V.. .
FAMOUS DOCTOR'S
PRESCRIPTION.
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1PYSPEPSI&
Dtatlmtulahcil l!rfagrn.
Among the distinguished men whs
fcave sought refuge In the United
Btatei from political oppression
abroad were Talleyrand, whose sub
equeat career for brilliant achieve
ment ia without parallel In executive
tatesmanshlp; Joseph Bonaparte,
elder brother of Napoleon, who lived
at Bordentown, N. J.; Brlllat-Savarln,
author ef the Philosophy of Food, who
ubaeqneaUy became an eminent
Judge In France; Tom Paine, author
f tho Rights of Maa; Cobhctt, the
treat political economist; Carl Schurz,
Oswald Ottendorfer, founder of the
Mew Tork Staats-Zeltung; Dr. Emll
Tretorlus, founder of the St. Louis
iWestllcho Post; Gen. Franz SIgel,
Thomas Francis Meagher, leader of
the Irish Brigade in the civil war;
Garbaldi, G Donovan Rossa, John
Boyle (rucllly, the eminent poet,
and kloreau, the only rival that Na
poleon feared.
To these names of distinguished
men who sought the protection of
American law against pursuit by their
political enemies elsewhere may be
added that of Porflrlo Diaz, now
president of Mexico, who was at New
Orleans In July, 1875, with a reward
f $50,000 out for his apprehension.
Self-Foaaeaalon.
Mr. Kajonea, who had happened U
Step Inte the parlor while looking foi
a book, was Just In time to see some
body slip hastily oft somebody else'i
tuiae.
"Ah, Beoale," he observed, pleasant
ly, "thla Is a merger, la it? Or is it I
limited partnership 7"
"Neither, papa," said Bessie, recov
ering beraelf Instantly; "George is mj
holdln company that's all." Chlcagi
Tribunal
FASHION HINTS
A lata nodal In a simple evening coat
' taa eaaar little cane-hood arrangement,
hat week! be nice for the girl of slender
tons. For collar, cuff and tie end), moke
l rick trimming, but heavy lace, or tome
hlajE f ertlan fa effect, would be equally
4o4 let inishlng the neck and sleeve.
v CLEAR-HEADED.
fleU ItakkMHi Meat Be Billable.
The aktef bookkeeper tn a large busl
teas nova tn one of onr great West
ern eltlea apeaka of tho harm coffee
Aid for him:
"My wife and I drank our first cup
f Postum a little oyer two years
ago, and we bave used it ever since,
to the entire exclusion of tea and cof
fee. It happened In this way:
"About three and a half year ago
I had an attack of pneumonia, which
left a memento in the shape of dys
pepsia, or rather, to apeak more cor
rectly, neuralgia of the stomach. Mj
Vup of sheer' bad always been coffee
r tea, bat I became convinced, after
a time, that they aggravated my stom
ach treat bl a. I happened to mention
the matter to my grocer one day and
he aaggeated that' I give Postum a
trtaL
"Next day It came, but the cook
Bade the mistake of not boiling It
ufflclently, and we did not like It
much. Thla waa, however, aeon reme
Aied. and now we like It so much that
we will never change back. Postum.
being a food beverage Instead of
rug. baa bwn the means of curing
my atoro&ch trouble, I verily believe,
for 1 am a well man to-day and have
ased no other remedy.
"My work as chief bookkeeper tn
ur Co.' branch house here Is of a
very confining nature. During my
offee-drinklng days I was subject to
nervousness and 'the blues' In addition
to my . alck spells. These have left
rue since I began ualng Postum and
I can conscientiously recommend It to
those whoa work confines them to
long hours of severe mental exertion."
There' a Reason."
look la pkgs. for the llttlj book.
The Road to WelMII"
Ever read tSr -K- letter? A
tw eae appears fium time to tiros.
They are genuine, (rue, end full ef
eSaanaa interest.
T7 fivZXv
Mir
The (Quest of
etty
7)y MjG7A.
Q OoprrlfM. t . by W. 0. Chapmaa.
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rilAPTF.U IX. (Continued.)
Tin- -visit of Mr. Km nr. throw no
nnv lutht on the Wayne murder mys-
ry. As to the dlHiippcnrnnce of li' t
y l.nnccy and of the M.in-A perilln
In si- riddle wore nt ill nt their l:tlMln i?
m i plloii. The police found them-
Ivos up HKiilnst a polygonal enigma:
I'lie murder of Cerlwde Wiiyne; the
bntlty nrid w -hereabouts of llamloy
biiklcyp; tho unpuriillelcil resent
ence between Mrs. llarcourt anil
Mr. Wiiyne; tho disappearance of
Cclty Lnnccy; and the appearance,
nnd disappearance hf the Man-Apcrilla
nil surrounding the death of Mrs.
Wayne.
I.nrry Morris prow thin and gaunt
n tbe days nassed on. and no tlntncs
arr.e from the missing Potty. Ilar-
court's wife had been taken to a sani
tarium and llarcourt was held In Jail
pending her recovery and tho clear
ance of tho mystery. The copy of the
otter llarcourt had made was pro
nounced by experts to be a dlsirulsed
hand, and tho signature of Harold
lurcourt on the hotel register was
found to bo almost Identical with the
formation of the Initials II. II. append
ed to the letters found among the ef
fects of tho dead Cerlsse Wayne.
Opinion was divided among various
speculations and some thought that
llarcourt had killed Mrs. Wayne, other
theorists held that Harold llarcourt
and Hamley Hackleye were the same;
others still, that llarcourt had been
masquerading as Hackleye, and In that
way explained the vanishing of Hack
leye. This left still unaccounted for
tho abduction of Hetty and the mys-
tery of the Man-Aperllla.
Larry Morrla persistently held to It
that tt was only right that an expedi
tion should be fitted up and sent to
Africa to see If there might be any
further clews picked up there. Ills
paper laughed at him, and one editor,
who guessed the condition of Larry's
heart, called him a "lovesick fool."
Larry fumed until one night late In
August he had a dream about Hetty.
He saw her in a Jungle, amidst a horde
of llbyana and hideous black men. And
she was standing there stretching out
her hands to him. Her voice, thick
with pain, called out to him, "Larry!
Oh, Larry!" That settled Larry Mor
ris. Ho threw up his Job the very next
day. and with Johnny Johnson In tow
left for New York. Five days later
Larry had made a tie-up with a press
syndicate to go to Africa, along with
Johnny Johnson, and see what could
be done townrds tracing out that end
of the tale. They had no charts, noth
ing but a few half obliterated post-
murka torn from letters found In the
safety deposit box kept with Doublo-
day, Franz & Co., but on these Larry
was pinning much faith. It was the
mustard seed he hoped would move a
mountain.
CHAPTER X.
Betty Lancey came back to con
sciousness and the world of things as
mortals think they see them, with a
most monstrous smell of sulphur chok
ing her. As nearly us Bhe could distin
guish the room was lllled with glass
globes the circumference of a fair
sized musk -melon, and every globe was
a-twltter with lemon j'ellow or pals
violet lights, bathing tho room with
odd sputtered flashes.
Realities reverted slowly. Betty
made out a celling, domelike and cor
rugated, later a floor, and eventually
descried that she was nestling en a
couch piled Boft and easy with pun
Kent pillows. Barely had ahe discern
ed these facts when a awaddled per
sonage confronted her. It waa tall
and garbed in sombre swatchtngs that
left the outlines of its great bulk all
In doubt.
"Ah, that la better," came the gut-
ural comment, do you wish more
medicine?"
"No, Indeed," ahe expostulated.
didn't wish any in the first place. Why
did you give it to me? Where am
IT"
The being answered with a shrug.
"Pray, calm yourself, my dear Miss
Lancey. I only trust the machina
tions of thla electrical apparatus will
not disturb you too much. Do be eulet!
Do not excite yourself unduly."
. "Oh, but who are youT Where am
I? And why?" asked Betty. "There's
such a rushing in my head, such
sounding in my ears, and that swish
and awaah of water what does It all
mean? Am I donrioue or dreaming?"
"You've been both," replied the fig
ure, "but you're better now. Well
enough to go Into the aalon where you
can rest far more comfortably than in
here. As to who I am well, yon may
call me Le Malheurcux If you like It
suits me better man any other title,
for I am the unnappiest in all the
world! My baptismal name waa Fran
cis Francis the free but freedom
for me never!"
The figure sunk In a heap. Above
the sputtering or tne electrical up
paratuses -Hetty could distinguish the
swirl of waves, and the Bulge of deep
water. Bhe tried to rise but wus too
weak, and reclined once more upon
her pillows. Vainly sho endeavored to
recall what had passed before. Kvent
after event raced through her brain
Bhe remembered dimly as a child
traces back the progress of an evil
dream the inctdenta of her last waking
hours. The Inquest ef Cerlsse Wayne
the scene In the Directory Hotel, the
quest for the papers, her attempt to
interview the mysterious woman, and
last of all that shuddering fright, that
fearful, struggling embrace with
horrible furry being that held her in a
grasp from which escape was impossl
ble, endurance Intolerable.
She glanced at the heap of draperies
by the side of the couch, watched the
swing and sway of the room abeut her,
end tried to gather her tortured senses
together. Betty Lancey had never had
any Imagination, but she was possesse
always with the poise of six men and
the common sense of a dozen. Bhe ex
amlned her hands carefully, and feund
them without scratch or bruise. Bhe
felt no soreness of body but a numb
heaviness of brain, and a confused
medley of thought Bhe closed her eyes
and again dropped into a numbness.
Bhe awakened from dreams ef
sneal at Le Roy's with Larry Morris
Oh
Lancey
F. WEST
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Copyright In Great Britaia
:
urging her (o "nave Just another piece
of this steak, ni tty, do."
I!y lier side miih n small table, neat
ly spread with dainty linen, fraiiln
china, and exriuislte silver, lad"ii with
a dozen appetizing viamln. A nestn
woman of hulking build was gi-ntly
bathing her temples.
"That's rk'lit. child," said the Mail:
woman, "open your eyes and you'll f'-el
better. Open Jour lips, too, and taste
this broth. It's no nice: 1 made it fur
you, Just the way Mr. I'r.aticls liki-s it.
lie Kiys It is the nicest be ever ate."
Mention of "Mr. Francis" fetrh'-d t'i
mind the shook of nn earlier hour In
Petty, he suffered liersi'lf to be fed.
which the negress did as gently ns a
mother might. With reviving stroninh
Hetty found her tongue again. S!e
questioned her servitor closely.
"Have I been sick or drugged?"
"You've been very sick, tny girl. Hut
this sea voyage will put you rilit
again. When you get back from Af
rica, you'll
"From Africa?" shrieked Betty. " h
where and why and how am I gulng
there? Oh, what has happened to
me?"
"You're sailing straight for Africa In
the most comfortable manner possi
ble," answered tho negress, "but ns I
tell you, you'll be sent home well and
safe."
Betty sank back quieted nnd dutiful
ly ato for the negress. When she had
finished the black woman went away
and camo back with steamer rugs and
wrappings.
"My name Is Tyoga," announced the
negress, bluntly. Then sho sot about
combing Betty's sadly tangled hair,
and wound the braids loosely n round
her fevered head. "I'm going to take
you up on deck, now. Mr. Francis says
you need the air."
Tall nnd strong as Betty once had
been the giant negress picked her up
as If sho had been a little girl, and
bore her to the upper deck and placed
her in a luxuriously arranged steamer
chair.
The glare of the sun on the water
hurt Betty's eyes terribly, but the salt
breeze refreshed her and the relief
from the smell of sulphur and the
sputterlngs of tho electrical flashes
was unbounded. Tho surface of the
water was unwrlnklcd and son and sky
were Joined without a visible seam at
the Juncture. The craft on which she
was sailing was the oddest Betty had
ever seen, isot larger tnan a comrort
nble yacht, it was devoid of rigging.
machinery, or even sailors so far as
the casual eye could note. All around
pervaded that uncanny Bllence born of
the dearth of human companionship.
Tyoga pushed a little table covered
with books cloBO to Betty's side, tuck
ed her round with tho blankets, and
handed her a little bell.
"I shall be busy below," announced
the ncgreBS, "but If you want me,
ring."
Then she disappeared down a hatch-
ay. Hetty picaea up mo magazines
stlessly and found In addition sever-
I current sclentlllc Journals in French
nd In Herman, numerous of the 11-lit-
Ameiican and F.nglish periodicals.
nd a San l-ranscisco dally of a date
everal clays prior in me murder oi
orlsso Wayne. The yacht, for suen
city termed It In t'.e- ai . u of uny
more accurate knowledge of the nature
f the craft, mado good tlmo through
the water, its sort motion, and the
hire of the sun, sea and sky acted as
gentle hypnotic and Betty, with a
few final etrorts ior tne retention of
consciousness found herself slipping
Into a dream of wild unrest. Onco it
seemed to her that the Malheurcus
tood beside her, and then again Tyo
ga she naa nara snut to anieren tiate
between them, both were so tail, , so
hulking, so sombre. Had she not heard
their voices in a guttural converse
whose syllables she could not distin
guish, she would have thought that
the dual personality waa but a trick
ef her rebellious fancy and that only
ene person beside herself was aboard
this yacht of enchantment or delirium.
The golden day faded in a rainbow
clash of scarlet and sliver, Jasper and
see, pink and purplo and gold and
green. 1 aio evening, star-snot and
misty followed in its footsteps. At in
tervals Betty roused to be fed, only to
fall again into her dreams of things
chaotio and things Incomplete. Then
when It grew the dark gray dusk, with
tight and shrivelled little quarter of
moon above them, Betty heard the
twang and tinkle or a banjo beslda
her, and looking saw Le Malheureux,
deep in the shadow, picking from the
strings of the Instrument melodies
with all the heartbreak and all the
aoul-ache of the world within their
measures.
As the night darkened the music
grew more weird and from the hatch
way Joined in Tyoga's voice, deep,
rich, alluring ns the Jungles from
whence she had come, and the yacht
sailed on and on to the south, with
Betty fust asleep and all unconscious
of the world-wide search for her, now
paralleling the mystery of the murder
of Cerlsse Wayne.
CHAPTER XI.
One day Betty, tired of watching the
senscope slip monotonously by, sam
pled putting her foot to the deck. The
touch of the timber wakened ambition
wlrhln her, so the second foot slowly
followed the first. Then Betty mada
another try, and found that she could
stand erect rather tottery, It wus true,
Then she tried to walk, but hardly
had she gone half a dozen steps when
Tyoga wus with her.
"Careful, careful," smiled the ne
gress. "Don't try too much, and be
careful, mighty careful -'round this
boat This Is a bud boat, Missy, it
ought to fly the pirate flag."
Betty shivered. She . had grown to
like Tyoga, for the negress had been
dovotlon Itself in the services ahe had
given to the young American glrL
Taciturn and commanding, Betty had
never been able te evoke from her
either the object or the direction of
their Journey beyond what the negreaa
had told her that first morning. That
ahe had been very ill. Betty knew, and
that Le Malheureux waa a physician of
high skill she had shrewdly guessed.
Betty rarely aaw him, never In s bright
light, though win n he played on doeK
of nights, ns he always did, the mnglc,
mystery and misery In the music made
her heart throb and her eyes Mil with
tears. It was the will of a heart and
of A soul In prison, nnd In despair. All
endeavors to elicit any Information
from her surroundings having failed,
Hetty had res! -tied herself to the Inev
itable, postponed the finding of the an
swer and estimating !e r own enfeebled
condition had got I'e-.vn to taking
things as she found them, reveling In
the salt and sweep of Nature and the
sea-air and the willy-nilly voyage that
bad fallen to her lot.
Time and Its reckoning had all been
lost. Betty, finding that the compto
meter of the d.is had slipped from her
mind did not try to retain It. She
merely rested and waited. But there
were times, occasions nnd remarks
that T oga and I.e Malheureux both
would ofitlmes make that caused Hetty
to shiver, and foreed her once more In
to a wonderment of the wherefore and
the why.
"I o rt, Tyo-a!" she fretted now.
"Yoi make me so unhappy when you
speak like that. I'm restless, anyway,
and I want to tie amused. Take me
some place!"
"I'o 5 on want to go Into my kitch
en." Hiigi-ested Tjnci, humoring tier.
"Mo:t lit tie girls like to mess In the
l:iti lien. If you want to you may go
i!oy. n and make fud ,Te."
"Tyo ;a," asked Hetty, "where did
you get that wonderful education of
n.is.' Tell i,u-, do. Your Kngllsh Is
;n rfi e io:i ;
A iihade of pain crossed the negress'
t'aee, and her features set in Immobil-
"I'o you want to go Into the kitch
en V" she repeated.
"Xo." replied Hetty, Imperiously, "I
want to go see He Malheureux. I
don't like him, Tjn;a, he repels mo ns
much as If he wore a horrid beaat. But
I feel sorry for him. Take me where
he Is."
(To be continued.)
RTJSE3 OF SUFFRAGISTS.
Dluulica Adopted to Attend a I.lb
erul McflltiK In London.
The precautions taken to exclude suf
fragists from the Liberal meeting at
the Albert JIall recently were effectual,
the London Duily Graphic says. Two
of three men who raised the cry of
"Votes for women!" were unceremo
niously thrown out.
A disguised suffragette attempted to
get In. She came In the uniform of a
telegraph boy. But a lynx-eyed male
saw by the way her peak cap was
poised that the telegraph "boy" was
only a young woman in disguise. Real
izing that she was recognized, the dis
guised one ran down the steps of the
hall amid mingled cheers and jeers
and drove away In a four wheeler.
It was fully expocted that at the end
of Thursday's suffragette meeting in
the hall some women would attempt to
remain on the premises In readiness
to disturb the Liberal demonstration.
The reason for anticipating this was
that a woman was discovered about 5
o'clock on that afternoon that Is,
prior to the suffragettes' own display
hidden in the organ. Many women
had been admitted during the after
noon, and she and the others who hid
themselves in the hall were supposed
to be of the number who then entered.
She readied her position in the organ
at considerable risk, for elaborate
structural precaution had already been
taken In view of a recent meeting to
prevent any one from npproachlng the
organ.
Failure on the part of the woman to
accomplish the feat in safety would
have meant a drop of twenty feet Into
the gents of the orchestra. She came
out voluntarily when discovered oth
erwise there was no room for a man
to get in to force her out.
I'll is one !"ir!ng been found in the
oigun lott, tue watenmau proceeded
to search the whole building after the
women's meeting was over. He found
two in a small corridor between the
band room and the platform and one
In a pay box at the entrance. The
suffragettes allege that they followed
tho man round covertly.
Some hours later about 5 o'clock
one morning the watchman found an
other woman in one of the boxes, hid
den behind the curtains. He tele
phoned to the police to know what to
do with her. They told hlul to let
her go, and she was turned out. as
the others had been. Or rather she
would have been turned out, but on re-
turning to the waiting room where he
had put her the man found she had es-
caped through a window.
Still another woman was found in a
dark portion of the building, the credit
for the discovery In this case being
duo to the dog which accompanies the
man on his rounds. I
When taken out of their hiding
places the women presented a sorry
sight, being covered with dirt and
dust. Some had bags of food. t tag the others away down to the
Recently the manager of the hall, bridge? We'd beat them to the plc
wlth a huge staff of assistants, went nlc founds, too."
over tho huge building thoroughly, A wicked inspiration filled Ned with
right up to the crown of the root. No- exultation, If he could only stick it
body was found, but special men were out' Objection was sure to add to her
placed on the doors leading to the roof determination.
in order to prevent any unauthorized
rnrann frnm nscondtn?.
During the afternoon the stewards
engaged for the Liberal meeting ar-1
rived, and before that the management .
had made another tour of the lower
part of the building especially under
the stalls in the area and the bal
cony, whore any number of women
could hide and make themselves heard .
throughout the hall by a megaphone.
It seems the women had offered as
much as JC2Q0 for a seat at one night's
meeting.
lluntnex la llnalneaa.
Count (to the matrimonial agent)
One other point. I am living out ol
the country; my intended must bs
shipped to me. Are your tennis f. o. b.
or do you pay the freight? Fllegend
Blatter. . . .
Tactful 'lactic.
Miss Saphron Do you sell anything
to restore the complexion?
Chemist Restore! You mean pre
serve, miss.
(Deal to the amount of 17s 6d Im
mediately executed.) London Tatler.
step by Step,
I believe In Improving environments,
but when we have made the world fit
for men to live In we ehall still need
to make men fit to live In It. SU
James Duckworth.
A WOMAN'S THOUGHT.
( am a woman therefore I may not
Call to him, cry to him,
Fly to him.
Hid him delay not!
Then when h comes to me,
I must sit quiet ;
1 Ptill as a S'oii". -1
All silent nnd col. I.
' If tuy l.ea rt i iui
Crush and defy It!
Should I grow bold,
Say one dear thing to him,
All my life fling to him,
Cling to him
What to atone
Is enough for my sinning?
This wero the cost to n,e,
This ver! my winning
That he wero lost to nie.
Not m n lover
At last If he part from me.
Tearing my heart from tin'.
Hurt beyond cure
Calm and demure
Then must I hold me.
In myself fold me,
Iest he discover;
Showing no sign to him
By look of mine to him
What he has been to me
How my heart turns to him.
Follows him, yearns to him,
Prays him to love me.
Pity me, lean to me.
Thou God shove me!
Richard Watson Glider.
The Day of
the Slave
"The Idea of expecting anyone to
be serious to-day!" she mocked, mis
chievously. "Why all Nature U sim
ply hilarious! Riotous birds, frolick
ing "
"Nature go lians!" he exploded,
"you're just choking me off. You al
ways find soma excuse for not listen
ing." "Well, then, why Insist upon express
ing yourself as to the future? Why
not be content and happy In the now?"
"When a certain important matter is
settled, 1 shall be prepared to enjoy
the 'now,'" he finished.
"Your confidence is uuiing."
"Certain doom is easier to bear than
suspense, he asserted. Its no use,
Stella, the time has x-ome and "
"Hark! Hark! Hear that perfectly
wonderful bird song? Why, It's like a
part of our new duet."
She broke Into a ringing carol which
apparently silenced the bird, but pres
-""Sir
"OH YOU TOU WRETCH.'
ently It rallied and poured down a
flood of thrills that threatened her
with extinction.
"Help me, Ned," she cried.
Ned succumbed to her blandish
ments, as usual, his glumness fled, he
lifted up his voice with hers, and to
tether they produced such a volume of
melody that the bird, after another
frantic overflow, gave It up and flew
way.
"Wasn't It the funniest contest?" she
bubbled. "Our voices harmonized beau-
tlfully, In the clear air."
I Our voices always harmonize; they
were made for each other. Stella
I "Oh, yonder are stepping stones!"
she cried, running down the hill to
tn "ream. Can t we cross here, and
ivuutia uery iu uio cuauueis emeu
side of that big rock, and you oan't
, JU,"P " va- K,L"'-
' , . i , . i
n in, jruu tun ucii uio across, sne
said confidently.
"Oh, yes," he assented, "I can help
you across easily. But I must put in
another stone nrst. lie felt mean.
but reminded himself that she deserved
It.
In a few minutes he had swung her
safely across to the large rock In the
center of the stream; as be leaped to
It hlmsalf, the newly placed stone
swayed and turned.
"Oh!" she cried, "It might have
thrown us both In!"
"That's so," he returned.
He hid a grin, as with the hooked
handle of her umbrella he helped It
Into the deeper channel, where It set
tled to the bottom.
Suddenly realizing the disadvantages
of her position, Stella shivered, say
Ing: "Let's hurry, Ned. I'm afraid
this rock will turn over, too."
"Oh, no, It'a solid," Ned stamped
"Good thing, too; I need firm footing
for the Jump; channel's wider on this
side. Here goes!"
"Oh, I thought sure you'd fall in,
Ned. Put In several more stones for
me, those are so wide apart I dont be
lieve I can get over.
"No, I don't think you can." Nod
replied.
"Well, then, hurry and let ths '
stones." i
"Yes, enough to build a bridge," Ned
assented, regarding the building mate
rial Indifferently.
"But you needn't build a bridge,;
three more will he enough, I'm sure."
"Or two, perhaps," Ned amended.
"Why don't you put them In, then?"
she snapped, out of patience.
"Oh, thcie's no hurry," stretched
back on the grass.
"Well, of all the Maybe you think
I like being a prisoner on a rock in
mld-ocenn," she suggested sarcastical
ly. "Maybe I think I like it."
"Ned Holcomb!, What on earth do
you mean?"
"That's easy," Ned sprang up; "ev
ery dog has his day, llke.vlse slave.
This U the day of the slave."
"Oh, you you wretch," she splut
tered, not even pretending to misun
derstand him. "But I'll show you I'm
not to helpless as you Imagine." She
made a motion as If lo attempt to leap.
Ned smiled, repeating: "This Is the
day of the slave. I am going to have
a hearing Stella, will "
She clapped her hands over her ears
and gazed at the treetops. Ned com
posed himself at ease on the grass.
Stella boiled with Indignation.
"I'll fling myself Into the deepest
water and drown If you don't help me
off Instantly!" she threatened, darkly.
Oh, you wouldn't drown. I'd pull
you out and put you on the rock again
to dry."
She stamped in vexation, the tilted
heel glanced, she staggered and caught
herself with an alacrity that belled her
threat. Ned remained inert and un
concerned.
"I wish I had something to throw at
you!" she stormed.
"You couldn't hit me, you know," he
grinned.
She thrust her bare arm to the el
bow in the water, but failed to fish up
a stone wherewith' to display her ac
curacy of aim and punish him.
"Ready to listen?" Ned laughed.
She disdained to answer. "This rock
Is as hot as as t'lbraltar. My feet
are blistering. "
She floumed al.out nnd studiod the
back trail of "inn. a. "I believe I could
jump It with :ny shoes off," she com
mented,' careful that he should hear.
"Maybe," he returned. "You'd only
get a good wetting If you fell In, you
know."
"I should think you'd be ashamed of
yourself," she opined, after a sulky
silence.
"Oh, surely not now," he protested.
"I'm puffed with pride. I've Instituted
a rebellion which took a lot of cour
age and I've laid a siege which I
mean to maintain until capitulation.
It's only when I look back at my for
mer abject condition that I blush."
"I presume you expect to dictate the
terms of capitulation," she Jeered.
"Certainly," Ned agreed.
Silence for a space. Then she jerked
her hat low, hid her face in her hand
kerchief and burst Into sobs, Quaver
ing: "I never dreamed you'd treat me
like this."
Ned set his teeth, again reminding
himself that she was an adept at simu
lation. "Better have my handkerchief,"
be offered; "that bit of lace Is Inade
quate for such a shower."
At length the young man raised to
an elbow and listened, a smile growing
to a broad grin. "Our little drama Is
to have spectators," he mused.
Stella listened an Instant, then
-prang up, crying vehemently: "Oh,
-ih: You wouldn't dare to keep me
.iere till they come!"
"I'm in a daring mood; however, it
rests with you."
"But Just imagine what they'll
think!"
"I know what the fellows'Il think. I
hear their cheers for the erstwhile
spiritless slave. As for the girls, you
can, perhaps, picture their thoughts
and actions."
"Oh, please, Ned, please take me off.
They'll laugh at me forever! Please,
please, Ned!"
Ned choked, but replied firmly: "It
cuts me to the heart to refuse you,
Stella, but I must. I am determined
to have my answer if the whole world
stands gaping. Stella, will you marry
me?"
Stella closed her lips stubbornly.
Around the bend came Hits of song
and merry whoops from the approach
ing party, as yet hidden by the woods.
Sha made again as if to attempt the
leap, faltered and shrank, then turned
to her relentless jailer and nodded vio
lently.
"I can't accept signs that may leave
loophols for evasion," Ned asserted;
I must have a plain, verbal answer
Stella, will you marry me?"
'Oh, yes, Ned, yes! Hurry! They'll
be here In a minute!"
"Marry me soon?"
"Yes, yes! Whenever you please!
Hurry, Ned!
"All right, girlie," the stones flew
into place, and as he swung her over
Ned whispered, "Forgive me, dear; It
was brutal." New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat.
Anecdotes Told ol Wit.
When A. T. Stewart conceived th
idea of setting up a coat of arms h
went to W. R. Travers, the New Yorlt
wit, for advice. Mr. Travers suggest
ed an employer rampant, chasing a
lazy salesman with a yard stick, and
Mr. Stewart did not speak to him
again for a month. This anecdote li
probably as authentic as the other,
which states that Mr. Stewart beini
extremely loquacious at a state ban
quet at Delmonico's, Mr. Travers si
lenced him by calling the length of th
table: "Caah!"
Acme of Heal Stupidity.
It Is claimed that In his boyhood
Shakespeare was so stupid that he
did not know enough to come In out
of the rain. Perhaps through this stu
pidity he got so wet that he became
the great Intellectual ocean whoss
waves touch the shores of all thought.
One of the (W) Hlaat Kind.
Maud So your now beau possessei
an airship, does he? What kind it Isl
Ethel The best kind possible th
heirship to about a million dollars
Boston Transcript
No man la a coward who has bees
married more than once.
I
v5i
wisely directed, will cause her to
give to her little ones only the most
wholesome and bencluial remedies
and only when actually needed, and
the well-informed mother uses only
the pleasant nnd pentle laxative rem
edy Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna when a laxative is required,
as it is wholly free from all ohj'cc
tionablo substances. To get its ben
eficial effects always buy the genu
ine, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
PATENTS
WolKon K.f 'olc"cnnn,Wii
Incton, liC. lkKiklrv. tliKh.
et rtfercuix . H-i"t rwul's
London Is twelve miles broad one
way and seventeen the other. Every
year sees about twenty miles of new
streets added to It
Knee t Anklo m Bias ef flora or.
"About seven years ago a small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
just above my ankle. It irritated me
so that I began to scratch it and it
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like a scab. The Irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
me to sleep, or my wife either, and it
was completely undermining eur
health. I lost fifty pounds in weight
and was almost out of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the
street or in the presence of company,
I would have to scratch it until I had
the blood running down into my shoe.
I simply cannot describe my suffer
ing during those seven years. The
pain, mortification, loss of sleep, both
to myself and wife Is simply indescrib
able on paper and one has to expe
rience it to knew what It is.
"I tried all kinds of doctors and rem
edies but I might as well have thrown
my. money down a sewer. They would
dry up for a little while and fill me
with hope only to break out again Just
as bad If net worse. I had given p
hope of ever being cured when I was
Induced by my wife to give the Cutl
cura Remedies a trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for a Ilttlo
while I began to see a change, and
after taking a dozen bottles of Cult
eura Resolvent, in conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment, the trouble had entirely disap
peared and my leg was as fine as the
day I was born. Now after a lapse of
six months with no signs of a recur
rence I feel perfectly safe In extend
ing to you my heartfelt thanks for tho
good the Cuticura Remedies have dons
for me. I shall always recommend
them to my friends. W. H. White,
312 E. Cabot St, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Feb. 4 and Apr. 13, 19C3."
Looks Down on Ottaera.
Fuddy Yes, that's Curtwrlght over
there. He's wen several aviation
prizes, and consequently holds his head
pretty high.
Duddy Considers himself one of the
aerostocracy, eh! Boston Transcript.
A Little Cold.
He caught a little cold
That was all.
So the neighbors sadly said.
As they gathered round his bed.
When they heard that he was dead.
He caught a little cold
That was all. (Puck.)
Neglect of a coug'h or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
a cold In twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that Is curable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a half-ounce of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounces of pure Whisky. Take -a
teaspoonful every four hours. You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them In a large bottle.
Conditional.
The witness had sworn to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth.
"That Is," he stimulated, "if that hook
nosed lawyer over there will let me do
It-
Only On "SROHO QUININE"
That la LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
kr the aUrnaturo of E. W. CKOVK. Uaed the
world orer to Care a Cold in One Day. 25c
Object He ltefrr.i.
The defendant had been found guilty
of habitually getting drunk and beat
ing his wife.
"You'll not be guilty of- Indulging in
the lick her habit during the next two
years, anyhow, you sorry specimen ot
manhood," said the Jude. "Officer, re
move the prisoner."
have tou a rerun, or roiDf
If an, lakaatonaa Allm l.H;y i.ittam and watch
rvaulla. filmnla. tafo, ffc-ciiT. Allde&lera, ruu.
alar prtoaa lie, We. ana II. uO botilia.
Ilia Own Method.
"Did you say you wanted to abolish
our tyrannical system which enables
persons who do little or nothing to
exact tribute from hungry strugglers?"
uked the chairman of the meeting.
"That's what I said," answered the
Socialist orator, "and it got great ap
plause." "Yes. But don't you say it again.
Remember, you got your start in life
from tips while you were waiter In a
restaurant." Wnshlnetcn star.
Will Get It.
"Tou should insist," said the doctor,
"on your boy's accustoming himself to
cold baths."
"I don't have to insist," answered
the worried father. "He'll be out skat
ing before the Ice Is an eighth of an
Inch thick." Washington Star.
Not tiu Uudlr Off.
"Kitty, think of the poor reindeer l
the rroicn north. They have te pa
through the snow and Ice to read
thslr food, and then have nothing ti
eat but moss "
"Why, mamma, I Just love Icelan4
moss I "
A t-loiifie