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CHAPTER VI—Cofrtinuad. . -lOft tie foilowlnc-dajw Dare had .ban nauai for erldeacca loatrlf l developmenL” He found on ertrj hand. Old propertiea. alderod unaaJaWa, were chansaw*. Money moved easily; were stiffen In*; tradesmen In demand. There was material Vt good stories In Ms tovestiftaHe began writing features on y« prosperity and prospects, al paper did ttie same and there on started between them a comot '••ptlmlsni. The great word "boost." The virus was now veins of the community, pulsing every street end byway of the tj. Dave marveled, atidnwoabow be bad failed to read these until Con ward had laid their porbare before him. But as yet It only bit newt tense that respondMt delight la the strange and the fcUooi.1. He was not yet Inoculated toe poisoc of easy wealth, hta were busy with his Ini bbt oa Sunday, at usual, he t to the Duncans'. Mrs. DunMined that Bdlth had gone to SW frie®d In the country; J be gone away for aome time felt a foolish ni.ooyr.noe that she S have leff town. She might nt have called him op. Why should e «M tin up! Of coarse not? StlU, t tcarn -.ms very etnpt>. .He drove t Mr*. Duncan, in the afternoon, I at night took a long walk by the Ea had a vague .but oppieasive f ionMlaeas. He had cot realt part of bis life these Sunday ns with Bdlth had coan- to be. A few daya later Conwsrd strolled ‘ i, with the Inevitable cigarette. He I In gUeuce unti. Dave complei-

tory.

I stuff you’re giving ns,' leafed, when the article was fln«r what I told you the r day? It's Just lihe putting c i to tinder. Now we’re off. 1 •ward, smoked a few minutes in re, hut Dave could not tall to see * excitement under hiofteim exterior, lied, as he said, decreed to “sit" In le biggest game ever played. The cl cation of sudden wealth had aiy'fired his blood. hill to Dt.ve. "For your e in that little tmnsacuon,' i held the bill in U flugc-rs fly, as though it might carry ln- . as In very truth It did. He 1 tli-t he stead st s turning—that everything the future held !m Bight rest on his present declThere remained him not s Ut- ! the fine, stern Imsor of the n of the open rsnge; sc honor i oes terrible, in Its Ina of right sod wrong, but s

llk«wa peanut to sThgt Me-sre going to nw to* later on.” "Wer "Tea, Tou-end me. We’re going Into partneeship." "Bet Tve nothing to Invest. Tve only a very Uttle saved op." "favest that hundred.” Dave looked at Ccnward sharply. Was be trifling? No, his eyes r frank and sertoos.’ “Ton mean Ur “Of coarse. Now. HI pa? you i something, and U*a the biggest U qjnt hes been pulled off yet. . 'Bicre’J a "ecuon of land lying right agntoat fhv dty limits that Is owned by a f*P lotv over In England; remittance man wW feU heir to an estate sod hid to go home to spend 1C I am arranging through a London office to offer him ten dollsra an acre, and IT bet be Jump* at 1C I’ve arranged for the necessory credits, but there will be aome expenses for cables,; and you can put your hund-rd into that. If we pull 4t off—end wa x il-puH It off—we start up b business as Conwsrd ft El den.

“What do yop .■*gure lt’« worth?" aid Date, trying to apeak <fe!ly “Twetty-Ore duQars anj*cr*r | “Twenty-are dollars an acral” i Con word ahoaUsl. .'Jhivt newspaper routlrft Tas kmed"ybar -tmglnation Twenty-five dollars an acre! Idstap! “The Oty boundaries nye to be extended—probably W1B be -by the Unit this deal poos through. Then It U city property. A street-railway system is to be built, end we’ll see tbst It runs through our land. ’.Ye may have to •grease' somebody, but It’s a poor engineer that saves on greese. Then well survey that section Into twentyOvcfoot lots—wad weT sell them st two hundred dollars eftcb for those nearest the city down - to doe hundred for those fartheetout—‘average one hundred and fifty—total nine hundred and slaty thousand dollars -ft]low. say, r.rty thousand for grease and there ir still nine hundred tbqusend, and that doesn't count resale commissions. Dave, It’s good for a cool million.’' Dave wus.d<j!ug rapid thinking. Suddenly he faced Con ward end their eyes meh “ConsreM." be said, “you don’t

r*.loyalty which C

his tfSltles

of figure*. Dave v

fas booker ran Into s<

and pcraonailty; be commanded the

a wide circle of business

prises of the city; hi*

office; be was a su«

And yet Ibis nigh*, as be sat in Ha comfortable looms and watched the street fights come fluttering on as twilight silhouetted the great hills to the wea.. he was not ao sure of bis success- He was called a succeas. yet In the honesty of Us own soul M~ feared the coin did not ring true. He felt that the crude but honest conception ff W •B»re deal which was the one faloshle heritage of his chlldhod waa ■Uppfag away from him. He had little In common with Con ward outside of

for puMie Endless 1

“It Would b. Mean to Put Over Any. thing Like That on a Man, and a

Alrl Wodldnt Hava Me.”

their business relcOonshlp* peefted the n*n vaguely, but had never found tangible ground for his suspi-

cion.

Be was turning the matter his mind and wondering what th" end would be. when a knock came

dgor.

"Coma,” he said, switching on the «fffa- - - - "Oh. it's yon. Bert!

honored. Bit down."

Boberta Morrison threw her coat gver s chair and sank Into mother. Without speaking she extended her ahap«<y for to th* fire, hot wl« Us

, •nothing wsnnth had comforted her Deei my little hundred to put this Utnb * ‘b® looked np and said: o*«r I'Tiy do yon Jet me In on It? * “Adam sure put It over «n «* didn't

Conwsrd smiled and breathed easily. her

There usd been a r«nent Sf tension. M8M11 Dnrt!nr ,hat grievance over “Ob. that's simple,' he answered. “1 1 7 om * ex ^" bughed Dave. "I thought figure well travel well In dOtfblc har- i JO ° *' ould oitgrow it." uess. Tm a good tntxer—I know peo- “* <lon * , ®* lm5 W®-" con tinned the pie—and I’ve got ideas And you're 1 ff norln C l*ls Interruption. “I am sound and honorable and people trust * uw S'ttlng tack from forty-seven -ju." tesa OshMe gabble, gabble. I don't “Thanks." said Dave, dryly. I bl * n> c hlm - We deserve H. , ' “Thsfs right," Conward continued. rm baT * «“'> oothlng to

"We'll be « comblm-tloa herd to brat." T..

Deve had never felt sure of Coo- c ^ ““H-

z srwSirJr^i's; ! ^ »™- beginning to sUr within him. The bill j ^ **

In his hands represented more than

cm bits and scraps of silk or ribbons j appear to be the most valuable asaers j of those who love to do fancy work— j and almost every woman delights in ( making pretty things. The uses that 1 the ingenious find for the odds and ! ends of rtlk and velvet that accumu- * late In the scrap bag. make a scrap j,’ bag a regular treasure. Thera is o ! long list of fascinating trinkets and belongings that spring from this un- j pretentious source, most of them petsona! things dear to dainty women. Gold lace, gold net. lingerie lace, made silk flowers and fruits are the I elegancies that Join forces with silken stuffs to fashion all these trinkets and grTumed powders scent many of Starting out rdth the simplest and i smallest, there are little sachet hags. ' two or three Inches square, mhde of bright colored ribbon and filled with « cotton scented with sachet powder. A I half dozen of these little bags, each f having a tiny gilt rafety pio in Its 1 edge, are tied together In a package <’ with a narrow ribbon. They may be ii Plane'' in the drew* or placed In glove, c. handkerchief or veil boxea or with t* stationery, pervading everything with of a delicate odor. Or the bags may be d( cut heart shaped, pinned In n row to V, the edge of a narrow ribbon and T placed In a little box to * used a i s< desired. c ;, Very small powder puff bogs arc wj made by ae-.rtng two plaques six Inches thj

Fine Cottons in !

s boy Coll male Chinese are boys)

weeks' wages. Conward wa*

“Bring som,-thing to eat. Go oat for

and surely bare was an opportunity aik ^,

such as cuu-es once In a lifetime.

I your dinner. surrlyT"

“Such a dinner a* a man cats alone."

Uttle more. If necessary." - £?***<#**[**• “Good." raid Conward. springing i WL Bwr

his feet and taking Dave’s bond In warm grasp. “Now we’re away. X)< yoo better play safe. Stick to your pr check here until we poll the do through. Thera won't be much to « ! until then, anyway, and yon can he! more by guiding the paper along rigl.

It sounds like v fairy tale " D*« demurred, as though unwilling to ere ' It the possibilities Conward had ou lined. “Tou'rv sun It can be done?' ' Done? Why. sen, it has been do. In aU the big ccators In the States, an tt many » place that'll never oe a ce. ter at all. And It will be done here.

Dave, bigger things that yon dr re „ uru 1B11 dream of are looming up right ahead.” sovested.’

A lock cam# Into Ha (ace which she

“Can't leave It. I hate It—and I »-• It. Iff* my pal* n and ray roedl;ne. Moat of all 1 hate the society raddle. And. pf course, ihnt’a what

have to do."

“Bert." Dave raid, auddeoly, “why •n't you get marrietir “Who. mer Then she laughed. “It •mid be mean to pat over ..oyiiifng ke that on a man. and a girl wouldn't

ave ms.”

"Well, then, why don't you buy some ■•al estateT" he continued. Jocularly. Evctr man sla uid have aome dloaljutoo—oomethlag to nsake him forgrt

ills other tronbb-s."

,“A little late In the meal for that word, len’t Itf But the fact U. I have

CHAPTER VII.

n EATS OOVftftMOR.

EOF**, pemnot t» the | Omrntmlmm < ts aad the .n res traced |lt Kern* A fa M

? fine, stem honor oerertheleas. And hr I Instinctively felt that to accr{4 this r maoey would compromlae him for f •vemurr. As he tuned the hill in bla y totvrs hr noticed tint It was for one Phundred dollar' lie th»oght I! was

t •»-

f *1 can’t take ;h*t much.” he exs tfialw»l. “it Isn't fair." "lelr «*oougt..‘‘ raid Coo ward, well d that Dave should be lm;>resasc

David El den smoked his after-dinner cigar In his hscbelcr quarters. Tliyears had been good to the firm of Conward ft Elden; good fer beyon the wildness of their Crot dreams. Tl. tratiHi-tion of the section bought fro: the English absentee had been hut th beginning of bigger and more darin •uxeufurea. Conward. In that fir* wild prophecy of Ms. had apokwi of u city of a quarter of a million people. already more lot. had been sold tbs., could b« occupied by four, time* that

population.

Dave had often asked himself where

It all would «n3.

The Orai of Conward ft Elden had

profited not the least In Urn wild years I volT' ,7.

of gain .vetting. Their mabogany-fin-lahed flrel-floor quarters Were the last word in office luxuriance. Conward'* private room nugU with credit have houred a premier or a president. It* purpose was to Be impressive rather than to give any other aarvtco, as Conward spent little of his Urn* there On

did not understand. “With whom?" be demanded, ftlmoat peremptorily "With Conwmrd ft Elden," she answered. and th - ragnlshnesa of Bar ole* anggostad that her dcwplaed fataulnlty lay not fur from the turf sea. Wars yon about to be Jealouar 1 “Why didn't y-u come to met" She res lived that be waa hi deep ..roast, “I did she answered tanildiy. “At las«. 1 naked for you. but you were out ,of town, ao Conward took me In hand nad 1 followed bla ad-

“Do you tnui Coowaidr he de-

"Well, he's am-d enough to he your

partner, Isn't ha"'

The thrust hurt were than eh*

.. ... poms again.

I

tell t

nibiiagvmeot. and Ida room waa fitted

pM«r«Mty “Pill •Hough." hr t efficiency rather than luxury

*1« with vlMt

ftflU)

gora

-fling up t

crepi

bird tral American atuimaing bird that It •bout a* >»rg* •* a Wne bottt. fi..

For aome time ,-neerful and faf rumors have been floating obont. like oott, spring bivt-zv*. that there Is to be a return to fine. *heer cottons for blouses and dresses next aprlng. This is more than n rumor now, since (bcae lovely materials are demanded by people Who are flocking Booth In greater numboni than ever and at much tnrller dstre than heretofore to those * Inter resorts that «re filled with j Won atmirtly-dressed prop!*. For them very fin.- voile blouses. inosUy in all white and made by hand, are already an na•ured kueoraa. Organdy proves popular iu h-«dwear. a< •wwaorire and,

frocka. many ;*sort hat* festering It j beau both In ;br body of the hat and in th* ; In

trimming.. ; Ail gent In women will welcome the I neW

return o.' stmple drosses and Housre. wvwn beautifully uwdr and adorned wlrb old-! are i time hand stllrhery There U a re- ions

ahont them not etreoded by thlni the ahrerrei silk Weavra. am, the dren :*« «f organdy make* ptMrible nut-r ewfaln effsila in titmmlng that run- i not be duplies tad by olher umt crisis H M nisaufnetured m all the light Miadtes as well as whl’e. and the- an <*d atone and ta combination with

J wWt*.

I In the ptftniv ■hove there u an nj amt>l. of what can be done wtlh orgaody in fpe-k and be. t. u u slm I ple dress with plain skirt »»rajird s« narrow a Util* from th# umiji* n f tt,, figure to ttie hem. Narrow frills ne- . out tl» lines There a repetition «f

l this trlcimlua Idas on the

an.