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LOUIS JOSEPH YAHQK
AUTHOR OP "THE BRASS DOWI." ETC.
OUMIOTfflATOE bY 0MET mtLUGm
cpPYwar oy lows ooscm vahcc
8YN0P8I8.
David Amber, starting for a duck-shnot
tag visit with lil f rlona, Qualn, comes up
on a. young lady equestrian who tins been
Unmounted by her horso bccomln frlBht
wwl at tho nudden appearance In tho road
ft a. burly Hindu. Ho declare ho I;
ftehart Lal OlmttcrJI, "Tho appointed
Mouthpiece of tho Ooll,' oddresscs Amber
m man of high rank and nresslnir a
mysterious little bronzo box. "Tho To
kert," ntn lib hand, disappear In tho
wod. Tho Klrl calls Amber by namp.
JJe In turn addresses her as Miss Hophlo
Terrell, daughter of Col. Farrell of tho
Hrttlsh fllplornatlo service In India and
vWllnjr tho Quoins. Several nights later
tho Qualn homo Is burglarized and tha
ferorwo box stolon. Amber and Qualn go
burning on an Island and booomo lost and
Amber Is loft marooned. lie wanders
About, dually reaches a cabin nnd roe
tpttiwi as Its occupant nn old frlond
named Ilutton, whom he lost met In Enn
Umi, and who appears to bo In hiding.
WHeiri Mftw-Kttrrefl Is mentioned tfutton Is
Btrangoly ngltntod. ChntterJI appears
wkJ summons Itutton to a meeting of a
mysterious body, Ilutton seizes a revol
ver and dashos after ChatjcrJI. He re
turn wildly excited, says ho has killed
tho Hindu, takes poison, and when dying
Hki Amber to go to India on & mysterl
euo errand. Amber decides to leave at
en4 for India. On tho way ho sends a
tetter to Mr. Labcriouohe, a scientific
friend In, Calcutta by a quicker route.
Upei arriving lie finds a note awaiting
Mm, It directs Ambor to meet his friend
Rt a certain placo. The latter tell him
e knows his mission Is to grt Miss Far
reM 'flat of the country. Amber attempts
te dtupowe of tho Token to a money-len-Aer,
la mistaken for nutton nnd barely
ciMe being mobbed. A message from
walierteucho causes him to start for Dar
toellng: on the, way ha meets Miss
Kftrrell, and nt their Journey's end asks
he to become his wire. A Hindu con
lttta Amber to a secret place, nnd Into tho
rrenenro of a beautiful woman who mis
ak9 him for Ilutton. Lator Amber Is
rgt'cl. Tho Hindus plot rebellion.
CHAPTER XVII. (Continued).
"JlRjtoor," the native quavered In
fright, "it was cold upon tho water
and. you kept me waiting ovorlong. I
landed, seeking shelter from tho wind,
ft your talk whs not for mlno ears,
imemher that you used a tongue I
4k! not know."
"8o you were HstonlngJ" Ambor
lned himself. "Never mind. Where's
your boat?"
"t thought to hide It In tho rushes.
If the hasoor will be patlont for a lit
tle,. Momeat . . ." Tho native
dropped down from tho bund and dis
appeared into the reedy tanglo of tho
lk -there. A minute or bo later Am
Iwaavir . the boat shoot out from the
wV and Bwlhg In a long, graceful
CHrra to the stops of the bund,
"Wake haBto," ho ordered, as he
Jumped la and took his place, "It I
have kept you waiting, ns you say,
the I am late."
"Nay, tthere Is time to spare." Dulliv
Dad spun the boat round and away.
MI did but think to anticipate your lm
patience, knowing that you would as
-mjredly come."
"AU( you knew that, Dulla Dad?
flow did you know?"
haxoor? Who am 1 1 to know
wught? . . . Nay, this have 1
"heard" ho paused cunningly: '"You
halt find but one way to Kathlapur.' "
Anber, realizing that ho had Invited
thta. insolence, was fair enough not to
reflect It, and hold his peace until ho
tmVA no longer be blind to tho fact
that the native wan shaping a course
almost exactly away from tho Raj
,!. "Jtyhat treachery Is this, dog?"
bn demanded. "This Is not the
way "
" not mistrustful of your slave
haaoor," whined tho native. "I do the
bidding or those before whose will I
am a a, leaf in the wind, It Is an
order that I land you on tho bund of
the royal summer pavilion, by the
northern shore of the lake, Thoro will
you ftad one waiting for you, ray
Jordi"
He. landed on the steps or tho bund
wild -waited for Dulla Dad to Join him;
'hut when, hearing a splash of tho pad-
6lj ha looked round, It waa to find
nat'ltfe native had already put a con
siderable distance between hlmsolf
and the shore. Amber called after
hlm angrily, and Dulla Dad rested
upon his paddle,
f "Nw, heaven-born I" he replied.
""Her deh ray responsibility end, An
other will presently appear to bo your
tcuUe, Go you up to tho Jungly path
teftALsg from tho bund."
Vltglnlan lifted his shouldorn
differently, and ascendod to discover
h wide footpath running Inland be
tween dark walls of shrubbery, but
quite deserted. IIo stopped with a
wa4U- of' voxatlofi, peering to right
and loft. "What tho douco!" ho said
akwdt "Is this another of their con
founded tricks?"
A low and marvolously swoot laugh
Bounded at his elbow, nnd ho turned
with a ntart and a flutter of his pulsos.
"Naralnll" ho crlod.
"Tell me not thou art disappointed,
O my king!" sho said, placing a soft
ttaad firmly upon his arm. "Didst
thow.hope to meet another horo?"
"Haf j ,how should I oxpoct thoo?"
Ilia voice waa gontlo though ho
Reeled hla heart against hor faoclna
ttetwi; for now ho had uso for her.
"Had Dulla Dad. convoyed me to tho
palace, then I uhould havo remember-
d thy promlBo to rldo with me to
Kathlapur, Dut, bolrig brought to this
plaee , . ."
"Then Uiou didst wish to rldo with
ww?" Ihe nodded approval and satis
factkw. "That Is altogether as I would
have It bfl, Lord of my Heart. Dy this
have I proven theo, for thou hast con-
Heated to approach tho Gateway, not
.alisMther hecauso tho Voice hath
waweaed thoo, but llkowiso, I think,
iHiH owh uorji urgea iae.
J
Nay, but tell mo, King of my Soul,
did It not leap a llttlo at tho thought
of meeting mo?"
With a quick gesturo sho throw her
veil asldo and lifted her Incomparably
fair faco to his, and ho waa conscious
that ho tromblcd a llttlo, and Hint his
volco shook as ho answered evasive
ly: "Thou shouldst know, Ilanoc,"
"Thou wilt not drnw back In tho
end?" Hor arms clipped him softly
about tho neck and drow his head
down so that tier broath was fragrant
In his faco, hor lips a swoot peril be
neath his own. "Thou wilt bravo
whatever may bo propared for thy
testing, for tho nnko of Narnlnl, who
awaits thoo boyond tho Gateway. O
my uoioved7"
"I shall not bo found wanting."
Lltho as a snako, sho ollppod from
his arms, "Nay, I trust thoo notl"
sho laughed, a quiver of tendcrnees In
hor morrlmont "Let my lips bo mlno
alono until thou hast proven thysolf
worthy of them." Sho raised hor
rolco, calling: "Oho, Itunjlt 8lnghl",
Tho cry rang boll-clcar In tho still
ness, and Its silver echo had not died
boforo It was answered by ono ,who
stopped out of tho block shadow of a
spreading banian, sorao dlstanco away,
and carao toward them, leading threo
horses. As tho moonlight foil upon
him, Amber recognized tho untform
tho man wore ns that of tho Imperial
household guard of Khandawar, whlio
tho horses Boomed to bo stallions ho
had soon in tho palaco yard, with nn
othor but llttlo their Inforlor In mottle
or beauty.
"Now," annout-.cod tho woman In
tones of deep contentment, "we will
ridel"
She turned to Amber, who took hor
up In his arms and set hor In tho Bad
die of one of tho stallions.
Tho sowar surrendered to Ambor
tho reins of tho othor stallion and'
stoppod hastily aside. Tho Virginian
took tho saddle with" a flying leap, and
a thought later was digging hla knocs
Into the brute's sleek flanks nnd saw
ing on the bits, whllo tho. path flowed
beneath him, dappled with moonlight
and shadow, like a ribbon of gray
green silk, and trees nnd shrubbory
stroakod back on olthor hand In a
rush of melting blacks and grays.
Swerving acutely, the path ran Into
the dusty high road. Amber heard a
rush of hoofs behind him, and then
slowly tho gauzo-wrappod figure of the
qucon drew alongsldo,
"Marot Let him run, my king!
The way is uot far for such as ho.
Have no fear lest ho tl.-ot"
Dut Amber sot his tooth and
wrought with tho reins until his
mount comprehended tho fact that ho
had met a master and, moderating his
first furious burst of speed, settled
down Into a league-devouring strldo,
crost low, limbs gathering and stretch
ing, with tho elegant precision of
olookwork. His rldor, regaining his
polso, found timo to lorik about him
nnd began to onjoy, for oil his cares,
this wild raco through tho bluo-whlto
night
Thoy circled finally a groat, round,
graBslcsa hlllstdo, and pulled rolu In
tho notch of a gigantic V formed by
two long, prow-llko spurs running out
upon a plain whoso solo, vaguo bound
ary was tho vast tfro of tho horizon. "
lloforo thorn loomed dead Kathlapur,
an Island of stono girdled by tho shal
low sllvor rlvor. Llko tho rugged
pedestal of some mammoth column, Its
cliffs rose shuer threesooro foot from
tho wntor's edgo to tho foot of tho
outermost of .Its trlplo walls. From
the notch In the hills a groat stono
causeway climbed with a long and
easy grado to the level of tho first
groat gate, spanning the chasm over
tho river by means of n crazy wooden
bridge.
A gaBp from the woman and an
oath from the sowar stortlod Ambor
out of sombor approhonslons Into
which he had bcon plunged by contem
plation of this Imprcgnablo fortress
of desolation, Qono was his lust for
peril, gono his high, hoodloss Joy of
adventure, gono tho Intoxication which
hnd boon his who had drunk duop of
tho cup of romance; thoro romalncd
only tho knowlodgo that ho, alono and
slnglo-hnndod, was to pit hla wits
against tho Invisible nnd mighty
forces that lurkod in hiding within
thoso walls, to seom to submit to
their designs and bo find his way to
tho woman of his lovo, tear her from
tho grasp of Uio unsoon, and with hor
oscapo. , , ,
Naralnl had, lndoed, no need to cry
aloud or clutch hla hand In order to
apprise him that tho Eyo wan vigilant
IIo hlmsolf had soon It break forth, a
lurid H.tar of omornld light euaponded
high nhovo tho dark heart of tho city,
Slowly, whllo thoy watched tho
star doscendod, foot by foot, dropping
until tho topmost pinnacle of a hidden
tamplo somod to support It; and
thoro It rested, throbbing with -light,
now bright, now dull.
Ambor shook himself lmpnttoutly.
"Silly charlnntryl" ho muttered. IrrI
tated by hla own Buscnptlbtllty to Us
sinister suggestion. . . . "I'd llko
to know how thoy mnnngo It, though;
tho light UboU'h comprohonstblo
enough, but tholr control of It. . .
If thoro woro enough wind, I'd Biispoct
a kite . , ,"
"Thou nrt.not dismayed, my king?"
Ho laughed, not qulto na successful
ly aa ho could havo wished, and, "Not
I, Naralnl," ho returned In English; a
tonguo which scorned somehow better
suited for sorvlce In combating tho es
oteric influoncos at work upon his
mind. "What's tho next turn on tho
program?"
"I llko not that tone, nor yet that
tonguo." Tho woman shivered. "Even
as tho Eyo seoth, my lord, bo doth
tho Ear hear. Is It meet and wise to
spenk with levity of that in whose
power thou shalt shortly bo?"
"Porhaps not," ho admitted, thought
fully. " 'In whoso power 1 shall short
ly bo.' . . . Well, of course 1"
"And thou wilt go on? Thou art
not mind to withdraw thy hand?"
."Not bo that you'd notlco it, Na
ralnl." "For tho snko of tho reward Na
ralnl offers thoo?" sho persisted dan
gerously, "I don't mind telling you that you'd
turn 'most any man's head, my dear,"
ho sold, cheerfully, and let her Inter
pret tho words as sho pleased.
Sho was not pleased, for hor ac
quaintance with English was more In
tlmato than sho hnd chosen to admit;
but If sho folt any chagrin sho dis
simulated with her novcr-falllng art
"Thon bid mo farowoll, O my soul,
and got"
"Up thero?" he Inqulrod, lifting bis
brows.
"Ayo, up tho causeway nnd over tho
bridge, Into tho city of death."
"Alono?"
"Aye, alono and afoot, my king."
"Pleasant prospect, thanks." Am
bor whlstlod, a trifled dashed. "And
then, when I get up thoro ?"
"Ono will moot theo. Go with him,
fearing naught."
"And what will you do, meanwhile?"
"Whon thou shalt havo passed tho
Gateway, my lord, Noralnl will bo
waiting for thoo."
"Very woll." Amber threw a leg
Camo Toward Them
ovor tho cruppor, hnndod tho stallion's
rolns to the Bowar, who had dismount
ed and drnwn near and dropped to his
foot.
Naralnl noddod to tho sowar, who
led tho anlmul away. When ho was
out of earshot the woman leaned from
tho saddlo, hor glorlouB eyes to Am
ber's. "My king!" she broathed In
tcnBoly. But the thought of Sophia Farrell
and what eho might bo suffering at
mat very moment was upponnost
obtruded Itself llko a wall botweon
hlmsolf and tho woman.
"Goodnight, my door." ho said amia
bly; and, turning, mndo off toward tho
foot of tho causnway.
Whon ho hud gained It ho looked
back to bco hor riding off at a wldo
anglo from tho causeway, heading out
Into tho plain. Whon ho looked again,
somo iwo or tnreo minutes later. Na
ralnl, tho sowar, and tho horses had
vanished as completely aa If tho earth
had oponod to rccolvo thorn, Ho
rubbod his eyes, stared nnd gavo It
up.
So ho was alonol . . . With a
shrug, ho plodded on.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Hooded Death.
Tho causoway down which tho
horaomon of forgotten klnga of Khan
dawar had clattered forth to war, In
Ita ngo-old deauotudo had como to do
cay, notweon Its groat paving blocks
grass sprouted, nnd hero and thoro
creepers and even trees hnd taken
root and In tho slow lmmutablo proc
ess of tholr growth had displaced con
siderable masses of stone; bo that
there woro pitfalls to bo avoided,
Otherwise a litter of rubblo made tho
walking anything but good. Amber
plckod his way with caution, grumb
ling. Aftor somo threo-quartera of an
hour of hard cltmblncr ho camo to tha
wooden brldgo, and halted, surveying
it with mistrust. Doubtless In tho old
on time a substantial but movable
structure, strong enough to sustain a
troop of warriors but light enough to
bo easily drawn up, had extended
across tho chasm, rendering tho city
Imprcgnablo from capturo by assault
If so, it had long since been replacod
by an airy and wcll-vontllated lattice
work of boards and timbers, nono of
which Boomed to tho wary eye any too
sound. Amber selected tho most solid
looking of tho lot nnd glngorly ad
vanced n paco or two along it With
a soft crackling a portion of tho tim
ber crumbled to dust beneath his foot.
Ho retreated hastily to tho cauBpway,
and sworo, nnd noticed that tho Eyo
was watching him with malovolont in
terest, and Bworo soino more. En
tirely on Impulse he heaved a bit of
rock, possibly twenty pounds In
wolght to tho mlddlo of tho structuro.
Thor6 followed a spllntorlng crash
and tho contraption dissolved like a
muglc-lantorn offoct, leaving a solitary
beam about n foot In width nnd six
or eight inches thick, spanning a.
flight of twonty and a drop of sixty
foot Tho river received tho rubbish
with soveral successlvo splashes, dis
tinctly disconcerting, nnd Ambor sat
down on a boulder to think It over.
"Clover invention," ho musod;
"one'd think that, after taking nil this
troubln to "get mo hero, they'd changed
tholr minds about wanting me. I've
a notion to change mine."
Thero seemed to bo no possibility
of turning back at that stage, how
ovor. Kuttarpur was rahor far away,
nnd, moroover, ho doubtod If ho would
bo pormltted to return. Having corao
thus far, ho must go on, Moreover,
Sophia Farroll was on tho othor sldo
of thnt Swordwldo brldgo, and such
being tho case, cross It ho would
though ho wero to And the next world
at Its end. Finally ho constdorod that
ho was presently to undergo on ordeal
of some unknown nature, probably ex-
Leading Threo Horses.
trcmoly unpleasant, and thnt this mat
ter of tho vanishing brldgo must havo
been arranged in ordor to nut him In
a properly subdued and tractablo
frnmo of mind.
Ho got ud and tostod tho remaining
girder with circumspection and In
credulity; but It semod firm enough,
solidly embedded In the stonework of
tho causoway and Immovable at tho
city ond. So ho straddled It and,
averting his eyes from tho Bconory be
neath him, hitched Inglorlously across,
collecting splinters and a very dis
tinct impression that, as a vocation,
knight-orrantry waa not without Us
drawbacks.
Whon again ho stood on his foot ho
was in tho shndow of tho outer gate
way, tho curtain of tho second wall
confronting him.
Casting about ho discovered the sec
ond gatoway at somo dlstanco to tho
loft, and startod toward It, forcing a
way through a tanglo of scrubby un
dergrowth, woods and thorny acacia,
but had taken fow stops cro a heavy
splash In tho rlvor bolow brought hlra
up standing, with a thumping heart.
Aftor an Irresoluto momont ho turned
back to boo for hlmseir, and' found bis
apprehension only too well grounded;
tho Bwordwido brldgo was gone, dis
placed by an agency which had boen
prompt to seek coverthough ho con
fessed hlmsolf unablq to suggest
whoro that covor had boen found.
Ho gavo It up, considering that It
wero futllo to bndgor his wlta for tho
how and tho wlferoforo. Tho Impor
tant fact remained that ho was a pris
oner In dead Kathlapur, his retreat
cut off, and Horo ho mndo a sec
ond discovery, infinitely moro shock
ing: his pistol was gono.
Turning back at longth, ho mado his
way to tho second gatoway and from
It-to tho third, under the, lowdly
sculpturod nrch of which ho stopped
nnd gnspod, forgottlng ob for .tho first
tlmo Kathlapur tho Fallon was ro
vcalcd to him In tho awful beauty of
Its naked dosolatlon.
A wldo and stately ayoauo stretched
nwoy from tho portals, botween rows
of dwellings, palaces of marble and
Btono, tombstones nnd mausoleums
with menner houses of sun-dried brick
and rubble, roofless all and disinte
grating In tho slow, terrible process
of tho years.
As Amber moved forward nmall,
alert ghosts roso from the under
growth nnd scurried silently thence;
a clrcumstanco which mado him very
unhappy.
Tho way was difficult and Ambor
tired. Aftor a whllo, having seen
nothing but tho Jackals, an owl or
two,- Bovernl thousand bntn and a
crawling thing which had lurched
along in tho shadow of a wall somo
dlstanco away, giving an admirable
imitation of n badly wounded man
pulling himself oyer tho ground, and
making strango guttural noises Am
ber concluded to wait for tho guldo
Naralnl had promised him. Ho turned
aside and seated himself upon tho
edgo of a broken sandstone tomb. Tho
silenco was appalling nnd for relief
he took refuge In cheap Irreverence
"Homo," ho observed, aloud, "never
was llko this."
A heart-rending sigh from tho tomb
behind him was followed by a rattlo
of dislodged rubbish. Ambor found
hlmsolf Unexpectedly In tho mlddlo of
tho street and, without stopping to do
bato tho method of his getting there
with such unprecedented rapidity,
looked back hopefully to the tomb. At
tho Bame moment a black-shrouded
flguro swept out of It and moved a fow
pacos down tho street then paused
and bockoned him with a gaunt arm.
"I wish," said Amber, earnestly, "I
hnd that gun."
Tho flguro was apparently that of a
natlvo swathed In black from his head
to his heels and Doomed tho moro
strikingly peculiar In view of tho fact
that, as far as Amber could dctor-.
mine, ho had nolthor eyes nor features
although 'his head was without any
sort of covering. Ho gulped ovor tho
proposition for an Instant' then
stopped forward.
"Evidently my appointed clcorono,"
ho considered. "Unquestionably this
ghost-danco Is excellently stago-man-aged.
'. . . Though, of courso, I had
to pick out that particular tomb."
Ho followed In the wako of tho flg
uro, which sped on with a singular
motion, something between a walk
and a glldo, conscious that his equa
nimity had been restored rather than
shaken by tho Incident
Ho hold on in pursuit of tho black
shadow, passing forsaken temples and
lordly ploaouro housos, all marble
tracery and fretwork, standing apart
In what had onco been noblo gardens,
sunkon tanks all weed-grown and
rank 'with slime, humbler doorynrda
and cots on whose hearthstones the
Area for centuries had boon cold his
destination evidently tho temple of I
tho unspeakable Eye.
As they drow nearer tho leading
shadow forsook tho shade of tllo walls
which ho soemed to favor, sweeping
hastily across a plaza whlto with
moonglnro and without pause on Into
the black, gaping holo beyond tho
marblo arch.
Hero for tho first tlmo Ambor hung
back, stopping a score of, feet from
tho door, his norves n-Jangle. Ho did
not falter In his purpose; ho was go
ing to enter tho Inky portal, but
. . . would ho ovor leave It? And
tho world was Bweot to him.
Ha took firm hold of his reason and
wont on across tho dark threshold,
took threo uncertain strides Into tho
limitless unknown,- and pulled up
short, hearing' nothing, unablo to seo
a ynrd boforo him. Then with a tor
rlllc crash like a thunder-clap tho
great doors swung to behind him. .Ho
whirled about with a stifled cry, con
scious of a mad dealro to find the
doors again, took a step or two to
ward them, paused to wonder If he
woro moving In the, right direction,
moved a llttlo to tho left, half turned
and was lost Roverboratlng, tho
echoes of tha crash rolled far away
until they woro no moro than as a
whisper adrift In tho silence, until
that was gono. . . .
Digging his nails into his palms, bo
wnltcd; and in tho suspenso of dread
began to count tho seconds.
Ono mlnuto . . . two , . .
threo . . . four ...
Ho shifted his weight from ono foot
to tho other. . . .
Sovon . . .
Ho passed a hand across his face
and brought it away, wet with per
spiration. , . .
Nino . . .
In somo remoto spot a boll began to
toll; ate first slowly clang! . . .
clang! . . . clang! then moro
quickly, until tho roar of Its sonorous,
gong-llko tones seemed to fill nil the
world and to set It a-tromble. Then,
Insonslbly, tho tompo bocama moro so
dato, tho first clamor of It modorated,
and Amber abruptly was nllvo to the
fact that tho boll was speaking that
Its volco, deep, clear, sound, motallic,
was rolling forth again and again a
question couched in tho purest Sans
krit: "Who la thoro? . . . Who Is
there? . . . Who Is there? . . ."
Tho hair lifted on hla Bcalp and ho
swallowed hard In tho effort to an
swer; but the Ho stuck In his throat;
ho was not Ilutton and . . . and
It Is very hard to Ho effectively when
you Btand In stark darkness with a
mouth dry as dust and your hair stir
ring nt the roots because of tho In
tensely Impersonal and aloof accents
of an Inhuman boll-volco, tolling away
out of nowhero.
"Who is thoro?"
(TO DE CONTINUED.)
Wants Longer Nights.
"Havo you Joined tho More Daylight
club?" ho aBkcd.
"I should say not It's all I can do
now to got home boforo daylight," ro
plied tho old roundor. Detroit Frer
Press.
Loss of Appetite
Is loss of vitality,
often a forerunner
easo.
It is ecrloui and
Ele that mutt keep
chlndh&nd.
vigor or tone, and la
of prottrating du
especially bo to pee
up and doing or gel
to take for It is the
remedy
Tha best medicine
great constitutional
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which purifies and enriches the blood
and builds up the wbolo system. '
Get it today in usual liquid form oc
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs
NOT SYMPATHETIC.
The Hospital Doctor What did the
farmer say when you foil out of hla
barn and broke- your arm?
Tramp Didn't Bay ,noth!a Ha
wuz too busy a-laughln.
Astonished tha "Cop."
Police Lieutenant "Darney" Keleher
always has a new story to telL
"Two of our 'finest' were walking
along Broadway not so long ago," be
gan tho lieutenant, unfolding his latest
offering, "and tholr attention was at
tracted to the bronzo figure of an ape
standing upright In the window of a
largo Jewelry store.
"What kind of an animal Is that
supposed to be?" asked one of the
other.
"'You surprise me with your thick
ness,' returned the second cop.
'That's a gorilla. Never hear of them
before?'
"'Sure, and I read about them In
the histories,' ho answered. 'My, what
a lot of damage thoy did during the
Civil warl How did a general ever
make those things mind him?'" New
York Sun.
Hardly as Bad aa That.
The boy whose business it was to
answer the telephone rushed into the
room of the senior partnor.
"Just got u messago saying that
your houso was onflre," ho said.
"Dear me," returned the sonlor
partnor. In, a bewildered sort of way.
"I know my wife was pretty hot about
something when I left home this
morning, but I didn't think It was so
bad as to set the house on Are!"
Stray Storlca.
Tho Facetious Farmer.
"I am an actor out of work. Can
you give me employment on your
farm?"
"I can. Dut a day on a farm Is
no 20-mlnute sketch."
"I understand that"
"All right Yonder Is your room.
When you hear a horn toot about
4 a.m. that's your cue."
Tramp Turned Down.
"T hnrfln't n Til n tn Inv mv hnnrl
"Well, you can't loavo it here."
It's what a woman doesn't know
that worries hor.
THE TEA PENALTY.
rA Strong Man's Experience.
Writing from a busy railroad town
tho wife of an employe of one of the
great roads says:
"My husband Is a railroad man who
has been so much benefited by tho use
Of Fostum that he wlBhos mo to ox
press his thanks to you for tho good
It .has dono him. His waking hours
aro taken up with his work, and ho
has no tlmo to wrlto himself.
"Ho has been a great tea drinker
all his llfo and has always liked It
strong.
"Tea has, of Into yearB, actod on
him like morphine does upon most
peoplo. At first It soothed him, but
only for an hour or bo, thon it began
to affect his norvos to such an extent
that ho could not sleep at nigh;, and
ho would go to his work in tho morn
ing wretched and mlserablo from the
loss of rest. This condition grow con
stantly worse, until his friends per
suaded him, some four months ago, to
quit tea and uso Postum.
"At first ho used Postum only for
breakfast, but as ho liked 'the taste of
It, and it somehow seemed to do him
good, ho added It to his evening meal.
Then, as he grow bettor, he began to
drink It for his noon meal, and now
he will drink nothing else at table.
"His condition is bo wonderfully im
proved that ho could not bo hired to
give up Postum and go back to tea.
His nervoa have bocomo steady and
reliable onco moro, nnd his sleep if
easy, natural and refreshing.
Ho owes all this to Postum, for h
has taken no medicine nnd mado no
othor chango In his diet.
"Hla brother, who was very nervous
from cofteo-drlnklng, was persuaded
by us to give up tho coffee and use
Postum nnd ho also has recovered his
health and strength." Namo given by
Postum Co., Battle Crook, Mich.
. Rend the little book, "Tho Road to
Wellvlllo," In pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever rend the above letter? A new
one nppvnrs from time to time. Tlmr
tire Kenulne, true, und full f huraua