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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Says glass of hot water with
phosphato before breakfast
washes out poisons.
If you wako up with a bad tasto, bad
breath and tonguo Is coatod; It your
head Is dull or aching; If what you cat
sours and forms gas and acid In stom
ach, or you aro bilious, conBtlpatcd,
nervous, sallow and can't got fooling
Just right, bogln drinking phosphated
hot water. Drink boforo breakfast, a
glass of real hot wator with a tea
spoonful of llmostono phosphato In it.
This will flush tho poisons and toxins
from stomach, livor, kidneys and bow
els and clcanso, Bweoten and purify
tho entlro alimentary tract, f Do your
insldo bathing Immediately upon aris
ing In tho morning to wash out of tho
system all tho previous day's poison
ous waste, gases and sour bllo boforo
puttiug moro food Into tho stomach.
To fool Hko young folks feel; like
you felt boforo your blood, nerves and
musclos bocamo loaded with body im
purities, got from your druggist or
storekeeper a quarter pound of llmo
stono phosphato which Is inexpensive
and almost tastoloss, oxcopt for a
sourish tlngo which lo not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot wator act on
thd skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, bo hot wator and llmo
stono phosphato net on tho stomach,
llvor, kldnoyo and bowels. Men and
women who aro usually constipated,
bilious, headachy or havo any stomach
disorder should begin this lnstdo bath
ing boforo breakfast. They aro as
sured thoy will becomo roal cranks on
tho subject shortly. Adv.
A Stranger,
"Tomorrow will bo tho first Sunday
of tho year, and I proposo to com
mence the now year by going to
church," announced Mr. Glbbs, rever
ently. "You'd bettor tnke mo with ycu,"
calmly rejoined Mrs. Glbbs.
"What for?"
"You may ncod somebody t Identify
you." Judgt:.
"CASCnf IS" KI
I
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation .
by morning.
Get a 10-cont box.
Aro you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach cloan, puro and fresh
with Cascarcts, or merely forcing a
passagoway every fow days with
Salts, Cathartic PHls, Castor Oil or
Purgatlvo Waters?
Stop having a bowol wash-day. Lot
Cascarota thoroughly cloanso and reg
ulato tho 'stomach, romovo tho sout
and tormenting food and foul gases,
tako tho oxcesn bllo from tho llvct
and carry out of tho systom all the
constipated wasto matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will make you
feel groat by morning. They work
whllo yoy sloop never grlpo, sicken
or causo any liiconvonlonco, nnd cost
only 10 conta ,tu-box from your store
Millions of men, and women tako a
Cascarot now and thon and novor
havo Jloadoho', Biliousness, Coated
Tonguo, IndlguBtlon, Sour Stomach or
Constipation, Adv.
Inculoatlnn Morals,
Mr.
Johnson I'll teach du young
varmint t6"'ifor"""ll5'"5ald a fish got
away from him In do.Eilllpond today
dat was as big as do fish dat got away
from mo down dar,last weok.
Mr. Jackson Wnl, p'raps dat's de
-trufel -,
Mr. Johnson Nonsonso! Dar ain't
no soch Blzo-fl'sh ao dal In dat mill
pond, an' dar uovahjuzl
QUIT MEAT IF KIDNEYS
' BOTHER AND USE SALTS
Take a Glass of Salts Beforo Break
fast If Your Back U Hurting or
Bladder-Is Irritated.
If you must havo your moat every
day, oat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occaalpnally.oaysanotod author
ity who tolls us that moat forms uric
acid which almost paralyzes tho kid
noya In tholr efforts to expel it from
the blood, Thoy bocomo sluggish and
weaken, thon you suffer with a dull
misery In the kidney roglon, sharp
pains In the back or sick hoadacho,
dizziness, your Btomach sours, tonguo
ia rnatnii'tnd when the woathor is bad
you have rhoumatlo twingos. Tho
urine gota cloudy, full of eodlmcnt, tho
channels often get soro and irritated,
obliging you to sook rollot two or
throe times during tho night.
To neutralize those Irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush oft
the body's urlnouB waste got four
nea of Jad SaltB from any phar-
xaacy horo; tako a tablespoonful In a
glass or wator boforo breakfast for a
few days nnd your kldnoya will then
act fine. This famous Baits Is made
from tho acids of Grapes and lemon
juice, combined with llthla, and has
hon used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
-..,oiiTo thn aclda in urlno, so It no
longer IrrltateB, thus ending bladdor
Jad Salta Ib Inexpensive; cannot In
jure, and akea a delightful offerves
at nthla.water drink. Adv.
Extreme Pacifism.
'Soldier In Europe are fighting
with gas iwmba and llquJdflro.
"What are we coralaK to i
"I doa't kaew. hut o Iop tliora
ara iriace 1 the world whoro a man
SaVllwe hlliir. I know I'm not com
ing to that."
The now loaf powlbly needs to be
fattened down ' tooHtool ceiucnt.
0I
THE HEART
NIGHT Wl
A STORY OF THE GREAT NOTffflWESr
6y vingie e. Roe JJlM-
ILLUSTRATIONS 6y fry 0)Airs&k
copypqvf oy dodo, mead
SYNOPSIS.
-7-Sllctz
of Daily's lumber Pimp direct1
a. stranser to tho camp. Walter Sundry
Introduces hlmiiolf to John Dally, fore
man, as "tho Dllllntnvortli Lumber Co..
or most of It." Ho makes acquaintance
with tho camp and tho work. Ho gives
Sllctz permission to ride Ulack Bolt, his
saddle horso. In on emergency lio proves
to the foreman thnt ho docs not lack
Judgment. Sllctz tells him of tho Treach
er. Ho discovers that SHots bears the
sign of tho Blletz trlbo of Indians and
wonders what her surname is. In tho
flush nf a tender moment ho calls her
"tho Night Wind In tho PIneB." nnd kisses
her. I'oppy Ordwny, a magazine writer
from New York, comes to Daily's to get
material for a romance of the lumber
region. Hampden of tho Yellow I'lnes
Co wants Sandry to keep off a tract of
stumpago he claims tltlo to nnd Bandry
thinks ho has bought ns tho Vam Uelt.
Hampden sets up u cabin on tho East
15clt nnd warni trespassers off. Sandry
can find no written evldenco of tltlo to
the tract. His men pull down tho cubln.
Sandry compares Hlletz and I'oppy. San
dry s nnd Hampden's men fight over tho
disputed tract. Tho Treacher stops tho
fight. Sandry finds that tho deed to tho
Iuist Belt has never been recorded. Ho
decides to get out Ills contrnct first nnd
fight for tho stumpago afterward. Poppy
scents trickery nnd flirts with Hampden
to gain his confidence. Sho tells Sandrv
that Hampden Is crooked and thnt slio'il
get him. Poppy goes to Ralcm In search
of evldenco against Hampden. Sundry nnd
Sllctz rldo to tho seashore and Sllotz sees
tho ocean for tho first time.
CHAPTER XIII Continued.
Even as hqjspoko sho lost her footing
and wont headlong down tho cliff, roll
ing over nnd over In tho sliding sand;
to bring up flftcon foot below whoro
tho path turned sldowlso on a llttlo
sholf. Without heed sho gathered her
solf, throw back hor braids and rUBhed
on, leaping downward Hko a deer.
Whon Sandry reached hor sho was
anklo doop in tho surf, gazing with all
hor starved naturo in her oyes, that
yet shone with a martial firo. Thon,
suddonly, through somo rent In tho
soddon sky, a beam of light shot
through tho mist, transllgurlng it.
Sandry saw tho look of intoxication
creop Into her oyes, tho drunkonness
of emotion that dulled them drowsily.
Lines drow in her oval cheoks and
slowly her faco broke Into a look of
anguish. Sho put up an arm and cov
ered It, turning toward tho beach.
Sandry caught her in his arms and
hold hor, weoplng hard, against hlB
breast.
"I cannot bear It!" crlod Sllotz from
this shelter, "oh, I hurt! I hurt!"
"S'ht SJh!" whispered Sandry husk
ily, "It is too groat too great for
tho Night Wind to behold."
The rldo homo was sllont, with San
dry in tho load, his spirit still stirred
and shaken by what ho had bohold.
Thoy did not speak again until tho
camp lay boforo thoni at tho big bend.
"S'letz," said Sandry then. "Black
Bolt Is yours. Nona other shall over
rldo him ngaln."
Sho said nothing, but hor Angora
tightened In tho gallant crest tossing
before her.
When thoy r&do up ncross tho small
brldgo that spanned tho slough bolow
tho foot-log tho foreman was Btandlng
besldo tho hammer-block. Ho rcachod
up hugo, baro arms and swung tho
girl lightly down, Bonding a glanco
across hor shoulder that arrested tho
owner's nttontlon Instantly.
"Mr. Sandry," ho said simply.
"Hampden's got us. Thoro hain't a
jacic in tno camp but Collins. Ho'b-
bought tho mill at Toledo an' offered
i iHu-uuuur-u-uny rniso to every tun
borjack an' rlvorhog In tho county.
Even Harris," Daily's big voice deep
ened with bitterness, "that wo was
payln' seven dollars a day an' ho was
worth It, for thoro hain't a liter like
him this sldo o' 'Frisco has gono
for nlno! Hampdon como to tho very
gato up thoro on tho road an' gath
ered 'em out for a talk an' they come
back an' packed Hko sheop! Damn
their hides! Ho had contrncks for
two years at them wageB an' thoy
signed like fools scrambled fer the
chance! An' some of 'em's ben fight
In' him a couplo o' years! He had
wagons waltln' In a string at tho bend
o' tha road ready to movo 'em that
had cablnst Burson an' Click an'
McMastors thoy all loaded tholr
dufflo an hlkodi An' 1 don't know of
anothor bunch o' loggers this side o'
Portland!"
Sandry, his faco gono whtto as sand
under his hat brim, stared at tho blauk
windows o! tho cabins.
"Eat, son," aald Ma Dally tlrmly
whon ho entered tho Jong room, "eat
first an' think after. A empty stora
inlck's a poor bollor for workln'
titoam."
And Sandry, looking Into hor kindly
old faco, saw tho sanity of her ad
vice. Ho took her fat hand and a
spoon and tho nnd of a dish towel
TRAVELS ON LAND OR WATER
"Amphibious" Motor Boat, Invention
of Austrian, Seems to Have Been
Proved a Succo&s.
A numbor of people have been work
ing of lato years to colvo the problem
of constructing a vehlclo capable of
traveling upon both land and water.
More than ono has had somo degrco of
success, but nono Is hotter, porhnps,
than that Invented by a Vlcnucso engi
neer named L. 'elner.
This "land motor boat" resembles an
ordinary touring car In appcaranco ex
cept that the body Is rather higher
But besides its wheels, It Is provided
with a propellor placed at tho rear.
Tho power of tho motor can be
switched from tho running gear to tho
propeller screw and vlco versa. It Is
built bo as to tako quite steep grades
with case. Hence ono may ride down
tho sloping bank of a rlvor, plungo Into
the current, switch tho power to tho
propoller and cross the stream In a
practicable motor boat. Arriving at
the other sldo, tho englno ia switched
o put the wbools In commission once
ACJP COMPANY
also holding It tight in his own for a
moment.
"Right you arc. ma," ho answered,
and sat him down.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Call of the Wind.
Tho night lay thick over the SHetz
country. High above, tho plno tops
sang with a roar, soft-voiced but far
reaching ns thilndor. Mystery and
loneliness pressed upon tho wilder
ness Hko a finger. It quivered tho
sharp cars of Dlack Holt, pricked tor
ward, listening, it padded tho feet of
Coosnah running ahead In tho trail,
but upon Sllctz its touch was lost.
Sho, too, was of tho forest on a night
Hko this; she, too, was freo of its hid
den paths. Hour aftor hour thoy
threaded tho familiar way, and pres
ently tho forest lightened, fell away,
left them at tho stoop shoro of tho
Sllctz river, gurgling along in tho
darkness, swift nnd shallow.
Fields and pastures lay hero upon
right and left und cabins stood squnt In
the shadows. This was tho headquar
ters of tho reservation. Through tho
small settlement, up a lano and across
a woods-lot wont tho trio, and pres
ently Slletz drow rein where a sorry
shack crouched forlornly beneath a
mammoth fir. The sound brought to
Its door a bent figure that camo and
stood at Ulack 13 oil's head like a
shadow.
Sllotz spoko in Jargon, slid down,
trailed tho reins on tho earth and en
tered tho llttlo house.
An hour later she stood against its
closed door, facing a dusky circle of
squatting figures, her trim form
straight In tho lamplight, hor shirt
open a bit at tho throat, her slim
hands eloquent in quiet gestures.
Near tho pino tablo that held tho
fitful light stood old Kolawmlo, a
splendid illustration of tho white
man's ways.
Ho might have been fifty years of
age, ho might have been a hundred.
Pure blood of chiefs ran In his volns,
nnd ho had memories of tho timo whon
tho Oregon country reached from tho
northern sound to tho valley of the
Sacramonto. About him gathered a
sllont circle, young men who could
speak good English and write essays
on tho evolution of man, older ones
who accepted tho modern modos with
reservations, and a tow Hko himself of
tho nnclent timo.
To them Sllctz was speaking.
"Trouble has fallen upon tho Night
Wind," she said sweetly, "and sho
comes to hor friends for holp. Sandry
at tho camp Is deserted by his mon.
Tho camp falls, tho work Is stopped,
tho engines aro sllont at tholr posts,
and a big contract that means much
is ready to bo lost and Hampden of
tho yellow Pine's laughs In gleo, for he
has dono this thing. Mon thoro aro
not In tho country and to go to Port
land menriB loss of timo on the groat
contrnct. Thcreforo Sandry sits with
his head In his hands, thus"
With swift art sho bent her dark
head forward upon hor palms, drooped
her slim shoulders, and instantly De
spair loomed beforo tho dUBky clrclo.
"For which tho honrt of S'letz sick
ens, for sho lo Sandry's woman."
Thoro was sllcnco for a spaco. Tho
girl was an artiut.
"Sho would help him. Therefore
sho comes to her friends, whoso hearts
aro largo with friendship, though their
hands are soft with lolsuro. Tho Sl
lctz need not work. Will thoy glvo
tho freo gift of labor for tho Night
Wind's man?"
It was n heart-spooch, It ivas In Jar
gon and It was successful, for with
tho early dawn, bluo-gray with mist
nnd sun shot with crimson, Sandry,
who had not slept, standing with fur
rowod brows on tho olllco stop, heard
sounds of hoofs at tho valioy's head.
Ho looked and bohold a cavalcado of
horsemen, riding with ease on tholr
ragged ponies, and led by Slletz upon
Ulack Dolt, who still stopped proudly
nftor his day-and-nlght'a Journoy,
whllo Cobsnnh rolled with swinging
ours at his sldo.
"Horo," said tho girl as sho rodo up,
"they will work for tho big contract."
And sho slid down with a llttlo sigh
of woarlness boforo Sandry could of
fer his arms.
"Cosh!" said Dally to himself In tho
shadow of tho ofllco, "tho StwashoBl"
"Mr. Sandry," ho said to tho owner
when tho long tables wcro filled In
every place with tho best of tho van
ishing trlbo that Sllotz could pick.
"I'm klckln' raysolf that I didn't think
of tho Indians mysolf, though Lord
more, the bank Is easily climbed, nnd
tho journoy continued without more
ado.
Tho vehlclo has mado good under
practical tcBts and Is expected to bo
particularly valuablo for military uso.
It is so built as to go well in awnmpy
and muddy country. In shallow water
wheels and propeller may bo used si
multaneously; this Is a particular ad
vantage whon a sand bank Is acciden
tally encountered In a stream, since It
removes tho danger of "gottlng stuck,"
Tho power is supplied by a lC-horso
power, four-cyllndor motor which gives
u speed on land of 4G miles por hour,
This speed is diminished In wator to
about twelvo miles por hour. Literary
Digest.
Queer Lack.
"Wouldn't you Illto to vlalt'tho great
desert V
"Indeed J would, but I haven't got
the sand. ' Exchnngo.
An International exposition of eloc
trical appliances nnd a general Span
ish exposition will bo held in Barce
lona In 2917.
knows If wo can whip 'em Ir. Hno. lor
It would tako tho devil himself to
tnako a Slwash work."
Hut 11 did not tako his majesty. It
took only tho word of Kolawmlc. who
had given a command which a quiet
half-breed who scorned tho leader of
(ho crow nrtlessly repcatod to Sandry
"Wo will work till tho contract's
saved," ho said; "in giving to you wo
glvo to S'letz, who Is your woman."
And Sandry, astounded boyond meas
ure, opened his mouth and closed it
without speech.
And it was work indeed for all. San
dry hlmsolf, ns ho had grimly threat
ened once, "learned how" nnd tonded
hook. Collins took Hastings' placo at
tho roadlng donkey, selecting a slim,
brown boy as fireman, whllo tho fore
man proved his worth a dozen times
over, by being ovcrywhero nt once,
by filing things down to tho most
rigid system, by planning, executing,
finishing, with the hand and mind of
an artist.
It would havo boon contrary to hu
man naturo if Sandry bad not felt a
thrill of triumph whon ho next ran
across Hampden at Toledo.
Tho Yellow Pines owner grinned.
"Slwashcs?" ho said Insolently. "SI
washes!" "Yes," llamed tho younger man, "Si
washes but I havo Ave million foot
of logs at the mouth of my Blough!
I'll float my contract on timo, Mr.
Hampden and then I'll look Into the
llttlo matter of my East Belt."
That day ho got his first letter from
Poppy Ordway. It wns heavy and
satiny and it breathed an Insidious
porfumo.
Also It was brilliant with excitement
and hinted at great things.
"I'm certain Hampden's crooked,"
Bho wrote; "J'vo found a man who
knows him and ho's In tho commis
sioner's office. Ho's young and ho's
susceptible and ho thinks I'm ono of
tho 'ring!' Oh, but It's exciting. I
'passed him a tip' Isn't that tho way
you men would say it? that I had a
'snap' in view, but that I already had
a homestead in Arizona and the
thing progresses. Tho mention of
Hampden and 'snap' did for him and
I'm all but over tho brink of a fraudu
lent entry oven now! Ho's offered
In" my case, spoclally to como down
on tho prlco of my 'patent' two hun
dred dollars iof course clandestinely;
I'm to say nothing about It to the
'ring!' Yo gods! I'm wild with tho
luck. Moro later."
February was passing. Tho days of
lltful sunlight wero becoming moro
frequont. Tho camp was hpmmlng
with business. Silent, bent on tho
thing in hand, tho Indians worked
without need of encouragement.
Tho Blough was bank-full and Its
surface waB covered from dawn to
dark with a floor of logs slowly drift
ing on every tldo downward to tho
backwater.
At tho slough's mouth a hugo cradle
was slowly forming in its braces.
Horo the little loading donkey puffed
and tooted, grappling many-ton tim
bers with Its two drag-hooks, placing
them here and there. Tho mass of
chains covered tho bottom of tho
crndlo a fow foct apart.
Twelve men worked continually at
tho great marlno monster, packing the
logs Insldo tho cradle, carrying tho
BHHBw
HhHh
IHlllW
Mystery and Loneliness Pressed Upon
the Wilderness.
giant chains up and over as tho snug
floor reached the top, lacing tho whole
together and at last lifting tho center
gently, thus giving to tho thing Its
likeness to a vast cigar.
A timber-sealer, sent down by the
Portland Arm, was constantly In at
tendance A shack had been thrown up at tho
head of tho raft and a watch was kept
by day and night.
"Wo can t trust Hampden a mlnuto,
John," said Sandry; "I'm learning sus
picion." Indeed bo was learning many
things. Only John Dally In tho snnltv
of his Just naturo-wntchod this Johnny
Easteni tako his rough knocks and
como up with his teeth set.
Theso two wero growing together In
PARISIANS IN SOBER MOOD
War Has Wrought an Immense Chance
In the Life of tho "Gay
Capital."
"Many of the leading French artists."
says a writer In Cartoons Magazine,
"aro nt tho front, painting War as It Is.
Othors havo remained at hpmo to por
tray llttlo Incidents of Paris. Among
tho latter Is L. Sabattlor, for many
years cartoonist of Lo Figaro, nnd who
Is remembered for his broad, sweeping
stylo in crayon.
"Perhaps tho most notablo of his
recent drawings Is 'Los Matlnalcs'
the early morning wanderers of tho
Paris streets In war times. In the
small hours of tha long night thoy
pass by, these women, as unnoticed ns
tho good angels that guard us against
evil. Under tho vcllB that shroud tholr
faces somewhat drawn by the long
vigil ono perceives the white hair of
a mother, or tho blonde or brown locks
of a young girl. Some aro returning
from n night's watch at tho bedside of
a wounded soldier; others are on their
j way lo duty as nurses in oue of the
a slow affection. Tho big room had.
In a scn80, becomo home to Sandry
and tho evenings when Ma sot In her
llttlo rocker nnd Slletz braided her
mats with Coosnnh beside hor filled
his toll-worn soul with peaco.
Tho Preacher had slipped away as
silently nnd mysteriously ns ho had
come, with a blessing upon nil nnd a
promise to return "when you shall
need me, my children.'
V
CHAPTER XV.
"There Is No Law for a Genius."
March came In Hko a lamb with
delicate' weather, crystal clear and
opal bright, and with It camo Miss
Ordway. Sandry was glad to sco her,
but tho critical point was at hand and
ho scarco took timo to cat or sleep
from tho great work of tho contract.
Tho mammoth raft was ready, tho
largest, according to Dally, that tho
camp had over sent out in nil Its life,
and a special boat from tho Portland
Mills company would lay. off Yaquinn
to rccoivo It on tho sixteenth.
On tho night of tho second, Dally
caught a glimmer of whlto on tho lin
tel. It was a paper, stuck In with a
thumb-tack.
"Watch your raft," It said, "for pow
der." Thnt was all, and It was "unsigned.
Daily told Sandry of thd Incident nnd
showed the warning.
So for the remaining nights tho
great raft was lighted from end to
end and four of tho Indians patrolled
it in shifts, armed with rifles and un
der orders to shoot at the flrst sign of
trouble.
Tho work went forward rapidly. Tho
Slwashes. born and raised in the tim
ber country, know all tho work of the
camp and they needed no driving.
They wero a godsend to Sandry In
tho pressing days and ho camo to look
upon thom with a wldo tolerance.
' 'In serving you wo servo S'letz,' "
ho quoted to hlmsolf, " 'for she's your
woman.' " And an odd sensation
prickled hta skin, tingled at tho roots
of his hair. Some way, somehow,
these wero Slletz' people thoso sllont,
shiftless, well-taught creatures, who
mado no uso of their talents, yet who
did hard, unnecessary labor at tho call
of tho blood.
That night, with tho raft and oven
tho two engines under guard nnd all
tho length of track patrolled, ho camo
In tired, worn to a thin edgo with
sleeplessness, tense and taut as a sing
ing wire, to meet Mies Ordway.
Sho slipped her band into his arm
with a llttlo, 'familiar gesturo and
turned him about.
"Como along and relax," sho said,
"you're almost hysterical."
"I bcllovo I am," said Sandry wea
rily, though as ho stepped out Into the
night, soft already with tho breath of
spring as Is tho way with the coast
country, where tho seasons shoulder
oach other suddonly for placo, ho
looked uneasily for Sllctz.
"Let'B go up to tho old rollway. It's
deserted and I have things to tell
you oh, many things!"
She laughed, her little rippling
laugh that wns so soft and rich, and it
soothed the man's strained nerves Hko
a narcotic.
Miss Ordway sat down, or rather
climbed up. on a log that lay beside
tho rollway and drew her gray broad
cloth aside.
Sandry settled himself besldo hor
and took oft his hat. The soft, changed
breath of tho night nir was grateful
to him.
"Whe-ew! I'll bo thankful when this
strain is over, that raft headed out to
sea and my contract fulfilled! I never
know business wus so strenuous."
Miss Ordway looked nt him through
tho dusk with admiring eyes.
"But look how you're succeeding!
Why. It's great!"
"Yes but for how much of It can
I thank raysolf? Hampden has me In
a bad holo about my great East Belt
j tho best timber In tho region and tho
I base, practically, of tho Dlllingworth's
future and but for these Indians I
' would bo now well, I hato to think
j whoro I'd havo been."
I "S'h!" said Miss Ordwny; "not so
fast about that bad holo. Instead, Mr.
Walter Sandry. wo'vo got. your friend
Hampden In tho deepest holo he was
over In in all his lifo. In fact, whon
we say tho word, ho'll turn over tho
East Bolt with both hands."
Sandry held out a hand and Miss
Ordway took It. not after her usual
maimer of hall-fellow, but with a
gentle, proprietary motion. Sho tapped
tho breast other princess gown.
"I have right hero copies of filings
on sixteen claims, all duly put through
by 'cash entry' by as many different
men and 1 know that Hampden owns
all theso numbers, that ho furnished
tho money for building tho cabins, for
filing fce3, for advertising, for Ana)
proofs at tho land ofllco and for tho
government prlco of tho land. In re
turn tor all this theso bogus entry
men your drifting gentry of tho
spiked boots and tho 'turkey' in most
cases received four hundred dollars
each for tho breaking of their faith
with tho governmenL No ' wonder
Hampden is rich!"
For a long momont Sandry Rat In
a silence so deep that ho ceased to
many hotels and clinics now convorted
Into Red Cros3 hospitals. All traverse
Paris at tho hour when not so long ago
thoy used to return from tho ball or
tho theator. No moro of tho gay night
flaneurs in evening dross, who hailed
a tnxl whllo they finished a cigar. Tho
morning wanderers pars In sllenco,
nlono with tholr thoughts, tholrs tho
satisfaction of duty accomplished."
Shot Squirrel With 410 Bill.
around squirrels wero damaging
grain left in a field by Wlntlold Scott,
manager of tho San Fernando hotel
in tho town of that namo, says tho Los
Angoles Times. A guest had loft a
loadod shotgun at tho houso a few days
boforo.
Manngcr Scott decided to put an
end to tho squirrels nnd started on a
still hunt, Anally drawing a bead on
ono of tho marauders. Ho shot it, and,
having scared tho others away, re
turned homo.
Tho guest arrived and asked for thp
gun. When ho discovered it had boon
discharged he wilted.
"I stuck a $10 bill In tho barrel for
safe keeplug," be said. v,,,.
brcalho. Hu was grasping tho magnl
Hide of tho man's daring tbo gigantic
risk ho ran with his safety In the un
certain hands of Blxteen men.
And also he was beginning to com
prebend, wonderlngly, the during ol
this woman, her finesse, her clever
ness and hor success,
"Wonderful!" ho said nt last; "It Ir
past bollofl And how, for tho love of
heaven, did you over wind up that
commissioner t, put his own head lo
tho nooso by giving you thoso proofs?"
Miss Ordwny looked away down the
fast darkening slough, and thoro was
that in hor narrowed, smiling oye?
which, had Sandry seen, would havo
shocked him from her.
"Ho didn't give," sho said oddly; "1
took."
And something In tho speech si
lenced the man.
"Sometimes," went on this clovor
woman, "ono will take providing
n pw
i jhim iiwi'iiiwimm i ji iiii H iTTrTfTTpf'M'jyflrnftiryi
Under Orders to Shoot at the First
Sign of Trouble.
thero Is a great enough incentive. 1
had a great Incentive"
She ceased, waiting, nnd against his
Will ,Sandry supplied tho question.
"What?"
"You," said MI33 Ordway in a whis
per. With her pretty, inimitable gesture
of daring sho put up a hand, laid It
against his cheek and drow h's face
toward her.
"Boy," sho said in a ctriously
choked tone, us it emotion dominated
her, "oh, boy! With your youth and
your eagorness, your inherent strength
and your losing battlo! Did you not
know that you wero as Are to me?"
She slipped off tho log nnd stood bo
fore him, her hands clasped across hor
breast and all hor magnificent beauty
a luro In the spring dusk.
"Ah!" she laughed recklessly, "you
have set mo flaming, Hko a lino of fir
at night! And I caro nothing that I
tell you there is no law for a gon
ius!"
And, turning swiftly, sho went down
tho slope, away from him, leaving him
as sho had done once before with his
head whirling under tho spell of hot
beauty and her daring. "But tills tlmn
sho had left far moro, for within him
there surged and rioted emotions that
dofled control Joy and triumph and
savage desire to even scores with thn
mun who had so cruelly pressed him.
relief at tho prospect of saving so oas
ily his East Belt and his future; and
bursting through the rest, tho tlnglb
of her wordB, U amazed comprehct
slon of thenv
Tho days that followca "wbTC hare
ones for tho young owner of the DII
lingworth. Ho did not seo that he hao
tnken tho silent little girl of the hill
and, that the dominant, clever womac
of the world had taken him. Yet snel
were tho fact? In tho vaguo. half
formed shape that affairs had a
sumed.
With a splendid tact Miss Ordwni
kept away from him, presenting at
such times as thoy- chanced to meel
a sercno poise that was as charnilnc
ns her abandon bad been that night
by the roUway. On tho other hand
Slletz watched him with troubled eyen
Thero was that in features and volet
that frightened her, as a loving woman
Is ever frightened when trouble rido
tho shoulder of tho beloved.
Therefore ono night soon after Sa:i
dry's talk with Miss Ordway, SlletJ
followed bim as ho went to tho ollicfc
after supper. It was a black night
and Sandry was not aware of hor pros
onco until a touch fell on his shoul
dcr, almost as light and soft as that
of the mist upon his faco.
"Sandry," said Sllotz.
Ho turned swiftly and all the vox
atloup acho of his heart seomed to cul
rainnto suddenly in a dcslro to tako
her In his arms.
"Yes?" ho said, yielding to tho in
fluence of tho misty darkness and the
nenrness of this girl who typified the
wild so alluringly, "tho Night Wind
breathes upon my heart Why is it.
Littlo S'letz?"
(to nn CONTINUED.)
American Meat Products In China.
Tho Chinese people very rnroly eat
beef, anil Its use Is practically con
fined to tho foreign residents of the
empire.
Tho Chinese aro extremely fond of
pork, but it would bo imposslblo for
American firms to ship barreled pork
to China and meet tho competition of
tho native-grown article. Oood Chi
nese pork sells at retail at a far cheap
er rate than It can possibly bo put on
tho market In the United States, to
say nothing of tho freight cost bult
way around tho world. Tho now trade
In Chinese pork which has sprung up
between southern China porta and
England Is a profitable one, owing to
the cheap prlco of the nog. Pork grown
In South China is said to be a very
good article, comparing favorably with
American pork. Consul General Sam
uel S. Knabcnshue,
How Geese Are Fattened.
Geoso aro fattened for market In
somo parts ot Europo by confining
them in dark rooms, to which light
Is ndmlttod at Intervals, causing them
J. to eat seven or eight meats a day.
WONDERFUL PRG0S1ESS
CANADA
It Is Over the Hill Splendid
Bank Clearings, and the Crop
Returns Reveal Vast Possi-
bilities for the Future!
"Thero aro opportunities for Invest
ment In Canada now that may provo
attractlvo to American capital. Land
prices In tho west aro low and wages
less than on this sldo of tho lino, and
whatevor tho outcomo of tho war, tho
future of tho Dominion is assured as
ono of prosperity In tho development
of Its vast resources." Chicago Tribune.
A short timo ago tho Canadian gov
ernment asked for prlvato subscrip
tions to a loan of fifty million dollars.
Loss than a month was given for com
pletion of tho subscription. On No
vombor 30th, tho day upon which sub
scriptions were to conso, It wa3 found
that 110 million of dollars had been
subscribed or CO million dollars moro
than tho amount nsked. .It thoro wero
any so pessimistic as to lranglno that
Canada was passing through a period
of hard times tho wonderful showing
of this subscription should put nBidn
all doubts of Canada's rapidly Increas
ing prosperity.
Tho bank clearings of Winnipeg for
1915 woro a billion and a half of dollars.-
Think of it. Then, in addition,
there wcro tho bank clearings of tho
other cities throughout Western Can
ada. Ileglna, Saskatoon and Moose
Jaw also show big incrcaso in clear
ings. Tho Winnipeg statistics show
that tho city has dono tho biggest
financial, commercial and industrial
business in its history in 1915. A,
billion and a half aro big clearings,
representing business on a per cap
ita basis of over ?7,000 per head for
every man, woman and child in tho
city, and has gono ahead of big man
ufacturing cities Hko Buffalo, and
runs a closo second to Detroit. It
has shown bigger bank clearings than
the middle west cities ct Minneapolis
and Duluth, and has exceeded Los
Angolos, Seattle and other noted ship
ping centers. It is now Bldo by sldo
with tho ten biggest cities In North
America in amount of bank clearings.
But because the war helped Canada
recover quickly from a natural eco
nomic depression It doe3 not follow
thnt, at tho end of tho war, tho coun
try must suffer a relapse, and straight
way return to a state of inactivity and
hard times.
A Winnipeg paper, with a well
known reputation for conservatism in
economic mattors says:
Canada's undeveloped fields should
provo a mighty factor after tho war in
adjusting tho country's business from
ono period to another. The Btaggerlng
figures of this year's crop, showing in
creases in production of 50 por cent
over last year, give a slight idea of tho
futuro wealth stored In vast stretches
of prairio plain yet untouched by the
plow. Tho Northwest GralrDealors' As
sociation on September 1 estimated
that tho wheat crop of the three Prairio
Provinces would amount to 250,800,000
bushels. On November 10 that esti
mate was increased to 307,230,000
bushels. Tho Dominion government
on Septembor 13 estimated tho West
ern wheat crop at 275,772,200 bushels,
but on October 15 thoso figures wero
changed to 304,200,000 bushels.
Monetary Returns for the Western
Crop.
And tho amount of money which tho
west is receiving for its grain has not
yet been wholly appreciated. Up to
tho 10th of December tho Canadian
west had received somo 170 million
.dollars for 182 million bushels of Us
grain crop, of which 149 million bush
els was wheat. The averago price ot
No. 1 Northern wheat for Soptomber
wa3 93 cents; for October 98
cents, and for tho flrst three weok3 of
November $1.03. On tho 10th ot
December thoro was fully 120 million
bushels of wheat to bo marketed. This
would lcavo about 30 million bushels,
for local consumption in the Prairio
Provinces.
Bradstreot says:
"Confldenco seems to havo returned
In Canada; grain crops aro exception
ally large, prices pay tho farmer, and
the war-order lines provido work and
aid In circulating much money. Credit
Is moro freely granted, and interior
merchants axe disposed to buy rathor
liberally." Advertisement.
Naturally.
Noah (Just bofore tho Btonn)-
-All
tho animals on board?
Shem All but tho leopards, but I'll
soon spot them.
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FOR WEAK KIDNEYS
'A medicinal preparation like Dr. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
valuo almost sells itself. Like an endleM
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by those who have been benefited to those
who ore in need of it,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Ib n physi
cian's prescription. It has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
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The success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
ia due to the fact that it Infills almost ev
ery wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp
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However, if you wish first to test this
Rrcat preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer &. Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
This is tho glad season ot tho year
when tho plumber gets squaro with
tho ico man.
PREPAREDNESS!
To Fortify Tho System Against drip
when Grip Is prevalent LAXATIVE DROMO
QUININE should be taken, as this combination
ot Qulnlns with other Ingredients, destroy!
rtrms, acta as a Tonla and Laxative and thus
keeps the sritem In condition to withstand
Colds, Grip and Influerua. There Is only one
"DROMO QUININE." E. W. GROVE'S sir
nature on box. tjo.
A minister says the right path !a
often left.
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