e RON
ZLOUIS JOSEPH
AUTHOR. OF "TUB BRASS DOWk" ETC.
COPYRIGHT BY L.OLN& OOSCPH VANCE
8YNOP8I8.
' David Amber, Ktartlnc for n duck-shoot-In
visit with his friond, Qunln, come tip
on ft younrr lady equestrian who hag been
dismounted by her home becoming frlfiht
ened at the sudden ntincamneo In the road
of a burl Hindu, lie declares ho Is
Hohtul Lai ehatterJI, "tho appointed
fnouthpleco of The Hell," addresses Amber
ns A. man of high rank nnd pressing; a
mysterious Ilttlo bronxo box, "The To
ken," Into Ills hand, disappears In the
wood. Tho Klrl calls Amber by name.
Ho In turn addresses her as Miss floplilo
Korroll, daughter of Col. KarroH of the
Ilrltlsh diplomatic sorvlco In India And
visiting tho Qualns, Hoveral nights Inter
the QUA I n homo ts burglarized and tho
bronzo box stolen, Amber nnd Quatn kh
hunting on an Island and bocomo lost and
Amber Is left maroonod, Hn wanders
about, finally reaches ft cabin nnd rec
ognizes as Its occupant an old friend
named rtutton, whom li last met In Eng
land, and who appears to bo In hldlnc.
CHAPITER IV. (Continued).
i "Tho samo man. IIo nuked mo down
for tlio jshooting owns a country
placo across tho hayi Tanglowood."
"A vtfry nblo mnn; I wish I might
havo met htm. . . . What of your
solf? What havo you been doing theso
throo yoarn? Havo you married?"
'Tvo boon too busy to think of
that. ... I mean, till lately."
"Ah?"
Amber flushed boyishly. "Thcro was
n girl at Qualn'n a guest. ....
Hut ho loft boforo T dnrcd apeak. Per
haps It was as well."
"Why?"
"Docauso nho was too flno"""nnd
wcol and good for mo, Rutton."
t "Llko every man's first lovo,"
Tho eldor man's glanco was keen
too keen for Ambor to dlsslmulato suc
cessfully under It. "Vou'ro right,"
ho admitted ruefully. 'It's tho first
sure-enough trouble of tho Bort I cttr
oxporlenccd. And, of icourso, It had
to bo hopeless."
"Why?" persisted Rutton.
"Docauso I'vo half a notion thoro's
r chap waiting for her at homo.''
"At homo?"
"In England." Tho need for a con
fidant was suddenly Imperatlvo upon
Uio youngor man. "flho'n an English
girl half English, that Is; her moth
er was an American, a schoohnato of
Qualn'H wife; her father, an English
man In tho Indian service
"Her namo?"
"Sophia Farroll." A peculiar quali
ty, b certain tensity, In Hutton's man
ner, forced. ltlf Hpm Amber's at
tention. "Why?" h(f asked. "Do you
know tho Farrells? What's tho mat
ter?" Hutton's eycB mot his stonily; out
of the ashen mask of hln faco, that
suddenly had whltonod benoath tho
brown, they glared, afire but unsoolng.
His hands writhed, his fingers twisting
togothor with cruol forco, tho knuckloa
gray. Abruptly, as If abandoning tho
attempt to reassert his self-control, ho
Jumped up and went quickly to a win
dow, thcro to ataad, his back to Am
bor, staring fixedly out Into tho Btorm
racked night. "I know hor father,"
ho wild at length, his tono constrained
and odd, "long ago, In India."
"Ho'e out thcro now a political, I
bollove they call him, or somothlng of
tho sort."
"Yes."
"Sho's going out to rejoin him."
"What!" Ilutton camo nwlftly baok
to Ambor, hla volco ahaklng, "What
did you say?"
"Why, yos. Sho travels with friends
by tho wostorn route to Join Colonel
Farroll at Darjoellng, whoro he's sta
tioned Just now, Shortly after I .camo
down Bhe left; Mrs, Qualn had a wlro
a day or so airo. ha vine aim wna nn
the point of sailing from San Fran-.
qisco, . . . uood Lord, Rutton!
aro you 111?"
Something In the man's face had
brought Amber to his foot, a prey to
Inexpressible concern ; It w.ns as If a
mask had droppod nnd ho woro look
Ing upon tho soul of a man in mortal
torture.
"No," gasped Rutton, "I'm till right.
Bealdoa," ho added beneath hla
breath, so that Amber barely caught
the syllables, "It's too lato."
Aa rapidly as ho had loot ho seemed
to regain amatory of his Inoxpllcnblo
emotion. Ills faco bocama again corn
posed, almost Immobile, nnd stopping
to the table ho selected a clgarotto
and rolled it gently botweon lfls slim
brown Angora. "I'm sorry to havo
alannodyou," ho Bald, hla tono a bit
too oven not to breed a doubt In tho
mind of )ils hearer. "It's nothing seri
ous a ilttlo troublo of tho heart, of
kng standing. Incurable I bono."
Perplexed, yea hoaltati tier tn nwiBa
htm further, Amber watched him fur
tlvolr, Instinctively ansured that bo
tween thU man and tho Farrolla thorp
existed fcOHie extraordinary bond j won
dering how that could bo, convinced
ii nis soui mat somehow tho ontun
gioment involvod tho woman hn lhvmi
he ctlll feared to put his suplclons to
tfee question, lest he should learn that
wblek be had no right to know , , ,
and while he watched was startimi hv
the change that came over Ilutton. At
hu, moment, outwardly compos
ed, it.afeeofbed la thought, the next he
was rigm, every muscle taut, ovory
nerve twiH a a steel mrlne. 1Mb
head Jerktd back suttdealy, his gar.e
ruing itaeic nrst upon the window
than ahlftltur tn tha dnnr Anri'-lila
Ssgers, eeatrnetlng, tore the cigarette
la half.
"Ruttofl.'wkst the dene It the mat-
ten
J
Ilutton seemed not to hoar; Amber
got his answer from the door, which
wns swung wldo and slammed shut. A
blast of frosty air and n flurry of
snow swept across tho room. And
ngalnst tho door thcro leanod a. man
purring for breath nhd coughing spas
modically n. gross nnd monstrous
bulk of flesh, unclean and unwholo
somo to tho eye, attired In nn extrav
agant array of colored pnrments,
tawdry silks nnd satins clinging, sod'
den to his ponderous nnd unwieldy
limbs.
"Tho bnbti!" cried Amber unconsci
ously; and was rewarded by a flash
of recognition from tho conl-black,
beady, evil eyes of tho man.
Hut for that Jnvoluntnry exclama
tion tho tableau hold Unbroken for n
spaco; Ilutton standing transfixed, tho
torn halves of tho ctgaretto bqtweon
his flngorsr bts hend well up and back,
his staro level, direct, uncompromis
ing, n steady chnllengo to tho In
truder. Then, demanding Amber's sllonco
with nn Imperative movement of hlo
band, Rutton spoke. "Well, babu?"
he said quietly, tho shadow of n bitter
nnd weary smllo curving his thin,
hnrd Hps.
The Bengali moved n pneo or two
from tho door, nnd plucked nervously
at the throat of hln surtout, finally
managing to Insert ono hand In the
folds of nllk across his boson). .
"I sock," ho said distinctly in Urdu,
and not without a doflnlto noto of
mennco In hla mnnnor, "tho man call
ing hlmsolf Ilutton Sahib?"
Very deliberately Ilutton Inclined
his head. "I am he."
"Hnxoor!" Tho babu laboriously
doubted up his enormous body In pro
found obolsanco. Having rccoverod,
he nodded to Amber with tho oasy fa
miliarity of nn old acquaintance. "To
you, likewise, greeting, Amber Sa
hib." "What!" Ilutton Bwung ohnrply to
Ambor with an oxclamatlon of amnio
ment. "You know thfs follow, David?"
Tho babu cut In hastily, stimulated
by n pressing nnxloty to clear himself.
'Hnior, I did but orr.'bolng misled by
hla knowledge of our tonguo no well
as by that palo look of you ho woarB.
And, Indeed, In It strango that I should
tako him for you, who was told to
sock you In this wild land?," , , i
. "ni. siUntt" Ration HofdJihtHj'an'
grlly,' ;
"My lord's wllljs his slavo's." Re
signedly tho bnbti folded hla fat arms.
"Tell mo nbout this," Rutton de
manded of Amber.
Tho ass ran across mo In tho
woods, south of tho station, tho day
I camo down," explained Ambor, sum
marizing tho oplsodo aa succinctly ns
ho could. "Ho dldnlt call mo by your
nnmo, but rvo no dobut ho' tolling
tho truth about mistaking mo for you.
At all ovents ho hnzoor-cd mo a num
borv of times, talked a lot of rot nbout
somo silly -Volco,' nnd finally mudo
mo a frco gift of a nlco Ilttlo bronze
box that wouldn't open. After which
ho took to Hln heels, saying ho'd call
later for my answer whatever ho
meant by that. Ho did call by nluhl
nnd Btolo tho box. That's about all I
know of him, thus far, Rut I'd watch
out for Mm, If I woro you; If ho Isn't
n raving lunatic, I miss my guoss,"
"indeed, my lord, It Is nil oulto as
tho sahib says," tho bnbu ndfulttod
graciously, his oyes gleaming with
sardonlo nmusomont. "ClrcumstancoB
conspired to mislead mo; hut that I
wns swift to discover. Nor did I lose
tlmo In romodylng tho error, an you
have heard. Moreover "
Ho shut up suddanly at a slxn from
Rutton, with a ludicrous BhruK of his
hugo Bhouldora disclaiming any ill-In
tent or wrong-doing; and whilo Ilut
ton remained doon In thoujiht bv the
tnble, tho babu hold .sllonco, his gazo
tuckering suspiciously round tho
room.
At length Rutton lookod up, hup-
pretBlng a High. "Your orrnnd, babu?"
"Io It. thou, your will that I should.
npcalt uororo this mmi?" . Tho nengall
nodded Impudently nt Ambor.
"It lu my will."
"Slmbashl I bgar a mossage. ha-
zoor, from tho Hell."
"You nro tho Mouthploco of tho
Volco?"
"Thnt honor Is mine, hazoor. For
tho roBt I am "
"Dohnrl Lai ChnttorJI." lntorruiited
Rutton Impatiently; "solicitor ot tho
Inner Temple disbarred; anointed
thief, liar, Jackal, Ucksplttlo. aud per
juror I know you."
"My lord," snld tho man Insolently,
omita rrom nis catalogue of my ac
compllahmontH my chlofOBt honor; ho
forgota that, with him, I nm nn ac
cepted Mombor of tho IJody."
"Tho Uody wears Htrnngo mombers
that employs you, babu," commonted
Ilutton bitterly. "It baa fallen upon
evil days when such as you aro
charged with n mossago of tho Dell,"
"My lord io harsh to ono who i'ould
bo hlH slaVo in all things. Fortunnto
indeed ant I to own tho protection of
tho Tokon. A slow leor widened
greasily upon his moon-llko fnco.
"Ah, the Token l" Rutton ropoated
tensely, beneath hla breath. "It is
truo that you havo tho Tokon?"
"Aye; It la even horo, my lord."
The )evy brown linnd returned to
the spot it had sought soon after the
babu's entrance, within the folds of
silk across his bosom, and groped
thoroln for an Instant. "Even here,"
ho Iterated with n maddening man
ner of Bupromo solt-complacency, pro
ducing tho bronzo box and Waddling
over to drop It Into Rutton's hand.
"My lord is satisfied?" ho gurgled ma
liciously. Without answering Ilutton turned
tho box over in his palm, his slender
flngors playing nbout tho- bosses of
tho relief work; thcro followed a
click and ori eido of It swung open.
Tho DOngall fell back n paco with a
whlnpor of awo real or affected:
"Tho Tok6ti, hazoort" Ambor hlm
solf gasped slightly.
Unheeded, tho box dropped to jibe
floor. Hotwcon Hutton's thumb aud
forefinger .thcro blazed a great em
erald sot in n ring of red old gold.
Ho twnod it this way and that, in
specting It critically; and tHo lamp
light, catching on tho facets', struck
from it blinding shafU of Jntcnsoly
green radlanco. Ilutton nodded as
If in reedgnation of tho ntono and,
turning, with nn effect of carelessness,
tossed it to Amber.
"Keep thnt for mo, David, please,"
ho said. And Amber, catching It,
dropped tiro ring Into his pdekot.
"My lord Is satisfied with my cro
dontlnls, t,lien?" tho bnbu persisted)
"It Is tho Tokon," Ilutton nsscntod
wenrlly. "Now, your message Do
brief."
"Tho utterances of tho Volco bo In
frequent, hazoor, Its words fow but
charged with moaning: ns you know
of old." Tho Dongall drow himself
up, holding up his head mid rolling
forth his phrasos Jn a volco"' of great
rosonanco and depth. "Theso bo tho
words of tho Volco, hazoor:
'"To All My Peoples:
" 'Even now tho Oatowny of Swords
yawns wjdo, thnt ho who' Is without
fear may pnas within; to tho ond that
tho Body bo -purged of tho Scariot
Evil.
"'Tho Elect nro blddon to tho Or
deal with no exception."
Tho Bonoroua accents subsided, and
Iff &rBHaBfiSHIflB2
mm HBute-Ln If saaPLsnaTi
'Zkwm
"Till We Meet In the Hall
a tonso wait ensued, nono speaking.
Ilutton Btpod In stony apathy, his oyes
lifted to a, dim corner of tho celling,
his gazo llko his thpughts perhaps
ranging far beyond thedrcary confines
of the'' cabin In tho dunes. Mtnuto
after mlnuta passed, ho making no
sign, tho bnbu poised boforo him in
InBcrutablo triumph, watching him
keenly with his black and evil oyes of
a bcnHL Amber hung broathlcss upon
tho Isbuo. boiibIiikt a conflict of terrlblo
for6ca ln"Rutton'8 mind, but compre
hending nothing of their nnturo. Rut
ton awoke as from a Bleep.
"Tho Volco has spoken, babu," ho
Bald, not ungontly, "and I havo heard."
"And your nuswer, lord?"
"Thqro la no nnawor,"
"Hazoor!"
"I havo enld," Rutton confirmed,
qvonly, "thero Is no answer."
"You will obey?"
"That 1b between mo nud my God.
Go back to tho Hnll of tho Roll, 13 o
hftrl Lai Chattorjl, and deliver your
report; Bay that you havo seen mo,
thnt I havo listened to the words of
tho Voice, nnd that I sent no answer."
"Hazoor, I may not. I ntn charged
to return only with you."
"Mnko your peaco with tho Rell In
what manner you will, babu; It la no
concern of mlno. Go, now, whflo yot
tlmo lagrnntod you to avoid a longer
Journey thin nlgljt,,"
"Hazoort"
"Go." Rutton pointed to tho door,
his volco imperatlvo.
Ho rollod slugglBhly toward tho
door, dragging hla lnadequato ovor
coat across hla barrel-like chest; and
paused to cough affectlngly, with ono
hand on tho knob. Rutton eyed him
contomptuoualy,
"If you cnrO to run tho risk," ho
said Buddenly, "you may havo a chair
by tho flro till tho storm . breaka,
babu."
"Reg pardon?" The babu's eyes
widened. "Oah, yoss; I boo. 'It 1
care to run rlak,' Vereo considerate
of you, I'm sure. Rut aa we Bay In
Denxal, 'thee favor of kings isa asi a
sword of two edgca.' Noah, thanks;
tho servants of the Hell do not linger
by waysldo, sea to speak. Uesldoa, I
am In great hurreo. Mister Ambor,
good night. Rutton Sahib" with A
flaah of his sinister humor "au ro
volr; I mean to say, till wo moot in
thco Hall of theo Cell. Good night."
Ho nodded Insolently to the man
whom a Ilttlo tlmo slnco ho had hailed
ns "my lord," shrugged hla coat collar
up round his fnt, dirty neckrshlvered
In anticipation, Jerked tho door open
and plunged ponderously out.
A second later Amber saw tho con
fused -mass of bIb turban glide past
tho window.
CHAPTER V.
The Goblin Nl(jht.
Ambor whistled low. "Impossible!"
he said thoughtfully,
Rutton had crossed to nnd was
benfilng over a small leather trunk
that Btood In one corner of tho room,
In tho act of opening It, ho glanced
ovor hla ahoulddr, "What?" he de
manded sharply.
"I was only thinking; there's some
thing 1 can't ceo through In tho ba
bu's willingness to go,"
"He wna afraid to stay."
"Why?"
Rutton, Tummnglng in tho trunk,
mndo no reply. Aftor a moment Am
bor resumed.
"You know what DengallB aro; that
follow'd do anything, bravo any or
dinary dangorr -rather than try to
cross that sandbar again If ho really
camo that way; which I am Inclined
to doubt. On the other bnnd, he's Jn
tolllgcnt enough to know that n night
llko thin in tho duncd would kill him.
Well, what then?"
Rutton was not listening. As Am
ber concluded ho socmcd to find what
ho had boon scoking, thrust It hur
riedly into tho breast-pocket of hla
coat, and with a muttered word, unin
telligible, dashed to tho door and:
flung It open nnd hlmsolf out.
With a shriek of domonlnc gleo tho
of Tho Dell. Good Night."
wind entered into nnd took possession
of tho room. A cloud of snow nwopt
ncross tho floor llko a veil.. Tho door
battered ngabist the wall as K trying
to break it down. The cheap tin kero
sene lamp Jumped as though caught
up by a handr its flumo leapt high nnd
blue nbovo tho chimney and was not,
In darkness but for tho fitful flaro of
tho fire that had been dvlnir in emberB
'on tho hearth, Amber, Becking tho
doorway, foil ovor n chair, blundered
flat Into tho wall, nnd stumbled un
expectedly out 6f tho house.
Ills concern wns all for Rutton. ho
had no other thought. Ho ran u Ilttlo
way down- tho hollow, heartsick with
horror and cold wRh dread. Thei he
paused bowllderod. Whither In that
.whirling world Rutton might havo
wandered, It was impossible to sur
mise In despair tho Virginian turned
back.
When ho had found his Way to tho
doof of tlT& cabin, It wns closed; ns
ho entered and shut It behind htm, a
match flared and expired tn tho. mid
dlo of tho room, and .a mnn cursed
brokenly.
"Rutton?" cried Amber Ir ft flush
of liope.
"Is that you, Mr. Ambor? Thank
Gawdl Wyto a minuto."
A second match spluttered, Its
flame waxing In tho pink cup of Dog
gott's hands.
, Ho succeeded in sotting flro to tho
wick. Tho light showed him barefoot
,and shivering in shirt and trousers.
"For plty's Byke, sir, w'at'a 'aproned?"
"It's hard to say," roplied Ambor
vaguely, preoccupied. Ho wont Im
mediately to a window and stood
there, looking out.
"nut w'ere'a Mr. Jtutton. sir?"
" 'IGono out thoro I don't know Just
where." Amber-moved back to the
tablo. "You Bee, ho had a caller."
"A caller, sir on a night like this?"
"The man he came here to hide
from," said Amber,
"1 knew e was tryln' to dodge
aomcthln', sir; but 'e never told me
aught about It. What kind of a per
son wan 'o, sir, nnd what mado Mr.
Rutton go aw'y with Mm?"
"Ho didn't; ho went after him to .
. . Amber caught hlo tonguo on
tho vorgo of an hidlscrotlon; no mat
tor what his fearit, they were not yot
becomo n suitable eubject for discus
sion with Rutton'a servant. "I think,"
ho amended lamely, "ho had forgottoa
something."
"And Va out thcro now I My Gawd,
what a night!" Ho hung In hesitation
for a Ilttlo. "Did 'e wear 'la topcoat
and 'at, sir?"
"No! ho wont suddenly. I don't
think ho Intondod to bo gono long."
"I'd better go after Mm, thon. 'E'll
'avo pneumonia. . . . I'll Juatjump
Into mo clothes and" Ho slipped
Into tho back room, to rcappoar with
surprisingly Ilttlo delay, fully dressed
and buttoning a long ulater round hla
throat. "You didn't 'nppen to no
tlco which w'y 'o wont, sir?"
"As well as I could Judgo, to the
cast."
Doggott took down a socond ulster
and a cap' from pegs In tho wall. "I'll
do my boat tq And 'lm; 'o might loso
'Iranelf, you know, with no light nor
nothln'."
Tho door Blammed bohtnd him.
Aloud, nnd a proy to misgivings he
ccarco dared nnmo to hlmsolf, Am
ber from the window watched tho blot
of light from Doggolt'n handlamp fado
nnd vanish In tho Btorm; then, becom
ing sensible to tho cold, wont to tho
flrcplnco, kicked the ombors together
until they' blazed, and piled on more
fuel.
A cozy, crackling sound began to
bo nudlblo in tho room, sibilant Jets of
flame, scarlet, yellow, violet, and
greon, spurted up from tho driftwood.
Under tho hypnotic Influence of tho
comforting warmth, weariness de
scended upon Amber llko a burden;
ho was afraid to close his eyes or to
sit down, lest sleep should overcome
him for all his intense excltomont nnd
nnxloty. Ho forced hlmsolf to move
steadily round tho room, struggling
against a feeling tlmt all that ho had
witnessed must have been untrue, an
ovll dream, nkln to tho waking via
Ions that hud boset him between the
loss of Qualn and tho finding of Rut
ton. Tho very mediocrity of tho sur
roundings seemed to . discredit the
testimony of his wits.
In a sotting bo hopelessly common
placo and everyday, ono act of a
drama of blood and flro had been
playod; into theso moan premises the
breath of tho Btorm, ns tho babu en
tered, had blown Romanco. . . .
Incredible!
And yot Amber's hand, dropping
Idly In his toatpocket,Nencountered M
priceless witness to tho reality bj
what had pasBcd. Frowning, troubled,
he drew forth tho ring and slipped it
Upon his finger; rays of blinding em
erald light coruscated from It, daz
zling him. With n low cry of wonder
ho look it to tho lamplight. Never
had ho ltfoked upon, bo flno a stono? so
strangely cut
It was set In ruddy soft gold, work
ed nnd graven with exquisite art In
tho pomblnnco of a two-headed cobra;
Insldo tho band was an Inscription , so
worn nnd faint that Ambor exper
ienced somo difficulty in dlciphcrlng
the word Rao (king) In Devanagari,
flanked by swastikas. Aside from tho
stono entirely, ho opeculntcd, tho
valuo of the ring aB nn antlqup Would
havo proven inestimable. As for the
emerald Itself, in its original stato,
beforo cutting, it must havo been
worth tho ransom of an omperor;
much had certainly boon sacrificed t
fashion It in its present fprm.-
To gazo into its depths waa Ilka
questioning the inacrutnblo green
heart of tho sea. Fascinated, Amber
felt his consciousness slip from him
as n mantlo might slip from his shoul
ders; nwnko, staring wide-eyed into
tho emerald eye, ho forgot solf, for
got the world, and dreamed, dreamed
curiously. ...
The craBh of the door closing be
hind htm brought him to tho right
about in a panic flutter. He glared
stupidly for n tlmo boforo compre
hending that Rutton and Doggott had
returned.
If there woro anything peculiar in
his manner, Rutton did not remark It.
Indeed, ho scorned unconscious, for a
time, of tho prcsonco cither of Amber
or of Doggott. Tho servant rolloved
him- of hlB ovorcoat and hat, nnd ho
strode directly to tho flro, bending
over to chafo nnd warm 'his froat
nipped hands. Unquestionably ho la
bored uuder tho influenco of an cx
trnordlnnry ngltntlon. Ilia llmba
twitched nnd Jerked nervously; his
eyebrows were tenBdly elevated, hU
oyes blazing, his nostrils dilated: his
face wna ashen gray.
From ncross tho room Doggott sig
naled silence tp Amber, with a foro
finger to u1b Hps, and with a discre
tion bred of long knowledge of hla
mnster'a temper, tiptoed through Into
the' back roo'm and shut tho door.
Amber respected ' tho . admonition
throughout a wait that seemed end
less (TO BE CONTINUED.)
Significant.
"A barber was picked up on the
sldewnlk yesterday, foaming at the
tnoiith." "
"What, do you suppose, brought oa
his nttnek?"
"1 don't know, but he wns found in
front of- a billboard, on which there
was a safoty-razor advertisement 20
feet high."
Where the Charm Failed.
Loonits Carey, the aviator, seems
to boar a charmed' llfo; trip aftor trip
he has mado in hlaalrshlp, ascending
hundreds of foot, and never has had
the sign of an accident
Rattler Rut I heard he broke hit
leg yesterday.
Loopals Oh, he broke that by tall
tag dowa his cellar t&lra.
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geon's knife. Hy
mother bought ma
Lydia E.Plnkham'a
VogotftblO Com
pound; and today I
I iu h iiuauiiy wu-
M man. For months
231 Buffered from in-
flammatlpn,nnd your Sanative AVnsh re
lieved md. Your Liver Pllla have no
equal n'3 a cathartic. Any ono wishing
proof of what your medicines have
uono for mo can got it from any drug
gist or by writing to mo. You can use
my testimonial in any way you wish,
nnd I will bo glad to answer lottors."
Mrs. CitmsTiNA Eeed. 105 Mound St,
l'eorla, 111.
Another Operation Avoided.
Now Orleans, La. "For years I suf
fered from sovoro female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
tho doctor said nn operation was neccs
Bary. Igavo Lydia JG. Pinkham's Veg
etable. Compound a trial first, and.,
was saved from an operation." -Mrs.
LilyPsyhoux; 1111 Kcrloreo St., Now
Orleans, La.
Tho great volumo of unsolicited tes
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vcgotablo Compound Is a romarkablo
remedy for thoso distressing fominlno
lib from which So many women suiter.
HE WAS HUNGRY, TOO.
crotce (mcrv
Mrs, Justwed Thoro's nothing In
tho houso fit to cat.' I'm going home
to my mothor. . '
Mr. Justwed (broko)-'Wnlt till I got
my hat, and I'll go with you.
.. A Bitter Critic. ,
Ex-dovcruor Pennypncker, at a din
ner In Philadelphia, said of tho dl- .
vorce evil: . 1
"There Would not bo so many .di
vorces If thero were not bo manV
families of tho Dash type. .
"Mr. Dash said sternly ono day to
his Ilttlo son:
" "Your mothor nnd r agree that you
requlro a Bound whipping.'
"The Ilttlo boy's lip curled, and he
retorted blttorly:
'"Oh, yes; that's tho only thing
that you and mother over do agreo
about.' "
Tho Egotist.
"Thinks he'a In tho same class . with
Abraham Lincoln, does he?"
"Yea, and confidently expects a pro
motion," Harper's Dazar.
LUCKY MISTAKE.
Grocer Sent Pkp. of Postum and
Opened the Eyes of tho Family.
A lady writes from Rrookllno, Mass.:
"A package of Postum waa sont mo
onp day by mistake
"I notified tho grocer, but finding
thnt thcro was no coffeo for bronkfast
next morning I proparcd somo of tho
Postuni, following itho directions very
carofully.
"It was an Immediate success in my
family, and from that day wo havo
used it constantly, parents and chil
dren, too for my three rosy young
ators nro allowed to drink It frqcly at
breakfast nnd lunchoon. They think it
delicious, and I would havo a mutiny
on my hands should I omit tho be
loved beverage.
"My husband used to havo a very
dollcato stomach whilo wo wero using
coffeo, but to our Burpriso his stom
ach has grown strong and entirely well
slnco wo quit coffeo and havo been on
Postum.
"Noting tho good effects In my fam
ily I Wroto to my Blstor, who was a
coffeo toper, and after much persua
sion got her to try Postum.
"Sho was projirdiced against it at
first, but when she presently found
that all the ailments that coffee gavo
hor loft nnd alio got well quickly she
became nnd remains a thorough and
enthusiastic Postum convert.
"Her norveB, which had becomo
Bhatterod by the use of coffeo havo
grown healthy again, nnd today she is
a now womau, thanks to Postum."
Name . given by Postum Co., Battle
Croek, Mich., and tho "ctfuso why" will
bo found In tho great Ilttlo book, "Tho
R6nd to Wellvllle,' which comes la
pkgu,
Kver read the atty Irttrrf A
ono Hpprnin from tlmo tn time. Tlicr
are genuine, true, & full et bum
tatereat.
immm
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