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.i The End of the Trail
CHICAGO
, (Concluded From Page 6)
they stole past the ruined barn, across
the yard to the door of the shack. Len
peeped In at the window.
“lie is in there alone," he whispered.
"Jenkins is either asleep or else he's out.
Be careful!" >
Bertha tapped softly. A chair scraped
noisily, then the door opened and Smith
stood silhouetted against the lsmpllght.
"is that you.Jenkins'!" he as ed. peer.
lng into the gloom. Bertha stepped tor-
'ar
“My brother and I wish to speak to
ou”
smith turned. with a courteous ges-
ture, and drew two chairs to the stove.
Then, as there were no others, he seated
himself upon the edge of the table.
walled quietly
lace. seen in the lsmpllght, looked weary
and lined. He set are, swinging a
leg, and looking at her with an air of
mild but uninterested inquiry.
“V"e've come." she said, suddenly, "to
ask you why you murdered Thomas Hard-
ing-)ll'. Dean!"
She reit Len draw breath with saimrp
-intake. The man before them neither
spoke’ nor changed color, the lei:
which had been swinging became per-
lectly still.
The room was so still that the tick-
ing of a small alarm clock broke on the
silence with hammer-like blows. Un-
consciously, she egsn to count the
ck:-r“one. two. three, four "
Len leaned forward. his hands grip-
ping the sides of his chair. Bertha could
reel the tense muscles in the arm touch-
ing hers.
"'I‘n'enty-four, twenty-llvee-
That motionless against the
table-woul . ‘Vould they
ever move? Could she more? She ut-
tempted to stir a finger and seemed to
wrestle with a terrible inertia. Still
that relentless count ctintlnu ml:
“Thirty-ave. thirty-six?-"
She must move! some one must move
or she must scream.
“Forty-seven, forty-eight. forty-nine.
I ..
"It seems me:-" The figure at
’the table was sneaking!
of expecting this, ever since last night."
he blood rushed wildly thru Bertha‘:
veins. pounding at her ears, swelling in
her throat. '
‘Thea,’ she cried hoarsely, "then you
don‘: den IL!"
“Deny?" he caught at the word with
scorn. “ n he took from me both
good name and future wile and left me
to roam about the world, seeking work
life is ended. becaus
eyes were no longer remote, they WON
alive and blazing. "How much do you
know?” he asked, in a quieter tone.
“we know that you were arrr.-ted for
U‘)'ll‘.[: to sell some "
that Mr. llsrdlng married the girl.
“llardini; buried those nuggets When?
I should llnd them. I discovered the man
who had sold them to him. lie shill they
“' en
of every day I was looking forward to
the time when I should return for my
revenge."
Bertha shlrered, and slid her hand
into Len's. In s moment Smith con-
tlnued:
"I'heard while I was out there
he abused-heretill she‘41led. I
-hack sfter twenty years determined to
take his life-his vile life for her sweet.
that.
name
had prospered, but
ills soul had sunk deeper and deeper in
‘ ised.
ing that I could do to Harding would
bring back my gi .
, ‘"1: his hellish cruelty had not broken
out again he might have escaped. I was
wakeful last night, and I thought I
heard the barn door roll. Attcr ix time
‘corner caught the glitter of the fire-
lighl. I caught it in my hands and--
and he went down without a sound."
Bertha covered her lace with her
hands
"Good God!‘ exclaimed Len. with sud-
den cmnprehension.“'1‘he bottom out of
the cattle market, and "
‘The cattle all insured." finished Smith.
“You don't want Bill Russit to sum-r?"
asked Bertha, raising her head. after a
long silence. ‘ on’ write down what
You have told us?"
Smith shook his head.
"Not about Dean.” he lIn.I“'l‘red. “Dean
certu-d. Let the dead psi: bury its
end!"
He drew a folded paper from his
pocket and handed it to the
“Thi s a coniession," he said. “I had
meant hem to iln it on he
paused, ah uhtiy. "You seem weary,
lillssie, and Jenkins may perhaps come
home. lladn't you better go?”
Bertha suddenly began to sob. Len
picked her up lzently and carried her
out. The door closed softly behind them.
“Put me down!" said Bertha. “I can
walk."
“lie never asked us how we knew."
she whispered. presently. “Do you think
he will escape?‘
Apparently Len did not hear.
As they turned their horses home-
wsird. a faint crack sounded from the
direction of the barn, as the some dre-
clmrred bcnm had iven W: .
T crack was drowned In the rattle
of the buggy; and there was nothing in
the faint how
the pialrle wool. to tell them that Smith
llntl indeed made his escape.
9. it 7.
Victoria Grey’s Talks
t0 OIIIGII
(Contlnucd From Page 10.)
but down below the surface. But it
will come to the surface again and
[lout along as before.
n the human body, the whole thllg
‘our glandular
heavily on tile secretions in our glands
and while the glzlnds have to have a
chance and time to [I up again we
have the blues.
The blues has nothing to do with
your condition in lilo. True. good news
may serve, in times of blues, to stimu-
late the glandular system and put the
blues awuy for G while, but lacking
ALL woolf"
Embroidered
Serge $ Q
are nnished 1'
o
No. 9 The olctnre
so. 2375. W, P”. shows you how becom-
lrnmv you will D-id i-i';::;‘y‘o::l‘cTh at -. :-
1 iv v nu
unusu liy smart and Iiesides hsviu two large, “,4
e. uusici:
roomy sport pack:
it two handsome but-
LEDGER
this stimulus. the glands must have time
to refill themselves.
So, just say to yourself the next
time “they? come. “The world looks
drab but it will look so only for a day
or two and I‘ll stand it because I know
things will appear just as bright again
when I'm back on physical par."V
V. K 2
He Wanted a. House.
“HAV'E you got a house to rent?" he
inquired of a real estate dealer.
“I have,
here a house
which I think will suit
and a pleasant outlook.
"ND. I don‘: think I want it." was the
nth
you. Nine rooms
reply.
“lVell. What sort ol a house do You
want? If you will tell me it will save
time."
“I want a house that once rented for a
thousand dollars a month The last
tenant must have died of smallpox and
his children of scarlet iever. There must
livery stable on one side and il.
boiler shop on the other. It must be
right across from a dance hall. and the
roo partly carried away by a s roke of
lightning. If you have got such a house
to rent for about ten dollars 8 month I
shall be glad to talk business with you."
he real estate man could not llnd him
the house he wanted.
7. F. V.
Hunger.
E old theory that “almost every
one eats too much and would be
better off with hair the amount" is
plain hunk. says G. Stiles.
talking to Harvard Medical school.
Stiles says that if you're fat you eat
too much and if you're thin you do
not eat enough, but that you should
always satisty your appetite.
danger of overeating, when
<
lb
-u
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52'
is due to eating just because the clock
strikes a certain hour, instead of only
when hungry.
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liwils lihl
N0 llllilllllllll ‘
Nervous and Dizzy, Every-
thing Seemed to Worry Me.
How I Got Well
Larwill, Indians.-"My back was so
bad I could not do my washing. I was al-
wa s tired out and
no ambition, was
nervous’and dizzy
and everything
seemed to worry the
COR
' " “ ’ table Compound ad-
vertised so much and it did so many peo-
ple good that I began to take it myself.
am feeling line now and everyone tells
me they never saw me looking so well. I
live on a farm, do all my work, and have
three little girls to take care of. I am
recommending this medicine to my
friends and. know it will help them it
they uselt like I do." - Mrs. HERBERT
LDNG. R. R. 3, Box 7, Lai-will, Indiana.
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when itjs a great e ort. The are al-
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u are in this condinlongive it
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