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THE OHASLOTTE R£WS JANUARY II. 1911 9 Revolution in baldly methods which gave the world Une^ Biscuit also resulted in a Revelation in soda cracker quality* You realize this the moment you open the royal purple package and find soda crackers so tempt ing and good that they cannot be resisted* Uneeda Biscuit NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY a Package (Never sold in balk) E UAN HIGHER UP Wc. oJ^^TTue Amemj^ ii:NR.Y RUaSELL MILLER- Co»yrI«kt, i«««, Th« Merrill Cea«i»any Book Two* if>i THE MOULD. CHAPTER VII. that I’m fit for highei’ things than a mere state senatorship. And it’s true.” He flung his head back sharp ly. “It’s true. The crown would fit. I laiow my worth. And I’m ambi- lioi'.s. At times, when I see Bob out stripping me so rapidly, my ambition ■ literally hurts me.” 1 “Then why did you say. No?” “'Because/' he answered simply, "as ilong as I have his friendship. I must ! be true to him. For I nm the victim o£ my own plot. I set out to like him as a matter of ixjilcy, to climb in his trail. And now—” Ho hesitated. "And now?” "I love him as my own brother.” The main up-stalrs felt his heart give a quick, sharp throb. One by one Bob’a crude, narrow schemes of existence were being shat tered. He had thoirght to be supremo in his life; he found himself to be but the creature of circumstance, which is but another name for the Force. He had schemed an existence In which love shouldn ever feel mind or heart; at an acknowledgment of affection from one whom he had called friend, hardly knowing the meaning of friendship, a strange, unaccustomed joy flooded his heart, revealing the hold that friendship had taken on him. And, strangely enough, there was no resentment. For the first time in his life Robert McAdoo knew the mean ing of genuine happiness and content. All his store of affection, so long sui>- pres.=ied, flooded out in a passionate, yearning love for the handsome, mag netic Paul. He gloried in his power to win Paul’s regard as he had never Mint strength that had no\\ iiat. I j-uccessfiilly defied the mightiest po litical forces of the state. ... A purpose came to him. His power Thompson, gentkniRn j^ook cn a new and higher value. With ■ people , cruel, y drovo i he would royally endow this friend, P Ptuntir- tonpuicnt was an-! f^om the weakness of I nils voirn spopKing , u,.,-. .1 Patrick, rarrj'ing .. ^tATnnArament. and make him I’.andcd against a force that for a gen eration had held a great state abject. And he had conquered. He had match- fd courage against courage, patience against patience, knowledge against knowledge, chicanery against chican ery, and at every point he had proved the stronger. The fight was far from ing; Light to the Blind, over. But he had no fears for the outcome. He had proved himself. ' threw down the pa-l'^’^hat he had won he could keep. That 1- n comparing and. 1 very day he had outwitted his on- a rifrar. He ; ponc’nis. t'.irnin:? against them once ;■ ail I'or a fe\v inlnutp^. njore riieir favorite weapon of trickery over the events of the •''nir.s: c rrlv in Janv.ary. and double-dcalin.t:. li^xiiU, Hob McAdoo! For it is the , lasr Tir.'io you shall revel in the brutal, ijlkn upon the city. i \vorphin of the self-god. Even wind bellowed aroimd ’’iiit'i' o.ivea. A foot of sH'iw hod fallen, orily up and tossed about in hv the gnle. I'ven iu tlv* L'lilfndid :weep of vMnr exulta tion conics a sudden haltinc. ■T,y tlio or God, king! By the grace of God!’’ A casual, masnilonnent phrase has 'il of the c" atnro com-j your oyf s lo the great fact warnvli an«l cheery j^f your life. V)u thc^jght to be su- • in his grale. j pr•^^n^e in that life. ;ir\ ;ti r. in his gifiie. I jn that life. Yon now find that ranie voices, ’,g jcnijity dreoui. A great force, u.sinp: nuv tliis igenc,'. rbou- him. and in Ihis 0-0se he .)or would hear drivf'U you t»i wh ro you stand. Your own strength and will are but one r vf'^rs ri"h as he hottor edncited than 1' =5t a raHonal figure, f (v:'rrc"s of a ':'' i'i’i- ''nt brat, news- 'i! Iv ' f > ";il yow find a nior^ :■ yo„ healthful environraent, was i ,' sinr’od v.i'.h noth-j^^un . nother. Then came Squire Me- flsf and a .^1 nrdy heart.! iia.ffey and his weak fears,• and the hrur.a'l 'iavcsiii. Tlu n the slender, fear less £‘,irl In memory you still cherish that strange, ;»ersonal haired—assertiug her illo?:i- cal privilege. Th^n MacPherson and Iv'oler—l^^b Me-j a-^tagoni.sni. Thou Uunnieade with ; ■'1. if^ngl” ! his noble purjjose and subjection of asH^'nied gravely. | Last of ail, Paul Remington, ■' "n"." 1 whom a strange, unaccountable im- ■ • i '^lieve the greatest | drovo you io take into your life. : ;t !l continued j j.Y;,. v^’nom a great love, as for one of ;t f.i'f to play! I’d i po>Hos:;ions, in spite of yr>ursolf i !' :* wore minel” •! has giown up in your heart. To fight =;•- «hook his head!],is fj^ht you, vho set out to live for trifle satirically. “You’ll | now irrevocably arrayed ' thought, “for you; i,o?.5risi, the enemy of tlie miiltitude. - f thp gam©. I fear, “Hy (he rrnce of God, king! Then his own temperament, and make him great and honored iu the land. But tho Force was not yet through with Bob. Another turn of the screw, . ^ ^ and the mold pressed more closely around him. “It has been a day of fate,”- Paul ' :C\ you aren’t the true : fhf* n•'.ap^f ry, but the ■ »hat l.s r (>rMi while.” ■ h!..; ravf'sdrnpping and " f";!' b1r>' elf iind of what •> iiowiiig Once ho n I t'T V—piw( T—the on- ■ havlnt. Xow ' h’- va!v.od it only as .,lf uroving. If he al- • t. '‘xult, who shall won- r- )■■> bad fought, single- Men Retired Concerns Will Only Young Men, Engage d'.' t; of strenuous compe- r 'livid'^nds count for more i''- man who retains his fV.- ni,m who holds his Job • 'T u ’-,y one of tlie most success- U;!'*(t’ats In Paris has warn- :.;en to take pood care of y«)ii grow bald at 30 or ' '■ hun you are older, that ■. will i.o far T~ appearance ■ 10 years to yoar life. I have Tta»i sTiould by all In later years it may -velihood to yourself and ff mr.ans falling hair; falling ■ ^ 'iandrufP. Stop falling hair ‘ iiff now. G> to R. H. Jordan • lid got a 50 cent bottle of They will guarantee falling hair; to drive out 'tf ond kill the dandruff ii.on*'y back, bex rli.it the man with a bald ' > p^'eks a poBltioQ is handi- thn start. Parisian Sage ' hair ifTOw, will give It a lus- ‘Mranco that denotes health ■ fulness. For sale by R. H. Co., and druggists every- i!ri with Auburn hair on er- no king at alll” N«»: ir^r!v rrahcr. by the grace of God. in sifite of yourself, servant of a greit.i people in the hour of their need. So the Forc'‘ puts us all into its mold compelling us to our various ends and its infinite purpose. “Today.” said Paul, “a man took me up into a high place and s;howed unto mo all the kingdoms of the earth and offered to give them to me.” “And what weje those realms?" Kathleen laughea idly. "And would the crown fit?” • The kingdoms were very cleverly Huggested congressional, gubemato- riai, senatorial possibilities, even cab inet portfolios, rich, Juicy plums trans ferred from the public pie into my watering mouth. In short, all thost things that are most desirable to ar ambitious but, poverty-stricken state senator.” “And for what?” “The consideration was that I should bow down and worship and serv'e the tempter. To make these honors mine, all I must do is to give over my In dependence, sell my soul into perpet ual bondage and bertay Bob into the hands of his enemies.” “Betray Bob—how?” "O, he didn’t put It with such brutal frankness. I was merely to Induce I^ob to make an alliance with the men he Is now fighting. The offer was an insult to my intelligence! As though I didn’t know that the proposed al liance was only a pretext to get him Into thdr power! They don’t want an alliance with him. Their ally must be their servant. Fancy Bob any one s servaitt!” . ^ “And the temptation—did it tempt. He hung his head. Th« man upstairs Btrainod his ears to catch th© an swer. . ^ "Yes,” Paul said bltterlr. O, he was very crafty—was Sanger; he had evidently studied my niase. Very sly ly he hinted that my reward hasnt been in proportion to my services. said. “For today I saw her once more.” “Surely not the dream lady? I sup posed you liad forgotten her.” “The same. I was walking along the street, there was a carriage block ade. I had the feeling one has when another’s eyes are fastened on one. I looked into the carriage beside me. It was She. She turned away quickly, but not before I had looked full into her eyes for a moment. She will know me when we meet—as we shall soon. Xo, I have not forgotten. I shall never forget her. I can’t. I wouldn’t if I could.” $3.50 Recipe Cures Weak Men—Free I have In my possession a perscrlp- tlon for nervous debility, lack of vigor, weakened manhood, falling memory and lame back, brought on by excess es, unnatural drains, or worn and ner vous men right in their own homes— vithout any additional help or medi- cine—that I think every man who ,v ishes to regain his manly power and virility, quickly and quietly, should nave a copy. So I have determined to send a copy of the prescription free of charge, in a plain, ordinary sealed en velope to any man who will writa me for it. This prescription comes from a phy sician who has made a special study of men and I am convinced It Is the surest-acting combination for tho cure of deficient manhood and vigor failure ever put together. I think I owe it to my fellow man to send them a copy in confidence so that any man anywhere who is weak and discouraged with repeated failures may stop drugging himself with harm ful patent medicines, secure what I believe is the quickest-acting restora tive, upbuilding, SPOT-TOUCHING remedy ever devised, and so cure him self at home quietly and quickly. Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A. B. Rob inson, 4810 Luck BuUdlng, Detroit, Mich., and I will send you a ovy ol this splendid recipe in a plain ordinary envelope free of charge. A great many doctors would charge $3.00 to $5.00 for merely writing out a prescrljjtlon like this—but 1 eend It entirely fr^- Kathleen laughed. Her answer was lost to Bob in a sudden, fiercer rising of the wind that rattled th© windows like castanets. In response to this turn of tho srew, his brow suddenly creased In an an gry frown. He muttered a savage oath. Then he broke into a mirthless, Ironical chuckle. “Me! Bob McAdoo, tho man of Iron—save the mark!—apostle of self- sufficiency! Jealous of a woman—of a dream! Bound! Helpless!” Resolutely striving to put away dis turbing thoughts, he closed the door and set himself to work. For an hour he pored steadily over the papers be fore him. Suddenly he swept them aside and fell back In his chair, chuck ling mirthlessly once more. The chuckle increased In volume, became a laugh, a wild, unaccoimtable gale of laughter that shook tihe body and soul of him, according with the shrieking storm that swept over the city. The uncanny laughter subsided. “This business of living,” Bob re marked, “is a joke—but a decidedly practical joke.” Later Paul went up to Bob’s library and began to discuss the coming may oralty convention, set for three days thereafter; under the provisions of the “ripper bill” the Steel City was to choose ft new mayor in February. The Republican primaries had already been held, resulting in the choice of delegates, from a majority of the pre cincts. instructed for Bob’s candidate, Hemenway. “Bob.” said Paul, “what’s up?” “What's u])?” “There's something in the air. I can feel it. I v/as at headquarters to day. and every one who came in had caught the fever oi rest*essness. But no one could fathom it. You and Hag- gin haven’t been visible for two days, and Hemenway is at home sick, no one allowed to visit him. What’s up? My guess is an independent candidate backed l)v the old MacPherson crov.'d.” “Worse.” Bob answered coolly. “Hcinenway has sold us out.” Paul turned pale. “My God!” he gasped. “You man he has gone over to r'.IacPherson. is going to give them 1 the administration?” j “Its not so simple as that. They’re wise enough to know that Hemenway Is a hard one to make stay bought— which is more than I knew,” he added manly. “He Is to withdraw the day of the convention—giving ill health as the excuse—and leave his delegates unpledged.” “My God I” Paul gasped again, fall ing limply into a chair. “Why, man, it means—it means that they’ve bought over the delegates, too, and will push their man Rusling through. They wouldn’t let Hemenway with draw without first making sure of the delegates.” "Precisely.” Paul raised his hands and let them fall in a gesture of utter helplessness. “What shall we do?” he groaned. “What can we do?” "Nothing!” •^Nothing!” Paul cried In excited re proach. “Are you going to allow them to carry off the victory without a fight?” “I say, nothing,” Bob explained calmly, “because there’s nothing more to do. It has all been done. They kept it mighty quiet—they had to—but I got wind of it night before last. They overreached themselves, as Mack gen erally does. They made the mistake of going to Haggin. He led them on, agreeing to everything they proposed, pocketing their money like the old grafter he is, and then came and told me. We got busy at once. We have the delegates back—and the other crowd is out a barrel of money.” Paul leaped to his feet and seized Bob’s hand. “You old Roman!” he exclaimed in affectionate pride. “They can’t beat you, can they?” His face lighted up. “But what will you do for a candidate?” “There’s only one thing to do,” Bob answered slowly. “We must have a man we can count on at every turn—” “Yes, yes,” Paul Interrupted eagerly. “W'ho has good nerve—” “With the courage to withstand all their power.” “Who won’t worry over newspaper i attacks—” “With a spirit too strong to be wounded by their malicious lies.” “And not too much conscience,” Bob concluded dryly. “There’s Just one man in the city who fills the bill. And he is—” He paused, searching Paul’s countenance keenly. “Yes, yes,” Paul’s face shown with anticipation. “Myself.” Bob turned his eyes away quickly, that he might not behold tte disap pointment which he knew was written on Paul’s face. For several minutes they sat thus, without speaking, while the storm outside howled in fierce glee. “I’m sorry, Poul,” Bob broke the si lence, gently for him. “I thought of you the first thing, but I think It bet ter not. It would hurt you more than It could help you. The mayor of a big city always goes out of oflBca with more enemies than when he goes in. There Is the crowd of disappointed job-hunters, who are convinced that they have been unfairly treated and hate him forever afterward. What ever he does, there are always a lot of critics who believe he has behaved criminally. We’ve got to play poli tics. This trouble has shown up sev eral weak places In the organization. We’ve got to bolster them up. And these fellows who tried to sell us out —we have them safe now and we’ll keep them so until t^e’re safely In, but then—they’ll wish they hadn’t!” ^b’s face, as he uttered this threat, was not good to look upon. “I’m planning several things,” he continued quietly, “that will stir up a big howl. It won’t hurt me. I’m used to it. I have no personal hold on the people anyway; they yell for me now because they think what I’m doing is to their advantage—and because I’m on top. But with you It Is different. You’re strong with them, all over the state, stronger than you know. You can’t afford to reduce that strength for a mere mayorality. You go on building it up, and your time will come for something better. You’ve been square with me,” he added awkwardly, “when you might have bettered your self by going over. And I won’t for get It.” At this, the nearest approach to af fectionate demonstration Bob had ever made, tho cloud vanished from Rem ington’s face. Impulsively he held out his hand. “Forgive me, old man,” he said with fine humility. “You make me heartily ashamed of myself. You are the prince of friends, and I’m a damned ingrate. But I ask one favor.” "All right. W’hat is it?” “I must present your name to the convention. It shall be the speech of my career. Gad! what a chance! You say you have no personal hold on the people.” He began to pace the floor, his eyes shining brightly. “I will compel them to love you. They shall learn to know you in your true, heroic proportions. Not a man in that con vention will dare vote against you.” “In the meantime I’ll keep an eye on th© delegates. Come down to earth.” Long after Paul had gone, until the clock had struck the hour of four. Bob w^orked and read, closely. At last he threw aside his book and went to the window. A thick coat of frost had | covered it. He threw it open and} looked out. The gale had subsided, i Through broken clouds filtered the; white radiance of the setting moon. \ silvering snow-encrusted lawn and trees. The silent beauty of the night seemed to him uncanny; it touched no responsive chord In his restless heart. He looked out over the sleep ing city—his by right of conquest. He shook his head impatiently. “It hasn’t been worth while,” he muttered, (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) Buildiivg A Shirt &. In A SKii3t Building liiaaaaii The Emery Sliirt is “built’ in the finest shirt manufactory in this country. It requires a large, scv-en-story building, equipped with ^ every modern appliance and facility, operated by _ workmen of the highest skill, to produce the perfection found only la The. Style, fit, comfort and splendid wearing: qualities are the features yhjch have caused the immense demand for the Emery, and the great facilities tor making it. 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