HOW TO KNOW
PURE PAINT
A Way In Which It May Ba Idea
lifted Before Using.
After o building linn been painted
long enough for a weather test, It la
nay to toll If the paint used was made
of pure White Lend or not. But such
reiateu linowieuge cornea like locking
tb barn after the colt la stolen.
What one want la a test that will
toll the quality of the point before It
and the labor of putting It on are paid
Nature has provided a way In which
arenulne White Lead may be positively
distinguished from adulterated or fake
White Iend before you spend a cent
ti your pointing.
Pure White Lead Is made from me
tallic lead, and, under Intense beat,
neh ns Is produced by a blow-pipe,
jinre White Lead will resolve Itself
back Into metallic lead. If, however,
It. Is not genuine White Lead, or lf.lt
contains the slightest trace of adulter
ation, the change will not take place.
Therefore the "blow-pipe" test la an
absolute and llnnl one.
The National Lead Company are
urging every ono Interested In painting
to make Mils tost of paint before lining
It, and they guarantee that the pure
White Lead sold under their "Dutch
Itoy Painter" trade-mark will always
prove absolutely pure under the
blow-pipe" or any olher test. To
make It easy for you to perform the
experiment Uiey wlil send you free
tipon request, a Iflow-pipe and every
thing necessary for you to make the
test, together with a valuable booklet
on paint. Address, National Tead
Company, Woodbrldge Building, New
Tort City.
Never Forsake m Friend.
Whatever happens, never forsake a
friend. When enemies gather, when
lchiis falls upon the heart, when the
world Is dark and cheerless, Is the
time to try true friendship. They
who turn from the scenes of distress
betray their hypocrisy aud prove that
Interest only moves them. If you have
a friend who loves you, who bat
studied your Interest aud happiness,
be sure to sustain him la adversity.
Ipt him feel that his love was not
thrown away. Itenl fidelity may be
rare, but it exists Id the heart. They
nly deny Its worth and power who
never loved a friend or labored to
make a friend harpy.
Tangled Uank Account.
"It Is remarkable," said an old bank
employe, "how few people keep their
bank accounts absolutely correct. At
ordinary times this fulling la not con-
tilnnn.t. K ...... ...... U . - 1 - ... n
bulancnd when there Is still a credit
to the depositor's account When the
balanced book Is received with the
vouchers the usual discrepancy la
found after much labor la an omitted
entry, either deposit or check or In the
form of au error In addltlou or sub
traction. The thing Is usually settled
at home without our help. But wheu
a lot of women go to a bank, each
one with a check already mado out
representing her balance, then look
out Fortunately I have hud on ex
perience la that way, but I know that
not one woman In ton and I um char
itable with the figure keopa her book
correctly, and many women keep no
record at all. We have one depositor
who used to receive an ovedraft no
tice regularly every month. Now, by
an arrangement with her, we give her
notice whoa the bulunee nears tho $100
mark. Men laugh at the women for
their failure to keep their bank ac
counts right, but except when a book
keeper does the work for them the
men are nearly as bad." New York
'Tribune.
Not a Clrrniuslaaee.
Enthusiastic Auditor (at the opera)
Didn't she do that aria, divinely I
Boarding House alias Ihib! Tea
ugbt to bear that on our graphopboasl
MUSIC STUDENTS
Skoald Har Stead? Nerves. .
The nervous system of the muslclai
Is ofteu very sensitive and any'habll
like coffee drinking may so upset tin
nerves as to wake regular a ad ueeea.
aury dally practice next to Impossible,
"I practice from seven to eight boun
a day and study Huriuony two hours,"
writes a Mich. music studuut "Laa
September I was bo nervous I could
only practice a few mluutes at a Mint
and mother said I would have to drop
niy music for a year.
"This was terribly dlscouraaln. as
I couldn't bear the thought of losing
a wuoie year of Bludv. Becotnlu con
Tiueed that my nervousness was caused
largely by coffee, uud Seelna I'oatuu)
i highly spoken of, I decided I would
lesi it lor a while.
"Mother followed the directions care-
fully aud I thought I hud never tasted
ucu a delicious drink, We drun
lostuin every morning Instead of
coffee, and by November 1 felt more
like myself than for years, aud win
ready to resume my music.
I now practice as usual, do my
atuujlug and when my day's work Is
iinlahed i am not any more nervous
than wlieif 1 bao.
"I cannot too highly recommend
Tostuui to mush-Inns who practice halt
a duy. My father Is u physician and
rccoiiimi'iidd Posliiui to bis patients.
Word cannot c..ie.-fa my appreciation
for tbjn most vuluiih!i health beverage,
and experloiu-u ban proven its superW
orily mcr fill others." "i'lure's
Jieaso.i." ,
, Nuimt given by J'ostuni C., Hattle
Creek, Mich. Bead "The KoaJ to Well
tU.1l." in
UKENSIDE
BT
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
A if bar t "(Wi rViw." "TW tti rH.." "Hmnlt4 U HtM'il." "lmt tlrwt,"
"MHtfWs." "laapiM mi Smfclat," ''Cwti lafe," etc
IIMH
CriAPTER X.
It was a long, tiresome rids for grand
pa, from Honedalo to Aikenside, and he
accepted thankfully the doctor's offer to
take Maddy there himself. With ehls ar
rangement Maddy was well pleasnd, as It
wonld thus afford her the opportunity
she had so much desired, of talking with
the dorter about his bill, and asking him
te wait until she bad earned enough to
Pay It
Quickly the morning paused, snd Just
as the clock struck two the doctor's buggy
appeared over the hill. Up to this mo
ment Maddy had only been happy In anti
cipation ; but wlwn, with her shawl snd
Sonnet on, she Stood wsitlng while th
doctor fastened ber little trunk, and
when she saw a tear on the wrinkled
faces of both ber grandparents, her forti
tude gave way, and 'mid a storm of sobs,
she said her good -by s and received her
grandfather's blessing.
It was very pleasant tbls afternoon,
for the summer breese was blowing cool
Serosa ths fields, where ths laborers were
busy; and with the elaatlclty of youth,
Maddy's tears stopped their flowing, but
at until the dear old home had disap
peared, and they were some distance on
the road to AJkenalde.
"I wonder bow I shall like Mrs. Rem
ington and Mr. Guy?" was the first re
mark she mads.
, "Teu'll not see them Immediately. They
left this morning for Saratoga," the doc
tor replied.
i "Left I Mr. Ony gone 1" Maddy repeat
ed Id a disappointed tons.
"Are you very sorry?" the doctor ask
ed, and Maddy replied:
"I did want to see him ones; I never
have."
It would be each a surprise to find that
Guy was no other than, ths terrible In
jector, that ha would not undeceive her,
n doctor thought; and so he relapsed
feto a thoughtful mood, from which
Maddy aroused him by breaking the sub
ject of ths unpaid bill, asking if he'd
lease not trouble grandpa, bat wait un
til she could pay It.
"Perhaps it's wrong asking It when you
fere so good, but If you only will take
Ine for payment," snd Maddy's soft brown
syes were lifted to his face.
. "Tea, Maddy, I'll take you for pay
ment," the doctor said, smiling, half serl
usly, as his eyes rested fondly upon her.
t. Even then stupid Maddy did not osder
tand him, but began to calculate out loud
how long It would take to earn the money.
"There's Alkensido," aald ths doctor, at
Inst, and It was not long before thoy pase-
!id through ths gate, guarded by the great
iror.28 lions, and struck Into ths road
eading to the house.
"Itjs grander, finer, than I ever dream
id. Oh I If I could some time have Just
luch a home t and, doctor, look I What
floes make that water go up In the air 1
lo7 la It what they call a fountain?"
In her excitement Maddy had risen, and
with one hand resting on the doctor's
khoulder, was looklnr around hnr mwr.
Jessie stood on ths plasza to receive
her teacher. There were warm words of
Welcome, kisses and hum: and than TuJ.
ted her friend to the chamber she was to
accupy.
"Mother wanted you to sleeo ths othar
Ids of the house, bat Brother Out snld
to, you should have a pleasant room ; and
hen Guy says a thing. It's so. It's nioe
In here, and close to me. See, I'm right
here," and Jessie opened a door leading
directly te her own slcoplng room, "Hera's
one trunk," she continued, as a servant
brought up and sot down a little oon
temptulusly, the small haircloth box con
taining Maddy's wardrobe. "Bore's one;
whers's the rest?" and she was flying
after Ton), when Maddy stopped her, say
ing: ; "I have but one that's all."
"Only that little, teenty thing? Hew
funny I Why, mamma carried three
"most as big as my bed to Saratoga. Tou
can't have many dresses. What are you
going to wear to dinner?"
"I've been to dinner." And Maddy
looked op In some surprise.
"You have 1 Wo never hava It till
When Guy hi at home; but now they are
gone, Mrs. roan says we will havs It at
one, as folks ought to do. To-day I
coaxed her to wait till you came, and ths
jtable la all set out so nicely for two.
Can you carve, and do you like green
turtle soup?" '
I Msddy wss bewildered, but managed to
teply that shs could not carve, that she
jbevor saw sny green turtle soup, and that
ehs suppoaed shs should wear to dinner
the delaine she had on.
I "Why, we slwsya change, sven Mrs.
QUoah," Jessie exclaimed, bending over
the open trunk and examining Its coo
lant. Two caliooes, a blue muslin, s Inshsm.
nd another delaine, besides ths one shs
ad on. Tbat was the sum total of
addy's wardrobe, and Jessie glanced at
t a little ruefully as Maddy carefully
shook out the nicely folded drosses and
laid them upon ths bad. Hare Mrs. Noah
was heard calling Jeosie, who ran away,
leaving Maddy alons for a moment
Maddy had seen ths look Jnssle save
lisr dresses, and for the first time there
'dawned upon ber mind the poaslbllltv
'.1... I . -.1 A i
tuai uc yiMu rfnivi duu ignorance OI
the ways of Aikenside might be to ber
Rhe cause of much mortification.
And graiidma said they were so nice.
too doing them up so carefullv." aha
aald, her Up beginning to quiver, and her
eyes filling with . tears, as thoughts of
home csme rushing over her.
i She could not force them back, and
Wjlug hvr head upon the top of the de
spised hair trunk, she sobbed aloud. Quy
itemlnrton's private room was In that
jkall, snd as ths doctor knew a book was
to nave ooen icit more ror Dim, he took
the liberty of getting It ; pawing Maddy's
door hs heard the low sound of weeping,
Wnd looking In, saw her where she sat or
rather knelt upon the floor.
( "Homesick so soon!" be seld, advanc
ing to her side, and then, amid a torrent
f tears, ths whole story csme out.
i Maddy never could do as they did there,
and everybody would laugh at bsr so for
an awkward thing; she never knew thst
folks ate dinner at five Instead of twelve
ahs should surely starve to death she
conldu't earve ahs could not eat mud-
turtle soup, snd she did not know which
dress to wear for dinner would the doc
tor tell her? There they were, and shs
rotated to ths bed, only five; shs knew
Jctsle thought It mean.
Such was ths suhsUivce ef Maddy's
pasKtonsfa outpouring of hr griefs to the
i highly perplexed doctor, who, after quiet
lag bir so t.vt l.st, laecrtslned tbat ths
(ii,i'ui li tlui'JD n in, uliUBa
! what oven m sn;tHble to the occasion.
f,The doctor huJ nersr insd dVcss bis
study, but as It happened he liked blue,
snd so suggnstcd It as the one most likely
to be becoming.
'Thst I" and Maddy looked confounded.
"Why, grandma never let me wear that
except on Sunday; that's my very best
dreis."
'Toor child ; I'm not sure It wss right
for you to come here where ths life Is
so differnt from the quiet, unpretentious
one you have led," the doctor thought, but
he merely said : "It's my Impression they
wear thnir best dreases here, all the
time."
"But what will I do when that's worn
out? Oh, dear, di'sr, I wish I had not
rome!" snd nnotber imperious fit of weep
ing enwied. In th mliNt of which Jessip
camo back, greatly disturbed on Maddy's
sccount, and asking eagerly what was the
mstter.
Very sdroitly the doetor managed to
drsw Joule aside, while as well as he
was able he gave her a few hints with re
gard to her intercourse with Maddy, and
Jeosie, who seemed Intuitively to under
stsnd him, went back to the weeping girl,
soothing her much as a little mother
would have soothed her child. They would
have such nice times, when Maddy got
used to their wnys, which would not take
long, sad nnhody would laugh at her, she
aald, when Maddy expressed hr fears on
that point. "Tou are too pretty, even
if you do make mistakes!" and then she
went Into ecstasies over the blue muslin,
which was becoming to Maddy, and grrat
ly enhanced ber girlish beauty. The tear
stains were all washed away, Jessie using
very freely her mother's eau de cologne,
snd making Maddy's cheeks very red
with rubbing ; the nut-brown hair was
brushed until It phono like sntin, a little
narrow band of black velvet ribbon wns
pinned about Maddy's snowy neck, and
then shs was ready for that terrible or
deal, ber first dinner at Aikenxlde. The
doctor was going to stay, and this helped
to relieve her somewhat.
The dinner was a success, so far as
Maddy wss concerned. Not a single mis
take did she perpetrate, though her cheeks
buened painfully as she felt the eyes of
the polite waiters fixd so often upon her.
, After dinner, feeling that she must be
homesick, Mrs. Noah suggested that she
try the fine piano in the little music
room.
Music was a delight to Maddy, and sit
ting down upon the stool, she touched the
soft-toned instrument ascertaining by her
ear several sweet chords, and greatly as
tonishing Jessie, whe wondered at? her
skill. Twice each week a teacher came
up from Devonshire to give lessons to
Jessie, but as yet shs could only play
one scale snd a few simple bars. These J
she attempted to teach to Maddy, who
caught them so quickly and executed
them so well that Jessie was delighted.
Maddy ought to take lessons, she said,
and some time during the next day Bhe
took to Mrs. Noah a letter which she had
written to Guy. It was several days be
fore an answer came to this letter, and
when It did it brought Guy's consent for
Maddy to take lessons, together with a
note for Mr. Simons, requesting him to
consider Miss Clyde bis pupil, as well as
Jessie.
Though greatly plessed with Aigenside,
and greatly attached to Jessie, Maddy
had had many hours of loneliness when
her heart was back in the humble cottage
where she knew they were missing ber
so much, but now a new world, a world of
music, was suddenly opened before her,
and the homesickuesa all disappeared. It
had been arranged with Mrs. Noah, by
Agnes, tbat Jessie should only study for
two hours each day, consequently Maddy
had nearly all the time to herself and
well did she improve it,' making so rapid
progress that blinons looked on amazed,
declaring her case to be without a par
allel, while Jessie was left far behind.
Indeed, after a short time Maddy might
have' been her teacher, and was o.f much
service to her in practicing.
Meanwhile the doctor enme often to
Alkenalde, praising Maddy's progress in
mustc, and though be did not know a
single note, compelling himself to listen
while with childlike satisfaction she play
ed him her last lesson. She wss very
nappy now at Alkcuside, where all were
so kind to her, and half wished that the
family would always remain as It was
then, that Agnes and Guy would not
come home, for with their coming she
felt there would be a change. It wns
nearly time now to expect them. Indeed,
Quy hsd written on one Saturday that
they should probably be home the next,
and during the ensuing week Aikenxide
presented tbat most uncomfortable phase
of a house being cleaned. Everything
must be In order for Mr. Guy, Mrs.
Noah said, taking more pains with his
rooms than with the remaining portion of
the bnllding. Guy was hr Idol ; nothing
was Loo good for him, few things quite
good enough, aud she said so much In his
praise that Maddy began to shrink from
meeting blm. What would he think of
bar? Perhaps he might not noti.-e her
in the least, and that would be tirrilil.
But no, a man as kind as he bud shown
himself to her would at least pay her
some attention, and so at last she hcs:ui
to anticipate his comltig home, womiiTins
what their Qrst meeting would be, what
she should say to him, aud wlmt he
would think of her.
ClIAITEIt XI.
Ssturday came at last, a balmy Sep
tember dny, when all nature seemrd in
spiring to welcome the traveler for whom
so exteuslve preparations wvre milking
st Aikenside. They wero expected at
about six In the afternoon, aud just be
fore that hour the doctor rode up to be
in rtadins to meet them. In tho dniin
room the table was st as Maddy had
never seen it ant before, making, with ils
silver. Its china aud cut glass, a glitter
ing display.
Six .o'clock came, but no travelers.
Then an hour went by, and there came
a telegram that the cars hsd broken dowu
and would not probably arrive until lute
In the night, if Indeed they did till
morning. Greatly disappointed, the doc
tor took his leave, ti?llln ths girls they
had better not sit up. Consequently, at
a lats hour they both retired, sleeping ?o
soundly as not to hear the noise outxthi
the bouse; the banging of doors, the
setting down of trunks, the tramp of
feet, Mrs. Noah's words of welcome, one
pleasant voice whlih responded, and an
other more hnputient one which souud
ed ss If Its owner were tired and cross.
Agnes and Guy bad oome. As a whole,
Agnes' euason at Karatoga had bceu rath
er disagreeable. Bhe had been flattered
by brainless fops. She had beard her
self called "tbat beautiful Mm. Kem
lngton," and "that rharoilag young wid
ow," hut no serious attentions had been
peM, ne ntmonslre had asked t be hef
second hnshand. She liked the doctor,
hut If he did not propose, and some other
body did, she shmild accept that othr
body, of course. This was her Intention
when she left Aikenside, and when she
came back, It was with the determination
to raise the siege at ence, snd compel the
doctor te surrender. The morning of
the return home she should listen with a
troubled mind to Jessie's rather exng
grrated account of the number of tin.'
the doctor bad been there, and the nice
things he had said to ber and Maddy.
What was she tluit be shoald care for
her? A mere nothing a child, whom
Guy had taken up. Pity there was
Lucy Atberstone ia ths way of his mak
ing her mistress of Aikenside. It would
be a pretty romance. Guy Kemington and
Grandpa Markham's grandchild. Agnes
was nervoiai sad tired, and this helped te
Increase her anger toward the Innocent
girl. Rhe would take Immediate meas
ures, she thought, to pnt t'fe upstart
down, and the sight of Flora laying the
cloth for breakfast euKgetted to her ths
first step in teaching Maddy her place.
"Flora," she Bnid, "I notice you are
arranging the table for four. Have we
company?"
"Why. no, ma'am ; there's Mr. Guy,
yourself, Mis Jessie, and Mias Clyde,"
was Flora's reply, while Agnes continued
haughtily: "BeuioveMisB Clyde's plate.
No one allows their governess to eat
with them."
"Hut. ma'am," and Flora hesitated,
"she's very pretty, snd ladylike, and
young; she hns always eaten with Miss
Jessie and Dr. Ilolbrook when he was
here. He treats ber as If she was good
as anybody."
Meantime Maddy had put on her pret
tiest delnlne, tied her little dainty black
sil't apron, Mrs. Nonh's gift, snd with the
feeling that she was looking unusually
well, stnrted for the psrlor to meet ber
employer, Mrs. Agnes, who was alons
when Maddy presented herself before her
(To be continued.)
FINDS WHAT MALARIA 13.
Scientist Discover It la Due to Mll
llona of Hlnoil Parasite.
The ihrp classic types of malaria
namely, the quotidian, tnrtian and
qtinrfl:;n fevers, with recurring attack!
of from one to three days' interval,
wcro shown by Goll of I'avla to be
cauwetl by. three varieties of a parasite,
nvcrngliiK a billion to ench pntlent, all
sportilatlng at once In periods of sev-
t-nty-two hours, forty-eight hours nntl
twenty-four hours. Every parasite,
bursts the vitiated blood corpuscle In
which It Is enveloped and attacks an-
oilier. The simultaneous onslaught of
the billion little animals causes ths
shivering and the burning fever.
Dr. Lavcrnn, the French army sur
peon, In IRSO discovered the parasites,
two and n half centuries nfter Peru
vian bark, the specific that kills them
off, was found by nn obscure villager o
Malacotos, net r Ixra, lu Ecuador. Pel
letter nnd Cuvcnton In 1820 separated
Its essential alkaloid, quinine. Th(
drug has saved more lives than have.
been lost In the battles of the civilized
world. Koch and his suoessors dlseovi
ereil that the natural nntltoxlo mech
anism of the body sometimes sufficed.
to render tropical children Immune If
they survive tho fever. Nevertheless,
exact Investigation shows conclusively
that :
"The disease hangs like a cloud ovej
the tropics, prostrating or slaying ev
cry year untold millions of human be
logs, f-speclally cf the young; crippling
not only the native but the pioneer, tn
soldier, the trader find the admlnlstra.
tor, and shutting out civilization from
many of the most fertile tracts of the
world."
An American, A. F. A. King, flrsl
suggested in 188.1 that the Infection li
ramie. '. by the bites of mosquitoes Sav
age li-ilies. Including the Cingalese,
h;t, It Is true, adumbrated the theory
centuries n'o. Since 1S01 tho ro
sea relies of ltoss and Manson, of Koch
and of pracllcnl Investigators like Blg
nam! ontallislicd th? fact that the ml
Ksius or "bad nlr" of marshes cannot
communicate the fever, but the nno
phellue inosqnltoes, which rise froid
the stagnant waters. There is no other
way by which malaria Is spread and
the mosquitoes derive the parasite
C-oin Itifcctisl patients.
The niniph. liiies Hock by themselves,
Vitli scientific knowledge of tho wa
ters In w'lh-h they breed and with mod
ern systems of drainage. Major Itoei
sees for tropical sanitation a glorloul
future. New York Times.
Trimble,
"More triiulde," sighed McNutty, put
ting on liN coat. "If It ain't one thing
It Hii it her!" !
"What's the matter now?" queried
hU good wife. !
'"Mure lalmr troubles," answered Mo
Natty. i
"Not a imt her lockout, I hope?" aald
the partner of his sorrows. j
'No; It's worst than that," answered
tha alleged head of the house. The)
lions has yielded, and I've got to go ta
work again ! ' London Tlt-Rlts.
Till Suiii-(lilnK Offered.
"Vcij," siid the notorious confidence
mnii ami she! worker, "I am going ta
reform :i;nl join the .church; can yofl
Kive me something to do by which I
can supis-ft r.iysclf?" i
"Weil," replied the minister thought
fully, "until you get something honest
to do yoii i: ig!it get up a church falf
ror us to 1 - 1 1 Hear off the church"
debt."- I luulon Post.
3 Itivlm tlnna to I'erfuraa.
"la It uxt our duty," said the snoraW
1st, "t Keep temptation out of the way
of people who may do things they wllj
regret i" j
"Yes.," answered Farmer CorsnsseI
"that's why 1 make it a rule when wa
have summer Imardcrs to keep the pi
hiio locked." Washington Star.
eliTl4; tbe l'olat.
"It la a mistake," said the man la,
the plaid suit, "to say that we Enjllsh
do not enjoy n Joke." I
"1 should thluk," answered Miss Cay.
enne, "Unit you would enjoy a Juke,
very much ; It Is so seldom you Bee one.1
Washington Stur. 1
Mora l-lr.
Wife (during the spat) I only mar
ried yon because I pitied you.
Husband Well, everybody plUee u
now.
Birthdays were kept even oa taq
bach aa the tune of Pharaoh,
THE GREEN LANES OF THE PAST.
I cars not to gnre, at the years coming on,
Thick-ninntled in mist nnd with doubts overcast
Hut would rather stray back to the d ij s that are gone,
Along the groc-n limes of the past
Across the cool meadows of memory, where
The birds ever sins, nnd the wild waters fall,
And the laughter of children U borne on the nlr,
And love sliluetii over It all.
The painter tuny picture the future In dyes
That rival the lose and the rainbow, nnd still
It may leave hint nt last but a guerdon of slabs,
Ami n hope tluit It railed to fulfill;
The poet may sing of the splendors Hiipreme,
Of the opulent n'es, far-coming nnd vast
I question hltn not, yet 1 nsk but to dream
On tho old quiet bills of the past.
The past Is my own there is nothing uncertain
Iu nil Its wide range, and my title is clear
While the future, at ltest. is n face on the curtain,
That fades ns my footsteps draw near;
Then give me the blossoms, the birds nnd the bowers,
And every loved scone where my soul ellngeth fast.
Like nn evergreen Ivy that mantles the towers
And feeds on the dews of the past
-Ladles' Home Journal.
In the chaparral on the edge of the
M"fr Dick Matson lay flat on his stom
ach. Lis chin propped on one ht;:id,
while the other rested lightly on the
shining .barrel of a rifle. Below, on
the further bank of the river, F.sco
lante, the cnltle-thief, strutted back
nnd forth before tho door of his cabin,
his gnu In his hands, his strident voice
proclaiming to the nlr his disdain for
all frinijo.i la general, nnd for the
white-livered, chlngado Matson In par
ticular. Matson. unseen, mid his presence
only dimly apprehended by the Btrnnge
luiimal Instinct of the half-breed, could
hour with sufficient plainness the
gusts of wratli and objurgation which
floated up from below; and when his
own name was mingled with especially
nerld vituperations, the rage to which
he dared give no more audible vent
expressed Itself In tense und Impotent
niutterlngs.
"I'll get you yet, you old cattle
tlilcf. O Lord, O Lord, to have to lie
here and take such blasted Impudence
from n black-hearted Apache mon
grel!'' This when Escolnnte's remarks
on tho status and heredity of the
gringo became particularly personal
nnd historic. "Wish I wasn't a white
man and I'd take n pot-shot at you for
luck. Just ns you stand, you Infernal,
cattle-stealing, lying whelp. Cursed
nonsense anyway, waiting for proof,
aud taking a man to the law, when
I know darn well you've a steer of
mine stowed away in the bushes
somewhere. Walt till I find your
cache, or catch you red-handed; nnd
I'll make you sweat for this."
So ench vocal volley from below, di
rected against the unseen foe thnt the
half-breed apprehended to be lurking
near, was answered by the hidden ene
my with ono no less heartfelt because
of being, for strategic purposes, neces
sarily unheard.
As time passed Matson's limbs grew
increasingly crnniped nnd stiff. De
cidedly, he reflected, Escolnnte had
the best of the game. lie cursed soft
ly, and warily stretched himself Into
a new position. The hours slipped by;
and still the half-breed, warned by his
subtle Instinct for danger, kept up his
grotesque parade; nnd still tho watch
ing man wns ha Died of his clue.
The shadows lengthened on the riv
er. A few crows, loudly cawing,, shook
themselves out of the branches of a
tree near the cabin and winged them
selves for the homeward flight. Dusk
was all but fallen; and the watcher
painfully stirred his limbs, preparing
for a furtive retreat, when a new ele
ment entered the scene below.
The girl who stepped to the door of
tho enbln wss slim and lithe as a wil
low from the stream. Her black hair
fell sleek and straight on either side
of her face, hanging in thick braids
nearly to her knees. She raised one
hand to her forehead, shading her eyes
for a long look up the river, nnd the
movemeut bad the supple, nntanght
grace of a wild thing of tho woods.
Matson drew bis breath In some
thing that came dangerously near to
being it whistle. So this was Esi-o-lnnte's
daughter child of a Mexican
mother and u balf-breod father who
since ber mother's death had been
with the sisters at Santn Barbara. He
vaguely recalled having heard of the
girl's return. This could be none
other than she; for what woman,
young and beautiful, would foregath
er with that wicked old devil, Esco
lnnte. lie cautiously reached for his bino
culars, with which he hud so carefully
B'ntr.ii-d the landscape earlier in the
day. The girl stood us If posed,
straining ber level gaze toward tlm
sunset. The glass revealed her face,
a warm brown oval, the curves as soft
and perfect ns : child's, yet with the
fullness and richness of eariy woman
hood. The lionvy brows were arched.
The thick lashes, fringing lids now
wide-flung mcr soft fawn-like eyes,
nri'.y must shadow her cheek when
the lids were lowered. The red. curv
ing lips were slightly parted, disclos
ing white teeth, flnn-sct and regular.
'I he glass did Its work well. Tlii
girl iiiIhIiI have beeu standing close by;
So close that If one reached out a haul
one might touch the br.iwu curie of
the cheek, or part the silky masses of
ber hair. The man caugh; ills l r. ith
Sharply I'll it hissed l.c;wccii his t ;!:.
The pain In his limits wi'.s forg...."u.
The girl's t'a. e held Inn) lil.e a spell.
Suddenly the upr.i ; -n .1 hand le'l t)
her side. INcitjititc's dauiitci' iu; ;ad.
wi'.h a s.vi:t gi.nv, ai.d eiie:.il t!e
rude cablu. The sun's rod rlui sllppd
below the horizon. Soon a light shone
out in thr cabin. The man on the bluff
lay watching it till far Into the night
But his head was sunk on his arms
and his gun was unheeded at his side.
When u black figure for an instant
darkened the doorway his heart leaped
up. Then the old gleam of hate sprang
anew In his eyes. It was the half
breed. The man In the chaparral softly
raised himself. "I'll settle you yet,"
he exulted. And In the dark be shook
his clenched fist at the catUe-thlef.
Then he stealthily withdrew.
A month had passed and again it
was tbe dark of the moon. , n
The time had dragged heavily for old
Escolnnte, for with the accursed grin
gos Ao elosoly wutchlng, even a prac
ticed hand must move warily, nnd It
wns hard to go empty with fat cattle
feeding nt one's very door.
To Dick Matson time hod flown on
golden wings. Love and hate wax well
togeUier lu a strong man's heart) and
the red lips of Dolores were sweet
To the girl the month had passed as
a day. It is good to live when the
blood is warm ; and young love is dar
ing and does not wait for the dark
of the moon.
On this night Escolante ate his last
meal of frijolc and tortillat without
the custonmry sullen scorn. He even
ventured a few coarse Jests with Do
lores, who was dear to him as the ap
ple of his eye. A man may well Jest
whose knife Is whetted for the killing,
and who knows that on the morrow he
will feed fat, voiding his hate and fill
ing his stomach at one and the same
time. Dolores met his badinage with
easy response and well-simulated affec
tion. It is easy to scatter careless af
fection from the lips when the heart
Is brimming over with love.
Without men gathered quietly ia a
certain lonely glade. The night was
heavy about them. In the silence eacli
man could hear his own heart-beat and
his straining breath. The little voices
of the night shrilled loudly, and the
sound of the cattle cropping the rich
grass was like a thousand crunching
engines In their ears.
The waiting had lengthened to hours
before a fat steer coughed and fell
under the knife. Then something whir
red In the gloom; and then a lantern
flared out Escolante was caught red
handed. HIS ludicrous dismay when
the deftly-flnng riata tightened round
him drew a burst of rough mirth from
tbe sheriff as he slipped on the half
breod's wrists the symbol of the law
and Its bondage. But when Dick Mat
son stepped from the darkness and re
claimed his rlata the cattle-thief brok
Into fierce vituperations, for this was
the most hated, and therefore the most
preyed-upon of all the grlngoi.
"Save your wind, old man," laughed
Dick Matson. "You'll need It for the
blessing, for to-morrow I marry your
daughter."
Escolnnte grew livid nnd his Jaw
dropped. Then ho opened a fresh vol
ley of Imprecations, hurling the He in
the gringo' teeth.
Dick laughed a careless laugh.
"Come here. Dolores," he said.
Like a shadow the girl slipped out
(f the blackness and stood beside him.
Dick slid nn arm about her nnd bend
ing kissed her full un the mouth.
Then the half breed went mad with
rage, and spat and screamed out curses
nn the pair until it was horrid to hear
hini. The sheriff und bis men had
trouble to hold him.
Dolores trembled and shrank against
her lover. But Dick Matson only laugh
ed his ea:'.y laugh und tightened hU
arm around ber.
No more cattle are stolen or killed
within the range of the Cross Bar Y.
The cattlemen sleep well of nlghta nnd
Dlel; Matson grows rich off his profits.
Several plump trown children play
nUuil his diKir, and of these ho Is In
oi'dir.utely proud, as Is also Dolores,
wiiii sees In them adorable replicas of
the man she worships. The two ara
very happy, fur Dolores is sULl sllui
and bi'nuti;"i;l ; and Matson wants no
belter life than tliit of tho ransre nnd
I Ms cwn fivs'de. There nre moments,
i luv.i ,ver, when the hair stiffens on the
i t'a ! i" ids neck, and a chill runs along
! h 's j ;i:ie.
! ': h- e are t'.i- tannic::! when he r
i ts --st I'' fa : utmost that
' . our:: could :.! I.i Kscoir.iiie
I .. . a l ie '':. .:. ( : i.i.- ll:i; t here i
'.." !;! t!i t priso or may
. .- ' . !;:.! a In.' !. 'at governor
j .:' '.:cr -i.-e t;;i r; ..':, cf i:irdoa.
'?aa I ranclJiVAi'i-ei.utit
Proof In Inexhaustible that
Lydla 13. Plnkhum's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
Read tbe letter Mrs. E. Hanson,
304 E. Lens St., Columbus, Ceiio,
writes to Mrs. I'inkham :
" I was passing through the Change
of Life, and buttered from nervous
ness, headaches, and other annoying1
symptoms. My doctor told mo that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, and since tak
ing it I feci bo much better, and I can
again do my own work. I never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound did for me
during this trying period."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thiry years Lydia E. Fink
ham's Vegetable Compound, mado
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for femalo ills,
and has posit ively cured t housands of
women who have been troubled with
w'.tsplacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
pfjiiodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. PJnlihnm Invites all sick
women to write her for nlvice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Bquatv nm llounrkepper.
Tut a stjunw lu a tepee and she Is
the neatest of housekeepers. The blan
kets nre neatly rolled and stowed away
under the edge of the tepee, leaving tho
center clear. Bright-colored blankets
and fine fur robes ore spread about,
and a wonderfully beaded dance drum
hangs from one of the poles. But pnt
a squaw In a house nnd she Is any
thing but a success. Go into one of
these frame houses and you will find
the mattresses laid along the floor,
with the whole family sprawling there
on. The cracked cook stove will be in
the middle of the floor, with anything
but agreeable odors coining therefrom.
Outside the bedstead and spring will
be used as chicken roosts. But tba
squaw doesn't let her housekeeping
shortcomings worry her. When shs
puts on an elk tooth robe, valued at
anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000, and
rides to the fair or to the agency on a
Sunday astride a beaded saddle, she Is
a picture of contentment. Denver Re
publlcaa. WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From October to May, Colds are bhe moat tre
quentcuteof H(i(tache. LAXATIVE BKOMO
Qt lNli iii mTM esuse.B. W.Urove on box 25
Why II Hrooirht 1IU Alone
Whenever the penurious manager of
the large store wanted to sharpen his
pencil he would enter the shipping de
partment and borrow a knife from ono
of the boys. Sometimes the boys did
not have their knives with them, but
there was one kad. Tommy Breen, who
always could be depended upon.
"How is It, Tommy," asked the man
ager one day us he whittled his pen
cil, "that you always have your knifa
with you and ihe other boys haven't?"
Tommy hesitated for n moment,
Uien, gathering courage, snld:
"The wages I get aren't enough for
me to afford more than one pair of
ants." Harper' Weekly.
Trlltal Blblea.
A dealer In second-hand books ad
vertised the other day for old Bibles
belonging to three families that hav
lately come Into prominence.
"Do they want them ns heirlooms?"
asked a customer who had read the ad
vertisement. "Not a bit of it," said the dealer.
"They want the Bibles because thoy
rontuln a record of births; consequent
ly they reveal ages women's ages, pre
sumably. Very often dealers In old
books are asked to look up inconven
ient documentary evidence of that kind.
Before days of affluence the family
Bibles got loft In the shuffle of movinj
around. Nobody thought much about
the loss then, but with the advent of
prosperity the books could easily be
come a source of mortification to mauy
women if they bappeued to fall into
the bunds of malicious persons; hene
the frantic attempts to gather ail such
.eeords into Che family." New York
Post
Austrian mines are provided with res
cue chambers at convenient locations un
derground. Tliey ore equipped with food
and conveniences for miuers in case of
accident.
Truth and
Quality
appeal to the Wcll-Informod in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor
injjly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
j known value, but ono of many reasons
why it is tho best of personal and fumily
' laxatives is the fact that it cleanse,
' sweetens and relieves the internal organs
' on which it acta without any debilitating
, .aTler effects and without having to increase
i tho quantity from time to time,
j It acts ileritntly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, an 1 its component
I parts are known to and approved by
jihy-iioiam:, ns it is free from all objection
able sub t i!i-i. To ret it , beneficial
effect phvivs p'ur. hp.ic the genuine
. t:i'i:H:f.ut .:r -! by tl: j CV.lur.)rni;i Fig Syrup
Co., only, ua!l fo.- s.Jc ty til IcuJiug drujj
I gists.