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RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF A pipe-smoker's challenge to other smokers Is there a smoker in the audience who can answer this one? Nearly every smoker la parMculnr about tho kind of tobacco that goen Into his pipe. While ho may smoko a pipeful from a friend's pouch for tho uakeof companionship, fordny-in-nnd-day-out cmok g lio prefers hia own brand. And yet if you ask tho average smoker what it is ho likes about his tobacco, ho may have difficulty in answering you immediately. Mr. .Too Rivera, whoso letter fol lows, is n confirmed Edgcworth wnokcr. In attempting to describe what ho likes about Edgcworth, ho coins tho word "tasty-smcllfulness." But as this does not entirely patisfy him, ho puts tho question up to other Edgcworth smokers. I.arujA rirother Company, Richmond, Va. Gentlemen: firing a pipe amokrr of no mean experi rnco (having trlrd most pipes and pipe to bacco) I'vo watched your amnkiri' Ict ttrs In tho magazines (or aomr explanation of n tn.itc that (or mo nppliua only to Edgewnrth. It la extremely difficult to descrllm thin, tecauno it atcma to como on the smoko filters through tho mouth and nostrils at tho nd of a draw from tho pipe n sort of combined "tnaty-amellfulncss" that moat aatlflflrs tho amokn appttlte. Why don't o a get omo of your amok ri who can utile, to describe thlsT SIncn ly yours, (Signed) Joo Hi vers Probably thcro aro any number of reasons why men smoke Edgcworth. One friend actually admitted he smoked it because his wifo liked tho shape of tho Edgcworth glassjarstofrton her pantry shelf. However, the one outstanding feature of Edge worth, as seen by most smokers, is its uniformity. Year after year, smok ers can bo euro of getting tho same high-grade quality of tobacco. There aro no changes in tho blond no variations in tho flavor or fra grance. It is always a good smoke. If you have not tried Edgcworth send your name and address to Larus & Brother Company, 80 South 21st Street, Richmond, Va. They will bo glad to mail to you some freo samples, generous helpings of both Edgcworth Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed. Then you can smoke n few pipcfuU and sec if Edgcworth agrees with your smoking tempera ment. If you will also include tho name and address of your regular tobacco dealer, your courtesy will bo appre ciated. To Retail Tobacco Mcrclianls: If your jobber cannot supply you with Edgcworth, Larus & Brother Com pany will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post a one- or two-dozen carton of any size of Edgcworth Plug Slice or Ready-Rubbed for tho same price you would pay tho jobber. Just because the worst inner li'ip pens some people are greatly dlsup- t pointed. Cuticura Soothec Itching Scalp. On retiring gently rub spots of dun lrufl' and Itching with Cutlcurn Oint ment. Next morning shampoo with ('uUaira Soup and hot water. Make them your everyday toilet preparations and have a clear skin and soft, white hands. Advertisement. netting rich quirk Is as dllllcult as It Ik dangerous and exciting. Mrs. Martha Strayer . ft!lN. : B&sv fJSSV BSKjk ARE YOU A SUFFERING WOMAN? Health is Most Important to You Lincoln, Nebr. "At ono timo I Irccamo very miscrablo with weakness from which women suffer. I suffered all tho timo. Ono of my ncighlKira urged mo to tako Dr. Picrco's Favor ite Prescription becauso it had cured her of similar symptoms, so 1 decided to try it. Tho first bottlo mado mo feci so much better. I took four moro, and feel certain that in that ono cxpcrrVnca Favorite Prescription' Bavcd mo from tho operating tnblo and tho Bur geon's knifo. Two vcara afterwards when tho turn ot life- commenced, I took tho 'Prescription' again with tho result that I camo through strong nud healthy and am still maintaining wonder ful health." Mrs. Martha Strayer, 218 So. 19th St. Send 10c to Dr. Picrco'B, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial pkg. Frcscriptioa tablets. Si SSZlthoS aKt,?F?3SX JKfffiU 111 K THE BRANDING IRON SYNOPSIS John tandln, eighteen years old, wlfo of I'lorre, In the diiutrh tur of John Cnrvor, who murdered her mother for adultery. Her lonely llfn, with her father, In a Wyoming cabin, unhoaruhlo, Joan leaven him to worlt In a hotel In a nearby town, Joan moots Picrro, and tho two, mutually at tracted, aro marrlod Carvor tolls I'lorro Htory of Joan'H mother. I'lorro forces a cattlo brand Trnnlt Holllwell, young minister, preHontB bo'oltH to Joan. I'lorro forbids her to read them. Mad cloncd by jealousy, I'lorro tlos Joan and burns tho Two-Uar brand Into her Hhouldor. Hcur Ini; her Hcrcams, stranger bursts Into tho house and shoots Pierre. Tho stranger revives Joan, tolllnfT her Plurro Is dead, ures her to ko with liltn. At the fltrariKrr'a homo Joan's In juries aro uttendod to. CHAPTER XI Continued. 8 He stood up near her feet lit tho corner of tho hearth, tucked the In strument tinder his rhln and played. It was the "Auhndo I'rovonciilo," and ho played It ciedltiibly, with fair .skill and with some of the wizardry that his nervous Utility cave to every thing he did. At the first note Joan htarted, her pupils enlarged, she lnj Mill, At the end ho saw that she was quivering and In tears. lie knelt down beside her, drew the hands from her face. "Why, Joan, what's the matter? Don't jou like music?" Joan drew n shaken breath. "It's as If It shook me In here, something trembles In my heart," she said. "I never heered music before, Jest wills tlln'." And ngaln she wept. Prosper stayed theie on his knee be side her, his chin In his hand. What an extraordinary being this wiih, what n magnificent wilderness. Tho thought of exploration, of discovery, of culti vation, filled him with excitement and delight. Such opportunities are rare ly given to a man. Even that other most beautiful adventure yes, he could think this already I might have been tame beside this one. lie looked long nt Joan, long Into the lire, and she lay still, with tho brooding beau ty of that first-heard melody upon her face. It was the first music she had ever heaid, "except whlstlln'," hut there had been a gient deal of "whlstlln"' about the cabin up Lono river; whis tling of robins In spring nothing sweeter the chordllko whistlings of thrush and vlreo after sunset, that bubbling "mnr-guer-lte" with which the blackbirds woo, and the light di minuendo with which the bluebird en icssed the air after an April (light. Perhaps Joan's musical faculty was less untrained than any other. After all, that "Auhndo Provencale" was Just tho melodious story of the woods In spring. Every note linked Itself to an emotional, subconscious memory. It tilled Joan's heart with tho freshness of childhood and pained her only be cause It struck a spear of delight Into her pain. She was eighteen, she had grown like a tree, drinking In sunshine and storm, but rooted to n solitude where very little else hut Enr experi ence could reach her mind. Sho had seen tragedies of animal life, lonely death-struggles, horrible Mights and moro honlhlo captures, she had seen Joyous woolngs, love-plnlngs, partings, and bereavements. She knew that the sun shone on the evil and on the good, but she knew also that frost fell upon the good as well as upon tho evil, nor was the evil to be readily distinguished. Her father prated of only one offense, her mother's sin. Joan knew that It was a man's right to kill his woninn for "dcnlln's with another man." This law was huninn; It evidently did not hold good with nnlmnls. There was no bitterness, though some ferocity, In the traffic of their loves. While she pondered through the first sleepless nights In thlH strnnge shelter of hers, nnd while the bllzard Prosper hud counted on drove bnjonetod bat talions of snow across the plains nnd forced them, screaming like madmen, nlong the narrow canyon, Joan came idovviy and fully to a realisation of the motive of Pierre's deed. Ho had bew Jealous. Ho had tlwught that sho was bovine, dealings with nnother roan. She grew hot and shamed. It was her father's sin, that branding on her shoulder, or, perhaps, going hack farther, her mother's sin. Carver had warned Pierre of the hot and snioth ered heart to beware of Joan's "look In' nn' lnoUln' at another man." Now, In piteous woman fashion, Joan went over and over her memor'es of Plene's love, nlleilng them to fit her teulhle experience. She was still held bv nil the strong nienh of her short married life. She hail simply not got as fur us Prosper duel She accepted his hospi tality vaguely, himself even more vaguely. When she would be done with her passionate grief, her labori ous going-over of the past, her active nnd toimentlng anger with the lover whom Prosper had told her was dead, then it would bo time to study this other man. As for her future, she had no plans at all. Joan's life cams to her as It comes to a child, unsullied r-py curiosity. At this time Prosper was I Infinitely the more curious, the more excited of tho two. CHAPTER Xll A Matter of Taste. "What are you vvrltln' so hard for, lfr. Gael?" Joan volcvd the qucsthnr wistfully on the height of a long breath. Sho dnm It from u. silence By Katharine Newlin Burt Ccpyilght by Katharine N. Hurt which seemed to her to have tilled this strange, gjy house for an elcrnltj. Tor tho first time full awareness of the present cut a lift In th troubled cloudiness of her Introspection. At onco Prospei's huud laid down Its 'pencil and he turned about In his chair and gave her a gleaming look and smile. Joan was fairly staitled.. It was as If she had touched some mysterious spring nnd turned on u daz zling, unexpected light. As a matter of fact, Pitiiier's heart had leapt at her wistful and beseeching voice. He 'had been hiding his time. He had absorbed himself In writing, con tent to leave In suspense the training of his enchnnted leopardess. Half absent glimpses of her desolate bounty as she moved about his vvinler-boutid house, contemplation of her tinsolf consciousness as she companioned his meals, the pleasure he felt In her nipt listening to his music In the still, frost held evenings by the fire these he hnd made enough. They quieted his restlessness, soothed the ache of his heart, rilled him with a warm nnd pa tient desire, different from any feel ing he had jot expel lenced. He was amused by lier lack of Interest In him. She evidently accepted him as n su perior being, a Providence; he was not a man at all, not of the same clay as Pierre and herself. Prosper hnd wait ed understanding!' enough for her first move. When the personal ques tion came, It made a sort of crash In the epectant silence of his heart. P.efore iinsvveilng, except by that smile, he lit himself a elgaiette; then, sti oiling to the lire, he sat on the rug below her, di aw trig bis knees up Into his hands. "I'd like to tell you about my writ ing, Joan. After all, It's the great In terest of my life, and I've been fairly seething with It; only I didn't want to bother you, worry your poor, distracted head. There's more In life than jou'vo dreamed of experiencing. There's mu sic, for ono thing, and there are books and beauty of a thousand kinds, and big, wonderful thoughts, and there's And, In the Meantime, Her Education Went On. companionship nnd talk. What larks we could have, you and I, If ou would arc I mean, If you would wake up and let mo show you how. Vou do want to learn n woman's work, don't you, Joan?" She shook her head slowly, smiling wistfully. "I'm so awful Ignorant, ,uu Know so awful much. It seines me, plumb scares me, to think bow much you know, moro than Sir. Holll well 1 Such books an' hooks an' hooUs! An wiltln', loo. You see I'd be no help nor company for you. I'd like to listen to ou. I'd listen all d.i long, but I'd not be undurstandln'." Ho laughed at her. Joan's pride was stung. "You've no right to laugh at me," she said. "I'd not be carin' what you think." And she left him, moving like nn nngry stag, head high, light-stepping. Hefore dinner he rapped nt her door. "Joan, will ,vou do me a favor?" A pnuse, then In her sweet vibrant voice she answered "I'd be thin' nn thlnu' fer you. Mr, Gael." "Then put on these things for din ner Instead of your own clothes, will ou?" She opened the door and he piled Into her arms a mass of shining s'lk, on top of It a pair of gorgeous Chi nese slippers. "Do It to please me, even If you think It makes you look queer, will .von, Joan?" "Of course," she smiled, looking up from the gleaming, sliding stuff Into his fare, "I'd like to, anywii. Dress ing up that's fun." And sho shut the door. She spread the silk out on the bed and found It a loose lobe of dull blue, embroidered In silver dragons nnd lined with brilliant rose. There was a skirt of th's sumo rose-colored sluff. in one weighted pocket sho foun.i a belt of silver coins and a little vest of creamv luce. There were roso nilk locking! stuffed Into the shoes. Joan eagerly ana.ved herself. She had trouble with the vest, It was so filmy, so vaguely mado It seemed to her, and to wear It at all she bad to divest herself altogether of the upper part of her course underwear. Then It eeined to her startllngly Inadequato, even as an undergarment. However, the robe did go over It, and she drew that close and belted It In. It win provided with long sleeves nnd fell to her ankles. She thrilled nt the de lightful clinging softness of silk stock ings and for the first time admired her long, round ankles nnd shapely feet. The Chinese slippers nmued her, but they were beautiful, all em broidered with flowers and dragons. She felt she must look very queer, Indeed, and went to the mirror, Whnt she saw there surprised her because It was so strange, so different. Pierre hnd not dealt In compliment. Ills woman was his wotnnn nnd he loved her body. To praise this body, sur rendered In love to him, would bnvcj been Impossible to the reverence nnd reserve of his passion. Now Joan brushed nnd colled her hair. Then, starting toward the door at Wen Ho'; announcement of "Din ner, Indy," she wns quite suddenly overwhelmed by sh.vness. From bead to foot for the first time In all lier life she was ncutely conscious of her self. On that evening Prosper began to talk. It was Jn n's amnzlng beauty as she stumble'1 wretchedly Into the circle of his llrel" 'M, her neck drawn up to Its full Ion' i her head crowned high with soft, bhii ' masses, her lids (hopped under fie v eight of slijneHS, vivid fright In I r distended pupils, scarlet In her n-eks Joan's beauty of long, strong I'nes draped to advan tage for the fli st timo In soft and clinging fabrics that touched tho spring of Prosper's delighted egotism. He told anecdotes, strange adven tures;. he diew his own Inverted mor als; he sketched his fantnstlc opin ions; be was In truth fascinating, n speaking face, a lithe, brilliant pres ence, n voice of edged persuasion. She drew herself up straight In the big red-lacquered chair, sipped her coffee In dainty Imitation of him, gave blur the full, deep tribute of her gaze, asked for no explanation? and let tho astounding statements he made, the amazing pictures he drew, cut their way Indelibly Into her most sensitive nnd preserving memory. Afterward, at night, for tho first time, she did not weep for Plerie, the old lost .Pierre who had so changed Into a torturer, but, wakeful, her brain was on lite, she pondered over nnd over the things sho had Just heard, feeling after their meaning, Inylng nsldo for future enlightenment whnt was utterly Incomprehensible, arguing with herself as to the truth of half comprehended speeches an Ignorant child wrestling with a modem philos ophy, tricked out In motley by n ready wit. He gave her "pretty things," whole quantities of them, fine linen to he made up Into underwear, soft white and colored silks and crepes, which Joan, leiiieinheilng the few lessons In ihessuiaMng she had had from Maud Ppper, and with some advice from Piosper, mnde up not too awkwardly, accepting the m.vstery of them jir ono of Prosper's niaglc-maklngs. And, In the me ultimo, her education went on. Prosper read aloud to her, tutored her, scolded her so fiercely sometimes that Joan would mount scarlet cheeks and open nngry ejes. One day she fairly flung her book from her and tan out of the room, stnmplng her feet and shedding tears. Hut back she .came presently for more, thirsting for knowl edge, eager to meet her trainer on more equal grounds, to be able to nn svver him to some purpose, to contra dict him, to stagger ever so slightly the solf-iiRsurnnce of his superiority. And Prosper enjojed the training of his captive leopardess,, though he sometimes nil Hut melted over the pathos of her and bad fnuch ndo to keep his Imnds from her unconscious young beauty. It was a January night when Joan, her tough head almost in the ashes, had read "Isabella and the Pot of Ilasll" by the light of flr.mes. It was In March, a gray, still afternoon, when, looking through Prospei's bookcase, she came upon the tale n&nln. Prosper was outdoois Hitting a tun nel, freshly blocked with snow, nnd Joan, having finished the "Life of Cellini,' a writer she loathed, but whose gorgeous fabrications her mas ter had forced her to read, now hur ried to the bookshelves In search of something more to her taste. She had the gay air of n liolld.tV-seeker, re tained "Cellini" with n smalt push, and, Kneeling, inn her finger along the volumes, pausing on a binding of blight blue-and-gold. It wns tho colot that had pleased her and the fat square shape, also the look of fair and well-spaced type. She took tin book nnd squatted on the rug happy as a child with a new toy of his owo choosing. (to nn coNTtNunn.) Jealous Spaniards Hid Wives. The so-called Venetian blinds first came to Venice from Spnln, wheie they were called "Jealousies." The Jealous Spanish husband kept his wife In seclusion. She was not allow ed to draw up her blinds, but she might peep out thiough the silts between tho laths. The mnn who shifts responsibility soon finds that responsibility swnrirpi him. (Copy for This Department Supplied by th American l.t-Klon N'g Service.) WORK OF VETERANS' BUREAU Improvements for Relief of Soldlero In Accord With Legion Policies, Director Says. Practically all atconipllshtiieiits of the United States veterans' bureau, re garded by Director Finn!: T. Dines us noteworthy Improvements for the re lief of the soldier, have beenrrdvo. cntod, nnd are In ueioul with the pol hies of the American Legion nciord Ing to Joseph Spniks, chalinian of the national rehublllt.itlon committee of the American Legion. Among the recent nctlons of the bureau for the tellef of the disabled loan have been provisions for a penna hoat partlaf status to disabled bene Ikinries now receiving compensation Mi a temporary p.ntlal rating, thereby reducing medical cMin.inutlntis, t.l . Inatlng Inconvenience to umplo.wd benellciarles and reducing travel a. id personnel. Another forward step of the bin can, slrongly advocated by the Legion, was the einplo.vment of effective methods of placement of vocation il trainees, which has been successful In securing positions for !)" per cent of the trainee-'. Internal changes In the operation of the bureau aie the elimination of ad ministration overhead expense, by 'los ing .',") suhdistilct olllccs; cniucntr.t tlnn of bureau supplies In three large central depots and Inventory of all these supplies to eliminate further pur chases; establishing of a iccord sec tion in the supply division; consolida tion of similar duties In cent nil olllccs under one head ; establishment of an Inspection division, contemplated by the law, but never hefore established; the closing of contracts for Institutions where settlements had not been effect ed nnd where the Institutions were not being used. One of the principal achievements, declares Dliedor lllncs, Is the placing of the bin can on a strict budget sj stern. SAVE VETERAN-FROM ASYLUM Ex-Gervlce Man Sent to Hospital for Observation, Through Action of Auxiliary Official. Carl nuff, a World war veteran of Alex, Okla., was saved from a mad house because members of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary saw to It that he was sent to n hospital for observation rather than to be Incarcerated In an asylum for the Insane. Huff was In overseas service for 10 months nnd returned broken In health. Continual brooding over the condition of n brother who had contracted tuber culosis In ten Ice. caused the mini to become morbid and extremely nervous. He was takui to Chlek.isha before a sanity commisslim, adjudged insane and nnleied to the state as.vlum .nt Noiman, t be iiccorrrp.inled by a deputy sheriff. When news reached the olllce of Mrs. Hlaruiie freeman, national executive committee member of the American Legion auxiliary, Mrs. freeman, through the nld of county ofllcials, was authorlcd to overtake the party and direct the ollicer and his chnrgo to a hospital for observation and treatment. Huff Is now receiving care duo an ex service man, nnd the Legion Is lighting his cluhn for com pensation thiough with the veterans' bureau. ANXIOUS TO HELP COMRADES American Legion Ever Ready to Lend Acsistnnce to "Duddlcc" Needing Protection. The hand of men of the American Legion Is always outstretched to help a former comrade In necessity, ac cording to the many reports reaching national heiulquaiters of the organisa tion. How a disabled man obtained money due him through co-operation of his Legion "buddies," was ucently disclosed In a letter from Cicurwater, Kansas, Clarence Knglish, gassed and wounded, was forced to go West to recuperate. A Wichita man owed Imgllsh Si 00 and the ho.v cashed a cheek he gave him, In pavment of hos pital expenses. Put the theclt was ic turned n'.id went to protest a second time. The debt was then called to the attention of a Legion post com mander, who saw to if that a delega tion of Legionnaires called on the creditor and paid HuglHi In full. The former soldier, through his grateful mother, expressed appreciation of the Legion's effort In settling the matter. Remarkable Is Right. Tho commuters' smoking car was lllled, mostly with proud young fath ers, who had been relating over lasting clever anecdotes of the clever lemnrks mado by their offspring, finally, Mr. Splillngton, seeing a holo In tho con versntlon, horned In by saying; "I don't llko to talk, but I honestly think that boy of mine Is tho most remarknblo little fellow I over saw." Everybody yaw ned. "Yes," pursued Mr. Splfllngton. "He's six years old, and, so far as I recollect, he never said a bright thing In his life." American Legion Weekly. aiESEDROUr.il MANCFACTUr't-C CO ConKlldltJ) Cult Strut Vm Vert Vaseline Reg US Pat 0(1 Yellow or White PITROltUMJEUY 1 IT m wmim Established 1875 Stood thiTut ofTihe ShwihoThki Ciwwiims REFUSE SUBSTITUTES Local Pride. "Do jou get jour gowns from Paris?" "Not any more," nnswered Miss Cnjonne. "We've gotten so wo can make 'em look Just as queer and cost Just as much right In our own homo town." 'TIs not every question thnt de serves an answer. Back Given Out? It's bird to do one's work when every day brings morning lameness, throbbing backache, and a dull, tired feeling. If you euffer thus, why not find out the cause? Likely it's your kidneys. Headaches, dizziness and bladder irregularities may give further proof tint your kidneys need help. Don't risk neglect! Ubo Doan's Kidney Pills. Thousands bave been helped by Doan's. 'I hey Bhould help you. Ask your neighbor! A Nebraska Case M. M. Durham, painter, n. V. D. C, Hox 112. Uncoln Noli., nnyu: "My lclduoys vvero wealc eneil by tho fumes from paint nnd I hail dull Imclcachcn. n v- n r v t I m n T hi froi '1 liuJ M n v i- stoopoo, nnarp pains s Innk mo nom.ia mv J- " i .-'"-. yfa kidneys and It was KJ all T could do to kjl liU.llKIUL'11 Ull. il ni'lnil too Often. 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