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if 11 THURSDAY. SEPT. 28 f\
FiMTj^f'•'&■•'l>eed» ** -.;/
Caleb McEvers et al to W S Cru
_„ tract in Colfax, $76.
4*'H«_i7'Noble and wife to W B Our-
Wlot^blks7. Maiden", $600.
Edmond P McNall and wife to
Hartin M. McNall et al, wh seq 28-20-
IfijjflJi i.' ''■i--,-:- - ■ ■ '■ >!■
f'jsW/j Vestal and wife to Jno P.
rfgjeta**pt lots 1, 2, blk 9,; Colton,
ll Milwaukee Land Co. to Henry No
fc le, lot 4, blk 67, Maiden, $150.
J v; Real Mortgages
fc|! A Bryan and wife to Pullman
Savings and Loan Association, lots
fe 10, 11. blk 3, Reaney's 2nd add,
(j-pullman, $3500.
V; Chattel Mortgages
i|i W G Wendover to Bank of Wi
4nona, livestock, 2-3 crop on farm of
§J_ Jndson, near Winona, $350.
' ? Releases
i,*W G M Hays to Jno E Sheldon et
4 1, real mtg.
jy^W A Hardisty to J H Barrett, real
mtg. :.'.*
Assignment*!
; A H Dawson to the First National
Bank of Pullman, real mtg.
■> FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 1911.
f Deeds.
• W. F. Conyard and wife to Henry
John Stewart, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, blk 3,
LaCrosse, $2500.
V John C. Fowler and wife to Broad-
Tiew Dairy Co., tract in 23-20-43,
:|122.
ITlew Dairy Co., tract in 23-20-43,
|122.
Sain Glenn and wife to Janett Lar-,
'sen, lot 7, blk 3, W. H.. Rudolph's'
add, LaCrosse, $785.
;\; John DeHeus and wife to Lydia
Grosz, pt nea nwq 23-16-43, $1400.
■ Milwaukee Land Co. to C. W. Ker
shaw, lots 5, 6, blk 50, Maiden, $250.
®| Milwaukee Land Co. to Earle
Plummer, lots 3, 4, blk 50, Maiden,
1200.
; William 11. Midkiff and wife to
Charles Ashton, tract in neq neq 29
--18-41, $1.
Fred C. Weaver and wife to Geo.
P. Weaver, eh swq, nwq swq, seq,
nwq 8-18-39, $850.
Chattel Mortgage!,
I P. L. Moulton to St. Joha State
ißank, livesock, 2-3 crop on pt 29, 32
in 19-41, $500.
A. L. Ebersole to J. 1. Case
Threshing Machine Co., automobile,
etc., $812.
F. M. Sayles to R. .1.1. Park, live
stock, 150 acres wheat in 34-18-39,
. $892.
J. T. Giles to A. D. Burrow, 600
bushels weal on eh 18-18-41, 8300;
to Shoudy Bros., livestock, $262.
James K. Martin to Frank Fray et
Hi. 2-3 crop on seq 12, nwq 13-17-39,
$500.
Orln H. Bartleson to Daniel
Branch, livestock, etc., $300.
C. L. Williams to Edw. S. Swift,
crop on pt 21, 22 in 17-42, $175.
Clauncey L. Williams to Edw. S.
Swift, livestock, $250.
Dave Sutton to First State Bank of
LaCrosse, livestock, $50.
B. G. Trull to St. John State Bank,
livestock, crop on pt swq 10-18-39,
$500.
S. L. Wise to W. B. Wise, live
stock, 2-3 crop on eh 12-15-39,
$3334.
. ... Releases.
H. A. Johnson et al to William H.
Stuart et al, real mtg.
| Floyd Wilson to William G. Dod
son. chat.
Harvey & Regan to G. E. Stone,
chat.
Shoudy Bros, to J. T. Giles, chat.
I James MacEachern to George E.
I den et al, chat.
| SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1911.
I Samuel E. Hughes and wife to
Frank Bailor, pt lots 1, 2, blk 7,
James M. McCoy's Ist add, Oakes-
! dale, $500.
|; M. E. Church of St. John to George
W. Rhoads, lots 15, 16, blk 7, St.
John, $300. '
Real Mortgages.
Frank Bailor and wife to F. A.
Davis, pt lots 1, 2, blk 7, James H.
i McCoy's Ist add, Oakesdale, $300. -
Chattel Mortgages.
'Dell Harper to J. H. Janssen, live
stock, $300.
i , C. C. Cole to St. John State Bank,
livestock, machinery, grain, 2-3 crop
on pt 18-18-42, $518.
, John E. Davis to National Bank of
'Palouse, livestock, 2-3 crop on nwq,
ah 13-16-44, $1000.
I W. L. Wagner et al to Jesse J.
Archer, livestock, $425.
Ous A. Klingenberg to Joseph
darkey, livestock, 2-3 crop on nwq
5-19-42, $300; to J. D. Butler, 2-3
crop on nwq 4-19-42, $710.
C. S. Sherwood to Jacob J. Axley,
"3 crop on nwq 32-18-41, $450.
f A. L. Jensen to W. A. Beardsley,
livestock, machinery, 2-3 crop on
Yardsley and F. H. Brown farms,
$1700.
f Releases.
J- J- Schlee to XV. J. Davis et al,
; real mtg.
w- H. Button to A. M. Blpens and
*'He.' real mtg.
*. v . .-' : ■ '. ::■■>■■■■:
George W. Dußoisl to J. p. Haga
man, two chats. , * <v -;
N. Williams to John T. Crow and
wife, chat.
J- H. Janssen to Dell Harper, chat.
C. S. Imhoff to G. W. Wilson,
chat.
William L. LaFollette to Grant
Clark, chat.
Bills of Sale.
S. A. Dugglns to J. D. Jaton, frame
buildings, $1.
Will Hogan to Burgan-Emerson
Co., crop of potatoes, $1.
Assignments.
Claude M. Smith to Bank of Wi
nona, real mtg.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1911
Deeds
..Jno Biernot and wife to Frank
Riske, eh 32-17-44, $18,000.
Peter Helm and wife to Jno Sut
ton eh, neq, nwq neq, neq nwq 34
--18-441, except $10.
X F Daniels to .Ino Ellis, lot 7,
blk 8, Elberton, $30.
Oliver Barnhart and wife to Mrs,
Elizabeth E. Barnhart, swq 33-16-40,
$1.
Peter J. Konen to Lena Hehl, lot
4, blk 1, Stollenwerk's add, Union
town, $250.
Fourth National Bank to (Chas.
Semler, nh nh 12-13-46,52200.
Jesse V Fisher and husband to
Bert Mader, nwq 15-16-44, $10,500.
Malcom Sinclair and wife to H S
Curtiss, nwq 18-17-45, lease.
Real Mortgages
Frank Riske to Jno Biernot, eh 32
--17-44, $77,000.
Walter Scott Gros sand wife to In
ternational Mtg Bank, lots 4, 5, of
5-16-45, $2200.
Jno Sutton to Colfax National bank
eh, neq, nwq neq, neq nwq 34-18-41,
$621.
R T Smiley and wife to Tobias
Mosler, lots 1, 2, 3, of 17-20-46,
$2700.
Chas. Semler and wife to Paul
Aekerman, nh nh 12-13-45, $500.
Wm Byrd to • Savings and Trust
bank, swq 29, seq 29-15-42, $2800.
Fred Page to First Savings and
Trust Bank, eh neq, neq swq, lot 3,
of 20-14-38, $1000.
Chattel Mortgages
E P Sharp to St John bank live
stock, 2-3 crop on pt sections 10, 11,
of 18-41, $400.
C L Shaw to National Bank of Pa
louse, undertaking, business, $2268.
W A Lybecker to A E Olson 2-3
crop on swq 7-14-44, eh eh 12-14-43,
$800.
J P Hageman to Geo W Dubois,
livestock, etc., $4000.
XV Riley to Bank of Rosalia, 2-3
crop on swq nh seq 11-19-43, $1500.
G. H. Wood to Bank of Rosalia,
livestock, $1000.
Releases
..Pullman Savings and Loan Assn.
to Wm Porter and wife real mtg.
A L Hill to Walter S Gross, real
nit
Alfred Hawkes to Thos. E. Shaugh
nessey, chat.
W A Hardisty to Jno H Barratt,
chat.
Pullman State Bank to M. J. Mur
ray, two chats.
First National Bank of Pullman to
J X Smawley, chat.
Arthur Jensen to Mark Bailey,
chat.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1911
Deeds
Mattie V Anderson to R P Turnley,
lot 5, blk 16, Rosalia, $100.
Wm G Shirk to Lizzie Shirk, pt lot
4 of 30, lot 1, of 31-15-45, $1.
Don Carlos Dow and wife to Emma
E Thayer, lots 10, 11, 12, blk 8, lots
1, 2, 3, blk 11, Rossiter's add, Pullman
$500.
D. W. Truax to Mead R Bledsoe,
sh lot. 27, Golden Rod cemetery, $8.
Real Mortgages
Augusta Schultz to Colfax Nation
al bank, pt 2-15-40, pt section 10, 11,
of 15-40, $3000.
Adolph Tide to Colfax National
Bank, livestock, 2-3 crop on pt sec
tions 10, 15 in 15-41, $1500.
J N McDonald to Gilbert Hunt Co.,
machinery, $388.
J C Chestnut to Colfax National
Bank, 2-3 crop on pt 35-17-43, pt 25
--17-43, $745.
Augusta Schultz to Colfax National
Bank, livestock, etc. ,S3OOO.
S A Johnson to St John State Bank,
livestock, 2-3 crop on swq 7-18-41,
$400.
Releasee
Thos Dell to Jno Huber and wife
real mtg.
Patrick Duggan to Clara I Boe
eke, real mtg.
Valentine Hoefer to J B Glunk, two
chats.
A H Anderson to Adolp Tide, chat.
Farmers State Bank of Pullman to
C E Gingrl et al, chat.
E B Lybecker to E H Jinnett,
chat.
Assignments
S T Stuart to Willis Ford, real mtg.
Chas _ Scribner to Kate Hogan,
real mtg.
N J Hunt to First Savings and True
Bank, real mtg.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4th. 1911
Deeds
Wm Weidrich and wife to Robt
S Brown, lot 6, blk 1, Morow's add.
Winona, Si.
P W Peterson and wife to Colton
State Bank, lot 3, Chambers add.
$600.
E F Maurer and wife to Wm B
Kuchle, pt 15-20-45, $10,000.
Thos. Neill and wife to Roy A
Neill, undivided half interest in blks
2, 8, Farr's add to Pullman, $1.
Real Mortgages
Thos Neill et al to Pullman Sav
ings and Loan Assn., lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
and 6, blk 3, Farr's add, Pullman,
tract In Pullman. $500.
LLizzie Shirk to M Talens, lot 4,
of 30, lot 1 of 31-15-45, $1950.
Melvin Lakin and wife to E A
Kampen, lot 3, neq swq 30-15-45,
$2000.
Win E Kuchle and wife to E F
Maurer, pt 15-20-45, $6000.
H S Smiley and wife to R T Smil
ey, nwq 22-20-45, $2700.
Chattel Mortgages
R J Pless'to Shoudy Bros., live
stock, crop on nh nh 20-18-39, $58.
J T Giles to W W Loomis, 220
bushels of wheat on eh 18-18-41,
$109.
Fred E Miller to R Games, live
stock, etc., $111.
Edgar Johnson to Colfax National
Hank, livestock, 100 sacks of wheat,
$325.
C W Green to Win Stephenson, 2-3
crop on sh seq 22-19-41, $300.
stock, $250.
Releases
Western Union Life Insurance Co.
to W M Lee, real mtg.
M Taiens to Wm G Shirk et al,
real mtg.
First State Bank of LaCrosse to
Ole Krogstad et al, chat.
Ai Camp to F R Pierce, chat.
Shoudy Bros, to R X Pless, chat.
THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1911
Deede
A M Woolever to A F Studeman
lots 1, 2, 3, blk 13, Oakesdale, $1.
Ed C Miller and wife to Wm.
Hoare, lots 1, 2, blk 3, Traux add,
Tekoa, $1.
Milwaukee Land Co to W N Brown
lot 7, blk 49, Maiden, $150.
Andrew J Stone and wife to J V
Addington, seq 5-19-42, $8500.
Merton W Floecker and wife to
Jos M Windus, lots 7, 8, blk 3, Fock
ler's add, Winona, $1.
Alice E Conklln to trustees of the
Prostestant Episcopal church, lot 6,
blk 10, Reaney's add, Pullman, $800.
Oliver Hal lto Clarence Fisher, sh
lot 22, blk 1, 2nd add to Colfax
cemetery, $10.
Wm P Reed and wife to W L Mus
tard, pt seq 22-19-44, $1500.
Wm E Kuchle and wife to Thea
dore Thomson, pt 15-20-45, $475.
Mary Emma Fulton and husband
to Augusta M Durkee, tract in 35
--15-41, $25.
Heal Mortgages
XV H Jackson and wife to First
Savings and Trust Bank, ses 1-17-43,
$7000. *
Vioal A Henderson et al to First
Savings ai.d Trust Bank, nwq, wh
neq, eh swq, nh seq, seq neq, 32-188
--40, $6000.
Wm Francis Wyse to Ralph Com
egys, Mgr., neq nwq lot 1, of 30-19
--44, $350.
Walker N Brown and wife to Geo
A Strlener, lot 7, blk 49, Maiden,
$500.
E B Lybecker and wife to Inter
national Mtg. Bank, sh swq swq seq,
neq nwq 12-13-43, $3000.
Hattie B Blakely and husband to
T H Gowan lot 1, blk 1, Santford
ford A Manring's add, Garfield, $300
Frank Bowerman and wife to
Chas Wood, lot 1, blk 1, Mumm's add
to iiosalla, $50.
Amanda J Hudson et al to Ger
trude Bronson. lot 4, blk 6, Campus
Park add. Pullman, $300.
Julius Mattausch t al to Peter
Proff, Jr, swq 11-20-43, $3000.
F L Matson to Pullman State bank
2-3 crop on pt sections 17-20-16 in
14-45, $1450.
Chattel Mortgages
F L Matson to Pullman State
Bank, livestock, $1450.
Albert Linvall to Pullman State
Bank, livestock, $700.
Richard Cooper to R B Games,
livestock, $87.
Judd Hamilton to St John State
Bank, livestock, 2-3 crop on 200 ac
res in swq 7, nwq 18-18-42, $800.
Geo D James to Smith H McCall,
2-3 crop on eh, eh neq 20-17-40,
$150. !
Grant Clark to T W Ryan, live
stock, $800.
Charlie Lee et al to C M Heater
et al crop on pt sections 13, 14, 11,
12, $2126.
M M Silvey to C H Farnsworth,
livestock, $57.
Releases
Chas Wood to B F Bowerman and
wife, real mtg.
Oregon Mtg. Co., ltd., toßoy Zar
ing and wife, real mtg.
Jno Woolever to Mlks McPhail,
real mtg.
Mike McPhail Bti Albert Studeman,
real mtg.
TRe THIRD
[1 DEGREE
* "j i ' J ——— —m_ ■
_A Narrative , .
I Life ,
By CHARLES KLEIN and
ARTHUR HORNBLOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BT RAT WALTERS
(Ooprrtßbt, MM, bj O. W. [__•■*•— Conput/.'.
"Who's tnatT" ne askeo. as n«
heard the answer his face lit up aa*
he replied eagerly: "Mr*. Jeffrie*—
yes. I'll come down. No, tell her to
come up.
Bending quickly over his compan
ion, Underwood saw that he was fast
asleep. There was no time to waken
him and get him out of the way, so,
quickly, he took a big screen and ar
ranged it around the divan so that
Howard could not be seen. Then he
hurried to the front door and opened
it.
Alicia entered.
6HAPTER VII.
For a few moments Underwood was
too much overcome by emotion to
speak. Alicia brushed by in haughty
silence, not deigning to look at him.
All he heard was the soft rustle of
her clinging silk gown as lt swept
along the floor. She was incensed
with him, of course, but she had
come. That was all he asked. She
had come in time to save him. He
would talk to her and explain every
thing and she would understand.
She would help him in this crisis as
she had in the past. Their long
friendship, all these years of Intimacy,
could not end like this. There was
still hope for him. The situation was
not as desperate as he feared. He
might yet avert the shameful end of
the suicide. Advancing toward her,
he said in a hoarse whisper:
"Oh, this is good of you, you've
come— is the answer to my let
ter."
Alicia ignored his extended hand
and took a seat. Then, turning on
him, she exclaimed indignantly:
"The answer should be a horse
whip. How dare you send me such
a message?" Drawing from her bag
the letter received from him that
evening, she demanded:
"What do you expect to gain by
this threat?"
"Don't be angry, Alicia."
Underwood spoke soothingly, trying
to conciliate her. Well he knew the
seductive power of his voice. Often
he had used it and not in vain, but
to-night It fell on cold, Indifferent
ears.
"Don't call me by that name," she
snapped.
Underwood made no answer. He
turned slightly paler and, folding his
arms, Just looked at her, in silence.
There was an awkward pause.
At last sin- said:
"I, hope you understand that every
thing's over between us. Our ac
quaintance is at an end."
"My feelings toward you can never
change," replied Underwood earnest
ly. "I love you—l shall always love
you."
Alicia gave a little shrug of her
shoulders, expressive of utter indiffer
ence.
"Love!" she exclaimed mockingly.
"You love no one but yourself."
Underwood advanced nearer to her
and there was a tremor In his voice
as he said:
"You have no right to say that. You
remember what we once were. Whose
fault is It that I am where I am to
day? When you broke our engage
ment and married old Jeffries to grati
fy your social ambition, you ruined my
life. You didn't destroy my love —you
couldn't kill that. You may forbid me
everything—to see you — speak to
you—even to think of you, but I can
never forget that you are the only
woman I ever cared for. If you had
married me, I might have been a dif
ferent man. And now, just when I
want you most, you deny me even your
friendship. What have I done to de
serve such treatment? Is lt fair? Is
it just?"
Alicia had listened with growing Im
patience, It was only with difficulty
that she contained herself. Now she
interrupted him hotly:
"I broke my engagement with you
because I found that you were deceiv
ing me—Just as you deceived others."
"It's a He!" broke in Underwood. "I
may have trifled with others, but I
never deceived you."
Alicia rose and, crossing the room,
carelessly inspected one of the pic
tures on the wall, a study of the nude
by Bouguereau.
"We need not go Into that," she said
haughtily. "That ls all over now. I
came to ask you what this letter—this
threatmeans. What do you expect
to gain by taking your life unless I
continue to be your friend? How can
Ibe a friend to a man like you? You
know what your friendship for a wom
an means. It means that you would
drag her down to your own level and
disgrace her as well as yourself.
Thank God, my eyes are now opened
to your true character. No self re
specting woman could afford to allow
her name to be associated with yours.
You are as Incapable of disinterested
friendship as you are of common hon
esty." Coldly she added: "I hope you
quite understand that henceforth my
house is closed to you. If we happen
to meet in public, it must be as stran
gers." ,• . . .''ity>-y:\.--y.y-yy'r:n\
, l.'noei v»i,oii mv uui speax. vvoras
teemed to fall him. His face was Bet
and white. A nervous twitching about
th* mouth showed the terrible mental
■train which the man was under. la
the excitement he had forgotten about
Howard's presence on the divan be
hind the screen. A listener might have
detected the heavy breathing of the
sleeper, but even Alicia herself was
too preoccupied to notice it. Under
wood extended his arms pleadingly:
"Alicia—for the sake of auld lang
syne!"
"Auld lang syne," she retorted. "I
want to forget the past. The old mem
ories are distasteful. My only object
in coming here to-night was to make
the situation plain to you and to ask
you to promise me not to—carry out
your threat to kill yourself. Why
should you kill yourself? Only cowards
do that. Because you are in trouble?
That is the coward's way out. Leave
New York. Go where you are not
known. You are still young. Begin
life over again, somewhere else." Ad
vancing toward him, she went on:
"If you will do this I will help you.
I never want to see you again, but I'll
What Was the Good of Regrets?
try not to think or you unkindly. * But
you must promise me solemnly not to
make any attempt against your life."
"I promise nothing," muttered Un
derwood doggedly.
"But you must," she insisted. "It
would be a terrible crime, not only
against yourself, but against others.
You must give me your word."
Underwood shook his head.
"I promise nothing."
"But you must," persisted Allele. "I
won't stir from here until I have your
promise."
He looked at her curiously.
"If my life has no Interest for you,
why should you care?" he asked.
There was a note of scorn In his
voice which aroused his visitor's
wrath. Crumpling up his letter In her
hand, she confronted him angrily.
"Shall 1 tell you why I care?" she
cried. "Because you accuse me in this
letter of being the cause of your death
—I, who have been your friend in
spite of your dishonesty. Oh! It's des
picable, contemptible! Above all, it's
a lie—"
Underwood shrugged his shoulders.
Cynically he replied:
"So lt wasn't so much concern for
me as for yourself that brought you
here."
Alicia's eyes flashed as she an
swered:
"Yes, I wished to spare myself this
indignity, the shame of being asso
ciated in any way with a suicide. I
was afraid you meant what you said."
"Afraid," Interrupted Underwood
bitterly, "that some of the scandal
might reach as far as the aristocratic
Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Sr.!"
Her face flushed with anger, Alicia
paced up and down the room. The
mam's taunts stung her to the quick.
In a way, she felt that he was right
She ought to have guessed his charac
ter long ago and had nothing to do
with him. He seemed desperate
enough to do anything, yet she doubt
ed if he had the courage to kill him
self. She thought she would try more
conciliatory methods, so, stopping
short, she said more gently:
"You know my husband has suffered
through the wretched marriage of his
only son. You know how deeply we
both feel this disgrace, and yet you
would add"
Underwood laughed mockingly.
"Why should I consider your hus
band's feelings?" he cried. "He didn't
consider mine when he married you."
Suddenly bending forward, every
nerve tense, be continued hoarsely:
"Alicia, I tell you I'm desperate. I'm
hemmed In on all sides by creditors.
You know what your friendship—
patronage means? If you drop me
now, your friends will follow—they're
a lot of sheep led by you— when
my creditors hear of me they'll be
down on me like a flock of wolves.
I'm not able to make a settlement.
Prison stares me ln the face."
Glancing around at the handsome
furnishings, Alicia replied carelessly:
"I'm not responsible for your wrong
doing. I want to protect my friends.
If they are a lot of sheep, as you say,
that is precisely why I should warn
them. They have implicit confidence
In me. You have borrowed their mon
ey, cheated them at cards, stolen from
them. Your acquaintance with me has
given them the opportunity. But now
I've found you out. I refuse any long
er to sacrifice my friends, my self-re
spect, my sense of decency." Angrily
she continued: "You thought you could
bluff me. You've adopted this cow
ard's way of forcing me to receive
you against my will Well, you've
failed. I will not sanction your rob
bing my friends. I will not allow you
to sell them any more of your high
priced rubbish, or permit you to cheat
them at cards."
Underwood listened In silence. He
itood motionless, waning her fluaned
iace as »m> neayeu rf»ii«Mva»s Si
She was practically; pronouncing hi*
tenth sentence, yet _» could not hefat
thinking how pretty she leaked. W__»
**» had felled he Mid nothing, bo*.
gelag to his desk, he opened a tmal
drawer and took out a revolver. _\
Alicia recoiled, frightened.
"What are you going to do?" she
cried.
Underwood smiled bitterly.
"Oh, don't be afraid. I wouldn't to
it while you are here. in spite of all
you've said to me. I still think too
much of you for that." Replacing the
pistol In the drawer, he added: "Alicia,
if you desert me now, you'll be sorry
to the day of your death."
His visitor looked at him In silence.
Then, contemptuously, she said:
"I don't believe you Intend to carry
out your threat. I should have known
from the first that your object was to
frighten me. The pistol display was
highly theatrical, but it was only a
bluff. You've no more idea of taking
your life than I have of taking mine.
I was foolish to come here. I might
have spared myself the humiliation of
this clandestine interview. Good
night!"
She went toward the door. Under*
wood made no attempt to follow her.
In a hard, strange voice, which he
scarcely recognized as his own, he
merely said: :*>r
"Is that all you have to say?"
"Yes," replied Alicia, as she turned
at the door. "Let It be thoroughly un
derstood that your presence at my
house is not desired. If you force
yourself upon me in any way, you
must, take the consequences."
Underwood bowed, and was silent
She did not see the deathly pallor of
his face. Opening the door of the
apartment which led to the hall, she
again turned.
"Tell me, before I go—you didn't
mean what you said in your letter, did
you?"
"I'll tell you nothing," replied Un»
derwood doggedly.
She tossed her head scornfully.
"I don't believe that a man who il
coward enough to write a letter like
this has the courage to carry out hit
threat." Stuffing the letter back Into
her bag, she added: "I should have
thrown It in the waste-paper basket
but on second thoughts, I think I*ll
keep it. Good-night."
"Goodnight," echoed Underwood
mechanically.
He watched her go down the long
hallway and disappear In the elevator.
Then, shutting the door, he cam*
slowly back Into the room and sat
down at his desk. For ten minutes he
sat there motionless, his head bent
forward, every limb relaxed. There
was deep silence, broken only by How
ard's regular breathing and the loud
ticking of the clock.
"It's all up," he muttered to himself.
"It's no use battling against the tide.
The strongest swimmer must go under
some time, I've played my last card
and I've lost. Death is better than
going to Jail. What good is life any
way without money? Just a moment's
nerve and lt will all be over."
Opening the drawer In the desk, he
took out tho revolver again. He turned
lt over ln his hand and regarded fear
fully the polished 'surface, of the in
strument that bridged life and- death.
He had completely forgotten Howard's
presence in the room. On the thresh
old of a terrible deed, his thoughts
were leagues away. Like a man who
Is drowning, and close to death, he
saw with surprising distinctness a
kaleidoscopic view of his past life. He
saw himself an innocent, Impulsive
school, hoy, the pride of a devoted
mother, the happy home where he
spent his childhood. Then came the
association with bad companions, the
first step In wrongdoing, stealing out
ot a comraues pucnet in scnooi, the
death of his mother, leaving home—
with downward progress until he grad
ually drifted into his present dishon
est way of living. What was the good
of regrets? He could not recall his
mother to life. He could never rehab
ilitate himself among decent men and
women. The world had suddenly be
come too small for him. He must go,
and quickly.
Fingering the pistol nervously, he
sat before the mirror and placed It
against his temple. The cold steel
gave him a sudden shock. He won
dered If It would hurt, and If there
would be instant oblivion. The glare
of the electric light in the room dis
concerted him. It occurred to him
that it would be easier in the dark.
Reaching out his arm, he turned the
electric button, and the room was Im
mediately plunged into darkness, ex
cept for the moonlight which entered
through the windows, Imparting' a
ghostly aspect to the scene. On the
other side of the room, behind the
screen, a red glow from the open fire
fell on the sleeping form of Howard
Jeffries.
Slowly, deliberately, Underwood
raised the pistol to his temple and
fired.
Richard A. Balllnger is still in the
ring. At the public lands convention
in Denver, on September 28, he re
lieved himself of a tirade against "the
bureaucratic control of public lands."
The aeroplane makes farther ad
vancement by carrying mall for the
United States government. Three
trips from the aviation grounds at
New York City to one of the suburbs
have been made by an aeroplane car
rying the mall. Postmaster General
Hitchcock accompanied the aviator on
the last trip. *
When your friends fail to write
blame the mail man. He'll instruct
them to write.