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BY Mbzwdsth R'l'tHGlsSm, ULUzSTRATIOm 3Y PAY WALTFRY) tOfiVRXW *907 ev SOcSS-fICRRIU C<X SYNOPSIS. M .s PiJr'cia Holbrook and Miss Helen Ifolbrn* : l:»»r niv. o. were entrusted to] the rare of J.auranee Donovan. a writer, j summering ne ar Port Annandale. Miss j J’atiicia confided to Donovan that she feared ht r brother Henry, who, ruined by h bank failure, I ad constantly threatened j Iter for money from his father’s will, of •which M:ss Patricia was guardian. They came to Port Annandale to escape Henry. .Donovan sympathized with the two ■women. lie learned of Miss Heien*s an noying suitor. Donovan discovered and captured an intruder, who proved to be Reginald Gillespie. suitor t«r the hand of Miss Helen Holbrook. Gillespie disap peared I he following morning. A rough sailor appeared and was ordered away. Donovan saw Miss Holbrook and her fa ther me*»t on friendly terms. Donovan fought an Italian assassin. He met the Kuan he supposed was Holbrook, but who f»a!d ue was Hartridge. a canoe-maker. After a short discussion Donovan left surlily Gillespie was discovered by Don ovan presenting a country church with $1,000. G'llespie admitted he knew of Hol brook's presence. Miss Pat acknowledged to Donovan that Miss Helen had been missing for v few hours. While riding In a launch, the Italian sailor attempted to molest the trio, but failed. Miss Pat nnnounred her Intention of fighting Henry Holbrook and not seel ing another hiding place. Donovan met Helen in garden at night. Duplicity of Helen was confessed by the young lady. She admitted conniving with her father despite her aunt’s precautions, in a night meeting with Don ovan. The three went for a long r'de the Following day. That night, disguised as a nun. Helen stole from the house. She met Reginald Gillespie, who told her his love. Gillespie was confronted by Donovan Helen's lover escaped. At the town post office Helen, unseen except by Donovan, flipped a draft into the hand of the Ital ian sail *r. She also signaled her father Miss Pat and Donovan “took in" the ennoe carnival. A young lady resembling Miss Helen Holbrook was observed alon< In a canoe, when Helen was thought to have been at home. Donovan met Oil iesp’e. The hitter confided giving He]■ * $20,(VD for her father, who had then lef* to spend ft. Gillespie told of the nneer elate of the Holbrook affairs. Miss Helen and Donovan mot in the night. CHAFTER XIII—Continued. Phe sat back in the chair and folded her arms. I had not referred in any •way to her transaction with Gillespie: 1 had never intimated even remotely that 1 knew of her meeting with thr infatuated young fellow on St. Aga tha's pier; and I felt that those inch dents were ancient history. “It was corking hot this afternoon. I hope you didn't have too much ten nis.” “No; it was pretty enough fun,” she remarked, with so little enthusiasm that I laughed. “You don't seem to recall your vic tory with particular pleasure. It seems to me that I am the one to be shy of the subject. Kow did that score Stand?” “I really forget—I honestly do,” she lauehrd. “That's certainly generous; but don't you remember, as we walked along toward the gate after the game, that you said—” “Oh, I can't allow that, at all! What I said yestt relay or to-day is of no im portance now. And particularly at night I am likely to he weak-minded, and my memory is poorer then than at any other time." “I am fortunate in having an ex cellent memory.” “For example?” “For example, you are not always the same; you were different this aft ernoon; and I must go back to our meeting by the seat on the bluff, for the Miss Holbrook of to-night.” “That's all in your imagination, Mr. Donovan. Now. if you wanted to prove that I'm really—” “Helen Holbrook,” I supplied, glad of a chance to speak her name. “If you wanted to prove that I am who I am." she continued, with new animat ion, as though at last something interested her, “how should you go about it?" “Please ask me something difficult! There is, there could be. only one woman as fair, as interesting, as whol ly charming.” J suppose tnat is the point at which you usually bow humbly ami wait for applause; but I scorn to notice any thing bo commonplace. If you were going to prove me to be the same person you met at the Annandale sta tion, how should you go about it?” “Well, to be explicit, you walk like an angel." “You are singularly favored in hav ing seen angels walk, Mr. Donovan. There’s a popular superstition that they fly. in my own ignorance I can't concede that your point is well taken. What next?" “Your head is like an intaglio wrought when men had keener vision and nimbler fingers than now. With your hair low on your neck, as it is to-night, the picture carries back to a Venetian balcony centuries ago." “That's rather below standard. What else, please?” “And that widow's peak—I would risk the direst penalties of perjury in ewearing to it alone." She shrugged her shoulders. "You are an observant person. That trifling mark on a woman's forehead is usual ly considered a disfigurement.” “But you know well enough that I tlid not mention it with such a thought. You know it perfectly well.” “No; foolish one,” she said, mock ingly, “the widow's peak can not be denied. I suppose you don’t know that the peak sometimes runs in families. My mother had it, and her mother be fore her.” “You are not your mother or your grandmother; so I am not in danger of mistaking you.” “Well, what else, please?” “There’s the emerald. Miss Pat has (he same ring, but you are not Miss Pat. Besides, I have seen you both together.” “Still, there are emeralds and em eralds!" “And then—there are your eyes!” “There are two of them, Mr. Dbno van!” “There need be no more to assure light in a needful world, Miss Hol brook.” “Good! You really have possibili ties!” She struck her palms together in a mockery cf applause and laughed at me. “When Shall I See You Again?” "To a man who Is in love every thin!; is possible,” I dared. "The Celtic temperament is very sus ceptible. You have undoubtedly likened many eyes to the glory of the heavens." “I swear—” “Swear not at all!” “Then I won’t!”—and we laughed and were silent while the water rip pled in the reeds, the insects wove their woof of sound and ten struck musically from St. Agatha's. “I must leave you.” “If you go you leave an empty world behind.” “Oh, that was pretty!” “Thank you!” “Conceited! I wasn't approving your remark, but that meteor that flashed across the sky and dropped into the woods away out yonder." “Alas! I have fallen farther than the meteor and struck the earth harder.” “You deserved it." she said, rising and draw'ng the veil about her throat. "My lack of conceit has always been my undoing; I am the humblest man alive. You are adorable,” I said, “if that's the answer.” “It isn't the answer! If mere stars do this to you, what would you be in moonlight?” As we stood facing each other I was aware of some new difference in her. Perhaps her short outing skirt of dark blue had changed her; and yet in our tramps through the woods and our ex cursions in the canoe she had worn the same or similar costumes. She hesitated a moment leaning against the railing and tapping the floor with her boot; then she gravely, half ques tioninglv. as though to herself: “He has pone away; you are quite sure that he has pone away?” “Your father is probably in New York,” I answered, surprised at the question. "I do not expect him back at once." “If he should come back—” she be gan. “He will undoubtedly return; there is no debating that.” “If he comes back there will be trouble, worse than anything that has happened. You can't understand what his return will mean to us—to me.” “You must not worry about that; you must trust me to take care of that when he comes. ‘Sufficient unto the day’ must be your watchword. I saw Gillespie to-night.” "Gillespie?” she repeated with un feigned surprise. "That was capitally acted!” I laughed. “I wish I knew that he meant nothing more to you than that!” I added, seriously. She colored, whether with anger or surprise at my swift change of tone, I did not know. Then she said, very soberly: “Mr. Gillespie is nothing to me what ever.” “I thank you for that!” “Thank me for nothing, Mr. Dono van. And now good-night. You are not to follow me—” “Oh, surely to the gate!” “Not even to the gate. My ways are very mysterious. By day I am one person; by night quite another. And if you should follow me—" “To my own gate!” I pleaded. “It's only decent hospitality!” I urged. “Not even to the Gate of Dreams!” “But in trying 10 get back to the school you have to pass the guards; you will fail at that some time!” “No! I whisper an incantation, and lo! they fall asleep upon their spears. And 1 must ask you—” “Keep asking, for to ask you must stay!” “~+please, when I meet you in day time'do not refer to anything that we may say when we meet at night. You have proved me at every point—even to this spot of ink on my forehead,” and she put her forefinger upon the peak. “I am Helen Holbrook; but as —what shall I say?—oh. yes!” she I went on, lightly—“as a psychological fact, I am very different at night from anything I ever am in daylight. And to-morrow morning, when you meet me with Aunt Pat in the garden, if you should refer to this meeting I shall never appear to you again, not even through the Gate of Dreams. Goodnight! ” “Goodnight!” I clasped her hand for an instant, and she met my eyes with a laughing challenge “When shall I see you again—this you that is so different from the you of daylight?” She caught her hand away and turned to go, but paused at the steps. “When the new' moon hangs, like a little feather, away out yonder, I shall be looking at it from the stone seat on the bluff; do you think you can re member?” She vanished away into the wood to ward St. Agatha's. I started to fol low, but paused, remembering my promise, and sat down and yielded myself to the thought of her. Practical questions of how she managed to slip out of St. Agatha’s vexed me for a moment ; but in my ela'ion of spirit I dismissed them quickly enough. I would never again entertain an evil thought of her; the money she had taken from Gillespie I would in some way return to him and make an end of any claim he might assert against her by reason of that help. And I re solved to devote myself diligently to the business of protecting her from her father. I was even impatient for him to return and resume his black guardly practice of intimidating two helpless women, that I might deal with him in the spirit of his own despicable actions. My heart was heavy as I thought of him, but I lighted my pipe and found at once a gentler glory in the stars. Then as I stared out upon the lake I saw a shadow gliding softly away from the little promontory where St. Agatha's pier lights shone brightly. It was a canoe, I should have known from its swift steady flight if I had not seen the paddler’s arm raised once, twice, until darkness fell upon the tiny argosy like a cloak. I ran out on the pier and stared after it, but the silence of the lake was complete. Then I crossed the strip of wood to St. Aga tha's, and found Ijlma and the garden er faithfully patrolling the grounds. "Has any one left the buildings to night?’’ “No one.” “Sister Margaret hasn’t been out— or any one?” He Had the Family Failing - -Sh Humorous Apology Made by Pompous Old Colored Butler. A relative of Thomas Nelson Page, who resides in the south, has in his employ an old family butler, who goes by the name of "Ebe,” short for Eten ezer. Ebo i3 a very pompous “eul uhed gemmun,” intensely proud of ‘ de family” and emulative of his master, “de cuhnel,” in every possible in stance. A few days ago there was a big dinner “up at de house,” and in the colonel’s absence Ebe took advantage of the occasion to get gloriously in toxicated. and was unable to attend to his duties for a day or two. A daughter of the household undertook to reprove the old man, who expressed great repentance, promis d reform, and, finally, when he saw how seri ously his offense was taken, ended with: “Now, Miss Lucy, doan’ yo’ be too liahd on his dahkey. Ah knows ah oughtn’t tuh drink dat whiskey when all dem folks was heah, but den yo’ knows. Miss I.ucy, Ah's jus’ lak’ de cuhnel; and. Miss Lucy, yo’ knows yo’se’f’ none ob us Pages evah could stan’ no liquah.” Where Noise Is Salable. “You know, of course,” said a watch factory foreman, “how Lynn captured the African Ghoe trade—making shoes that squeaked loudly. The native con siders the discomfort and expense of American shoes quite futile if they don't squeak as he walks, like an ill greased cart wheel. We have now hogged the African cheap watch trade by turning out a good dollar watch that ticks like a boiler factory. You could hear this tick through a feather mattress. In fact, natives wearing our watches tick audibly. As they swagger along, their American shoes squeaking and their American watches ticking, they give out as much noise as a brass band.” “No one, sir. Did you hear any thing, sir?” “Nothing, Ijima. Good-night.” I wrote a telegram to an acquain tance in New York who knows every body, and asked him to ascertain whether Henry Holbrook of Stamford was in New York. This I sent to An nandale, and thereafter watched the stars from the terrace until they slipped into the dawn, fearful lest sleep might steal away my memories and dreams of the night. CHAPTER XIV. Battle Orchard. When I called at St. Agatha’s the following morning the maid told me that Miss Pat was ill and that Miss Helen asked to be excused. I walked restlessly about the grounds until luncheon, thinking Helen might ap pear; and later determined to act on an impulse, with which I had trifled for several days, to seek the cottage on the Tippecanoe and satisfy myself of Holbrook's absence. A sharp show er had cooled the air, and I took the canoe for greater convenience in run ning into the shallow creek. I know nothing comparable to paddling as a lifter of the spirit, and with my arms and head bared and a cool breeze at my back 1 was soon skimming along as buoyant of heart as the responsive canoe beneath me. it was about four o'clock when I dipped my way into the farther lake, and as the water broad ened before me at the little strait I saw the Stiletto lying quietly at anchor off the eastern shore of Battle Orchard. 1 drew close to observe her the better, but there were no signs of life on board, and I paddled to the western side of the island. It had already occurred to me that Holbrook might have another hiding place than the cottage at Red Gate, where I had talked with him, and the island seemed a likely spot for it. I ran my canoe on the j ebbly beach and climbed the bank. The trail bore up ward and I 'soon came upon a small clearing about an acre in extent that had once been tilled, but it was now pre-empted by weeds as high as my head. Beyond lay an ancient orchard, chiefly of appie trees, and many hoary veterans stood faithful to the brave hand that had marshaled them there. (Every orchard is linked to the Hes perides and every apple waits for At alanta—if not for Eve!) I stooped to pick a wild flower and found an arrow head lying beside it. Fumbling the arrow head in my fin gers, I passed on to a log cabin hid den away in the orchard. I approached warily, remembering that if this were Holbrook’s camp and he had gone away he had probably left the Ita ian to look after the yacht, which could be seen from the cabin door. I made a circuit of the cabin without seeing any sign* of habitation, and was about to enter by the front door, when 1 heard the swish of branches in the under brush to the east and dropped into the grass. In a moment the Italian appeared, carrying a pair of oars over his shoul der. He had evidently just landed, as the blades were dripping. He threw them down by the cabin door, came round to the western window, drew ] out the pin from an iron staple with j which it was fastened, and thrust his j head in. He was greeted with a howl | and a loud demand of some sort, to j which he replied in monosyllables, and after several minutes of this parley I caught a fragment of dialogue which seemed to be final in the subject under discussion. “Let me out or it will be the worse for you; let me out. I say!” “My boss he sometime come back; then you get out it, maybe.” With this deliverance, accomplished wdth some difficulty, the Italian turned away, going to the rear of the cabin for a pail with which he trudged off toward the lake. He had not closed the window and would undoubtedly return in a few minutes; so I waited unlil he was out of sight, then rose and crawled through the grass to the opening. I looked in upon a bare room whose one door opened inward, and I did not for a moment account for the voice. Then something stirred in the farther corner, and I slowly made out the fig ure of a man tied hand and foot, lying on his back in a pile of grass and leaves. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Why does Great Britain buy its oatmeal of us? Certainly it seems like carrying coals to Newcastle to speak of export ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every year the Quaker Oats Company sends hundreds of thousands of cases of Quaker Oats to Great Britain and Europe. The reason is simple; while th® English and Scotch have for centuries eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a regularity that has made them the most rugged physically, and active mentally of all people, the American has been eating oatmeal and trying all the time to improve the methods of manufacture so that he might get that desirable foreign trade. How well he has succeeded would be seen at a glance at the export re ports of Quaker Oats. This brand is recognized as without a rival in clean liness and delicious flavor. 51 HYMN WAS NOT A HOODOO Didn’t Seem Particularly Appropriate, But Later Events Justified its Use. The story of the minister who held a religious meeting in a penitentiary and aroused the ire of the inmates by announcing as a hymn that one beginning "The dying thief rejoiced to see.” is equaled by the tale of a local preacher whose church got in debt not long ago. A congregational meeting was held for the purpose oi extricating it, and the chairman oi the board of deacons, or whatever the financial body was, got up and stated the situation, and ended by calling for a special collection to make up the deficit. "I suggest that we sing a hymn,” one of the members of the churcb suggested. This idea was carried out and the number of the song was announced A smile overspread many faces, how ever, when they reached the line: "When we asunder part it gives us inward pain.” Nevertheless, the “sundering,” pro cess was most successful and wmsn’t particularly painful, either. — Louis ville Courier-Journal. EPIDEMIC CF ITCH IN WELSH VILLAGE “In Dowlais, South Wales, about fif teen years ago, families were strick en wholesale by a disease known as the itch. Believe me, it is the most terrible disease of its kind that I know of, as it itches all through your body and makes your life an inferno. Sleep is out of the question and you feel as if a million mosquitoes were attacking you at the same time. 1 knew a dozen families that were sc affected. “The doctors did their best, but their remedies were of no avail what ever. Then the families tried a drug gist who was noted far and wide for his remarkable cures. People came to him from all parts of the country for treatment, but his medicine made matters still worse, as a last resort they were advised by a friend to use the Cuticura Remedies. I am glad tc tell you that after a few days’ treat ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent, the effect was wonder ful and the result was a perfect cure in all cases. “I may add that my three brothers three sisters, myself and all our fam ilies have been users of the Cuticura Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas Hugh, 1650 West Huron St., Chicago, 111., June 29, 1909.” He Asaed Too Much. They had been engaged for exactly 47 seconds by the cuckoo clock. “Clara, dear,” queried the happy youth, who had a streak of romance running up and down his person, “will you promise to love me forever?” "I'd like to, George,” replied tht practical maid, “but I really don't ex pect to live so long.” $100 Reward, $100. 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The world delights in sunny people The old are hungering for love more than tor bread —Drummond. T) AVI6*’ I* A INK II.I.FR should betaken without delay when sore chest nnd ticklfrg throat warn you that an annoying cold threatens. At all druggists 1 n 25c,35c and 5Uc bottles. One fisherman ought to believe the stories of another, but he seldom does. TO CritR A COM) IN ONE DAY Tnte LAXATIVE BROVO Ouirire Tablets. I rvggistsrefund money if it fails to cure. E. W UKuVE S signature Ison each box. 25c. Occasionally the human race is run over the course of true love. Lewis’ Single Binder made of extra qual ity tobacco, costs more than other 5c cigars. Tell the dealer you want them. Cheap notoriety olten turns out to be an expensive luxury. Abinet i ]s THE rivers farthest flowing. In the highest hills have birth; As me banyan, broadest growing. OftVnest bows its iiead to earth; As the noblest minds press onward. Channels far of good to trace; So the largest hearts bend downward. Circling all the human race. Fish as Food. Fish in one form or another is al most universally recognized as one of the important food materials that enters into the diet of most Ameri can families. The mode of capture affects the market value. Fish caught by the gills and allowed to die in the water l>v slow degrees, as Is the case where gill nets are used, undergo decomposi ‘ion very readily, and are inferior as food. Fish are often landed alive and al 'owed to die slowly. This custom is not only inhuman, but lessens the val ue of the fish. It has been found that fish that are killed immediately after catching, remain firm and bear ship ment better than those allowed to die slowly. Fish, because of their abundance, cheapness and wholesomeness are in valuable as an article of food. It is ’ess nutritious and less stimulating than meat, as it contains less solids and more water. The idea that fish is a brain food has been greatly exaggerated, because it is rich in phosphorus and the brain having that chemical in its composi tion which the fish is supposed to sup ply. The fact is that many meats have as large a proportion of phos phorus as fish Being easily digested and therefore a good food for brain workers, may be one reason why the idea prevailed. Scalloped Beef. Chop fine the remnants of cooked beef; moisten with the liquor in which it was cooked, season with salt, pep per and butter if needed. Place in a deep dish and cover with seasoned mashed potatoes mixed with beaten egg. Bake a light brown and serve. Molasses Candy. Take one quart of molasses, two cupfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful ot' vinegar, butter the size of an egg. Boil until it hardens in water. Just before removing it add a teaspoonful of soda. Pull when cool. Breakfast Relish. Put one dozen very thin slices ot lean bacon into a hot frying pan; cook 'or one minute, then add six slices of tomatoes, or the canned may be used with the liquor reserved for soup or sauce. E ST’FFER not throuch any v---—miraculous lnierposiucn oi an avenging God. but in consequence of violated law. anti the laws of nature make no distinction of persons; but so interwoven is human society, that tile penalty is rarely confined to the transgressor." Birthday Cake. For a small child, little cakes dec orated with frosting and red candles are always appreciated. There are so many inexpensive and pretty things to be bought now that one's ingenuity need not be taxed to make something pleasing. A cake baked in a small round loaf, frosted in white and the name written in chocolate with the date, or it may be done with colored sugar. Get a candy pail covor, sandpaper and stain it, then bore the holes part way through, making the hole to stand the candle in. This candle board may be used by every member of the family, being brought in in state with the cake in the center, and the lighted candles around it. More holes may be bored each year or they may all be arranged when the board is made to make the staining all look alike. For a very young child the tiny cake might be surrounded by the lit tie candles the size of a match, that are so popular with the little people. When there is a small party, or if one wishes to make a surprise cake, put little gifts that will not be hurt, by beating into the cake before baking. Even older children are made happy by such a cake. Suet Pudding. Mix and sift together two and three fourths cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and half a teaspoonful each of ginger cloves and nutmeg. One cup each ot milk, molasses and suet. Combine mix tures. Three-fourths fit a cup of cur rants, one and one-fourth cups of raisins, one-half cup of finely sliced citron added at the last. Steam three hours and serve with an egg sauce, made as follows: Two eggs, well beaten, one cup of sugar, one fourth of a cup of hot milk, and on6 teaspoonful of vanilla. A yellow sauce may be made by using the yolks of the eggs. Flavor with orange rind and juice. Commercial Value of Rat Skins. The use of rat skins in the manu facture of fancy articles is increasing. Last year the trade in Great Britain alone amounted to $250,000, and sup plies of brown rat skins are being sought in lots of from 100 to 10,000. It is proposed to start a business in Calcutta for securing and preparing the skins of the brown rat, to be used, among a variety of purposes, in the binding of books and the making of purses, gloves and various articles for women's use and wear. OMAHA PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED THE GREAT COOPER AS HE IS CALLED HASSTIRREDUPTHAT CITY TO A REMARKABLE DEGREE. Omaha, Nebraska, January 26.—Thi city is at present in the midst of an excitement beyond anything that it has experienced in recent years. Old and young, rich and poor, all seem to have become beside them selves over an individual who was a stranger to Omaha up to two weeks ago. The man who has created all this turmoil is L. T. Cooper, President of the Cooper Medicine Co., of Dayton. Ohio, who is at present introducing his preparations in this city for the first time. Cooper is a man about thirty years of age and has acquired a fortune within the past two years by the sale of some preparations of which he is the owner. Reports from eastern cities that pro ceeded the young man here were of the most startling nature, many ofi the leading dailies going so far as to state that he had nightly cured in public places rheumatism of years' standing with one of his preparations. The physicians of the East contradict ed this statement, claiming the thing to be impossible, but the facts seemed to bear out the statement that Cooper actually did so. In consequence people flocked to him by thousands and his prepara tions sold like wildfire. Many of these stories were regard ed as uctitious in Omaha and until Cooper actually reached this city little attention was paid to them. Hardly • had the young man arrived, however. I when he began giving demonstrations. 1 as he calls them, in public, and daily j met people afflicted with rheumatism, | and with a single application of one I of his preparations actually made them walk without the aid of either canes or crutches. In addition to this work Cooper ad vanced the theory that stomach trou ble is the foundation of nine out of ten diseases and claimed to have a preparation that would restore the stomach to working order and thus get rid of such troubles as catarrh and affections of the kidneys and liver, in j about two weeks’ time. This statement seems to have been borne out by the remarkable results obtained through the use of his prep aration, and now all Omaha is ap parently n ad over the young man. How long the tremendous interest in Cooper will last is hard to estimate. At present there seems to be no sign of a let-up. Reputable physicians claim it to be a fad that will die out as soon as Cooper leaves. In justice to him, however, it must be said that he seems to have accom plished a great deal for the sick of ! this city with his preparations. AND TOMMY GOT BIFF. Tommy—I say, sis, Mr. Gotsplosh wanted to know what you had in your stocking this morning. Sis—Indeed; and what did you say? Tommy—I said the usual things, i you know. TO CURE RHEUMATISM Prescription that Cured Hundreds Since Published Here. ‘‘One ounce syrup of Sarsaparilla compound; one ounce Toris com pound; Add these to a half pint of good whiskey: Take a tablespoonful be fore each meal and at bed time; Shake the bottle well each time.” Any druggist has these ingredients in stock or will quickly get them from his wholesale house. Good results are felt from this treatment after the first few doses but it should be continued until cured. This also acts as a system builder, eventually restoring strength and vitality. A Modest Doctor. While on his vacation, a city doctor attended the Sunday morning service at a little country church. When the congregation was dismissed several of the members shook hands with him, and one, wishing to learn if he were a Methodist, inquired: "Are you a professor, brother?" "Oh. no, indeed," answered the physician, modestly; “just an ordinary doctor.”—Lippineott's. Awful Thought. “WThen I leave here 1 shall have to depend on my brains for a living." "Don't take such a pessimistic view of things.”—Cornell Widow. P-I.FS crRED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. P,A?;0K^1VrrM to rmv ary <««• »r Itching. Bllml. Bleeding or Protruding Biie» in tW14<lajsor money re I u need 6Uc. The only reason » e care to be a millionaire is for thi purpose of induc ing hill collectors to cut our acquaint ance. Dr Pierce's Plea«ant Pellets regulate and Invtg orate stomach, liver and bowels, hngar-coated tiny, granules, easy to take. Bo not gripe. A poor excuse is better than none— If it works CEFIA3CE STARCH SZTS
