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ing to marry her next November—mat
Is, if he, Mortimer, chose to keep si
lent about a certain midnight episode
at Shotover.
Several times be called up Quartier
on the phone and made appointments
to lunch with him, but these meetings
never resulted In
anything except
luncheons which Mortimer paid for,
and matters were becoming desperate
So one day. after having lunched too
freelj, he sat down and wrote PlaiJt
the following note:
My Dear Beverly—You
ill remember
that I once promised you my aid In se
curing what, to you, la the dearest object
of your existence. I have thought, I have
pondered, I have given the matter deep
and, I may add without irreverence, pray
erful coiTidderatlon, knowing that the
life's happiness of my closest friend de
pended on my Judgment and wisdom and
Intelligence to secure for him the
A oppor
tunity to crown his life's work by the ac
quisition of the brightest jewel In the dia
dem of old Manhattan.
"By George, that's wickedly good,
though!" chuckled Mortimer, refresh
ing himself with his old standby,
apple, quartered and soaked in i
old port. So he sopited his apple and
swallowed It and picked up his pen
again, chary of overdoing It:
All I say to you Is, be ready! The time
Is close at hand when you may boldly
make your avowal. But be ready! All
depends upon the psychological moment
an
very
An Instant too soon, ah Instant too late,
mid you are lost. And she Is lost forever.
Remember! Bo faithful; trust In me, and
Walt. And the Instant I say, "Speak!"
p four out your soul, my dear friend, and
be certain you are not pouring It out In
VRln.
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L. M.
Writing about "pouring out" made
him thirsty, so he fortified himself
several times, and then, seeing the
letter, \Vent out
to a letter box
and stood look
ing at it.
"If I mail It
I'm In for It," he
muttered. Aft
er awhile he put
the letter In hts
3 . pocket and
ïSit 7 walked on.
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really
doesn't commit
"By George , that's
wickedly good,
though 1"
me to any
thing," he re
flected at last, halting before another
letter box. And as he stood there, hes
itating. he glanced up and saw Quar
rler entering the Lenox club. The
next moment he flung up the metal
box lid, dropped In his letter and fol
lowed Quarrler into the club.
Then events tumbled forward al
most without a push from him. Quar
rler was alone In a window corner,
drinking vlchy and milk and glancing
over the afternoon papers, lie saw
Mortimer and Invited him to join him,
and Mortimer, being thirsty, took
champagne.
"I've been trying a new coach," said
Quarrler iu his colorless and rather
agreeable voice, and he went on lei
surely explaining the points of the new
mall coach which had been built In
Tarts after plans of his own, while
Mortimer gulped glass after glass of
chilled wine, which seemed only to
make him thirstier. Meantime he lis
tened, really Interested, except that
his fleshy head was too full of alcohol
and his own project to contain addi
tional statistics concerning coaching.
Besides, Quarrler, who had never been
overcordial to him, was more so now—
enough for Mortimer to venture on a
few tentative suggestions of a finan
cial nature, and though, as usual,
Quarrler was not responsive, he did
not, as usual, get up and go away.
A vague hope stirred Mortimer that
It might not be beyond his persuasive
tongue to make this chilly, reticent
young man Into a friend some day—a
helpful friend. Once or twice he
thought Quarrler looked at him rather
strangely, but he would show Quar
rler that he was a friend—a good,
stanch friend—and that Quarrler had
long, long undervalued him. Wares
of sentiment spread through and
through him. His affection for Quar
rler dampened his eyes, and still he
blabbed on and on, gazing with brim
ming eyes upon Quarrler, who sat
back silent and attentive as Mortimer
circled and blundered nearer and near
er to the crucial point of his destination,
Midway lu one of his linguistic el
lipses Quarrler leaned forward nnd
caught his arm In a grip of steel. An
other j man had entered the room,
Mortimer, mnde partly conscious by
the pain of Quarrier's vlsellke grip,
sober enough to recognize the 1m
propriety of his continuing aloud the
veiled story he had been constructing
with what he supposed to be a cun
iling as matchless as It was lmpenetra
jjl e
Later he found himself upstairs in
private eardroom. facing Quarrler
across a table, and still talking and
quenching his increasing thirst. He
knew now what he was telling Quar
rler. He was unveiling the parable,
t ( He was stripping metaphor from
carefully precise story. He used Si
ward's name presently; presently
A moment later
was
used Sylvia's name.
—or was It an hour?-Quarrler stopped
him coldly without a trace of passion,
demandlng'corroborative detail. And
Mortlmer gave it, wagging his head
and one fat forefinger as emphasis.
"You saw that?" repeated Quarrler,
deadly white of a sudden.
"Yes and I"—
"At 3 in the morning?"
"Yes an' I want''—
"You saw him enter her room?"
"Yes, an' I wan' tersny thish to you,
bemuse I'm your fr'en'. Don' wan'
fr'en's mine get fooled on worn
See? Thash how I feel. I respec'
Women, lovely worn
Gimme y'han',
anny
en.
See?
the sect.
en. See? Respec' sect
buzzer — er— brother Quarrler. Your
m' fr'en'; I'm your fr'en'. I know how
It is. Götter wife m'own.
one. Stingy. Takes money outter
pockets. Dam 'etravagant. Ruin me.
Bay, old boy, what about dividend due
'morrow on Orange County Eclectic
Rotten
mean Erlextlc — no — mean
Damn !— Wasser
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day
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Opening his fond and foggy eyes
and finding himself alone In the card
room he began to cry, and a little later,
attempting to push the electric button,
he fell over a lounge and lay there, his
shirt front soiled with wine, one fat
leg trailing to the floor, not the Ideal
position for slumber [>erhaps, hut what
difference do attitudes and
and poses make when a gentleman, la
the sacred seclusion of his own club.
Is wooing the drowsy goddess with
blasts of votive music through his
purpled nose?
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or
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Mr.
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In the. meantime, however, he was
due to dine at the Belwether house,
and when 8 o'clock approached and he
had not returned to dress Leila called
up Sylvia Landis on the telephone:
"My dear, Leroy hasn't returned, and
I suppose he's forgotten about the
bridge. I can bring Mr. Plank, If you
like."
"Very well," said Sylvia, adding, "If
Mr. Plank Is there may I speak to him
a moment?"
So Leila rose, setting the raceiver on
the desk, and Plank came In from the
library and settled himself heavily In
the chair.
"Did you wish to speak to me, Mias
Landis?"
sore
ton,
"Is that you, Mi. Plank? Yes. Will
you dine with us at 8? Bridge after
ward, if you don't mind."
"Thank you."
"And, Mr, Plank, you had a note
from me this morning?"
"Yes."
"Please disregard it."
"If you wish."
"I do. It is not worth while." And
ns Plank made no comment, "I have
no further interest in the matter. Do
you understand?"
"No," said riank doggedly.
"I have nothing more to say. I am
sorry. We dine at 8," concluded Syl
via hurriedly.
Plank hung up the receiver and sat
eying it for awhile In silence. Then
his jaw began to harden and his under
lip protruded and he folded his great
hands, resting them In front of him
on the edge of the desk, brooding there,
with eyes narrowing like- a sleepy
giant at prayer.
When Leila entered In her evening
wraps she found him there, so Im
mersed In reverie that he failed to
hear her, and she stood a moment at
the doorway, smiling to herself, think
ing how pleasant it was to come down
ready for the evening and find him
there, as though he belonged where
he sat and was part of the familiar
environment.
Recently she had grown younger in
a smooth skinned, full lipped way—so
much younger that it was spoken of.
"Beverly," she said, "I am ready."
riank stood up, dazed from his rev
erie, and walked toward her. His
white tie had become disarranged.
She raised her hands, halting him, and
pulled it into shape for him, conscious
ly Innocent of the Intimacy.
"Thank you," he said. "Do you
know how pretty you are this even
ing?"
"l'es. I was very happy at my mir
ror. Do you know, the withered years
seem to be dropping from me like
leaves from an autumn sapling. And
I feel young enough to say so poetic
ally. Did Sylvia try to flirt with you
over the wire?"
"Yes, as usual," he said drily, de
scending the stairs beside her.
"And really you don't love her any
more?" she queried.
"Scarcely." Ills voice was low and
rather disagreeable, and she looked up.
"I wish I knew what you and Sylvia
find to talk about so frequently. If
you're not In love."
But he made no answer, and they
drove away to the Belwether house, a
rather wide, old style mansion of
brown stone, with a stoop dividing Its
ugly facade, and a series of unneces
sary glass doors blockading the vesti
bule.
A drawing room nnd a reception room
flanked the marble tiled hall. Behind
these the dining room ran the width
of the rear.
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There were half a dozen people there
lounging informally between the living
room on the second floor and Sylvia's
apartments in the rear—the residue
from a luncheon and bridge party glv
en that nftemoon by Sylvia to a score
or so of card-mad women. A few of
these she bad asked to remain for an
Informal dinner and a desperate game
later—the sort of people she knew well
enough to lose to heavily or win from
without remorse—Grace Ferrall, Ma
j rlon Page, Agatha Caithness. Trusting
to the telephone that morning, she had
secured the Mortimers and Quarrler,
failing three men. and now the party,
with Plank as Mortimer's substitute,
was complete, all thorough gamesters
-sex mattering nothing in the prepn
In Sylvia's boudoir Grace Ferrall
and Agatha Caithness sat before the
fire; Sylvia, at the mirror of her dress
er, was correcting the pallor incident
ed
is
ration.
to the unbroken dissipation of a brll
liant season; Marlon, with her inevita
ble cigarette, wandered between Syl
vla's quarters nnd the library, n here
Quarrler and Major Belwether were
sitting in low voiced confab,
Leila, greeted gayly from the bou
dolr, went in. Plank entered the llbra
ry. was mauled effusively by the ma
jor, returned Qua crier's Ann hand
shake and sat down with an inquiring
night,"
grasping Quarrier's arm humorously
and shaking it to emphasize his words
! —a habit that Quartier thoroughly dis
liked. "Sylvia had a lot of women
here playing for the season score, so
I suggested she keep the pick of them
for dinner and call in a few choice
ones to make a night of it."
"It's agreeable to me," said Plank,
still looking at Quarrler with the sgme
smile.
"Oh, yes, we're out for blood to
tittered Major Belwether,
Inquiring expression, which thnt gen
tleman presently chose to understand.
"I haven't had a chnuce to look Into
that matter," he said carelessly. "'Some
day when you have time to go over
it"
"I have time now," said Plank.
"There's nothing to go over. There's no
reason for any secrecy. All I wrote
you was that I proposed to control the
Btock of Amalgamated Electric and
that I wished your advice In the mat
ter."
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"I could not give you any advice
offhand on such an extraordinary sug
gestion," returned Quarrler coldly. "If
you know where the stock is you'll
understand."
"Do you mean what It is quoted at
or who owns It?" Interrupted Plank.
"Who owns It. Everybody knows
where it has dropped to, I suppose.
Most people know, too, where It is
held."
"Yes, I do."
"And who is manipulating It," added
Quarrler Indifferently.
"Do you mean Harrington's peo
ple?"
"I don't mean anybody In particular,
Mr. riank."
V
"Oh"' said Plank, staring.
"I was
sore you couldn't have meant Harring
ton, because," he went on délit jtItaly,
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"there are other theories floating about
that mysterious pool, one of which
I've proved."
Quarrler looked at him out of his
velvety lidded eyes.
"What have you proved?"
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TO ADJUDICATE WATER EIGHTS.
Canal Association Endeavoring to As
certain Priority.
At a meeting of the Governing Board .
of the Twin Falls Canal Association, it ÿ
was decided necessary, upon the best
legal advice obtainable, to procure a
decree from the courts showing the
standing of the water right for the
land on the original Twin Falls tract.
This is necessary in order to secure
the rights of land owners in case a
dispute arises as to the prior right of
the South Side Twin Falls tract over
the surrounding tracts which have
made filings on the waters of Snake
River, or in case any of the surround
ing tracts show a disposition to en- '«•
croach upon the rights of settlers Î
upon the lands of the South Side Twin •
Falls tract.
Every owner of land on this tract,
which includes the original segrega
tion of 30,000 acres on the North Side,
is invited to join as a plaintiff in this
suit to be brought, and If he so joins,
the expense will be nominal. If he
falls to join as a plaintiff, he will be
made a defendant in the case, making
it necessary for him to secure legal
help at a considerable expense.
The secretary of the Canal Associa- •
tion will be in his office over the Com
mercial Savings Bank in Twin Falls
every Saturday from 9:00 A. M. to 5-00
P. M., and will receive the names ot .•
all those wishing to be made plain
tiffs and answer any questions to those
desiring information.
The secretary has also been In
structed by the Governing Board to
call upon as many of the land owners
as possible for him to see and give
them an opportunity to become plain
tiffs in the case.
Messrs. Stockslager & Bowen are
the attorneys for the association and
will conduct the case. They, as well
as others who have given this matter
much thought and study, consider an
early action of the courts most im
portant, and it is necessary in order
that the decree be of benefit to any
particular piece of land that the owner
of that land shall signify his intention
to join in the suit. The whole tract
cannot be treated as a body, and the
fact that your neighbor has a decree
does not put your land in the same
standing as his, unless you are a plain
tiff in the suit, so it is important to
you that you are not overlooked.
IRVING R. DARROW,
Secretary Governing Board.
August 20-tf.
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Application For Entry.
United States Land Office,
Hailey, Idaho, Oct. 3rd, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the town
ships named below have been survey
ed and that on November 5th, 1908,
the plat of survey will be filed in this
office, and on and after the date of
filing, we will be prepared to receive
applications for the entry of lands
therein :
T. 13 S„ R. 17 E.,
T. 1+ S„ R. 17 E„
T. It S„ R. 18 E„
T. 15 S., R. IS E.
A. I. McMAHON, Register.
FRED C. BRADLEY, Receiver.
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Twin Falls Household Will
Find Them So.
To have the pains and aches of a bad
back removed; to be entirely free from
annoying, dangerous urinary disorders
is enough to make any kidney sufferer
grateful. To tell him how this great
change can be brought about will
prove comforting words to hundreds of
Twin Falls readers.
Mrs. James C. Lee, of 1015 North
Harrison avenue, Pocatello, Idaho,
says; "While I have never used Doan's
Kidney pills personally, ray husband,
who is an engineer on the O. S. L,
railroad, has taken them with the best
of success. Like most men whose call
ing is that of a railroad engineer, he
has a great deal of trouble from pains
in his loins, back and kidneys. Often
times, when he came home nights, he
complained of his back bothering him
severely. When I saw Doan's Kidney
Pills advertised I went to a drug store
and got a box. He commenced the use
of the remedy and the first box did him
so much good that he continued taking
them until the backache disappeared
and he has had no return of the
trouble since."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name—Doan's
—and take no other.
L ong time money to loan on farm
security. Missouri Land Co. Room 4,
Commercial and Savings Bank Build
ing, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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TWIN FALLS LODGE
No. 45, A. F. and A. M.
Meets first Monday night in each
month. Sojourning brethren cordially
invited to attend.
B. A. BAKER, \V. M.
CHAS. H. MULL, Se'cy.
PRIMKOSE REBE KAH LODGE NO. 76.
Meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first
and Third Tuesdays of each month.
Visiting Rebekahs cordially welcome.
HATTIE BESSIRE, Noble Grand.
BERTHA BENTLEY, Rec. Sec.
TWIN FALLS HOMESTEAD NO. 1114,
Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
Meets the second and fourth Friday of
each month in Odd Fellows Hall. Visit
ing members always welcome.
C. C. WILSON,
Foreman.
J. M. ROGERS,
Correspondent.
Twin Pàllj Lods:*
No. 23 I.O.O.F.
Meets every Thursday evening at 7:30
in Odd Fellows' Hall. Visiting Broth
ers always welcome.
C. B. CARTWRIGHT, N. G.
H. A. CRYDER, Secretary.
M. W. A. CAMP
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Meets 2nd and 4th Wednes
days of each month.
D. W. Brunk, Consul
G. W. Reels, Clerk
Idaho Dept. Store Bldg.
Phone 123
IDAHO LODGE KO. 1.
I. O. G. T.
Meets every Monday night in I. 0.
Visitors always welcome.
Edith Sawyer, C.T.
Mary Sawyer, Sec.
O. F. Hall.
TWIN FALLS SOCIALIST LOCAL
Meets Fridays at 7:30 p. m., corner
of Tenth Ave. and Tenth St. Every
body invited to come and also to ask
qestions regarding Socialism.
H. H. Freedheim, Secy-Treas.
Office one block due north of P. O.
999
The Brunk Auction company will
hold regular sales every Saturday af
ternoon after this date.
Life Is Too Short
to wear yourself out washing. Phone
66. They will do your family wash
ing Monday only.
FALLS STEAM LAUNDRY.
For Sale—A thoroughbred Jersey
bull. Inquire of Morgan Heap at City
Lumber company. 10-8-15
Wanted.
Dressed poultry at the Hotel Per
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I make a specialty of collecting bad
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city and town In the United States. If
y«i have claims you can't collect, call
and see me J. H. Wise. Room 5, Com
mercial and Savings Bank building
Twin Falla, Idaho.
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