MG FOR
IE worn OF 1913
CITY. BUILDING, RAILWAY BUILD
ING AND FARM OPERATIONS
IN WESTERN CANADA,
BIGGEST EVER.
The machinery, the money and the
men for carrying on the big works In
Western Canada In 1913 are already
provided for. The splendid harvest
which was successfully garnered, and
by this time mostly marketed, re
sponded to the big hopes that were
had for It early In the season, and In
spired capitalists and railroads to
further Investment and building.
From lake ports to mountain base
there will be carried on the biggest
operations in city building and rail
way construction that has ever taken
place in that country. The Canadian
Pacific railway has everything In
waiting to continue their great work
of double tracking the system and by
the time the Panama Canal Is open to
traffic there will be a double line of
steel from Lake Superior to the Pa
cific coast. The cost will exceed
thirty million dollars. The Grand
Trunk Pacific plan of building a flrBt
class trunk line and then feeders at
various points will be carried forward
with all the force that great company
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Northern Is prepared to put into mo
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of finance and railroad building can
put into various enterprises of provid
ing and creating transportation facili
ties.
JJUIlUillg UyCIttUUIlB iU IUQ DCfClUl
cities, that have already marked
themselves a place In the list of suc
cessful and growing cities, will be
carried on more largely than ever.
Schools, public buildings, parliament
buildings, colleges, business blocks,
apartments, private residences, banks,
street and other municipal Improve
ments have their appropriation ready,
and the record of 1913 will be some
thing wonderful. Other places which
are towns today will make the rapid
strides that are expected and will be
come cities. There will be other Ed
montons, Calgarys, Reginas and Sas
katoons, other places that may in
their activity help to convince the
outer world of the solidity and perma
nency of the Canadian West. The
rountry Is large and wide and broad
and the ends of Its great width and
length are but the limits of its agri
cultural area. Its people are progres
sive, they are strong, there is no
enervation there. The country teems
with this life, this ambition, this
fondness to create and to use the
forces that await the settler. If they
come from the South, and hundreds
of thousands of them have, they are
now the dominant men of the North,
and they have Imbibed of the spirit
of the North. Therefore it is fair to
say that no portion of the continent
will show such wonderful results as
Western Canada, and the year 1913
will be but the beginning of a won
derful and great future. And in this
future the 200,000 Americans who
made It their home, and those who
preceded them, will be a considerable
portion of the machinery that will be
used In bringing about the results
predicted.
The development of 1913 will not
be confined to the prairie provinces.
Railway building and city building in
Brlttsh Columbia will be supplement
ed by the farm, the ranch and the
orchard building of that province.
Vancouver will make great strides in
building, and Victoria, the staid old
lady of so many years, has already
ahown signs of modern ways, and if
the progress made In 1912 may be ac
cepted as anything like what it will
be in 1913, there will be wonderful
developments there. During last
year the permits went over the ten
million dollar mark and much more is
promised for the year now entered
upon.—Advertisement.
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He knew no such person, so his curl
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"I am a collector of antlquttles,” an
swered the old man.
“So I Imagined. And how can I
serve you?”
“By paying a deposit on this little
bill you have owed for more than
three years.”
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imprudence
of iPrue.
tfffle of a Maid and a ffig/jwayman
SYNOPSIS.
In the time of Queen Anne, LaAy Pru
dence Brook, widowed at 16 and still a
widow at two and twenty, while Journey
ing In a coach to London with her cousin
Peggy. Is accosted by a highwayman who,
however, takes nothing from her except a
kiss.
The two girls live with their grand
mother, Lady Drumloch, who, despite her
reduced circumstances, maintains a
social position in the court circle.
Prue Is small, gay, delightful, daring, ex
travagant. and always In debt.
She Is perpetually pursued by creditors
and just now is In deep water for want o
a few guineas with which to t»uy a n.
gown by whose aid she hopes to win nac
the queen’s favor, very recently msi. vy
one of her mad pranks.
She decides to visit Aaron’s, a notortoua
money lender, and asks him to taKe car
of her debts on the strength of her ap
proaching marriage to Sir Geoffrey Jaeau
desert.
Aaron Informs her, however, that Beau
desert Is himself head over heels in oeoi
and while Prue Is still In his office air
Geoffrey arrives.
Prue at once secrets herself in a
and to her astonishment overhears air
Geoffrey ask for advances of money, also
on the strength of their engagement.
Prue reads In a paper an account
trial and sentence of Robin I« rc;eIJa”t!®'
the highwayman who had kissed her on
the moors, and that he is to be hanged at
Tyburn the following Monday.
Suddenly she recalls that according to
legal custom the debts of a widow are
buried in the coffin of her husband.
She conceives the whimsical idea of
marrying Robin In order to escape her
debts.
Accompanied by Peggy she visits New
gate prison and Robin, who is already In
love with her, consents to the ceremony.
CHAPTER XVII— (Continued.)
"Or by any one else, It Is devoutly to
be hoped,” remarked Sir Geoffrey;
"don't you agree with me, Lady
Prudence?" , _.
"You played thief taker before, Sir
Geoffrey,” she retorted, with unac
customed acrimony. “You should offer
your services again; his escape would
then be Impossible."
"Quite Impossible!” cried Lady
Barbara, who only caught the last
words. “His home will be surrounded
by soldiers, and he will be lodged In
the Tower, when they catch him."
“Do they send soldiers to catch a
highwayman?” Inquired Peggie.
“And why the Tower?" objected Lady
Drurnloeh. "Methought that was re
served for gentlemen; 'tls too much
honor for robbers and footpads. Will
they also behead this person; like a
gentleman?"
“ ‘Tls likely," cried Barbara. “I had
so much to tell you, that I forgot that
this Robin is not a mere ordinary high
wayman; he is a Jacobite plotter, no
less, and Is known to carry letters and
messages from rebels In the south to
those In the north and back again—
doing, I persume, a little highway rob
bery on the way, for the good of the
cause. Mayhap he appropriated the
queen’s necklace as a contribution to
the treasury of the ‘King In Exile.’ ”
“Barbara!" exclaimed Pruo and
Peggie together, In a panic.
"My dear Lady Barbara," put In the
thin, Incisive voice of Lady Drurnloeh,
“the ‘King In Exile' Is the queen’s
brother and probably—may the day be
distant—will succeed her. I can not
permit such insinuations to be made In
my presence, against the cause for
which my husband and my son laid
down their lives,”
“Pray pardon me, dearest Lady
Drurnloeh,” cried Lady Barbara, really
■hocked at her owh want of tact. "I
meant no harm—my tongue runs away
with me—and to be sure, I have no
greater fancy for a Dutchman on the
throne than any other loyal English
woman. Yet ’tls true that Robin Free
mantle Is only the nom de guerre of
one of the most turbulent rebels
against the queen’s government—”
“If by that you mean the whlgs,
you should rather say against the
duchess of Marlborough’s government,”
retorted Lady Drurnloeh crisply.
“And what is the real name of this
—rebel?” Inquired Prue.
“Why, he calls himself De Cliffe, and
if he really is an offshoot of the fam
ily. that would explain why Beach
combe obtained a pardon for him,”
■aid Lady Barbara.
“Indeed, It requires explaining,” re
marked Prue, who had quite regained
her self-command. “It is much easier
to understand why he is sending him
to the Tower, if he be a poor relation.”
During the laughter that followed
this sally, other guests arrived and
the loss of the queen's diamond neck
lace having, by this time, become pretty
generally known, poor Prue had to
listen to every variation of the story
and every kind of theory concerning
it. all leading to the same conclusion,
that Robin the highwayman had been
at the masquerade ball and profiting
by opportunity—the ruling planet of
adventurers—had carried off a prize of
Incalculable value.
With difficulty she eluded Sir Geof
frey’s Ironical condolences, and took
her accustomed part in the heedleBs
chatter, watching the clock as minute
by minute slipped away and still her
visitors lingered.
“Oh, If they would only go," she
whispered to Peggie. “Do you think
if I were to fall in a fit, or make James
give an alarm of fire, that it would
speed the parting guest?"
But the longest afternoon comes to
an end some time, and Lady Brum
loch’s weary looks presently reminded
her guests that she was but recently
off her sick bed. So with a great rust
ling of silks and sweeping of volum
inous curtesys, they withdrew, with as
many farewell speeches as though they
did not expect to meet again in a few
hours at dinner, rout or playhouse, and
left the old countess to be carried up
stairs, and the two girls to their own
devices.
When they were alone, Peggie threw
her arms round her cousin. “Oh! my
poor Prue," she cried; “what I have
suffered for you the last hour—"
“Tell me of your sufferings
by and by. Peggie," said Pruo, rath
er ungratefully. “If you would
help me. bid James fetch a chair, while
I get me a cloak; I must hasten to the
duchess."
"The duchess! Oh. Prue, dearest,
don't do anything rash; for heaven's
sake, try to be discreet. If you cannot
help Robin, do not ruin yourself for the
sake of a thief!"
“You are quite mistaken, Margaret;
everyone Is determined that Robin has
taken the necklace, and If I did not
know him better than you do, I might
think the same. But trust me; for
once I will be the personification of
prudence and you will see that every
thing will come right. If anyone should
ask you where I am. say I have gone
to offer my services and sympathies to
the duchess. Sure, 'tis a terrible blow
for her, and there are those about the
queen who would rejoice if It were
mortal. No one will wonder that I
should wish at such a time to prove
my friendship for one who has so often
stood by me."
CHAPTER XVin
THE DEN OF THE HIGHWAYMAN.
Prue allowed James to direct the
chairman to Marlborough House, but
a short disance away she stopped them
and giving them a crown, desired them
to carry her with the utmost speed to
Essex street, where she would reward
them amply for their diligence. Scent
an intrigue, with the usual accompani
ment of a generous douceur for their
share in it. they trotted oft at a pace
that gave their light burden hard work
to keep her seat.
With all their haste, it was dark be
fore they reached Essex street, where
Prue desired them to seek out “Pip’s
coffee house,” a small hostelry of re
tiring, not to say furtive aspect. A
flickering oil lamp hung over the en
trance, and through the red baize win
dow curtain a dull glimmer penetrated.
Excited as she was, Prue was not
without alarms at the sinister possibili
ties of this adventure, so vastly differ
ent from the sparkling follies of her
giddy career. But "cowards fayle," and
Prue was no coward, nor was she cap
able of drawing back when curiosity
and inclination combined to thrust her
on. She descended and bidding the
chairmen wait, boldly entered.the house
and knocked at the first door she came
to.
A voice called out, “Come In,” and she
obeyed. The room was of moderate
size, divided Into small compartments,
each containing a rough wooden table
and a couple of benches to match. The
floor was sanded, tho celling low and
smoke blackened, but there was no ap
pearance of squalor, and the few oc
cupants, who were reading the News
sheet or playing dominoes, looked re
spectable and orderly enough.
Reassured, Prue approached the man
In charge of the little curtained bar,
and in a timid voice Inquired for “Hr.
Steve Larkyn.”
He stared at her, but her veil effec
tually hid her face, though the sweet
ness of her voice and the distinction
of her bearing could not be disgulshed.
"Steve Larkyn? I'll call him, my
lady,” said the man.
"I'm no lady,” retorted Prue, sharp
ly. "If I were I should not be asking
for Steve Larkyn.”
She was sorry for her quickness the
next moment, for the man laughed
rather rudely, and opening a door be
hind him, called out, “Hullo, Steve,
here’s a lady asking for thee, that says
she ain’t no lady,"
The Steve Larkyn who came hurry
ing out was so unlike the one she had
seen in disguise that she was about
to repudiate him, when, with a sudden
grimace, he changed himself back into
the rustic footboy, ail but the shock
of t6w colored hair, which no longer
covered his sleek brown head. The
change passed like a ripple of wind
over a smooth pool, but it reassured
Prue.
"Can' you come outside a minute?”
she said, In a very low voice; “I must
speak with you."
He followed her Into the street and
once out of range of observant eyes and
ears, she grasped him by the arm and
demanded to be taken Instantly to the
captain.
“I can take a message,” said Steve,
hesitating. "It will attract less notice
than a visit from a lady.”
“Waste no time In idle objections,”
she cried, almost fiercely. "I must see
him; what I have to say is for his ear
alone and even if otherwise, ‘twould be
a waste of precious time to tell my tale
twice over. Lead me to him Instantly
or take the responsibility of his certain
death upon your own head!”
"Come, then," he replied; “but you
must come afoot. ’Tis ill enough to
take a woman Into a secret, without
a pair of spying lackeys to boot. Can
you walk a short distance? The road
is dark and rough."
“No matter, I can walk.lt.” She paid
the chairmen liberally and dismissing
them, followed Steve down a steep and
narrow lane leading to the riverside.
It was unllghted, and she slipped and
stumbled on the miry, uneven cause
way until Steve, In pity, begged her
to lean upon his arm. “’Tls not far
now,’’ he said, less gruffly, and a few
yards farther they came to a huge and
gloomy gateway, within which a little
door admitted them into a dark hall.
Steve struck a light and led the way
across the echoing emptiness and up a
broad staircase. He scratched his nail
upon a door, which was
promptly opened by Robin himself,
fully equipped for a Journey.
“Steve!” he exclaimed. “What has
happened, and who is this with you?”
Before he could answer, Prue stepped
forward and throwing off her veil re
plied, “Your wife!”
"Lady Prudence!” he cried, scarcely
believing the evidence of his senses.
“In the name of heaven, what brings
you here? Why are you so pale and
excited? Something terrible has hap
pened?”
“No; but will happen unless you In
stantly escape.” She came into the
room and closed the door, leaving Steve
outside. “Oh! Robin, Robin?’ she
cried, clasping her hands and looking
at him with reproachful eyes, “I know
all that happened last night. How
could you be so mad? You can not
hope to escape again If you are ar
rested for this.”
“Indeed,” said Robin grimly, “if I am
taken this time, ’twill be worse than
hanging! But I’ll never be taken
alive—’’
“There is time to escape,” she urged
“Your retreat is known and you will
be arrested tonight. Lord Beachcombe
has discovered where he was brought
yester night—”
“Ah!" said Robin, with a bitter smile.
“I should have taken extra precautions
against the bloodhound instinct of
hatred! And so, Dear Heart.” he went
on, in a very different tone, “you came
to warn me of danger? ’Twas very
noble of you, for if you had left me to
my fate, in a few hours you might have
been a free woman.”
Prue burst into tears. “Oh! you are
cruel, cruel,” she sobbed. “I do not
want freedom—that way.”
"I believe it.” he said, taking her
hand and pressing it to his lips. "Do
not. grieve, my hunted life is not worth
one of those tears—”
“But hasten,” she interrupted, listen
ing attentively and holding up her
hand to silence him. “I know who you
are and that you are concerned In
Jacobite plots. Soldiers will surround
the house and you will be arrested and
taken to the Tower as a traitor. You
have very little time to escape—”
He glanced at some papers on the
table and began to gather them up and
conceal them about him. In doing this,
he uncovered a Jewel-case of purple
velvet embroidered In gold with the
royal arms.
Prue uttered a faint shriek and cov
ered her eyes, as If to shut out the
sight that confirmed her worst fears.
“Oh! Robin!” she gasped. “The
queen’s necklace—!”
“Was it the queen’s?” he replied
carelessly. “Well, now It is yours, If
you care to have it.” He opened the
case and displayed the diamonds flash
ing like a string of Are. “My faith!
the gems are gorgeous; they will look
well on the peerless neck of my beau
tiful Prue.”
“I wear the queen’s diamonds! You
must be mad! What possessed you to
take them? Oh, I hoped so that It was
a mistake and that you were Innocent
of this.”
“Innocent of what? Do you really
think I stole the necklace? My dear
Lady Prudence, I am a highwayman
when occasion serves, but I am not a
thief. Last night, on the king’s busi
ness, I waylaid the wrong man, and all
I got for my pains was this fine casket
which I never opened until now. Evi
dently I robbed the thief, confound
him! and the papers I was commanded
to secure are Qod knows where!”
“Oh! Robin, I am so glad!” she
cried. “They said Robin the highway
man was at his tricks again, and had
stolen the queen’s necklace from Marl
borough House, and oh, I was so
ashamed to think such a thing could
be said of—my husband!”
She half turned away, murmuring
the last words so softly that only the
ears of love could have caught them.
“Oh! Prue—angel—is it really pos
sible that you think of me as your
husband? Oh! I know there has been
an empty ceremony which meant noth
ing to you, and to me only vain long
ing and a mad dream of unattainable
happiness; but what a fool I am! Of
course I ought to have understood that
you fear to be brought to shame if it
should be suspected that the thief of
the queen’s necklace is your—”
Pruo’s eyes flashed and her little
high-heeled shoe tapped angrily on the
floor.
‘You are indeed a fool!” she ex
claimed. “I do not know why I have
any patience at all with you. Will
you begone from here at once, sir, and
not offend me by tarrying when I have
risked so much to save your life?”
He started and flushed guiltily. “Sel
fish brute that I am! I forgot the
danger to you. A thousand thanks,
dear Lady Prudence, for your warn
ing. I will profit by It when I have con
ducted you to safety.”
“You will do nothing of the sort,”
she retorted imperiously. “When I ar
rived you were preparing to depart;
do so at once, for if you wait for the
house to be Burrounded by the soldiers
it will be too late. Even now, if you
leave It alive, you may fall into an
ambush. Is there no exit except into
the street?” I
"Yes; this room opens on a terrace
overlooking the river, and although I
believed myself safe in London for a
few days, I have a boat In readiness
in case I should be forced to leave in
a hurry,” said Robin. “There are
hiding places in Southwark and Lam- I
beth where the queen’s whole army I
might hunt a week for me in vain."
“Be cautious then, for that may be
known to your enemies; and, above
all, be speedy—”
While she was speaking, the door
was flung open abruptly and Steve
Larkyn—his face blazing with fury—
darted In.
“You are betrayed, Captain!” he
ejaculated. “This woman has brought
the soldiers with her. For the love of
God, do not stop to listen to her, but
escape while there is time—’’
“You hear?” cried Prue, in a frenzy.
“Go-go Instantly! I command you!”
“What, go away and leave you
here to meet the soldiers alone?
Never!” said Robin, with a calm-,
ness that contrasted strongly with the
excitement of the others.
“Then I will remain with you. and
when the soldiers come I will declare
that I helped you enter Marlborough
house, and show the diamonds to prove
that I was your accomplice; nay, I will
say that my familiarity with the duch
ess’ apartments gave me access where
you could not have entered and that I
stole the diamonds and gave them to
you!”
"You will do this?” he gasped, ut
terly stupefied.
"I will; and if necessary I will pro
claim myself your wife and let them
think I had had my share in whatever
you are accused of.”
"But why? In the name of God, what
is the meaning of this madness?"
She stretched out her arms to him
with a gesture of utter self-abandon
ment. "It means that I love you. Robin,
I love you. and would rather die with
you than live without you!”
He caught her in his arms and
strained her to his breast with all the
pent-up passion of his being in that
fervid embrace.
"Leave you—now. my darling, my
heart’s heart—”
(Continued Next Week.)
Ducking Stool for Gossips.
From the Philadelphia Times.
A Logansport, Ind.. young woman, driv*
en into a desperate rage over malicious
gossip another woman of the city persist
ed in circulating about her. committed
murder. Of course the law took im
mediate cognizance of the crime and the
young woman has been sentenced to the
state reformatory for two to 21 years.
The gossip paid the penalty of her sin
with her life. The penalty was far too
heavy, yet how far too light is the pun
ishment usually meted out to the gossip.
The law takes no cognizance of the gos
sip. The tale bearer must be so bold
and so malicious that the charge of slan
der can be substantiated before the laitr is
set in motion.
More often than otherwise the gossip
cannot be reached by the slander laws.
There is no law which can touch the wom
an who says, “O, haven't you heard
about her?” with a rising inflection, and
then stops to let the auditor imagine the
worst.
There Is no law to reach the woman who
says when another’s name is mentioned.
“Well, if I were she I wouldn’t hold my
head so high!” and stops.
, There Is no law that reaches the woman
who mentions another's name and ac
companies it with a shrug of the shoulder
or an elevation of the eyebrows.
There Is no law. more's the shame, to
Peach the lecher of a man who couples
a woman’s name with some of his kind
not In open accusation, but inferentlally
so that those who hear are led to believe
the worst, although not a specific allega
tion has been made.
It would be a great help to public mor
als If we had a revival of the ducking
stool for the women who gossip, and a
flogging post for the men. The spectacle
of a leading society woman or a promi
nent church worker being ducked, or a
“lady killer” being given a public flog
ging would stop a lot of loose tongues
that now wag at every opportunity to the
destruction of reputations.
Quite a Good Plan.
“Mrs. Wombat is quite a resourceful
rwoman."
"As to how?”
' "She never can remember on which
end to Indorse a check, so she indorses
’em on both ends, and really the Idea
works very well."
SPIRIT IN TUBERCULOSIS WAR
Nineteen Million Dollar* Expended
Last Year in Fight Against the
Dread White Plague.
Nearly $19,000,000 was spent In the
anti-tuberculc>sis campaign In the
Unltel States during the year 1912, ac
cording to the fourth annual statisti
cal statement of expenditures in this
movement issued by the National As
sociation for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis. The expenditures
during the year for sanatorium and
hospital construction and treatment
make the largest single item in the
total, amounting to nearly $16,800,000.
This is an Increase of nearly $5,000,
000 over the same group of expendi
tures for the year 1911. The anti
tuberculosis associations and commit
tees spent over $765,000, while dis
pensaries and tuberculosis clinics
Bpent over $500,000. Over $415,000
was spent for the maintenance and
establishment of open-air school and
fresh air classes, which is more than
double the amount spent for this pur
pose in 1911. Official, state and mu
nicipal expenditures outside of the
maintenance of institutions, which are
Included in the other totals, amount
ed to $280,000. In addition to these
figures, about $500,000 was spent by
hospitals for insane and penal insti
tutions in caring for their tuberculosis
inmates.
FORMALITY,
“Will you take my card to your sis
ter and tell her I would like to
•peak to her on a very important mat
ter?"
“You’ll probably have to take is up
with her secretary.’’
Mind Reader.
First Straphanger — Look out!
You’re treading on my feet!
Second Straphanger—Beg pardon!
I also prefer to ride in a cab.—Judge.
Dr. Pieree’8 Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
nay to take as candy, regulate and invigor
ate stomaub. liver and bowels and cure con
rtlpation. Adv.
Its Style.
“X want a light fruit lunch."
“How would some electric currents
ao?”
Wanted to Compromise.
Mr. Levi Is a kind-hearted, con
scientious man, an example of what
Maeterlinck calls "our anxious moral
ity.” But he is also German, and
spends the pennies hard. He has a
hired man who says, "Mr. Levi ’■
queer; he wants me to work all the
time he has me hired for." Mr. Levi
also has a young horse that balks. "If
you would Just let me take a whip
to him once!” the hired man expostu
lated, exasperated and yet dominated
by the other’s point of view. Mr.
Levi looked at him uneasily; stood
first on one foot, and then on the
other. "Ain’t there nothin’ else you
could be doin’ ?” he asked, “till he geta
ready to start?"
The Infant Terrible.
"Mr. Lilsbeau, is it true that you
hain’t got sense enough to come in
out of the rain?”
“Yes, Miss Kitty; you must always
believe what papa tells you.”
A HIDDEN DANGER
It is a duty of
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Opa/tafion4>
When a woman suffering from some form of feminine
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The very thought of the hospital operating table and the
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It is quite true that some of these troubles may reach a stage
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. This fact is
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These Two Women Prove Our Claim.
Cary, Maine.—“I feel it a duty I
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what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
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—Mrs. Hatwaed Sowkbs, Cary, Me.
Charlotte, N. C—"“I was la bad
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both sides and was very nervous. If
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the doctor said was a tumor and I
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to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta
ble Compound, and I gladly say that
I am now enjoying fine health and
am the mother of a nice baby girL
You can use this letter to help other
suffering women.”—Mrs. Rosa Sims,
16 Wyona St,, Charlotte, N. C.
Now answer this question if you can. Why should a wo
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E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a trial ? You know that
it has saved many others—why should it fail in your case?
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
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Your letter will be opened, read and answered
by a woman and hela in strict confidence.
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