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The lost and Brlthtest A In cask and Bottle BEST ` EMEDY 'p'o{o}u':' 1' def ,. T he Obiet ldw `I; "Rl`:l.`l(I`."l` v tug: www ;_ _ . I H _. _A .__,_ ;~.- . one dollar opens anL {aoco\_|.{|t\ Z The Books and 'Stdtmrelt_..d.{ 3 5`i91Yi"1?P9'?13F`-. ff T4 . ~ : Barrie Branch . Fifi` " ~. * J7 59*%'T'! W0 #9?! .4: ~ .,~.pita1 53.000;O0_j .\ a Head % . _ .L Genera! M-@ece%r`-o:r;ce.%." % A mutant AuK%IiIG 4} 5A` '"'5 `PF-PA_9TA.M W .._A.. gun 44-.-... -_. ` q --_ By John ].%A &B:ci CU HICIC, NC lUUl\ IICI WILIL lllllh 5V\(L[ that this was absolutely disinterested conduct. He liked, for obvious rea- sons, to have this sprightly partner of his joys within range of vision.. There was a young gentle an oil Lima, by name Pedvo d'Al utara Mzurtinez. I-1e"was"immensely_ weal:-. thy, fascinating `rather, than ' hand- some, `and of a tfamily that trailed " back to the_Spanish` adventurers who of his smooth oliveiioreheaid glis- tencd a scar an inch.l_0n`g. Se-nor Pedro had plucked it "one" morning `very early, in the Bois de Boulogne, ten years ago, when he was a hery blzulc in Paris. He-was still a `gal- lant; with bloodeasily stirred by a ])l`('l ly Wornall. \'nu~naInnuy like-r\.ntr`1 110' `11111 Of had conquered Peru. In ,the'n1iddlc` - tau.auoyadA%a%v-kiI9i""%`"A9`f The) more d11`F-.a 3` "' -"`"-' -' "Imgg" v*.:is.mi"~T1i?* "%* =--W--- ` ` % .` -..-_. 1... ... > '1/~-`diam cu av-v\n Jsra UV "Illa _llI.%lII\I_I`,o ` ` | Ihergjore, she - met the few _re-I marks her husband made `about the young fellow evasively. and with ;the air fhatl d Alcantara. was not worth considering. The result; was that Ordway `put the worst possible con- struction on the affair. 1-1isf_ wite was deliberately, clandestinelyv irt- ing` with this Beruvian Lothario! T `Pl... ......c IL... .. ........I .. L....I I.-..I. 5'55 VVIDII Flll -I-DIIIVIGII l.o\lI.llBolI_\li ` The next. day-, `as good_or' bad luck wouldhave it, he-left. homelater than usual, and encountered at the door a messenger from d Alcantara with a note for Mrs. Ordway. He promptly possessed. himself of` it, hurried back to hip room, and, with- out heeitation,` read _it all through. It was tropically orid and, while foolishly amorous, was enough to conztirni Ordway s worst suspicions. H is jealous resentment was -fanned tu -frenzv. , . I-Int` `on cnnbnn id `I|:n 1|v:`n I-U -ucuay. r Had be spoken to his wife thcn,I and had an explanation, the matter `might have `been peacefully settled. tor she would have told him `the. whole situation. But `he did not. lMrs. Ordway unavoidably met d ~Al-_ cantara a day or two _later, 'and, through his com.plai'nt that his note had _been disregarded, learned that it had been sent and, of course,-nint- `ercepted. `She was indignant at the whole business. It disgusted; her `greatly that the agreeable, ,`i_j,,e_thoug`h conventional, acquainta.n'e `with the young Spaniard should haveetake-n on this character. `That'd Alca1ntara should be persistent, after _hers,ex- plicit ultimatum, was aparticularly an-` noyingz. With more heat than was necessary, she told him that in fu- ture theywould meet as strangers. :1-Ie. acquiesced, with the worst pos- sible grace, and took occasion to con- vey __to Mrs. Ordway his opinionybof a woman who encourages a man only to .aPfront him, by cutting-h:is7j ac- quaintauce. r =Thisv remark` was gnot `calculated to soothe the` lady.. ' \|m..._ -1... ....-.. `Din!-nu-A (\-alny-any |CdlCula.tCu tu auuuu; ulc lachljd. ~ W'hen she saw Richard , rdway, andwanted to know why he tamp- ered with her. letters, she was too indignant by far; He told her hotly that he had intercepted the 'not_e`f~rom d A_lcantara, and would interceptiany others from that source, adding that he forbade her -to have; -anything more to do with the ma ,~- Worried as she was with the c mplication, [this offensive attitude (offtensive, at I least, in the way in which it was as- lsumed) made Mrs. Ordway lose her temper. -She was "bitterly wounded, `and declared that she would not live with a husband who, had no more condence in her tharr"t`hat>. Mir. Ordway s own smarts. and sense` of wrong, made his wife's-" aggressive bearing seem an additional outrage, and, in consequence, hewas cold and `sarcastic. The result was .that he '4-A-4`- -_- AHA`; tn noqrnn MIVQ (`\'CI'y uuy Ull `MIC vU_ya \.; ua\.q\. ~ rdway, deserted in his Per-uvia`n isolation, brooded and fun'1e'di1ike"a smoldering volcano.` This insolent, rich young P'edro`d Alc antara Mart-i inez ltadalienated his wife's` affec- tion, had wrecked his; home, hadl ruined. his life. Ordway s thirst for revenge became a mania. , There was no equilibrium in the world un- til he had. in some degree, evened things with this cursed Peruvian. But how? ; His prid recoiled at the thought of-`Mirs. Or way being pub- : iicly known as the cause of any quar- lrel. Yet every day that passed with- lout worcl`fr'om' her added`to his wrath. Poor woman! She was too hurt to make -any `advances, while iOrdway s, n"ound5d pride `kept him ISaI'C3.SIlC. LDC TCBUIL was - uuu. us.` [made no effort to prevent M.rs.,Ojrd- way from hastily taking pa'ssa.ge on mship for New York. She wept every day on -the voya e back. ~. (\..A..m.. Anenmonri 1'n 3c 'pnhI1vinn J-I m9taphysj_cians dene;-.`1pan,: has the - *.1 of Wl;ick_ing--himself vio- }:_4<=I1.tly' In 4.~'.excesses` cg, diS. C0n xtur:e.,_ 1 . "Inst an 41-.:., .....1......1. ..1..v._:..;~.\.:...; .... nzuuc with DU .u:a.uyA LU yv_asuvv._ The effect on Ordway may be im- agined. He could not leave -Lima, nor could he find a dignied excuse for sending his wife back to the small cast town in the South. '50 he went on accumulating pent-up i-rritation. " _ J--- Lian...` uuvno n ' \.'|.IJ(I\uIrI\lll3 JVIDL G5 I. VVUMIU JV-JIJIE. Hofman shrugged his_ shoulders, `though. his heavy forehead took on a heavy scowl for a moment. L`:..:gI. canon- nnxnn `an 'co:r` in I *'\ wih * ,=esd1a'ce atoi hip}, e `1:j1x1`e.he,` roo,L-s_eemed to be harbor- gng ,ca;rki;ng: -care. His_ name r>;Gu:Bj_aif_r .',~..v%AIvr-`L,C}fIILi1I.l.. 0\\`dway s in: `T-,t.etest _.i_a;; him,.ggrasstill.r more zir6`us d three. years (been) exploring,_ 1ike`ta Wandering" Je1;v,. `an _unknown:>regio3_ .oi wSou.th,.Ame.rica. llay in ` the, northastem ipart of Peru, contig-` uous _to `Ecuador and Brazil, a des9- . late .`t'.erritory, traversed by the Ya`- _ vary` River; one of the `tributaries of . the A\`nazon. - " I .1. .......... `Ll-...__u_ 1:--. ._L4,i'_-_ 4-` _ _{lp was, `Hofman"s; first rettirn to c1viIiza,tio n since he -had `plunged in- to` this_;'ude :._ solitude, inhabited by .a, tribe of Indians, called the Yurima-i ca`fs.i Hofm n` `had? many interesting -th_mgs;' to; tv 1! iOrdway `5 about these Indians. As .a rnle, ge ntle~;-and un-` molesting, in war theyfdisplaya fer- ocity. not. surpassed` by the most sav- age Vtribes. They have -a` `sing1a.r_ hatred of `white men, notably of` Spaniards, whom they associate with the conquerors of -their -.c ntry. This bizarre re of patriotism kes_ it-,a1most certain ,_death to a white to vve ntu_re among these childish, but ferocious, jingoes. A x. ; Hnfman emdprirlv felt tome nridel I$.l\lbI\l|il3, Jul UC- . , \ ; {_ - Hofman evideiitly felt some orideg in `having `penetrated this,Yurimaca* `stronghold, and, so; far from being killed./"` to have cqnciliatedi their. friendship. One of them, a" young _Yurimaca named Huaje,` was his companion` on this trip to Lima! Hofman, it seems, had once rescued him from a tigress, "and ever since Huaje had been `as devoted to. him `as a fathful dog. `He .was of medium hei'ght,lithe and sinewy, with high cheek bones, smail, piercing eyes,` under heavy `eyebrows,',;and, a stolid, but not -unintelligent, expression. Hisflong, black , hair hung like \a. horse s. mane from his head, but it was silkily ne, a characteristic of; his tribe.` Hisdevotion to the rath-= or gloomy Hofman was a1m'ostipath- etic. ?Such conding trust stirred Ordway to sympathy. - nhnnnntl nun aunnintv 9'19! fht uruwuy LU _y|_upa.yn_y. I ) Alt chanced one `evening that the `three were together in a: popular cafe in VLima., `While they were sitting there in'their respective degrees of taciturnity, -Pedro d Alcan.tara. enter- ed with two or three gay compan- ions. They ._,had hardly seated them`- selves when his` hot, roving glance discovered the two, with the solemn silent Huaje `sitting between them. A malignant glitter sparkled in d Al- cantaras eyes as they rested on the `young Indian. He called the pro- prietor", and had some quick, imperi- ous viords with` him. The latter made his way to the trio atth dist- ant table,' and told the Indian that he must withdfaw. " ' snxy-1.__:an .i__-_-,_,|._.f IJ....._-- 1...... \g_uc|y. V . "Because one of the. guests`, a dis-` tinguished patron, objects to taking his coffetftvith a. low- Indian, in the company, f; ._j2.e,plied the propnetor. "You do not have to, go. lie can wait outside_-,_.;or'-'I will give him. what. he wagts -with the servants, he ad-4 (led, c nciliatingly. ` i "This noble gentleman is` `Senor 'lr[n..6:.-n- ' L. :4 I`ll'\` , no`;nA nvnxrnur C IIIUBI. WILIIUI CW. Why? demanded` Hofman brus- quely. DAIAIIIIIBII nun Iv` Ohn l'I`IIVAEf' O I`;C- IJIC IIGI-ICLI opaulcuu. "Yes, replied the proprietor. He! has aeeright toobject} just 'as you would have, and .1 must consider his objections just as I would yours. U'A`nnna otuuuqournnr` :5 n`Il\CI1AIO IIIC Cal III, CLIISI IIIERC l\J\IID VI VV\IllIi\ilIo He has done this toannoy me. You need not mind it," and I do not sup- pose your young Indian will care, whenyou explain the Vreason. Iu'IIOl: nAv`nI0I|`Ir no 1I1__ I uus nome gcntlclnall 15 gcuur Marti-nez,I is it not? asked Ordway, with a` sneer. He had arted ~a glance around the room. and detected} the hatred Spaniard. "Vac IIad\l:nr` l-kn nrnno-;5:I'nr I-IA` 1m-uy woman. ' s Somehow .(through no fault of Richard's one may rest. assured) he became acquainted with M;rs. Otd-I way. He fell in love with Mrs`. Ord-D way. She, serenely conscious of" her innocence and strength, saw no rear` `anfor declining pleasant a.ttention'sv that the gentleman wnth the long name was so .ready,to bestow. T`I.._ natnnd nu nnrluurnur 'I1'5|o\y `I11- cl. ucavy DLUVVI nun a ulvluuut. Finish your coffee," he `said. to Huaje, and" we will -go. It is more sensible than to have a brawl. Do you know this fastidious young buck, V Ordwa-y?. he asked. -`V... 1 `snuyn -nnbtxu-u 66 `rcsnnv \.II 5_ IIC aancu. ' Yes, I have reason to know him too well. He is one of those ina- 1'e.mal1y useless whelps that cumber -the earth, `and m'ake`fools pf women. `Jar lane rlni-us this tn m1nn\"r` mks Vnn VVIICII JIJLI CAIJIQIII III`; I \3l9\IIlo I IH'uaje certainly ~appared as un-I -moved as a.s_tone. His solemn grav- ity almost_ lent a touch" of humor to the situatxon. 11-_L__-,_ A.|-,-_-_I _. 1-3- _,.`-._-,- . I1-II: They do not love the Spaniards at best. The situation is_ `amusing, for it's hard to tell which of us 151 mostaronted. I brought Huaje. herei as my friend. He is turned out. You imagine it is done to worry #611. Senor=What s-,his-nam.e scored fairly" `well with.his\ one shot. IGVIVI- ,__ , _ _I -__l_4 LL _ !_-_-_'L` ____ _ aalu Vuxuy . ' LJCIIKII " Ila` 3_]IID'II(IIII.\i \-\Jl U`-I lull I [well with his\ ' . There is no do bt the insult_was meant for me,` an I a.m_g.rateful to Ithe beastfor it, replied Ordway,` with wrath. The cur has at last, given me an opportunity /to get even with him without having my .wife s name came up." Let us go,` he ad- `ded, ygjsitig; ' < L ~Tl1t"av ' urnllrrl` elnwlv nnf When tllb` alyuayavll. , Hofman glancgd at his pi-:otege,. withja. slight, but signicant, smile. He saididrily: Tknuvv AA uni `l\IVA fkn cu-\no1:nu-("E ded, gsig. " , ~They'walkd' slowly out. Whgn they reached d A1cantara, s table, oOrdway, who was in advance, halted, looked the Spaniard contempt'uo`usl1 in the eye, and ,said deliberately, though his -voice quivered with pas- sion:_ Senor d Alca.ntara Martinez,` had I"_-preceived your presence a lit.- .1 . Ulilr IUUK UH lllb IGLC. ' VV-e_,won t' either of us ght this festive Spaniard, he said" abruptly. ' What do ' you""mean? inquired Ordwayl 9`? manna f`|-I`, VI-Iu1n:a. ;c nnnr nn hi: - bu} r/\'gI.-iv -`%7'!'}, $5,. ;I9~r~a F.~,':'5\L R " `.'.'-:`kI $41731). ;'~.`Jv_{:-3-` ' beeh s'pa7r- E #1? , .. ea 'ydtif?"rquet;".""`- I`l'u" Iiidgazm" '::s' `good clean -son of. Naturg, a._;friend ' f. mjnfriend, and I won] 310; have allowed him .to\re;nair,1.-cfor fnomet in_ the atmosphere` you contaminate? l" The Sn-.-n"13m-A : hntu 'hIacl:- mres U'l'lIi1llUl|u ' But one day there was a clinuix. On returning home, he passed d Al- umtara near his house. When _he ('nt l`(l it he found Mrs. ~Ordway Hnshed and troubled. The simple mct was that the young descepndantl ux` Spanish conquerors had. wished 1.. be a credit to his ancestors by do- in_:; :1 little conquering himself._ "He, 12 . expressed his $entiments'wtarm-' `V to Mrs. Ordway, ia.'n(l' h_ad,kiss'ed' ht'l` hand with n aj'd0r that she c-nld only recall with confusion. S119 . hmi promptly set him back and in-. furmc(l him with .decision.that t_hlS|. nm.~1 he the end. ` 3' .. Her first impulse was to tell Rich;-`l ml. Then she thought ofl,hiss,vio4.'p Inn jealousy, and `of his:eu.nreTas.oi1- lll)]k`l!L`5.`5' under itsattacks.:`S;i;`.`_o)1_ |,l|Il__ Lat; a.IIl_(:!`5pIOl'lf` L yuux.c_v.;}xta:;xn1nnaLc.;-., `E-.The Spagnardjs ...,hc,e.,: eyes . 1a_ze`d with. agngei-:'ff N at ::ep_i_e` cong- temptuously: ' I will ` se" if `my friends think you enough of a gentle- hear;from me.~ '. 6:1 , _ ` :1,-, ' _-__-4 4.. ...__ -_... ._.. `m'n.to_.rr'1,eet;`- ` that ease, you shall.` _uPo wily IIIBLVICIIIE uul3`_Vl" -' I _.``When my friend is.through with you, oi. course, you ve got to give me s':.t_isfa'ction`, if there s Enough` of you left. This Indian is my friend. . In insultinighim you have insulted me. ~ .. n...I.... on neck Ida t\Ii_I;fI`| nhenhifp- IICGI.` 11 VIII III`: : "I waive tht point" in my own re- gard, . re'1")lied'.Qrdway. V If ~I.-;h.d to" Wait till you were a gentleman to fight` you, I could never honor you with a meeting." % ELI- .-...I`I..A Acct I\;n armor` oral` 1-tinnrl W I I5]! _ it lIluCCllllso 3 `He pulled out his [card anl tossed lt on the table. Then"!-Ioftnan spoke _up. with insolent good humor: . . Whnn rnu friend is fhrnncrh witlil 1nsr:|t1ng !'l1_l'l'1 YOU ;:.i:lVC.l u.lauu.;u inc. ' `order to put as calm a- so_u_te- 1.5; bgyond %\(1iestlion,e Hgflman snsulmg ',_b an 13;," su en y can t t e ` pan- iar s nose, between his__ thumb and >1$:nger "anildgzrzlve it? sharp `tweak. ot ing cou ` ave een rpore ug- gsulting than the playf_ul, trx_ng art with which he did thxs; as If, the haughty Spamard were an amusgng .httle puppet meant for the dwersnon `of his betters. 1\oAu,, , _ .__,_,,._ A._ I.:.. 1-..; `L2. i I] C|., IGIDCU II. 1&1. LlIl\v \14I|\.uu\.u.nu-7 Hofman had barely .time to arrest the Indiarils arms. He said a few quick words in` -Yurimaca to him,` and, `after a moment of reluctance,` Huaje doggedly. surrendered the knife.` I VV`.hat a hot little boy you -are, said Hofman to the panting Span- iard, giving a short laugh. "Gentle- men don t arrange matters of this kind in, that way. -I m afraid I `shall have to keep the knife, you lose `con- trol of yourself so easily. Of course, I expect to hear from you later when you- return to what little reason you may normally possess.: Come, Huaje. . -They strolled out, Hofman main- taining his bantering air of good- natured-- amusement. When they were outside, Ordway said; to 'oHof_man, with real regret: I am confound- edly sorry I got you into such a row. I only hope there will be no d Al- cantara left for you after I, ave met him. Hofman, I feel I shall ill that wretched little beast. ' '|lYI,II .:__.9._ 1-..--- r.-n-. gonna.- WI CLCIICU lll.tlC lJCd:Dln 'W'ell, I_ don t know fully your grievance, but I somehow am in sympathy enough with it to hope you will take,it out` well with this bumptious coxcomb.. .` Huaje nearly spoiled both our chances.? A Yuri- macan s gentleness is intermittent, you see. It is an `opera bouffe sort! of row- D`Alcantai'a s insolence in`- the cafe gave. you an opportunity wihichi you have been w,'an.ting, it `seems. His rough snub "to poor il-I-uaje made me hot. His -pulling his knife on me put Hiuaje into move- ment.. Well, here we are -at your` `place. This business will keep one ,here a`few days longer, so we shall meet again. . Good` night._ Heaven bless woman\as a lovely war-mak er land disturber `of r_n.en. ` ' rr-L- ._.._-L ... .... ....... (\..A...n.. nodal U1 HIS UCIICTS. ` ` ' _ ` D`'=Alcanta.ra( sprang to*`his feet,Vhisl ;face-_a waxy pallor, while his eyes `(blazed with a murderous hate. A -frightful volley of opprobrious epith- lets poured from his lips. He whipped `a knife from somewhere `about h's waist and ashed it in the air. t `was wrenched from his hand with a. Iswiftness that seemed a. little awe- some in the apparently sluggish Huaje, _.who, with his own lips. grim- ly set, raised it to strike d Alcantara. `IJ.-.5.-....... I-Int` I-uorolu f:I`hA fn nrrpcf VVIIU uluusuu. Illlll Lilla nnvsv o I '1Come with this man at once.AIn1- portant. ` I-Iofman`. _ VOrdway threw on his clothes and followed, his guide at full gallop. Ten mlies `out in the country, they Acame npon.H`uofman. He was "quiet- ~1yi walking up and down in a. grove a: the side of the road, smoking a cigarette. .1-Iis horse was tethered hard by"; As they came steaming up, he ung away his cigarette and ad- vanced toward Ordway, with a sing- ular lookion his face. < nilf, ,,,. ,_ v-:.L-__ -t _-.. C....LL `Li- 'auu ulaturucr UL ulatu. The next. morning, Ordmay was awakened at nine by a. messenger, who brought him this note"? ; 5\(".\.--'.` cu-:61` Ivu:'c rnnn nvf nu-Int : 1111- CUIICLL ' They had been at their post on thel Pcruvizm seaboard _. only M` ,9. ; few ! 1_no_nths when a matter of buSin.e'sS called Ordway to Lima; iAs :he'w"as` really fond of his wife and did not know how long hefnight-be detain; ed thcrg, hevtook her'With.h'im. Not , _u.__u--..-1_- ,::..:..............-ll VJTUWi1y. e7`I mean that `Huaje. is now on hisl way to the Yurimaca. country, as fast |as he can go, with d A1cantara s head as his only luggage! What! cried Ordway, aghast. Listen, and I will put it very Ibriey, for {I have got to fol_1ow aftesr Ibxmas soon as possible." The In-' idian felt aggrieved and took a hand ijn the game in true Yurimaca fash- ' `I. An A I\ `rn nnr 11 nnr 1' av ll]! LIIC gdluc ll`l1uc J-Lllllllb llDl|' ion.` You do `not know how they hate the Spaniards. Hnaje left me last night. I agked no questions. At six this morni g `i me-t him again. Hethen had d Alcantara"s head with him,wIt was still warm, while the test of the gentleman was cooling on the road leading to his hacienda. Of course, he is thoroughly dead by this time to all such mundane de-. lights as other` rnen. s wives, duels and the`l,_ike. :_. uh . ,_4`_' -E -,-.-- _:._--1- auu I.llC ll\Co v . `*But how endish of your simple Indian! exclaimed Ordway, struck `cold by this quick trggedy.` V... A..;. and :tu0VI:`l\nO uvzhl .VI11-:_ LU'lU U] LIIID L]_Ul\.|\ LId45Cuy. ` -You are_ n_ot__ familiar with -Yuri- gnaca war et1quete,. gaid Hofm_a_`n l1m0perturbubly, as he untethered h_gs Eorse. Hu_aje 'ki1l`ed an en.en'iy. 1n, SIIISWJ 159%`: UVVVGIKI Illllo "1 don t know, he replied, `vithl nervous disgust. He was furtively scanning the oddly-compressed vis- age. buddenly, grasping the thing in some of_ the `grasses he- rolled it vtremblingly up and tumbled it into the Lox, which he pushed away from him , wig} a movement of abhorrenc . He; ghad noticed on the narrow fofehead a tiny, glistening line, not the eighth `of an inch in length. He feared Mars. Qtdway might recall _a certain frontal diagonal scar if she remaFked| I111 ., '. ' I. 0. . I. . V u`st'I~'as* wev_`,-'waKt;'e` _7fc"67' mm! arm: I :j:s:`5,oug-5; Tlie. ._YTu:-imacas pro`- s;Erve`;t1_1`he`ads of thii"`enemies, in-' s#;ea.d*oLf thevscalps:-`only. They Pre- serv* thiam in some wap` and they are really more decorativp `as war- -like'..souvenirs. . `_`N6w, Imu,st- go, Concluded Hof- n'1`an, -extending his handfto Ordway. ?`I we,` gt..\..a. odd start they` win never catch :us, b 1; there, must be no time` lost`. '~ is odd that` we should have met, and that ydu should have` so-appealed to my sympathy, really more than you xmagine. : ._.-n . ii-pi '. .- I HIUIU EH61}. JUI-K. Inuaulc. But 5'1 woiald like to hear from you" agai`n`, said V03-dway. l-1_er'e, take thisTca.rd. It is my New ork ad- dress`, I a V/sick of this pa t of the world, and hink I shall pull up stakes and get out. It has brought nothing but ill-luck to mg. l urna__~__I__ as #,_n!-, u 1,I_:...-_. -_,,-_--, D ' Thanks, Krepliel 1-ioiman, swing- ing into the _sa;dd1._e and slipping tne car_d_._,into h1s..pocket.' Then ne paus- ed and knit his forehead for `a mo- ment. Gathermg up hrs reins, he said -nally: "You are from New `I ork? ..Do you chance to know any- thing of `a. young woman there nam- ed Burroughs ? Elsie Burroughs? lit`! ` I I _ I ! .-gathered up h's reins. _r1oman-1 seemed petried. His black eyes were xed on Ardway without a. icker for a moment. it was as it". his whole being had been brought to a standstill 10!` a. brief spell in. its movement. Then he III` I I ` I , P Inc Ucbt IL can 5:3. I - ; Ordwa.y`s pride made him. cloak his jealousy. His wife was so open-T` ly and ixnpersonally gay that" it should have been disarming. "But a jealous nature is not a calmly rea- soning one. Its green eye has. a_. crystalline lens of its own, whose exaggerations the brain does not correct. * l ` VI`! I I I , , -. ;'I_-!__ _,....A. J.-- LI... Shortly before the Christmas holi- days a ackage arrived in New York from eru, It was _ addressed to .Ordway. .` Full of 'pIasant curiosity, he `and Elsie undid it. Something inside was `carefully enwrapped in grasses` and cloths. When. the object was brought to light, Mrs. Ordway shrank rfron_1 it wtth uncanny fear, while her husband felt a strange sinking of the heart. ---.... .. I......l -..2a.L ...-...l I-.I....I- 1...}- 17;1's'i"13n}}} -cried Utdway in astonishment. Why, she us my wife. ` ._r..._,_. ____.._1 __-._.:c-.n 11:- II I IIIQID to The tragic death of d Alcantara was a tremendous sensation in Lima Sior two days. 4_ An" Indian arrow sticking in his body, and the head- les trunk, pointed to the Yurimacan as` the murderer. He and his white companion ha.d"`e'd. Nothing could be done,- and, as d"Alcantara was generally disliked, he .was forgotten by the beginning of the third day. ' ileore than ever disgusted with his Peruvian venture, Ordway wrote a letter to his wife, in which he im- plored her to forget "the past and re- turn fto him. thy, the beginning of December they were reunited in New York and entered on at new honey- moon, more considerate and devoted than the rst`. Neither mentioned a word of d A1cantara. So, too, Ord- way made.no mention of his singular encounter" with Gustav Hofman, though he longed to ask his wife something about him. . r\n Good You hear from` me _later," he "exclaimed, and driving the towels. into his horse, he tore down the road in a- cloud of dust, leaning forward and urging his beast to its utmost. ` 'nVI,, 4__,,!_ ,I_A._I_ - .I!Al,_,_4__- BIIIRIII6 \Il lII\r IIQCII La ! It was a head, with coal black hair. The complexion was a coffee color;l the features wize,n ed, but grimly pro- portioned. - .'D:n`\nmr` aka; in 41.393 ? 7\/f`...- f\..,l "Richgrd, what is,this? Mrs. Ord- way asked falteringly, turning a hor- I k`\Il I.l\III\yV-Io gitied face toward him. ` I ......I2...! ...lol... "I Ann ; ....-.... 9 1.... -Wihatever it is, we dc_m't wa11t.1f,l that lS`Si1l'e," he said wxth low em- phasis. Do we? `lrnu-:5 :1-', `Jon f\-.'~I-u... I PIIaIUc LIV. VV \`g i Want it! cried Mrs. Ordway. I wouldas lief have a skeleton or a death's-head around.` It has given me a dreadful turn. Send it to the Museum. of Natural !History, or somewhere, as fast as you can. Who could have sent you the hideous thing ? T A c--. 4-... 7...I... n-,u ........ a:..L.,u ILII L Ll.l\;l\Qi ` Late `one evening, as the Robert` Garrett was ploughing its way up to New York from Staten Island, a man in the stern of the boat furtive- ily ,dropped a small box overboard, as _the boat jiassed the majestic Statue -"of Liberty. , with its amingttofch, The hox_ was packed with lead and .secur_elyt tied. As it` sank and the =boa=t- forged; ahead, Ordway heaved `:1 sighof relief. "He had concluded, v not itovbestow his Indian brie-a-brace en the i'M=us_eum`. It ..was . possible" Mrs:-' Oifdwa}; might go--there some`, time and discover `that glistening {scar on` thetsniall forehead. Much better that it be anchored in the ?;bottom of the "bay-till the Resurrec-' ftioi-n` -- . Hofman. s 1 object-lesson l'.e...h9pgd :wou1d' xiever need to. be i&0'h:`7'1.6 A0".d`W3Yn ` ` - t... ('5.-.`.""HL.:.-u-u-Ia-.. .1`.-pa (1:-.I'nvnu ant` 01 cnunu. . _ The thought that tlus. Peruvian "appointment would translate -Mrs- (")1-dway's magnetic blandishmcuts to a more restricted eld made O-rd-. way hail it with delight. The small coast town whtch vyas the. com- pany's center of dealmgs in oil had only it handful of Scotch, English and natives. Hue did not rect that a healthy appetite devours. even ; plain food wtth relishwhen that is" the best it can get: f\..,l..... "ls uxu-:1-in 111hI`o nlnmlnl "'Kw days iabtr Ofdway received` a letterfrom Hofman. It ra_n: l .-\r- _ , ,_-`L_Lu I .-,,__ ,1 "You probably know `by this time} whether -your. nal remark to me was! startling or not. That` in my one sally, from this vwilderness I should have`bet you of all men, and under] such .circumstances ! l have got Huaje to part with his grim souvenir of our Lima sortie. He did it very reluctantly. But I thought it might be .a good object lesson-a.gainst irting: ' in? extremis, as a last argument against its evil. I don t think our elegant h_idalgo s head. would be recognized on sight, but if introduced as` a dissuader it should `have tremendous force. But for Mrs. Ordway. d"Alcantara would not have hated you, r` If _he hadn. t hated you he would _not have insulted you through Huaie. In which case-he would now. be wearing his head, in- stead of having it figure as an object-` lesson, after =.serving'for a term as. the chief glory` of Huaje s h_ut. But; there is a certain poetic-justice in it,` i's.n t there? i T ,1 _ Au, , __-.-!,__.. -- 1.1,, `l`|-l_;,L.4 IqUl`IIK_ `\I 171413: \/IQVVGIJI % One ay when Mrs. Ordway and himtelf wer in 9. verya charming mood,/.he said. to her: ~-My dear, do. you .rgmembet. telling me befor -'n'rej'w'ere mzrtied that when you were- fa--:.iI?15"yOu ghaid. once V been en 6!! {;stud`c`nt at. .-'u`r;_!"_I"\`I--.-. .n;.JK_.HA_'a.` Ex. -_ .'~ IAz__ l T`_`g;, ?a:&g;`sL. `E5rciV;_;yvi.t`1u;`:low i I once` ` 1_Bvi3}t:,{_1?AI$;l.;V I` 1 thought {hag J -- ----v v can-J \rI.I \r\ytl\.Ill-I. His name was Hofman, said his `wife; Gustav Hofman. It is so painful to me, because it was only at the last moment that I got cour- age to break it `off. He took it so hard that I always think of it with a sore heat. He evidently thought I was unfeeling. But I could not make up my mind sooner. ~What put this into your head, Dick? :You haven t met him, have you? she inquired quickly. . ` ` Met him! That is not likely, is it? I onlyyfelt that if this one re- serve of your past were removed we should feel more perfectly in accord. Thank you for telling one. We will never allude to it again. .wAaLs`?a seaied chapter. =W}iy do you , '7 Q ask? 661 ask? ._ . "I thought that now when we are on such a perfect understanding with DL~I`I`I (\fl1nr fliof I7I\!I rVIUrD I`- on`! sun vu. ouwll a y\. |1c\.l. UIIUCI atddlulllg Wllll ez-._ch other that you might tejj met `this fellow s name. But do not if [you have any objections. `I172, . twin on -. 1 c THE en[s--[Hal guawcu ufua. -Lu a.u'usn._u, viz; jealousy and pride, yvgs, a_ trial to him to present every` his` best; accredited men tnends to his charms { mg, vivacious little `wife. 'Sl1e'-- thoughtless young .th1ng!'--was s_o bewitching, so_ pretnly animated. _so artlessly fascmatmg, when with agreeable men, that _her hu_sbapd .35 tortured by her airy prodigahty rl`t.- olanunelat fl-not 1-h;c vpnruuuinn ForW.omen-Lyd{ia E. Pink- I ham s Vegetable Compound Belleville, Ont.--I was so weak and worn out from a female weakness that I concluded to try Lydia E. Pink- _ A 7 . ham s Vegetable Compound. I took j several bottles of it, and I gained strength so rapidly that it seemed to make anew woman j of me. Ican do as . 1 good a day's work ' as I ever did. I _. sincerel bless the , day tha. Imade up - my mind to take your medicine `for . " female `weakness, and I am exceedingly grateful to you for {our kind letters, as I oertainl ` proted `I-`Arum .. I (dun vrnu nnwian simian `A The Retort Erudito. A famous scholar. whose hobby was the derivation of words. had occasion to store his furniture while proceeding to the continent in quest of the origin of the term 'jugglns. During his re- searches in Berlin he received from the wzrrehouse company the following letter: 'Slr-We have the honor to in- form you that the mattrass you sent to our store had the moth in it. Since VIII BLVII7 IIGII IJIC Illvll-I LII II: SKI-IU7 the epldetic would expose the goods of other clients to injury. we have caused your umttrass to be destroyed." 'lVI-- -..I_._I_._ ..-_,I! ..I_ n.l\_.-... LVl._ Il_ Roproved Again. _I am told that there are some ne scores to the credit of Hvrr Bamut:xp- per, ventured Mr. Cumrm: during a.- lull. in the artistic conversation. "-Tn} a;;..:-`;.:;.;i BE; ";-iE."-7;L?.- were- discussing music. not baseball. . An Optimist. " *4 Pa. what is an ngnmnlst?" An optlmlst. my sun. 1:: the man who makes himself lwlla-re It will not rain tomm-row lu--z1u.-c- lw due-.~'u't pus. sens an umbre-lla."-Cl>vc-mud Pmlo ' our as proted y them. - I give you perm ssion to ggblish this an time you wish."- rs. ALBERT ICKETT, Belleville, Ontario, Canada. ' I 1 r ' I `,1`..__', v-.-..__..v ' .. Women everywhere should remember that there .is no other remedy known ` `to medicine that will cure female weak- ness and so successfully; carry women through the Change of Lxfe as.L dis E. Pinkhemfsvegetableeom uni made trom__ne.tive roots and her . . 4' ` Q ,_ . ' I - - WV zuunouowooooooooofovoo when D1:k Ordway went_ to Pgru. second "thQ-ughtst which _are not-,~a1. he took Mrs. Ordwqyg` wxth hun. ways. the bc;st,; she \dcnde_d to say He expecged to remain for a term notgnng abgnt 1t.'~She;- felt e to of years 111 the _land of thg Incas. v wnthxthe nlagtcr .herselt.' The Ordway loved ln_s young wxfe pas- toohsb Vyomung Spamard had forgot- sionately. He pa1:_l _a heavy taxfpr ten l'_nm_s_elf.- She; would .su_nply give` this delightful prwalegeu He had: a 'g`ood'Jog to '4i1s*_memo'_i-y. -,.: . two qualit1es---w1Ih geeth hke r_od- 1h__er50re, she met. ue fewv re- w;s--that gnawed hxm to angmsh,`xnarks her. nusband -ma'deabot1t`the' - R _ Sgulnucv and nrirle. 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