Life — June 4, 1908 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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The genuine Gloucester Hammock ts not sold in stores, but only direct by us, the makers. Write us to-day for particulars—hammock weather is due. E. L. ROWE & SON, Inc., 30 Water Street, Gloucester, Mass, ABBOTTS ON LAKE GEORG WINGING BED Outdoor Comfort At Last Makes the best cocktail, Aids ion, A Gelightful aromatic for ail wine, spirit and ‘A few dashen give exquisite rreases the tonic Open June to October on the in America. Tennis, Boating, Riding. Golf, Automobiling, etc. New State |A Good Ending for a Popular Paper Upto. Date Novel Co: < HERE am I?” As Claude feebly uttered these words be looked up at the face of an old-fashioned chock, Owing to the hard times, the clock had laid off one of its hands. Claude was reclining on a lot of soft sofa pillow, and all about the room stood Castilian furniture, te kind usually found in the wealthy Spanish homes, Claude’s inspection of the place was suddenly in- terrupted by the tread of tiny feet. ““ Are you longing for anything, sir?” asked a sweet feminine voice “Yes,” gasped the injured young man, “I am longing to know how I got he “T'll tell you,” responded the pretty woman, seat ing herself on a costly tiger rug beside Claude, “Day after day from my latticed window T have watched you laying bricks on yonder skyscraper Strange as it may seem, my heart went out to you became infatuated with you. Perhaps my lonsties helped, for, you know, my husband is a cofice sales man and hies himself to our coffee plantation eight months out of every twelve. But he has been away so long now that I fear he will never return, Yester- day, at the thought of this and in a fit of despond. ency, I wanted to throw my weak form to the cold pavenient below; but, on reaching the window, I caught a glimpse of you. My horrible intention was arrested, Upon realizing that I had committed near suicide, I let out a hysterical shrick. The shrick startled you, I saw you step back sudd A tub of mortar. In endeavoring to extricate yourself, you made a fatal misstep and went down, down, down through the forty short stories, as a maga reader would say. On sceing this, I lost no ti Changing my clothes and putting on all my rings, bit and furs, I rushed down to the street just in tim CLUSION “See my mangled form lying on the ar bluc-print on the ground floor," interposed Cla! “No; but just in time to place where I thoug! you would fall this—my powder puff. It saved y I d man. “How can I thank you?” began the re: “Perhaps if I am allowed to remain here “No, no, no,” almost shricked the woman, “itis impossible. My husband is of a frightfully jealoss disposition, He once threatened to kill a doctos for looking at my tongue. I am certain he would kil | us instantly should he enter and find that Iam tering you, a stranger.” “For our safety, then, I will stagger away. beg of you, permit me to take with me just one token of your kindness; something that I can r ber you by.” “But what can I, the wife of a poor millionair give you?” “A kiss!” Claude whispered these two wor nervously, anxiously. “You forget! I told you my husband is liable return and kill us both “But, my dear, he is thousands of miles fros here.” There was a few moments of deathlike silence Then, after looking cautiously all about ber, th sweet little woman bet over Claude, and her lies were just touching his when the door flew open, and there, eycs filled with jealous rage and finges twitching murderously, stood—Claude's wile! THE END. Now, honestly, didn’t you think it was the man’s husband ?— Harper's Weekly. Bul “ HAT is love?” “Love is war; for fur particulars see Sherman.”—Harvord Le poon. comicbooks.com