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I The Last Shot
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FREDERICK PALMER
(Copyright. 1914, by
14
SYNOPSIS.
At tliclr lioinn on the frnnili-r Ih-Iwci'ii
tlio llrownti nml nrnjH Murtu (liillnnil and
nor iimtlmr, rnlf rluliiltiK Colonel Wrutir
llriK of llin (IruNH, see ('iitiiln I.tiiiHtrun
'of tlio Drowns Injured liy u full In hit
'luiroiiliitm. Ton years later VrnterlliiK,
lioriillinl vlro but nml chief of ntntT. re-en-forc
Hfititli I .a Tlr nix! meditates on war.
Mnrtti tolls lititi of lier ti'Hi'hltiK children
Tlio follies of wiir mill martini patriotism,
wild Iickh lilm tu prevent wnr while ho Ih
chief or Rturr. I-miHtion cfiIIh on Murtu
it her lionii', Shu tlln l.tinslron Unit she,
,lelleve I'Vllcr, tlio Knrdener, to lm u Hiy.
J.tiintrnn contonscii it H true mid hIiowh
Tier ii telephone which Kollor Iiiih con
t'civled In a si'crct pnssnKu under tin' tower
lnr use to benollt thu Hiohiih In war
MK'Wiiclos. Umstron ileel.ires his lovo
for Alurlii. Westerllng and tin (Jray pre-'
mlcr ilan to usu u trivial Inteiiiiitlotml
iiffulr to foment warlike patriotism mid
utrllto before declaring war. 1'arluw,
Jlrown chief of BtnfT, ruvctilH lilt plans to
iLatiNlron, tnnde vlcn chlof. Tim dray
army crosses tlm border linn nml iittnckH.
Thn Hiowns chech them. Artlllury, In
ijnntry, aeroplanes and dirigibles engage
iMurtu has her llrnt ullmpsn of war In Its
modern, cold, selentllle, mtirduroiin bru
jallty. Tim Urowns full back to tho Oul
land hniiHO. Mnrtn sees a night attach.
Tim flrays nttaeh In force. Keller leaves
liln secret telephone mid goes bach to his
uns. Hnnil to hand fighting. Tho Brown
tfall baeh again. Mnrtn asks J.nnslron over
ttle phono to appeal to 1'nrtow to stop tho
-lighting. ViimlallHin In the (lalland house.
Westerllng and his stun" occupy the (lal
land house and ho begins to woo Mnrtn,
Jvlm apparently throwH her fortunes with
Jhe Grays and offerH vuhiahlo Information.
Htm calls up Lnnstron on thn secret tele
B'linno ninl plans to give Westcrllng Infor
mation that will trap tlm (Jray army.
CHAPTER XV Continued.
"Yob?" tho monosyllnblo was de
tached, dismal, labored. "A womnn
enn bo that!" hIio exclaimed In an un
certain tone, which grow Into tho dls
truction of clipped words and broken
Hontences. "A woman play-acting a
woman acting tho most revolting hy
pocrisy Influences tho Issue between
two nations! Her deceit deals In tho
lives of hoiib precious to fathers and
mothers, tho fnto of frontiers, of Insti
tutions! Think of It! Think of ma
chines costing countless millions ma
chines of flesh and blood, with their
destinies shaped by ono llttlo bit of
lying Information! Think of tho folly
of any civilization that stakes Its tri
umphs on such u gamblo! Am I not
fight? Isn't it truo? Isn't it?"
"Yos, yes, Marta! Hut I" If
dho were weakening It was not his
yluco to try to strengthen her purpose
"It will tho sooner end fighting,
' won't It, Lanny?" the asked In a
mall, tense voice.
"Yes."
"And the only real end that means
real poaco is to prove that tho weak
can hold back tho strong from their
threshold?"
"Yes."
Even now Westcrllng might bo on
tho voranda, perhaps waiting for novs
that would cnablo him to crush tho
weak; to provo that tho law of live
pounds of human flesh against three,
and llvo bayonets against three, Is tho
law of civilization.
1 "Yes, yes, yes!" Tho cottHtrlctlon
was gono from hor throat; there was
a drum-beat in her soul. "Depend on
mo, Lanny!" It was Feller's favorite
phraso spoken by tho one who was to
tako his place. "Yes, I'm ready to
mako any sacrlflco now. For what nm
1? What Is ono woman compared to
tiuch a purposo? I don't euro what Is
said of mo or what bocomes of mo if
wo can win! Good-by, Lanny, till I
call you up again! And God with ub!"
"God with us!" as Partow had Bald,
over and ovor. Tho snylng hud conio
to bo repeated by hard-headed, ngniyi
tlo stnff-offlcors, who believed that tho
deity had no relation to tho olllciency
of guu-llre. Tho Drown Infuntrymen
evon wero beginning to mutter It in
tho midst of action.
Waiting on tho path of tho second
terrace for Westcrllng to como, Marta
realized tho full meaning of her task.
Day in and day out she was to liavo
suspense at her elbow nml tho horror
of hypocrisy on her conslciieo, the
whilo keeping hor wits nicely bal
anced. Whon sho saw Westcrllng ap
pear on tho veruuda uud start over thu
lawn sho felt dizzy ami uncertain of
her capabilities.
"I huvo considered all that you have
Bald for my guidance aud I havo de
cided," sho began.
Sho heard her own volco, with tho
relief of a singer In a debut who, with
knees shaking, flnds that hor notes
aro truo. Sho was looking directly
at Westcrllng In profound sorlousnees.
Though knees shook, lips and chin
couldalu, oyes in revealing tho pain
ful'Tatlguo of a battlo that had raged
In tho mind of a woman who wont
away for half an hour to think for
herself.
"I havo concluded," sho wont on,
"that It Is an occasion for tho sac
rlflco of prlvato ethics to a great pur
poso, tho Boonor to ond tho slaugh
ter." "All true!" whispered an inner
voice. Its tono was Lanny's, In tho
old days of their comradeship. It gavo
hor strength. All truo!
"Yos, an end a speedy ond!" eald
Westcrllng with a lino, inllexlblo em
phasis. "That is your prayer and
mine and tho prayer of all lovors of
humanity."
"It Is llttlo that I know, but such
as It is you shall havo It," sho began,
conscious of his guarded scrutiny.
When Bho told him of Bordlr, tho
weak point In tho first lino of the
Charles Scribncr's Sons)
Urowns' defense, sho noted no chango
In his steady look; but with tho men
tion of L'ngadlr In tho main lino sho
detected a gleam lit his oyes that had
tho merciless delight of a cutting
edge of Btoel. "I havo made my sac
rifice to some purpose? Tho Infor
mation Is worth Homclhlng to you?"
sho asked wistfully.
"Yes, yes! Yes, It promises that
way," ho replied thoughtfully.
Quietly ho began n considerate cate
chism. Soon sho was subtly under
standing Hint her nnswers lacked tho
convincing details that ho eought.
Sho longed to avert hor eyes from his
for an Instant, but sho knew that this
would bo fatal. Sho fult tho force of
him directed In professional channels,
frco of nil personal relations, beat
ing as a strqng light on hor bare state
ments. How could a woman ever
havo learned two such vital secrets?
How could It happen that two such
critical points ns Ilordlr and Engndlr
should go undefended? No tactician,
no cnglncor but would havo realized
their strategic Importation. Did sho
know what sho was saying? How did
sho get her knowledge? Thcso, sho
understood, wero tho real questions
that underlay Westorllng's pollto In
direction. "Hut I havo not told you tho sources
of my Information! Isn't that llko n
woman!" sho exclaimed. "You see,
it did not concern mo nt all at the
time I heard It. I didn't oven realize
Its Importnnco and I didn't hear
much," sho proceeded, her introduc
tion giving tlmo for Improvlzatlon.
"You seo, I'nrtow was Inspecting tho
premises with Colonel Lanstron. My
mother had known I'nrtow In hor
younger days whon my grandfather
was premier. Wo hnd them both to
luncheon."
"Yes?" put In Wosterllng, betraying
his eagerness. Partow and Lanstron!
Tlion hor sourco was ono of authority,
not tho gossip of subalterns!
"And It occurs to mo now that, oven
while ho was our guest," sho Inter
jected in sudden Indignation "that
even whilo ho was our gueBt Partow
was planning to mako our grounds a
redoubt!"
"After luncheon I remembor Partow
saying, 'Wo are going to have a look
nt tho crops," and they went for a
walk out to tho knoll whero tho fight
ing began."
"Yes! When was this?" Westerllng
asked keenly.
"Only about six weeks ago," an
swered Marta.
"Later, I camo upon them unexpect
edly after thoy had returned," she
wont on. "They wero sitting there on
Hint seat concealed by tho shrubbery.
1 was on tho ternlco steps unobserved
"I'm Going on My Experience as a
Soldier."
and I couldn't hulp overhearing them.
Their voices grew louder with tho In
terest of their dlscusslou. I caught
eomethlng about appropriations and
aeroplanes and Bordlr and Engndlr,
and saw that Lanstron was pleading
with his chief. Ho wanted a sum ap
propriated for fortifications to bo ap
pliod to building planes and dirigibles.
Finally, Pnrtow consented, aud I re
call his oxnet words; 'They'ro shock
ingly archaically defonded, especially
Engndlr,' ho said, 'but thoy can wait
until wo get further appropriations in
tho fall!'" Sho was bo far under tho
Bpell of her own Invention that sho
bclioved tho reality of her words, ro
fleeted in her wide-open oyes which
Bcomod to havo nothing to hldo.
"That Is all," alio exclaimed with a
shudder "all my eavesdropping, all
ray breach of confidence! If if it"
and hor volco trembled with the in
tensity of tho ono purposo that was
shining with tho light ot truth through
tho murk of hor deception "It will
if-
only help to end tho slnughtcr!" Sho
held out her hand convulsively In
parting np If sho would leave the rest
with him.
"I think It will," he said soberly.
"I think It will provo that you have
done a great eorvlce," ho ropeated ns
ho caught both hor hands, which wero
cold from hor ordeal. His own wore
warm with tho strong beating of his
heart stirred by tho promlso of what
ho had just heard. Hut ho did not
prolong tho grasp. Ho was an eager
to bo awny to'hls work an sho to bo
alonn. "I think it will. You will know
In tho morning," ho nddod.
Ills steps wero Bturdler than over
In tho powor of flvo ngnlnst threo ns
ho started back to tho houso. When
ho reached tho veranda, Houchard, the
saturnine chief of Intelligence, ap
peared In tho doorway of tho dining
room; or, rather, reappeared, for ho
had beonstnndlng thero throughout
tho Interview of Westerllng and Mnrta,
whoso heads wore Just vislhlo, abovo
tho terraco wall, to his hawk oyes.
"A llttlo promonado in tho open and
my mind mado up," said Westerllng,
clapping Houchard on tho shoulder.
"Something nbout an attnek to
night?" nsked Houchnrd.
"You guess right. Call tho others."
Flvo minutes later ho was seated
nt tho head of the dining-room table
with lilo chiefs nround him waiting for
their chairman to speak. He asked
somo categorical questions almost per
functorily, and tho answer to each
was, "Ileadyl" with, In somo Instances,
u qualification tho qualification mado
by rcglmontnl and brigade command
ers that, though thoy could take tho
position in front of them, tho cost
would bo heavy. Yes, all wero willing
and ready for tho first general assault
of tho war, but thoy wanted to stato
the cofits as a mattor of professional
self-defense
Westcrllng could poso when It
served his purpose. Now he roso and,
going to ono ot tho wall maps, indi
cated a point with his forefinger.
"If wo got thnt wo havo tho most
vltul position, haven't wo?"
Somo uttered a word of nssent;
somo only nodded. A glanco or two
of curiosity was exchanged. Why
should tho chief of staff nek so ele
mentary a question? Westerllng was
not unconscious of tho glances or of
their meaning. They gavo dramatic
valuo to his next remark.
"Wo aro going to mass for our main
attack In front at Bordlr!"
"But," exclaimed four or five offi
cers at onco, "that Is the heart of
tho position! That is "
"I bellovo it Is weak that It will
fall, und tonight!"
"You havo information, then, Infor
matlon that I havo not?" asked Bou
chard. "No more than you," replied Wester
ling. "Not as much if you have any
thing now."
"Nothing!" admitted Bouchard wryly.
Ho lowered his head under Wester
ling's penetrating look In the con
sciousness of failure.
"I am going on a conviction on
putting two and two together!" Wes
terllng announced. "I am going on my
cxperlenco as a soldier, as a chief of
staff. If I am wrong, I tako the re
sponsibility. If I am right, Bordlr will
bo ours bofore morning. It Is settled!"
"If you aro right, then," exclaimed
Turcus "well, then It's genius or"
Ho did not finish tho sentence. Ho
had been about to say coincidence;
while Westerllng know that if ho were
right all tho rising skepticism in cer
tain quartors, owing to tho delay in
his program, would bo silenced. Ills
prestige would bo unassailable.
CHAPTER XVI.
' Marking Time.
Soon after dark tho attack began.
Plashes from gun moutliB and clow-
lug shoots of ilamo from rifles mado
ugly revelry, while tho benms of
search-lights swept hither and thither.
ThlB kept up till shortly nfter mid
night, when it died down and, whero
noirs concert lind raged, silent dark
ness Bhrouded tho hills. Marta know
that Bordlr was taken without having
to ask Lanstron or wait for confirma
tion from Westerllng.
Sho was seated in the recess of tho
arbor tho next morning, when eho
heard the approach of thoso regular,
powerful Btops whoso character had
become as distinct to her as thoso
of a member of hor own family. Five
against threo! flvo against three! they
wero saying to her; whilo down tho
pass road and the castlo road ran tho
stream of wounded from last night's
slaughter.
Posted In tho drawing-room of tho
Gnlland houso wero tho congratula
tions of tho premier to Westerllng,
who hnd como from tho ntmosphero ot
a staff thnt nccorded to him a mili
tary Insight far abovo tho analysis of
ordlnnry standards. But ho was too
clover a man to vaunt his triumph.
Ho know how to carry his honors.
Ho nccoptcd success as his duo, In a
matter-ot-coureo manner that must In
spire confldenco In further success.
"You wero right," ho said to Marta
easily, pleasantly. "Wo did It wo did
It wo took Bordlr with a loss of only
twenty thousand men!"
Only twenty thousand! Hor revul
sion at tho bald statement was re
lloved by tho memory of Lanny's word
ovor tho telophono nftorjjroakfast that
tho Urowns had lost only five thou
sand. Four to ono was a wldo ratio,
sho was thinking.
"Thon tho ond then peaco is so
much nearer?" alio asked.
"Very much nearer!" he answered
earnestly, as he dropped on tho bench
bestdo her.
Ho stretched his arms out on tho
back of tho scat and tho relaxed atti
tude, unusual with him, brought Into
relief a new trait of whlca she had
been hitherto oblivious. Tho con
queror had become simply n compan
ionable man. Though ho was not sit
ting close to her, yet, as his eyes met
hers, sho had n desire to move awny
which sho know would bo unwise to
gratify. Sho was conscious of n cer
tain softening charm, a mtiguetlBtn
that sho had nnmutlmus felt In tho
dnys when she ilrt know him. Sho
realized, too, that then tho charm had
not been mixed with tho Indescribable,
Intlmato quullty that It held now.
"In the midst of congratulations
after tho position wus taken last
night," he declared, "I confess that I
was thinking less of success than of
Its source." Ho bent on hor a look
that was warm with, gratitude.
She lowered her lashes before It;
beforo gratltudo that made her part
appear In a fresh anglo of misery.
"There Beems to bo a kind of fa
tality about our relations," ho went on.
"I lay awako pondering it last night."
"I'm Not a Human Being."
HIb tono hold moro than gratitude. It
had the elation of discovery.
"Ho Is going to mako it harder than
I ever guessed!" echoed her own
thought, In a flutter of confusion.
"Yes, it was strange our meeting on
tho frontier in penco and then in war!"
sho exclaimed at random. Tho sound
of the remark struck her as too eub
dued; as expectant, when her purpose
was one of careless deprecation.
"I have met a great many women,
as you may have Imagined," ho pro
ceeded. "They have passed In review.
They were simply women, witty and
frail or dull and beautiful, and one
meant no more to me than another.
Nothing meant anything to me except
my profession. But I never forgot you.
You planted something In mind: a
memory of real companionship."
"Yes, I mado tho prophecy that
camo true!" she put In. This ought
to bring him back to himself and hie
ambitions, Bhe thought.
"Yes!" he exclaimed, his body stif
fening free of the back of the seat.
"You realized what was in mo. You
foresaw tho powor which was to be
mine. Tho fato that first brought us
together mado me look you up in the
capital. Nojv It brings us together
hero on this bench after all that has
passed In tho last twenty-four houre."
Sho realized that ho had drawn per
cpptlbly nearer. Sho wanted to rise
and cry out: "Don't do this! He the
chief of stnff, tho conqueror, crushing
tho earth with tho tread of llvo against
three!" It was tho conqueror whom
sho wanted to trick, not a man whoso
earnestness was painting her deceit
blacker. Far from rising, sho mado no
movement at all; only looked ut hor
hands und allowed him to go on, con
scious of tlio force of a personality
thnt mastered men and armies now
warm and appealing In tho full tide of
another purposo.
"Tho victory that I was thinking of
last night was not tho taking of Bor
dlr. It was liner than any victory In
war. It was selfish not for army
and country, but born ot a human
weakness triumphant; a human weak
ness of which my career had robbed
me," ho continued. "It gavo mo a
Joy that oven tho occupation of tho
Browns' capital could not give. I had
como as an Invader and I had won
your confldoncc."
"In a cause!" sho Interrupted hur
riedly, wildly, to top him from going
further, only to find that her intona
tion was such that it was drawing him
on.
"That fatality seemed to bo working
Itself out to tho soldier bo much older
than yourself In renewed youth, In
nnothor form of ambition. I hoped
that thero was moro than tho cause
that led you to trust mo. I hoped"
Was ho testing her? Was ho play
ing a part of his own to mako certain
that sho was not playing ono? She
looked up swiftly for nnswor. Thoro
wnu no gainsaying what she saw In
his eyes. It was beating Into hers
with, tho powor of an overwhelming
mnscullno passion and a maturity of
intellect as his egoism admitted a com
rade to Its throne. Such Is evor tho
way of a man In tho forties when tho
clock strikes for him. But who could
know hotter tho crnft of courtship
than one of Westorllng's experience?
Ho was fighting for victory; to gratify
a dcslro.
"I did not expect this I" the
words escaped tumultously and chok
ingly. Ho was bending ao close to her that
she felt his breafli on her cheek burn
ing hot, and sho was slckenlngly con
scious that ho wns looking her over
In that point-by-potnt manner which
sho had felt across the tea-table at
tho hotel. This horrlblo thing In his
glanco sho had sometimes seen in
strangers on her travels, and It had
made her think that sho was wiso to
carry n little revolver. She wanted
to strlko him.
"Confess! Confess!" cnlled nil her
own self-respect. "Mako nn end to
your nbasement!"
"Confession, after the Browns havo
given up Bordlr! Confession that
makes Lanny, not Westerllng, your
dupe!" came tho reply, which might
havo been telegraphed into her mind
from tho high, white forehead of Par
tow bending over his maps. "Confes
sion, betraying the cnuse of tho right
against tho wrong; tho threo to tho
conquering llvq! No! You aro In
the thing, You may not retrent now."
For a few ttecontls only the duel
of nrgument thundered In her temples
seconds In which her lips wero part
ed und quivering and her eyes dilated
with nn agitation which the man nt
hor side could Interpret as ho pleased.
A prompting devil a devil roused by
that thing In his eyes urging" a
finesse In double-dealing which only
dovlls understand, niado her lips hyp
notically turn In n smllo, hor eyes
soften, and ent her hand out to Wes
terllng In a trancellko gesture. For un
Instant It rested on hla nrm with tell
ing pressure, though sho felt It burn
with shamo nt the point of contact.
"Wo must not think of thnt now."
sho said. "Wo must think of nothing
personal; of nothing but your work
until your work Is done!"
The prompting devil had not permit
ted a false note In hor voice. Her
very pallor, In fixity of Idea, served
her purposo. Wefiterllng drew a deop
breath that seemed to expand his
whole being with greater appreciation
of her. Yot that harried hunger, tho
hunger of a beast, was still In his
glance:)
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
SAVING THE VENUS OF MILO
Extraordinary Precautions Taken to
Guard Art Treasure Impos
sible to Replace.
When, during tho war of 1870, the
German army drew near tho French
capital, one of the first measures tho
Parisians took wns to place tho art
treasures of the Louvre in safety. The
paintings of Raphael, Titian, Paolo,
Veronese, Itembrnndt and Rubens
wero carefully packed and shipped to
Brest. Thero they could, if necessary,
bo put on shipboard and taken from
the country.
It was not so eusy to save the pieces
of marble statuary, for their weight
and fragility made them difficult to
handle; but the French determined
that the famous Venus of Mllo, at
least, should not fall Into the hands
of the Prussians.
So they took her down from her ped
estal and laid her in a casket carefully
padded and wrapped. At night the
casket was taken out through a secret
door and hidden secretly In the cellar
of tho police prefecture, at tho end
of a certain paseageway.
They walled In the cusket and clov
erly gavo tho wall an appearance of
great ngo aud dilapidation. In front
of this wall they laid a number of val
uable public documents, bo that If they
should happen to bo found their Im
portance would lead tho discoverers
to think thero wus nothing elso hid
den there. In front of tho papers thoy
built another wall. Hero tho Venus
of Mllo remained, much to tho distress
of thoso patriotic Parisians who did
not know whero she was and supposed
that she had. been stolen, through the
Blego of tho city by the Germans and
through tho disorders of tho commune.
Ono day tho prefecture caught llro
and was pretty completely destroyed.
Tho distress of those who knew that
the Venus wns concealed thero can
be imagined. As soon as tho fire was
extinguished thoy hastened to tho sink
ing ruins attd nfter Bomo digging
found tho casket, burled in heaps of
dirt and stones, hut uninjured.
It is understood that tho Venus has
gono into hiding again this year, not
to reappear until penco is restored and
Paris Is freo from danger of tho in
vader. Youth's Companion.
Activities of Women.
Fifteen women aro seeking eeatB In
tho Washington legislature.
Tho former Biiltan of Zanzibar Is
stranded In Pnrls with his 15 wives.
Baku, Caucasus, has a population
of 217,853, of whom 03,982 aro women.
Under the provisions of tho will of
Mrs. Emily Zoller of Now York city,
her pot dog Is left $200 for his keep
during tho rest of hie llfo.
Toxtllo workers in Jnpan threaten
to go on a strlko unless tho 32 women
who wero discharged from ono of tho
mills uro reinstated.
To avoid tlio uso of tho name of a
German town a Paris magazlno has
opened a competition asking French
girls to find a now name for Cologue.
Helping the Youngsters.
One ot tho Chicago municipal court
Judgos has established a library for
foreign boys in, tho boys' court. Ar
rangements have been made by him
with the public library to furnish
books written In the natlvo tongues
of tho nationalities most frequently
represented In tho court. Tho Living
Church.
Interrupted Communication,
"You don't mean to say that this
is the first you'vo heard of It?"
"AbBolutoly."
"Why, it's the talk of tho neighbor
hood." "Yos, but my wUo U away om a
visit-
' ' i I A.
BUS, IH,
SICK "CMEIS" )
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-ccnt box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzl.
ness, coated tonguo, foul tasto and foul
breath always traco them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in tho In
testines, instead of being cast out
of tho syBtem 1b reabsorbed Into the
blood. When this poison reaches tho
delicate brain tlssuo It' causes con
gestion nnd that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
CascarotB Immediately clcanso tho
stomach, remove tho sour, undigested
food and foul gases, tako tho excess
bllo from tho llvor nnd carry out all
tho constipated wasto matter and
poisons In tho bowels.
A Cnscarct to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work whilo you sleep a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your llvor
and hovels regular for months. Adv.
No Task for Tyros.
Ono of the men nt tho front has told
us how ho tried to milk a cow with
out tho expected result. This is not
nn ensy task for nn unprncttccd hand.
Lcslio Stephen wns once on a long
tramp In Switzerland, accompanied
by his friend, Doctor Morgan. Thoy
missed their way nnd found them
selves, parched and hungry, far from
any dwelling place. At length thoy
came across a cow, from whom they
determined to extract somo nourish
ment, but lifter trying their best for an
hour, each holding on to her horns in
turn, they had to abandon all hopes
of milk. TIiIb, remarks Doctor Mor
gan, Is "ono of tho very fow occasions
on which I ever Baw Stephen fairly
thwarted."
IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY.
The testimonial I am to give you
comes unsolicited. 1 have been suffer
ing fiom lumbago for ten years and at
times was unable to Btand erect. A Mr.
Dean of this city, taw me in my condi
tion (bent over) and inquired the cause.
I told him that I had the lumbago. He
replied,- "If you get what I tell you to,
you need not have it." I caid I would
take anything for case. He said, "You
get two bottles of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root and tako it, and if it docs sot fix
you 0. K. I will pay for the medicine my
self." I did bo and nm a well man. For
five months I have been as well as could
be. Before I took your Swamp-Root was
in constant pain day and night. This
may look liko advertising, but it seems
to me most important that tho public
should be made familiar with this treat
ment as it is tho only one I know which
is an absolute cure. I owe a great deal to
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, nnd ant anx
ious that others situated as I was should
know and take advantage of it. Hoping
that this testimonial may be of benefit
to some one, I am,
J. A. ITOWTiAND,
1734 numboldt St.
Denver, Colo.
State of Colorado I
City and County of Denver J88,
Personally appeared before mc, a
Notary Public in nnd for the city and
county of Denver in the State of Colorado,
J. A. Ilowland, known to me us tho person
whoo name is subscribed to the abovo
statement and upon his oath declares that
it is a truo and correct statement.
DANIEL IT. DRAPER.
Notary PubCc.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer Cv Co.
Blnshomton.N.Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binfihamton, N. Y.,. for a sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable in
formation, telling nbout the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, bo sure and men
tion this paper. Regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for mIo at all drug
stores. Adv.
Smallpox Stamped Out.
Of 3.1G4 deaths In tho groat opt
demlc In Montreal 85 per cent woro
of children under ten years. It Is es
timated that CO.000,000 persons died
ot Binnllpox In Huropo lu tho eight
eenth century. The dlscaso Is prac
tically stamped out now in civilizod
countries. Doctor Rotch reports that
In Boston In 15 years thero has boen
no death from rmallpox In children
vaccinated. '
SELF SHAMPOOING
With Cutlcura Boap Is Most Comfort.
Ing and Btneflclal. Trial Free.
Especially If preceded by touches
of Cutlcura Ointment to spots of dan
druff and Itching on tho scalp skin.
Thcso supo-creamy emollients meet
every Bkln want as well as overy
toilet and nursery want in caring for
tho Bkln, scalp, hair and hands.
Sample each freo by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY,
Boston, Sold everywhere. Adv.
Wears Many Crowns.
Ho ShoV a thoroughly queenly
womun.
Sho Yes; oven hor tooth havo gold
crowuB. Town Topics.
Decidedly Unneutral.
Mrs. Knlcker Is your husband neu
tral? Mrs. Bockcr No; ho blows np orcrj
brldgo I giro.
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