The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, March 19, 1931, Image 6

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    To be a
Healthy Woman
watch your Bowels!
hat should women do to keep
their bowels moving freely? A doc
tor should know the answer. That
le why pure Syrup Pepsin Is so
g< od for women. It just suits their
delicate organism. It Is the pre
scription of an old fairlly doctor
who has treated thousands of wom
en pntlents, and who made a spe
cial study of bowel troubles.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is
made from fresh, laxative herbs,
pure pepsin and other harmless In
gredients. It doesn't sicken or
weaken you. No restrictions of
habit or diet are necessary while
taking it. But its nctlon > thor
ough. It cnrrles off the sour bile
and poisonous waste. It does every
thing you want it to do. It is fine
for children, too. They love Its
taste. Lot them have It every time
their tongues are coated or their
ekin is sallow'.
|. When you’ve a sick headache, can’t
cat, are bilious or sluggish; and at
the times when you are most apt to
bo constipated, lake a little of this
famous prescription (all druggists
keep It ready In big bottles), and
you’ll know why Dr. Caldwell’s
f-'vrup Pepsin is the favorite lax
ative of over a million women!
Dr. W. B. Caldwcil's
SYRUP PEPSIN
A Doctor's Family Laxative
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California Style Has
Appeal for President
While President Hoover isn’t noted
as n humorist, he sometimes does tell
a good story, especially during his
brief fishing trips down In Virginia
It was on one of these occasions that
he remarked, nfter argument on pros
perily, or rather the lack of it:
"I don’t want to appear biased be
cause I myself am n Californian, hut
I really do believe the nation as a
whole would he better off If It fol
lowed the California style a little.
‘‘You know, California simply
won’t he outdone. It must ho first
In everything. Why, not more than
u month ago, nfter triplets had beec
bom In Florida, a hospital In Loi
Angeles announced quadruplets and
I understand that preparations for
the 1910 census have already begun
In earnest."—Los Angelos Times.
To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
I’lrw’i Pleaaant IV Ilf In. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach,—Auv.
Consolation
“Would your father prevent our
marriage, dear?"
•'Not if my mother’s nround.”
Avoid Burns from
Mustard Plasters
■When you have Rheumatic or Muscu
lv Pains in the hack, chest or limba ot
If you have a cold coming on, try thii
simple treatment. ltNis more convenient
eater, cleaner and more effective than
mustard plaster.
Get a bottle of Hoff’s Liniment and ap
ply it with brisk rubbing. Then saturate
a cloth with Hoff’s and apply to the pain
ful area and in a few minutes you will
feel the warming and stimulating effect
ef this powerful liniment •
Hoffs is different from ordinary lini
ments that are applied with rubbing
alone It brings a quick flow of blood to
the affected area, reducing congestion
and relieving pain. Get an eight ounce
bottle of your druggist today for 60 cents
If you do not get relief in 30 minutes he
is authorized to refund your money
Goodrich • Gamble Company, St. Paul,
Minnesota.
Rainbow Room*
“In your opinion what Is the most
colorful profession!”
“Bathroom designing.”
Always (lie presumption Is, at a
wii ler resort, that the man In
knickers Is a millionaire. Teople
act as If he were.
Man may sometimes seem an In
oarnated appetite, but in spite of
that tils cunning brain works won
ders.
To be n successful amateur gar
dener generally takes more time
than U's worth; so you hire help.
I
She rose three steps and
pdised again. "What does it
matter7 I am only Gay That
cher. I have seen some of the
world—and I hope to see
more. I love adventure— al
most as much as you do. Mr.
Woolfridge. But I rather think
[ disagree with you about the
relative qualities of evil. You
see, I was brought up strictly
orthodox. And the training
still endures."
"I am interested to hear you
say it. You show me a great
many different peepholes of
yourself—all very attractive,
but none of them more than
a hint. What of the future?"
"The future,” replied Gay,
for once quite sober, "is as
much a mystery to me as to
you. I content myself with
doing what I must do. And
that is, making a living.”
He bowed. "I bid you good
night. Ysabel has lighted the
fire in your room. We have
many things to talk about in
the future.”
She looked down with that
quizzical, half-humorous
glance so much a part of her.
"My dear sir, how long do you
think I am staying here?”
“I wish and I hope,” said
William Wells Woolfridge with
extraordinary fervency, “that
It be forever.”
She went on up and into her
room without answer. Wool
fridge kept his eyes on the
landing for a few moments,
then turned to a desk in one
coi’ner of the vast room. He
took a cigar and shuffled be
fore him three different sheets
of paper. Each of these bore
the same letterhead—that of
the power company down
territory. Each was brief, each
doubtful and suggesting com
plications. Woolfridge reread
them, agile mind building up
meanings between the words.
And at last he rose and
warmed himself by the fire,
rocking to and fro on his heels.
*:‘It will go through,’ said he.
“I will put it through one
means or another. I am not to
ae stopped. Not by anything,
legal or not What is legality,
anyhow? I am committed to
this thing. I will not go back.”
In her room Gay turned out
the light and from her pillow
watched the cheerful running
of the _ fireplace flames.
Drowsiness immediately over
took her. “I think,” she told
herself, “that William Wells
Woolfridge is one of the most
dangerous men I have yet met.
And the danger of him is that
he conceals “himself so well. I
wonder if he stops short of
the commandments? Gay, my
dear, you wiggle out of this
quickly. Wolf’s Head is a poor
place for you.” She dropped
asleep, thinking not of Wool
fridge bu4 of Jim Chaffee.
Wedged there between
shoulders or rocs tnat permit
ted his body to sink slightly
Inside the steep face of the
canyon wall, and with a ledge
no more than four inches wide
holding him against a sheer
drop to death, Jim Chaffee
passed through those thunder
ing, crashing moments of
ordeal and torture. He was
surrounded all at once by the
crush and bellow of a herd
going to its doom. This mass
swept out of the darkness to
right and left of him. The
brutes shot directly over the
top of his head, pitching far
into the maw of the gorge.
Nothing could stop the force
of that flight; nothing could
divert it now. Sprays of sand
and rock skimmed his back,
and all that protected him
from being struck and torn
loose by those scudding, flail
ing hoofs was the insecure
outcrop of lava substance
above him. Even so, a breaking
away of the outcrop by the
tremendous pressure exerted
upon it might happen at any
Instant; a chance hoof might
A Speeding-Up Program
From Philadelphia Ledger
The Pennsylvania railroad hopes
to gain two Important ends by
talcing advantage of the low prices
of commodities and the efficiency
of labor to speed up its extensive
construction operations so that the
work now in progress upon the
electrification of its line between
New York and Washington and up
on its terminal improvements shall
be completed in two and a
years instead of in four as origin
ally intended. It will thus put itself
in a position to meet the demands
I UDon It that will come with a re*
plunge down and knock his
feet clear of the ledge. He
faced eternity while the roar
and the confusion swelled to
an indescribable pitch and his
brain grew giddy from the
strain of it.
Far down he heard the
wailing of animate flesh; he
had the sensation of a vast
waterfall rushing over the rim.
All muscles were growing
numb from the pressure he
placed upon them. Where was
the barb wire that had been
on the fence posts earlier in
the afternoon? At this very
spot he had spread the strands
apart to let himself and Gay
Thatcher through. Cattle
stench was in his throat, and
a stumbling brute fell so close
to him that he got the impact
of wind breaking against the
carcass. He no longer was able
to command his fingers, no
longer able to feel the strain
of them against the rock. In
that second of black despair
when he was about ready to
give up, the last member of the
herd capsized and hurtled
down with a grunt and full
throated bawling. And then it
was over, and a queer, op
pressed silence settled along
the dusty earth. He started to
haul himself out and was ar
rested by voice.
“Got ’em all?”
“Yeah. Every last pound o’
flesh.”
Riders were moving within
ten feet of Chaffee. He heard
the rasp of leather and the
jingle of chains. A match
broke the darkness, but he
was in too cramped a position
to be able to look above the
outcrop.
“Cut that out! Fincn me
match, yuh fool!”
“What’s the difference?
Shucks—”
“Which one o’ you addle
brains fired that shot?”
Jim heard denial come from
a number of throats. There
could be no mistaking the
voice of the questioner. That
only from the immense barrel
of Theodorik Perrine.
“Well, by Jupiter, somebody
fired it!”
“Reckon Chaffee come back
from Woolfridge’s in time to
get mixed up with the herd?”
“I shore would like to think
he was takin’ his last drink o’
water now,” growled Perrine.
“But we ain’t gettin rid o’
Chaffee that easy. Some o’ you
dudes is lyin’ to me. When I
find out who it is I’ll strip
said party and cut my mark.
Didn’t I say no shootin’? We
ain't advertisin’ this.”
“Nobody in this outfit fired
a shot.” That, Chaffee decided,
was Sleepy Slade. Sleepy was
the only man in Perrine’s
gang able to talk back. “Let’s
sift around and see if we can
corral Chaffee.”
“We’re goin’ to get out of
here,” said Perrine. “It’s work
aplenty for one night. I got
orders to be humble about it.
I got orders not to get in a
personal fight with Chaffee,
and I don’t want none of you
gents to kill him afore I get
directions to do it myself.”
“I’ll bet plenty pesos he ain’t
far off,” grumbled Sleepy
Slgde. “Let’s look, anyhow/’
** “Shut up. Sleepy. I’m run
nin’ this gang. I’m obeyin’ in
structions until I get a good
crack at him when nobody’s
lookin’. Come on. Back to
| home. Stretch out.”
They galloped away. Chaf
fee raised one half-paralyzed
arm and hooked *t over the
rim. Then he raised the other.
And there he hung for a long,
doubtful moment until the
cramp wore out of his hands.
He pulled himself upward and
back to safety, and fell flat
as his muscles and nerves,
stretched to the point of
breaking, began to jangle and
shake as they had never done
in twenty-seven years.
n wuuia have Dioken u
I lesser man—broken him for
all time. But at the end of
! five minutes Jim Chaffee sat
! up and rolled himself a cigaret,
shielding the flare of the
match in his palms. The light
wavered a little, which made
him swear softly. “I never
! thought anything could do
that. But I’m here to tell the
universe and every part and
parcel thereof I ain’t ashamed
of these shakes. Don’t know
when just bein’ alive felt so
all-fired good.”
He relished the smoke as he
never had relished another.
The cold, sharp night fog
penetrated his clothes and
quickly chilled him. Still he
kept his place on the hard
ground, lungs reaching out for
the pungent air, looking up to
the unfathomed sky. ‘‘I ought
to be plumb glad I’m in a
shape to feel cold. So Theo
dorik’s got orders not to kill
me unless it’s done private and
secret. Huh. Wonder who he’s
takin’ orders from? There’s
another item that comes under
the head of useful informa
tion. I might make a guess. If
I did I might be wrong. But
sure as the Lord made little
green apples there’s one man
or one outfit that’s tryin’ to
get a corner on Roarin’ Horse i
real estate. And usin” Theo
dorik to hurry up the process.
What happened to the bob
wire around here?”
He spoke mildly, as if he
discussed a subject of no
great interest. The manner
was only a cloak. Deep within
Jim Chaffee the fires were
burning brighter and hotter.
There was being developed a
tremendously harsh anger in
the man—an explosive, savage
temper that ripped at the
barriers he placed against it.
Chaffee knew this state of
heart and mind. Once or
twice before he had struggled
with it, half ashamed and half
afraid of the consequences
ensuing from it. Reason and
discretion alike abandoned
liim when that temper gripped j
him, and he was apt to do :
things of which he was not
proud. He hated to lose con
1 trol of his actions, no matter
how just those acts might be.
So he asked himself soft and
serene questions. And in the
end rose to inspect the fence.
There was no fence. Not
even posts for a hundred yards
along the rim; the resistless
sweep of the doomed cattle
had carried all things away.
But progressing another hun
dred yards he found posts
intact, with the strands of
wire clipped off them. And ap
parently thrown into the can
yon, for he could find no trace
of the wire. This cutting had
gone on for almost a quarter
mile either way from his
point of investigation. Theo
dorik Perrine’s gang had done
it thoroughly and swiftly
sometime beyond midafter
noon.
“They must’ve been cached
in a gulley around here,
watching Gay and me,” opined
Chaffee. “Must’ve kept pretty
close tab on all my meanderin’
back and forth. I’ll give Theo
dorik ample credit. And he will
pay interest on that credit,
likewise.” He let himself go.
then and there. “That damned
1 bull-necked mountain of low
down crookedness! Nobody
but a man with the butcherin’,
j slashin’ instincts'of a muderer
I would throw all them cows
over the brink. He’s been ;
growin’ ugly five years, just
waitin’ for somebody to tip i
him on over into blood- !
lettin'. Theodorik, if you don’t
die sudden I’ll have to brace
you.”
He steadied himself. Yet he
remembered that his horse
outfit had also gone into the
chasm he saw red again. The
Stirrup S quarters lay five
miles distant and thither he
turned. An hour and ten
minutes later he reached the
ranch porch to find Miz Sat
terlee quite alone. The weary
tramp had not improved his
state of mind; rather it had
served to enrage him the more
and to crystallize his deter
mination to close with Theo
dorik and settle the account.
“Where's the boys?’*
“Mack heard a rumor about
rustlers bein’ down in the
alkali flats,” said Miz Satter
lee. “So he took the crowd and
went over there.”
“/eah, that’s another angle
Theodorik doped out to make
himself safe,” grunted Chaf
fee. He moved along the steps
and Miz Satterlee had a mo
ments view of his face as it
met the outthrust light.
“Jim Chaffee—what on
earth—1”
“Accident,” said Jim, reach
ing for his brown papers.
“Theodorik Perrine cut a lot
of wire off our canyon fence
and run all the lower bench
stuff into the brink. Ma’am—
I hate to tell you that.”
Miz Satterlee said nothing
for many long moments. Chaf
fee expected to hear a vigor
ous and bitter appraisal of
of Perrine. He was mistaken.
“I knew this was coming
soon enough,” said the mis
tress of Stirrup S very gently.
“I’m sorry about the cattle—
but I’m a great deal more
sorry to think what it means
to you and the outfit, Jim
There will be blood-shed. J
hate to think of that. I believe
I’d rather sell out than have
any of my boys brought home
injured. Jim, where are you
going?”
Her question stopped him
a yard or so removed from
the porch. “I’m going to gel
a fresh horse and saddle
ma’am.”
“To do what at this hour
of the night?”
“To hunt Theodorik Per
rine, ma’am,” said he, rage
shaking the words in his
throat. “To find Theodorik
Perrine and Sleepy Slade and
the seven other prowlin’,
slinkin’ yella dogs that run in
his pack!”
“What will you do when you
find them, Jim?” She was still
speaking in the same quiet,
sad manner; and she seemed
to be trying to bring him out
of the fury that clouded the
cool and shrewd judgement of
the man.
“I don’t know—yet,” he
muttered.
“I know,” said Miz Satterlee,
talking with more energy.
“You will be killed. Jim, you’re
outside of yourself. Stay here
until you cool off. What can
you do alone against them? I
depend on you—don’t go back
on me. I know—I know how
you feel. But I will not allow
you to be killed. What will
happen to Stirrup S then?
There is no other man I can
trust—nobody else big enough
to hold it for me. Jim—”
“Yeah. Wait until I cool off.
Wait until Perrine is out of
reach. Let him think he’s
gettin’ away with this. Let
whoever’s payin’ him to rustle
and kill think he’s gettin’
away with it. No. They’ve got
to be smashed! They’ve got to
be hit sudden and hit hard!
Supposin’ we let ’em alone
until to-morrow. Then you’ll
say to let ’em alone until the
day after. All the while they’re
gettin’ bolder and bolder. And
some night our barns go up in
smoke, and they rake the place
with lead. The rest of our stock
is rustled. No, ma’am. I’m goin’
now, and I’m goin’ to do
somethin’!”
“Jim, you can’t—”
“Miz Satterlee, I never have
gone against your husband’s
word, nor your word. But I’ve
got to do it now. Sure, I plenty
understand it’s all against
reason to trail out alone. But
Theodorik’s got to have the
fear of God planted in him.
And I want him to know I
ain’t afraid. I’ll bend that
gent’s neck and make him
humble. If I don’t nobody in
Roarin’ Horse is safe. Remem
ber that.”
He hurried away. She called
to him. He didn’t answer. Out
in the corral he roped one of
his string, a fresh, tough paint
pony, and he got a spare
saddle and bridle from the
bunkhouse. He was up and
spurring away, hearing Miz
Satterlee send a last call after
him.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
i toration of business activity and it
should hasten the return of normal
conditions.
In taking a year and a half from
the period for these construction
operations, involving an outlay of
upward of $175,000,000, the Penn
sylvania is demonstrating its own
confidence in the essential sound
ness of industrial and business con
ditions and in an early return of a
demand for additional traffic fa
cilities. This change in the com
pany's program places an obligation
upon the city to keep pace with
that of the railroad in the termin
al changes already far advanced
'•ward completion. The operations
i at Thirtieth and Market streets are
visible and striking evidences of the
progress that is being made, and in
advancing the time for their com
pletion the period is brought nearer
when Philadelphia will share in
the advantages and the material
gains which will result from them
Charity Patients Pay
More Than Their Share
Chicago— (UP>— Charity patients
In clinics and hospitals tend to pay
more rather than less their just
burden of expenses, investigation
has revealed.
I A survey of six Chicago hospP*’*
and clinics showed more than 20
per cent of the patients paid an
undue amount of their income for
medical expenses. Only 4 per cent
of the patients were in a position to
pay a greater share.
The investigation was made at
the request of physicians who
wished to determine whether the
charity clinics and hospitals treat
ed patients who could afford to go
to a private physician.
THE EXODUS
Rural population of Virginia de
clined 8 per oent over a period of
five year*, according to the state
Cf«nmissioner of agriculture.
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I "SCIENCE re-cuos u?e
DEAFENED”
by Floyd Gibbons
Noted journalist describe* hU vlst*
to a leading electro-acoustic lab
oratory. Everyone who It hard of
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I* West 41th St. Naw York City
Budgeting Mice
Slip breezed into a hardware storey
met the affable clerk and chirped;
“Now much are mouse traps?"
“Three for a dime, lady."
“Now much for two?"
“Why not take three?"
“Because I've only seen two mice!"
Amazes Mother
“Robbie’s stomach wen often upset
and lie suffered a lot from colds,”
says Mrs. P. S. FletdRer, Jr., 4410
V. JOth St., Los Angeles, Cal. “We
iound lie w as constipated.
“Mother used CalifofrJa Fig Syrup,
so w e gave Bobbie some. He amazed
me by the quick way he became
■strong, energetic, well again. His
bowels act freely now, and bis
digestion Is splendid."
The quick, safe way t> cleanse and
regulate the bowels of bilious, head
achy, constipated children is with
California Fig Syrup. Every child
loves it. li lias the full endorsement
of doctors. Appetite is increased by
its use; digestion is assisted; weak
stomach and bowels are given tone'
and strength.
Look for tiie word California on
the carton. That marks the genuine,
famous for 50 years.
Modo.-nist*
Her Dearest Friend—I thought
you and Bill were going to got a
divorce? >u
Her—We are, but I want the cus
tody of the car, and I’m waiting un
lII tl>o final payments or it are made
30 I won’t have to use ftny of my all
money to finish paying for it.
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_ _
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