 1
met last summer at the shore. You've
beard me speak of him, I'm sure."
Jimmy had heard her spealc of him
a good deal, and he regarded the newcomen
with interest. He saw a blackhaired,
tyaok-eyed man of about thirty,
with a well-formed nose and rather
aggressive chin. A sudden dislike for
the stranger came over him. But
Jfc, Jimmy was nothing if not polite, so
he extended his hand pleasantly.
"I'm mighty pleased to meet you,"
jff he announced in a voice which seemed
perfectly sincere. "Mildred haB
told me about your good times last
summer."
"Oh, yes," the man answered. "Mil.lie
and I enjoyed ourselves very
: . Millie! A sudden unreasonable jealousy
smote the heart of Jimmy Bar
Irett. What right had that fellow to
call her Millie? aBuely Jimmy recalled
inoldents Mildred had told him
about in which undoubtedly Hastings
y must have had a part. At that time
j >= confession:
'"What shall we do now, Paula?'
said Alma as we read the story again.
" 'I'll go up and see her and tell her
Just what I think of her." I said, for
I wts boiling with rage and I redlly
wanted for once to tell that little devil
what I thought of her.
" 'No, you can't do that,' said Alma,
'for it would be just like Mistress Flossie
to add another count to her petition
and name you as co-respondent.
She is capable of anything fiendish.'
"I sat down guickly. This was tho
first time in all my life, Margie, that
I had come across a really bad woman
and I could see thai under any cir
cumstances I would be no match for
her and I would probably get my boss
Into worse trouble, if that were possl*
ble, than he was In at the time.
I" 'I'll tell you wnat ru ao," saia Aima,
'I'll go up and try to get to her as a
newspaper woman.'
" 'She won't see you.'
" 'I'm not so sure. You know I have
known her and her family. You can
make up your mind that she has this
scheme all worked out and if it is a
part of it that she will talk for the
newspapers she has her story ready.
"Alma went up to see hor and as she
bad predicted, Mrs. Smith saw her.
You see- she wanted Alma to believe
in her and. so she had a most plausible
story fromier polnt-of view.
r "She made a great point of Alifka
' bein ga. woman and an old-friend anil:
salcbshe certainly wouldmot have seen
any'men reporters,. but 1 know-that
one??f'my'?wn.>Bex, especially x>f najQ
? . own town, will undoretand^amUptra
me Jjwnypresenbsttuatlon.* jfl
"'Althnriffh I nm somewhotvotdta
I than you, Alma, 'eherbegan, *whea>d3
jh1 married Frank-Smith, I -ww-only^aJ
r years, old. We-tiavo-beemjnarTled>tead
years. Until. lately he 'has ahmyd
heencgood>tofln?;3)eraanally, although*
I^ariy-fomnHnrtathathe-was drying-t?i
make^his -wonderful* magnetism audi
silver hmgae * doak many graTdng [
schemes.' J
> "Mhought^f-Frank^mlth'sdionesiys
and^ratheoslow-opeech, Margie, anft
i? Mione0tly*wanted to-choke*tho-Aylm
words^dowmher-throatyrti w> WimftoK
" 'BiiWSMovsdfchlmf-ehe *,wsnt*ori
! with -hustness - oP holdlngna - AeHcate
fife' ' handkercMetdodier>eyBS?teald Alma,
f : ' As shMiotxHfly'<iuoted her-words-but
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GENIUS OF GOVERNOR C.
AMERICA
A group of Mexican school chil d
gime of Esteban Cantu in Lower Califc
MEXICALI, Lower California, June,
13.?Outside of President Carranza. I c
there Is probably no more domluant | v
personage In all ot Mexico than Colonel j c
Esteban Cantu,Military governor o? i c
the Northern district of Lower Call-1 i
fornla. ' s
Shrouded by a veil of mystery, the | c
personality of this man fires the 1m- j v
agination. During the six years that I (
his nation has been bathed in blood he j \
has held aloof from warfare and has
Inaugurated a campaign of upbuilding 1
which promises to make his state the \
most progressive In Mexico. r
He has surrounded himself with the c
most Intellectual people that his na- t
tlon affords. His military aides are 1
graduates of Chapultepec. Mexico's f
West Point. His constructing engl- s
neers are college bred and generally t
speak several languages. He Is quick 1
to adopt and apply modern methods in
all lines of activity within his district, r
Of French extraction, Colonel Cantu 1
came to Lower California from Mexico t
City to take command of the troops l
in the Northern district and later sue- t
ceeded to the post of governor. (
? - ? ~l? <-i ini-ii-i firf-Li-u*> i-i OTi
he had listened patiently and had t
dismissed them as trivial; now they i
assumed monstrous proportions. [
From within the olub the orchestra i
struck up a one-step and Hastfngs e
turned to Mildred. '
"May I have the pleasure?" he ask- i
ed. i
Mildred, with a glance at Jimmy's t
unexpectedly frowning face, dimpled
mischievously. i
"I'd be delighted," she answered.
When they returned from the dance, t
they found Jimmy standing where I
they had left him. During, the five t
minutes in which Mildred had danced
with Hastings, Jimmy's heart had re- ?
vealed itself. Waiting in the shad- 1
ows of the porch, under the lure of i
soft- music, Jimmy suddenly discov- I
ered that Mildred McAdams meant
more to him than any one else in g
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3 OF A WIFE >: 1
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sob, 'and when ho was nominated for
Congress I did all I could to help elect
him. Of course you know I have never
been anything but a home-loving woman,
but I had a few influential friends
?men who had known my fathershades
of tho nine tailors it takes to
make a man!?who were willing to
help me In every way possible.
" 'The night he was elected I madn
him promise he would go straight, but
the moment he got here he became
embroiled in this liquor mess and. when
I remonstrated with him he?he struck
me. After that I knew there was nothing
for me to do but to separate from
him It was really against my conscience
and training to get a divorce,
but my lawyers after hearing my story
sakl there was nothing else for me to
do.
" 'I am not asking for any alimony?
I could not touch any of that money
that I know Is tainted.'
'"Great heavens, Alma,.I intsrrapted.
Don't tell me any more. I can't
stand It That woman knows she has
mortgaged the boss's very salary with
her extravagance.'
" 'flf nnnran aha Anna.' said Alma.
"but that did not keep her from mak- i
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INTU WORKS MIRACLE I
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ren?school bulldingSs one of the Impo
>rnla. *
tA that time the country was practi- t
ally a waste. Some development t
vork had been done by American con- ;
essionaires, but for the most part the s
ountry was a desert. With the build- c
ng of the Imperial Valley Irrigation
ystem, an American enterprise, it bo- e
ame possible to irrigate the Imperial t
alley on both sides of the line. Lower j'
California then took her first step for- (
vard. t
Being a rocky, desolate, thinly popu- t
ated district, there was no means t
- hereby the state government could i
alse necessary revenue for much need- i
;d improvements. When Cantu first I
ook bold there wasn't even a road in
lis domain. When he wanted to go I
rom Mexicali, on the east side of the ]
itnte, to Tiajuana and Ensenada on I
ho west ho had to use highways of t
Jncle Sam. ' . I
The coding of American capital i
nadc It possible to develop Lower Call- I
ornla. Cantu taxed Americans for i
he privilege of operating south of the
(order, and usod tho money thus ob- <
ained to build up hlB community. In i
irder t6 engage in business or Indus- j
he world. Jealously be watched as i
she smiled up into the face of her 1
lartner. He imagined that there was ]
i light in her eyes which he had never
ieen before. The possibility of her I
leing in love with Hastings came to i
tlm with starting suddenness. What if
she was? Jimmy leaned his head ]
tgainst the porch pillar and frowned j
miserably. What if Mildred were ;
n love with another man?
He tried to smile, however, when ,
he other two returned. Hastings, his |
'ace rather flushed, nodded absently
? Jimmy.
"Millie is Just as perfect a dancer
ts she ever was," he announced. Then
is turned to the girl. "I hope that you .
vill give me a good many more dances '
onight."
Mildred glanced at Jimmy, who was
daring at by almost fiercely. Some
ng what she thought was a splendid
point "How'wlll you live?" 1 asked
ler bluntly,' said Alma.
" 'I am going to some friends in New !
fork immediately,' slie answered nun
Paula, as she said It she could not help
l queer little gleam coming Into her
syes and a quirky'smile at her mouth's
:orners. (
'"You can depond on it, Senator
toss has made some provision for her :
ind she will probably go abroad next 1
lummer and the senator will follow, i
: wonder If she can make htm marry I
ier.' i
" 'Alma, you don't think that woman
ixpects to marry Senator Ross?" I said ,
n derision.
"'She certainly does,' was her aniwer,
'for she could not keep him out
>f her conversation with me. Sho ,
iald, "I feel so ashamed that fhavo ;
a. mnn na Canntne T? no
JITJUgUl BUUU UiC 11 no wuumvui w
ny dinner table to meet such a man
is Frank Smith. I would not blame
Senator Ross if be never spoke to me
igain." |
'"Then, Paula, a queer thing haplened.
A boy came to the door and J
leard him say that Senator Ross was
jailing. She turned to me and Bald,
Please excuse me. I have some im- j
lortant business," and I got out.'
'"Are you going to write her side
if the story, Alma?' J
" "Watch me,' was her retort, as she 1
lat down to her typewriter.'" i
DOINGS OF THE D
J|oM,ToM, VMERE f/i "THERE
liDlDNOV) ROT W, OV/CR
IBrye car? f~jgj ? AT
if mm ITS OVER IK Hg1-'"*
jig M that vacamt fJI
^ Lot with, a ~
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VT LOWER CALIFORNIA
BUILDING CAMPAIGN!
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rtant phasea of the conatructlon re.
ry below the line it Is first necessary
o buy a concession from the governor
ind also to pay a tax on production. In
iddltion to this a heavy export duty is
iharged.
Claiming unjust taxation, planters
louth of the border recently appealed
o the American government for help.
The matter was taken up through
leorge Carruthers, special agent of
he State department, and an adjustnent
of the duty on cotton was chained.
An export duty of approxlnately
$10 a bale is now charged, but
text season a new schedule will greaty
reduce this levy.
No Mexican official ever did more
or his community and people than
Ssteban Cantu is aoing in n,ower unn'ornia.
Besides spending money In
housand and million-dollar allotments
or civic and state betterment, he sends
i considerable portion of his Income
;o Mexico City regularly, to be used in
refinancing tbe Mexican government.
Cantu la the only Mexican governor
svho has been able at all times to pay
ill of bis official* In gold during the
revolution.
thing In his eyes made her catch her
are&th sharply; and her heart suddenly
threatened to run away from her.
"You may have the third one after
this," she said to Hastings, "and after
that I'll think about It." V
Jimmy claimed Mildred as his partner
fordhe second dance. He didn't*
say much, but the girl imagined that
he held her just a little tighter than
was necessary. When the dance was
over he led her out into the farthest
recess of the porch.
"Did you have very much to do with
Hastings this - summer?" he asked
abruptly.
"Not so very much. Why? Don't
you like him?"
"He seems like a pretty fair sort of
chap," Jimmy answered honestly.
"But I hate him Just the same."
Mildred regarded him with startled
eyes.
"Why, Jimmy," she said. "1 didn't
think you'd act like this."
"Can't I hate a man if I want to?"
limmy demanded. "Do you like him
very much?"
"Yes; very much."
"Oh!"
The bottom of the world suddenly
fell out under Jimmy's feet. Mil
iretl's calm statement tnat sne lined
Hastings very much left him gasping
for breath. If at that moment
lie had glanced at his companion he
might have seen the hint of a twin5le
in the corner of her eye. But Jimmy
was looking off into a future which
was blacker than night itself.
"Let's go back," he suggested lifelessly.
The girl did not move.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because," Jimmy answered, "If you
like him very much, you must want
to be with him. So I can turn you
iver to him and beat it home."
"Do you want to, Jimmy?"
There was a certain wlBtfulness in
her voice which made Jimmy turn
suddenly toward her.
"Don't you want me to?" he asked.
Her answer was almost inaudible.
"No," she whispered.
"But yon said you liked him very
much."
She smiled at his persistence.
"Maybe I Just did it to make you
lealous," she suggested. Then a twin )
tie came into her eye. "It Isn't so
nuch what a feller says that matters,"
UFFS?(GUESS THE MA*
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13 A MAM STANDIN6I - '
THERB LOOHIHG r MAVBS HE
tHe CAR,Tom -J WAMT^S To
WW IT? iTu.
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ehe quoted. "It's what he doe* that
really counts."
And then she leaned over and klaeed
Jimmy fairly on the lips.
And Jimmy, the world suddenly
bright again, reached out his arms to
her.
"I lore you," he sald.
I HEALTH HINTS!
The tongue telle a whole lot with -
TA SaIIm
out any neip irom cue voice, ic wu
whether you are sick or well juat at
accurately as a thermometer telli
whether It le hot or coldl
The coated tongue le an Indication ol
gastric disorders. The flaming red
tongue telle that Its owner Is fever'
lsh. When something has gone wrong
and bothered the action of your dlgea
tire tract a glance In the mirror will
most likely show that the tongue Is
broad and thick.
If there Is Irritation of the blood
supply of the stomach or bowels you
may see that your tongue Is elongated
and somewhat pointed.
If the tongue is dry look out foi
some kind of stomach disorder. If you
bare been overeating and your stom
ach has more than it can properly
handle a heavy coating at the base
of the tongue will tell you about It.
When a person is sick and the coat'
ed tongue becomes furry or shaggy
in appearance you may know that the
disease is in an advanced stage.
When there is a high fever and prostration
the tongue will be found to be
dry and brown in appearance. It the
tongue will be found to be dry and
brown in appearance. If the tongue
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Becomes ary ana rea u is an uuw
tion that the patient la In a more serious
condition than when the tongue
was dry and brown. When a person
has been 111 with a marked dry tongue
and that organ becomes moist again it
is a sign of a' "turn for the better."
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED
0. P. R.: "Please give me a good
home remedy for muscular rheumatism."
Rubbing and hot applications.
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BABE'S UNUSUAL MISADVENTURE
UNIONTOWN, Pa., June 14.?With
his clothing caught on a barbed wire
fenco on a farm within a quarter ol
a mile from his home John Qltner, 2year-old
son of George Gitner, a farmer
of Brier Hfll, was held a prisoner
over 24 hours. The child was found
I ni 9 A*/l1nAlr VQCtflrHflli
UUViUUOblUUO a\t U u vivun
afternoon and will probably recover
A Wise' Fleh.
When a fish, a tiny creature that
prefers a home close to shore, gets a
desire to rove away from home, he
gives his tail a lazy little wiggle and
says: "Why swim, when I can ride?"
So he fastens himself to a piece of
floating seaweed or driftwood and
rides away, sometimes far out to sea.
He's a member of n very large family
of various sizes, shapes and h< ues,
He's called the blenny.
WOMEN VOLUNTEERS.
*
In stress and trouble the women tt
a nation are always to be countec
upon. In this country few of oui
women escape the weakening trouble:
p eculiar to their sex.
Middle aged women about to expert
encc that dreaded chnnge of life, shouli
profit by the experience of thousand:
of noble women who have gone througl
the same period with little or no palq
misery or discomfort
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription ii
and has been for nearly 50 years jusi
the medicine. It is not a secret pre
scriptlon, for Its ingredients ere print
ed on the wrapper; it's a temperanci
medicine, a glyceric extract from roots
Not only does it build up the entin
system and make it strong and vigor
ous enough to withstand the organii
disturbances, but it has a quieting ef
feet upon the feminine organism.
Lynchburg, Va.?"I am glad ti
speak of Dr. Pierce's remedies in higl
terms. While I have not had an;
occasion to use 'Favorite Prescription
myself, I can tell of its benefit to m;
sister. She used it to build up aftc:
a nervous break-down. She was wel
satisfied and it did all she could ex
pect I have been well pleased my
self with Dr. Pierce's Pellets. The;
are fine. I am only too glad ti
recommend them."?Mas. J. C. Fbank
tiv, Oabell Street
Hinton, W. Va.?"I em glad to re
commend Dr..Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
For pills that cure indigestion, con
atipatlon and biliousness 1 have nevei
found anything better. I oheerfull;
recommend them."?Mas. J. W. Moss
615 James Street
Every woman should be careful thai
the liver Is active nnd the poisons en
not allowed to clorthe system?get ri(
of these poisons by taking a-vegetabh
laxative occasionally?such as Dr
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The# do nol
gripe and will not barm the system.
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At $1.98
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YOUTHFUL BURGLARS HELD.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 14.?
Foetoffie Inipector Harry Connor arrived
In Charleston last night with
Claude and Harry Reitznlre, brothers,
aged 11 and 8, respectively, who are
oharged with the burglary ol the Mai
eon City postofflce on May 20. Two
[ other youths, Urlal Busklrk and Har,
ley Boles, will be brought here today
. for burglary of the postofflce at Gauley
Bridge.
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ripples that seem to take years
j from her age. Hair of this
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friends will immediately remark,
I "How soft and beautiful yonr
hair looks."
Pompeian HAIR Massage Js a
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Not sticky. Will stop Dandruff
and Scalp Itching. To get quick
results, roll the scalp the Pompeian
way (carefully described
in booklet enclosed with every
bottle). The massaging of the
[ scalp wakes up the roots of the
' hair to new life. This massaging
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near here, entered a treeellmblngflj)o:aB
teat with aaveral frtende on hUgKnfl
yesterday afternoon and fall 10
from a tree, dying Instantly. Hia w9
was broken.
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