Hyy NARY ROBEKIr KMEHARf
i kmstoi. or THE
SYNOPSIS.
Lawrence Blakoley. lawyer, pops to
fClttHburg with tho forced notes In tlio
llrotiBon enso to get tho deposition of
John Qlltnorc, millionaire, In thu hitter's
'house ho Ik attracted by the picture of
i Klrl whom Qltnuire explulns Is bin
iirrnnridauKhlcr, AIIrou West. lie hijm
'Iher father Is a rascal unil n friend of
tho fonter. A lndy rcqiiestH Ulukilej' to
'buy her ft Pullman ticket. Itu wives her
'lower cloven and retains lowerlcn. lie
"finds a mnn In a drunken stupor In lower
tun nnd goes to bed In lower nine. Ho
awakens In lower seven und finds that
Ills bag nnd clothes ore intsslnK. Tho
mnn In lower ten Is found murdered. Ills
name, It develops. Is Simon Ilnrrlnuton.
Thu man who disappeared with Hlnlce
'ley's clothes Is suspected. Ulakeloy 1e
comcs Interested In a Klrl In blue. Olr
emtiBtanllnl evidence places Blakrley un
der suspicion of murder. Tho train Is
"wrecked. Hlakeley Is rescued from the
burning ear by the Klrl In blue. Ills arm
Is broken. Together they ko to the Car
ter farm for breakfast. The Klrl proves
to be Alison West, his partner's sweet
'heart. Alison's peeullnr actions mystify
tho lawyer. She drops her Kold bag nnd
Hlakeley, unnoticed, putB It In his pocket,
lie returns homo and learns from his
landlady of strango happenings.
CHAPTER XI Continued.
"Is alio talking Htlll? or again?" ho
naked, just before tho door closed.
Thoro was a second's indecision with
tho knob, then, Judging discretion the
Iiotter part, Mrs. Klopton went nway.
"Now, then," McKnight said, set
tling himself in a chair beside the
bed, "spit it out. Not the wreck I
"know nil I want nbout that. But tho
theft. I can toll you beforehand that
it was a woman."
I had crawled painfully out of bed,
.and was In the act of pouring the egg
nog down tho pipe of the washstnnd.
1 paused, with tho glass In the nlr.
"A woman!" I repeated, startled.
""What makes you think that?"
"You don't know the first principles
of a good detective yarn," ho said
scornfully. "Of course, It was tho
"woman in tho empty house next door.
"You said it was brass pipes, you will
remember. Well on with tho danco;
let joy bo unconflned."
So I told tho story; I had told it so
jiinny times that day that I did It au
tomatically. And I told about tho girl
"with tho bronzo hair, and my suspic
ions. But I did not mention Alison
"West. McKnight listened to tho end
without interruption. When I had
finished ho drew a long breath.
"Well!" ho said. "That's something
of a mess, isn't it? If you can only
prove your mild and childlike dispo
sition, they couldn't hold you for tho
murder which Is a regular ten-twent-thlrt
crime, anyhow. But tho notes
Uhat's different. They are not burned,
.anyhow. Your man wasn't on tho
train therefore, he wasn't in tho
-wreck. If he didn't know whnt he was
taldng, as you seem to think, he prob--ably
reads tho papers, and unless he
.is a fathead, ho's awako by this time
to wJiat ho's got. He'll try to sell
them to Bronsou, probably."
"Or to ub," I put in.
Wc said nothing for a few minutes.
'McKnight smoked a olgaretto nnd
-.stared at a photograph of Candida
ovor the' mantel. Candida Is tho best
Iiony for a heavy mount in sovon
.-states.
"I didn't go to Richmond," ho ob--.servod
finally. Tho remark followed
my own thoughts so closely that I
istarted. "Miss West Is uot homo yet
ifrom Seal Harbor."
Heoclving no response, ho lapsed
.again Into thoughtful silence, Mrs.
.Klopton enmo In just as tho clock
.struck one, and made preparation for
tho night by putting a largo gaudy
comfortable Into an arm chulr In tho
dressing room,. with n smaller, stiff'
backod chair for her feet. Sho was
-wondorfully attired In a dressing gown
that was reminiscent, in parts, of all
tho ones sho had given mo for a half
-dozen Chrl8tmases, nnd sho had a pur
plo veil wrapped around hor head, to
hldo heaven knows what deficiency
Sho oxnnunoa tho empty egg-nog
.glass, inquired what the evening paper
had said about tho weather, and then
.stalked Into tho dressing room, nnd
prcpurmcd, with much ostentatious
creaking, to sit up all night.
Wo fell silont again, while Mc-
.Knight traced a rough outline of tho
berths on tho white tablecover, and
puzzled It out slowly. It was some
thing llko this:
-12 10 O
II 9 7
"You think ho changed tho tags on
seven and nine, so that when you
went hack to bod you thought you
wore crawling into nine, when it wns
really soven, eh?"
"Probably yes.'
"Then toward morning, when every
body was asleep, your theory Is that
ho changed tho numbers agnln and
left tho train."
"I can't think of nny thing clso," l
roplled woarlly.
"Jove, what a game of bridge thnt
.fntlmtr tt'nnlil nlnvl If wnn lllffl flnoRR.
ic n -ii,r.nnr n,i winning out.
They would scarcely have doubted
you had tho togs been reversed m
the worn'rg Ho certainly loft you In
CIRCULAR JTAIRCAfB I
a bad way. Nt a Jury In tho country
would stand out against tho stains,
the stiletto, and tho murdered man's
pocket-book in your possession."
"Then you think Sullivan did it?" 1
nsked.
"Of course," said McKnight con
fidently. "Unless you did It In your
sleep. IOok at tho stains on his pil
low, utid the dirk stuck Into It. And
didn't he have the man Harrington's
pocket-hook?"
"But why did he go off without tho
money?" 1 persisted. "And where
does tho hronze-hnlred girl como In?"
"Search mo." McKnight retorted (Up
pnntly. "Inflammation of tho Imagi
nation on your part."
"Thnn thm-A In thr tilen nf tele-
grnm. It said lower ten, enr seven.'
It's extremely likely -that sho had It.
That telegram was about me, ltlchey."
"I'm getting a hendache," he said,
putting out his clgnretto against tho
solo o( his shoe. "All I'm certain of
Just now Is that if there hadn't been
a wreck, by this time you'd be Bitting
In an eight by ten rell, ana feeling like
tho rhymo for It.1
"But listen to thlf.," I contended, as
ho picked up his hat, "this fellow Sul
livan Is n fugitive, and Iio'h a lot more
likely to make advances to Bronson
than to us. We could hnve the caso
continued, release Bronsou on ball
and set a watch on him."
'Not my watch," McKnight protest
ed "It's a family heirloom."
"You'd better go home," I said firm
ly. "Go home and go to bed. You'ro
sleepy. You enn have Sullivan's red
necktie to dream ovor if you think It
will help any."
Mrs. Klopton's voice came drowsily
from thu next room, punctuated by a
yawn. "Oh, I forgot to tell you, sho
called, with tho suspicious lisp which
I Knew That
characterizes hor tit nlght,"somehody
cnlled up about noon, Mr. Lawrenco.
It was long distance, nnd he said ho
would call again. Tho name was"
sho yawned "Sullivan."
CHAPTER XII.
The Gold Bag,
I havo always smiled ut thoso cases
of spontaneous combustion which, llko
fusing tho component parts of a sold
litz powder, unite two people In a bub
bling ophormoral ecstasy. But suro
suroiy there Is possible, with but a
single meeting, nn attraction so great,
n community of mind ami interest so
strong, that between that first moot
ing nnd tho next tho bond may grow
Into something stronger. This Is es
pecially true, I fancy, of peoplo with
temperament, tho modern substitute
for imagination. It is a nlco ques
tion whether lovers begin to lovo
when they nro together, or when they
aro apart.
Not that I followed any such line
of reasoning at tho tlmo. I would not
oven admit my folly to myself. But
during tho restless hours of that first
night alter tno accident, when my
ack nchod with lying on it, nnd nny
other position was torture, I found my
thoughts constantly going back to All-
son Wost. I dropped Info a dozo, to
dream of touching hor lingers ngaln
to comfort her, and awoke to find I
had patted a teaspoonful of modtclno
"t of Mrs. Klopton's Indignant hand.
wns u McKnight had said about
, making an egregious ass of myself?
And that brought mo back toltlchoy,
' "
and I fancy I groaned. There is no
use expatiating on tho friendship be
tween two men who havo gono to
gothor through college, havo quar
reled nnd mndo It up, fussed togothor
over politics and dobntcd creeds for
years; men don't ne;d to bo told, nnd
women cannot understand. Neverthe
less, I groaned. If It had been any
ouo but Rich!
Some things wcro mine, howovor,
nnd I would hold them: Tho halcyon
breakfast, tho queer hat, tho pebblo In
her small shoe, tho gold bag with tho
broken chain tho bngl Why, It was
iu my pockot at that moment.
1 got up pnlnfully nnd found my
coat. Yes, thoro was tho purse, bul
ging with an opulent suggestion of
wealth inside. I went back to bed
again, somewhat dizzy, between effort
nnd the touch of the trinket, so lately
hers. I held it up by Its broken chain
and gloated over It. By careful atten
tion to orders, I ought to bo out in n
day or so. Then I could return it to
her. I really ought to do that; it wns
vnlnable. and I wouldn't enro to trust
it to the mall. I could run down to
Richmond, nnd see hor onco there
wns no disloyalty to Itlch in that.
I had no Intention of opening tho
little bng. I put it under my pillow
which wns my reason for refusing to
havo tho llnon slips chnnged, to Mrs.
Klopton's dlsmny. And sometimes dur
ing the morning, while I lay under a
virgin field of white, ornamented with
strnngo (lowers, my cigarettes hidden
beyond discovery, and Sclcnco and
Health on n table by my elbow, na If
by tho merest accident, I slip my hand
under my pillow and touch It rov
eiently. McKnight came in nbout 11. I heard
his car at the curb, followed almost
Immediately b,y his slnm at tho front
door, and his usual clamor on tho
stairs. He had a bottlo under his
arm, rightly surmising that I had bqon
forbidden stimulant, nnd n largo box
of cigarettes In his pocket, suspecting
my deprivation.
"Well," ho said cheerfully. "How
did you sleep after keeping ma up half
tho night?"
I slipped my hnnd around; tho purso
wcb well covered.
"Havo it now, or wnlt till I get tho
cork out?" he rattled on.
"I don't want anything," I protested.
"I wish you wouldn't bo so darned
cheerful, ltlchey." Ho stopped whit
tling to stare ut mo.
"'I nm saddest when I sing!'" ho
Bit of Chain.
quoted unctuously. "It's puro renc
tlon, Lolllo. Yesterday tho sky wns
low; I was digging fflr my best friend
To day ho lies before me, his peevish
self. Yesterday I thought the notes
wero burned; today I look forward
to a good cross country chase, and
with luck wo will draw." His voice
chnnged suddenly. "Yostordny sho
was in Seal Harbor. To day sho Is
hero."
"Hero in Washington?" I nsked, as
naturally as I could.
"Yes. Going to stay a week or two."
"Oh, I had n llttlo hen and sho had a
wooden log
And nenrly every morning sho used
to lay an egg
"Will you stop that racket, nich!
It s tho real thing this time, I sup
pose?"
"Well," ho said judicially, "slneo
you drag It from mo, I think porhaps
It Is. You you'ro bucIi a confirmed
woman-hntor that I hardly knew how
you would tnko It."
"Nothing of tho sort," I denied tostl
ly. "Because n man reaches the age
of 30 without making maudlin lovo to
every
"I'vo taken to long country rides,"
ho went on reflectively, without listen
ing to mo, "and yostorday I ran over
a Bheop; nearly wont Into tho ditch
But thero's n Providence that watches
over fools and lovors, and Just no'w I
know dnrned well that I'm ono, and I
hnve a sneaking idea I'm both."
"You aro both," I said with disgust,
"If you can bo rational for ono mo
ment, I wish you would toll mo why
thnt man Sullivan called xo ovor tho
telephone yesterday morning."
"Probably hadn't yet discovered tho
nronson notes providing you hold to
your theory thnt tho theft was In
cidental to tho murder. May havo
wnnted his own clothes again, or to
thank you for yours. Search mc; I
enn't think of nnythlng else." Tho
doctor enmo in just then.
"Pretty good Bhapc," ho snld. "How
did you sleep?"
"Oh, occasionally," I replied. "I
would llko to Bit up, doctor."
"Nonsense Take a rost whllo you
havo nn oxcuso for It. I wish to thun
der I could stny In bed for a day or
so, I was up all night."
"Have a drink," McKnight snld,
pushing over tho bottlo.
"Twins!" Tho doctor grinned.
"Hnvo two drinks."
But tho medical mnn refused.
"I wouldn't even wenr a chntnpngno-
colored neektlo during business
hours," he explained. "By tho way.
I had another caso from your acci
dent, Mr. Blakeloy, Inst yesterday aft
ernoon. Under tho tonguo, plcnss,"
He stuck a thermometer In my mouth.
I had a Biuldcn terrlblo vision of tho
nmntour detectlvo coming to light,
note-book, cheerful impertinence and
incriminating data. "A smnll mnn?"
I demanded, "gray hair "
"Keep your mouth closed," tho doc
tor said peremptorily. "No. A, worn-
nn, with a frnctured Bkull. Beautiful
case. Van Kirk wns up to his ryes
nnd sent for me. Hemorrhage, right-
sided paralysis, Irregular pupils nil
tho trimmings. Worked for two
hours."
"Did she recover?" McKnight put In.
Ho was examining tho doctor with a
new nwe.
"Sho lifted her right arm before I
loft," the doctor finished cheerily, "so
tho operation wns a buccobs, even If
she should dto."
"Good heavens," McKnight brolio
In, "and I thought you wero just an
ordinary mortal, llko tho rest of usl
Let mo touch you for luCk. Was sho
pretty?"
"Yes, and young. Had a wealth of
bronze-colored hAlr. Upon my soul,
I hated to cut It."
McKnight and I exchnnged glnnccs.
"Do you know her nnme, doctor?" I
asked
"No. Tho nurses said her clothes
camo from a Pittsburg tailor."
"Sho is not conscious, I suppose?"
"No; sho may bo to-morrow or In
a week."
Ho looked at tho thermometer,
murmured something nbout liquid diet,
avoiding my eye Mrs. Klopton wnB
broiling a chop at tho tlmo and took
his departure, humming chcorfully ns
ho went downstairs. McKnight looked
after him wistfully.
"Jovo, I wish 1 had his constitu
tion," ho exclaimed. "Nolthor norves
nor henrt! Whnt n chauffeur he would
mnko!"
But I wns serious.
"I havo an Idea," I said grimly,
"that this Binnll matter of tho murder
Is going to come up ngaln, and that
your uncle will bo In tho deuce of a
(lx If It does. If that woman Is going
to die. somebody ought to be around
to tnko her deposition. Sho knows a
lot, If sho didn't do it herself. I wish
you would go down to tho tolophono
nnd get tho hospltnl. Kind out her
name, and If sho Is conscious."
McKnight went under protest. "1
haven't much time," ho snld, looking
at his watch. "I'm to meet Mrs. Wost
nnd Alison nt ono. I want you to
know them, Lolllo. You would llko
tho mothor."
"Why not the dnughter?" 1 In
quired. I touched tho llttlo gold bug
under tho pillow.
"Woll," ho snld judicially, "you'vo
always declared against tho Immaturi
ty and romantic nonsense of very
young women "
"I never snld anything of the sort,"
J retorted furiously.
" 'There Is more sntlsrnction to uo
had out of a good saddle horso!'" ho
quoted mo. " 'Moro excitement out
of a polo pony, nnd as for tho eternal
matrimonial chase, give me Instead a
good stubble, a fox, some decent dogs
nnd a hunter, nnd I'll show you tho
real Joys of tho chase!'"
"For heaven's sake, go down to tho
telephone, you mnko my head ache,"
1 said savagely.
I hardly know what prompted mo
to tnko out tho gold purso and look
nt It. It wns an Imbecile thing to do
cnll it impulse, sentimentality,
what you wish. I brought It out, ouo
oyo on tho door, for Mrs. Klopton has
n ready oyo and a noiseless shoe. But
tho house was qulot. Downstairs Mc
Knight was (lilting with tho telephone
central nnd thero was an odor ot
honosot tea In tho nlr. I think Mrs.
Klopton was fascinated out of her
theories by tho "bonesot." In connec
tion with tho frnctured-arm.
Anyhow, I hold up tho bag anil look
ed at it. It must hnvo been uti
fastened, for tho next Instant there
was nn nvalaucho on tho snowllold of
the counterpane some money, a wisp
of a handkerchief, a tiny booklet with
thin lenves, covered with a powdery
substance and n noeklnco. I drow
myself up slowly und stared at tho
necklneo.
It was ono of Oto soml-barhnrlc af
fairs that women nro wearing now, a
heavy pendant of gold chnlns nnd
carved cameos, swung from a thin
neck chain of tho snmn metnl Tho
necklneo was broken; In thrco plncea
tho links wero pulled apart nnd tho
enmcos swung looso nnd partly de
tached, But It was tho supporting
chain that hold my oyo and fasclnntod
with Its sinister suggestion. Thrco
inches of it had been snapped off, and
as wtii as I knew anything on earth, 1
know that the bit of chain that tho
amateur detectlvo had found, blood
stain and nil, belonged Just thoro.
(TO UB CONTINUED.)
33
CHRISTIAN
CITIZENSHIP
By REV. STEPHEN PAULSON
ritttburr, P.
Text: Our citizenship Is tn heaven.
Phil. 3:20.
Ill toundlng this republic our fath
ers established flvo institutions thnt
soomcd necessary to tho dovolopmcnt
of a high ordor of manhood. Slnco hero
tho common peoplo wcro to bo rulors
It was plainly necessary to cducato tho
multitude. No Inventor commits his
Invention Into tho hnnds of nn ignorant
mnn, nnd our fathers feared to trust
those powerful political tools, tho bal
lot and free speech, Into tho hands of
Ignorant nnd untrained mon. So they
established tho free school.
iuoy also founded tho free press; be
lieving thnt tho citizen should bo mndo
acquainted with all that goes on In
God's grent world, that our peoplo
should not bo Ignorant peasants hut
citizens of tho world. Tho result Is tho
Intelligent unity of a hundred million
people nnd tho breaking down of all
sectional differences.
They also established liberty nnd po
litical equality. Not that nil men nro
equnl in strength of body or qunllty ot
lntollcct or power of personality, but
that each mnn has an equal right to
Justice and self-development. The
grass, ho Illy, nnd tho oak nro not
equal In station, r.nd, porhnpa, not
equnl In UHcfulness, hut nro equal In
their right to claim from soil nnd rain
and sun whnt they need for growth
and sustenance
Our fathers emphasized tho family,
recognizing that all subsequent roln'
tlonshtps nro mndo or marred In the
family clrclo. They looked upon this
homo ns n mlnlnturj republic and thoy
looked to earnest mothers for tha
sturdy and honest citizenship of the
future.
Tho founders of the republic also be
lieved most emphatically In a freo
church. Thoy decreed thnt tho Lord's
day should bo a training day for the
soul and conscience thnt men might
grow flno nnd strong, nnd that gront
and truo convictions might bo devel
oped. For tho mensuro of powor of n
republic Is not in its resources nnd
wealth, but In tho qunllty of manhood
produced.
Wo havo today many problems be
fore us, ns thoro always will bo groat
problems before a growing nnd pro
gressing nation: but our grcatost need
Is a Christian citizenship. Wo need
men who live nnd net the principles of
lesus Christ in our high offices, In
plncos of responsibility, In tho gront
marts of business. That It will bd so,
It Is not nn Idealist's dream, but will
ho a realization of tho futuro to which
present Indications point.
In n despotism whoro ono family
rules, tho task of educating tho rulers
Is simple. It means tho teaching of
tho membors of n singlo family. In a
monarchy It mean3 tho educntlon of n
fow thousand of tho uppor clnsBcs. In
a republic tho grent peril is moral lg
nornnco among millions, many of them
nowly como to our shores. Wo havo
established our public schools for tho
training of tho intellect, but unfortu
nately wo hnvo eliminated mornls nnd
spiritual knowledge from tho class
room. Klvo or bIx hours overy wook
nro given to mathematics for years,
becnuso wo must count money, nnd
weigh sugar and salt, computo coal and
mensuro land. Years for tho study of
mathematics; not one minute for tho
training of a child's mornls and char
scter. The president of tho National
Kaucntlonnl association affirmed In his
annual address thnt thero aro ten mil
lions of young people under 17 who
novor cross the threshold of a church.
Wo tench children thnt two and two
make four, but not that It Is wrong to
falsify accounts. Wo teach thorn that
flro burns In sclcnco, but not that tho
boy who tries to satisfy his doslro for
tileasuro with sin. Is llko ono who
pats red-hot coals. We teach tho 'girl
that hot water Bcalds, but wo do not
tell her thnt thoro nro passions which
Indulged In will blight her very soul
Look nt the Jails filled with boys whom
wo nllow to grow up llko vandals. Con
lder tho prisons crowded with young
-rlmlnnls. Look at tho moral Inson
slblllty nmong our rich mon and legls
lators. to whom truth nnd Justlco
should bo sacred.
Wo breed our own dangers through
neglect. Wo spend vast energy In tho
BscusHlon of tho tariff on pig Iron, ns
(f with it tho republic would survlvo
of porlsh; but wo neglect the souls of
Jien. Wo spend hundreds of millions
ligglng mud out of tho Ivors, whllo
,ho mouths of our children spout mud,
mil the tenement housos ooze disease
nd crime. Surely thoro novor was
i tlmo In tho history of tho republic
when tho influonco and work of tho
hiiroli was needed more thnn it Is to
lay. Wo havo well known examples
3f how gladly peoplo flock to tho
mindnrd of any man who shows him
,olf a sturdy, uncompromising Chris
nan citizen. And on tho other hand
.vo see that a man who Is not n Chris
tlnn, though ho may bo exalted to a
nigh placo, Is boon weighted and
found wanting.
Our fathers laid woll tho foundn
tlons. but their work ennnot be por
fected without the lldollty'of tho sons.
Wo havo a mnrvolous horltugo; wo
roup whnt wo did not sow. But God
forbid that wo should provo faithless
t tho principles of our fathors. So
let us on this day cnll tho roll ot con
vlctlon which Ho deep-rooted in truo
citizenship; and tho first truth thnt
meets us Is that a man must bu n
citizen ot the kingdom of God before
ho can bo a' true citizen of a Chris
tian nation.
No man's nets dlo utterly; niu'
though his body may rosolvo Into Uiln
iMunyon's
Soap -
is mora soothing thnn Cold
!m uream ; moro nesting man
44 any lotion, liniment or salvo;
moro beautifying than any
cosmetic.
Cures dandruff and slop hair Iron
(ailing out.
Didn't Want KIs Chewed.
Bllt Don't you like to seo a
do
chewing a bono?
Jill Yes, If it's not ono of my own.
Yonkors Statesman.
If You Aro a TrWe Sensitive
About tho site of your choes, many prople
wear smitUer nWoby urIq Allen's Foot-Eaaa,
the AntUtntle Powder to i,ake Into' tlia shots.
It cure Tired, Hwollen, AcblDR Feet and
c1tm n t and comfort. Jutt the thing for
lirraldi'.T In nw nliora. ta.d rTtrywhere. lfo.
Pnuipli tnt FHEE. Addkeui. Alltn H. Olnultd,
L Ho-' N. V
A Summer Retort.
Noah disembarked.
"A combination of tho mountain!
and scnslioro!" ho cried.
Herewith ho rOsohcd to advertti
Uio tour.
Thfi It more Catarrh tit thu wctton of tht fountr
tho all olhrr dlseiwi put t-n:tlnr, and until the last
Irw vran w tuDtxM to lx Incurable. For irral
miwr doctora pronouniej It a local dlataae and
pmcriuru local remcuim, ma uj cuunmubtr iimi's
to cur with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable
Science hat proven Catarrh to be a conttltutloral (He
rat, ana luercrora require cqptuiuiionBi irrauncni.
llall't Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. J, Cbener
A Co.. Toledo, Ohio. It the onlf Conatltutlonal cure on
the market. It It taken Internally In dotea Irora It
dropi to a teunoontul. (t acta directly on tha blood
and mucoui turtacca ot the tyitem. They onr one
hundred dollar tor any cat It taUa to cure. StM
tor circular and Valtraontala.
Aldret: r. j. uiiknux w loitoo. uojo.
Bold by I) run. lit. Ite.
Take UaU'i Family l'Ult tor oonttlpattoa.
Something Dreadful.
Wco Anita was Batoning to a Btor
of tho Johnstown flood.
"Whnt mado it?" uho nsked.
'"Oh, tho dam broke," roplled grand
ma.
Tho next morning Bho ran Into hor
brothor's room nnd, climbing up on
tho bed, inquired anxiously: "Buvvor,
wasn't it JuBt drofful 'bout that swear
breaking nnd killing all doso peoplo f
Slightly Confused.
All of us become confused and all of
us mix our lnnguago sometimes, but
tho preparation ot an old negro
proacher's sermon was tho groatost
confusion of metaphors I ever beard,
BayB a travolor. When tho lengthy dis
courso wns nearlng its close and ha
had reached his "Twenty-third and
lastly, brothrcn," ho wound up by th
following elaborate flguro:
"Everywha, bredrcn, wo see do al
mighty all down do untrodden pathw
of tlmo, we seo do footprints ot da
Almighty hand." Human Llfew
LIKE CURE8 LIKK.
Braudgo Ho calls his new lnventloa
a "nolsoloss automobile."
Grudge Noiseless T It makes an In
fernal clatter.
Smudge Ho claims that the loud
ness ot the nmoll drowns out tho loud
nous of tho noise, and vice versa.
"NO FRILLS"
Just Sensible Food Cured Htm-
Sometlmos a good, healthy commer
cial travolor suffers from poorly se
lected food and Is lucky If he learns
that Qrapo-Nuts food will put him
right
A Cincinnati travolor says: "About
a year ago my stomach got in a bad
way. I had u headache most of tho
tlmo and suffered mlsory. For several
months I ran down until I lost about
VO pounds in weight nnd finally had to
glvo up a good position and go horns.
Any food that I might uso seemed to
nausoato mo.
"My wife, hardly knowing what to
do, ono day brought homo a package
ot Grape-Nuts food and coaxed mo to
try It I told her It was no uso but
finally to humor her I trlod a llttlo,
and thoy Just struck my taste. It
was tho first food I had eaten In near
ly a year that did not cuuso any suffer
ing. "Woll, to mako a long story short, I
began to Improve and stuck to Grape
Nuts. I wont up from 135 pounds In
Decomber to 194 pouuds tho following
October.
"My brnln 1b clear, blood all
right and appotlte too much for any
man's pockotbook. In fact, I am thor
oughly mado over, and owe it all to
Qrapo-Nuts. I talk so much about what
Urapo-Nuts will do that some ot tho
mon on tho road havo nloknamed me
'Urapo-Nuts,' but I stand toduy a
healthy, rosy-cheeked man a protty
good oxamplo of what the right kin
of food will do.
"You can publish this If you want to,
It Is a truo statement without any
frills."
Road the little book, "The Road to
Wellvillo," In pkgs. "Thore's a Reason."
ICver read the abore letter? X aeff
one appeara from ttme to time. TbT
are Kroulne, true, aad full ot kaaaaaa
Interest.
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