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Daniel Blade advances from apcnnlleaa miner to a millionaire and bocornea a power In the political and bus

ftu hii eye on thegovernors chair Hta wifetall to rUe to new

Katherine daughter of SenatorIn her that Mary

columns of hla paper and Glade deflehim

CHAPTER Ill Continued

Suddenly Blades eyes lighted withthe Ore of decision Hlamouth be

a firm straight line of deferinitiation something Im-

placable and Criteria his very attitudeas Katherine Strickland became fixed In his mind Helonged to hurry after her to tell

his decision to fight If not withthen for her He eager to showher lust how much they two togethercould make out of life a big fine fighttor position and power

Even the thought of being governorloft in the distance aa plan after

plan raced through his mind of greaterconquests and bigger achievements

with a woman like Katheflne Strickland for wife So ab-

sorbed and Intense were his thoughtsof the future with her for the moment-

he forgot completely the woman whofor 20 years had kept her place as hiswife In all his dealings he hadconsidered obstacles except to sweet

from his path As hethe present and Mary ho never

hesitated or from his newlytnado resolution

Mary could go It alone He wouldsee that fte Md everything thatmosey could buy Ho would make

comfortable take care other Thatifljjje should be further considered 4wer

his mind Always ruthless Inhis methods he WM equally cruel

hen the obstacle advahcftment-jiWMa iittfa woman

nis heart it Wflfl tat decentpr as fine or as blanteresg as that lifewhole attitude toward the girl wasone of Hehad determined to have her just as he

had determined only last week to outbid every other man at the rug auction He wonted her to take a placein hla because he knew what herValue would be to him H9 wanted herbeauty brain tier savolr faire asso many stepping stones by which tomount higher and higher In the affairspf the state and tho nation

In spite of the tact that he criticizedhis wifes lack of social graces

wise enough to know that hefrom a finished product himself

In spite of himself traces of the parvenu occasionally showed through theveneer of bluff and arrogance Withd wile like Katherine he soon

to know all the fine points of thesocial game A wife like Katherinewould coder up a multitude of hit lit-

tle sins ot commission omission

CHAPTER IV

Blade wantedfor his wife much the same as tip

would wealthy cleverInfluential man for a partner It wasto be a union of ambition

tenderness In his thoughts of herHa was actuated purely and simply by-

t p lust for power and the greed ofglory M the sorter better things inthe mans nature were swamped by

this torrent of craving for suecess that hlmon tocommlt the mbst dastardly act in his long

career of trampling over the headsand hearts of and oppo

Even When he was a boy Dan Blade

had alwiya set him teeth at cantit or It cant be done The very

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would be UP same Marys sterlingworth heflont pt devotion

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arms or any other very essentIM part of his being

If was at just this point In Bladespitiless reasoning that Mary peeringover the baluster and seeing himalone hurried down the stairs j

Thank goodness theyre gone shedeclared as she Came Into tho roomthen seeing the numerous side lightsburning she hastened to turn oneafter the other down to a glimmerIm eo glad your not going out she

went on coming over to him andher cheek against his sleeve The

little movement was a pathetically-mute appeal for some caress Whatdthey say she asked suddenly asthe realized that her tender yearningmet with no response

But her husband was In no com-

municative frame of mindYoure not mad with me are pert

the questioned wistfully very muchlikb an eager child who has been re-

pressedNo Slide replied briefly andmuch interest

Mary breathed a quick sigh of reliefAh then well have n nice quiet

pleasant evening she declared add-ing coaxingly Lets go upstairs andhave a game of euchre Wo haventplayed for over so long

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angry at the thwarting circumstancesthat hemmlriKnlin in Her very

manner irritated him now her quietcontentment calm acceptance ofher failure to meet ills guests and fill

herplace as mistress of his home niaddened him He was all the more de-

termined to fight for something elsetobegin his campaign for a

and Another woman that momentYou can yourself after Im

gone he answered over his shoulderThen you are going out Marys

the disappointment she

feltYes Blade continued bePut I want to have a talk

with you Mary weve got to comoto understanding

Why what r Mary began andthen topped For the first time shenoticed his changed manner and hisaverted eyes She started to rumbleWith her workbasket

I cant put it off any longer Ier Blade stopped short He wasfinding this attempt at an

more difficult than behad anticipated

What la it frying toMarys voice was firmer than

Whats la your mind You keephinting at lately and younever finish What Is It

Youre a rich woman in your ownname Are you satisfied withwhat Ive settled on

Why yes the quick respouse as puzzled eyessearched his for forstrange question Then she addedXpuve teen good to me Dan

How would you like to go andUfoi country Maryaide Kurprlso filled the womans

eyes Her thin cheeks flushed as sheclasped her hands excitedly-

Oh Pan you know Id like Itawfully good father I knew

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I cant leave you out of the ques-tion she protested quickly not anInkling of her husbands real meaninghaving entered her head In her per-

fect IQVQ she Wasvious to hint pf neglect or

from him Had Illsthoughts her first care would havebeen to soothe him as one whosebrain overtaxed with affairs beyondher understanding had suddenlyclouded

For an instant the man was silentHis taco was turned from tiers and hewas looking out the doorway throughwhich the stately figure of KatherineStrickland had Just passed and throughwhich he hoped to walk some daygovernor

go with you Maryho finally turned and looked hersquarely in the eyes

would you be Wherewould you live Where wouldShe stopped and then finished PshawThats all foolishness Dan

Blade was firmer now Hisvoice had a ring of finality but Marydidnt understand I cant go on apologising for you eternally You canthave a headache every night I musteither have a wife who can be thehead of my household or none

Into the womans heart there leaped-a sharp fear followed by the childishidea that perhaps because she wouldntgo to the opera she was to be pun-

ished sent away aloneruntll she wasforgiven

Youre tired of me she suggestedIf that were true and you filled the

bill we could put up with each otherho returned brutally but It Isnt so

Dont you love me she halfbreathed the question timidly

For a brief instant caughtat Slides heart tugged and tuggedHe turned with a look of infinite ten-

derness and said pimply Yes MaryI do His tone was genuine and sin

cereMary laughed a littler happy laughAt the sound Blades mood changedlike a flash It grated pq his alreadyoverwrought nerves It seemed to dlsmiss the controversy the argument to ring the deathknell of thedream that had camp to him Thecareless way In which she apparentlydropped the discussion of awaynettled him Prompted by a suddenimpulse snatched her workbasketfrom her lap and flung it the fulllength of room that bas-

ket he Cant I ever seeyou without Itf

Danl Marya gasp of amazementwas the only sound In the f5fim Itwan the first time he had over beenharsh with hor She shrank back hurtand frightened Lord-

Ing cotton the noodles andand the little worn thimble Bladewatching her blight stooping figure

ought to have been ashamed but hisanger was flaming hot and he didntas much as offer to help

Marys mood changed tooI believe youre doing it to got your

own way she sputtered but you

aint going to got Iti Ive got as muchright to my Hfeas youve got to

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countrythen shocduld have thishouse to herself would live atthe club

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There aint anything you could asof me I wouldnt do except Mary

troubled taco was looking Into hisExcept I oak he finished sar-

castically and hurried from roomcurtly ordered his dressing bag packed

and then hat In hand hie overcoat on

his arm camo back Into the roomDid It ever occur to you Mary that

youre a mule he asked Youresweet and good tempered and amiablebut youd have given the mulo thatcame out of Noah s ark polnts on how

to be stubbornHow often have I failed you In

these years DanYoure falling me now You wont

look at things with my eyes

Word not one were two

Dan she reminded him quietlyWell thats the trouble we ought-

to be one TnaV

Whoso Yours and Marys sweetmouth puckered Into a very littlesmile

Im done Blade decided hope-

lesslyI can remember the time when you

would have thought that was cunreproached him

Im going to my club Mary tieannounced disregarding her playfulattempt to smooth over

Mary gazed at him bewildered byhis swift changes of hurt by

his attitude almost angry because heso unreasonable

Then love came rushing Up Into herheart After all he was her D

did this crossness or his nervousnessmatter She went up to him pulled

his scarf a bit closer round his throatand W ho turned mut-

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She didnt understand poor little soulHe was going away for good for alltime and she was asking If she wouldwatt up for him than onco be-

fore she had asked that question othim the question that from a wifeslips carries with It unspoken tenderpleading For a apace be wan tortwith emotions he could not

expectedthing bade him turn back upon ambi-tion and pride and clasp into his armsthis little woman who hail worked forhim with him rho had had faith Inhim when he was poor and who hadstruggled and cooked and slaved forhim that he might rigor to his presentposition x

But he struggled against the feelingfought it back and conquered

No dont wait up for moAll right Mary agreed I wont

If you dont want mo to and thenwith roguish but I wJH waitup for you all the

Blade was touched but b stiffenedhis shoulders Wealth he had wonhonors he meant to Katherlne Strickland

Goodnight Mary he called coldlyas he out of the room

Left alone Mary stood watchinghim a forlorn little figure

Why ho didnt kiss me Sheto theo door Dan you forgot

something DanlBlade hastening to the door halted

hesitated turned backYou come right back here and kiss

me Mary demanded affectionatelySuch didoes You kiss Sheraised her face for the kiss she thought

was goodnight and which he meant-as Blade stooped and laidhis lips on hers gently reverentlythen hurried out almost as If he werefraud to stay a minute longer

Such didoes Mary laughed to her-self 8bo looked around the greatempty room It suddenly struckthat she had never really been happyIn this room Riches had proved aburden rather than a pleasure Theyhad robbed her of Dans devotion his

confidence his gaiety She hastenedto turn out the lights shuddering asshe did so She grabbed tier work-basket from the table and suddenlyovercome with fright in the greatsilent shadowy room tied to the lightedhall calling Susie Susie

TO BE CONTINUED

PROM DOCTRINE OF GALEN

Ui of Term Man of Spirit EtcMay Be Traced Back to the Sec

and Century

Few persons even atop to considerman of spirit

lodicai association Yet this la oiltho survival of the old dpctrlnd-

f spirits We may believp that Onion

ad conception of toe nerve trunkSs conductors of he called

It to arid from the brain andspinal cord

The natural spirits were thatwhich gave to blood

the capacity of nourishing the tissuesof the body The vital spirits wereacquired hr the heart and when atlast the blood with its vital spiritswent to the brain and experienced a

sort of refinement for the last timethe animal spirits were separatedfrom It and carried to the body by

the nerve trunksSuch was the idea of the vital func-

tions In the second century Today

after 1800 years we know that thereare no spirits in our blood or nervesbut we still speak of being In highspirits or low spirits of being full

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Applied AdviceSome time ago an Alabama lady

klndly undertook to udvlso one of hernegro maids as to certain rules of

propriety that always bo ob-

served by young women at-

tentions are paid by gentlemenfriends One evening the lady won-

dering Whether her seeds of advice

had tol fn upon rocky ground sta-

tioned herself in a rocker near thekitchen door where she was enter-

tained by the following dialogue

Look here dont you try to git

fresh wit Mah names Miss

Smith not Mary Ah dont low mah

best an moat patlclar frlepds to callme Mary

Ah beg your Miss Smith

nut say Miss Smith would yo1 Josssoon shift to de odor knee Thisyore onesytired

Trade SecretNow the first learn about

the shoo trade is this AS soon as a

customer cqmes in take off his shoes

andWhatB that forThen you can on em at your

convenience my boy They cant walk

out Courier Journal

Mart and HUAgeAfter a man roaches the age of fifty

be begins to see Insults In the newspapers to the effect thAt tie is an old

man tofpeka Capital

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NoThis is a prescription prepared pu-

poclally far Malaria or Chills andFever Five or six doses will breakany case and If taken then as a tonlothe fever will not return 5c Adv

HisThe hungry tramp told his tale It

touched the kind heart ofthe lady ofhouse He ato the food she gaveand started wearily on his way

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managing come to fall on youglanced around it might be as If

IB suspected tho dog were within callThen passing out and closing theate he said She quit and went

to her mother Kansas City

tarBerlin a Seapqct-

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portatif extensions will betraffic The BerlinOder canal IS a

noteworthy engineering feat ty startson the west side of Berlin and runsIn n rough semicircle to Olderberg

where It falls Into the river It Is

about sixty mules long and has costover 2000000 to build

It connects the capital of the em-

pire with the greatest Prussian portIt binds Berlin and Stettln Berlinand Oder of course been unitedfor some considerable time by the

canal but that waterwwo withUs score qf locks andthe fault of narrowness longbeenout of date The canal wlircarrycargo vessels of 600 tons and thatvessels of such size G di-

rect from Stettin to Berlin reallymeans the opening of a new epoch JnGerman developmentIt makes Berlin virtually a seaport

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NuU which they pat threo times adayj They are pictures of health and

never had the least symptom oftrouble through

toot severe siege of whooping cough

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