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A WEEK IN ILLINOIS. Forsaking all Others Br AMEUA DVGHElflN CHAPTER IIL-- (Continued.) In troth poor Harrey. In many vays a boy still, needed the comfort the woman he adored alone could give; In her presence he waa apeedlly cheered and soothed. "It's an ugly story, darling," she said. no one knowa It And the situation is substantially the same: yon are your grandfather's heir morally.

It not legally, and surely your mother will not let you suffer all your lite for her tault--no w.oman In her position could be BO wicked." Harvey winced. Only the other day he had thought that-mother little lower than the angels. Helen saw that even she mlgat speak too plainly, aad took, another tone. But Inwardly she rejoiced that the woman she had felt was her superior had not always lived above reproach. The knowledge promised a certain hold upon her, and In her manner toward Gladys when they met there was a.

hint of power and a measure of contempt the latter found it hard to bear. Harvey's demeanor, too. had altered. days be looked grave. Although perfectly respectable" to-his- mother he spoke to her as seUom as possible, addressing most of his remarks, when the little family met at table, to his wife.

Gladys sympathized and waited patiently for "She-knew how galled-, fair, proud spirit must be; still, as tas monotonous days crawled by, bringing no change, she began to feel very lonely. She would have consoled herself with had she been allowea to do so. but Helen had own ideas, wise ones, all of them, on the subject of child rearing. It made an Infant I-reoocious, she said, to notice them too much; his intellect should be allowed to develop gradually. As Tor the Inane nonsense called baby talk, no child of hers should listen to It.

Good English was just as simple' and far more sensible. And Gladys, who would have cooed the sweet mother jargon by the hour, all the world forgetting save the smiling mite in her arms, knew that a af was inf 0 Titld. and accepting it, taped, and Gladys was responding them In kind as she took her place at hla right. had long ago Helen the head ot the eted It. aad Harvey was to her there, and she herself oared nothing for petty distinctions.

The conversation moved on pleasantly; It a -trifle haltingly, and presently Gladys announced her intention oS vitlng Mr Barr and or two othertriends to dinner. "I had thought of next Tuesday. Harvey, if yon disengaged tor that evening." she said. "We are. as far as I know." he answered, glancing-at his wlffc.

Helen did not respond. She was displeased that Mrs. Athertot should contemplate entertaining cosausny at all. by It. SbVwrid Ntaia, Wa favor oaly by snbvitttet to hto wWs seeoted.

ymw of counted tor noUttag; alt IMS ten thts accuse! of which ske was tacafVbte. he listen to Before toe was halt over rose tram table with a anger that ker. for RECORD OF HAPPRNINCS FOR: SEVEN DAYS. Dm ItcrMta nest i ou to Harvey instead of to herself. and went on eatlag her dinner I opened her in her uBual deliberate way.

She bad a fine appetite, and, took excellent her digestion. asWise won- raahted afcouM by Helen and desptetec Hwwv: I terial tore that crushes ott all I affections a BOB; the ot it holy. turtbw ttea that day. aad was ot violent thunder storms poretiar to seasoa. Ste home drcttcked shivering wild.

wfco waiting fcr her oa a side with a thick shawl, almost tarried ker ta her room, aad without" dressed and put ker to bed, "We shall haw you down a fever next." sfce grumbled. "You about for it tetorV Gladys, strangely inert. whew be tho "It 1 aai Phebe. and I fear I to be, no wait but yea. I be sjid an should.

Keep Hsrwy oct of the room at "Thea we'll say Tuesriay evening." hazards. POP? boy! If ae said Gladys, all unconssdous of wht learn was passing in Helen's mind, and Mis- "It wsuU; pal she regarded the matter as settled. asnst It was not until the very day ci the ried eauplo kiwited ieto a dinner that she discovered her error. Glaoys' conultk-n. "Ihst 0 By this time Harvey wre.

oa I define; I'll as you say. I their old terias again, the coolness i give, the keys lo Mrs. twecn -them--apparently added, feelius was never she had very ill i will keep her oat of wa-." said GtaOys with a taiat Then her Q-es ajrsin ac-1 she a tnjubicd 1 Next nscrning wjsa tossing wSth and for three lawiihs know lioiTnas Of what ou around conversation, for her per- her. One bright October day she sistent lack of Interest ia any talk ia eced ker eyes awd into Phctvj's taiihfal woman, wearied by long vigils, was noil- ding in ber chair by the "Why. 1'iwtsi, hew thin you esolaimcd in a weak voice.

Phebe up wuh a -stificsl cry. Cftk annual of the State Conference on came to a close at OhanijkJLign. after twu days' vork. report ot roumlttees oa outdoor in counties was given by President David FVlnly of Normal. discussion of subject was led by Dr.

J. VT. Pettit ot Ottawa. Miss Addms of Hull house. Chicago, spoke "Education and Public Charity." discussion was led by Dr.

Oscar King of Chicago. meeting will be held, at Unvoln the fourth Wednesday of next November. newly elected offlcerj -are: President, D. Hurky. Chicago; first vice- president, DauiAiUe: oad vsco presWent, Mrs.

Hariy Svhwoppe. Alton: svs-retary. Mrs, Henry Raaiey. Carroilton. Resolutions were adopted asking that a legislaUvo coraiuittec take up the question ol extension of the juvenile cottri and thst the- merit plied to state, educational.

correctional institutions. INTER dp MHMMMl CWCUUTMN OFMJL Always American Always Republican TW WTOU.Y MTW OOIAN WIPKin ALL AMD mnt OUUPCTT LfTCTATOTM tt Bright. Clem art PNCkcd with Han The MB ceAunos it Ji iatensting cftiMrcacswefJM 'to DTTER OCEAN a wTCTBRN NEWSPAPER, aad 1 fawBy THE NEWS THB WORLD to ai afl nuKlnia of day, to of Wofcrn fMfdc dhcva urjr-PRKE ONE DOLLAR PER DULY MDWIUUrCMTMNn OF IK WTER OCUI I 7 f-Mra Vftlft CTERStEiWTtUWEST, INTER OCEAN'S NEWS 18 1 A roctnt- and resented them in her waj-. Glsdj-s. however.

guve no evidence that she observed anything amiss: am sme you will Vrs, Itarr. Helen day hoping to draw the younser left Harvey's baby to Kad she been a strong-minded woman she would have have risen above her trials and found happiness In her own occupations; but she was only a gentle, clinging creature to whom love was as the breath of life. That gone. She how Har- djspleased, could neglect her so. In the been everything to each other.

Now he seldom gave her a thought: his wife was his all in all. Helen's coldness did not -ftmt- her blood, which she was not directly included was irksome. "She is a girt after your own style--an excellent dausiter, now a capable wife. I hope, you will become friends." "Thank you," said Helen, in wintry tones. "1 a-n not a believer in married Women's friendships.

My husband antJ my hild suffice for me. A woman's home should be her kingdom." Harvey for the smlieTw her though every word were a nugget ot Col. Kwu. Colonel G. XT.

Evans, a ivinker of Mount 'Yernon. from a flrotfe of apoplexy He was bora in Virginia in 1S2 of "Welsh, During 'the gold Colonel Evans went to California, and for a time engaged" rtTcfin- iag ventures. He was colonel the i'nion array in the civil war. la was tho candidate ot the Grvea- back psrty for staw treasurer, Ear- years he was uienliScd with business interests aad a iu lie jun! -Xtuslero. nilroad.

and was perhaps tV lArswsT Isnil owner and the man in Jefferson county, in politics Colonel EvaLs was a Bryan DeaMxr.t. Profession awards 5. C. LEWIS; f. SUMMER.

COMBDTATIOU RATES. "Oa. wr Isttb. lamb, thank j-ou've come to us asain'." she said, tears strt-amiai: from her errs. "Way.

URW have I beon Gladys otKetk. weeks." "Four; tnougn every -( the woadirful faol over. wisdom fresh from the. mine, and add- to Phebe with her own merry scute, ed a trine less deliberately: "And haven you given "I dislike strangers, and care noth- i to eat in all that tiaie.jwa cruel worn- ing tor social pleasures, so I I am' far.sishins;-" truthfully say I am sorry I shall THE A I 1 A and she had no claim on her but she bad given her life to Harvey, and his indifference was hard to bear. One cold, rainy day Phebe found her crying, in her private parlor, which was divided from sleeping and dressing rooms by a wide hall.

The curtains were drawn and the spacious apartment usually so pretty In its tints of crimson and blue seemed cold and gloomy. CHAPTER IV. The housekeeper "said not a word. lwt went to the windotf aad threw back the curtains, then match to the wood laid ready in the grate. The flames leaped forth as It glad td escape from their resinous prison, making glittering reflections in the polished tiles and filling every corner with a rosy glow.

Phebe rolled her mistress' favorite chair to th.e hearth. "Come and sit here. MUs Gladys, while I get you a cup of coffee. It will warm you up. The room is like a vault" Gladys crushed back a sob and meekly did as she was bidden.

She always obeyed Phebe. She drank the coffee when It was brought and looked apologetically Into the housekeeper's if grim face, "I miss Louise so much:" she said. "I know all about It. Miss Gladys. That reason will do as well as any other.

When are you going to have Mr. "Walter Barr and his young wife here to dinner? They've been married three months now." "I suppose I ought to Invite them It i meet "Mrs. Barr this "What do you mean. Nell? Have you forgotten she is to come here to dinner?" i Owr "No; but you and I are to dine at father's. I promised hia ten days i perhaps is no strp'e article I about less is by the iv- flickered as she encountered Harvey's I article ot astonished stare.

Gladys, too, looked The Illinois Stock ass.H: elortcd oScers at SpriacneM es follows: President. A. P. Grout. Winchester; first viov president.

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DOLLKHAN. 4 20 2 00 Oiurianat Knquirer, Century Magazine, St, Nicholas, DoinoroKt's Mapazinft, i Harper 5 Harper's Weekly, Harper's Young People, Toledo Blade, St. Louis Jii'pablic, I 1 Pleasant Hourc, 2 Bmljrotof Fori, Ileslie'H Pop Monthly NationarTntoano New York World, Review of Reviews lOolinan's Rural World All Bubticriptions at imtea are caah in 1 also elcvled offlccis. IWmmto FUNNYGRAPHJ Mrs, Dix--But hs Isn't working; he has a politlcA) job. Mrs.

Hlx--I'm glad to hear that la working nptlp surprise- msa is that the dealers, in huuiaa hair sotnl not depend OK chance clippings aad there, bat that there is a regular hair harvest can always be relief upon. It is esvifi'-ated that over 12,000.000 pouaus of human hair annually in rivilned world for adorcin? the of women, says a. unsolicited information," i icr i the Toletlo Coarier. Two- Gladys saw an ominous lock in Har- nc ia v.s* false hiitilv She had uoro or less. The decree, of or the dtsSre to conceal a de- ffrt 6r heighten a charm is tho reason, of course.

One woman, tor instance, has a high toreestd and wishes to re- surprised. "My dear girl." Harvey burst out. "why 4n the world did you cot tell the mater so when she was making arrangements for her dinner?" "Because she did not consult me. She I addressed you. and took It tor granted I had no engagements.

1 never otter It is reported at Elgin thai nepatl- stsons are way for the purchase oi ElRin, CariH-ntersvllle. Asirora l.int- by fie This company has secured 'a frviM Elsin to Chicago by way ot and recently was grante.1 a franchise by tho city council. The officers of the local company at Elgin will aot confirm or deny the reported sale. The local cotapaay lias a line from Carpomersville to Geneva, a distance of eighteen besides the city system. Dogs may have family trees, but yon cannot tell them by their He--What It 1 myself proposing to you? should consider you a pretty good catch.

One swallow may not make a summer, but one bull frog makes a spring ono banana skin a fall. I do-with. vey's eyes, and rose hastily. She had no desire to witness a matrimonial squabble. "It is not of- the least consequent.

Harvey. I should like Helen to meet Mrs. Barr, who has a great deal of social influence, but there will be plenty of opportunities for her to do so ia the future, as I intend to open the house to my friends again. I havs been living too quietly ot late." She looked full at Helen, and there WAS a touch of defiance in the ot duce it in appearance. Another has worn ott the front hair ly conUnaeJ triuing.

wouia lUte to oorreal tac fact. maJce use or front or top piece, with-a i Ladies' WIRS ccst of many styles, froia and looked full at Helen, and there wu a lf tQ; iwvs and SV! hes, touch of defiance in the ot tr to quaUty. both. "Do not ghe this little misun- Tfce sapply af haJr dcrstand'ing a thought. 1 shall not; or 5 Uoraiany and tV for it isn't worth it." Thore is a human She had left the room the last Tt-ord was uttered, and ran lightly down the piassa steps to the ganlen.

"What a woman:" she thought, "What a hard, narrow, reveasolul, sullen woman! Poor Harvey: 1 hope he FO said Gladys, brightening a lit- But Mrs. Harvey so objects to TV is the house ta be kept like please her? She has her has- i I baby, and you have nobody, It little larvpy may continue blind to the end. hfs only chance for happiness." She need not have been concerned for Harvey. Already Helc-. her arms about his neck, her voice broken with -J" emotion, was making her cause Rood; and although he could exactly 4 French provinces.

Thore is a human hair markot ia Mrrisus, in the department ot the lower Pyrenees. ev- erv Friday. HunO.rwls ot hair traders walk up and down the one street of i the their shears danglisij belts, aad inspect the the pessHit pirls, stand- steps of the houses. Kt It a Is out an.l the money spr', tho price varying to In our money. Ihreo trrmriwJ Px- tone.

near Jollet, ami started to rlun- ail the storts in the village. Arme I with shotguns, a posse was scoh unions the rosMents and a pitched battle Cue of the robbers was captured a.ul I ia the county Jail Johct, gives the name of Hdward Smith and says he Is from St. Ixnis. Ke re- tusfs 10 divulge tl-e identity of his rUos. wLo on on IIKnoIt Central freight rr.d are i.sppciiU to have gone lo Chicago.

"RQTAL BLUE St. Louis, Cmcinru Louisville, Cclumb Pitfsburg; Washi Baltirriore, New York. It is where Gladys had erred, he is soon convinced that his wife had 1 wni- tonly insulted, aad V.TIS in consequence. Nothins; cirM flnfs 1 tbls long article about the milk trugtr "It do same kolnd av strange." muted janitor philosopher, "thot mon began atin' oata whin th' automobile came In "Halton said If my chickens camo over in his yard he would shoct My parrot went over and shot that" "Did he give any explanntlon?" "Yes; he went over to the piano and sang. Look Like Chlckm to WORLD'S MtAT OUTPUT.

-el. Mn ton's. Pjrk. tons. Mutton.

2.S10.«uO tons. Tlal. tons. The Vnlteil furnishes 4,500.000 tons, or nearlv one-third. 2.L "'0 tons.

Germany. 3 tona. Austria. l.J "0 tons, 1 -C I o.ll'lu i Pullman Iirnwln i Cora. Rooni.Slcrp!' Monl A at Populm Fir Rntoc, Mnps-Tlmr-Tn'i Spmoetfsitll uu uny flrl.t: O.

Cioncrul I'. I.ove.oy of made an investigation of if dhtesse. which infects a herd cattle shipped from Nebraska, to Spring Valley. He pronounced thr disease to be Tex.is fcvrr in a secondary str.se. Ho said the disease ia this sttge is not contagions.

B. TIME Trains lows: A t'i Bpaln. ASO.OP-' 1 Argentina, 000 "ons. No. 3.

1, 11 ii 3o, around hor and the know it. '1 more, but you're to and I'm not In- and you fid" away i Ronv vourself. rey r. rtjiT'-rrnt creature II "nnir onre more 1 tboimlitfully into tho been further from tho i either fool: She ductivc eyes, tear dren' red lips qu'r, r- ii Ir.irncsl at trtrr--o- irr'-'h tie of bint" oT that is electc of tho I'll .0 trr.nil 1 few men are xviac i tho Ftirr iv and the bitter I I Oi Gli.lys' was r. I in I i "If oT i' 111 .1 i 1 1 i i IP and White, and bo in voluntarily.

"Why. how lowly are this even- JM cxoteuBffw this plaint. Slu I nti- i lirnrj on" of Wll. roun Am In a pop- I knowa and raoal nrosperout I Am If -4 -wi- i "fT 1 jrnericai..