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SERIAL STORY:

DONNA" BIG TOP-

CHAPTER XXXII.

to Con

by BEULAH

POYNIER

1 don't care."

Mis

"No.would no care if you knew, -

"I don't know. A day—maybe a ry?" she demanded. week."

"Out tu Siddal' Say, meant little * Holidays

"You see it's this way. We've only Planter, d'ye, know who that feller David. He was not even aware that got three private baths and the drum that come in on the noon train is ?"

comes in

and the day he landed in Lebanon wax mer for Speigal and Co. Thanksgiving. As he rode from the Monday and has one of 'em engaged. station to the Commercial House In The same day the drummer for Looky

here-see kin envelope? It and saya

Yes, Renfroe's Circus, the shabby bus that its driver, Lom Deering his another engaged Burby, called "the hack," it dawas! Miss Tullver, a permanent, fu tho the who he is! He's the feller upon Con that for some reason all other. Of it you're only here that did that animal ac

circus here last einmer." the stores were closed and the streets fur

pearance for a town al 4,000, "Somebody dend 7" he cynically of Lem.

huck driver "Not

a day Surau

Pete's Ar

sir.

with the

had a more than usually deserted ep-; "Give the what you have," Con "What d'ye mean?" Mrs. Planter and detained Inquiredrranted impatiently. "You ca

mo inter if I stay longer." him as he started to wriggle part got to do with "Pete Rader called to a sandy her. "What's he "Lot of folks went to Chicago or haired youth funding beside a window your going out to the Siddal farma ?** Indianapolis for the holidays," the chewing on a tooth pick. Take this

ing me with a letter, answered laconically. gentleman

to: any drummers in town."

Pete giggled. "That's_my, secrel." Holiday? Oh, this is Thanks-

Your Pu know you're going?" isn't it?"

leaned forward to see the name giving it at his tone passenger

are. And I'm to get a dollar

on the envelope. Lem with more interent. "Sure., Reckon it doesn't mean much to you?”

for it. Pretty soft for me, eh?"

lem," mumbled Mrs. Planter,

*

to 44.

Con intended to telephone to the Siddal farm from his room, but beShe discovered, spon entering, that there was no telephone there. The boy' placed his

Engs on a rack for that and turned to u

Less than nothing. Only it's wait a minute. Do you know releasing, bim, "Hem!**

rather a Jokel

The

You mean you think you're going to miss your turky and fixinge? You don't need to worry about that. Commercial House has a mighty fine cook. Kinder sour tit, oh, there's no one in this neck of

that can beat Mrs. Planter's

wood!"

y

the

where the Siddat Farm is 75

"Sure."

"Deceitful critter," she muttered as she continued down the mail. "I'd like to get a message out there. So men come here and write let- What's the quickest way to do itters to her, db they? I'd give a cookie 10 know what was In that send a special delivery letter or letter. Something her husband; telegram?

Telegram would be if the

chance to tele. won't git, a

sce, that's office was open, but it. ain't. It's Martin for sure!" losed on holidays and ro's the pat

of borrowing an ink well Mrs. Planter went Into affee. You could telephone though.

the office and studied the register. Biddals has got a phone."

written nume had been Only one there since morning and the letters leaned out at her, turning her face a dirty peu green.

"I don't want to phone. Would It be worth your while if I gave you a dollar to take a note there for me?" Pete hesitated. "How son's it got to go? Before

Dinner

D. Teight 70 ??

1.

“Con David I might have knowed Thus the name of the feller Febs claims she never married. When

Bill Sirdal And Gut

this about there'll be some hell poppin'. - Yes sir, same hell poppin'!""

Under pretext ta fortunate," Con murmered, Yeh. She's a widow woman who used h

to work for the Siddals. Maybe you don't know who they are, but old Amon Sirdal lives 'bout five miles out on the main roal.

left After he was left without chick or child and blind he hired Mis' Planter to house keep for hint.

and old Reckon her

didn't Fit Amos's granddaughter along none too good for after Mis' Planter had made her home there for over five year

Pho was turned out.

and bag and

had to go to baggak te accented the work at the first syllable of the last word.

Con hid his interest in this in- formation by lighting a cigarette and Inquired casually,

"Wint sort

of woman is the granddaughter that she would do anything so unkind 7

+

the

The Continued).

"Well, after

to enough. You

make trip and be back in

in an hour." "Sare. My car's fliver, til, got speed. Is the note ready?" "Not yet. ' ring when it is." The boy tripped away, whistling | and Coa unpacked ene of his loga. Σ was consideration for Donna that prompted him to notify her of his | A chance remark by pne woman arrival, but when

What A Hospital Patient Overheard.

down patient to another in a famous London

to write the message he found it hospital; lead-to-one-of-them-being- difficult to frame what he wanted to cured from a dreadful complaint in a

most remarkable manner.

"wive weakness.

Lem shifted his tobacco from one check to the other. "Oh, Madeline's

80,. right, I reckon. Probably

Mikay

Mrs. Beatrice Henwood of In his bag he carried stationery Planter, hayin' been there so long, with huge yellow and aed letterheads Nicholas Street, New. North Roud, figured she was boss and Madeline proclaiming Renfroe's eirens and Con's N.I.. was the sufferer. In an inter didn't figure the same way. She was mouth twisted grimly as he started view she told a reporter that it is a iniracle that she is alive and well Circus girl, you see. According to to write on it.

Planter, she's fighty and mebhu After several attempts he finally

to-day. --but I seen her a few times in town wrote, "Dear Donna. I am in town "From early girlhood," she said, "I' and he's a right nice appearing girl, and want to ace you. Ar at the had suffered severely from anaemin, And

Purly!"

Commercial Hotel, but suppose, you and "T

would rather meet me some place

I married my sufferings did " sec

else. Let me know when and where, not cense; but, on the contrary, became but it soon. Your old friend, so had that my husband and friends Co make

became alarmed. Cole placed the sheet of paper in a "I didn't figure you was. Visiting long yellow envelope, als inscribed

one 7 some

with the name of the circus. Then "Perhaps. Tell me where I can he rung and Tete answered the sun hire a taxi."

mons. At sight of the envelope the Rader (that's the feller that owns youth's gooseberry eyes popped the hotel) has a garage and Rome-wide. "Good Gosh! Are you with times his boy, Pete, runs the machine circus?"

sure "Going to stay long in town?" "I don't think so."

wou

as a taxi. Or if you ain't wantin' to "I was."

go to at train time I could drive you' "Yeah, I remember you

Burhanks

in. like you

Maybe

ווין

now!

You

"Eventually it was found I was suffering from gastric haenorrhinge, and on collapsing. I was taken to a big London hospital where for three months I underwent treatment.

"It was while at hospital I learned of. what has proved to be a certain cure for my dreadful complaint. A patient in the next bed to me over- heard the doctor say I was a chronic

case.

new thut show last summer. Neen "need" "you," was the feller that went into the Did you hear-what the doctor-

was close has just said?' asked the patient. The arrival of a guest on Thanks enge with the

lions!

• Wix} {{~\(*) M-nough to bring bath] enough, to ssse good. I recollect you.

nad his wife Gertie, to Geel Gash!

the visitor. From the up-for those whyou afraid. "Yes" I replied,!

Gus welcome stairs window two chambermaids and

"No. You are

the cook peered out to are whe alight answer. And bring it ed from the hus. With the exception unge."

mine has always

to wait for

an

to nie

ut

of three, all

these

N

all the hired help had been given a vacation until Monday.

Lom Bushy tossed Con's bags on Mrs.

•

"Surej

a chronic case. "Then my

fellow patient Bold: Have you heard of the wonderful Dr. Willlama: Pink Pills?' and she added: When you leave the hospital, Because showed no sign try them. Pete read the address, of improvement, I left the hospital William Siddal. Why--aay Inst August, and

came homo; and the

Williams* Pink

tions, and to my great satisfaction "Or

to improve.

The course. Run along."began

terrible course, of "Gosh, to think you're the feller pains left me; bilious attacks became fewer and fewer; instead of turning that went into the lion's cage!

coming Still astounded at

face into neld, food turned into blood, and

Pills.

the board sidewalk, accepted his fee that's Madeline, ain't it? Madeline first thing I did was to send for a of 25 cents and, after reminding Con Sidial. She was a circus girl, too. supply of Dr.

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that he would be at his service if She-why she was in this here show. I took the pills according to instruc-FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYD TRIESTINO MARITTIMA ITALIANA SITHAR wanted, drove away wondering what You- bad brought the well-dressed stranger to Lebanon.

Con followed Ruder, carrying his luggage, signed the register and nak ed, for a room with a bath.

to face with a hero, Fete descended now I consider I am permanently

her way

Rader scratched his stubby gray the stairs. In the lower hallway he cured. I never have a bilious attack to now. In fact I never felt so weil in hair and pondered. "About how long met Mrs. Planter, on

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