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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
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He Asaed Too Much.
They had been engaged for exactly
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“Clara, dear,” queried the happy
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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
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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