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HEADS USUALLY EMPTY. PROMINENT FARMER SET FREE United Doctors Release Mr. Pflua From Disease After Five Years of Suffering. Jacob Pflug, ono of tho most pros 8YN0PSIS. The story opens with the Introduction vt John Stephens, ndventurcr, u Mnitsu chUBOttn man marooned by uutlior.t rs nt Valpnrnlso, Chile, Brine Interested In mining operations In Bolivia, ho wns de nounced by Chile as nn Insurrectionist and as a consequence was hiding. At his hotel his attention was nttracted by an BnKllsliman and a young woman. Stephens rescued the young woman from drunken officer. lie wns thanked by eer. Admiral ot the Peruvian navy con fronted Stephens, told him that war had been declared between Chile and Peru nd offered him the office of captain. Ho elred that that night the Esmeralda, a Chilean vessel, should be captured. Stephens ncceptcd the commission. Stephens met n. motley crew, to which he was assigned. lie gave them final In structions. They boarded the vessel. They successfully captured the vessel supposed to be the Ksmcralda. through strategy. Ce.pt. Stephens gnve directions for the, de parture of the craft. He entered the cab in and discovered the English woman ad her maid. Stephens quickly learned the- wrong vessel had been captured, it waa lrd Darlington's private yacht, the lord's wlfo and maid being aboard. He explained the situation to her lndy ehlp. Then First Mate Tuttle laid bare the plot, saying that the Ben Quen had keen taken In order to go to the Antarc tic circle. Tuttle explained that on a former voyage he had learned that the Donna Isabel was lost In 1753. He had found It frozen In n huge case of Ice on an Island and contained much gold. Stephens consented to bo the captain f the expedition. He told Lady Darlington. She was greatly alarmed, out expressed confidence In h'i. The 8ea Queen encountered a vessel In tho fog. Stephens attempted to communicate. This caueed n fierce struggle and he was vercome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south again. Under Tuttle's guidance tho ves sel made progress toward Its goal, pe Nova, the mate, told Stephens that he believed Tuttle, now acting as skipper, Insane because of his queer actions. Stephens wns awakened by crashing of ttlRss. He saw Tuttle In the grip of a spasm of religious mania and overcame him. The sailor ipon regaining his senses was taken 111. Tuttle committed suicide by shooting. Upon vote of the crew Stephens assumed the leadership and the fnen decided to continue the trensuro hunt, tho Islands being supposed to be finly 200 miles distant. Tuttle wnn burled n the sea, Ladv Darlington pronouncing the service. Stephens awaking from lcop saw the ghost, supposed to have formed the basis for Tuttlo's religious fnanlo. Upon ndvlco of Lady Darlington, Stephens started to probe tho ghost, lie came upon Lieut. Sanchez, tho dnink- ?n officer he had humbled In Chile. He ound that at Sanchez' Inspiration, En rlneer McKnlght played "ghost" to scare the men Into giving up the quest. Steph ens announced that the Sea Queen was at the spot where Tuttle's quest was sup- Josed to bo. The crew was anxious to go n In further search. De Nova and Steph ens conquered them In a flat fight. Lady Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen started northvard. She was wrecked In a fog. Stephens. De Nova. Lady Darlington and her maid being among those to set out In a life boat. Ten were rescued. Stephens saw only one chance In a thou- El for life. Lady Darlington confessed loie to Stephens and he did llkewls.i y Darlington told her life story; how he had been bartered for a title, her yearning for absent love. She revealed herself ns the school chum of Stephens' ulster. She expressed a wish to die In the en rather than face her former friends and go back to the old life. A ship was tghted. The craft proved to be a derelict. CHAPTER XXIII. Continued. Yet, little by little, my mind began to apprehend the truth, my reason to grasp tho details. Miat or reality, thore directly before us floated what appeared to be tho outlines of a ship battered, wrecked, odd in form yot a hip, moving upright upon tho surface of tho water. Good God! what a mad dream of tho past was represented yon dor! ThoBoround.bluntbows.thebroken bowsprit, heavy as a mast, forking straight upward; tho groat 1 carvon, ohapeless figurehead boneath; tho wide, elevated forocastlo deck; tho soomlngly tremendous thickness of tho bulwarks; tho Btrnngo slopo of deck and rail amidships; tho Immonso rem nant of a foremast toworlng In splint ers; tho broad, squaro stern, oven overtopping tho height of the peaked forocastlo. That was a grim thing to moot with In those waters. "Stand by, men!" I called, tho trem ble still In ray command. "If tho thing yonder bo wood and Iron we'll board her" Not a voice responded, their bodies tonso and motionless, every eyo still on that dim, phantom gleam. With clonched teeth I pressed tho tiller hard dpwn, and tho bows of tho long fcoat headed straight In. Suddenly Do Nova leaped to his feet. "Ship ahoy!" he yelled, tho note of fear 60imdlng shrilly. In tho intense sllonco I could plain ly hoar tho heavy breathing of the ox cltod men. "There will bo no use hailing," I said, strengthened by tho sound of my own volco. "If that bo a vo3sol, hor -crow aro doad a hundred years." "And by God, It Is, sir!" ejaculated Johnson, who was on his knees In tho bow. "It's n real ship, all right. That's Ico that glitters; she's sheeted In It from atom to stern." I saw It mysolf then, every doubt of tho real character of this drear visi tant vanishing; my courago camo back In a rush, "Ay, ay, lads, Johnson has hit it right. That's a ship for us, and now we'll boo what she looks like on deck. Get a grip with your boat-hook, John son, on that raft of stuff trailing from tho forechalns, whon I ay her along side Strike f.io wood If you can, the cordage 1b likely to bo rotton," Ho missed It at tbo first attempt, tbo hook slipping on tho Ico; hut as I brought tho longboat around once ,mc ---iipceodod In gluing a grin ii ajs.rr- iia ?S T '1 "Don't Lose Your Nerve, Man, upon something sufficiently firm and held on, tho follows staring up silently at tho bulging side, and touching the thick sheathing of Ice as though half demented. "Make fast. Break the Ice out of that ring, Kelly, and pass a stout rope through it. Now furl the sail, tho rest of you. Tend hor off, Colo; that's oil right, keep your oar there. Mr. De Nora, you will remain in charge of the boat. I'll see what oho looks like aboard; Johnson, coma along with ne." I picked my way forward into the bows and stood up, striving to obtain some kind of a grip on the forechalns which would enable mo to haul myself up. Everything I vouched was Ico, so thick as to render objects shapeless. "Give mo a lift, Kelly; easy, now, until I get a handhold. There, that will do, ray lad." It was a slippery, dangerous perch, tho vosboI plunging somowhat, but tho upper Ico was slightly powdered with snow, yielding a llttio purchase, and I finally discovered a brace for my foot which enabled mo to reach down and assist Johnson to scramblo up bosldo me. Fortunately tho bulwarks were not bo high proportionately as wide, and wo succeeded in sliding over them, coming down rather heavily on tho solid deck. Horo tho snow mado walking possible, although underneath tho Ice was thick and smooth, com pelling caution. All forward was a tor- rlblo radio of wreckago, a Jumbled mass of tanglod spars, with tho great topmast and all Its hamper right whore It had fallen, a portion of the nort bulwark smashed flat. A hum mock of ico roso llko a great hill from abaft tho butt of the foremast, which stuck up maybo 30 foot, cloar over the forocastlo deck, leaving everything shapoless and grotosquo. Whoro tho slopo was steepest, tho wind had swept away tho bhow leaving tho ico bonoath clear; and thoro, frozon completely In, llko a painted picture, was the fully rovoaled body of a man. I never Baw nny sight more growsome than that Ico-Bhrouded flguro; tho arms out stretched, tho short, black board ren dering more ghastly the white, dead face. I gripped my hands onto John son's shoulder, and ho was shaking llko an aspon, hkj own face colorless In tho moonshine. I wheeled him about savagely. "Don't lose your nerve, man. You'vo seen doad men before. Ccmo, there's nothing to do horo; wo'H tr. how she looks aft." Ho followed mo llko a dog, casting uneasy glances backward ovor his shoulder, Tho deck was cloaror of rafllo boyond tho foremust, a great gap In tho port-bulwarks amidships showing whoro the wreckage had probably been Bwopt ovorboard. Tho mainmast had been ripped out, leav ing a groat, ugly gash hi the dock plank, and in falling had so smashed Hat ono corner of tho cook's galley that we could look in through tho jagged opening thus loft. All tho front por tion was snow and Ico, but tho furthor extremity appoarod dry enough, re vealing u brick oven, a tablo screwed to the hiU aud nn overturned scuttle You've Seen Dead Men Before." of coals Uttering the deck. It was not a desirable spot, yet would afford pro tection from tho frosty night wind, and bo much better than the open boat. Dosldes, I realized how those others must feel down there, bobbing up and down against thoso lco-caked sides. "Johnson,"' I said, my oyos wander ing toward tho dimly revealod front ot the after-cabin, which appeared utter ly shapeless under its mantle. "Wo've got quite a job ahead ot us to broak through this wreckage. I'm for hav ing tho rest ot tho crew up to help us. Climb ovor into tho main-chains and out out some steps with your knife. We'll have them drop back thcro and unload. Thon tho women won't bo obliged to seo that dead man forard." Ho was some minutes at tho task, and I occupied tho time in kicking aside somo of the litter in tho galley and making the dreary interior a bit moro docent, having the men pass up some spare blankets, and spreading them out on dock. Finally Kolly and the negro scrnmblod up, and between us wo succeoded In lifting Lady Dar lington and Celeste over tho Icy bul warks. Tho latter clung sobbing to Do Nova, but my lady gazod about her wondorlngly, hor'oyes full of ques tions. Without speaking we stowed them away under shelter. "Sho Is certainly a rollc," I paused long onough to say, "ono of the old timers in theso seas. From tho look of her she must have been locked up In tho Ico south there for a contury." "Do you expect to sail her north ward?" "I hardly know yot what to oxpect; that remains to bo seen. Sho sooms to ride tho water stanchly onough and there is fully 30 feet of mast standing yonder. Anyhow, this deck at pros ent is better than an open boat." "But but it is all so ghastly, bo ghoat-llke Colesto Is fairly crazy from the horror." "It is merely tho effect of tho moon light glimmering on the ico; every thing is Ico whorovor your eyes turn. But you afro safe enough hore, and with daylight the ghostlincss of It will vanish." "Whoro are you going now?" "To break Into tho cabin; thon we will have a decent placo In which to stay perhaps a chanco for a Are. It Is not llkoly to prove a long Job, and I will bo back to you shortly. Don't let tho night shadows frighten you so." Sho smiled back Into my oyos brave ly onough, although I realized tho ef fort of will that It cost; und so I left hor endeavoring to choer tho girl, who wns sobbing wildly, with her face burled In her hands. The men joined me as I stepped without, crunching the light snow un dor their heavy booto, and atarlng un easily about them as though tho wholo adventuro was a dream. Lord! and no moro could I shako oft that snmo impression as I surveyed tho scono aft. A boat, bottom up, tho planks smushed beyond ropalr, lay against tho starboard roll. Tho nftor-cnbln, built like a house, extended the entire width of tho deck, a lumping affair, overhung with huge, proj w a ; tim- bors, toppod by ornate carvings, nnd having two companlonwnys loading up, ono of them crushed into splinters. Tho forward shutters were tightly closed, and tho wholo front appeared a solid mass of glittering ice, so ob scured by frozen particles of snow ns to render nny discovery of the door an impossibility. Wo began hacking at It with our knives, judging tho opening would naturally bo at tho centor, but tho Bhcnthlng of Ico proved bo thick and solid that wo mado llttio lmpros slon. "It will take ua a week to cut our way in with theso things," I said at Inst. "Do Nova, I think I saw an ax frozen in at tho left ot tho galloy. Take a man with you and pry It out." It proved an odd-looking Instrument -r moat-cleaver, I imnglno but was sufficiently strong and heavy. Kelly swung It vigorously, cleaving oft tho Ico In calces, until wo wero Anally ablo to traco the fitting of tho door. Sud denly, striking at tho uppor panol, ho dislodged a considerable chunk, thus revealing half a dozen lettors painted across tho frout. Dade pried off a few Inches more with his knlfo-blado, and we stared up incredulously at tho words: "Holy Mothor of God!" and Do No vn, In Ills excitement, danced nbout recklessly, forgottlng tho sllpporlnosa of dock underfoot "It was zo trcas uro ship! It was zo t'roo million pesos! Sacro dam'! It doeB not appear possible that porcolvcd It all, but now, looking back, I can rocall tho attltudo of ovory man as this revelation of tho vessel's Idea tity waB swiftly borne in upon his con- Bclousnesa. Sanchez sank affrighted- ly to his knees, fingering tho beads of a rosary, his lips muttering Inar ticulate fragments of prayer; Dade stared, white-faced and trembling, his mouth wide open; Kelly jerked his cap from off his red hair and swung it over his head with a wild you; Johnson never stirred, a motionless statue, his Hps compressed; the negro Joined De Nova, his eyes rolling, his great feet pounding tho Bnow; whllo McKnlght grabbed the ax from Kol ly's heedless fingers and began slash ing at tho door. Ab for mysolf, at tho Instant everything waB chaos. Tut tle was right, thon; he bad seen all that ho said; our voyage had not been causcloss, a search after a wlll-o'-tho wisp; tho sacrifices, suffering, loss of these past months, wero not all in vain. Out of Antarctic solitudes, re leased from tho merciless grip of the Ico by Bomo marvel ot dellvorance, this treasure galleon ot Old Spain, this ancient tomb ot dead sailors, had come drifting down to ua, a veritable gift of God. Tho knowledgo stunned mo; dazed my perceptions. It seemed a miracle. I could only press my hnnds to my eyes, stare blindly at that Inscription, and strugglo back to a conception of reality. It waB Kelly's wild shout and McKnlght's blow that aroused mo, recalling mo as Instantly to command. "Stop that!" I shoutod, catching tho latter roughly by tho arm. "Wo Bhall need that cabin door. If thoro lndood be a treasure down below, wo can hunt for It llko men and not maniacs. McKnlght, If you strlko anothor blow I'll drop you where you stand. Tnko knlvos and dig the Ico out ot tho cracks. Get down on your knoes at tho bottom, Dado, and don't stnnd thoro llko a fool. Do Nova, seo If you can locate the front windows thero must bo two of them and cut tho Ice away from tho abutters." As thoy labored feverishly, their breath steaming In tho frosty air, tho moonlight Btlvcrlng them and gloam ing weirdly on tho scattered Ice-fragments, the haunting mystery of that hermetically Boalod cabin brought to mo a feeling of unuttorablo horror. Heaven! how long had It been thus frozon In? What awful tragedy of an other contury was about to be ro voaled? What years of loneliness, of darkness, of polar night and cold had this derelict of tho grim Antarctic ex perienced? Whoro had it been? What of thoso who hnd Bailed on board out of Guayaquil that fair Juno day ot 1753, dreaming of tho glnd wolcorae awaiting them In sunny Spain? What of tho crew, hurdy seamen all, black bearded, the gold loopB In their ears? What of tho passengers? What of the flvo women who had walkod theso decks? Where had thoy died, and how? (TO BE CONTINUED.) In Distress. Mrs. Nowwod Charllo, whoro is that hot water has? Ilaby has tho ollc. Mr. Nowwod Woll, baby will have to wait until 1 HuIbIi tliuuli.j . ji thus plpen. I w inam Ella I think thoso follows aro get ting their heads togothor ovor some thing. Stolla Yes; I guess thoro'a some thing In it Ella Which onoT BABY WASTED TO SKELETON "My little son, when about a year and a halt old, began to havo sores come out on his face. I had a physi cian treat him, but the sores grow worse. Then thoy began to come out on his arms, then on other parts of his body, and then ono came on his chest, worse than the others. Then I called another physician Still ho grew worse. At the end of about a year and a halt ot suffering he grew so had that I had to tie his hands la cloths at night to keep him from scratching the sores and tearing the flesh. Ho got to be a mere skeleton, and was hardly able to walk. "My aunt advised tne to try Cuti- cura Soap and Cutlcura Ointmont I sent to a drug store and got a cake ot Cutlcura Soap and a box of tho Oint ment nnd followed directions. At the end ot two months tho sores were all woll. He has never had any sores ot any kind since. I can sincerely say that only for Cutlcura my child would havo died. I used only one cake of Cutlcura Soap and about throe boxes of Ointment "I am a nurse and my profession brings me into many dlfforont fam ilies and It 1b always, a ploasuro for mo to tell my story and recommend Cutlcura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shel don, Litchfield, Conn., Oct 23, 1909." Don't crltlciBo a help being foolish. tool; foolo can't Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soottilne Srrun. rorehlMron ttblni(. tofton I bo Ktinis, rmlucri In BumtUonlUkjauun.euraiwludoolle. SoonUKU. Self-lovo In the only kind that puts a man In the undertaker's hands. Tell the dealer you want Lewis' Single binder straight 5a cigar. Truth Is said to bo Btranger than fiction, yot It is only in Action thoy got married and live happily over after. Shows Value of Steel Car. That the steel car la ot great value as a protection to passengors In the event ot collision was demonstrated in a rocont clash of two trains in the Hudson tunnel, New York city. Thero was no such teloscoplng as would probably have occurrod with wooden cars, and tho injuries wore merely such as resulted from tho pas sengors' being thrown down by the shock of the collision. Noisy Nuisances. Ill-fitting doors and windows rep resent a happy hunting ground for the disturbing winds. In tact, bo annoying does the constant rattlo ot these open ings become that many determined In dividual, who resolve to admit the fresh air, chooso the lessor ot two evils and closo tho oponlngB In prefer ence to sleepless nights. This can bo remedied if a small wedgo ot wood bo driven In at tho sldo ot an open window; a door can bo provonted from rattling It a pad or strip of thick folt bo nailed on tho edge of tho door. Tho annoyance of croaking drawers can bo eliminated by rubbing common soap upon the top, sidoa and bottom of each. Creaking hinges on anything should bo well oiled, while tho grnting, Irrl tilting nolso of a sowing machlno can bo overcomo In a similar manner. Tlio llttio noises wear nway tho pa tlonce that 1b required for othor things. It wore foolish to dlsajpato enorgy through tho channels ot irrl tated norveB when a llttio time will obviate the nulsnncos. Some Sweet Day 1 1 -"" J. Sjn, Sugar aiut Salt T.'ted Popular pkg. 10c Family size 15c Sold by Grocers. Poatum Cereal Co., A Cftrr. . . . at" I w. .nil.. porous and Influential farmers ot east ern NobraBka, makes a statement lk regard to tho United Doctors, those expert medical specialists who hart their Omaha Instltuto at 232 NovllJe block, that is worth the attention t ovory sick person. Anyone who is h doubt about this matter should writq. to Mr. Pflug, or to tho bank at Papll lion, to ask about Mr. Pflug's standini and reliability. Here Is his state ment: Papllllon, Neb., July 20, 1909. I want to say to sick poople tha for fifty years I was a farmer living near Sarpy Milts. Five years ago I be gan to run down, got rheumatism, ant It got so bad I couldn't walk. My stomach would not digest tho food 1 ate. I was bloated all tho time; mj, liver would not do Its work properly, and I was dizzy and sick to my ston nch. I was so nervous that I could noV slcop nights. The muscles all over my body would jerk, nnd finally I became bo bad that I was unable to attend U any of my business. I had taken treatment during aH thU timo from tho best physicians I could find in Omaha and the towns surrounding my home, all of whoa did me no good and I continued ta got worse until Anally my wife helps me to the office ot tho United Doctors in tho Novllle block, corner Sixteenth and Harney street. This was on the eighteenth day ot April. The doctor gavo mo a thorough examination ana told mo he could not make me a boy again, but would make me lota better. I commenced treatment at once. Within four weoks I had begun to Ins prove, and now, at the entl ot three months, I am fooling well in every rospect and do all the work about the farm. Yesterday I dug potatoes ant painted six rods of tenet' la halt a day, and my wlfo and I put up twe tons of alfalfa by ourselves. I cannot say onough in praise el the United Doctors and what the have done for mo. Jaob Pfluc Really a 8erlous Dilemma. "Tho chap who works on one side of. me," said an offlco man, "has been mar rled six weeks and he sneaks to the tolophone about four times a day ant callB up his wife, and then I hw hla saying: 'Dear, how Is your headache now? I hope you are feeling better." Then protty soon ho comes back to hi desk and goes to work again a)' sxe ling. "The man who works on the othes side of me has been married six years and he goes to the telephone only whon ho's culled and then I hear hiss saying: 'Why, I can't possibly do that I can't spare tho money,' and then ht comes back to his desk all scowling. "And really, whoa I hear the way these two men go on I don't know what to do. I don't knew whether to get married or stay a bachelor." An Interruption. Among the primary pupils enreQet In a Baltimore school thll terra is the son of a prominent buMjj man of that city. One afternoon, at close of school, the youngster sought out his father e hU ofAco, to him he said: "Dad, I'm getting tlrod of school. I think I'll quit" "Why?" asked tho astonished pai ent; "what's tho matter, Tommy? Z thought you were fond ot going to school." "So I am, dad," responded the young stor, suppressing a yawn, "but U breaks up tho day so." Harper's Mag azine. One Type of Religion. "Too many pcoplo," said Rev. Charles F, Aked, at a luncheon In New York, "regard their religion as did the llttio boy in tho jam closot "His mothor pounced on him sud denly. Ho Btood on tiptoe, ladling jam with both hands from the Jam pot to lils mouth, "'Oh, Jackyl' his mothor cried. 'And last night you prayed to be made n Halntl' "Ills faco, nn expressionless mask of jam, turnod towards her. " 'Yes, but not till after I'm dead,' he explained." You may bo served with r Post Toasties and Cream Then you will know what a dainty, tempt ing food you have been missing. Every serving wins a friend "TheMemory Lingers" Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. y