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Ka&%'ttWJne L««»le Rock, ark. r-rirnin rn POSITIVELY REMOVED by Pr. H.rry-. ■FRECKLES 4ili A OUtlC'XlViS—..0-.10U ltu»e lover world; experience unnrcrxsary. Amen •n Detective Agcv.. aot Syndicate. iU. Louie CHAPTER IX.—Continued. —13— These were busy days for Fitznugh, days lilted with suspense and excite ment. and acute money fever. By the end of the year his entire capital was tied up in spring wheat, which was lurching and plunging like a sinking ship; and every downward swoop drove his fortune upward. Though Fitzhugh’s money was all on paper he was growing rich with galloping leaps, and already he was planning a deal to follow that might send his fortune soaring toward the million mark. It was in the beginning of March, while the Metropolitan Opera com pany was playing n two weeks’ en gagement at the Auditorium, that he received (through Artie) at ids club an invitation to a box party given by Mrs. Otis. “Well, well, tel! us how you man aged it.” “1 told Iter.” sputtered Artie, chok ing with mirth, “I told her I had a frightfully aristocratic fellow putting up at my place who was all tin; talk of Lunnon. Mondays and Wednesdays are her opera nights, don’tc-her know, and she'd just been telling me that a chap who was to have rounded out her party tonight had failed her at the last moment, and then I mentioned this frightfully aristocratic fellow, and I saw her prick up her ears, and before I left she told me to bring him along. She doesn’t know, don’tcher know, it's you, and she’ll be dread fully—” “Her daughter will be there?” “Oh, yes, indeed. She was in the room at the time. She’ll be dreadfully surprised, loo.” “No doubt. Sparkle, you’ve got the brain of a Napoleon. Going home? Then I'll take you out in my car.” They left the Union league club to gether and entered Fitzhugh’s new 90-horse power automobile glistening at the curb. Tlii* perennial favorite, “La Ro heiue,” was sung that evening. In spite of Mrs. Otis (who had borne Artie’s “surprise” with commendable coni])osure, sending only one terrify ing glance at that rash joker), Fltz liugh contrived to sit near Kathleen, and by the time “Rodolfo" and “Mimi" had chorused “Amore” he was subtly making love to her, saying little by word of mouth but speaking volumes with eye and mien. It was near the end of act two, and he did not know whether "Mimi” was making merry with the Bohemians in the Quartier Latin or dying of starva tion in “Rodolfo’s” attic, and he did not know whether Mrs. Otis was watching him or discussing with the lady next her a corset display in j Michigan avenue, that his hand found Kathleen's and smothered it in a i burning pressure. “I have loved you,” murmured he, very close to her car, “for three years, j Today, in fact, 1m the anniversary— j the second of March. Three years | ago today I found this”—from under ; ids cull! he slipped a dainty handker chief of exquisite lace' and dropped it in her lap. “1 loved its owner then. 1 love her now. I have always loved her. 1 always shall love her. Every thing I have 1 owe to her.” She picked up the hit. of lace, bent her eyes on it. Tint warm color had crept from her cheeks, leaving them, if lie could have seen, as white as her arms and shoulders—an exquisite, line-grained white as pure and its beautiful as the- petals of a milk-white rose. The act was nearing its close. The ocean of melody had touched high tide. "I atn waiting for my answer,” he whispered. She made no sign that sue nearu. “If there’s any hope, if I’ve a ghost of a chance, smile when you look at me again. Von needn’t speak. Only smile.” Some friends of Mrs. Otis, making an entr’-acte call, had peeped in her box to say “how’do," and Mrs. Otis, dimpling and gracious and stout (and watching her daughter from the cor ner of one eye) stood gossiping with them a few moments in the corridor entrance. As the lights came on Kathleen had leaned hack in her chair, pressed her lovely shoulders against the cushions and breathed deeply. Now she very deliberately walked to the seat her mother had vacated, and. with her back partly toward Fitzhugh, she en gaged herself in airy conversation with Artie Sparkle and the third man of the party, a middle-aged bachelor named Ch'ckering. Not once had she glanced I'itzhugh’s way. Not once did she notice Ida existence. There is one thing at which even tin' most determined of lovers will stop. an<i that thing is indifference. Indifference raises a wall there is no scaling. ‘1 "ol; . , Fool that I was ever to imagine she cared! . . . A girl like her —what idiocy !” lie determined that when the act ended h« would excuse himself on ^oiiie pretext and rush into the streets, and walk and walk, as he had walked on this same night three years ago. He did not look very far beyond that. Only he repeated to himself that for him everything was over. All his ambitions, all his dreams and aspi rations had gone for naught. He thought of Esther. But all at once he sat up very straight, and his deep-brooding mel ancholy slipped away from him. Ilis sinewy lingers spread, then clenched quickly—his familiar battle sign. Was he, Daniel Randolph Fitzhugh, to be lashed into oblivion by a girl’s indif ference? He was not aware act three had closed until the roar of hand-clapping apprised him of it. Automatically he joined in. As the lights came on he heard Artie’s voice: “I say, Miss Otis, won’t you come for a stroll in the corridor? It’s frightfully warm heah." “I really prefer staying here, thank you, Mr. Sparkle, but you go.” When he knew Artie had gone Fitz hugh walked over to say goodby. But as he drew near she rose hur riedly and hastened toward the cur tains at the rear of the box. leaving him with her mother, who, with her lorgnette to her eyes, was placidly and studiously ignoring him. Kath leen vanished into the corridor, and, turning, drew thevcurtains together so that her face and neck and shoulders were framed In the aperture. And for a long moment her soft pansy eyes gazed into his leaping black ones. And the smile on her lips was heav enly. And the light in her eyes, afraid yet glad, spoke with an eloquent tongue. Then the curtains fell together, and he was alone with Mrs. Otis. CHAPTER X. The following October Fitzhugh bought a seat on the Board of Trade. His Golden Goddess, Luck, ever beamed upon him, and this, no less than his breadth of grasp on the mar ket, and all its wealth of tentacles, swelled his fortune with tremendous booms. His speculations in May and “i nave «_uveu You,” Murmured He, Very Close to Her Ear. July wheat hail alone netted him two hundred thousand dollars. Winter wheat had increased his capital by two more similar notches. It was now well past seven hundred thousand dol lars. and was rushing on toward the million mark. All this within four years! Yet whenever he caught himself being awed by the magic he had wrought he would quell his rising ego by severe self-admonition: “Don’t get too con fident. Kemember it’s all gambling. Once your luck changes it will go as fast as it came—maybe faster. You’re liable to lose the whole pile in one swoop.” Esther and the thought of her gave him bad moments. Directly she left the hospital she had come again to him, iind he had been forced to the ignominy of lying to placate her. This angered him. Soon afterward she had cone to Paterson. N. J., where from time to time lie heard from her. He tried repeatedly to give her money, but always unsuccessfully. She re pulsed every effort he made. Her un spoken reproach, her silent refusal of his checks, for she returned them without a word, worried him more than anything else she could have done. Wliat Fitzhngh could not understand was Otis’ unrelenting bitterness. He never planned a venture, never made a move, but some bidden band was against it. He was not slow to dis cover whose hand it was. Nor was he long in discerning that Its owner had nothing save enmity for him. Since Kathleen's return from abroad he had taken eagei advantage of every op -A portunity to he with her. And here, too, he had encountered that same op posing force. At first iie never sus pected Otis. He had thought Otis a man who disdained society ns a fri volity only for women to amuse them selves with. He was soon to learn, however, that it is often those who jeer the loudest at smart society who secretly revere it most. Hypocritically a snob, the flinty old capitalist was as well versed in all those little tricks and artifices and petty subterfuges of socially disparaging a person as the most sophisticated dowager. Fit/.lnigh's perplexity became a tor ment. One evening (it was at a charity hall) lie reminded Kathleen of tlie “La Boheme” evening one year before. “I shouldn’t bring it up,” lie ended, “only this is our ■anniversary,’ and an niversaries are always the time for recalling things.” Sin' lowered her eyes to the cluster of violets on her corsage. They were his violets. lie had long ago learned her passion for the flower and seldom the day passed but he showered her with them. “You do care a little? Don’t you— Kathleen?” “I—you know I like you.” He said tensely: “I don’t want you to like me.” “I’m sorry.” “I want you to love me. You know I love you. Can’t you—don’t you love me. Kathleen?” The violin sobbed with its delicious melody. She began toying with the violets. Her lingers were unsteady. The violets fell to the floor. “Don’t you?” lie insisted, as he re covered and returned them. “Don’t I what?”—pinning the flow ers to her corsage. “Love me.” Having finally arranged the bou quet and stilled her trembling fingers, she permitted her arms to rest beside her on the chair. Instantly she felt his hand close upon hers. The sob bing of the violin increased. It was some wild thing of "Mozart’s. “Kathleen! Kathleen!" She was overpoweringly conscious of his nearness. The flesh of iiis hand seemed to burn into hers. Every nerve in her body throbbed to its pres- • sure. All the restraint of years of breeding and tradition, which thus far had lieid her back, were now snap ping asunder; and she felt, herself "be ing swept on toward that which site feared yet longed to attain. She could no longer resist. She gave her self utterly to the lialf-frighteued de liciousness of surrender. “Ah ... I love you. . . . do love you . . .” I They were snugly ensconced behind Ihe shielding palm. The violinist was in n poetic frenzy. The attention of all was held by hitn. Nobody saw them. The shadows of the March afternoon were thickening, and the room was in semi-darkness. After a while he spoke, very softly. “So we are engaged,” he said, and in spite of him his voice trembled. “Yes,” she murmured, unclosing her eyes. Still leaning against him, she asked wistfully: “And are you very, very happy?” He held her close. “I never dreamed,” said he, “that any man could ho so divinely happy, least of all myself.” Presently she sat up, with a start, and removed his encircling arm. “You must remember,” she said hastily, “it is only between ourselves. \Ye mustn’t announce it yet.” He detected a strange note in her voice. “I understand,” he answered quietly. “You see, if I promise to marry you—” “‘if.’ you promise?” “I mean when we announce our en gagement. I shall have to oppose fa Iher and mother. I’ve never breathed a word to them, you know. When I found you had said nothing to mother that night I—I thought it best, all round, to wait a little while. So I’ve never spoken. But now ... I shall have to light for you. I shall have to defend yon, You must help me all you can. and always remember if I seem severe or exacting it is because I care for you so.” “Once,” he mused, looking down at her with the unutterable joy of posses sion, “you spoke rather strongly of my egotism. I think, sometimes, I have a right to be egotistical.” “Indeed, you have!” she exclaimed, purposely misunderstanding him. “Your success is tlie most wonderful thing in the world.” “I didn't mean exactly that,” he smiled. “But go on: tell me I’ve ac complished wonders.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) Simple Cure for Hiccougns. This Is the method of treating ob stinate hiccough thut Dr. D. Francisco Vunegas employs. He describes it in the ltevista de Medicinary Cirurgia I’racticas (Madrid). The patient lies down and draws up his knees until his thighs are pressed tightly to hip ab domen. tiie lower part of the legs be ing pressed against the thighs by bend ing the knees. The position is held for several minutes. The effect of this is to press the abdominal organs up against the diaphragm and to sus tain the pressure until the diaphragm ceases its spasmodic contractions. Green Is Nature’s Color. Green is a restful color. Oculists say that of all colors green is the most friendly to the optic nerve. In lands where eternal snows or eternal white Kanos flash up their glaring re flections, men have to shade their eyes or go blind. But green grass never bothers the eye. One can stare a for est ir, the face all day with impunity Nature’s greens never get ou our nerves. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SlIMMSOiOOL Lesson «By REV. p. B. KITZWATKR. U. D., Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1920. Western Newspaper Union) LESSON FOR APRIL 18 THE VICTORY OF GIDEON’S BAND. BESSON TEXT—Judges 7. GOLDEN TEXT—There Is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.— I Sam., 14:6. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL — Judges 6:1-40: 8:1-35. PRIMARY TOPIC—Gideon and His Three Hundred. JUNIOR TOPIC—How Gideon Won a Victory. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Victory by God’s Help. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —One With God a Majority. So grievous wns Israel’s affliction tliat they liid in dens, caves and strongholds (Judges 6: 2). In their distress they cried unto the Lord, and again lie heard them and sent deliver ance. The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon while at the post of dtityi God always calls men who are doing something. Gideon’s hesitancy when called was not due to unbelief, but to modesty and cautiousness. When once lie was convinced of duty he was courageous and enthusiastic. I. The Opposing Army (v. 1). Gideon and his army arose early on that eventful day and encamped by the spring of Harod. Over against them was the host of the Midianites in battle array. His army was insignifi cant in comparison with the Mic'iun ites. II. The Sifting of Gideon’s Army (vv. 2-8). At Gideon’s call 32,000 men respond ed. ready for the struggle. This seemed a small army to g? against the Midianite army, 135,000 strong, hilt God said this was too many lest they he led to boasting aim self-confidence. Their real danger was not in their small army, but in their pride. All that were faint-hearted were allowed to go hack, leaving only 10,000. There were 22,000 cowards in that group of men, and, worst of all, they were not ashamed to confess it. Still this was too many. When God was through with his sifting process only 300 remained. The 10,000 were brave men, but not of proper quality and litness. Those who lapped the water showed alertness and watchfulness. This test revealed the quality and fitness of the men whom God would use to win victory. III. God Gives Encouragement to Gideon (vv. 9-15.) God hade Gideon go down to the Midianite camp, where he would hear something which would cheer his heart and strengthen his hands. When he came near he heard a man tell a dream, which was that of a barley cake tumbling into the camp and smiting it. He also heard the interpretation given to that dream, which made Gidecn to he that cake. This greatly cheered his heart and strengthened him for his work, and caused ills heart to buret forth in praise to God. A barley cake is a very insignificant thing, a very cheap affair in itself, hut with the hand of God upon it. it would lie suffi cient to spread consternation upon the Midianites and bring destruction upon their armies. IV. God Givcc Victory to Gideon (vv. 16-23). His .army was very insignificant and his weapons most worthless. His at tack was unicpie. The whole matter was of faith (Ileb. 11:32). The ground of Iiis faith was God’s word and the token which lie had given him. God does not ask us to go forward without good ground upon which to rest our faith. Gideon with his 300 men formed into three companies, each man being provided with a trumpet and with a lamp concealed within a pitcher. Thus armed, they surrounded tin* camps o* the Midianites. They were ail instruct ed to keep their eyes upon their leader anil imitate him. We, too, are to keep our eyes on our leader, Ghrist, and to ever do as ho does. At the proper mo ment they blew their trumpets and broke their pitchers, giving opportun ity for their lights to shine out. This awful crash of breaking pitchers, fol lowing the sound of trumpets, accom panied by the shout, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon,” threw the Midianites into a panic, causing them to fight among themselves. One hun dred and twenty thousand were thus slain, leaving but 15,000 of that mighty army (Judges 8:10). In making the application- to our selves in this age, we can think of the sounding of the trumpets as represent ing prayer, or calling to God; the torciies, as the light of the gospel; the pitchers, our human nature; and the whole, as this treasure in earthen ves sels. Only as the pitchers were broken to allow the light to shine forth, and as we sound loud and long the trumpet of prayer can we expect victory. Doing the Will of God. The end of life is to do the will of God, whatever that may be; if we could have no ambition past the will of God, our lives would be successful, for the maximum achievement of aoy man's life, after it is all over, is to liave done the will of God.— Professor f h'ummond. Say Not. Say not unto thy neighbor, “Go and come again, and tomorrow I will give.” when thou hast It by thee.—Persian ?nv*erh. 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