e Valters Dr*&_np.by fte s ‘ DENISON t afmmuAWQT acuta

S rtd.ee o Dick.

■ that be would

men. It there Is anythin* on your Bitid, apeak it out. Tbafa my method and ! hate so patience for riddle "Thaw la luat this on my mind. Mr. Bread." he eaid. “Reyno! J« want broke today, fiat—you understand, oat Ha west broke on Hecnlnj-a tip. and Heaata* la your broker Reynold* loot MO.OOC; erery cent be bad in the werid. and you won two hundred thoeaaad. That** -rhat'e bn my mind. Hr.

Brand."

”W*a wbat about Itr the arflllon alre asked aharply. Ha glowered at ~ t and thrust out Ua Jaw i

acm*iy.

"1 don’t know vfcnt about K." replied the reporter »ti!l quietly, but with bla tac* in Just aa threatening prorlmUy a* Brand a Tm bore to find oat" Brand sidestepped the taene. "Ton told Reynold* thatr ha In-

quired.

"I told blm what you won, yea. About bis own losses I cnees be was pretty wall informed." The millionaire took out his dear ease and tendered it to Dick In a (in(sriy. matter-of-fact way. TL* reporter declined, and Brand lighted hi* cigar with a deliberate movement. He

d be bated blm i Jane; tbe a Brand bad i sphere of his Dick was be did not it that way. a bad come for i the ticker, torture, had e bad found but He would ask rdraft on Ms He bad *'een hat now stood 4 act through

I tc ask this Duff** It slowly .

He bad tele-

g Mm to

» the theater : gave an enth* caa# Bob 'on and Brand e, the mllllon- > to buy Con so UE> but be had not d if Brand knew » right aid* of e known the y hours before

a to toe rone ini

If this w*r

mpany. Reynold* o more hour* e host who ini bat who eat

r paced tbe

I flagellations of ' s arrival. He > for more cigar

e tbe mil-

— —it to him a Frieda ndujfaed V b* greeted, with

K* Need Hripr

ice or twice

contemplative mien, then stepped quickly up to Meade, facing blm with a challenging look. "Young man " he said sharply, "1 am here tonight In aniver to a message from Reynolds. My business with Reynolds la for Mm and me; not for you U yon want to play the good Samaritan. I have no objection. It la very iaudaale of you, bet 1U do my own charity work In my own any. If you taka my advice, you’ll atop out of this affair tonight and let Reynolds and I settle It ourselves." “All right." Meads agreed. “That' wbat I la toad to do. I Just want to 1st you knew, however, that I an throw out a life tine If one is needed tn> line of bnalneas to toot, and 1'va got some pretty good eavere back of me—tbe aagasln* 1 i Honed. I can throw out the Una and if the revue Job is too big for me. there will U pSatv of kelp behind. Just remember that." ha finished, aa Reynolds’ atap was hoard at tb* top of

the stair*.

Meade started for Ms coat and bat •'Hello. Brand.” called Reynolds, as be d seconded, and aa be caught eight of Dick. “You’re not going? Why. yon can’t get a train back at this Urn* of night. Dick. Besides, jcu must stay and seo Jane.” Dick continued Me preparations for

departure.

You and Brand have some business discuss. Bob. and 111 see you In the

morning "

'‘Nonsense, nothing of the kin*, you •toy right here ” bis friend Insisted. “We’ll be through our business soon, won’t w*. Brand?” ’’Why. y#*“ answered the million alre amiably enough. “He doesn't have to go on my tccount" should say not.” Mob decided • You go upstairs. Diek. u> my dcu If* to tbe front of the bouse Lota to smoke and plenty to rend 111 call you through Jane'll be home by that time, too ” “Vary wall.” Msad* aaeentoii. He ntled aa be gUnred at the million alre. ”111 cloee the door, so you don't red to worry. Mr Brand.” Brand’s laugh was void of mirth, but he answered with fin* sarcasm and self-assurance. “Any time you make me worry, young man. 111 retire from business. - ’’Thank yon," said Dick, as ba ascended tbe stairs, “that makes me all the more eager to seek toe oppor-

tunity."

Reynolds walked to toe table and

poured out some biandy. “Hare someT" he asked tartly, holding a

glass toward* the mlUioc-Jre. "No, thanks; If* a little lata for me.

You're going pretty strong to that

stuff. aren't you. Reynolds’" "Oh. i don't know.” Bob answered

■4 Brand Irritably tartly, “not so strong but that I can • to do wtth it? ! take care of myaalf. I guess rt here

w you. young]are the Ut’iee?"

a a rest."

f. — I forgot lightly. Ha

» of Util* oonae-

Dick

i Frieda and ad

• kind."

« mw?~ be finccvrrsd to him

Jtesulred for him.

a," Dick told ou Hell be

j> Is sort of abot to I thought he would be

sear-Mugly at

a ba need help?" he

didn’t pay much attenUon.”

Brand’s attitude changed suddenly

from toleration to attack.

“Your telegram—the wtr* you sect me today. 1 got it a Httl* tote s’ tbe

afternoon; not to time to as* you before dinner."

“Yes, 1 thought wa had better ba

alone for this matte.'."

“Wall. let’s gat dow u to bnainaaa.’

I yoo’v* got two or nr. My wife doesn't 1 :ar this rime of tbe a Brands' limousine 1 comfortable the** ' p doesn’t care to go j 1 — a The '

>t tbe

Brand*’ bo* Is better now. If* Brand this and Brand that, and I’m getting a little tired of it. fre loot a lot ol money today, to be an re. 'Ten thou sand dollars more than I’ve got Bnt 1 want a little stoke of my own. anyway. and whatever yon told Henning, or what you didn’t tall Mm dossal make any difference to as*. If yon are

New Model in a Dress for ike Miss

said Brand. “Your letter asked for so clever that yon can win HOC.00* on

You must think * stock that I lose forty thousand on

I carry 110.000 around to my rest pocket. What do you want It for anyway! I thought you bad run your bank roll up considerably. Yon haven’t

dropped it, have your'

The ouesUoo was put with apparent sincerity. It would have been accepted to that light, bnt tor tbe revelation that Bob bad Just received from Meade. In tbe boor that be had pondered over Dick’s information, be had determined to curry the fight to Brand on Ma own rrouad. The request that b* mad* is the totter was for f 10.000 to uiacccnt the overdraft ha bad drawn on the bank. Bet ha warn armed for a •ttl* aow and his answer took

the millionaire off hie fee*.

thousand dollars isn’t the figure. Brand.” ba said unaulanUy. “It wa* this afternoon, but 1 have beat 4 somethin# that's boosted the request a little. I want fiSOJWC. You got two hundred thousand by making me a crook, and you gave me forty thousand of it Now, partners in any shady Job like ours are entitled to an even split, and that's my term*. A hundred thousand dollars minus forty thousand Is s'xty thousand. How’* my arithmetic r "Perfect. Almost tbe wort; of a sane man.” answered Brand. “But the de-

mand lent."

"Why not?" Reynolds persisted. 1 did ths work—took half the risk, and I am not sure that yon didn’t intend that 1 should take It all Anyway. I delivered tbe goods, didn’t ir "Ye*, you did. but 1 discounted your claim. It was I who took tbe chance and handed $40,000 right out to yon. I bad no real assurance that you would go through with tt 1 might go a little further and remind yon that It was I who gave you uie opportunity. I was useful enough then, wasn’t IT but now you’re broke and yon are Jnat finding out that I wasn't on the square.” “Right, exactly right," Reynolds exclaimed vehemently “Just finding It out. I ’♦eat broke on Consolidated Wire and you msd* $100,000 on It tbe seme day. I bought Coneolidated Wire on Henning’s advice and you sold It through tbe same broker. Maybe you believe I’m a baby, but think it over

some more."

Reynolds supped to tbe table and reached for O'* Oliver cased bottle. Brand leaped to Me eld* and eelzad

“Put that down.” ha cried. "I want to talk to you, and It you have got any brains at all when you’re sober, you’ll need them now. You’re inferring. Ray nolda. that I sold yon out through Hanning. You’re a damned liar and a sneak. You r# trying to blackmail ma and that’s the only thing to call It Why don’t you come out and own up to It You want Into this thing in good faith on the agreement that $40,000 should pay yon for the Job. You made • more money with my help end then yon got the big bead, and tried to e some more without IL You ought to be playing penny ant* Instead of the stock market, and if you thick you’re goto* to scare me with any aucb cbllii * game as your’ attempting tonight, you’re might, far away from tbe truth. Now, you be careful or 111 take you Yiy tbe nape of the neck and when I get through with yon. you’ll take a IWUt Journey, and at the end of It yonH have a good view of the river. Do you get me?" Reynolds flushed and hie hand shook i he poured out hie brandy. He dersiood quits well that the millionelse meant be would view tbe Hudson from the gray walls of Bing Sing. Just a moment, please. Brand.’ said. “I’m going to take this and then I'm going to have something to say to yon." Brand turned away with a shrug a »!* a grunt c' disgust 'No. I think !tl go; It's a waste of time.” Reynolds so* his glass down wtta a

“You’ll go when I’m finished. Brand, and noi before," be exclaimed '1 know just wbat I'm talking about, and 1 know Just wbat I'm going to do. and all tna brandy to this bottle, or a whole case of it wouldn’t make tbe fact* any different Your little pleasantries are taken for Just wbat User are wortb. I may return a few of them before I'm finished, but to tbe meantime, Jmsi make yourself at boms and listen. It doesn't matter what you tbtnk 1 promised to do. or what I ought is no. I have made up my mind that I'm —'tilled to half the money that yo.' made through my fraudulent report on cement for the Pecos rirer asm. 1 wx» employed by *o honest firm and paid an honest man's salary to make e genuine repor. < n (fa* cement that went into that work. 1 sold mys’lf ton cheap. That was to your advantage for the time being, Now. if you'd have been on tbe level. legardleas of how big $40,00 , ■ looked to me at that time, you would have made an even split with roe o' your own volition. but you didn't. i‘orty thousand dollars did look like an awful lot of

menu to me then, but since I’ve been j trvta' tbe mognuins to the valley, mixed up wtth you and your kind. I j acme of tbosewa tb« Southern K'trma can see where you ve had a little bit CO mile* in length. Such dumes (be beet of It. I've got a pretty good | are aaM to edet betwema t4.Md and

houai and you've gas a better one. j ggjiM par mo»

to the same day and through the same brokerage house, why you can afford to a per* * HtUe of that winning, whether yon think I am an titled to U or not’’ Reynolds’ word* cam* clear ent and decisive. His ultimatum did not partaka of braggadocio, bnt of determina-

tion.

"Don’t miauaderaUnd me.” Reynolds want on. "1 mean what I say Just *o this extant: It'e a toss of the coin with ma whether 1 gat this $<0,000 or whether I quit it aU and go up there tor that viaw of the river that yon recommended so highly—enythlng; anything rath-r than this. I've lived in this dressed up civilisation of yours, this false grab-bag game, this misery, with every natural thing turned upside down, just about aa long as I I wouldn't mind a little rest up on the Huueon if I bad company. if I go I'U have IL and I guess you can figure out wbat company ill have.” “Yea, 1 can figure it out ail right,” Brand answered, “and I'm simply frightened half to death. Can't you me trembling? This la a nice lltstage yon set tonight. Reynolds. All yon need is the half lights and

1c, and you’d be a regu-

lar melodramatic villain. Now, yo**ve | mad-: your little speech and 111 make

mine. You brought ma ovar her# to- V simple, more novel, or night to blackmail me out of $$0,000. than this dress of brown broadcloth Yon want your answer; here It la. and sand-colored crepe q* chine, for You don’t get a damnsd cent! You've a young girl? If you can. hasten to made your bluff, now theta's the call reduce your imaginings to concrete

Bring year reporter down norj sod be- form, for yon have thought rot

gin to talk. That'a probably what thing for which womankind is always you’re—“ | In waiting. This is one of several new Reynold! lunged toward the million- • models launched for the maid from

alre, who drew back, fists doubled, sixteen to twenty—or more,

ready to meet tbe attack be fully ax- I Tbe waist of crepe Is <ong-aIeevad peeled. But Bob etoppad. as suddenly and high-necked, and could hardly be as be started. Brand was under bis plainer. The high collar has wings roof. It was no place lor violence, . faced with b.-own. and brown buttons, however acute the cause. down the frost, seem to show a stogle“Yon quit that talk, quick!" he cried. 1 mtodednees of purpose to be only use“Keep Mead* out of this. Don’t you fal. Narrow cuffs bound with brown diag the only friend I’ve got dowc to finish the long sleeves. Altogether the your level and mine. When 1 talk it waist seems to bespeak a Uck of selfwon’t be to Meade. It will be right to coneetomn^prin the weare't it is so

the man who will put John Brand j devoid of fussiness

where be belongs, and pot him there I The skin is moderately full, smartly quick. Now, yon don’t think I’m go- ] short and slightly flaring. Tbe ekeletog to. do yon? Brand, there are only ton boclce ts plain, with bound edges, two thin^ that can relieve me from *nd the belt is made of the eerne fabthe bole I’m In. One is money. Ton rfc as the dress. The waist line Is a can give me that. The other la to j Uttle higher than the normal and a

make a clean breast of IL 1 can do 1 that for myself. If yon think I’m bluffing, you’re craay. I’m sick of the whole damn busier**, and so help me God. as I stand on this spoL I’U make

yon sick of tt, too."

"You 11 ti.ke me along with yon?” ' “Yes. right up to that piac* on tbs

river."

Brand’s • cavity had returneo. “All right.” be answered, “bet let j me tell you something. Ill have money ; and lawyers to protect me end you won’t In the first place that $10,000 | overdraft on jour bank will discredit any testimony you give, and if It doesn't I think you know tb* law i pretty well and that there Is such a I thine vs an accessory before and after I the fact, and if you do succeed in put- | ting us both in Jail, remember that j there Is another person who will go right along with us. and that person is your wife. Now. you Just think that rer for a while." Aa the alU'onalre boasted of tbe rich man’s meant for evasion of the law. Reynolds, who had expected this counter, etood with a look of cynical Indifference, but s* the full significance of Brand’s closing threat struck bom*, he paled and supped back with ! hands pressed herd to bis temples as j I? stunned. “You wouldn’t—you wouldn't da ! th»,!“ he cried. "You were the one who was threat- j entag. not me." Brand answered. Bob rushed sgsln toward hit tor- I mentor, but wa* checked by a sudden opening of tbe door. "Good night. Mrs. Brand.” they beard lane say. and Reynold* stopped mid-

way.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

INFLUENCE OF DRESS

FELT BY BOTH SEXES. ACCORDING TO OBSERVERS.

fMrly rClo belt is aflpported by slides of the fabric which hold It securely. Tbe side seams are prevented from u-dftog by stitched-on straps ot the matonai, the neat machine alltcMng and accurately placed straps adding aa elegant finish. Buttons like those at the front of the bodice, but smaller, finish the ruffs and extend abov. them on tbe sleeve for the space of six

inches.

The fascinating feature In the com position of this unosurl little gown is. of course, tbe unexpectedly real pockets at each side of the front They are there, but for Just what purpose, beyond that of furnishing a novelty to design, remains to be seen. There are curved, diagonal in tbe skirt, with edges bound, wonderfully well finished. The dress is faultlessly tailored ano made of an excellent quality of broadcloth Th# waist although so plain, is entirely Uf to date and depends upon the crape of which it Is made, a* much aa upon design and execution, for Us elegance. JULIA BOTTOMLFV.

Night Dress With Cluny Lace and Embroidery

Bandit's Heart Was Touched. A highwayman who bald up Samuel Durocher of Philips town, in Mill Plain, near Brewrter. "had s heart." Because be was a cripple the gunman. after taking everything valuable Durocher had in his clothes, split the spoils with him. Durocher had an arm taken off by railroad cars three months ago. As be was walking to Brvwstor to get a train bom* the footpad baited him After he took $21. « watch, and necktie pin from Durocher be relented when Durocher told him be hadn't worked in ibre* months, and Welt well go halves.” He returned the watch and $11, but kept the pin and' $10.—PMHpetown (Pis.) Dispatch to New York Herald

Long, Water Flumes.

Flumes of 0j« V-typn are exieaslveneed to CeUfomia. transporting an Dually abou: itO.OOO.MO feet of lumber

A LL tbe big Moras and. quite likely, | the sice of the neck opening. the smaller ones are having (heir The pretty yoke at the front re

quires an embroidered boad'ug an inch

the smaller ones are having (heir annual wblte-goodM^lales Counters are piled high wltlrdalnty lingerie of sheer fabrics, trimmed with exquisite lace* and embroideries manufactured especially for the finishing of under-

muellns.

S'ylee change In nndermusllne and night dresses as In other clothe*. though not bo radically. The new dr elgr.s for spring reveal narrow laces, very sheer embroideries, much beading. small tucks and tbe us of ribbon In the new garment* Small, fine pat tern* in embroidery’ are liked much better than heavier designs, and new tricks In placing yokes, alutplng

and a half wide finished at one edge

with a band of swlss embn ~ an open pattern. This. In

edged with the narrow bead 11 _ extend* ell around the neck. "Narrow cluny lac* Insertion is stitched along tbe lower edge of tbe beading in tbe yoke and a second row of tbe aame Insertion outlines th* yoke and Joins It to the body of the gown. In making the yoke tbe wide beading Is to be stitched td tbe row of awtsa umhrold " T ot jP* * ld *’- ,U1,1 10 ,h * TOW ol cluny i*ertInn et tbe other, end then

Into two piece* of equal length

Sleeves, letting In mi-damuns. reward | form tbe two sides The second row the searcher after something new. of cluny Is then studied bolb One of tho newest patterns in night | pieces TV wssea is shown here bo plainly that ! The neck opening ie finished with hardly needs description Tbe body 1 a narrow cluny edging sewed to tbe of (be gown Is made of two widths of I narrow beading below It The full nainsook (died together along the j short aleevee are finished wtth both

eldes At the center of one widlb et Insertion end edging of cluny

the (op a cluster of twelve tuck* la j A narrow savin ribbon run id* (be run. each about a quarter inch deep !>eadlng about the neck adjusts f i to and six Inch*# long At the back the ] the figure A. wide riobon is run inaistlal Is laid in box [ilalta an Inch | through a ImttonhofMu silt at the frout

n , in a Muster at the aeeeer Six ! and tied to a generous bow. tore —- l- ”' 1 —

’ more plaits are laid accorjlng to,

JULIA BOTTOMLEV.

On# Woman Asserts the Possession of a New Hat le Bettor for Her Than Any Medicine—Beauty as a Business Asset. “Whenever ! feel run down I s’ways bu_ a ne ~ hat” said a woman not long ago with a tough “It to better remedy than doctors and drugs, and is usually let* expensive." In the case of women who are continually "in the blues" this habit might have drastic results, but there Is no doubt that tbe clothe* we wear have a very strong Influence over our

spirit*.

Even a woman who does not car* much for dress to conscious of a little toward glow of satisfaction in tbe knowledge that she to well and suitably attired. She bolds herself be* ter and with moie confidence under the stimulation of a pretty gown or hat ’’Clothes make the man." so we told. It is hardly realised bow much they are responsible for th* making or m-.rring of a woman. Shabby clothes that have seen much wear and tear and much attention from th* needle and the brusn are very comfortable to wear once in a while. Wbev it becomes necessary to don them day after day, with no hope of their renewal, they slowly and insidiously begin to toll ou tbe spirits of their wearer. They give a feeling of shabblneas, and the confidence rod right to a place in tbe world to partly lost This to especially detrimental to tbe business woman, for she to taken very much at bar own value to

the world of commerce.

It la not necessarily a very axpaarlve business to possess nice clothe*. A good tailored costume, though dearer at the start la an economy, for it wear* and keeps Its cat to the end. By merely renewing collar and cuff* occasionally and varying the blouse. ‘ with which it is worn, the costume always remains fresh, and gives its wearer the air of being well dressed, ft la not always the most expensive and elaborate toilet that makes for

this much-desired effect

It is a vexed question whether beauty or clothes improve a woman moat Beauty to a very valuable aaae* ‘n life to a woman, but seen In an unstable aettlng it loses much of lu Jharm. and will often be ecllpeed by ’he leas attractive looks of a woman who chooses her clothe* well rad knows bow to wear theta. It >* generally understood Lcic a certain type ■>f novel and play that beauty j tnywbare. under any eon<*;( to Inly, nothing can actual' _ the contour of the faue. tba~l teas of tb* oomrlaxiou or the barad »f tb# figure, but all these vrerioolced in some cases. Tbe figure may be bidden behind an ugly dress, he complexion may be rulaed by the * xJor scheme, and tbe contour of the !ace lost under u unsuitable ha-

Famous Old People.

"Many famous Englishmen am? nor a few distlngulabed Americana live to * good old age, but France holds the modern record for centoftarUas of ren °wn." aald a professional man. “The 1$1S Hat of celebrities abov* he age of alxty. compiled for the New York World almanac, has at the top Francois Ferttoult the French poet who was one hundred years old on hi* ‘aat birthday. About twenty years »*o the great French chemist Cher. •eul died at the agu of one hundred and four, and there bare been ©no or two Frenchmen of distinction in recent who reached tbe centenary “Next to Ferttoult to Sir Charles Yupper. the Canadian, who is Muetyhur. Kx-Senator Henry G. Daria.

| West Virginia, aged ninety-one. ap-

pears in tbe list Of the Soulhernaia who have attained advanced age hronlcled by the World almanac is lohn L. Willis ma, father of Joba Bkek

ton Williams.

Early Usa of Pilot Balloons. A note la the Monthlv Weather Review calls attention to the fact that the famous exploring cxpedlUoa amt >ut by the French government under La Perouse in 17$B carried a few amatl balloons, some of paper and some of told beaters' akin, for use In atudylng •he winds In tbe upper atmosphere. »nd that tbe Instructions prepared for the expedition by the Academy of Bciencea pointed out tbe arectol 1mbortance ot using these balloons In 'he lrai.e wind region In order to astertain at what alUtude the direction Jf th# wind changes in that region, rhui ths. recent soundings of ikirada wind* cairlsd out under tbe dl •notion of Professor Hergetell appear 0 have been anticipated by more than 1 century —Bclentlfic American. Boot# That Ware Trouser*. As leather to lu such demand for military purposes. It to fortunate tdat j resent-day boots ar* mad* on a more tconomlcal plan than those in vogue tt th* time of (he I'eninaular war »nd ’or many years after Hessian* which were (hen tha fashion, absorbed what would now he considered an ennee«* tary amount of leather These boot* v ■ccordlng to Q A _ gala, were "worn M iver tight fitting rraUtoon*. the up-^R making front almost touching and bearing a allk Uaael. tjE’ •ark pari doped to tbs calf. I., ..gA »e'o», and with * nigh heel M vaa (he -orrect fo.m of r-votg jfS* be introduction of itouss.-^Kr t»l' Onseti* ajKevdh

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