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Jfc.m'i' K 'i- - .frTsVa -ft jt, ., -rf.J - t iuw'ar.M--&,-,w ' DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. - - I.'r I i A KANSAS WOMAN Rat-down Nervous, Weak City, Kaafl.i--"I found Dr. riercoa moaicmoa n wonderful help to mo during mlddlo life. At that timo I becamo all run down, nervous and was weak. I would hovo smothering and dizzy spells so bod that I could not stand up and ray back would ncho terribly all tho time. I took both Dr. Plerco's Favor ito Prescription and his 'Golden Med leal Dfacoroy and thrso medicines built mo tip, save mo strength, and brought ma through tho change in tho best of health. I em kIm to recommend Dr. Pierce's modi dnrit, for I know they are good."-MRS. GEORGE JACOBS, It. Routo 3. MOTHERS Bashong, Kann.: "I am tho mother of four children and from my experience with Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription I fully approdato its valuo and can highly recom mend it to prospective motbors ns It helps to alleviate one's suffering. During my first expectancy J suffered untold pains, so tho second timo I was determined that I would avail myself of somo means to lessen tho agony, and I can say without any hesi tation that tho 'Favorito Prescription' carried roo through that trying timo with all tho desired case and comfort. Later on, however, I mado a grievous mlstnko in believing that I could dispenso with tho Favorite Prescription during motherhood and I did so to ray sorrow. It will always bo my stand-by hereafter. "I hope that through this statement some other woman may bo relieved of tho dread of motherhood." MRS. V. W. KOWLEY, Routo 1. Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription 9 a non-alcoholic remedy that any oiling wo man can safely take becouso it is prepared from roots and herbs containing tonio prop erties of tho most pronounced character. Send 10a to Dr. Pierra's'lnvalida' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y., for trial package of any oi HEARTBURN Caused by Acid-Stomach That bitter heartburn, belohlnc, food rspaatlnr, fndleesllon. bloat after satins ftH an canoed by acid-stomach. Dut thsr are onlr Brat symptoms dangror signals to warn yon of awful troubles If not stopped. IleaOachelp biliousness, rheumatism, sciatica, that tired, listless feellns, lack of ensrsr. fUsilnesa. Insomnia, even cancer and ulcers of the Intestines and many other ailments ara traceable to ACID-STOMACH. Thousands yes, millions of people who ought to bo well and strong ars mere weak lings because o( actd-stomach. The really slarrs in the midst of plenty becauss they . do not get anoncti strength and vitality from the food they eat. TsJto EATONIC and civs your stomnch a nanc to do Its work right. Make It stronr, ooU sweet and comfortable. BATONIO J"!?1 '"Ick ""' t0T heartburn, belching, Indurcotloa and other stomach miseries. Im prorea digestion helps you get full strength from your food. Thousands say BATONIO Is tho 'most wonderful stomach remedy In '!!?? W0T.,d- "rooght them relief when every, thtog obM failed. Oar boot testimonial Is what BATONIO S'.'L&.i.0'. ? Bo b, 80 box of ATONIC today from your druggist, use It " slays It yasro not pleased, return It ' joh money dsck. FATONIC BMtrOK TOOK ACtD-STOMAClfl I Wasn't It a Plty7 "I.Utlo Anno wus very fond of rlpo 'olives, and her mother linil to wntcb her to sec Hint slio did not indulge too freely., One day there was company, nnd Anno managed to have the ollyo dish stopped near her plate. After tho dinner; her mother pointed to (ho pile of pits on Aiiug'h pinto nnd asked : "How could you mnfco such n pjg of yourself? I should think you would bo ashamed to hoc bo many pits, and ashamed to linve others sou them." Anne hung hor'hend nnd replied: "I wrs. 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Usa M old asd tlme-trltd rrairdy that ra satlstortlon for mow than fifty years PI SOS Iciliitiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiii PIECES OF EIGHT ID iiiiiiiimmiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiHHH CALYP80I Synopsis Tho man who tells this story call him tho hero, for short Is visiting his friend, John Saun ders, British official in Nassau, Bahama Islands. Charles Webster, a local merchant, completes tho trio of friends. Saunders produces a written document purporting to be the death-bed statement of Hen ry P. Tobias, a succosful pirate, made by him in 1859. It gives two spots where two millions and a half of treasures wcro burled by him and his companions. Tho conversation of tho three friends Is overheard by a pock-marked stranger. The docu ment disappears. Saunders, how ever, has a copy. Tho hero, deter mined to seek the burled treasure, charters a schooner. Tho pock marked man Is taken on as a pas senger. On the voyago somebody empties tho gasoline tank. Tho hero and the passenger clash, tho pas' sengor leaving a manifesto bearing tho signature, "Henry P. Tobias, Jr." Tho hero lands on Dead Men's Shoes. There is a fight, which Is followed by saveral funerals. The hero finds a cave 'containing the skeletons of two pirates and a mas sive chest empty save for a few pieces of eight scattered on tho bot tom. Tho hero returns to Nas sau nnd by good luck learns tho location of Short Shrift Island. Webster buys tho yawl Flamingo, and ho and they hero sail for Short Shrift Island. As tho Flamingo leaves tho wharf a young fellow, "Jack Harkaway." Jumps aboard and la allowed to remain. Jack proves an Interesting and mysteri ous passenger. The adventurers capture Tobias. "Jack Harkaway" proves to be a girl and disappears. Tho hero sails to Short Shrift Is land, sees an entrancing tlrl with a Spanish doubloon. Follows an even more entrancing sight of tho girl. CHAPTER II Continued. 10 "Hal hal" called a pleasant voice, evidently belonging to n man of an unusually tall nnd lean figure who was approaching me through tho palm trunks; "bo you have discovered my hidden paradise my Alclnous garden, so to say;" and ho quoted two well known lines of Ilomcr In tho original Greek, adding: "or If you prefer It in Pope's translation, which I think don't you7 remains tho best: Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and Inclement skies "and so on. Alnsl for an old man's memory I It grows shorter and shorter like his llfo, eh? Nover mind, you are welcome, sir stranger, mysterious ly tossed up hero llko Ulysses, on our Island coast." I gazed with natural wonderment at this strnngo Individual, who thus In tho heart of the wilderness had saluted mo with a meticulously puro English accent, and welcomed mo In a quotation from Ilomcr In the original dreek. Who, In the devil's name, was this odd character who, I saw, as I looked closer at him, was, as ho had hinted, quite au old man, though his unusual erectness and eprlghtllncss of manner, lent him an Illusive nlr of youth? Who on eartli was he and how did ho happen la tho, mlddlo of this haunted wood? CHAPTER III. Calypso. Of courgo a glnnco and tho first sound of his volco had told mo that I had to do with a gentleman one of those vagabond English gentlemen In exile who form a type pocullar, I think, to the English raco; mentlmt nro a curious combination of aristocrat and Gypsy, soldier, scholar, and philoso pher; men of good family, who havo drifted everywhere, seen and seen through everything, but in nil their wanderings have nover lost their sense and habit of "form," their boyish zest In living, their humorous stoicism, nnd, abovo all, their lordly accent. "Now that you havo found us, Sir Ulysses" continued my eccentric host, motioning me, with nu Inde scribably princely wnvo of tho hand to accompany him "you must certulnly ,glvo us tho pleasure of your company to luncheon. Visitors are ns rare ns Jilack swans on this Ultima Thulo of ours though, by the wuy, tho black swun, cygnus ntratus, U nothing Uku .so raro as tho ancients believed. I huve shot them myself out in Australia. Still they nro rare enough for tho pui pose of Imagery, though really not so rnro as 11 human being ono can talk Intelligently to on this Island." Talk I My friend Indeed, very evi dently was a tnlkcr ono of those- fan tastic monologlsts to whom un audi ence Is little moro thnu n symbol. I saw that there was no need for mo to do any of tho talking. Ho was moro than glad to do It nil. Plainly his en counter with no was to him llko a spring In a thirsty land. "Solitude," ho continued, "Is per haps tho final need of tho human soul. After a while, vhcn we huvo run tho gamut of nil our ardors and our dreams, solitude comes to seem thu one excellent thing, tho summum honum." I murmured that ho certainly seemed to have como to tho right plnco for It. "Very true, Indeed," ho assented, f tth a courtly Inclination of his head, h though I hod mild something pro- Copyright j Doubled, Page A Company. found; "very true, Indeed, and yet, wasn't It tho great Bacon who said: 'Whoever Is delighted with solitude Is cither a beast or a god?' and this particular solitude, I confess, some times seems to me n little too much like thnt enforced solitude of the Pontic marshes of which Ovid walled and whimpered In tho deaf ears of Augustus." I could not help noticing at last ns he talked on with fantastic magnifi cence, tho odd contrast between his speech and tho almost equally fantas tic poverty of his clothing. Tho suit ho wore, though still preserving a certnln elegance of cut, wns so worn and patched and stained that a negro would hardly have accepted It as a gift; and his almost painful emacia tion gave him generally the nppcar unco of an nnlmnted framework of "Hal Hal" Called a Pleasant Voice. rags and bones, 'startllngly embodying tho volco nnd tho manners of a prince. Yet tho shabby tie about his neck was bound by a ring, In which was set a turquoise of great size' and beauty. Presently, as wc loitered on through tho palms, wo camo upon two negroes chopping nwny with their machetes, trimming up tho debris of broken and decaying palm fans. They were both, sturdy, ferocious-looking follows, but ono of them wns a veritable giant. "Behold by bodyguard 1" said my magnificent friend, with tho usual pos sesslvo wavo of his hand;, "my Swltzers, my Janissaries, so to' say." The negroes stopped working; touched their great straw lints,, and flashed their splendid teeth ln de lighted smile. Evidently they wero .used to their master's ways of talking. and were devoted to him. "This chap hero Is Erebus,"' said my hdst, and the approprIntenes of the name was apparent, for he was certainly tho blackest negro I had ever seen, as superbly blnck ns some wom en aro snperbly white. "And this Is Samson. Let's have a look at your muscles, Samson there's u good! boyl" Aud with grins of pleasure, Sam son proudly stripped off his thin calico Jacket and exposed a torso of terrify ing power,, but bcnutlful in its play of muscles as that of n god. Leaving Samson nnd Erebus to con tinue their snvago play with their machetes, we walked on through the pnlms which hero gnvo a particularly jungieiiico appearance to tho scene from, the fact of their being bowed out from their roots and sweeping: up ward la great curves. Ono Involunta rily looked for a man-eating tiger, at any moment, standing striped, aad splendid la one of tho openings. Then suddenly to the right, tiere enmo a Hash of lovel green, suggesting lawns, nnd the outlines of a bouse, pnrtly covered with brilliant purplo (lowers marvelous Bplash off color. "Itougulnvtllciil Ilougulnvlllea spec tabllls of course, you know It Was there ever such a purplo? Not Solo mon in nil his glory, et cetera. And here wo are at thu house of King Alclnous u humble version of it in deed." It was n largo rambling stucco house, somewhat decayed looking, and evidently built on tho ruins of an older building. Wc came upon It at a broad Italian-looking loggia, supported by stone pillars bowed in with vines very cool nnd pleasant with mossy slabs for Its floor, here and thero tropical ferns set out In tubs, some wicker chairs standing about, and a tabic nt ouo side on which two little barelegged uegro girls wcro busy' set ting out yellow fruit, and other ap purtenances of luudieon, on a dazzllug wlilto cloth. "Has your mistress returned yet, uiy children?" nskud tho master. "No. sar." sntd tho older girt, 'with By Richard Le Gallienne 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 n 1 n n 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 ; i n 1 ii n iTTTi Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1003. Now First Given to the Public. a giggle, twisting and grimacing ,wlth embarrassment "My daughter," explained my host, "has gone to tho town on nn errand. Sho .will bo back at any moment Meanwhile, I shall Introduce you to a cooling drink of my own manufacture, with n Imsls of that coconut milk Vwhlch I rieed not ask you whether you npprcclnte, recalling tho pleasant clrcumsjtanco of our first acquaint ance." Motioning mo to a seat, and pushing toward me a box of cigarettes, he went Indoors, leaving mo to take In the stretch of beautiful garden In front of me, the trees of which seemed literal ly to be hung with gold for they were mainly of orange and grapefruit ranged round n spacious beautifully kept lawn with tho regularity of sumptuous decoration. In tho. middle of tho lawn, d little rocky fountain threw up a Jet of silver, falling with a tinkling murmur Into a broad cir cular basin from which emerged tho brond leaves and splendid pink blos soms of an Egyptlnn lotus. Certainly It was no fnr-fetched allusion of my classical friend to speak of tho gar den of Alclnous ; particularly connect ed as It was In my mind with the white beach of a desert Isle, and that marble statu 0 In the moonlight. As I sat dreaming, bathed In the golden-green light of the orange trees, and lulled by tho tinkling of the foun tain, my host returned with our drinks, his learned disquisition on which I will sparo the reader, highly interest ing nnd characteristic though It was. Suffice It that It was a drink, what ever its ingredients and yierc was certainly somewhere a powerful "stick" In It that seemed to havo been drawn from somo cool grotto pf tho virgin earth, so thrllllngly cold and Invigorating It was. While wo wero slowly sipping It, and smoking our cigarettes, in an unwont ed pauso of my friend's fanciful ver bosity, I almost Jumped In my chair at the sound of a voice Indoors. It was Instantly followed by a light and rapid tread, and tho sound of a woman's dress. $ Then a tall, beautiful young woman emerged on the loggia. "Ahl there yon are!" cried my host as we both rose; and then turning to me. "this Is my daughter Calypso. Her real name I assure you none of my nonsenso doesn't she look It? Al low me, my dear, to Introduce Mr. Ulysses 1" for we had not yet ex changed each other's names. I am a wretched actor, and I am bound to say that she proved herself no better. For sho gave a decided start ns she turned those glowing eyes on mo, and th6 lovely olive of her checks glowed as with submerged rose color. Our embarrassment did not es cape the. father. ' "Why. you know each other al ready 1" ho exclaimed;, with natural surprise. "Not exactly" I woe- grateful for tho sudden nervo with which I was able to hasten to tho relief of her love ly distress "but possibly Miss Ca lypso recalls as naturally as-1 do, our momentary meeting in' Sweeney's storoono evening. I had' no expecta tion of courso, that we- should meet again under such pleasant circum stances as this." She gave me a grateful look as she took my hand, and with it or was It only my eager Imagination? a shy llt tlo pressure, again as of gratitude. I had jtrlcd to get Into my volco my assurance that of courso, I remem bered no other "moro recent meeting though, naturally, us sho had given that little start in tho doorway, there had flushed on me again' the picture of her standing, moonlit- In another resounding doorway, amlf of the wild start she had given then ns the golden pieces streamed from hor lovely sur prised mouth, nnd hor lifted hands. And her eyes I couldi have sworn wero tho living eyes of. Jack Harka way I Had sho a brother, I wondered. Yet my mind wns too'daxtlcd and con fused with her ncnniuaa to pursuo the speculation. As wo sat down, to luncheon, waited upon by the little bnrtegged black chil dren waited on, too, surprisingly well, dcsplto tho contortions of their prlmitlvo embarrassment my host once more resumed his character of the classic king welcoming tho storm toiiscd stranger to his board. "Far wanderer," ho snld, raising his glass to mo, "eat of what our board affords, wclcomo without question of name and nation. But If, when tho food and wlno havo done their genial ofllco, and tho weariness of your Jour noylng has fallen from you, you should feel stirred to f.ell us somewhat of yourself nnd your wanderings, what manner of men call you kinsman, In what fair land Is your home and tho place of your loved ones, be sure that wo shall count the talo good hearing, nnd, for our part, make exchange In like fashion of ourselves nnd tho pass ago of our days In this lonely Isle." Wo all laughed as ho ended himself with a whinny of laughter, "For, odd as such dlscourso may sound In tho rending, It was uttered so whimsically. ; and lu so spirited and humorous style that I assure you It was very captivating. "You should havo been an actor, my lord Alclnous," I said, laughing. I seemed nlrcady curiously at home, seated there at that tablo with this fantastic stranger and that being out of fairyland toward whom I dared only turn ray eyes now and ngaln by stealth. The strange fellow had such a way with him, and his talk mado you feel, that ho had known you all your life. "Ah 1 I havo had my dreams. I have had my dreams!" ho answered, his eyes gazing with a momentary wlstful ness across tho orange trees. Then we talked at random, as friend ly strangers talk over luncheon, though wo were glad enough that he should do all the talking wonderful, Irides cent, madcap talk, such ns a man here and there In ten thousand, gifted with perhaps the most attrnctlve of all hu man gifts, has at his command And, every now and ngaln, my eyes, falling on the paradoxical squalor of his clothing, would remind me of .the enigma of this courtly vagabond; though need I say It? my eyes and my heart had other business than with him, throughout that wonderful meal, enfolded ns I felt myself once more In thnt golden cloud of magnetic vitality, which had at first swept over me, as with a breath of perfumed fire, among the salt pork and the tinware of Sweeney's store. Luncheon over, Lady Calypso, with a stately Inclination of her lovely head, left us to our wine and our cigars. Tho time had come for the far-traveled guest to declare himself, and I saw In my host's eye a courteous Invi tation to begin. I had been pondering what account to give of myself, and I had decided, for various reasons of which the Lady Calypso was, of course, first, but the open-hearted charm of her father a close second to tell him the whole of my story. Whatever his and her particular secret wns, It was evident to me that It was an In nocent and honorable one; and, be sides, I may have, had a notion that before long I was to have a family .interest In It So I began starting In with n little prelude In the manner of my host, Just to enter Into the spirit of the game-; "My Lord Alclnous, your guest the far wanderer, having partakenrof your golden hospitality, is now fain to open his heart to you, afid tell you of him self and his race, his home and his loved ones across tho wine-dark sea, nnd such of his adventures as may give pleasure to your ears" . . . though, having no talents In that di rection, I was glad enough to nbandon my lamo attempt at his Homeric style for a plain straightforward narrative of tho evonts of tho past three- months. I had not, however, proceeded very far, when, with a courteous- raising of msV J HsV Is'SbI ftln "Behold My Bodyguard 1" his hand. Klig Alclnous suggested a pause. "If yoo would not mind," he said, "I would llko my daughter to hear this too, for It Is of tho very stuff of ro mantic adventure In which she de lights. Sho Is a bravo girl, and, ns I often tell her, would have mado a Ycry spirited dare-devil boy, If she hadn't happened to be born a girl." This phrase Beemed to flash a light upon tho questionings that had stirred at the back of my mind since I had first beard that volco In Sweeney! store. The hero's search for the Tobias treasure begins again under most fascinat ing circumstances. (TO UU CONTINUED. Help That Bad Back! Why be miserable with n "bad back?" It's time youf found out what is wrong! Kidney weakness often causes much Buffering from backache, lameness, rheumatic pains, headaches, dizziness and kidney irregluaritics. Neglected, it may lead to dropsy, gravel or Bright's disease, but if taken in time it is usu ally easily corrected by using Doan's Kidney Pills. Doan's have helped thousands. A Soutk Dakota due Mrs. 3. P. 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