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•Miy,- no sinil, "ive lieen tliliiklnfe a pood (leal wlille I've been aw.iy this InsI tlmo. X(i\v, the way I look nt It, tills college course of mine i.sn't worth while. .\nd the kind of work I wnnt to do doesn't need unlvei'nlty training. I want to 1)0 down on the stroet, ns the governor wns. If this riililior <'oini)nny I buKlno.'^s hadn't knocked us out I In¬ tended n.s soon ns I wns of age to take that sent of Ills and start tn for mj"- self. 'Well, lhat chance has pone, but I mean to get In some wny, though I have to start at the foot of the ladder. Now, why can't I leave college and start now? If will bo two years gain¬ ed, won't It';"
Cniitaiii ICllslia seemed pleased, but he shook his head.
"IIow do vou know you'd like It?" he nsked.   "You've never tried."
"No, I ^ever bave, but I'll like It. all right. I know I shall. It's wbat I've \vanted to do ever siii'o I wns old enough to tlilid; of sm-li things. Jusl let me start in now, right nway, nnd I'll show you. I'll mnke good, you sec If I don't."
Thnt evening the captain made a definite |ii-oi>osal to Sleiihen. It was briefly that, while not consenting to the latter's leaving college, he did eo;i- sKb-r that a trial of the work In a broker'.s ofllco miglit be a good tiling. Therefore If the young nmn wished he could enter the employ of a friend o." Sylvester and remain duriug July and August.
The novel, tho wonderful tale which Captain Kllshii wns certain would mako Its author fnmous. wns flnished thnt very day in June when Stephen came bnck from New Haven.
The advance copy, tbe first one, was ready early in September, and the au thor, of course, brought It immediately to his friends. Tliey found the dedica tlon especially interesting, "To (J. W. nnd E. AV.. consulting specialists at tho lltciary clinics, with grateful ac¬ knowledgments." Probably Captain Ellsbu wns never (irouder of nnythlng. even his flrst command, tban of tha' dedication.
.\nd the story, when ut last It appear ed for snle, was almost from the lie¬ ginnlng 11 KUccess, nnd, most lmp(n-tanl of all jierhaps. It sold and contiHUed t 1 sell. There was sotnelhlng in It, its humnnlty, ils simplicity. Its clearl.. mnrked characters, whch mnde a hit. PenrWii no longer needed to seek imb Habers; Ihey sought him. Ills short stories Were bid for iiy the magnzlnes. and bis [iiices climbed and climbed. He found himself suddenly planted in tho middle of tho highwuv to prosper¬ ity.
The novel bein^' out of the wny nnd its successor not yet far enougli ad- vanctvl hi plot or (general plan for much discussion, the -lilerary clinics" were no longer us freciuent. But I'earson's visits to the Warren house were not discontinued. All summer long bo had been coming out oik'o and usually twli-e a week, t'aiitain Kllshn hud told him not io staiyl oil fornmlity, to come any tbne, niiir 111- did. On most of these occasions lie foimfl tho cui)taln ut home, but if only Caroline was there he seemed <piile contented. The cnp tnln wns iilnnning a glorious Thanks giving. .\t l("ast It woui.l be glorious to bim, for h(> Intended spending tlio day and several days nt iiis own home Ul South Denboro. He woult'i not leave Caroline, of course; she was going with him. Steve would be then-, though iie would not come untU Thanliagivlng day Itself., Sylvester also would be of the party. He seemed delighted at the opportunity. Pearson was asked and had accepted. Ills going was so far a settled thing that bo had commissioned Captain Ellsha to purchase a stateroom for him on the Kail river boat, for, of course, the captain wo Jd not consider their traveling the entire distance by trahi. A dny or two later Pearson an¬ noimced that ho had decided not to go.
"Hoy?"  Cnr*Hlu Ellsha could •carce¬ ly believe he had heard correctly.  "You can't go- to South Denboro?" "No."
"Why not, for the land aakesT Oome here:   Let me look at you."
Ilo took tho young man by the arm and led him, nlmost by main strengih. clotie to the lighted window of the nla tlon.
"Huniiih."' ho grunted after a mo uient's s( nitlny. "You've mude up your mind; I can seo that. Have yon told (.'Hroliiie?    Does she know?"
PoHrson smiled, but there «as little mlrtli ill (he Miiile. "I think she agrees with mo tliat It U best," he observed.
"lliinipli!    She  does,   hey?     I   want ' to know:    Look here, Jim!    Have you j and she" He got no further, for Pearson broke
He said you agreed with lilin 'twos best ho shouldn't go. Do you inlnd tellln' me why? Hnvo yon and he had n fnllln' out?"
Still she was silent. He sighed. "Well," he observed, "I see you hnve, and I don't blnme you for not wniitln' to tnlk about It.   I'm nwful sorry.   I'd
begun to hope that— However, we'll change the subject."
"Undo," she said, 'you know I al¬ ways w.Tiit to talk to you. Mr. Penr- ¦on nnd I havo not quarreled, but I think—I think It best that I sbould not eee hini ngMiii. II would only make It Lnr(l(>r for liim, nnd It's of no uso."
Cnptnin Kllslia sUrlied u'-'iln. "I guess I iinilerstand. ('iirolliie.* I pre¬ sume likely I do. Ho—bo usked some- thin' of yoii, and you couldn't say yes to hlrn. Tlml was It, 1 suppose. Needn't tell me unless you really want to, you understand," be nddcd hnstili*.
"But I do. I ought to tell you. Uu¬ cle lOllshn, Mr. Pearson nsked me to be his wife."
The captain gnve no evidence of sur¬ prise.
"Yes," be replied gravely; "I Judged thnt was it. .\nd you told him you couldn't, I suppose. Well, dearie, that's a question nobody ought to answer but
[iletcly otr Ills gnard. "Tve had r'lan.s for Steve all along. He's doin' fust rate In I bat broker's office, lenrnln' the Irade. When he's out of collego I'm goln' to turn over your dad's seat on Iho stock e.xcbnngo to him. .Vot give It fo hlin, you know—not light off—but let blni try, and thon, If be mnkes a
good flst at ItT he'll have it permanent I ain't told lilm. and I don't want you to, but it's what r\c |ilaiined for him. and"—
"Wnlt! Wnlt, uncle, please! The Stoek Excliain-'o seat? rnther's seat? I don't soe—I don't understand."
"Ves, yes." ea,'.'erly: "your pa's sent. I've mount It for Steve. There's been chnnces enough to sell it. but I wouldn't do that. 'Twas f^or bim, Caro¬ line, nnd he's f;oiir lo bave It."
"But I don't see how—why, I thought"—
By Iho light from the doorway he saw thnt she was" gazing al him with a strange expression. She lor»ked as If she wus about to ask another ques¬ tion. Ue waited, but she did not ask It.
The Stock Exchange seat had been a part of her father's estate, a part of her own nnd Steve's inlierltance. How could Captain Wnrren havo retained such a costly pnrt of tbo forfeited es¬ tate in bis possession? Eor It was In hl.s possession; he was going to give It to^er brother when the latter left college. Who wns this mysterlou.^ mnn her father bnd defrauded? She had never wished to know before; now she did. And Ille more sho pondered the more plaiisllile her suspicion be¬ came.
NOVK.MliKU wcallirr mi is wljut Cnptuln Elisl:
"And  yet you  sent  him  away.   WhyT"
the one. * You didn't care for him enough, I suppose. Caroline, you don't care for nnybod.v else, do you? You don't still care for that other feller, that"—
"Uncle," she sprang up, hurt and In¬ dignant, "how can you?" she cried. "How could you usk that? What must you think of me?"
"Please. Caroline," he protesteu;*t-^''''i "please don't. I beg your pardon. 1 was a fool. I knew hetter. Don't go. Tell me the real reasou. Now tell me. Was It that you couldn't care for Jim enough?"
"I—I like Mr. Pearson very much. I respect and admire him."
"But you don't love bim. I see. Well," sadly, "there's another one of my dreams gone to euuasL. However, you did Just right, dearie. Feelin' thut way, you couldn't marry him, of course."
"Thnt was not the reason," she said In a low tone.
"Hey?" He bent toward her. "Wbat?" he cried. "That wa'n't the reason. you say?   You do care for him?"
She wus silent.
"Do you?" ho repented gently. "And yet you sent bim away.   ^Vhy?"
She faltered, trieil to speak and then
CHAPTER XVIII. The Stock Exchange Seat.
1 < ape Cod ha describ¬ ed as "considoralile cbanie.v." "The feller tlmt can guess it two days ahead of time," ho declared, "is wast- In' his talents. Ho could make u liviu' prophesyln' most anything, even the market price of cranberries." When Caroline, Sylvester and the captain reached Soulh Denboro after what I seemed, to the two unused to the leisurely winter schedule af the rail¬ road, an iiiternilnable journey from Fall River, the girl thought she had never seen a more gloomy sky or a more forbidding scene.
But she kept her feelings hidden ou her uncle's u'l ount. Tbe captain was probably the hapiilest individual in the state of Massachusetts that morning. Ho hailed the train's approach to Sand- as the entrance to Osiuble coun¬ ty, the promised land, and from that station on e."ccitedly pointed out fa¬ miliar landmarks and bits of scenery and buildings wilh the gusto nnd en¬ thusiasm of a .schoolboy.
At Denboro he pointed out Pete Shut- tuck's livery stiible, where the borso and buggy came from which had been the means of transporting Graves and himself to South Denboro.
"See!" he cried. "See that feller holdin' up the comer of the depot with his back, the one that's so broad In the beam he ha.s to draw lu bis breath afore he can button his coat. That's Pete. You'd think he waa too sleepy to cnre whether 'twas today or next week, wouldn't you? Well, If you was a summer boarder and wnnted to hire a tenm you'd flnd Pete was awake and got up early. If a ten cent piece fell off the shelf In the middle of the night
Miss Hal.ir had planned that her young guest should sit In state, with folded hands, in the [inrlor. She seem¬ ed.to consider Ihnt the proper conduct for a former menibor of New York's best society. But Caroline refused to sit In the parlor and be "comjiany." She Insisted upon hclphig.   Miss Baker
protested and deilaied \:.oix> was uotb* ing on earth to be done. Iii:l  her guest Insisteil that if there w ¦    not she her- I self must sit.    As .Vli:.;e woul* have ' as  soon   thought   of  nlloiiding  church without   wearing   lior  .ict   cairings  as she would of sitting dov.n  before din¬ ner, sho giiM- 111 allor awhile and per¬ mitted  Caroline  to  lielji  in  nrrangliis the table. "Why,   you   do   fust   nite!"   she  ex- I claimed in siirjirlse.   "You know where I everything oiiplit to go, Just ns If you'd I been Koitin' table all your life.    And ! you   ain't,   because   LIslia   wrote   you I used to keep hired help, two or three of 'em. nil the time." Caroline laughed.
"I've l>een sludyliig housekeeping fqf almost a yoar," she said.
"And they teach that—at school?" she demanded. "And tako money for It? And call it s'lence? My land! I guess I was brought up In a scientific household, then. 1 was the only girl In the family, and mother died when I was ten years old."
After dinner she conr.ented to sit for a time, though not until she had don- ' ned her Sunday best, earrings nnd alL j Captain Elislin und Syivest«'r sat with ' them, nnd llie big fireplace lu the sit¬ ting room blazed and roared us it had 1 not  siuce lis  owner  left  for  his long sojourn In the city.
Caroline's mind was busy with the suspicion whirh her uncles words con¬ cerning bis future plans for Steve had i aroused. She bad thought of Uttle else since she heard tliem. The cap¬ tain did not mention the subject again. I'ossibly on reflection he decided that he had alreadj said too mu"h. And she asked no more questions. She de¬ termined not to question him—yet. She must think first and then ask some one else—Sylvester. Her opportunity came the following
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i^ne more (|ue>fioii. Mr. Sylvester, who la this mysterious jierson—this stock¬ holder whom f.-itber defrauded, tUs person who wKhos his name kept a .sei-ref. bul \\ lio does sinh quier Iblaiii'i' Who is be?"
"Caroline, i tell you I cannot answer these questions. He does wish to re- main unknown, a.-< I to|d you and yoar brother when we first learned of Mm uud his claim. If I were to tell you I sbould liioaU my faith with bin. You must ex< use jiie; you really uiist."
"Isn't be uiy uncle. Elisha Warren?"
Sylvester was luiIfAxay to the deor. but she was in bis jiuth und looking him directly in the face.    Ho hesitated.
"I thought so." she suld. "You needn't answer. Mr. Sylvester. Your face Is answer enough. He is. How coul4 I have been so blind?"
turned away.    He put his arm about j he'd hear it, though I've known him to
sleep while the minister's barn bunieil down. The jiarson had been prenchin' against horse tradin'. Maybe that ser¬ mon was responsllile for some of the morphine Influence."
Sylvester was enjoying himself huge¬ ly. ('ai)tnin Ellsha's exuberant com¬ ments were great fun for bim. "This Is wlmt I came for." he confided to Caroline. ''I don't care if It rains or I snows. I could sit and listen to your I imele for a year and never tire. He's a wonder."
Dan, the captain's hired man, met them with the carriage at the station, and Aliss Baker met tliera ut the door of the Warren home. The exterior of the big. old fashionod, rambling house wns bivliing and homelike in spite of the gloomy weather, and Caroline cheered up a bit when they turned In at the gate. Flvo minutes of Miss Abl gall's society nnd ail gloom disappear¬ ed. One could not be gloomy where Miss -Vbbie was. Her smile of wel¬ come was so broad that, as her em¬ ployer said, "It took In all outdoor aud some of Punkhorn Neck," a place which, he hastened to add, "wus forgot durin' creation aud has sort of hap¬ pened of Itself since."
Abbie conducted Caroline to her room —old fashlonoil, like the re-i of the hou.se, but cozy, warm and cheery— und, after helping In the removal of her wraps, seized her by both bands and tiKik n long look at her fuce.
"You'll excu.-<> my bein' so familiar on short acquaintance, dearie." she said, "but I've heai-d so much about you that I feel's If I knew you like owu folks. And you are own folks. | ain't you?   Course >on are!   Everv <ine I
her and stroked her balr.
"Don't yon ery, dearie," he begged. "I won't bother you any more. You can tell me some other time—U' you want to. Or you needn't tell ma at alL    It's all right; only don't cry."
"I mustn't be so silly," sho said.    "'1 had   made  up   my   mind   to  tell   you everything and I shall.    My not caring for Mr. Pearson was not my reason for refusing  hliu.     Ho  would   maiTy   me, poor as I nm.   And perhaps I—perhaps I should say yea If thiugs were differ¬ ent.    I iiiiow I should say yes aud be very,  very  happy.    But I cun't and  1 won't!    I won't!    I suppose you think I have  lieen  |ierfectly  satisfied  to let you take care of me and of my broth¬ er nnd give us a home and all that we needi\i and more, but I have not been contented   with   that,   nor   has   Steve. He and I hnvo mnde our plans, nnd we shall cnrry  them out.    He will leave college in two years nud go to work in earnest.    Before that time  I  shnll  be ready to teach.    I have been studying with Just that Idea lu view.   I haven't told you before, uncle, but one of the domestic science teachers at the uni¬ versity Is a girl I used to know slight¬ ly.    She is gohig to t>e married uext year,  nnd If all  goes well  I  may  be appointed   to   her  position   when   she leaves.    Steve and  I  have planned It all.    His salary at flrst will be smnll. and so will mine, but together we can earn   enough   to   live   somehow,   nnd later on when he earns more perhaps we may bo nble to repay a llttlo of all that you lune given us.   We shall try. I shnll Insist upon It."
"Cnroline Wnrren, Is that the reason you sent ,IIni away?   Jii 1 you tell him
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The lawyer, nervous, chagrined and
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After  breakfast   < aptalu   Elisha  went
downtown   lo  call on  some  acquaint¬
ances.
After the ca[italn had gone Sylvester sat down before the fire In the sitting room to rend a Boston newspaper. As he sat there Caroline entered and clos¬ ed the door behind her. Miss Abigail was in tlie kitchen busy with prepara¬ tions for the morrow's I'Uira pudding.
The girl took the chnir next that oc¬ cupied b.\ lhe lawyer. He put down hl.<3 paper and turned to ber.
"Mr. Sylvester." she said. "I wish you Would tell lue something about the value of a seat on the stock exchange. ¦'What Is tho price of one?"
The la«.ver looked at her In surprise.
"The value of a seat on the stock ex¬ change?" ho repented.
"Yes. What does It cost to buy one?"
He hesitated, wondering why she sbould   be  interested   In   thnt  subject.
to go or stay. He took his handker¬ chief from his pocket and wijied hia foreliead.
"Whew!" he exclaimed. "Well, by George!"
She pnld no aiteuiion to him. but went on. speaking apiiarently to her¬ self. ~
"It explains e\erytblng," sh^ said. "He wus fiilhcr's brother, and fatJier in some ^\a.v Imik and used his moiie.t^ But father knew what sort of mnn he was. and so he asked hira to be our guardian. Father fbougbt he would be kind to us. 1 sujipose. -Vnd he has been kind—he has But wli.r did he keep It a secret? Of course the money was his. .\U we had was his by right. But to say nothing and to let us be¬ lieve"—
Sylvester Interrupted quickly. "Caro¬ line. Caroline." he said, "don't make any niistakc. Don't misjudge your uncle again. He is a good man, one of the best men I ever knew. Yes, and one of the wisest."
"Oh. Mr. Sylvester, please, now tkat I do know, now that you have told ane so mu> ll. won't you tell me the reat, thp reason and all of it?    Please!"
The lawyer shook his hend, regard¬ ing ber with an expression of annoy¬ ance and relu tant admiration.
"Now that I've tidd you,'' he repeat¬ ed. "1 d ui't remember that I've told you aiiyt!!ii:g."
"But yoii have. Nof In words, i)er haps. Viut .Villi hnve told me. I know. Please go 011 and tell uie all. If you don't." wi';' •'i-rnilnatioii. "I shall make Uic !¦• 1  tell nie ns soon as
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BOYS QOlSii  T<)  W.AR.
tliat?    Did y.iu tell hlrn you wouldn't | of Uslia's letteiN htive had four pages murry him on account of me?"
I    "No, of I ourso I did notl" Indignant¬ ly.     "I   told   him—I   said  I   must  not
I think of marrlago; It was lmpo».slble.
: .\nd It Is.    You know It la. Uncle Kll-
I sha."
I     "I   don't   know  any  such  thing.     If
j you want lo make me happy, Caroline, you couldn't find a lietter way than to
I l)e   Jim    Pearson's    wife.     And
away and, with a hurried "Good night," strode up the platform to meet the city bound train. Captain Ellsha entwrod the hou.so by tho baik door, a remnant of South Denboro habit, aud saw Ills nieie. a shadowy figure, Beate<l by the window. He crossed to her side.
"Well, Caroline," he said cheerfully, "I'm home agnln. Iiearie, I Just met Jim Pearson. He tells ma he's decided not to ao OD this caoe cruise of cues.
you would bo happy, too; yoa aald so."
"But I am not thlukliig of happi¬ ness. It Is my duty—to you and to my own self respect. And not only that, but to Steve. Some one must provide a home for him."
"But you won't hare to leare him. Steve's future's all flxed. Pre provid¬ ed for Steve."
"What do yon mean?"
"What I aay." The captain was varr mueh etcitad and for once eom-
of you to one of anything else. I be gun to think .New York wus notldn' but you and n whole lot of ten storj- bouses. I declare, you're nlmost i>rettier than he said. .May I kis.s you? Id like to." She did. and they were friends nl once.
The house nnd  buildings were sp.ii
less In pniiif und whitewash; the yard
was raked clean of every dead leufaiid
twig; the whole establishment  was so
neat that Caroline remarked upon It.
"It Uxiks an If It hnd been scoured.' she said.
"Um hm," observed her uncle. With a gmtlfled nod; "that's Abide. She hates dirt Worse than she does laziness, and that ain't HaylW a little I tell her shod sundsoap the weather vane If she could climb up to It. As 'tis, she stays below *ud superintends Dan while he does It"
And you are our own folks, aint youT"
Captain Klislia had not told him a word of the Interview following Pearson's laat visit
"Well," be replied, smiling, "they're pretty expensive, I'm afraid, Caroline. I think the last sale was at a figure be¬ tween .^'.Ki.iHKi and $100,000."
"Indeed:     Was   father's  seat  worth as niui'h as that?'' "Yes."
"But," with a sigh, "that   I suppose, went with the rest of the estate." "Yes. "
"Into the hands of the man who took It all?"
"Yes; the same bands," with a aly smile at his own private Joke.
"Then how docs It happen that my uncle bus It In his possession?"
The liiw.ver smiled no more. He tumetl in his (hair and gazed quickly and keenly at the young lady l^eslde him. And her ga«e was Justas keen as his own. "Why!    Has he?"
"Yes. And I think you know he has, Mr. S.\lvester. I know It be¬ cause he told mo so hlm.self. Didn't you know It?"
"I-I cannot answer these questiona," he decl.ired. "They Involve profession¬ al Be<Tets and"—
"1 don't see that thla U a secret My uncle has already told me. What I could not understand was how he ob¬ tained Uie seat from tbe man to whom It was given as a part of father's debt Do you know how he obtained It?"
"Er-well-er—probably  an   arrange
ment was made.    I eannot go Into d«
tails   because   well,   for   obvious   rea
soiis.    You most excuae me, Camllnc."
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Followtng iii a List of "Boys" Who EnUst«-d and l>»ft This Week for the Army.
.¦\njonp those who volunteered and entered tiie army from Nazareth this week  were the following:
Luther D. Clewell, son of Charlea W. Clewell.
Floyd D. Knecht, son of George Knecht.
Edgar A   Kern, son of B. C. Kern.
Willis H. Beck, son of Granville Beck.
Stephen J. Mayrosh, son of John -Mayrosh.
Harry Wunderly, son of Pred. Wunderly.
Brooks B Bonstein, eon of Jerome BoDstcin.
Collin Dodd, of Phllllpeburg, N J., teacher In the Nazareth High School!
Oeorge Ehrig, son of John P. Ehrig.
George Kreidler, Jr., aon of George Kreidler.
Earl Heiney, aon of TheodorQ Heiney.
Thomas L. Davis, Wind Gap, en¬ gineer section.
They were sent to Fort Slucum. .V. Y., and from there are expected to be transferred  to Texas.
Paui Wundrly. son of Asa Wun¬ derly.
Russell Trach, son of Mrs. Llszlf Trach.
Louis Wolf,  SOD   of Harvey Wolf.
Harry Yoat, who was emploved at the Xazareth allk mill.
All of those mentioned above hare entered the aviation section.
Norman Arnold, aon of Jonas Ar¬ nold.
Edgar and Harry Pettit, sona of George  Pettit.
Flo.vd Lahr, aon of Amazon L«hr of Newburg.
Richard Fries, son of Herbert Fries, of Nazareth.
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LaulHtch's Store Opesi Breali^i.
Beginning next Thursday. Decam- ber 20, L«uoa.^h'a dapaKasaat store, at Eaaton, r.-!ll ba opMi until » o'elock every evening until  Chriatniaa