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SYNOPSIS.
\r«« I'ttr'. in Holbrook and Miss Hfltn
J! Ml. ' i i •< .■ were entrusted to
tin *f l.aiiran e l>on"\mi. ft writer.
tiif rln« !!• ir ivrt Xnnuiulalo Miss
1'. tr . nii i.-.l to Donovan that alio
r m 1 }■ r |.? hrr Henry, wl.o, ruined t'.v
in, i . ..iiiiinnily threatened
in I in nvernl ami ca|it ure.l
who jiro\ fd to n<> K> ulnald
i,i r for i! •' hand of ll> Inn.
, « \| <« 11 «H r<• >K and her fa-
il. - t. rim 11' uovan
tiKKitsnin lie met the
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!... a . uno' mah'T.
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II i i ok am! not n «kin«
1',.no win met Helen
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tnd llolhrook lie released
i;il|i..|.ic and Hinovan ad -
f,-t | l. l. n Calllnft herself
■voli-e" appeal- d to Donovan '
f ,. j she ' ' him to to to (hi oatio..
... :s. r - me a; I <e that no Injury he
f,-U tin. Ho «out to U-.l i'.i'o
At thi ar " ii it., r's 1 nnte, Donnvn!, i
fund the hrotl • r* vrtl ur and Henry i
J|. . ;.s . if. a! t ea-'h other, In 1
con* ilutlot "ftiwi Una" tpptUld. Ar-
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CHAPTER XVI—Continued.
"I am grateful to you Please turn
all your trouble over to me."
' You lid v hat 1 asked you to do,"
she said, "when I liar! no right to ask,
hut I was afraid of what might happen
here. It is all right now and we are
golr.a iway; we must leave this place "
"But I shall see you again."
"No! You have—you have—Helen.
You don't know me at all! You will
flrul your mistake to-morrow."
She v. as urging nie toward the
steps that led up to the house. The
soli was still in her throat, hut she was
laughing e little hysterically, In her
relief that her father had come off un-
scathed.
"Then you must let tne find it out
tomorrow; 1 will come to-morrow be-
fore you go."
"No! No! This Is pood-by," she
said. "You would not be so unkind as
to stay, when 1 am so troubled, and
there is so much to do!"
We were at the foot of the stairway,
and 1 heard the shop door snap shut.
"Good-night, Rosalind!"
"Good-by; and thank you!" Bhe
whispered.
(
'What Are You Doing Over Here?" I Demanded.
CHAPTER XVII.
How the Night Ended.
As my horse whinnied and I turned
Into the wood a uiuu walked boldly
toward me.
"My dear Donovan, I have been con-
soling your horse during your absence.
It's a bad habit we have fallen into
of wandering about at night. I liked
your dinner, but you were rather too
anxious to get rid of me. 1 came by
boat myself!"
Gillespie knocked the ashes from his
pipe and thrust it into his pocket. I
was in no frame of mind for talk with
him, a fact which he seemed to sur-
mise.
"It's lale, for a fact," he continued;
"and wo both ought to be in bed; but
ou' various affairs require diligence."
"What are you doing over here?" 1
demanded.
"Well, to tell the truth—"
"You'd bet lei!"
"To tell the truth, my dear I)ono
van. since I left your hospitable board
1 have been deeply perplexed over
some important questions of human
conduct Are you iuterested in human
types? Have you ever noticed the
man who summons all porters and
waiters bv the pleasing name of
George? The name In Itself Is respect-
able enough; nor is its generic use per
ntcious—a matter of taste only. Hut
the same man may !><• identified other
wise by his proneness to consume the
cabinet pudding, the chocolate Ice-
cream and the fruit in season from the
chastening American bill of fare, after
partaking impartially of the prellmln
ary fish, flesh and fowl. He la con
fidential with hotel clerks, affectionate
with chambermaids and all telephone
girls are Nellie to him. Types, my
dear Donovan—"
"That's enough! 1 want to know
what you are doing"' and in my anger
1 shook him by the shoulders.
"Well, if you must have it, after 1
started to the village 1 changed my
mind about going, and I was anxious
to see whether llolhrook was really
here; so I got a launch and came over
I stopped at the Island hut saw no
one there, and I came up the creek un-
til 1 grounded; then 1 struck Inland,
looking for the road. It might save
us both embarrassment, Irishman, If
we give notice of each other's Inten-
tions, particularly at night. I hung
about, thinking you might appear,
and—"
"You are a poor liar, Buttons You
didn't come here alone!"—and I drove
my weary wits hard In an effort to ac
count for his unexpected appearance
"All l« lost; 1 am discovered," he
mocked.
He ha<« himself freed my horse; 1
i now took the rein and refastened it to
: the Iree.
"Well, Inexplicable Donovan!"
1 laughed, pleased to find that my
I delay annoyed him. 1 was confident
that lie was in it abroad at this hour
for nothing, and It again occurred to
nie that we were on different sides c/,
the matter. My wearim ss fell from
me like a cloak, as the events of the
past hour flashed fresh in my mind.
"Now," 1 said, dropping the rein and
patting the horse's nose for a moment,
"ynu may go with nie or you may sit
here; but IT you would avoid trouble
don't try to Interfere with me."
I did not doubt that he had been
sent to watch me; and his immediate
purpose seemed to be to detain me.
"I had hoped you would sit down
and talk over the Monroe Doctrine, or
I he partition of Africa, or something
equally interesting, he remarked. "You
disappoint me, my dear benefactor."
"And you make me very tired at the
end of a tiresome day, Gillespie.
Please continue to watch my horse;
I'm off "
He kept at my elbow, as I expected
he would, babbling away with his usu-
al volubility in an effort, now frank
enough, to hold me back; but I Ig-
nored his talk and plungud on through
the wood toward the creek. Henry
Holbrook must, 1 argued, have had
time enough to get out of the creek
and back to the Island; but what mis-
chief Gillespie was furthering in his
behalf 1 could not Imagine.
There was a gradual rise toward the
creek and we were obliged to cling to
the bushes in making our ascent. Sud-
denly, as I paused for breath, Gilles-
pie grasped my arm.
"For God's sake, stop! This Is no
affair of yours. On my honor there's
nothing that affects you here."
"I will see whether there is or not!"
I exclaimed, throwing him off, but he
kepi close beside nie.
We gained the trail thai run along
the creek, and 1 paused to listen.
"Where's your launch?"
"Find it." he replied, succinctly.
I had my bearings pretty well, and
set off toward the lake, Gillespie
trudgiug behind in the narrow path
When we had gone about 20 yards a
lantern glimmered below and I heard
voices raised in excited colloquy. Gil-
lespie started forward at u . un.
"Keep hack! This is my affair!"
"I'm making it mine," 1 replied, and
Hung In ahead of him.
I ran forward rapidly, the voices
grow ng louder, arid soon heard men
stumbling and falling about in conflict.
A woman's voice now rose in a sharp
cry:
' Let go of him! Let go of him!"
Gillespie flashed bj me down the
hank to the water's edge, when the
struggle ended abruptly. 1 was not lai
behind, and I saw Henry Hoi brook in
the grasp of the Italian, who was ex
plaining to the woman, who held the
lantern high above her head, that he
was on I j protecting himself. Gillespie
had caught hold of the sailor, who
continued to protest his Innocence of
any wish to Injure Holbrook; and for
a moment we peered through the dark,
taking account of one another.
"So It's you, is It?" said Henry llol-
hrook as the Italian freed him and his
eyes fell on tne. "I should like to
know what you mean by meddling In
my uffnlrs By God, I've enough to do
ulih my own flesh and blood w-ithout
deaiing with oi'tslders"
Helen Holbrook turned swiftly and
h< id the lantern toward me, and when
she saw me shrugged her shoulders.
"You ri ally give yourself a great
deal of unnecessary concern, Mr. Don-
ovan."
"You are a damned Impudent med-
dler!" blurted Henry Holbrook. "1
have had you watched. You—-you—"
lie darted toward me, but the Ital
ian again caught and held him, and
another altercation began between
them. Holbrook was wrought to a high
pitch of excitement and cursed every
body who had In any way interfered
with him.
"Come, Helen," said Gillespie, step-
ping to the girl's side; and at this
Henry Holbrook turned upon him vici-
ously.
"You are another meddlesome out-
sider. Your father was a pig—a pig,
do you understand? If it hadn't been
for him 1 shouldn't be here tonight,
camping out like an outlaw. And
you've got to stop annoying my daugh-
ter!"
Helen turned to the Italian and
spoke to him rapidly in his own
tongue.
"You must take him away. He is
nor. himself. Tell him I have done th<
best 1 could. Tell him—"
She lowered her voice so that 1
heard no more. Holbrook was still
heaping abuse upon Glilct-ple, who
Blood subniis-ively by; hut Helen ran
up the bank, the lantern light flashing
eerily about her.
The Italian drew Holbrook toward
the boat that lay at the edge of the
lake. He him mod to forgot nie in his
anger against Gillespie, and he kepi
turning toward the path down which
the girl's lantern faintly twinkled. Gil
lespie kept on after the girl, the lan-
tern (lashing more rarely through the
turn In the path, until I caught the
threshing of his launch as it swung
out into the lake.
I drew hack, seeing nothing to gain
by appealing to Holbrook in his pres-
ent overwrought state. The Italian had
his hands full, and was glad, 1 Judged,
to let me alone. A moment later he
had pushed off his boat, and I heard
the sound of oars receding toward the
Island.
I found my horse, led him deeper
into the wood and threw off the sad-
dle. Then I walked down the road
until 1 found a barn, and crawled into
the loft and slept.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Lady of the White Butterflies.
The twitter of swallows In the oaves
wakened me to the first light of day,
and after I had taken a dip In the
creek I still teemed to be sole pro
prietor of the world, so quiet lay field
and woodland, I followed the lake
shore to a fishermen's camp, where it
the good comradeship of outdoor men
the world over I got bread and coffee
and no questions asked. I smoked a
pipe with the fishermen to kill time,
and It was still but a trifle after six
o'clock when 1 started for Hod Gate.
A line of sycamores «'00 yards to my
right marked ihe bed of the Tippeca-
noe; and on my left hand, beyond a
walnut grove, a little filmy dust cloud
hung above the hidden highway. 1
thrust my cap into my Jacket pocket
and stood watching the wind crisp th<
flower*. 'Ihen inj attention wandered
'o the mad antics of a squirrel that
ran along the fence.
NEW
CHICAGO SKYSCRAPER Texas Directory
Harris Trust and Savings Bank to
Erect 20-Story Building in
Monroe Street.
Chicago—"La Sail" street" has for
a long time meant the llnsru'al dis-
trict of Chicago, as "Wall streoi" has
meant that of New York But the
term has lost its significance within
the last few years, lor the big hanking
When I turned to the field again I
saw Rosalind coining toward me along
the path, clad in white, hatless, and
her hands lightly brushing the lush
grass that seemed to leap up to touch
them. She had not seen me, and I
drew hick a little for love of the pic-
ture she made.
She paused abruptly midway of the
daisies, and I walked toward her slow-
ly—It must have been slowly — mid I
think we were both glad of a mo-
ment's respite In which to study each
other. Then she spoke at once, as
though our meeting had been prear-
ranged.
"1 hoped I should see you," she said,
gravely.
"I had every intention of seeing
you! I was killing lime until I felt
I might decently lift the latch of Ited
Gale.'*
She inspected me with her hands
clasped behind her.
"Please don't look at me like that!"
I laughed. "I camped in a barn la t
nighl for fear 1 shouldn't get here in
time."
"I v/lsli to speak to you for a few
t minutes—to tell you what you may
| have guessed about us— my father and
; me."
"Yes; If you like; but only to help
| you if I can. It is not necessary for
you to tell me anything."
She turned and led the way across
the daisy field. She walked swiftly,
holding back her skirts from the
crowding flowers, trnvorsed tie garden
of Hod Gale, and continued ilowu to
the houseboat.
"We can be quiet here," she said,
throwing open the door. "My father
is at Tippecanoe village, shipping one
of his canoes. We are early risers,
you see!"
She grew grave agnln.
"I have important things to say to
you, but It's just as well for you to
see me in the broadest of of daylight,
so that"—she pondered a moment, as
though to be sure of expressing her-
self clearly-—"so that when you see
Helen Holbrook in an hour or so in
that pretty garden by the lake you
will understand that It was not really
Kosallud after all that that -amused
you!"
"But the daylight is not helping that
idea. Your are inarvelou iy alike, and
vet " I floundered miserably Ii: my
uncertainly.
Then und she smiled nt my dis-
comfiture, "if you can't tell us apart, it
makes no difference whether you ever
see me again or not. You see. Mr.—
but did you over tell nie what your
name Is? Well, I know it, anyhow,
Mr, Donovan."
The little work-table was between
us, and on it lay the foil whit h her
father had snatched from the wall the
night before. I still stood, g.izlng
down at Rosalind. Fashion. I saw,
had done something for the amazing
resemblance. She wore her hair in
the pompadour of the day, with ex-
actly Helen's sweep; and her white
gown was Identical with that worn
that year by thousands of young worn-
en. Sh" had even the same gi -iures,
the same little way of resting hor
cheek against her hand that Helen
had; and before she spoke she moved
her head a trifle to one side, with a
pretty suggestion of just having been
startled from a reverie, thai was 1 i• 1-
eu's t lick precisely.
She forgot for a moment our serious
affairs, to which I was not in the least
anxious to turn, in her amusenien' at
my perplexity.
"It must be even more extraordinary
than 1 Imagined. I have not seen
Helen ftir seven years. She is my
cousin; and when we were children to-
gether at Stamford our mothers used
to dress us alike to further the re-
semblance. Our mothers, you may not
know, were not only sisters; they
were twin sisters! But Helen in, I
think, a trifle taller than 1 am This
little mark" she touched the peak —
"Is really very curious. Hut our moth-
ers and our grandmothers had It. And
you see that I speak a little more rap-
idly than she does—at least that used
to be the case. I don't know my
grown up cousin at all. We probably
have different tastes, temperaments,
and all that."
"I am positive of It!" 1 exclaimed;
yet I was really sure of nothing, save
that I was talking to an exieedingly
pretty girl, who was amazingly like an-
i other v -ry pretty girl whom 1 knew
i much better.
' Yon are her gturdlau, so to speak,
Mr. Donovan. You are taking care of
I my Aunt Pat and my cousin. Just
! how that came about I don't know."
• T(> HK CONTINt'KD.)
Emolument of Physicians.
Remuneration of physicians origin
ally consisted In presents, but at the
time of Hippocrates payment In money
was already customary. Physicians
received also public praise, the "crown
of honor," the freedom of the cltv,
! the privilege of eating at the king's
inlie Physicians employed by the
state received a yearly salary, as high
as f.'.ooo In Home Instances Rich peo
pie would pay enormous sums for a
successful treatment, and a case Is re-
cordvii In which Uuu.uuu was paid.
ts w rt z .si
Harris Trust Building.
concerns of the western metropolis
have been moving to Monroe street,
one after another, until for several
blocks that thoroughfare Is occupied
almost exclusively by financial Insti-
tutions
Several ut them have erected sky-
scrapers, and others have put up hand
some buildings for their sole use The
latest of these great bank buildings
to be planned Is .'or the Harris Trust
and Savings bank, on the south side
of Monroe street between Clark and
La Salle It will be 20 stories high,
with foundations going down 110 feet
to bed rock.
University Teachers Farming.
Columbia university has been quick
lo recognize the general wave or In-
terest in agriculture and Is providing
courses In scientific and economic
farming It has arranged for a course
of 13 lectures on economic agrlcul
ture. to be given this winter by prom
Inent men who can speak with author
■iy on various ihases of aurlculturs.
Wute for now,
enlarged hand*
some catalog, especially compiled for
£ our Southern State*.
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ARIZONA WOMEN WOULD VOTE
Miss Laur^ Gregg Is Moving Spirit
in the Southwestern State's Suf-
frage Crusade.
Phoenix, Arli. -A few weeks jgo
when th* present session of congress
opened, there was no woman suffrage
organization In Arizona The pros-
pects of statehood, however, stirred
to activity the women who do not rel-
ish the Idea of being excluded from
citizenship, and there are more than
a thousand of them now enrolled un-
der the votes tor women banner The
moving spirit behind this campaign
is Miss I.aura (JregR, well known
Miss Laura Gregg.
throughout the west for her advocacy
of the woman's cause. It Is safe to
predict that Miss flregg and her en
ergetlc artny will make things lively
in the Constitutional convention
Feminine Dressing of the Hair.
The poet Ovid did not t' Ink It be
neath him to study the art of hair
dressing as an aid to feminine beauty,
and his advice on the subject, ^iven
in elegant verse. Is excellent. "Never
let your hair lie In disorder," he
writes "Nothing pleases us so much
as neatness," and yet, he admits,
"there are many women whom hair
apparently In disorder suits; It mlKlit
not have been dressed since yester
iLiy; It has been arranged this very
minute. Su< h was tin beautiful dlsor
dor of Vole when Hercules saw her
for the first time In a town taken by
assault that he cried i love her." "
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K.uuu.blv r.l.fc
Traveling Man Got Even.
A traveling man called on the man-
ager of a large New York concern the
oiher day and netit hi card In by tha
boy at the outside gal o The boy
sauntered hack iazlly and told the
traveling man that the manager
wouldn't wo him.
"Well, you go and ask him for the
card 1 sent in." aid the caller.
In a few ininuteH the boy returned
from his ; oeond trip "Say," remarked
the boy, ",he boss told me to tell you
that he tore up *hat card, but he sent
a nickel to > on to pay for it."
The traveling man was deeply in-
sulted, bui he decided to got back a*
bent he could. IJ.• opcued bis card
case and drew out another card, hand-
ing It to the boy.
"Give thin to your boss," he said,
"and tell him that I'll keep the money.
M> enrds are two lor five. Much
Obliged.''
The manager rushed out of the gate
to 11 nd the traveling man, but he was
too late The man had left.
If She Had Her Choice,
A gentleman . ho finds great amuse-
ment In tolling his wile which lady of
their acquaintance be will si lect aa
her aucci ssor when she dies, and who,
otie day, had been teasing her with
numberless mock serious allusions to
the subject, suddenly called their lit-
tle daughter to him and asked her,
shaking with laughter at his own wit:
"Madeline, how would you like to
have a stepmother?"
The child considered for a moment
and then, wit great earnestness re-
plied:
"I think I'd much rather have a
stepfather."
CHANGE THE VIBRATION
It Makes for Health.
A man tried leaving off meat, pota-
toes. coffee, and etc., and adopted a
breakfast, of fruit, drape-Nuts with
ciearn, nome crisp toast and a cup of
Postuin.
His health began to Improve at once
ror the reason that a meat, enter will
reach a place once In a while whero
his system seonis to become clogged
and the machinery doesn't work
smoothly.
A change of this kind puts aside food
of low nutritive value and taken up
food and drink of the hlgheat value,
already partly digested and capable
of being quickly changed Into good,
rich blood and strong tissue.
A most valuable feature of Drape-
Nuts Is the natural phosphate of pot-
ash grown in the grains lrom which It
Is made. This Is the element which
transforms albumen In the hotly Into
the soft gray substanco which fills
brain and nerve centers.
A few days' use of Drape-Nuts will
give one a degree of nervous strength
well worth the trial.
Look In pkgs for the little %ook, "The
Road to We'! vllle ('here's a Reason."
K^fr rnul ll r ahnvr IrMrrf A
onr ii| vM rtr« from flint* to time. I> r
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1910, newspaper, March 12, 1910; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205957/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.