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"1, . V Vi Hr,- r i I f ?; L Vs 0Se Bondrricxrv .... ) Cv HALL CAINC t7, SYNOPSIS Rachft Jorgcnson was tne only daugh ter of the governor or Iceland. She fell 1 lov with and married an Idler, Ste phen Orry. Her father had other h-jpet fo Iwr ajpd in his aneer he disowned br. Then orry deserted her and ran away to sea. Of this union, however, a child was torn, and Rachl called him Jason. Ste Liiea Orry was heard Jrom In the Isle ol Van, where he wa again nnrrled and another son was born. Rachel dttd a broken-hearted woman, but told Jason ot his father's acts. Jason swore to kill aim and if not him. then his son. la the meantime Orry had deserted h:s ship and ought refuge In the Isle of Man, and was sheltered by the governor of tht inland, Adam Fairbrother. Orry went from bad to worse, and marled a dlsso lue, and their child, called Michael Sun locks, war born. The woman died ana orry gave their child to Adam Fair brother, who adopted him, and he be came the playmate cf the governor' only daughter, Oreeba. Time paused and the governor and ha wife became estranged, helr five sons staying with their mother n account of their Jealousy o'. Sunlocka. who had become a favorite with the gov ernor. Finally Stephen Orry comesses his m indeed to Sunlocka, who promised to go to Iceland to find Rachel If possi ble and care for her, and if she was dead to find her Hon and treat him as a brother. He bid good-bye to hi sweet heart, Greeba, and started on his Journey. Meantime Jason had started on his Journey of vengeance and his ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. He saved tfce life of his father unknowingly. Orry '5. V" on "is death bed was recog led by Jason THE BOOK OF MICHAEL SUN. LOCKS. CHAPTER I. RED JASON. Now the fact of this history must Stride on gome four years, and come fto a great crisis in the lives of Oreeba nd Jason. Every event of that time seemed to draw these two together, and the first of the circumatujces that bound them came very close on the death of Stephen Orry. Only a few minutes after Greeba, at the bidding- of her two brother, Stean and Thurston, bad left Jason alone with the dying sssn, she had parted from them with out word or warning, and fled back to the little hut in Port-y-Vullln. With- a wild laboring of heart, panting for wreath and full of dread she had burst the door open, fearing to see what she are not think of; but instead of the vll work she looked for, she had found Jason on Ms knees by the bedside, sob bing as If his heart would break, and ttephen Orry passing away with a tend, er light In his eyes and a word of bless ing oa his lips. At that sight she had stood on the threshold like one who is transfixed, and How long that mom ent had lasted she never knew. But the thing she remembered next was that Jason had taken her by the hand and drawn her up, with all the fire of her spirit gone, to were the man lay dead before them, and had made her swear to him there and then never to speak of whft she had seen, and to put away from her mind forever the vague things she had but partly guessed. After that Be had told her, with a word of pain, that Stephen Orry had been his father; that his father had killed his mother Tsy base neglect and cruelty; that to Wipe out his mother's wrongs he had vowe4 to slay his father: and that hi ather, net knowing him, save In the TFlsfon61 "of "fils ffenrtum, mi aid ia the act of blessing him. Greeba had yielded to Jason, because she had been ' conquered by his stronger will, and was In fear of the passion which flashed In his face; but hearing ail this, she remembered Michael 8un- fecka, and how he must stand as the on of the other woman; and straight way she found her own reasons why she should be silent on all that she bad that night seen and heard. This secret was the first of the bonds be tween them; and the second, though sea obvious, was even more real. Losing no time, Adam Fairbrother lad written a letter to Michael Sun--' locks, by that name, telling him of the death of his father, and how, so far as the facts were known, the poor man came by It in making the port In his boat after seeing his son away In the jacket. This be had dispatched to the sly care known to him, that of the Lord Bishop Peterson, at his Latin fEshool of Reykjavik; but after a ttsse Cm latter had cone bach, wttfe a note sa the Bishop aorta that no such waa Uowi to aim, ana no sucn . ftjfcfcjwdtsjt was under his charge. Much afraid that the same storm that had led : Etspben Orry to his end had overtaken f ' C2chael Sunlocks also, Adam Falr . Ootbor bad then promptly re-addressed '.f' -fCe tetter to the care of the Qovernor-it- Cuasral, who was also the Postmaster, :.$ ; CM added a postscript asking if, after fj Or ii event whereof he had thought U fl Ma took In love and duty to apprise l4M boy should remain In Iceland. v tstdits me ft few lines without de wroe, "givhsg me assuranc 3g mtti arrival, for what has hap. .1 cf htta days has hauoted mo with r fc " Maiiftp." . Jl l .Cat' coarse an aaewcr had t-.ifZM ;ICXlHMt iMtOClU. MDriM llCSicd ftftfaly, hot there being "JBsCA .'ht sssd bosoi oosaaelled trtt'tm by !r-"l'C tm ti theae, sad "ft .;ri ly th seat; that ' -x' tJg ' "'If TA , ind, final. y. that what that work was ie could not ttll in a letter, but only iy-word of mouth, whenever it pleased God that they should meet again. This. ith many words of affection for Adam himfttf, in thanks for his fatherly anxiety, and some mention of Greeba in tender but guarded terms, was the 3um of the only letter that had come Trom Alichae! Sunlocka in the four years after Stephen dry's death to the first it the events that . are now to be recorded. And tnroughout these years Jason had lived at Lague, having been accepted as housemate by the six Falrbrothers, when the ship-broken men had gone their own ways on receiving from their Dublin owners the wages that were due to them. Though his relation to Stephen Orry had never become known, It had leaked out that he had come into Orry's money. He had done little work. His chief characteristics had been love of liberty and laziness. In the summer he had fished on the sea and in the rivers and he had shot and hunted in the winter. He had followed these pursuits out of sheer love of an idle life; but if he had a hobby it was the collect ing of birds. Of every species on the island, of lland or seafowl, he had found a specimen. He stuffed his birds with some skill, and kept them In the little hut in Port-y-Vullln. The four years had developed his superb physique and he had grown to be a yet more magnificent creature than Stephen Orry himself. He was rounder, though his youth might have pardoned more angularity; broader, and more upright, with a proud poise of head, long wavy red hair, smooth cheeks, solid white teeth, face of broad lines, an intelligent expression, and a deep voice that made the mountain ring. His dress suited well his face and figure He wore a skin cap with a peak, a red woollen shirt belted about the waist, breeches of leather, leggings and sea man's boots. The cap was often awry, and a tuft of red hair tumbled over his bronzed forehead, his shirt was tornn, hla breeches were stained, and his leggings tied with rope; but rough and even ragged, as his dress was, it sat upon him with a fine rude grace. With a knife In his sheath, a net or a decoy over his arm, a pouch for powder iiirtg behind him, a fowling piece across his shoulder, and a dog at his heels, he would go away into the mountain, as the evening fell. And in the early gleams of sunrise he would stride down again and Into the "Hibernian," scent ing up the old tavern with his to bacco smoke, and carrying many dead birds at his belt, with the blood rJll dripping from their heads hung down. Folks called his Red Jason, or some times Jason the Red. He began to visit Government House. Freeba was there, but at firs! he seemed not to see her. Simple greet. Ings he exchanged with her, and that was all the commerce between them. With the Governor, when work was over, he sat ana smoaea, letting m nU own country and Its laws, and the way of its people, talking of his hunting and fishing, calling the mountains Jo kulls, and the Tynwald the Loberg, anc. giving names of his own to the glens the Chasm of Ravens for the Dhoon and Broad Shield for Ballaglass. Ano Adam loved to learn how close was tht bond between his own dear Isle and the land of the great sea kings of old time, but most of all he listened t. what Jason said, that be might thereby know what kind ot world It was where In his dear lad Michael Sunloclts hac to live away from him. "A fine lad," Adam Fairbrother would say to Greeba; "a lad of fearless courage, and unflinching contempt ol death, with a great horror of lying and treachery, and an Inborn sense of jus tice. Not tender and gentle with his strength, as my own dear Sunlocks s, but of high and serious nature, and having pasetona that may not be trifled wth." And bearing this, and the more deliberate warning of ber brothers at Lague, Greeba would remember that she had herself the best reason to know that the passions of Jason would be terrible. But nothing she recked of It all, for her heart was as light as her manners in those days, and if she thought twice of her relations with Jason, she re membered that she was the daughter of the governor, and he was only a poor sailor lad who had been wrecked oft their coast. Jason was a great favorite with Mrs Fairbrother, notwithstanding that he did no work. Rumor had magnified the fortune that Stephen Orry had left him, and the two hundred pound? stood at two thousand in ber eyes With a wowians quick Instinct she saw how Jason stood towards Oreeba, al most before be had himself become con scion of It, and aha smiled on him aa4 favored Mm. A wniaper of this foead Ha war from Lafue to Oovtrn maat Home, aid old Adam shook his Imad. Ee bad aotfcia aaTrtoet Jason, cue that the wTwu had foad of mm, sad wlMtber Jam was seor o: rtsfs eawatsd t vsrr fttttfa. bt eoM as tmzst Us hew faaisrtta, . tt3i wtt to Ct OstM it-rttc Ct "7 m trrar wot f m err:, . band she bad shown a mean penuri. ousness. This affected her sis sons chiefly, and they realised that whoa she had taken their side against their father she had taken the cream of their living also. Lague was now hers fur her lifetime, and only theirs after shs was done with it; and if they asked much more for their work than bed and board she reminded them of this, and bade them wait. Soon tiring of their Lenten entwtalnment, tbey trooped off, one after one, to their father, badly as they had dealt by blm. and complained loudly of the great Wrung he had done them w hen he mauo over the lands of Lague to thiir moth, er. What were they now, though tons of the Governor? No better than hinds on their mothers farm, expetted to work for her from light to dusk, anil getting nothing for their labor but th) house she kept over their heads. Grown men they all were now, and the elder of them close on their prime, yet none were free to marry, for none had the right to a penny for the living he earned; and all this came of the'r fathers unwise generosity. Old Adam could not gainsay them, and he would not reproach them, bo be did all that remained to him to do, and that was to exercise a little more of the same unwise generosity, and give them money. And finding this easy means cf getting what they wanted, they came again and again, all six of them, from Asher to Gentleman John ny, and as often as they came they went away satisfied, though old Adam shook his head when he saw how mean and small was the spirit of his sons. Greeba also shook her head, but from another cause, for though she grudged her brothers nothing she knew that her father was fast being impoverished. Once she hinted as much, but old Adam made light of her misgivings, saying that if the worst came to the worst he ftlll had his small salary, and what was the good of his money If he might not use t,, and what was the virtue of charity If It must not begin at homel But the evil was not ended there, for the six lumbering men who objected to work without pay were nothing lotS to take pay without work. Not long after -the first of the visits to Gov ernment House, Lague began to be neg lected. " Asher lay In the Ingle and doed Thurstan lay about In the "Hibernian and drank; Ross and Stean started" t ring of gamecocks; Jacob formed a nesl of private savings, and John developed his taste for dress and his appetite foi gallantries. Mrs. Fairbrother soon dis covered the source of the mischief, and railed at the name of her husband, who was ruining her boys and bringing her self to beggary. To be continued.) A MF.MORT. Betwixt the blown sands and the flow ing sea We stood at nightfall. In the hollow weft The ultimate torch of day flared for a space, .Sank and expired. A wind whlnet i round the dunes, . And ragRed shreds of vapor, salt anc chl!!. Went by us In the flaw. We had no teat To shed, no word to say. Our stricken beads Were bowed together, and her stream ing hair Swept o'er my cheek. Swiftly the graj night fell. ' " "'""'"" And like a huge hand blotted sea anJ shore. i hpard her garments rustle In th gloom; moment on my breast she laid net brow. Then turned, and from the darknest where she fled sob- came down the gust. Twas age since, ' dut memory still broods on that black nour. -J. B. Kenyan In October LIpplncott's. -4 . . ... .VOKRT A SOURCE OF INDIOEHTON Worry Is a baneful curse, and source of untold evils. It seams the face with lines and furrows and has a most de pressing effect upon that hypersensi tive organ, the stomach, which at such times becomes a most unwilling and laggard servant. Indeed, it Is safe to say that unless encouraged by a cheer ful temper and bright, or at least hopeful, thoughts, the stomach will play truant or sulk and do not work which it can shirk. The physiological expla nation of this is the close alliance ot the great sympathetic nerves, which are worse than the telegraph for car rying bad news; the worry and anx iety which depress the brain produce simultaneously a paralysis of tht nerves of the ntomach, gastric juices will not flow, and presto! there la in digestion. One sign of mental health Is serenity of temper and a self-control that enables us to bear with equan imity and unruffled the petty trials and jars of life, especially those arising from contact with scolding, irascible, irritating folks. It la well to remem ber at such times, that these unfortun ates arc their own worst enemies, and a cultivation of the art of not hearing will help as very much. It is a very useful art all through life and well worth some trouble to acquire. Dem- orsot's Jdagasine. RIGHT WAT TO REMOVE OLOVES. Do set take a glove off caNlsasty If rsj aostrs K to last well. Is taklac aff itajm 'ttf wrdst over the flnsers sad tasta tks taasrs are bah aaoor fCaatas sstssr ends may be isoa. tar Om Uaa. This snakes it an rry jrtptr la rssdjast tbs giore right CSt rX It afi food ata" b bras tbs ,t C tirrry it off. it Hpaaej werwaS1 U I M MMlM t ,?B0Pa' rWTTw "far the best of all the miracles tkt summertime can work us, la the canvas-lentrd. sawdu t sccated, much 'requmtrd circus." "A circus! fomin' to town!" 0'1 Marth Stebbinx, pre?injf out her ycuugest grandchild's huuday r, puu.'ed wXb irca siiHnenderl. "For i land's sake, Hitliel Ijo toll! Are yu sure?" was thrilled fcy the in' err at whkh h.s news hud aw,.k n.-d. '; i.tre fj; e. he looked a inipCHu: baliie i s fusribie. He h-islcd h.nis !f up t,a t'ae tabi" and f a; ;bcre ph-Ling iantibms off his sleevrs, and swirii h.s bars leg::. "Gin rue a ccky, and I'll tell yon a'.l about it." 'lhere was no cc tnpromivinjj wLh liillie. lie whs a young man of bis word. Of this his frrm.dmother was aware, f-he looktd at him hard a mc mnvt. The she ; ;lie jr. n down, i.ml went iiKo the pantry, rib a came back wHh two c;ol.ici. "There!" he sui.l, "now gn on! "After I'd been to mill l wint up town. There was two mi-a pii.'iia' up pictures or. the blank wail nfar the liv ery ;al.l ', Thry'd gai 'em up alr?a.'y by' the lumber yard. Ano-her Mler v"as goin into the fhops. and gcttia' r.igns put in (he windows. And. 1 uy. grandma, you jurt want to see them pieiiires. They're they're jimminy- rEe:- Crandma ironed on, but lesi ener getically than before -he return of Bit lie. "t'J cn an' tell me about them pictures," the tirprd. "I wed to like awful well 10 go to eircusrs nh-n I was young, feenin like I went to every one that came to our town. One hrsn't been near this place since I come b re to live with your ma. That was when Emily Louise was born 15 yeais ugt." ies of the poster. He galiuntlv pave luilics preference of his description. He first told her about the bare-armed female, atandtae; in the Roman chario , driving: the pliinging- tt;eds; absu; the little girl.ftanding- on a wh.te shc'.h nd pony; about the radiant damsel in the RbbrrviatPd skirt, who mads lb; flyirg leaps through psper hoopx; about the muscular tiiters who swunp from .ra pezes. Then the men came fir their share of admiring remarks. He was half -way from ihe ringmaster to t!- clown, and p rand a a was lis ening" with breathless delight, when a step was heard in the hall. Grandma guiltily ,,,...., iron and pattered to the stove for a picked up her cold across the kitchen hot one. Billie stibided Into i!e-tc, puckering- hi lips into a ssundlesi wbistlf. "Mither you (rot that ironin' most done?" The voice Baited the fact, a hard, In tolerant face, with dull eyes and con verging lines arcund the mou'h. "Mos ly, Hrlinc-a- cried back Ihe o i i.riv w nerroti inMriuineffH. -.-vi- i! .... . - rr" ' 7,1 """ ..nr. f-hc mois-ened the tips of her fingers wtxn ner tongue an. spu.i y in? iren if? try, Dg tsti iJfratui r. ; "1 can't see IhiH." tarily. "Hill your father git off with that s ock? That's pood. Now I don't want you settin' round like thin when" there's h!s chore to be done well's ronrewn. You hear?" "Yem." There wns a brief s:lence when she bad gce Mariha Krbb.ns .e-med to throneh the m-Hf the gnrmen's she Ironing, fiudr'enly fhe ki clr n nerl .mailer and hotter than it hd see was s.-emi five minutes ago. All at once, too, ihs levely Indie, and ("ashing men, and wonderful animal-rf the cir-u nffir.fi mnr illnlnnJ. in annroachable nl grievixisly remote. "Are you thlnkin you'll be let go Ri!li?" ' "Dn-arwj." He lifted his f-ot and looked pensively at the Copfbtuise on the to-, "Will if I C8T). IH S-e if I can't more distant, inapproachable, and get a job rarryin' water in that way." "The elphant!" She looked ac-oss st him with brightening eyes. "Have they got a real elephant along? I ain't ain't seen an elephant in I don't know when." Something wistful In her tingae struck Billie. He was not a par icn ar ly bright boy, but he was aftVctSona a in a dumb and clumsv way. He had never known the ioy of self-expressi'n, but he and grandma had some secre s of their own. These screta. involving as ther frequently did her counivsce sod silence, were necessary to his hu nsnlty snd protection. Vow he wished he hardly knew whs-, "Say, grandma, I kindr hlnk you'd like " ro 4o the circus yrMirs'lf!" "Mc!" she shrilled. "O, dear, no! Whatever put such an idea into your hen?!? Me I'm that old! And beVides gnicicui, if I sin't gone and scorched that shirt! I hope your ms won't no tice It. hut I cot that flustered to think of such a thing!" Billie looked pnzr.led. "Well, some. Hew." he perined stubbornly, "I do think so. gramma. And," he acVed boldly, "I don't see why you shouln't either if you've grt a mind to there! "Why, Billie!" he cried w;nkly, bi-t there w. a yielding tremor In her voice. Hie put down the iron, e'anc Ing furtively at the door as she did so. She went over io the fable ami sood next to the audacious young fellow, "Yonr ma "would nn-er hear to such thing. Besides we sin't got the "O.we coiildnt g't s cent from Her! Involuntarily He lowered his rolce, as wss his hsbH when s fishing trip ws projected, snd the quefon of srftly securing provender therefor confident ly discussed. "Hhe's esvla' too hard to get her rag carpet wove. , Tell yo irhat, though. 1 rsa work aaoufh to pay for myself sure. You've got that II rents Mis Murray fr y for raak W her ehcek-row ssnbwnnlt. J " se'l Tocj fsas my V hoase. Hell Ur) Ml have disss for It. Tbs only trou ble b) the RCbtlb' there. It's s go-J Isaf mde ts town. Ms wouldn't bear so as taklsj' tks horse ont sftr sun fewi, ari yosj sever erald -I asald-O, I oou'd. Illle!" as fcroha is tscksdly, .flar wrrskled old fMt iras rsdHrather bnafyrld hands veawtaaf. TWSraiaa a say lamer that oein' on ny i irii( -;o the momln till after supp.'r like t am. I could walk every step vt it, but " the cE-thusiaMii bejran to fade tut of her face. Khe dr.i a long s.gh n sigh of bitter reuuacis.iion. 'i.lia da ' "Urn-nma:" He leaned 'rurwordt whispering as he did hin he w ak-ing- her to Have the back buttery win dow open hen he was to b.- lu. at er hours, "ila don't need '.o know a singl thinfr about it!" "O Hill e!" The possibility of such surit.Joui pitasure ttixtd hfcr. "iij -u think w coa'.d n.anr.jte it?" lie unliiubered himself fr.m the ta ble. 'VU miuine i-'." he avowed eon iidnt!y. The week that followed was one cf the most iiitrn?, the meat uDHorb njr anticipation Martha Mrbu.u I ad knowu in ununy a year, hoe went ubbut the drudgery of her duily work on w inged fcri. She luugluu at the jokes of the hirei man. .She brutthed und cleanwl Hillie's bet clo,lic unul they did not look within a y.ar tf he r age. IShe put a nt-w band ou his hat. Hhe fixed over her ancient bonnet during- the absence of her lHU);hter. She smiled to herself when she was alone. Once, indeed, they even hturd her sicg-ing. "1 hey don't s:,und like a human tune mother," remarked Mrs. Maloue, sus- pictouHly. 'li'd 'The lianks and l!ra o' Ronnie IJoon.' " iuiid the old lady softly. Oh, the myriad fluttering- mouit'iits and apprehi-iis ve imt.ants which ltd up o tJ that night! The tcmeri.y f under-tukinK- a JiiR-ht so unwonted, the dun ger of discovery, of recapture these but enhanced the ect tacy of it all. They made thtir escape while the youngest cion of the house c-f Mul one was beinfr put, to bed upstair. 10W through the dunk, iKtwten the rows of struggling gooseberry biishts that caught at her gown, out into the path around the wheat Held skirting the corn, grandma skurried like a li. ii gray rabbit. And there on the high road was liillie waiing for her Buiie, kindiy, encouraging, swelling with the importance of the adventure. How he did strive to restrain her im-jx-tuoKtty. How he did explain that they had hts of time, that th? p.i were already securetl, thut she would be tired out before tshe then'. I'.ut neither tMch nor movement was to lie regarded in the exhilara.iot) of that delicious experieuc. How sweet the green things mdled with the d.w on them! Wasn't that a scent of i sweet oriar,' wnat a noise me it. et!4 were mauing! And if that wu. m nvw moon over their right h:)i sweet briar? What a noise the criok- asn't uld er, too! Ah, never would the memory of that night fadethat "witching, wonderful night!; . The entrance into the lively town, the sight of the domed canvas ter.it, the hurrying crowds of pleasure seekers, the lighied ahops, the smell of the sawdust, the glimpse of tiered , fa en, the torche the music best of ,, . . . n i. ail, 4m.-ui.w rdM, . i,r ui ki: O. irtCi circus kneW, Never did so stately a I ringmaster stride inw the arn... djJ .; tJ. a covn break hii , fcoisca :a coltoprablft barryls, and ret the benches in a roar! Never had such acrobats ever balanced ladders or dan gled from trapeze. No such lovely ladies ever poised and pirotu-tied on bareback horses. No such .atily Amazon ever lushed her steeds to vic tory. And all ths rest merged tor Biliie Into one exqn site glow that man , pa-puin and ropturt beheld- ' ,' ,. , .... , . Ur het ."U, d"mel re vtbeo Kit for a tairy nuwn. I'ptm a w''14 while pony.' Hia eyes hud evrr seen! (t uiwr Thw M CSj2jt !i i '. They had Keen the antmala every one. They had uten popcorn, and drank lt'iiionadc, and mm chfd peunu'.s. And now they were plodding back la the furro along the read thut (stretched ahead like a riblxm of ainber ' velvet. Neither p.ke. Their heaivs were too full hers whh memories, his with, im uginings. They were as Daudet re .'rsems: I'ariins . after the Knlon "Katiated. but not weary, rt.il! thrilled by thut air charged whh ariirt'e elec tricity." They made no mention of the morrow. Net evt-n reproach could Wrest this experience from them . "Are you tired, grandma? Itest on me lean hard." "O, I ain't tired, Hillie! I couldn't be tired tonight. I've hud a heau-ti-ful time!" The rright was magical. The sleep ing world was sweet. The hour was the fullblown rose of The pence of oirt-lived b!is! Chicago Tribune Why Sns.rlraaa hneeeea. One of the reasons why American manufacturer ire so Miccesjfully com peting in foreign market is to b.r found in the following episode which occurred recently: An American man ufacturer of steam special lie was vi. itfng an Knglih firm which made sim ilar goods. A certain article which both firms made was under discusnion. "What is your price on this thing?" asked the American. "Well, in your money, about $19," replied Ihe Englishman, "What doc it cost you?" "I'll deliver nt your door all yon want at 17 apiece," said the American. "How In the world do you do it?" "Well, I'll illustrate," answered tin American. "Look out iof The window and across the street and yon s(S thai uisn painting s sign?" "Yes " "He's on s Isddrr, isn't be?" "Yes." "Bee tost other man sitting on tin sidewalk holding the foot of the lad darr "Yea, "Kow la America we hsve laddm that stand up by themselvesdon't seed a'maa to hold 'em. Ko, you , In this Instance we divide cur ecst of Isbor exactly in two." "I sse " remarked the Kngl'shmsa. g solitary of Btato John W. Ioo- tar has just completed Tc mamisrrlpt J ( vary iratnirsjii want upon tne tsfastory of Amerlesn dlpWiJissy, ft s 4U ba putOUfssd ml fail. DOMESTIC FLSAVANTRICrs. I ' Philadelphia Bulletin: He Doy yoa think you could learn to love meT Has I might I lesrned to Uk oives. Detroit Journal: "A girl alware thinks any man perfect ano proposes ma rr luge to her." "Certainly. The the ory Is to catch your Ideal before you have him, don't you seel" Chicago Record:, "Did your husband make tua of your lovs letters?" "Test but not until after we were married." Smart Set: Iena I didn't think you'd let a man kiss you on such short ac quaintance. Maude Y'ell, he thorough ly convinced me that It was all my own fault that I hadn't met his sooner. Drouklyn Life; Daughter Oh, mam ma, I do wish I were pretty! Hither You needn't, dear; sensible men think very little about beauty. Daughter But It isn't sensible men I'm thinking about, mamma; It's Charlie. Indianapolis Journal: "You and Hor ace seem so fondly devoted, Louise." "Yes, Clara, we are; but we often get awfully tired of each other, too." Chicago Post: "Adele," said the fond mother, "is reaching the age where a girl naturally thinks of marriage." "True," 'replied the father, regretfully, "but do you think we can afford a son-in-law?' Philadelphia Press: Tess-I thought Bhe was going to marry old Gotrox. Jess She was, but she broke the en gagement. Tess What for? Jess Why when she accepted him he told her ahe : had put new life in him. Detroit Journal; She placed her hand trustingly In his, upon observing that he held his hand about level with his chin, cultlvatedly. "1 can't possibly put my foot in It, under the circum stances!" she argued with herself. For with ber, In her Innocence, the forms of polite society were an earnest of true worth. . Chicago Post: "DU you ever get re ligion?" asked , the revivalist. "Well. I should say eo 138 pounds of it," re plied the man. "A hundred and thirty eight pounds of religion!" cried the re vivalist. "How did you get that?" "The only way that a good many men ever get religion," was the reply. "I mar ried it,"' ' Baltimore American: Mr, Sappelgh I wouldn't marry that Miss Gabby. She ts terribly set In her ways. Mr. Boft eigh 1 that so?- Mr. Sappelgh Ye, indeed. Why, she has refused me nine limes. Vital weakness ana nervous debility casj be cured. "Vlrtuama" Tablets are guar, unteed by Kldd Drug Co., Elgin. Ill, ts cure all nervous diseases, debility and vi tal losses, or send free medicine until cured if guaranteed lot falls. Pale, thin, emaciated, tremblnle and nervous people should try these tablets; greatest of nervs tonics. If you sre not what you ought to be, or want to be and can be. giv (bam one trial and you will prale them for ever, 12 a package, or 1 for It, per mail. 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Tortland Oregonlan; Blshoo Nelson or the " Protestant " Episcopal diocese of Georgia recently prached a sermon at Atlanta In which he declared himself as opposed to prohibition. The bishop declared that prohibition does little. If anything, to remove vice, and attempts to do that which God himself docs not endeavor io do force Individuals Into virtue aftaint their will. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. V. 3. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, hsve known f. 3. Cheney for the last 15 years, snd be lieve him perfectly honorable In all business transactions, snd financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. WEST a TKL'AX. Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, O. WALDING, KIN NAN MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood snd mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 7c per bottle. Hold by all drag gists. Testimonials free. Hairs Family Pills are the best. "Smile when you csn," says a poet That's all right, says the Chicago News, but why didn't he confer an everlasting favor or humanity by telling us bow to smile when we can't Why not doctor yourself? "fJonovs" Tablets are guaranteed bv Kldd Drug Co, :imn. III., to cure nil diseases Inflamnvt- Ions, ulcerations of the urinary system, rgan, blsdder, etc., or send free medl- Ine until cured if guaranteed lot falls. An lnlrnal remedy with Injection Mned: the only one In America. Pries, OL ir I for fa. sent per mull, Retail snd wholesale of Myers It Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; M. A. Dillon, Smith Omaha: Da vis Drug Co.. Council Bluffs; Rlggs Phar macy, Unr.iln; H, . Bsker, mous CUy. Complete tine ot rubber goods; ash far hat you want Just as the United States gets through counting votes on November f Canads will begin to vote. 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