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WOMAN’S ILLS DISAPPEARED like Magic after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. North Bangor, N. Y. — "As I have ig used Lydia L. nnK |:| ham’s Vegetable | Compound with :! great benefit I feel it my duty to write Pi and tell you about it. I was ailing from fe | male weakness and g had headache and i: backache nearly all js the time. I was later « every month than I -1 should have been and so sick that I had to go to bed. “Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com round has made me well and these troll ies have disappeared like magic. I have recommended the Compound to many women who have used it success fully.’’—Mrs. James J. Stacy, R.F.D. No. 3, North Bangor, N. Y. Another Made Well. Ann Arbor, Mich.—“Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound has done wonders for me. For years J Buffered terribly with hemorrhages and had pains so intense that sometimes I would faint away. I had female weakness •o bad that I had to doctdr all the time and never found relief until I took four remedies to please my husband. recommend your wonderful medicine to all sufferers aa I think it is a blessing for all women.”—Mrs. L. E. Wyckoff, 112 S. Ashley St, Ann Arbor, Mich. There need be no doubt about the ability of this grand old remedy, made from the roots and herbs of our fields, to remedy woman’s diseases. We possess volumes of proof of this fact, enough to convince the most skeptical. Why don’t you try it? Costs Less Than a Two-Cent Postage-Stamp An average of lees than a cent and a third a pair Is paid for the use of all 1 our machines In making two-thirds of the shoes produced In the United States—assuming that all our ma chines are used. The most that can be paid for the use of all. our ma chines In making the highest-priced shoes Is less than 6% cents a pair. The average royalty on all kinds of shoes Is leps than 2 2-3 cents a pair. 1 From this we get our sole return for the manufacture and use of the ma chines, for setting them up in facto ries and keeping them In order. You pay two cents for a postage stamp or a yeast-cake and five cents for a car fare and don’t miss it. Where do you get more for your money than In buy ing a machine-made shoe? Write us and we will tell you all about It. The United Shoe Machinery Company, Boston, Mass.—Adv. All Fools’ Day. When freakish April lifts the latch all wits and wags consider themselves free to vent their nonsense upon the victims whom they would fool by their tricks. The gay Parisian calls such "April fish"; In bonnle Scotland on this day they make merry "hunting the gowk," whilst In England and this country a man keeps a sharp lookout lest he be caught at a disadvantage by the joker who glories In his smartness if he only can make some one look ridiculous. But it is Just as well not to be too smart. The boomerang has a wicked habit of coming back. Silly as All Fools' day custom may seem to the solemn, It has an ancient ancestry. Its origin is obscure, but somewhere from the far-ofT times when those old Homans felt the lilt of the vernal equi nox, and went on the spree accord ingly, comes this rollick which still trills forth Its merry ditty In our streets. Deeper still, the calm, con templative Hindu, for som» reason or other, from time immemorial has gone a-foollng on the first of April. It was probably from France, whence all things vivacious come, that Europe got the unruly Itch for turning this day Into a comedy of errors. PIMPLES COVERED FACE 1613 Dayton St., Chicago, 111.—"Ml face was very red and Irritated and l was covered with pimples. The pim ples festered and came to a head. They Itched and burned and when I scratched them became sore. I tried j soaps and they would not stop the | itching and burning of the skin. This lasted for a month or more. At last I | tried Cutlcura Ointment and Soap. i They took out the hurnfng and itching of the skin, soothing it very much and giving the relief that the others failed to give me. I used the Cutlcura Soap and Ointment about three weeks and was completely cured.” (Signed) Miss Clara Mueller. Mar. 16, 1S12. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world! Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-card “Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv. Thrifty Scot. When Sir John Carr was at Glae gow, in tha year 1807, he was asked by the magistrates to give his advice concerning the Inscription to be placed on Nelson’s monument, then JUBt completed. The knight recom mended this brief record: "Glasgow to Nelson." “True," said the others, “and as there is the town of Nelson near us, we might add, 'Glasgow to Nelson nine miles,’ so that the column might serve for the milestone and a monu ment.” Not the Same. They were strolling through the woodland. "Yes," the youthful professor was saying, “it is a very simple matter to tell the various kinds of trees by the barks." She gazed at him soulfully. “How Wonderful!" she exclaimed. “And can you—er— tell the various kinds of dogs that way?"—Llppln ! cott’s. I __• ! Many a man haB married in haste |1 and paid alimony at leisure. c7^ i of CPme. Tale gfaMa/dandaffigfiwayman ^y/op/?ie^Ts/?er , Copyright. 191«, The Bohha Morrill Company SYNOPSIS. | In the time of Queen Anne, Lady Pru** fence 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 prana mother. Lady Drumloch, who, despite her reduced circumstances, maintains a gay social position In the court circle. Prue Jb small, gay, delightful, daring, extravagant, and always in debt. She is perpetually pursued by cr«diJ°J2 and Just now Is In deep water for want oi a few guineas with which to Lixy a. vfiT'lc gown by whose aid she hopes to win baca the queen’s favor, very recently iosi y one of her mad pranks. She decides to visit Aaron’s a notorious money lender, and asks him to take care of her debts on the strength of her r proaehing marriage to Sir Geoffrey desert. Aaron informs her, however, that Beau desert is himself head over heels inaeD and while Prue Is still in his office Geoffrey arrives. Prue at once secrets herself in *r£l°8ir ®nd to her astonishment °verJ?®f£* also Geoffrey ask for advances of on the strength of tneir engagement. Prue reads in a paper an a*c^^l* trial and sentence of Robin FreemanUe. the highwayman who had kiaat^n^ed at the moors, and that he Is to be hang Tyburn the following Monday. Suddenly she recalls that according ^ legal custom the debts of a widow are burled In the coffin of her husband. She conceives the whimsical Idea of marrying Robin In order to escape ne debts. Accompanied by . Peggy she vlaRs New gate prison and Robin, who Is alr'afnyv love with her, consents to the ceremony. Afterward Prue asks to be alone with him for a few minutes and allows him t kiss her again and feels pity* for his ap proaching execution. Lord Geaucombe also visits Gobln and Robin tells him that he has proof that Geaucombe Is not the legitimate hair to the title and threatens if he is re leased to see that proof of this fact gets to Geaucombe's enemies. On Monday Peggy Is suffering keenly because of her belief that Robin, now oe ginning to be a hero in her eyes, J8 a-oout to be hanged she is astonished at seeing him enter the house and is told that ne has been reprieved and set at liberty. For his freedom Robin, whose real name in DeCliffe, agrees to make over to lfra Beaucombe a paper conveying ms ciaun to the title and estate to him. He has no sooner done this than Lord Boaucombe treacherously tries to capture him. Robin by cleverly disguising him self in a borrowed coat and hat ana using Lord Beaucombe’s horse, escapes. At a rout at Marlborough House the queen loses a diamond necklace and as it Is known that Robin is a red domino has been present he Is suspected of tne tnett. Prue, who has learned where he hides, goes to him, confesses her love for nun, and persuades him to give up the nec?I lace which she restores to the Duchess or Marlborough for the queen. The affair, which leaks out, is variously interpreted by the gossips. It develops that Robin is a Jacobite spy and he Is obliged to leave England on for feit of his life. CHAPTER XXVII (Continued.) “I do not blame you, child,” Peggie overheard her say; “a brave man and a loyal soldier—what better could any woman hope for? Let him serve his king first, and meanwhile your influence may perhaps, open the way for his return. And mayhap I may find a way to help you. though I am very old and useless now'. Come in, Peggie; don’t stand there letting in the draft. Is it time for Prue to de part? Is the post chaise teady packed ?" _1._1 _ 1_1 __9 that the poat chaise had not yet ar rived. Then there was scurrying and scampering, and James, bareheaded and bereft of his stately deliberation, hurried to the livery stable, and pres ently returned In the belated vehicle. The postboy, with many oaths and strange sounding asseverations, pro tested that his master had mistaken the order for noon, and that he had been loitering about the yard all morn ing, waiting for the appointed time. Another explanation might have been afforded by Sir Geoffrey Beaudesert, who could also have cleared up the mysterious presence of two golden guineas in the postboy’s pocket. Thus It was within an hour or so of noon, when Prue, having received Lady Drumloeh’s blessing and ex changed many kisses and last words with Peggie (from whom she had rare ly been parted even for a week at a time,) took her seat In the post chaise with her two substantial leather valises strapped on the roof and her valuables In the dressing case under her feet. She had often traveled the Tunbridge road before In attendance upon Queen Anne, whose physicians were In the habit of recommending the Tunbridge waters as a corrective to the royal In dulgence In the pleasures of the table. So when she had amused herself by observing the queer little stalls on Lon don bridge, where the closely packed throng compelled the chaise to proceed at a footpace, and wondered why everybody and everything looked so strange and different In Southwark, from those on the more fashionable side of the river, she soon grew tired of the squalid streets and dreary coun try beyond and still more bored by having no one to talk to, and compos ing herself In a corner of the carriage, courted such uneasy slumber as the rough road permitted. During the earlier stages of the jour ney there was no lack of company. In those days travelers, unless well armed or otherwise protected, were greatly averse to solitude even In broad day light. and Prue. though far from timid, was not displeased *to And that the queen's visit to Tunbridge, in th« balmy springtime, was drawing thithei quite a rush ot visitors. Gallants on horseback, lumberlni family coaches and dashing chariot! followed one another In quick succes sion, some forging ahead, only to h< overtaken, perhaps, in a ditch with 3 wheel off. or at the post house wait ing for relays— a mishap that kept Pru< waiting a couple of hours at Sevei Oaks, to her great chagrin. However the inn was hospitable and a good din ner compensated In some measure foi the delay, though the afternoon shad ows were perceptibly lengthening whet the Journey was resumed. Tile road was more lonely now, thosi lucky- folk who had secured the e&rlles relays having hurried forward to make the most of the daylight, and others, whose turn was yet to come, lingering Impatiently behind or resigning the'm , selves tct the dire alternative of spend ing a night at the inn. When Prue, after the first mile or so, put her head out of the window and surveyed the long stretch of road, with dense woods on one hand and a desolate vastness of uncultivated common on the other, she rather wished that she too had taken the bet ter part of valor and broken her Jour ney at Seven Oaks, instead of risking the worst part in the declining day. However, looking back, she saw an other carriage at no great distance, and the sense of companionship relieved her fears so thoroughly that she once more settled herself In her corner and fell Into a pleasant train of thought. Planning how to exercis^ her most winning arts upon the queen, who for a whole week of semi-invalidism would be chiefly dependent upon her for amusement, Prue mentally acted half a dozen charming little scenes in which she would relate Robin’s ad ventures in so moving and pathetic a fashion that the queen would be only too ready to applaud the climax and bestow her sanction and blessing upon the romantic pair. Robin would be recalled and pardoned, and perhaps his devotion, combined with her own eloquence, would bring about a recon ciliation between the queen and her half brother, who, in gratitude, would shower honors upon his loyal follower In the happy days when King James III was come into his own. Prue was roused out of these pleas ant fancies by the rough jolting of the chaise. She looked out on the desolate landscape, rendered still more dreary by the rising mist that veiled the sinking sun. On one hand was a vast common, stretching away into the vague distance, on the other rose a steep incline, thickly wooded and al ready gloomy with twilight shadow's, though all else was still bright. No habitation W'as In sight, nor any sign of life except the carriage she had pre viously observed and which, she re marked with some surprise, kept al most within hailing distance without any apparent haste to overtake her. She reflected that perhaps the occu pant wTas timid and even more anx ious for company than herself. The Joking and rocking of the chaise increased so much that at last Prue let down the front window and remon strated with the postboys. “Pray drive a little less recklessly,” she cried; “I cannot keep mv seat and 1 fear you will land me in a ditch." “ ’Tis a bad piece of road, my lady,” replied the senior, bringing his horses to a standstill. “ ’Ere, Jimmie,” he added to his assistant, “ ’old the ’orses while I looks to that near hind w'heel; ’tain’t none too staunch and this cursed cross road is enough to shake the lord mayor’s coach to splinters.” “Cross road!” cried Prue. “Have you left the highway?—in the dusk?"—she was about to descend, scarcely knowing what she did In her sudden alarm. “Keep your seat, lady,” the man re plied; “ ’tis but a bit of a short cut I took, to save ’alf an hour, ’cos it’s growin’» late.” He fumbled a little with the hind wheel and then remounted his horse, Meanwhile the carriage which had fol lowed passed and went ahead In leis urely fashion. Prue’s post-chaise resumed the Jour ney, more shaky and Jerky than before although scarcely moving at a Walking pace. Very wide awake now, and ex tremely uneasy with vivid recollections of postboys in league with robbers and other perils to unprotected females, Prue sat as quiet as the rough jolting would allow and tried to comfort her self with the assurance that the next post-house could nqt be far distant and that she could certainly find means there to have the w'heels looked to or get another chaise if this one were un safe. But scarcely 100 yards farther on there was a crash and a shock and Prue was lying in a heap in the over turned chaise. The shouts of the post boys, the trampling of the startled horses mingled with her screams of pain and terror—then other voices add ed to the tumult and in the midst of it all the door was forced open and Prue lifted out and gently deposited on the roadside. cue muy nas lauueu. saiu a voice that sounded familiar. "Search for wa ter, one of you boys; Is there no brook or stream nearby?" “Nothing than the river that I know of, your honor,” said the man, “ 'less there's some In yon ditch-" "You need seek no ditch water for me," said Prue, sitting up and strug gling with the wraps In which her head was entagued. "Since you are here, Sir Gebffrey, you may as well lend me some assistance." “Good Gad! Lady Prue!" cried the baronet, with a vast show of astonish ment. "By what happy chance am I fortunate enough to be of use to you? Methought you were safe in Tunbridge hours ago.” "No doubt that is why you have been following my carriage ever since I left Seven Oakes." she retorted. “ 'Tis strange you should also have taken a short cut which seems to lead to no where in particular!” "It has led you Into an awkward predicament, my dearest Prudence,” he replied gravely. "I shudder to think of the straits to which you would have been reduced, had I not been—quite providentially—passing at the critical moment." "Well, as Providence has been kind enough to send me a knight errant, perhaps he will tell me where I am and how far it is to the next post-house," said Prue, not very graciously, for Sir Geoffrey’s presence was too opportune to appear quite unpremeditated. "The next post-house?" he reflected. "Post-boy, how far is the next post house?" "Four mile or thereabout, your hon or.” the man returned, beginning to un strap the valises. “Is there any inn or cottage near, where I can wait while you take horse to the post-house and fetch me another chaise?" inquired Prue. The man scratched his head doubtfully, and looked at Sir Geoffrey as if for instruc tions. "Well, fellow, cannot you answer the lady? You surely know what houses of entertainment there are on the road to Tunbridge," said Sir Geoffrey. "There's a pike a mile or so ahead," said the man, "but 'tis no place for a lady to sit down In—a bit of a wooden cabin, and the pike keeper's a rough blade.” Prue's dismay was unutterable. A mile to walk along a rugged country t road in the dUBk. and an indeflnite per . lod of waiting In the hut of a turn pike keeper. She was silent for sheer lack of words to do Justice to the sit uation. “There is an alternative that will re lieve you of all embarrassment." said Sir Geoffrey, after a sufficiently long pause to allow her to realize the hor ror of her dilemma. “My coach is not many yards away, and if you will not honor me by accepting my escort to runbridge, permit me, at least, to chrry vou to the nearest post-house, where no doubt you can obtain a conveyance for the rest of the Journey.” Prue looked down at her little feet in their dainty, high heeled slippers, and wondered how far they would support her along that rough, uneven road. She rose from the grassy bank where Sir Geoffrey had deposited her and a lit tle cry escaped her. Though unln lured in the breakdown, she was shak en and bruised, and would have fallen had not Sir Geoffrey caught her in his irms, from which she extricated herself with great promptness. Drawing back i pace or two. she raised her lively eyes searchingly to his and though, in their clear depths he could read a hun dred swift suspicions, he met their jcrutiny without flinching. "Sir Geoffrey," she said, after a brief pause, "I thank you for your offer, and accept your escort as far as the post house, on condition that if we" should pass any decent cottage, you will per mit me to seek its shelter until a chaisp pan be sent to me.” "Your lack of confidence wmunds and astonishes me, Lady Prudence,” he re plied, with bitterness. "After my long devotion and the vows that have been exchanged between us, it is strange that you should impose restrictions upon me that would sound injurious to a stranger. But I submit—as I have always done—to your lightest caprice.” "This is no caprice," she returned, with cold reserve; “my circumstances are peculiar and I am bound to beware pf appearances.” He bowed low and taking her hand without further resistance led her to his chariot, upon which the men were already loading her valises. Her Jewel box and the other contents of the ; halse having been safely bestowed, Sir Geoffrey took his seat beside her, his valet returned to the rumble and they drove off, leaving, the post-boys to patch up the damaged vehicle and con vey it, as best they might, to the near est inn. Glancing back, Prue observed with satisfaction that another carriage had come into view, following the same road. Greatly relieved at this proof that the “short cut” was not. as she had feared, an unfrequented by-road, she relaxed her austerity and was soon chattering with her natural vivacity. Sir Geoffrey was not slow to respond to her friendly mood, which he mis took for a sign that her fears were allayed and that'her inveterate coquet ry, momentarily under severe restraint, was ready for fresh development. His tones soon became tender, and his eyes glowed with a passion that he no longer attempted to moderate. He seized her hands, and, regardless of her struggles, pressed them over and over again to his lips. Then growing bolder still, he attempted to draw her closer and claSp her in his arms. "Let me go. Sir Geoffrey, you are taking a dastardly advantage of me!” she cried, repulsing him with all her strength. "Release me! I insist upon your setting me down instantly! If I cannot walk, I can wait on the road side for some honest passerby-” "Never, dearest angel; never shall you leave my arms until you promise to put an end to my tortures. I have endured more from you than mortal man can be expected to brook with patience You are in my power, sweet est Prue! A lucky chance has given you to my arms, and if I were to let you go now, I should deserve to lose you forever.” "You lost me,” cried Prue, "the day you gave me to Robin Preemantle. Now I belong to him; before God and man, I am Ills wife." "Tush! a felon—a gallows-bird!" cried Sir Geoffrey angrily. “Let me hear no more of that farce. I believe the man is dead; but if not so in fact, he is dead to the law, and you are free— free, dearest, to make me happy and to be as happy yourself as the truest, fondest lover woman ever had can make you when he Is your devoted husband. Come, my dear Prue, throw aside these coy humors and be your own sweet self once more—the adorable creature-” “Oh, spare me these raptures!” pro tested Prue. “Kven one’s own praises become wearisome by repetition. In very truth I am too tired to enjoy your conversation this evening, Sir Geoffrey. Tomorrow, if you are in Tunbridge, and I am rested after this wearisome Journey, we will discuss this matter and settle it finally. For the present, I beg of you not to disturb me until we reach the post house; my head is dizzy and I ache from head to foot, and I fain would rest me.” "I grifeve to discompose you, dear est, but tomorrow will be too late to discuss our marriage—though not, I hope, the happiness it will have brought us. I have a special license in my pocket and there is no redson that I know of why it should not be used tonight." * Prue sat up so suddenly that Sir Geoffrey thought she was going to Jump out of the carriage and laid a detaining hand upon her arm. She attempted, but unsuccessfully, to re lease herself. (Continued Next Week.) [CATARRH OF THE STOMACH Gould Hardly Eat. Gradually Grew Worse. Relieved by Peruna ivir. a. ai. Ikerd, Box 31, West Bur lington, Iowa, writes: “I had ca tarrh of the stomach and small intes It i n e s for a number of' years. I went to a number! of doctors and got no relief, . and finally one of my doctors sent me to C h 1 c a g o, and I met the same fate. They said they .could do noth ■ing for me; said I had. cancer or me: stomach and there was no cure.. I al most thought the same, for my breath was offensive and I could not eat any thing without great misery, and I grad ually grew worse. ‘‘Finally I concluded to try Peruna, and I found relief and a cure for that dreadful disease, catarrh. I took five bottles of Peruna and two of Manalin, and I now feel like a new man. There is nothing better than Peruna, and I keep a bottle of it in my house all the time.” Afflv Am M. Ikerd.. 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