?' -r SOMETHING DIFFERENT 86 By COSMO HAMILTON by McClurr N? w.ipa per Syndicate. WNU Service WITH queer einotloD Crulckshanks said. "Look upon me as tbe Big Joke as every body does, but let me tell you this. I'd exchange my millions at any moment, every cent o' em. for your empty pockets, your gorgeous laugh, your flying exploits and your confidence in yourself." This strange and unexpected confession took Worthing's breath away. He asked. "What's the great Idea? You were telling me that you'd like to marry that girl In the hotel. You said you'd give your hopes ot heaven if she'd be your wife. I said. 'Why make any such sacrifice? Tell her about your money. Tell her you're Cruickshanks' Cosmic Corn Cure and she'll leap Into your arms.'" A hand was clapped over his mouth. Cruickshanks went pale with horror. "Don't mention." he said, "those awful >rds again. . . But that's the ex. lanation. The words sum It up. I'm a comic-tragic figure. I'm America's Big Joke. I'm ashamed of my wealth and the thing that's gained it and of being the national laugh. It's followed me all through life. From my first day at school when every hoy grinned nnd yelled out, 'llello. bow's your feet?' and the teacher made fun ui in* 10 t->.i ;uni8n niinseir us a wii. Ever since then the corn cure has been flung Into my face. . . I go Into n store anil have only to give my name to see I he t*n cure smile In everybody's eyes. Every living clerk says, 'I'm wearing one of 'em now. The old familiar Joke Is cracked wherever I happen to be. I get Into conversation with grave and elderly men and am treated as an ordinary person until the exchange of cards Then the laugh, then the deadly grin. Others wouldn't care. Others would take the money and spread It over pride. But I was born with the desire to be a heroic figure. Bob?a preacher, a soldier, a poet, a member of a glorious profession which brings honor and respect. How. as the Big Joke, without humiliation, can I ask a girl to he my wife when I know she will hurst out laughing and immediately refer to my feet?" Bis soul was In depression and there was suffering on his face. He watched Bob Worthing, called to the telephone, make for the hotel. When he returned f*-om a lonely walk It was with the dire expectation of meeting the well-known grin. But the clerk leaped over his counter and came up with a smile. His expression was respectful and even obsequious, "ilow do you like Northeast Harbor, doc tor? It's the greatest place on earth." An elderly gentleman, puffing a little. extended an admiring hand. "I am honored to greet our most distinguished scientist at this hotel," he said. A charming woman with white hair hurried in from the porch. "Let me be among the first to welcome you," she said. "We have had many dlstinruished visitors but you're the most thrilling of all " Cruickshanks held his breath. He had heard of his famous namesake who was known all over the world He stood with a whirling bead. It was a case of mistaken identity. Should he let it stand? Being so desperately In need of a mental and spiritual tonic should he succumb to temptation and enjoy the flattery of deference which he iad never had? "It delights me and It frightens me." he muttered, marching up and down. "But as I'm not responsible for being taken for some one else I will ; ut It up to Fate. I'll let things take their course, at least for several days. It rill give me the needed confidence to meet that dear sweet girl." . . With a rapid Increase of pulse he saw that ahe had come out through the big door aod was now facing the sea. She epitomised the Ideal wife whose Imaginary picture he had hung up In Phis bouse. As Charles G. Crulckshankj be would not have bad the courage to say a single word. 'As the famous Doctor Crulckshanks It was quite a different thing. "Glorious weather." he said. 8be gave blm a charming smile "It's perfectly wonderful." "Bow long are you going to be here?" Be bad never seen such eyes. "Well, It rather depends on father. Be's fond of moving about" Be bad never seen such hair. "My plans are a little uncertain, but 1 should love to take you sailing while I am here." The fact that all of a sudden be bad become a man of dlstlnctlc gave blm ths Immediate gift of an easy flow of words. It seemed to him that they might bare been friends for yearn It seemed to him that she treated him not as a cele The Cherokee Scout, brated person but as an ordinary \ nice nan whom she appeared to like very much. She saw in him, he thought, one who was naturally eager to enjoy p little sail and the pleasure of being with her. But before the girl could answer a short and perky person, obviously pugnacious, issued from the hotel He ' bore down upon Crulckshanks. Hearing a large fat book. "Have you studied the law?" "Studied the law?" said Crulckshanks. and railed to understand. "Do yot know anything about the 1 various punishments for misrepresent- . ation of facts?" "No." said Crulckshanks sharply. "Please explain what you mean." A gleerul smile spread Itself all over the Intruder's face, "impersonation." j he said "with attempt to delude and defraud. Two. five, seven and ten years are often given for that." "You may be right." said Crulckshanks. "but why on earth tell me?" "Tn ?kA ..nnrfnotlirMl Xnd I ?v? ? ?. ji?Wi I gullible people who are staying In this hotel. The famous Doctor Crulckshanks. according to this book, j Is a big man in every sense of the word. Age. fifty-six. Head, hairless? magnificent dome Face large, noble? i a patriarchal beard. I have lust looked at his photograph and that's how I t ow." Drops of Icy water ran down Crulckshanks* spine. His voice had disappeared Mary Morbury spoke. "What makes you suppose that this gentleman passed himself off as the man who j wrote that book?" "He told th? clerk he was." "He di nntning of the sort. If you'll look In the register you'll find that my friend signed a9 'C. G. (Truickshnnks' as he always does. The misleading statement as to his being Doctor Crulckshanks was made by a go? d looking young man who has a gorgeous laugh. I heard hlra. I wns standing at the desk. . . Don't feel that you are bound to stny. You 1 may have something better to do." "Thank you. Thank you," said Crulrkshrnks. "1 thought you were , Joan of Arc." "No." she said, "Mary Marbury of Mlddleboro. Mass." Cmlckshnnks saw a light It was Bob. his only friend except Mary, who, on the spur of n kind but mistaken moment had formed this troublesome scheme to kill the corn cure laugh. Ho * lorg would It be before It rippled from the charming lips of his capable ideal? It would kill him when It came. Was It conceivable that she, alone among mortals, had never heard of the dreadful meaning that It conveyed to other minds? But her hand was warm on his arm. "Let's go sailing tomorrow." she said. "Shall we say ten o'clock sharp? Fair and warm. 1 shouldn't wonder, with a lovely sailing wind." He possessed himself of her hand. , He wished to heaven that he had i French blood. He would have raised It to his Hps. Tomorrow at ten o'clock sharp. But how could he deceive he* ? Re had waited so Ions to find her and she was far too good for that. He pulled himself together and swallowed something hard. She felt a sudden tremble In his hand. She thought how nice he was and how extremely kind he looked. She liked Mr meditative expression. He was modest, celf-effaclng and queerly humble, she thought. He seemed to her t- have the right to look Into the eye# of Destiny without the slightest fear. He was on the sunny side of thirty, too -old enough to have suffered, old enough to be young. mt feel that I must tell you that the Initials against my name stand for Charles U? as those of my father did." "Yes, I know." she said. And still there was no laugh. "But 1 feel that I ought to tell you," he said, "to be perfectly honest and fair, that I am the?the Cosmic Cor? Cor?" Her lingers necarae warmer man ever in tiia hand. "I know." she said, with a grnt. U smile. "That's why I came to yonr rescue That's why I like you so much. One good turn deserves anoth er. I'm wearing one of them now." Another Use for Sugar ?Windows Made From It Windows of 1 mses, motor cars and other transpare t articles may be made from treac \ a sirup obtained from refining sng> r. An English scientist has developed which may prove one of the most important Inventions for many years. At the present time the world produces more sugar than It can ose for rood. The Invention,' as described In London Tlt-Blts. Is a process by means of which crude sngar In the form of molasses or treacle can be converted Into a substance as hard and as transparent as glass. It has, moreover, the valuable property of passing the health-giving ultra-vollet rays which are stopped by ordinary window glass. The material can be blown, molded as rolled, Jnst like glass Murphy, N. c., Friday, F< IMPROVED"1 J UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson tBy REV. P. B FITZWATER. I>- D.. Mem- ; ber of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) O. Itll. Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for February 11 TIMELY WARNINGS (Temperance Lesson). LESSON TEXT?Matthew 7:1-29. GOLDEN TEXT?Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit Is hewn down, and cast Into tho fire. Matthew 7:19. PRIMARY TOPIC?The Golden Rule. JUNIOR TOPIC?Keeping Jesus* Uw. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC?The Truth About Alcoholic Beverages. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- , IC?Drastic Methods for a Deadly Evil. i. Concerning Censorious Judgment* (VT 1-12). 1. The sin and folly of (vv. 1-5). This prohibition should not be so construed as to forbid our making an estimate of the lives of those about us, for "by their fruits ye shall know them." Neither should it prevent OS ' from administering rebuke to those who deserve it. It is not wrong to condemn the errors and faults of those who are practicing sin; neither does it mean that sin should go ::r. rebuked until we ourselves are perfect. It does definitely and vigorously rebuke readiness to blame others and to magnify their weaknesses and errors. 2. The duty of discrimination In dealing out holy things (v. f?). The frncnol uhnnlil ho nroonh two grains of rye on the following Monday, four grains a week Inter, eight grains the week after that, and so on for a year. All went well for some weeks, hut presently he found that his final delivery at the end of the year would require more rye than was sown in the whole of England. A lawsuit took place over the contract. What the farmer had not realized was that though twice?two are four, two multiplied by Itself fifty-two times comes to nearly ten thousand billion. This numl?er of grains of rye would represent about eight thousand million bushels. An arre of rye produces about ten bushels, so one can work out how many acres would have been required to riiliiii liie couirucL Another famous "two times" case was that of the blacksmith who undertook to shoe a horse for a payment of one farthing for the first nail, a half-penny for the second, a penny for the third, and so on. At first sight this seems quite a reasonable charge?hut try working it out! Snooty Coal A new chemically treated coal for the open fireplace burns with a pinescented odor, and another new kind produces flames in any color, to match the decorative plan of the room.?Collier's Weekly, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes weak women strong. No .alcohol. Bold uy druggists la uiDiets or liquid.?Adv. 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