THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
The Last Shot
nr
FREDERICK
(Copyright. 19U. by
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8YNOPSIS.
At tlielr homo on tho frontlflr between
f tho Urowns and Orays Maria Oallund nntl
ior Mother, entertaining Colonel Wester
ing of tho Grays, boo Cnptaln T,nnstron
of tho Drowns Injured by a fall In his
wroplanc. Ton year lator. Westerllng,
nomlnat vlco but roal chief of stuff, ro-en-fraiues
South La Tlr find meditates on war.
Marta tolls him of her teaching children
the follies of war and martial patriotism,
njl dors him to prevent war while ho Is
Chief of staff. Lanstron colls on Mnrta
ft hor homo. Bho tolls Lanstron that sho
Mlloves Feller, tho Hardener, to bo a spy.
Liftnstron confosscs It Is true and shows
r. ,teIPhone which Kollor hns con
waled In a secret passage under tho towor
Tor uko to benetu tho Urowns In war
mergonclGs. Lanstron declares his love
ror Marta. Westerllng and tho Gray pre
mier plan to use a trivial International
rrair to foment warlike patriotism and
strike before declaring war. Partow,
Hrown chief of staff, reveals IiIh plans to
Ljanstron, made vlco chief. Tho dray
rmy crosses tho border lino and attacks.
Tho Browns check them. Artlllory, In
. rantry, aeroplanes and dirigibles engago,
Marta has her first glimpse of war In Its
modern, cold, scientific, murderous bru
tality. Tho Browns fall back to the Qal
Had house. Marta sees a night attack.
Tha Grays attack In force. Feller leaves
nw secret telephono ond goes back to his
funs, Hand to hand fighting. Tho Browns
Mil back again. Marta asks Lonstron over
the phono to appoal fo Partow to stop tho
fighting. Vandalism In the dalland house.
Wflstorllng and his staff occupy tho dal
land house and ho begins to woo Marta,
who apparently throws her fortunes with
tha drays and offers valuablo information.
Htm calls up Lanstron on tho secret tolo
pnono and plans to glvo Westerllng Infor
mation that will trap tho dray army.
CHAPTER XV Continued.
"Yos?" tho monosyllablo was do
taohod, dismal, labored. "A woman
can bo tbat!" oho oxclalraod In an un
certain tono, which grow Into tho dis
traction of cllppod words and brokon
sentences. "A woman play-acting a
woman acting tho most revolting hy
pocrisy influences tho lssuo botwocn
two nations! Hor docoit deals In tho
Urea of sons precious to fathers and
mothors, tho fato of frontiers, of lnstl
tatlonsl Think of HI Think of ma
chines costing countlcsB millions ma
ohlnea of flesh and blood, with tholr
dostlnlos shaped by ono llttlo bit of
lying Information! Think of tho folly
of any civilization that stakes I to tri
umphs on such a gamblo! Am I not
rlghtT Isn't it truo? Isn't It?"
"Yos, yes, Mortal But I " If
she woro weakening it was not his
placo to try to strongthen hor purpose.
"It will tho Boonor ond lighting,
won't it, Lanny?" Bho asked in a
small, touso volco.
"Yob."
"And tho only real end that moons
real poaco Is to provo that tho weak
ean hoM back tho strong from their
threshold?"
"Yes."
Evon now Westorllng might bo on
tho veranda, perhaps waiting for nows
that would enablo him to crush tho
weak; to provo that the law of flvo
pounds of human flesh against throo,
and flvo bayonets against three, is tho
law of civilization.
"Yes, yos, yea!" Tho constriction
was gone from her throat; thoro was
a drum-boat In hor soul. "DoDend on
mo, Lanny!" It was Feller's favorlto
phraso Bpokon by tho ono who was to
take his placo. "Yos, I'm ready to
make any sacrlflco now. For what am
If What 1b ono woman compared to
such a purposo? I don't core what la
said of mo or what becomos of mo If
Vfo can win! Good-by, Lanny, till I
call you up again! And God with us!"
"God with us!" aq Partow had said,
ovor and ovor. Tho saying had como
to bo ropeated by hard-headed, agnos
tic Btaff-oillcors, who bollovod that tho
deity had no rolation to tho ofllcloncy
of gun-flro. Tho Brown infantrymen
even wero beginning to mutter it In
tho midst of action.
Waiting on the path bf tho second
torraco for Westorllng to como, Marta
realized tho full moaning of hor task.
Day In and day out sho was to havo
nuapenso at hor elbow and tho horror
of hypocrisy on hor conscience, tho
whllo keeping hor wits nicely bal
anod. Whon sho Haw Westerllng ap
pear on tho veranda and start over tho
lawn sho felt dizzy and uncortaln of
hor capabilities.
"I hayo considered all that you havo
said for my guidance und I havo de
cided," sho bogan,
l She hoard hor own volco with tho
rellof of a singer In a dobut who, with
knooa shaking, finds that hor notoa
are truo. She was looking dlroetly
at Westorllng in profound seriousness.
Though knccB shook, Hps and chin
could aid oyes in rovealing tha pain
ful fatlguo of a battle that had raged
la tho mind of a woman who wont
away for half an hour to think for
herself,
"I havo concluded," she wont on,
"that It is an occasion for tho uac-
rlttco of privato ethics to a great pur
pose, tho sooner to ond tho slough
er"
'All truol" whlopofod an lnnor
voice. Its tono was Lanny's, In tho
old days of their comradeship. It gave
nor sirengm. au truoi
"Yob, an ond a speedy end!" said
Westorllng with a fluo, lnflexlblo em
phasis. "That Is your prayer and
pituo and tho prayer of alt lovers of
humanity,"
"It is llttlo that I know, but bucIi
an It la you shall havo It,'1 sho bogan,
cousclou of Ills guarded scrutiny.
When sho told him of Bordlr, the(
weak point In tho tlrst lino of tho
PALMER
Charles Scribner'a Sotm)
Urowns' defense, sho noted no change
In his steady look; but with tho men
tion of Engadlr In tho main lino sho
dotectod a gloam in his eyes that had
tho merciless delight of a cutting
odgo of stoel. "I havo mado my Bac
rlllco to some purposo? Tho Infor
mation is worth eomethlng to you?"
sho asked wistfully.
"Yes, yos! Yes, it promises that
way," ho ropliod thoughtfully.
Quietly ho began a consldernto cate
chism. Soon sho was subtly under
atandlng that hor answers lacked tho
convincing detallB that ho sought.
Sho longed to avert hor oyes from his
for an instant, but she know that this
would bo fatal. Sho folt tho forco of
him directed in professional channels,
frco of all personal relations, beat
ing a a strong light on her bare state
ments. How could a woman ever
havo learned two such vital secrets?
How could It happen that two euch
critical poIntB as Bordir and Engadlr
should go undofonded? No tactician,
no engineer but would havo realized
their strategic importance Did sho
know what sho was saying? How did
she got hor knowlodgo? Theso, oho
understood, woro tho real questions
that underlay Wosterllng's pollto in
direction. "But I havo not told you tho sources
of my Information! Isn't that Hko a
woman!" sho exclaimed. "You eeo,
It did not concorn mo at all at tho
tlmo I hoard it. I didn't ovon realize
its importanco and I didn't hear
much," Bho proceeded, hor Introduc
tion giving time for lmprovlzatlon.
"You sco, Partow was Inspecting tho
premises with Colonol Lanstron. My
mother had known Partow In hor
younger days when my grandfather
wbb premier. Wo had them both to
luncheon."
"Yes?" put In Westerllng, betraying
hlB eagerness. Partow and Lanstron!
Then hor source was ono of authority,
not tho gossip of subalterns!
"And It occurs to mo now that, ovon
while ho was our guost," sho Inter
jected in sudden Indignation "that
ovon whllo ho was our guost Partow
was planning to mako our grounds a
redoubt!"
"After luncheon I romombor Partow
Baying, 'Wo aro going to havo a look
at tho crops," and they went for a
walk out to tho iknoll whoro tho fight
ing began."
"Yes! Whon was this?" Woutorllng
asked koonly.
"Only about six wooks ago," an
Bwored Marta.
"Lator, I camo upon thorn unexpect
edly aftor they had roturned," sho
wont on. "Thoy woro sitting thoro on
that seat concealed by tho shrubbery.
I was on the terrace stops unobsorved
Qolnjg
on My Experience
8oldler."
as a
and I couldn't help overhearing them.
Tholr voices grow loudor with tho In
terest of tholr discussion, I caught
eomethlng about appropriations and
aeroplanes aud Bordlr and Engadlr,
and saw that Lanatron was pleading
with his chief. Ho wanted a sum ap
propriated for fortifications to bo ap
plied to building pianos and dirigibles.
Finally, Partow consented, and I re
call his exact words; 'They're shock
ingly archaically defondod, especially
Engadlr,' ho said, 'but thoy can wait
until wo get further appropriations In
tho fall!'" Sho was so for undor tho
Bpell of her own invention that eho
belloved the reality of her words, re
flected In hor wldoopon oyes which
Boomed to havo nothing to hldo.
"That Is all," Bho oxclalmod with a
shudder "all my eavesdropping, all
my broach of confidence l It It It"
and hor volco tromblod with the In
tensity of tho ono purposo that wob
shining with tho light of truth through
tho murk of hor docoptlon "It will
"I'm
only help to end tho slaughter!" Sho
held out her hand convulsively In
parting as If sho would lcavo tho rest
with him.
"I think It will," ho said soberly.
"I think It will provo that you havo
dene a great Horvlco," ho ropeated nB
ho caught both her hands, which were
cold from hor ordeal. His own were
warm with tho strong beating of his
heart stirred by tho promlso of what
ho had Just heard. But ho did not
prolong tho grasp. Ho was as eager
to bo away to his work ns sho to bo
alono. "I think it will. You will know
in tho morning," ho added.
His stops wero sturdier than ever
In tho power of flvo against thrco as
ho started back to tho house Whon
ho reached tho veranda, Bouchard, tho
saturnlno chief of Intelligence, ap
peared In tho doorway of tho dining
room; or, rather, roappoarod, for ho
had been standing thoro throughout
tho lntervlow of Westerllng and. Marta,
whoso heads woro Just vlsiblo, above
tho torraco wall, to his hawk oyes.
"A llttlo promenade In the open and
my mind mado up," said Westerllng,
clapping Bouchard on the shoulder.
"Something about an attack to
night?" asked Bouchard.
"You guess right. Call tho others."
Flvo minutes lator he was seated
at tho head of tho dining-room tablo
with hlo chiefs around hlra waiting for
their chairman to speak. He asked
somo categorical questions almost per
functorily, and the answer to each
was, "Iteady!" with, in somo instances,
a Qualification tho qualification mado
by regimental and brlgado command
ers that, though thoy could tako tho
position In front of thorn, tho cost
would bo heavy. Yes, all wero willing
and ready for the first general assault
of tho war, hut thoy wanted to state
tho coets as a matter of professional
self-defense
Westorllng could pose whon It
sorved his purposo. Now ha rose and,
going to ono of tho wall maps, Indi
cated a point with his forefinger.
"If wo got that wo have tho most
vital position, haven't we?"
Somo uttered a word of assent;
somo only nodded. A glanco or two
of curiosity was oxchanged. Why
should tho chief of staff aek so ele
mentary a question? Westorllng was
not unconscious of tho glances or of
their moaning. They gave dramatic
value to his next remark.
"Wo aro going to mass for our main
attack in front at Bordlr!"
"But," exclaimed four or flvo offi
cers at once, "that Is tho heart of
tho poBltlonl That Is"
"I believe It Is weak that It will
fall, and tonight!" .
"You havo Information, then, Infor
matlon that I havo not?" asked Bou
chard. "No moro than you," replied Wester
llng. "Not as much If you havo any
thing new."
"Nothing!" admitted Bouchard wryly.
Ho ldwcred his head under Wester
ling's penetrating look in tho con
sciousness of failure.
"I am going on a conviction on
putting two and two together!" Wes
terllng announced. "I am going on my
exporlonco as a soldier, as a chief of
Btaff. If I am wrong, I tako tho re
sponsibility. If I am right, Bordir will
bo ours bofore morning. It is settled!"
"If you aro right, then," exclaimed
Turcas "well, then It's genius or"
Ho did not finish tho sentence He
had beon about to say colncldenco;
whllo WoBterllng know that it ho woro
right all tho rising skepticism In cor
taln quarters, owing to tho delay In
his program, would bo silenced. His
prostlgo would bo unassailable.
CHAPTER XVI.
Marking Time.
Soon after dark tho attack began.
Flashoa from gun mouths and glow
ing shoots of llamo from rifles made
ugly rovolry, whllo tho beams of
search-lights swept hither and thither.
This kopt up till shortly after mid
night, whon it died down and, where
hell'B concert had raged, silent dark
noss shrouded tho hills. Marta know
that Bordlr was taken without having
to ask Lanstron or wait for confirma
tion from Westorllng.
Sho waB seated In tho rccoss of the
arbor tho next morning, when ehe
heard tho approach of thoso regular,
poworful stops whoso charactor had
bocomo 08 distinct to her as thoso
of a mombor of hor own family. Five
against throol flvo against throo! thoy
wero saying to her; whllo down the
pass road and tho castlo road ran tho
Btream of woundod from last night's
slaughter.
Posted In tho drawing-room of tho
Galland houeo woro tho congratula
tions of tho premier to Westorllng,
who had como from tho atmosphoro of
a Btaff that accorded to him a mill
tary Insight far abovo tho analysis of
ordinary standards. But he wob too
clovor a man to vaunt his trhimnh
Ho know how to carry his hnnnm
Ho accoptod succesa as his duo, In a
mattor-ot-coureo manuor that must In
spire confldonco In furthor success.
"xou woro rigni," no saia to Marta
easily, pleasantly. "Wo did it wo did
it wo took Bordlr with a loss of only
twenty thouBand men!"
Only twonty thousand! Her rovul
slon at tho bald statement was re
lieved by the moniory of Lanny's word
over tho telephono aftor breakfast that
tho BrownB had lost only flvo thou
sand. Four to ono waa a wide ratio,
Bho waa thinking,
"Then tho ond then poaco la bo
much nearer?" sho asked.
"Vory much nearer!" ho answered
earnestly, as ho droppod on tho bench
bcsldo hor.
Ho strotched his arms out on the
back of tho seat and tho relaxed atti
tude, -unusual with him, brought Into
rollof a now trait of which sho had
been hitherto oblivious. The con
queror had becomo simply a compan
ionablo man. Though ho woe not sit
ting closo to hor, yet, us his oyes mot
hers, she had a deslro to movo away
which she know would be unwlso to
gratify. Sho was conscious of a cer
tain softening charm, a magnetism
that she had sometimes felt In tho
dayB when sho first know him. Sho
realized, too, that then the charm had
not been mixed with tho indescribable,
intimate quality that it held now.
"In tho midst of congratulations
after the position was taken last
night," ho declared, "I confess tbat I
was thinking less of success than of
its source." Ho bent on her a look
that- was warm with gratitude.
Sho lowered her laahoa boforo it;
beforo gratltudo that mado hor part
appear in a fresh angle of misory.
"There seems to bo a kind of fa
tality about our relations," he wont on.
"I lay awako pondering It last night"
9
"I'm Not a Human Being."
Ills tone held more than gratitude. It
had tho elation of discovery.
' Ho is going to mako it harder than
I over guessed!" echoed her own
thought, In a flutter of confusion.
"Yes, It was strange our meeting on
the frontier In peace and then in war!"
Bho exclaimed at random. Tho sound
of tho remark struck her as too sub-
dued; as expectant, when her purpoBo
was ono of careless deprecation.
I have met a great many women.
nB you may havo imagined," ho pro
ceeded. "Thev havo nnssed In rnvlnw.
vThey wero simply women, witty and
irau or uun and beautiful, and ono
meant no moro to mo than another.
Nothing meant anything to mo except
my profession. But I never forgot you.
You planted something In mind: a
memory of real companionship."
"Yes, I mado the prophecy that
camo true!" she put In. ThlB ought
to bring him back to himself and hie
ambitions, sho thought.
"Yos!" ho exclaimed, hlo body stif
fening frco of tho back of tho seat.
"You realized what was in ma. You
foresaw tho power which was to bo
mmo. Tbo fato that first brought us
together made mo look you un In tho
capital. Now It brings us together
hero on this bench after all that has
passed In tho last twenty-four hours."
Sho reallzod that he had drawn nor-
coptlbly nearer. Sho wanted to rlso
and cry out: "Don't do thla! Bo tho
Chief Of Staff, tho connilfirnr. nrnnhtnp
the earth with tho tread of flvo against
three I It was the conauoror whom
sho wanted to trick, not a man whono
oarnestness waa painting her deceit
blacker. Far from rising, sho mndo no
movement at nil: only looked at her
hands and allowed him to go on, con
scious of tho forco of a personality
that mastered men and armies now
warm and appealing In the full tldo of
another purposo.
"The victory that I was thlnklne of
last night Was not thn tnklnc nt nnr.
dir. It was finer than any victory In
war. it was selfish not for army
and country, but born of n. hiimnn
weakness triumphant; a human weak
ness of which my career had robbed
mo," ho continued. "It gave mo a
Joy that oven tho occupation of tho
Browns' capital could not give. I had
como as an Invader and I had won
your confldouce."
"In a cause!" sho Interrupted hur
riedly, wildly, to stop him from going
further, only to find that her intnnn.
tlon was such that It waB drawing him
on.
"That fatality soemod to bo working
itself out to tho soldier bo much older
than yourself in renewed youth, In
another form of ambition. I hoped
that there was moro than tho causo
that led you to trust mo. I hoped"
Was ho testing her? Was ho play
ing a part of his own to mako certain
that sho was not playing ono? She
looked up swiftly for answer. Thoro
was no gainsaying what aho bow in
his oyes. It was beating into hers
with the power of an overwhelming
masculine passion and a maturity of
Intellect as his ogolsm ndmltted a com
rade to Its throno. Such Is over tho
way of a man In tho forties when tho
clock strikes for him. But who could
know bottor the craft of courtship
than ono of Westerllng's experience?
Ho waB fighting for victory; to gratify
a doslro.
"I did not expoct this I" the
words escaped tumultuouBly and chok
ingly. Ho was bonding so close to hor that
sho felt his breath on her cheek bum
ing hot, nnd aho was slckcnlngly con
scloue that ho waa looking hor over
In that polnt-by-polnt manner whica
sho had folt ncross tho tea-table at
tho hotel. This horrlblo thing In his
glance sho had sometimes soon In
strangers on hor travels, and It had
mado hor think that sho was wlso to
carry a llttlo revolver. Sho wantod
to strlko him.
"Confess! Confess!" cnllod all her
own Bolf-rcspcct. "Mako an end to
your abasement!"
"Confession, after tho Browns have
given up Bordlr! Confession that
makes Lanny, not Westorllng, your
dupe!" camo tho roply, which might
hnvo been telegraphed Into hor mind
from tho high, whlto forehead of Par
tow bending ovor his map3. "Confe
slon, betraying tho causo of tho right
against tho wrong; tho thrco to the
conquering flvo! No! You aro Id
tho thing. You may not retreat now."
For a fow seconds only tho dul
of argument thundorod In hor temploB
Boconds In which hor Hps were part
ed nnd quivering and her eyes dilated
with an agitation which tho man at
hor side could Interpret as ho pleased
A prompting devil a devil roused by
tnnt tning m his eyes urging a
flnosso In doublo-deallng which only
devils understand, mado her Hps hyp
notically turn In a smile, her eyes
soften, and sent her hand out to Wes
terllng In a troncolike gesture. For an
Instant It restod on hlo arm with toll
ing pressure, though sho felt It burn
with shame at tho point of contnot.
"Wo must not think of that now,"
sho Bald. "Wo must think of nothing
personal; of nothing but your wort
until your work Is dono!"
Tho prompting devil had not permit
ted a false noto In hor voice. Hex
very pallor, in fixity of idea, servoo
hor purposo. Westerllng drew a deep
breath that seemed to expand his
wholo holng with greater appreciation
of her. Yet that harried hunger, the
hunger of a beast, waa still In his
glance.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
SAVING THE VENUS OF MILO
Extraordinary Precautions Taken to
Guard Art Treasure Impos
sible to Replace.
When, during tho war of 1870, th
German army drow near tho French
capital, ono of tho first measures the
Parisians took was to place the art
treasures of tho Louvro In safety. The
paintings1 of Raphael, Titian, Paolo,
Veronoso, Rembrandt and Rubens
woro carefully packed and shipped to
Brest. There they could, If necessary,
bo put on shipboard and taken from
tho country.
It was not so easy to save tho pieces
of marble statuary, for tholr weight
and fragility mado them difficult to
handle; but tho French determined
that tho famous Venus of Mllo, at
least, should not fall into tho handi
of tho Prussians.
So they took her down from her ped
estal and laid her in a casket carefully
padded and wrapped. At night th
casket was taken out through a socrel
door and hidden secretly In the collftf
of tho polico prefecture, at the end
of a cortoin passageway.
They walled In tho casket and clev
erly gave tho wall an appearance ol
great ago nnd dilapidation. In front
of this wall they laid a number of val
uable public documents, so that if thej
should happen to bo found their im
portance would lead tho discoverers
to think there was nothing elso hid
dot' there. In front of tho papers thoy
built another wall. Hero the VenUi
of Mllo remained, much to the dlstresi
of thoso patriotic Parisians who did
not know where Bhe was and supposed
that sho had boen stolen, through the
siege of tho city by the Germans and
through tho disorders of tho commune.
One day tho prefecturo caught Are
and was pretty completely destroyed.
Tho distress of thoso who know thai
tho Vonus was concealed there can
bo imagined. As soon as tho flro wae
extinguished they hastened to the sink
ing ruins and after some digging
found tho casket, burled in heaps el
dirt and stones, but uninjured.
It is understood that the Venus hm
gono into hiding again thl3 year, nol
to reappear until peaco is restored and
Paris is freo from danger of tho 1ft
vador. Youth's Companion.
Activities of Women.
Fifteen women aro seeking seats lb
tho Washington legislature
Tho former BUltan of Zanzibar IU
stranded in Paris with his IB wiveB.
Baku, Caucasus, has a population
of 217,853, of whom 93,982 are women
Under the provisions of tho will )
Mrs. Emily Zoller of New York city,
her pet dog Is left $200 for his keep
during tho rost of his Ufa.
Toxtllo workers In Japan threatw
to go on n strlko unless tho 82 womsc
who wore discharged from ono of thi
mills aro reinstated.
To avoid the use of the name ot
Gorman town a Paris magazine bat
opened a competition asking French
girls to find a now name for Cologne
Helping the Youngsters.
Ono ot tho Chicago municipal court
Judges has established a library far
foreign boys In tho boys' court. Ar
rangements have been mode by him
with tho public library to furnish
books written In tho native tongue
ot tho nationalities most frequently
represented in tho court. Tho Livlat
Church.
Interrupted Communication.
"You don't mean to say that thla
Is tho first you'vo heard of it?"
"Absolutely."
"Why, it's tho talk of tbe neighbor
hood." "Yes, but my wtfo la away on a
visit" '
BILK HEADACHY.
SICK BURETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tonguo, foul tasto and foul
breath always traco them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In tho
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, Instead of bolng cast out
of tho system is ro-absorbed into tho
blood. When this poison reaches tho
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarcts Immediately cleanso tho
stomach, removo tho aour, undigested
food and foul gases, tako tho excess
bllo from tho liver and carry out all
tho constipated waste matter and
poisons in tho bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work whllo you sleep a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Remark Hard to Explain.
Everyone hay gathered in tho draw
ing room after dinner, and all wero
feeling contented with themselves aB
well as at peace with tho outsldo
world, when It was suggested as a pas
timo that every lady should state the
gift sho most coveted, and tho posses
sion of which sho would most prizo.
With prompt acquiescence each regis
tered her choice. Mrs. Wellman wished
for tho most exquisite Jewels oxtant,
Mrs. King desired to b.e tho best
dressed woman In society, Mrs. Dray
ton preferred to own tho handsomest
turnouts, while Mrs. Smith craved
popularity. Robinson, springing from
his chair, exclaimed: "Heavens! don't
any of you caro for beauty?" Somo of
them still think It wob Intentional.
Much More Cheerful.
"A scientist says that tho sun wU
never cool off."
"I'm very glad to hear that."
"What difference does It mako to
you who will be dead millions of years
before anything of tho sort could hap-
pon, anyhow?"
"Well, it's moro cheerful to think of
thlB old world, so good In spite of all
Its faults, rolling along through tho
sunshine 30,000,000 years from now,
with a warm, throbbing load of hu
man freight, than to picture It a deso
late ball of Ice plunging through eter
nal darkness."
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA .
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss; Thickness.
Almost evcryono knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back tho natural color and
lustro to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago tho only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which la
muBsy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth'a
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you
will get a largo bottlo of the famous
old reclpo for about 50 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No ono
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as It does It so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a spongo or
soft brush with it and draw thla
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a tlmo, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy.
Adv.
Her Preference.
Young Mawks had decided to enlist
and go to war, and hlB wife was ob
jecting. "But, darling," he argued, "oven If I
were killed, Just think how fine it
would bo to bo tho widow of a hero."
"Oh, no, Wilfred," pleaded the young
wife earnestly, her mind reverting to
a familiar proverb: "I would rather
bo tho wife of a live Jackass than a
dead Hon." Judge.
She Went
"Sco how I can count, mamma,"
said Kitty. "There's my right foot.
That's one. Thero'B my loft foo't.
That's two. Two and ono mako three.
Three feet mako a yard, and I want to
go out nnd play In it-!'
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully overy bottlo ol
CASTORIA, a safo and euro remedy foi
Infants and children, and see that it
nnnra tha
yfTy) .
Signature ol(UV.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria
The Proof Conclusive.
Sunday School Teacher What 1b
the outward, vlsiblo sign of baptism?
Johnny Tho baby, mum.
They stop tho tickle. Dean's Mentholated
Cough Drops stop coughs quickly. A pleas
ant remedy Do at all good Druggists.
Tho Inconsistency of womankind la
demonstrated by tho society girl, who
starts In whon sho comes out.
Always sure to please, Red Cross Ball
llluo. All grocers sell It. Adv.
It's easier for a young man to raise
a row than a mustache.
