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:3 Jrlm CEEICAGO LEDGER, sit'l:Um3AY, JUNE s, 1907. ’ . . 7 [2
duced to her as Professor Bruce meilerton. quite spoken, but he turned sharply ii.-iek.
. and ere the! had exbhnnzed hill! a dozen E foolish, Insane idem flashing through his
sentences. she intuitively knew that he was brain that she had read his caretully
e -hom she was destined to join guarded secret. .
her life. “‘Vhnt is ll, my dear Mrs. Mel'lertorl.!"
> That night as she lay In bed staring into he said softly, “You are troubled about
the darkness and conjuring up mental p c- something-1 can see by your (:ice.ttlat
tures. one w n ered ‘hat was alinu something has been worrying you (or some
Bl'u('B Mellertnn that had 50 llllwerfully lvIt- ime." ,
trncted her. It certziinli Was not A lJh)'s‘ll- He sat down beside her, and. bcmllrrg
' " hl.Inch- larwanl looked into her deep EYES. h
erlnips it was his taco-ugly. but twisted the rings on her lingers nervously.
po“'el‘l'ul Wllh the intellect [hilt burned in “It Is something about mysell!-my-
the deeprsel. gray eyes; for God. in His health that 1 W311! to speak to you or." she
justice, had endowed the man with ii giant went on gravely. “You will keep my con-
. intellect to compensate (or a pitiful, stunted fldence?" '
tram ‘ "Nee you ask?" he replied In 8. low
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sly. too. he felt it new stirring of
eetllu; A a. Ie had haltlod through "It seems so to lis -so trivial now that
llle alone, giving no th .llt to winning 1 ut sped o ' she said Th . I hm. . b .
wo n to share his triumphs in th “arid tlioughtiully; “bu the feeling grow 9"‘ 15 0'5 0 I 9761106 In 6%"l8- k
gf‘-Stlltncei but. w. ‘ hemiggtlsngr "llorttzg s':ri;rci],er and gt‘:-goerlger, lucid I caieipkgp it g Just the same as villi. poiames D, chestnut?‘ ‘ i - ’ ..
chords nlthin hliusolr, re<pontll to tl se went on, with almost Iralitlc haste. “thle The little ones dontgetrlpe or have that rlcl’1,appetlzlng,mou(h. f
n an ther. no to rid h iseli riequenting wee ng an (eel-2. strange, in- waimng flavor , ,
places rind ding flmctlo s e woud explicolile reeling of dislike tor Bruce-my , ' , i
never ave ten en a passing thlglght hus ntl. y y d y grew strong an Van Camps beans are ripe, lull, round beans, of equal size--the ‘;
;:.l..‘;;e.::; 222:2’ .2: ::..,i:.-.i :22 ';.2;v..i.;:.: .$.';.‘..‘..“.‘i?‘:’:: best reduced -n we see: been belt or Miami. new elm
’ Ierior unbenl to the wnrmenbolid or friends what it rileans, tor Heaven's 52. e!” from the finest of the crop every year. - -
.lt's the sime with our Tomatoes. Val-l Camp's grow right here at’
our doors. in Indiana. and are picked for us when just of the right
s p. . at
There Is little Yked (Cl dw-ell 1100!! this space, then turned and hid her Izlce in her
pg?! of!‘ the stag. Vlgithin ;;Xunl?nrl‘hS cg hands. And hwlae 5&1: theresllent, bottling . B I ‘ J N b
I rs niee g ruce e ero an e y a on s c urs n eness (0 e us ‘a " . ti ' , Q‘ t - -
Allin r man ri t . and wen on like lire through his rain. An .suddenly, :0 mkemuis " "'36:, (0 MTYIJDE f" ‘:15. ms’ "pa .
rrorn London into the wilds of Derbyshlre like hlns r i e-cold a the 9 “S 9 “V Fe“? 0m“ 095- E55 01' 9 S3“9e- 10 .
to live their lives together-all in all to thundered on him, leaving him deathly sick. add zest to the llavol-of the eanszis they e. .4 to .
in other lie knew now that the 00 n er ey is
Then ll cut of toothsome sweet porlx-‘with a strip of lean nnll a
strip til lat-goes in every can. And there you are.
Every can ol Van Camp's PDl'l-I and Beans is sterilized at 3 lllglz
temperature and bolted to the proper turn. Our chef knows.
an Camp's are lzelter cooked than the home-made ltinll-‘save
the ousewife's time-save uel, as they are
For two years that life was ideal. On his and the ever-changing emotions she had
G told him of were but I e lirst outward
ertn ’un:l“'Rk- signs of the madness which sh
in her herited from 21 tainted anceslrymizrlll which
m,bI1t less was now burrowing into the hltllertcl
demonstrative in her manner at showing healthy brain-cells. ,
her affection. It ad 9 mil been inure-minded rind KID-
It was .ln the beginning of their third prozichetl the discovery In the right Way‘,
miii-ried year t t the cal e. Fo tragedy woul uv een averted rind -
ome ti e itin h d complained or violent this sl ry neve ten. but is lnse!‘ t‘ "e,“'3V '0 “"9 h"““'e“ 0’ me?“
- hemlllthes, which e y p ost is her nsslons leaped to the call the Final?! red l minutes. They are always fresh
all red y.
Aslt lorVan Camp's ol your Grocer.
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and which had, on one occasion, spent ll- LlE'Sll"ES resnonlled greedlly 0 the chance
self in :.l, hysterical ill of alarming violence. offered. and he bent in cool delll-)8l'8-tl0l'l
"Alunlw inn :1 fan can: in the lion:
delivered in on . a . i consequenc . ha sv ken A e-slie, llewen help .
Aili:i's distressing phase or health hnil es- her’-had no xolce o te her. no whisper TheVnn C313? I’.-clung Company
called l . tor s e a ver ooniplniued. to a he or eiilou brink toward 7 lnddannpohylndmna 4
He lett his st dy one night-whither he hnd which she was helplessly drifting-as help- . s
gon lmme itllely a e - nei--nhout less in th rm-rmeiit 0 vl'reckage on the
earl.
- She turned tit last, Lind, removing her
Aida! you still up!" he cried, shuilling hands rrom her face, iooklfl at‘ him.
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iilll heigh: looked down on him with blnz- Dclrtlmz her lips. The next moment his
. lnir eyes she did not speak and he gently iirnis were nliout her. and he was pouring
tour-hed the biire. rounded urm. the words into her ears.
-- in r. -t - My love! he murmured. his
l -‘wont do ‘nu rneilvl?" -she cried. her words thrilling us he noted how passively
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stoml silent for A nloment-almost tell yoursell lllzlt ll 15 because you love
. petrlned with amazement. ' El
“All'l-my tlenrest," he rnltereil, hurt and not to he returned."
I lllslresl-t-ll in her manner, "“'lIf!C. is the she lay in his llrrns. her eyes smiling into 7
. . liluller? “'h.1t hilve I done that you slloultl ills, her‘ ears drinking in every word ‘as 9 he
ml g,m,.m,1y' We whose lire he had taken. He was sale- was unlirokeii. He could stay there alone
,9. Del-tectly sate-he kept repeating to h.lm- no longer: he must follow her and see what
self: I! the Vrhole college of surgeons Exv She was ong. .
rimmed the had)’. they would all unhesh lVlth the stealth of 8, thief in the night
tatingly decide that Bruce Mellerton had he crept up the stairs, and stood at last
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about hlm and kissed him r:ls- into klll‘l‘ very soul.h Yheszl she singed him! t
‘ ti--.l ti-idly. She new it now: 3 e a love m .
“'T1‘.f;“;f‘.e‘,‘,',‘,‘:‘ ,,;,.,,.. she‘ mm. pressing H“. mm mmmm she Sn“. hmhlowi mm Ioulntory system. He moved to the door at nausea or horror seized him as she laughed
Mr “M .0 M5’ ubut my head m,,, an on y- - ust, lulrnlill: the lamp out as he went. and -that terrible izlugh that rellected a de-
i-trnnlzr. null. for the moment. 1 did not And her husband? A cunning look cums ingesting the knits the: lily on.tlie small ranged mind. And, suddenly, with startling
iz. Into her taco as she suddenly received a “N8 ;' the“ bed.
He looked lit her long nnd anxiously. strange thought. she had told Mun‘ElY i-ep- "“;H.“' ‘ E 5900"“ testmthe greatest or emailed over the dead n.
. she n i‘ill.“midxvev;y ‘the stairs he paused “liirnce! My diirllngtoken from me. That
(lay p1lsl‘les," lie sold ilrgiglly‘. --why didn't e n Yet-mid ‘yet she m- the gam-A” mam: 'tlXf9:l;!.;Ill;l"S 0:nt.hfh'glnl-; t‘1g:;1’1i‘1‘ll!:iTg'1V‘%'r1”9i>l‘:f-i"lIZIS done it: And no-
toward him, then Aldasyoiee. singing :3 His stolclsm suddenly ieit him, and he
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xTl’m""ml"“ .n ‘ Biraclngdug his nerves, he descended the and rear-lied the parlor ngsm. And more
and why should you be worrl with such a g in em In the f;:.:‘3.;o;‘"Hr‘te1;$If;:=IethE kxllandle at the DEr< he slit waiting, while the minutes lied by.
ii. trivial matter its goat headache? come, o t h ro nnd study she has “ma 1:00 - M X and a come to dlstui-ti the urlcallll:l
let us retire? I shall be quite well in the mm to hermhgnd-he was mnm-ngsbuilirgg :t<;‘e‘.Bt H b R H h ,h ‘
morning,‘ :2 ' . was re en. 9 ellr ler cross
V she iurziyeii slightly as she mnvetl to the eerie:-widely difit-ring rrom other :f‘”h‘;,;“’;,'=“f‘“f. ‘;‘a’fx‘;‘1m‘;“;tfahe;;1ls=lItl‘:I lacked the floor above: the door
door, nnd. stl-nngely perturbed, he followed . horlt s- n rres d sustvlclnn at "hm Rs, he mend mm M-T m“hln00 em!) SONY Closed. and then she came into the
her. soosrly maul: zrul. up the‘ stairs. The no n insanity where the ‘HDlJ]P('f is mndnem mm: out mm mm uremhli PIKE; ;::x0‘Y1';;erSslloeuC:;l)e stl;:lllfIh;‘llv o mm. and
MW and unmlslukal-In ' “He is dead mllitlrrtlry" sshgegald softly‘
"well!" she iuild, still letting her hands “lie will not be able to trouble us now.
at the previous night, and mi. would arrest the decay or the brain-cells. PEl'‘i9.‘Q''.5,’,,0‘''" ""3 keys‘ “HOW I-‘Cure? Aren't you slant”
V men, sle;l>m...h I d . ‘Size was leaning over the back or his
chance ‘< es, e rcpie , and his Vgice sounded cla r. and her eyes looked into his. The?
man only onfg in 3 lg, strange and unreal Ill his own eal-s- "hr, 15 ere almost sane n that moment. and for
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the vrofessar ushered the doctor into the the proresslon.-ii zest. he loved the suhleot “He will sleep until morning?" a
his wife. and. formally lntrn- 9 theory. The moment hiid come; with his eyes mil ,, a h
as “Doctor Murray Peploe." It by in sudden slim-k-say the death of her on horn, he said it, 9" P
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V The e was little to hint of the tragedy me time’! ,.,m,.,y,“..He Jfff ne",T:;’e";.ake a‘;uin‘9H5:'g as ‘:16 did so, she wizlulrew her other
tnte htlil in the rutnre tor them that sunny p when a doctor turns (‘rhnlnal H,.ad,.. for 3:?! tillage was siien e oetueen them
nriilng. Aida quletly told lgle physician i . l. lllthoi-to, He, hands M, “M. a mud mm. on the lng of l’.i‘..”enaii‘i‘;"’.?.?<li’.; :(iQ[szl“l‘1!z‘1’Xl!exee‘I:
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out his stethoscope and made a brief ex- is arultles ,to t 9 one thou: (-1 e re- d 1 h 1 g H.‘ H; M Od , . . 3'1"" 3
nrnlnntlon or her heart. she studied his moving or the ohstzible to his desires. ““f‘E;,e:"s:,,’mng ‘fins “and r,?::,f,“h2f. ;‘(::l“'fm"'e1P1955 as If he Were bound by 8
race lhoughitully as he did sosihe cleur Night litter night he paced his room. 1;,,,ghu.,.. , He woke-d V
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the trlullmhanl look or veiiireuiice at liiinil,
or "I? first time in his life mid again. And he-lie stood rigid and all-.Ietx,Colfle‘l]tg l)i‘ermci:tl?e‘l0"ais3ierl"movo than it
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, me any um he announcw M“ ‘ “ I [h J‘ h it k h . V ultli the nrlttilng iiizony of remorse and a vein. A wild luugh leaped from her lips
p nm1mmng igglui. h n an on o mebsms tea vls . is would not have -longs :ullll9il tear that hill] gripped him as she as she withdrew it, and ilung it my from ‘
. -I don n your eltdrlch . 'iil . : i i. A ; ,
mm “Wm Him MPHMON, he fgldvmwll; :3! K‘;-(ggilnpletenesv walled Bruce Meller lei;-l‘etlr);Ii7o‘;;;)ul(l site license hrm or it beiore the distint B0lllILls or sudden alarm.
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r "1 shall nyk mil to come nlmin," one in- H. ....,:,d ,o'nkm'g defy“ 0:‘ H]; mm henna 'S"he suddenly sprmlg to her rest and fnced ilrnls and crooning a run into his sound-
terposed. as he hesitated. she looked lit killed us olllrt,-1y HS it he had driven Ii knlfe Ll‘ will 0 and se hi " h i ii I A
mm ,.,.,,,,g..1,.. um, ,,,,,ke ,,g,.,,,, We his hem’ t had rm 9“ amp 0 ‘D we ago , "I e m. s e an d, g dine and round her. The light at rerlsoll had ,
I l "Doctor Peuiae. I have lmmethirlg tn ask terribly simple-ihnt he could hardly i'en- and as .hg''wm, “:5 ".2 'h h”"d “Ed ‘“""“' ""”"‘ he“ ""“’t ‘"“‘- "‘ "““’“‘“‘
you-to consult you sliout." He had reached lize quite that he had crossed the lmblcon her lau ii is am I? mam] d:;lI)lTthe 9? lmnmlimm" and m:'"'""m' ‘W M”
the door era the hesltalinlz words were and wall branded with the mark or caln. lighted groonl ho paged his heart eiiealiiutlng l'l‘Ilee"DlnEeHy wok M1 ‘O Minn“ mm mm
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