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rUK LORDS OF DECISION (’ '.nt nuK't! SlI!TUll TIlE CHARLOTTE NEWS, MARCH 11. IGU !’a !• K 1'1> I r 11 N 1 C’11 () I,S O N on Iiiiu, when he takes ;i ^'ovouil ho'II ho nnich oh- ijii'd lo us " ■ |i wa.'-. rathci raw v'tur (ining it. 'I'liat Moi'li\\ ^irl is I'lotiy. isn’t slu‘ sonitMliini; roally nciblr ahout her?’’ “I’m! 'I’l'o had tht' art microbe’s in liof svstf'tii. Silt's loi' g(Kxi for thaf,” am! liavini; .lisp. st>»! of Miss Morley t’lult I anitiitions. Walsli n>so siui shook 11 1? I the trousois liow n on liis fai lops anil (Mii’on It'! (ioolarrd tli.it it was time to go to ' s >ini' ; tu'(l. ’.Vincfit'Ui iinserod at the fabie . ^ arip.i; I .-^ponilarinc:. ox^ r a fresh bottle of nn i 1 kvtiimiss, as tvi tb.o moans b> whioh r -j \V;>:sh l;ai! U'.irno>l tluii Mrs. Crai.t;- : . l U' i"! i ahaiuuuioil tlie Hoston triu. . 1 il t| Abovi', in Iiis own room, Walsh 1 I n : rt'read tlu> tolocrani which had ‘ t I t ! UuM.^;lu ,l)is information, re-read it ■'.'X * ' ' oral times, in fact, and then tore the ; ’ jit intvi many pieces which ho flung ■ ml I into his grate tire. CHAPTER XXin. «'u- 1 p i The End of a Sieigh-Ride. n Ft pleaseil Mrs. Craigliill to break- . I nit e fast in hor pittlnj; room the follow- ■ s aii’.H'al lit're. itij; nun'ning. \^■ayne. tinding himself . a HthiMil deserted, tirank his cotTee alone in , Mxt' !ha». ai’d thi diiiinc room with the newspapers i,: t in iro'.u^i’or conii>;;ny. Hia fathers chaufTeur : sent word to ihe house that Joe was • proposlti-'n and \Va> ne ordered a doctor • ,.i:r! of ]'.^’r?onal sumnioneii oefore going to his otlice. r' iutcro"t-. Craighill had spent a bad ' • tniation. nj^ht and no very pleasant thoughts » had visited her pillow Tho preced- H ^ .1 i ijjjr iimi been the most disagree- ' lu i t !vy 1)^1,- lijp g]jg feij herself shut !; . !.in\- ti’at j]| trammelled in a thousand s-'ii r^nd ih.iT ; ..X yys. The snowy vesture of the nr- ‘ ' ^ 1 landscape disclosed by her win- ;> • • ' ‘' ilows. the renewed and purified world 'that lay bright iti the full glare of I the winter sun, awoke uo response • in her heart. In her prettiest of ,'rx\. n 1-ere studvlng ] i^owiis she seemed to Jean Cc ms ''.t ’'ave taken, loveliest and most for- ?1 s ‘■laichill got ; to her the girl ’ ' ^ I was only a reminder of yesterday's i ' ■’ ’■ untcward event.'?. Jean’s steady, grave ' eyes, tranquil from restful slumber ; . e iiiii iii'-'l and her freshness—the glow of her ' ^'‘^ skiii from the bath, her appearance • .'Id mavi c ann. (jgy’s business— - \ ari'' en--onr- \ . > 1 . ;iko that • > • : ia -y. 1 ^ion f pose a? Mr Wiiigtleld. and . !r r l-.y. 1 to t'no Colonei. I.! ’ tt' years I spent ■. 'i. gi'C comforl to his ^ted heal virtumislv and -- I '• ))iodiui"i>: . loud of • '''.nuli-^l wrttfhing i.t a i*'- ,ra". -•' or’ Uu- ;u;;vy. inscrutab'e ■ '.:,d '^uvi* sworn iha? he saw !lo c;"l tl'.e o.d man's thui only irritated Mrs. Craighill as thev sat at the tiny table that had been improvised before the sitting room fire. Uiie tiling must be done and done quickly; Mrs. Blair must be advis ed of her presence in town. She must jtlead illness as her excuse for IM’ iiaving gone to Boston. Before thf breal;lasi was finished she 'W':'ut to iht' extension telephone in her bedroom and called the Blair hous*^*. "Mrs. Hlair is not at home. She voir Sou'h last night with Mr. Blair. His mother is ill in Georgia and tl,> y left in a hurry. They didn’t know wlien they'd be back." Th!s information, conveved bv Mr.s ' Yon "ave always ’-■•v a'l t’ i Noliojv n q’'.e?tion ti at ’ | d- ' >1’' ar.’.ii'.ine for (Iregow.; • ■ I as>. lit I gav.- the'airl maid, was only half a reliet. r 'ntilht 'O him Ui go Here was still Jean Morley to reck- :f!- !d w’fh .\.(1 hi- ! a i; ,• on with; and it flashed upon hei n;i,-)w on tLie once that the girl was now es I -, I i Wal-i'i was to her. She returned to thi (Mesiiiii; per-'i.n he room and concluded her break- fa?st. Her manner was decidedly mou i rerrv eirl. and 1 friendly. When Jean rose to go she > o rrn.a^.ved. ;tarl- cordially. i ‘f)h, you have been very good to rre't\ ." erov-led uie! i iiavf (■n.ioyed this visit mo-e '-II.' :1 sensii)le ihan I can tell you. Mrs. Craighill. .\nd 1 am sorrv to put you to so much trouble. I was very silly yes lerday and made a lot of fuss that w.^sn't at all necessary. I usually do l)eiter than that. I hope you won’t think Ihe worse of me for what hap- pet;ed. ’ ”Vou dear child. of course I shan't,” cried Mis. Craighill, seizing her liands. Her spirits lifted as she saw thaf Jean was intent on her own Iiliglit; that probably sIiq iiad been •f', tiio wa'’, the madam ni;t . I mail-- H date wi^h Yi'ii see. the colonel ;i,: ’ ii! \t ii;ornini ! ri'T ' a snow like ; 'rr -1' j-sii'^e!' t ie it ni'•" |.»“el in the H a^' ' tl- ^'ti r.i ’ a spoon sank Into have your ir. m: .1 ap,‘nr'd ;n|thiiiking wholly of the strange figtire .in since you: she had made in her flight to the ^‘li;b house, and that the fact c.f fiiiie 1 was be- there being an' thing unusual in the f’raichill: she's [»rr.«ence there of another woman and H man had not occurred to her. ■ Sui h a thing is likely to happen to any of us,’’ declared Mrs. Craig hill, laughing. “And there we were-- •Mr. Craighill and I—Just as lost and forloru as .vou w ere I It was so siliv of us all to get lost in the storm that I think we’d better not n aiiij she’"^ a young ,'M' ' lakf iuT driving ' !->a.l^tfi in Penn- • 1 ITKr lo know why! s (iri ing with me she l.ift. 1 guess Ini n* rff ctlv clear h 1; If! asked I tell anyone about it—don’t you?’ hi I,l ive V. .■'li liiai her ’ in‘ . hd to T' (' thiiv. i'*li('aie ..' iilonar.e . , ;t‘ kT n\v why 1 s-' d ^Va’.-h, ch(-w J il uo m r.7,i '' f, ^ I ■'You mav be sure I’m not proud of mv part in if,” declared .lean; “but I must send hack the house keeper’s shoes, and get my own.” “Oh. don’t think of it!’’ exclaimed Mrs ('raighill, to whom, in the new it made { rontidf-ncr estahllshed between them, a nrnutc ;) more iif^m of ehoes seemed the '-•It pliejmost neglible thing in the world. r;f mo." I sioing to get you to accept— '1 please!—a i>aii of shoes from me—a the ( !i,h kept for | >-:o:ivenir of the occasion—and I’ll see tl«h t’.o . IP r?’vr flint the borr(>'-ved ones get back to .tf ' i. Minus'! t:iy I licsedalV.” ^ ‘ ^ ■ ‘’Weil ” hercan Tean taken i' aback by Mrs, Ctaighill's animation. 'Of course tliese shoes must go say a worci back; and we’li have the shop send •l: 1 ;.l ic .1 !l a^'tai. r.'T,: ii up a lot f(;r you to choose from this afternoon. And now I'm going to ask a great favor of you. Miss Morle.v. I (ion’ like i)cing alone, and 1 wish you would cotne and dine with mo a,i;ain tonight; I shall very likely be ail alone .vou know m.v husband is in Hostoi;, and Mr Wayne is vei.v un certain. Wo can ha\e a fine, long eAt'ning (ogethor. You know' Im .lust a little lut ,je.ilous that Mrs. Blair has a share in your work, and here am I, quito on the outside!" "I shall be very glad to come.” said .lean; “onh. it will sioil me, bO much splendor! I’ll nave to go down to my l>o:ircling iV:--e from school, but 1 II come here late in the after noon.’’ “'I'hat is very dear of you. If I’m not in when you come you will be exi'octei: and do make yourself per fect l.\ at iiome. That sirange Mr. Walsh has asked me to drive with him in the park this afternoon—he’s a .lircat liorseman. you icu4)\v, and an old iriend of Mr. Craighill’s. I’m .iust a little afraid of him; but he really moans to be kind, don’t yo\i tnink so? II? seemed very much interested ii vou last night-he told me you were \ery nice—tiiere!” ‘He’s very interesting and very kind. 1 think. He and my grand father know each other. I’ll come, then, about five.” Mrs. Craighill sighed heavily as she s.aw the girl depart; but after all, things were not so ill. The absence of Mrs. Blair was nothing short of providoiitiivl; and Jean Morley seem ed the least suspicious of young wo men. Very likely, but the time Mrs. Blair returned, the girl would hav'e forgotten the meeting at Rosedale and what. Mrs, Craighill asked her self, with an access of virtue built upon the cheerier mood in which Jean had left her, what w^as there to awaken susjiicion in any mind? Wayne she had ceased to consider at all; his conduct had been impar- donable, and she was \vell rid of him. It did not matter w^hether he came home to dine or not: if he ap peared she w'ould punich him by with drawing early, with her g^iest, to whom his attentions had been so marked, and leave him to his ow’n devices. Her grievance against her husband for leaving her behind, for reasons that were in themselves an insult, hung darkly in the background. She was aware that she never could feel the same toward him; in her heart she had characterized him in harsh terms that iepeat;ed thenisel.Yes over and over in her mind. She had received a brief note from him. jiencilled on the train, and a clipping from a New York paper with the i)rosraui of tlie Boston meet ing He had missed her, he said, and w’ould be glad to be home again. (There was a little sigh, she knew', that accomr^nied such a declaration as this, implying w'eariness of public (ares and a longing for the peace wv)rn warriors crave at their own fire sides.) The clipping she placed on his dressing table; the note she to.=sed into the fire contemptuously. She dressed before luncheon for the drive with Walah. and found^ to her surprise that the thought of ‘go- 'U'>, with him had grown less hate- i'lM. Even if he had undertaken to '.vatch her, it was rathe interesting that one had to be watched. Her iu'.sband had sacrificed her on the al^ar of his own vanity w'ithout the -li.suiest compunction. The dignit,v jf life, the fine security and chlvai- ions I'l’otection which she had ex- I'ected to gain by her marriage had i'aded into nothing. She had put on her hat and coat ,HUd waited for Walsh at her sitting room window, and punctually at half- , a.'t two his cutter w'hirled smartly 'I'.io ilie grounds and round to the ;iorte cochere. She took account of his burly figure and his sturdy arms holding the taut reins over the spir ited, graceful animal he drove. His cap, drawn low on his head, made him almost protesque. She was about to run down, to save him the trouble of ringing, when the maid brought her an immediate de livery letter that had just been left at the door. She glanced at the su- Ijerscription and clutched it in her gloved fingers for a moment before opening it, as though a truce with bad news. It was a letter of length in a w’oman’s hand, loose and scrawling as though by one dis traught. Mrs. Craighill raised her veil and read; or rather she caught at the sentences w'hich* seemed to dart at her from the paper: “I was never so outrageously treat ed in my life. The idea that my daughter's husband should be asham ed of me! I hope you will not mis judge me—you have not always been just with me; but I only did what was entirely proper. The fact that he thought I had gone abroad after your marriage had nothing to do with it, though he seemed to think it strange you hadn’t told him of any change of plans. It was none of his business I mailed him my card and a line that I would like to see him. I read In the pa pers that he was at the Broder ick’s, and your note told me that you would not be here. '^Tiy you didn’t come I still don’t understand. I sent my card to him and waited a day. Then on the afternoon of the second day 1 went to the bouse and .50 Recipe Free, For Weak Men. Send Name and Address to day- You can Have it Free And Be Strong And Vigorous I have in ray possession a. prescrip tion for nervous debility, lack of vigor, weakened manhood, failing memory and lame back, brought on by exceses, unnatural drains, or the follies of youth, that has cured so many, worn and nervous men right in their owu homes—without any adidtional "help or medicine—that I think every man who w'ishes to regain his manly power and virility, quickly and quietly, should have a copy.. So F have deter mined to send a copy of the prescrip tion free of charge, in a plain, ordi nary sealed envelope to any man who will w'rite 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 sur- est-actlng combination for the 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 be lieve Is the quickest-acting restorative, upbuilding, SPOT-TOUCHING remedy ever devised, and so cure himself at home quietly and quickly. Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A. E. Rob inson, 48lt) Luck Building, Detroit, Mich., and I will send you a copy of this splendid recipt in a plain ordi nary envelope free of charge. A great many doctors w-ould charge $3.00 to $5.00 for merely writing out a pre scription like this—but I send it en tirely free. Malnria Makes Pa‘" Blood. Tin; OJd StU!iiiar«i GUO‘>'v/ir. TASTE> LKSS CHII.L TOMC, drives out mala ria and builds up the systein. For gTOWj) people and children. 50f, The hayseed w ould seem to bear out the theory that all flesh is gra&s. “I have suffered with piles for thirty six years. One year ago last April I be gan takini» Cascarets for constipation. In the course of a week I noticed the pilee began to disappear and at the end of sii weeks they did not trouble me at all Cascarets have done w onders for me I am entirely cured and feel like a iiev; man.” George Kryder, Napoleon, O, Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Goocl. Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripf'. 10c.25c. 50c. Never sold in b’..Ik. The sren- uine tablet stamped C C C. Guaranteed to cure oi- your money back. 920 , MADE BV -::c ^WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. PORCH ESTER.MASS., Ask Your Grocer For BAKER’S CARAtlAS SWEET CHOCOLATE It Is Delicious Just the right combination of high grade cocoa, pure sugar and vanilla to please the taste Said in 1-8 lb. and 1*4 lb. packages BE SURE THAT YOU GET “BAKER’S” WITH THE TRADE-MARK ON THE PACKAGE W ALTER BAKER & CO., Ltd. Established 1780. DORCHESTER, MASS. asked for him. Oh, you needn’t curl your lip; 1 tell you I don’t intend t. have him ignore me in that fash ion. They told i i he wast resting, but I wasn’t to he put off. He came down and was decent enough at first; then said he had to he excused as hew as to speak that night and needed rest. I held him long enough to tell him that I had got tired of waiting for an invitation to visit you and that I was coming down right away. He said that you were free to do as you liked about having visitors; that he suppo.-;ed I was in Italy. I mildly suggested that I was a little short of money, an dhe shut up like a olam. A lady—I suppose it was the Mrs. Broderick you hear so much about—you know we saw her three years ago in Paris—passed right through the hall and he never som uch as offered to introduce me. I expect to leave Sunday night and spend Monday in New York and be with you Tuesday. This gives you a day to bring him aroimd ” “Mr. Walsh is waiting,” announced the maid. She thrust thel etter into a draw er of her desk and went down. Walsh was lurning thee utter tn thee ourtyard at the rWir of the hor.se and drove into the covered entrance as she opened the door. With a merry jingle of hells they were off. She *vas relieved to find that it was not incumbent upon her to talk. Walsh’s interest w'as whoiiy in the mare, Estabrook stock, he in formed her, whose swift, even pace he watched with delight. When, af ter traversing one of the boulevards, they swept into the park, many other horsemen, making the most of the fine sleighing! looked twice at Walsh, who. for the first time within man’s knowledge, was driving with a wo man beside him. These horsemen did not know Mrs Craighill; and even the few acquaintances they passed seemed not to i-ecognize her. Walsh bent tow\Trd her now' and then, with out taking his eyes from the mare, and shouted short sentences which she did not alwavs hear, but he seemed to be speaking of the horses ranther than of the persons who drove them. When other seighs pass ed, the bells crashed discordantly in her ears for a moment; then the rhythmic, tuneless .iarigle from the long-striding mare floated back upon them like an echo. The park’s undulations, agleam in the snow', ther ush of the sleighs, the liveliness and cheer of the gay pa geant, were a lure to the eye and a stimulus to the spirit. Their run ners slipped over the close-packed snow as though the splendid mechan ism of the horse might—so near they approached flight—at any "“moment bear them skyw’ard. Once Walsh asked if .‘^he were tired, but she shook her head and they flew on again. The freedom from resppnsibility as they .sped on was in itself grateful; she was even able to forget herself at times, to be quite detached from her own thoughts. "When they reached the house, she asked him, quite perfunctorily, if he would not stop and warm himself. Much to her surprise he said he would. She summoned a servant hut Walsh went himself to blanket and house the mare. "When he returned shew as waiting for him in the li brary. “I’m afraid to offera man tea, but you can have anything you like, Mr. Walsh.” "Nothing, thank you, Mrs. Craig hill," he replied, rubbing his hands briskly at the fire. She rose to the need of making talk and compliment ed him upon the horse’s speed and endurance. “There’s good blood In her; and they say blood tells. She could keep up-that lick all afternoon. She en joyed it as much as w'e did.” The excellence of the marie having been agreed upon, she felt herself faltering upon the edge of another abyss of silence. But with only an instnt’s hesitation, in which he bent the gaze of his odd little eyes upon her sharply, he. said: •T have no wish, Mrs. Craighill, to meddle in .vourp rivate affairs, but it is possilUe that I may be in a position to serve you.” She clasped her hands tightly on her knees; her heart beat fast. (TO BE CONTINLTED.) Fishing for Easy Marks Many are the ways to axtract money from “easy marks.” Some person has tebted the adverii.:iing of “sharks ” v.'ho had bait set for the guileless with this result: By sending |1 for a cure for drunk enness. It was to “take the pledge and keep It.”* He sent 50 cents to find out how to raise turnips successfully. Ha found o\it: “Just take hold of the Ujps and lilt.” He sent stamps to a Chicago Hrm for information as to how to make an fmijression. The answer was; “Sit down on a pan of dough.” He learned “How to double your mfmey in six months,” being advised to convert his money into hills and fold them.” He sent for “twelve useful household articles” and got a package of needles. He sent |1 to flud out “how to get rich.” The secret -.vas, “Work hard and never spend a cent” He wrote to find out how' to write without pen and ink. He was toid to use a lead pencil. He paid $1 to learn how to live without work, and was toid on a pos tal card: “Fish ioi- easy marks, as we do.” GET A BIG BEN It will wake you up « Join the Create* CharlottP ('lub, it r;ii] keep you BIG BE\ Alarr> Clocks sell for $2 50. Now on exhi^; our window. Garabalcii, Bruiss & Dixo’ THE BEST FOR BUSINF 'I'lie young man or woman who wishes to qiuUify for th- ln :- world has tC) offer cannot aiford to take cbrmcey wiili the ■' efiuipppi! V!v,«inoss school. King’s i^usinesK Collou;-' ,1 b’isiness ‘ men, bank presidents, public officlui.s of tlie hi h • thousaud ■:>[ fciicces.sful stuilents. Get yo’ir bti.siiio.-s fr:v;iiin,i; , and there will be no doubt about your uKimato sncces-.s, r ;;; .:, If he had sent !J1 to Insurance Head quarters to know which was the best Insurance Agency in the city, the answer would have been C. N.G.Butt & INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS CHAI^OTTE. N. C. (i U ‘jyiJ K ?! I Want Dry Coal, Boy It is all under shed and protected from the weather. Rhone IQ or 72, Standard Ice & Fuel Co. M. A. BLAND, Sales Agrent I SELWYN HOTEL EUROPEAN Rooms $1.50 per Day and Up. Rooms v¥ith Privcite Bsth ^2.0C Per Day and Up. CAFE OP£N UNTIL 9:30 P. M. Prices Reasonable. 150 £iegant Focms. 75 Private Bath*. ixicated li: lUe heait of Cnar- ioLte, coiiveaicnt to railroad siaiiou, ktrec't cars uii.u ttie busi ness and siiopplng centre. L'ater to iiigh-class c. uuierciai and tourist iiade. Pure Water from our Arteslaa Weil, 1-iJ leet deep, for sale, 5c gallon at Hotel. 10c gallon In 5-gaiion lots, Delivered lu Charlotte or ac li. H. Station. LDGAR B. MOORE, Proprietor. We ask you to call and see oii line of TO PREVENT THE GRIP. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININK re moves the cause. There Is onh one “BROMO QUININE.” L,H)k for sig nature of E. W. GROVE N. & W. Railway Schedule in Effect May lb, 1910. 11 am. Lv. Charlotte So. Ry. 5.50 pm. 2.40 pm. Lv. Winston N&W 2.10 i)m. 4.44 Lv. Mart'ville N&W Av. 11.40 am. 7.00 pm. Ar Roanoke N&W Lv. 9.1." am. Addtional trains leave Winston-Sa lem 7.10 a. m. dailj’- except Sunday. Connects at Roanoke for the East and West. Pullman sleepers. Dining cars. If j’ou are thinking of taking a trip Vou want quotations, cheapest fares, reliable and correct inloima tion. as to I'outes, train schedules, the most comfortable and quickest way. Write and the information is yours for the asking, with one of our complete Ma[) Folders. W. B BEVIL. M. F BRAGG, Gen. Pass Agt. Trav. Pass. Agi. Roanoke, Va. We handle only first qiialily good and’ do NOT carry a line of seconds or cheap stuff. A look will convince you. See Our Window. INCORPORATED 29 East Trade Street Talk is cheap, unless you happen to listen to aa auctioneer. For Rent One 16-room house, corner Da vidson and 14th Sts.. ..$2.t.OO One 10-room house, corner Try- on and 12th Sts .. ,. $30.00 One 8-room house. N Clarkson St .. $15.00 One 6-room house W. 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