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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. GIRLS! A MASS OF WAVY, GLEAMY BEAUTIFUL HAIR rwVAOWVOXiCTKiOK HJiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiitiiiiiiiifiiitiiMitiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiwiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiituiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiri The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War By RANDALL PARRISH Author of "Coolribiod," "Shei of the IrUa mil ide." "When WflderocM Wi Kin." etc ILLUSTRATIONS BY IRWIN MYERS ;? 5Lefc "Dandcrine" save and glorify your hair ", -s Copyright by A. C. McCIurg A Co. FJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiF, IIGlXVDJl Si JXlJI 8Lm?l tM Wmfiffk U i? t It 4 If Ja a few moments you can trans jfccKs your plain, dull, flat hair. You ma laic It abundant, soft, flossy and 2uJ9 eff tr. Just get at any drug or floflte counter a small bottle of "Dan derbta" for n few cents. Then molst e z sofa Uth with tho Danderlne and diu-arttfo through your hair taking one man strand at a time. Instantly, yes, yvmueiSutely, you have doubled tho fceewty of your hair. It will be n mass, ao mrO lustrous, fluffy and so easy to doBS. fit dust, dirt and excessive oil fe nnnowwif. LeJ Danderlne put mora life, color, vlcerttiid brightness In your hair. This oiteafatfag tonic will freshen your taltv tlicck dandruff and falling hair, an trip your hair to- grow long, thick, atrwog and beautiful. Adv. Those Girls. "Muwi vcinfnds me of a public of ffasT Yto.7 so?" "Sn'i) continually Booking the man." LESS MEAT IF BACK AND KIDNEYS HURT 3W a Glass of Salts to Flush Kldncyo If Bladder ! Bothers You. Khtlug meat regularly eventually ymhiccs kidney trouble In .some form c enber, rays a well-known authority, f ;jktwre tlp uric acid, In .meat excites ahe kidneys; tbey become overworked ; jwt aJuggfsh; clog up and cnuso all sorts of distress, particularly back adw misery In tho kidney region ; rbewaafc twinges, severe hendaches, add stomach, constipation, torpid Mra; sleeplessness, bladder and url awy Irrltutlon. .Ofce moment your bade hurts or kld ej aren't acting right, or If bladder letters you, got about four ounces of Jafl Salts from any good pharmacy; take u tablespoonful In n glass of water before breakfast for n few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is mndo from tho acid et grapes and lemon Juice, com bined with lltbla, and has been used for Btneratlons to flush clogged kid aeys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize tho acids toe urine- so it no longer Irritates, Mh ending bladder disorders. 31 Salts cannot Injure anyone; antes n delightful effervescent llthln watcr drink which millions of men and women tako now and then to keep tho fckbwys and urinary organs clean, thus tiTotdlng serious kidney disease. Adv, The Selection. "I have been eating fish for tho bem . of my brain?" "Wcukflsh?" BREAKS YOUR. COLD IN JUST A FEW HOURS "Pape'c Cold Compound" Instantly re. Ileves otufflneas and distress Don't stay stufTod-up I Quit blowing sad Bfluilllng! A doso of "Pnpo'a Cold , Compound" taken every two hours un til three doses nro taken usually breaks ap a severe cold and ends all grippe wAx?ry,t The very first doso opens your clogged-np nostrils and tho air pass ages of tho head; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, fever bness,6ueezlng, soroness and stiffness. Tape's Cold Compound" Is the sickest, surest relief known and costs only n few cents at drug stores. It sets without assistance, tastes nice, acutalns no quinine Insist upon PapoI Adv. Those 'Wage, "liter eat any venison?" "About all I cat Is dear." Transcript. -Boston Shave With Cutlcura Qoap Asd doublo your razor efficiency ns wril as promote Bkln purity, ekln com fart and skin hcslth. No mug, no wy eoap, no germs, n& waste, no Irritation feven when shaved twlco Saly. Ono soap for all uses shaving, bathing and shampooing. Adv. 'If bey tit y woro only stein deep, al ;ct ovorybody by'Ukfug thought W have It. "IF YOU CAN SWIM, JUMP FOR IT!" Synopsis. In 1832 Lieutenant Knox of tho regular army la on duty at Fort Armstrong, Hock Island, 111,, In territory threatened by dlaffccted Indians. The commandant sends lilm with dispatches to St. Louis. He takes passage on tho steamer Warrior and makes tho acquaintance of Judgo Beaucalre, rich planter, and of Joo Klrby (the Devil's Own), notorious ambler. Knox learns Judgo Beaucalre has a daughter, r.lolso, and a granddaughter, Reno, offspring of a son whom tho judgo has disowned. Ilcnc's mother Is a negress, and sho and her daughter, never having been freed, nro slaves undr the law, although the girls have been brought up as sisters. Klrby Induces the judge to stako his plantation and negro servants on a poker hand unfairly dealt by Joe Carver, Klrby's partner. Klrby accuses tho Judgo of cheating. Beaucalre, Infuriated, drops dead. Knox tries to lnduco Klrby to give up his stolen winnings. Klrby and Carver throw Knox overboard. Tho lieutenant swims ashore and reaches a hut. Knox lies unconscious for ten days. Recovering, ho finds ho Is In a cabin owned by Pete, a "free nigger," who had shot him, mistaking him for an enemy. His dispatches have been forwarded. Recovering from his wound, Knox sends Pete to bring Haynes, Beaucalro's lawyor, and thoy arrango, with Poto's help, to get tho women to the Cabin of an aboli tionist, Amos Shrunk, beforo Klrby comes. At tho Bcaucalro place Knox overhears ft conversation botween the sheriff and his deputy, and learns tho truth about tho situation. He Is witness to an Interview botween Klrby and a girl who says sho Is Rene Beaucalre. Klrby Insults tho girl, and Knox attacks him. Bellovlng Klrby dead, Knox explains affairs to the girl, and sho agrees to try to escapo with him. They fall to find Peto whero he had been posted, so Knox seizes the sheriff's keelboat, along with Sam, tho slavo left In chargo, and they begin their voyago up the river. Next day a steamer passes and Sam recognizes Klrby on board. At Shrunk's place thoy And Peto, Shrunk and Carver murdered the work of Klrby. Klrby then steals their keelboat, leaving only a skiff. a CHAPTER Continued. 10 "It Is my guess" I said, "that their nly thought was to get away beforo tho crlmo was discovered. Rene, would you bo ilfrald to remain bore alono for a llttlo while?" Sho glanced about Into tho gloom of tho surrounding woods, her hesitancy answering me. "It Is not a pleasant prospect I ad mit, but there Is bo possible danger. Klrby has gone, beyond all question, but I wish to learn If I can tho direc tion he has taken. All this must have happened only a short tlmo ago while wo were at tho cabin. Tho keelboat enn scarcely bo entirely out of sight yet on cither river If we could only And n plnce to offer us a wldo vlow." "But could I not go with you?" "Hardly with mo, for I Intend to swim tho creek and try to reach tho point at tho mouth of tho Illinois, from whero I can see up and down tho Mississippi. I nm going to send Snm back through tho woods thcro and hnvo him climb that ridge. From the top ho ought to havo a good view up tho valley of tho Illinois. I suppose you might go with him." "Ab, sure wish ycr wud, unlssus.'l broko In tho negro pleadingly. "Ah ain't perzackly feered for tor go 'lone, but All's an ol' man an' Ah reckon ns how a young gal wus likely for ter see mor'n Ah wud.. Tears like Ah's dono Jos' my glasses." A faint smllo lighted up her face a mero glimmer of a smllo. "Yes, Sam, I'll go," she said, glanc ing up Into my eyes and holding out her hand. "You wish mo to, do you not?" "I think It will bo fully as well. Tou still retain tho pistol?" Sho nodded her response, and with out, dclnylng my departuro longer I lowered myself Into tho water and warn toward the opposlto shore, ciVeplng forth amid a tanglo of roots ana Immediately disappearing In tho undortoisu. I found a rough passago for tho tutet few rods, being obliged to nlmost tear a way through tho closo growth and unablo to soo a yard In advance. But this ended suddenly at tho edge of tho sand flat, with tho con verging waters of tho two rivers vis ible Just boyond. My view from here was narrowed, however, by high ridges on both sides, and with a deslro not to exposo myself to nny chanco. eye, I followed tho lino of forest until able to climb tho slope, and tints attain the crest of tho bluff. From this vantage point tho vlow rvns cxtonslve, both up and down tho big river, ns .well ns across to tho op poslto bank. Along that entire sur face hut three objects mot my enzo a small Island, green with trees, seem ingly anchored just beyond tho mouth of tho Illinois; n lumbering barge nl most opposlto mo, clearly outlined against tho distant shore, and barely moving with tho current; and far away below a thin smudge of smoke, arising from behind a headland, ns though curling upwnrd from tho stnek of somo steamer. I felt no doubt but what this was tho stolen kcelbont, speeding toward St. Louis. This struck mo as tho most reason nblo courso to pursue to work our way quietly up tho Illinois by night, keeping closo In shore to avoid any passing steamer, until wo arrived closo to Benrdstown. Undoubtedly thero woro blacks in tho town, both slaves and frpo negroes, with whom Sam could easily establish an acquaintance. By this means wo would soon bo able to Identify that particular preacher Into whoso care I hoped to confldo Uene. Of courso tho girl might re fuso to enter Into tho game, might de cline to nssumo tho rolo assigned her, however innocent I Intended it to be Indeed, I felt convinced sho would meet the suggestion with indignation. Hut why worry about that now? Lot UiIb bo kept aB a last resort. Thero was no necessity for mo to ovon men tion this part of my -plan until after our appronch to Bcardstown ; then tho necessity of our going forwnrd with It might bo so apparent Bho could not refuse to carry on htr part. With this : point settled In my own mind I felt rendy to rejoin tho others. I must havo been absent In the neighborhood of two hours, nnd they had returned to tho bank of the creek some tlmo In ndvanco of mo. As I appeared nt thp edgo of tho wood Sam hailed, offering to row tho boat across. "All right," I replied, confident wo were alone. "It will save me another wetting. You saw nothing?" "No, snh; leastways not much. Wo cud see up de Illinois mor'n ten mile. Ah reckon, but dnr wa'n't no boat no- whar, 'ceptlng an ol scow tied up to de bank." "I thought so. Tho keelboat has gone down the Mississippi." "Ycr done saw her, sah?" "I saw her smoke; sho was hidden by a big bend Just below. Don't sit thoro stnrlng at me come across." Rene greeted mo with a smllo as I scrambled up on the slippery log, and asked a number of questions. I an swered these as best I could and then explained, so far as I deemed It de sirable, tho general nature of tho plans I had made. Tho Illinois route offered tho only hope, and we decided to venture It, although Reno pleaded earnestly that sho and tho negro bo permitted to go on alone. To this suggestion, however, I would not con sent, nnd tho girl Anally yielded her reluctant permission for mo to ac company them until sho could be safely left in tho care of white friends. I know her real thought was else-.-where with those two In Klrby's hands, already well on their way tq St. Louis. Try as sho would, she was )m 'J?. 'lJAA ' v U 7 " X We' Rene Greeted Ms With a Smile. unablo to banish from her mind tho conception that sho was largely to blamo for their misfortune, or sub merge tho Idea that It was cowardly In her to seek escape, whllo leaving them in such peril. I lingered, talk ing with her for somo tlmo after Sam had fallen asleep, yet tho only result was tho bringing of tears to her eyes and n reluctantly given pledge that sho would do whatover I believed to bo best and right. Sho appeared so tired and worn that I left her at last In tho llttlo glado whero wo had found refuge, hoping sho might fnll asleep. I doubt If sho did, although I dozed irregularly, my back against a tree, and It was already growing dusk when sho enmo forth ngaln from her retreat and Joined us In n hastily pre pared meal. Sam and I stowed nwav In thn hnnf whatover provender remulned, nnd I assisted her to a seat at tho stern, wrapping a blanket carefully about her body, for tho night air In thoso dank shadows already began to chill. I took possession of tho oars myself, bellovlng tho negro would servo best as n lookout In tho bow, nnd thus settled wo bended tho boat out through tho tanglo of trees toward tho lnvls iblo river. Suddenly wo shot out through tho screen of concealing boughs Into tho broader stream beyond. Tho light here in tho open was better, although dim enough still, nnd revealing llttlo of our surroundings. Sam knelt, peer ing eagerly forward into the black ness, nn occasional growl of his voice tho jdy evldeuco of hU prewnca. I jpvfM JNUmvWM doubt If I had taken a dozen strokes, my whole ottcntion centered on my task, when tho sudden rocking of the boat told mo he hod scrambled to his feet. Almost nt the same Instant my cars distinguished tho sharp chugging of an engine straight nhead; then came his shout of alnrm, "God A'niigbtyl Dar's do keelboat, sah. Dey's goln' ter ram usl" I twisted about in my seat, caught a vague glimpse of the advancing shadow, nnd leaped to my feet, nn oar gripped In my hands. Scarcely was I poised to strike when tho speeding prow ripped Into us, and I was cata pulted Into the black water. CHAPTER X. I The Loss of Rene. There was tho echo of an oath, a harsh, cruel laugh, tho crash of planking, a Btrange, half-human cry of fright from tho negro that was nil. The sudden violence of tho blow must have hurled mo high Into the nlr, for I struck the water clear of both boats, nnd so far out in the stream that when I came again struggling, to tho surface I was in tho full sweep of tho current, against which I had t,o strug gle desperately. In the brief second that intervened between Sana's shout of warning nnd the crash of the two boats I had seen almost nothing only that blatk, menacing hulk, loom ing up between us and the shoree more like n shadow than a renllty.. Yet now,' Dghtlng to keep my head above water and not to bo swept away, I was able to realize instantly what had occurred. I had been mistaken; Klrby had not fled down the river; instead he had craftily waited this chance to attack us at a disadvantage. Convinced that we would decide to make uso of tho rowboat, which ho had left uninjured for that very purpose, nnd that wo would venture forth Just so soon ns tho night beenmo dark enough, he' had hidden the stolen craft In somo covert along shore to await our coming. Then ho sprang on us, as the tiger springs on his prey. Ho had calcu lated well, for the blunt prow of the speeding keelboat had struck us squarely, crushing in the sides of our frail craft and flinging me headlong. What had been tho fato of tho others I could not for tho moment de termine. Tho darkness shadowed ev erything, the bulk of tho keelboat alone appearing In tho distance, and that shapelessly outlined. Tho craft boro no light, and had it not been for a voice speaking I doubt if I could, havo located oven tha't. The rowboat could not bo distinguished it must have sunken, or else drifted awny, a helpless wreck. Tho first sound ray ears caught, echoing across tho water, was an oath, and a question: "By I a good Job; do you seo that fel low anywhere?" "Naw," the response a mero growl. "He's a goner, I reckon ; never knowed whut hit him, Jedgln from tho wny he upended it." "Well, then he Isn't likely to bother us nny more. Suppose ho was the white man?" "Suro'ho wus; It wus the nigger who wns up ahead. Wohlt him, an' ho dropped In 'tween ther bonts, an went down like a ' stone. Ho never yeeped but Just onct, when I furst gripped ther girl. I don't reckon as sho wus hurt ct all ; leastwise I never aimed fer ter hurt her none." "nas fche said anything?" "Not ad d twitter; maybe she's fainted. I dunno, but that's ther way females do. What shall I do with tho bird, Klrby?" "Oh, hold on to her there awhile, long as she's quiet. I'm going to try tho steam again, and get outsldo into tho big river. H , man, but this hasn't been such a bad night's work." The steam began to sizz, settling swiftly into a rhythmic chugging, ns tho revolving wheel began to churn up tho water astern. Confident of being safely hidden by tho darkness, I permitted the current to bear me downward, my muscles aching pain fully from tho struggle, and with no other thought in my mind except to keep well out of sight of tho occu pnnts of tho bont. To be perceived by them and overtaken in tho water meant certain death, whllo If they con tinued to bellevo that I had actually sunk beneath the surface, somo fu ture carelessness on their pnrt might yield mo an unexpected opportunity to servo Rene. Tho fow words overheard had mado sufficiently plain tho situ ation. Poor Sam had already found freedom In death, crushed between tho two colliding boats, but tho girl had been grasped In time nnd hauled unin jured aboard tho heavier craft. This had been tho object of tho attack to gain possession of her. Very evidently I had not been seen closely enough to bo recognized by Klrby. In a mcas uro this afforded mo a decided advan tage, provided wo ever encountered each other again and I meant that we should. Tho account between us was not closed by this incident; far from it. Thero In that black water, struggling to keep afloat, whllo being swept reslstlessly out Into tho river, with no immediate object before me except to remain concealed tjr tb How Many Women Are Like This? Can anything bo move wearing for women than tho ceaseless round of household duties? Oh I tho monotony of it all work and drudgo; no timotobo sick; tired, ailing, yet can not stop. Thcro comes a time when something " snaps " and they find themselves " simply worn out," and to make matters worso,havo contractedserious feminine disorder which almost always follows tho constant overtaxing of a woman's strength. Then thoy should remember that thcro is no remedy llko Iiydla E. Pinkham's Vcgctablo Compound tho expe rience of thoso two women establishes that fact: Codar Rapld3, la. "Aftor tho birth of my last child I had such painful spoils that would unfis mo entirely for my housework. I Euf Certu lor months and tho doctor said that my troublo was organic ulcer) and I would havo to havo an opera tion. That was nn awful thing to mo, with a young taby and four othor children, so ono day I thought of Lydla E. Flnkham's Vogotablo Compound and how it had ltolpod mo years beforo and I docltlo to try taenia, Jtopkfivo bottles of Vc-,c-tablb Compound end ttsod Lydla B. Pinkham's Sanativo Wa3h nndainco tlionlhavoboeua woll woman, nblo to tako caro of my house nnd family without any troublo or a day's palu. I am roady nnd thankful to swear by your modlclno any time. Iamforty fouryearsoldnndbavonotbadaday's Illness of any kind for tbrooycan." Mrs. H. KoENia, 017 Bills Blvd, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. i All Worn Out "Women Should Tako MANY USES FOR QUICKSILVER Semi-Precious Metal, Much In Demand, Is Becoming Scarce Sometimes Employed as Drug. Qucl;silvcr Is one of the seml-pre-clous metals, and is gradually becom ing scarce. Tho metal Is noted for Its many uses, besides the familiar ono In the thermometer. Its tendency to unite with gold Into nn nmnlgum causes Its chief use. The mercury Is hpread over a vcopper plnto over yvhich iiio gold ore, Is wnshed. The gold from Its weight comes in contact with the plate nnd Is promptly nmnlgnmnted with the quicksilver, from which It Is sopnrnted by heat. Quicksilver Is nlso known for Its use as a medicine when rubbed to a fine globular powder with rose wa ter, under the nnine of blue mass. Among the chemical compounds of quicksilver Is blchlorldo of mercury, mndo by heating n mixture of mer curic sulphnte nnd common salt. This Is sometimes taken as a poison nnd results In painful and lengthy suffer ing, und in death. Quicksilver Is also very essentinl to tho manufacture of high-class mirrors. Cheer Up! Tho homewnrd-bound doughboy wns complaining sadly at tho slowness of the ship, and the grizzled old top bought to cheer him up a bit. "Cheer up, Buddie," ho said, ns the ship started up the near side of n huge green wave, "we'll mnko good tlmo ns soon as wo got over this hill." The American Legion Weekly. You may at least learn something j njnife. tw .... ... n-t," ... ..mo. f A Health-Buildins Cereal GrapeNuts r. i is-.v.".: rrj viiranv n fi cm s iu BBBEBflS to tasteffull of a W SuT W rich nourishment H I 5 and ready to eat I KT a without cooking- i I UcP yy no,Sa0ar 1 I Pleasing alike to youns and old I I Uteres a Reason" J Sandusky, Ohio. "Aftertboblrth of my baby I had organlo troublo. My doctor said it was caused by too hoavy lifting and I would havo to havo an oporatlon. I would not consent to an operation and lot it go for over a year, having my slstor do my work for mo as I was not ablo to walk. Ono day my auut camo to soo mo and told mo about your mod iolno said it cured horofthosamo thing. ItookLydlij E. Pinkham's Vegetablo Compound nndusod Lydla E. Pinkham's Sana- llvo W"mU ayd thoy havo cured mo. rtowiQO my own nouscworK, was ing nnd ironing and sowing for my family nnd also do sewing for other pcoplo. I BtlU tako a bottle of Vcgo tablo Compound every spring fo? a tonic. I recommend your mediclno to others who havo trouble similar to mlno nnd you can uso my letter if you wish.'1 Mrs. PAur,i?Arjuf i'usu,1323 Stoao St.,Sjmdusky,Ohio. 1SE3!7GrW3&S!XzaE& I GREAT SOLDIERS POOR SHOTS Neither Napoleon Nor Wellington Could Have Qualified as Marks men, Even in Slow Company. Wellington, the "Iron Duke," fre quently stayed nt Mnresfleld park, tho estate In Sussex, ovned by Prince Munstor von Dernberg. Sir John Shelley owned Mnresfleld park In Wel lington's time, and Lady Shelley re cords In her diary a woeful exhibition by the duke during one of his visits. "I nccompnuled th'o guns Jn the after noon," she writes on Sept. 8, 1819. "The hero of Waterloo was a ery wild shot. After w oundlng a retriever nnd later on peppering a keeper's gaiters, he sprinkled the lmre nnus of an old woman who chanced to bo washing clothes at her cottage win dow. 'My good woman,' I said, 'thlsv ought to be the proudest moment of your life. You have had tho distinc tion of being shot by the duke of Wel lington.' .... Iler face was wreathed In smiles ns tho contrlto duke slipped n gold coin into her hand." Wellington shored his 'weakness ns n poor shot with Napoleon, whose solo bng was a dog the only time ho went out game shooting. Old Practice. "Do you believe doctors have a right to kill whero tbey can't cure?" "Haven't they always been doing it?" People llko each other pretty well even when crowded on a street car. Variety Is tho spice of life espe- muiy iirBt-eiass vaudeville snow. ounoijfuiu lCJOCl V K i-' r: t 41. d h i .ff yss- W Sfi3Py,W,','Vittl' -f