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tt» t>i brar* table, with *«»• ** eyes
ail ai sen hard mpnoot Aad
1S«*> Gertrude arid out both hands to
Ba i—latiagty
"We k not aot" she said brohraij
”2 am. tos with mo math at stake. It
—to sd*=>e'_l I kaos you ar- as if
aoraat sa I am Hake am belie*# tt.
Hi lary ~
HLa.se* soexhed ber as best be could,
aad tbr breach seemed beaied But
toss* after I uest la bed be sat oo*s
■tana iB tb* betas room aloa* aad J
Is* * be «t%s (i*.a* user the case as
be bad 1earned tt Some things were
clear U turn tBa* were dark to me
He ksts aad Gerwidr. too. sty Jack
Bailee »a« be bad game away that
bi*bt as they did He kaew »here
they bad teea lor The last «t bourn
aad way Ja-k Bailey bad act returned
wttfc baa h seemed to me tbat with
mat fuller rurfldeate from both the
—they are always children to
as*—( sttnaic ar*«r be able to leara
aaythiaa
hs I was fkaaily *e*t;n* ready for
bed Halsey came upstairs aac knocked
at my drew Whee I had (at tato a
**»«li»es—; used to say ■ rapper be
fore Gertrude caste back from seboo
—I Set him la He stood la tbe door
•»* a atomeut. aad tbea be went tato
adrt.es of » -eat mirth 1 sat down
ot 'be side of the bed aad waited la
severe »: iet.ee for bua to Stop but be
*lf seemed to (row worse W'hrt
he tad tucoocfud be took am by the
elbow aad pulsed me iu froat of tbe
Ho* U. be beautiful.” be quoted
* M*** to Butt aad matrons, by
It■—rti i PMu' ” Aad them I so*
emiJ I bad beg-erted ta remote
my arable -radteators aad ! presem*
my app«araace »u odd I true**
the: .it a a aoams duty to care for
bar locks bat K is meet -be teliiac
be found ad By tbe time I got them
oC Haney «u settaas aga-e aad 1
to bis alary
Asa: Ray." be begas. e*t.ng_;»b
lag bis cigarette <m tbe barb of my
fear* ta.r brash *1 svuid give a lot
«o ted yaa tbe abode liter Bu—I
-sit for a day or ao anyhow But
<m :i « t sl *1- ba*e ta d you a kog
time a ago If »w. bad teas* it yon
•said ao* bas* eurperted me for a
maai' r. stf—of hacmr arytbiag to do
attb -.be attack cat Arnold Armstrong
Goods*** l* *i abax I aught do to
a hUw :-a* tbs: if tacr* ao* eaougb
praeaci- ol oad I bod o ge* « my
band—aadrr ordinary nrcuatstaac-es
Bd—S ear* a great deal about 1-oulee
A-me truce Asat Ray 1 boy* to cu
rt ber some do* la K :ike!y I would
klB bar brother”"
*Bd lie a bole thiag la absurd.' I
nrgaK * Aad betsdat. Gertrude's
ewer* rtsleaet- that you left before
Aramd krnwetruag came would clear
Wo tar- got up aad b*gaa to pace
tbe ft— aad tbe air of cbeerfulneas
dropped -'ke a mask
Sb» raa't swear R.” be aaid finally
' - ertrwp » story aos true os far as
** asat but sbe 4Ida t toil ererytbiag
Arm.4C Armotraag came ber* at 2 M
—earn* at* tb* bfUiard room aad left
ta f*• su.us He maar to bnag—
****** ‘ 1 ervsd “you moot tefl me
'be abase truth Feer* time ! see
o say ter you to escape you block It
eocrseP with this sal. of eystery
SAltoy.' be aatd
1 by spinal memragu from
too* and au-moat Important Halley
ta* started tor bar*, aad the messes
C*r bad cone bark to tbe rKy Tbe
■ stesarc gate n la Arnold abo bad
bars dnataag all day aad mulda't
rad aa* gong fur a stroll ia
■
as certata
It la only a
matter of days sss; gMmmtly
Aad Gcrtrades story of a tele
'Poor Trade ” be half whispered
'Past loyal Utile ga-i: Aunt Ray.
yam deaert-** already knows that aad
dwcrsCsts a3 Gertrude told a*— -
They Staged at Each Other Across the Big Library Table.
srjr Gertrude probably bad your re
■ roltfj must hare examined it.
anyhow. that aigbt After you—and
Jack bad gone, what if—that ruffian
came back, and she—-and she—~
1 couldn't finish Halsey stood
looking at me with shut Ups
"She might hate beard him fum
bling at tbe door—be had no key. tbe
police say—and thinking it was you.
or Jack, she admitted him When
she saw her mistake she ran' up the
stairs a step or two. and turning, like
an animal at bay she fired "
Halsey had his hand over my Ups
before I finished and in that position
we stared each at tbe other, our
stricken glances crossing
“The revolver—my revolver—thrown
*to tbe tulip bed' “ he muttered to
himself 'Thrown perhaps from an
upper window you say it was buried
deep Her prostration ever since, her
—Aunt Ba; you don't think it was
< Gertrude who fell down the clothes
chute*"
I co-id cnly nod my head in a hope
less affirmative.
CHAPTER X.
The Traders' Baca.
Tbe morning after Haisey s return
was Tuesday Arnold Armstrong had
bee® found dead at tbe foot of the cir
"-lar staircase at three o clock on
! Sunday morning Th» funeral services
were to be held on Tuesday, and tbe
m'ement of tbe body was to be de
ferred ante] the Armstrongs arrived
from California No one. I think was
1 very sorry that Arnold Armstrong was
' dead, but the manner of his death
aroused some sympathy and an enor
mous amount of curiosity Mrs Ogden
Se«t T *c Telegrams.
Plixtugh * cousin took marge of the
arrange mm ana everything. 1 be
lieve. was as quiet as possible 1 gave
Thomas Johnson and Mrs Watson
permission to go Into town to pay
their last recpects to the dead man.
but for some reason they did not care
to go
Halsey spent part of the day with
Mr Jamieson. but be said nothing of
what happened He looked grave an<l
anxious, sad he had a long con versa
fion with Gertrude late in the after
noon
Tuesday evening found us quiet.
' with the quiet that precedes an ex
Plow»on Gertrude and Halsey were
both gloomy aad distraught, and as
! Idddy had already discovered that
some of the china was broken—it is
impossible to have any secrets from
aatoM servant—I was not in a pleas
ant humor my*elf Warner brought
ap the afternoon mall and the even
mg paper* at seven—1 was curious to
know what the papers said of the
murder We had turned away at least
. a doien reporters But I read over
1 the head line that ran half way across
’ the top of the Gazette twice before I
; comprehended it. Halsey had opened
, the Chronicle aad was staring at It
ftxediy
"The Traders' bsak closes it*
j doors'" was what I read, aad then I
pot dow n the paper aad looked acros*
the table
"DM you know of this?" 1 asked
Halsey
"1—expected tt. But not so soon."
he repbsd
! Aad you** to Gertrude
' Jack—toid us—something." Ger
: trude said faintly "Oh. Halsey, what
• can he do now•?"
“Jack!" 1 said scornfully. "Your
Jack's flight is easy enough to explain j
now And you helped him. both of
you. to get away! You get that from j
your mother; it isn't an Innes trait. ;
Do you know that every dollar you ;
have, both of you. is in that bank?"
Gertrude tried to speak, but Halsey i
stopped ber.
"That isn't all. Gertrude." he said ,
quietly; "Jack is—under arrest."
"Under arrest!" Gertrude screamed. ;
and tore the paper out of his hand. '
She glanced at the beading, then she
crumpled the newspaper into a ball
and flung it to the floor While Hal
sey looking stricken and white, was
trying to smooth it out and read it.
Gertrude had dropped her head on the
table and was sobbing stormily.
1 have the clipping somewhere, but
Juat now I can remember only the es
' senuals
On the afternoon before, Monday,
while the Traders' bank was in the
rush of closing hour, between two and
three. Mr Jacob Trautman. president !
of the Pearl Brewing Company, came
into the bank to lift a loan. As se
curity for the loan he had deposited
some 300 International Steamship
Company as. in total value $300,000
Mr Trautman went to the loan clerk,
and. after certain formalities had been
gone through, the loan clerk went to*
the vault. Mr. Trautman. who was
a large and genial German, waited for
a time whistling under his breath.
. The loan clerk did not come back
After an interval. Mr. Trautman saw
; the loan clerk emerge from the vault
and go to the assistant cashier; the
two went hurriedly to the vault A
lapse of another ten minutes, and the
assistant cashier came out and ap
proacned Mr Trautman He was no
ticeably white and trembling Mr
Trautman was told that through an
oversight the bonds had been mis
placed. and was asked to return the
following morning when everything
would be made all right
Mr Trautman. however, was a
shrewd business man and lie did not
like the appearance of things. He
left the bank apparently satisfied, and
within 30 minutes he had called up
three d;ffereat members of the Trad
er*. board of directors. At 3:30 there
was a hastily convened board meeting,
with some stormy scenes, and late in
’he afternoon a national bank exam
iner was in possession of the books.
Tl.e bank had not opened for business
Tuesday
At 12:30 o clock the Saturday be
fore. as soon as the business of the
day was ciosed. Mr. John Bailey, the
cashier of the defunct bank, had taken
his hat and departed During the aft
ernoon he had called up Mr Aronson,
a member of the board, and said he
was ill. and might not be at the bank
1 for a day or two As Bailey was high
ly thought of. Mr. Aronson merely ex
pressed a regret. Urotu that time un
til Monday night, when Mr. Bailey
had surrendered to the police, little
was known of his movements. Some
time after one on Saturday he had en
tered the Western I'nion office at
Cherry and White streets and had sent
two telegrams. He was at the Green
wood Country club on Saturday night,
and appeared unlike himself. It was
reported that he would be released
under enormous bond some time that
day. Tuesday.
The article closed by saying that
while the officers of the bank refused
to talk until the examiner had finished
his work, it was known that securities
aggregating a million and a quarter
were missing. Then there was a dia
tribe on the possibility of such an
occurrence; on the folly of a one-man
bank, and of a board of directors that
met only to lunch together and to
listen to a brief report from the cash
ier, and on the poor policy of a gov
ernment that arranges a three or four
day examination twice a year. The
mystery, it insinuated, had not been
cleared by the arrest of the cashier.
neiore now minor omcials had been
used to cloak the misdeeds of men
higher up. Inseparable as the words
“speculation" and “peculation" have
grown to be. John Bailey was not
known to be in the stock market. His
only words, after his surrender, had
been: “Send for Mr. Armstrong at
once." The telegraph message which
had finally reached the president of
the Traders' bank, in an interior town
in California, had been responded to
by a telegram from Dr. Walker, the
young physician who was traveling
with the Armstrong family, saying
that Paul Armstrong was very 111 and
unable to travel.
That was how things stood that
Tuesday evening The Traders' bank
had suspended payment, and John
Bailey was under arrest, charged with
wrecking it; Paul Armstrong lay very
ill in California, and his only son had
been murdered two days before. I sat
dazed and bewildered. The children s
money was gone; that was bad
enough, though I had plenty, if they
would let me share But Gertrude's
grief was beyond any power of mine
to comfort; the man she had chosen
stood accused of a colossal embezzle
ment—and even worse. For in the in
stant that 1 sat there 1 seemed to see
the colls closing around John Bailey
as the murderer of Arnold Armstrong.
Gertrude lifted her head at last and
stared across the table at Halsey.
"Why did he do it?" she wailed.
"Couldn't you stop him, Halsey? It
was suicidal to go bhCk!”
naisey was looking steadily through
the windows of the breakfast room,
but it was evident he saw nothing
'It was the only thing to do. Trude."
he said at last. "Aunt Ray. when I
found Jack at the Greenwood club last
Saturday night he was frantic. 1 can
not talk until Jack tells me I may. but
—he is absolutely innocent of all this,
believe me 1 thought Trude and I
thought we were helping him. but It
was the wrong way. He came back.
Isn t that the act of an innocent ;
man?"
"Then why did he leave at all?" I
asked, unconvinced. What innocent
man would run away from here at
three o'clock in the morning? Doesn t
it look rather as though he thought
it impossible to escape?"
Gertrude rose angrily "You are not
even just!" she flamed “You don't
know anything about it, and you con
demn him;”
"I know that we have all lost a
great deal ot money." 1 said “I shall
believe Mr. Hailey innocent the mo
ment be is shown to be You profess
to know the truth, but you cannot tell
me! What am I to think?"
Halsey leaned over and patted my
hand.
"You must take us on faith.” he
said. "Jack Bailey hasn’t a penny
that doesn't belong to him; the guilty
man will be known in a day or so."
'1 shall believe that when it Is
proved." 1 said grimly. "In the mean
time. I take no one on faith. The In
neses never do.”
Gertrude, who had been standing
aloof at a window, turned suddenly.
"But when the bonds are offered for
sale. Halsey, won't the thief be de
tected at once?"
Halsey turned with * superior
smile.
"It wouldn't be done that way." he j
said "They would be taken out of i
the vault by some one who had access
to it. and used as collateral for a loan
in another bank. It would be possible
to realixe fc© per cent, of their face \
value."
•To BE CONTINUED.)
SCENTING THE BLUEFISH
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Valuable Information from the Wiae'
Skipper for a Party Out
Fishing.
"AbV said the skipper out with a
party blue fishing, turning his face to
i •'indward as he spoke and at the same
time throwing the wheel over and
imaging the boat up and putting her
off on the other tack. "1 smell them!"
"You smell them?” said a member
of the party in the boat “Do you mean
! to tell me you can smell the Osh r*
certainly.” said the skipper,
as he got another little pull on the
sheet, "or you can smell where they
i are. which amounts to the same
thing
"Yon see." the skipper continued,
“the bluefisb is a voracious feeder—
i TerT voracious; he will eat about a
i million of the little fishes that you
• find around so plentiful in the water.
put there apparently for the bigger
j fish to feed on. and when he has
1 gorged himself on about a million.
more or less, of these little fishes the
biuefish will settle down on the bot
tom and there disgorge them, and this
disgorged food. oily, floats up to the
surface, and that you can smell, and it
Cleans bluefish; and l can smell them
now. sure." And so the skipper got
an inch more of the sheet and peered
ahead and kept her a-going with every
inch drawing, just a-humming and
a-boiling, keen on the scent
And did the party come up with the
bluedsh and catch lots of them* A
boatload of fish* Keep hauling them
in till they all got tired of fishing*
ell. that—as a once celebrated
English writer has so aptly remarked
that is another story; scenting blue
fish and catching them being two
quite different things.
Origin »f -John Bull
The name “John Bull.” as applied to
the English nation, was first made use
of in a poem dated 1712.
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| MEYER BOOSTS THE NAVY
"In time of peaee prepare for war.”
This old axiom seems to be the basis of oper
ations in the navy department of the United
States these days under the direction of Secre
tary George von Lengerke Meyer, who has been
reorganizing the navy to bring about better effi
ciency and at the same time save money.
Of course Mr. Meyer would take all the dread
naughts and other fighting craft congress would
give him. but in recent days he has shown
greater interest in making the best of what he
has.
Virtual reorganization has been accomplished
by Secretary Meyer In the year in which he has
held the portfolio. He has brought about a saving
of money in different directions, it is said, and
• maiij vi uio vnau^ra aic iuc icouil, uii rv c vi
Indirect, of suggestions offered at his request by officers in all parts of the
naval service.
Economy in the use of coal has been brought about by systematic firing,
economy of steam, replacing defective joints and journals and stopping
leaky valves. On the Montana a saving of fifteen tons of coal daily is due
to systematic firing. With reference to oil the saving has been as great. On
the battleship Georgia improved evaporators have reduced the cost of making
fresh water 40 per cent.
Secretary Meyer's reoganization plans include systematic overhauling
of the vessels at the shipyards after each cruise. This permits the continu
ous employment of expert machinists, many of whom formerly would be dis
missed after a piece of work was done and not be ready to return when
needed again. A saving of thousands of dollars in repair work has been
effected by having repair shops on shipboard.
The establishment of a school of marine engineering at Annapolis is
another means whereby Secretary Meyer hopes to train for special work
engineer officers who give promise of being of special value in anv part of
his reorganization plan.
Mr. Meyer is a native of Massachusetts and bears the distinction of being
one of two holdovers from the Roosevelt cabinet. He was postmaster gen
eral when Taft became president, but went to the navy department soon
Thereafter. He has had a splendid business training through his connection
with some large commercial organizations and has sought to apply business
rules to the navy with eminent success.
BOOM HOOSIER GOVERNOR
Two years will pass before the political par
ties will be holding their national conventions
and nominating presidential candidates, but this
does not keep the politicians from expressing
their views concerning the prospective standard
bearers.
As in former years, various states will lave
the interests of their own statesmen at heart
when convention time comes in 1912. From
present appearances Indiana will be among these
at the Democratic convention and the delegates
from the Hoosier state probably will go to the
great meeting with the Intention of bringing
about the nomination of their governor, Thomas
R. Marshall.
Wm/gf/Pk. 1 I Thomas Taggart, national committeeman from
Indiana, was in Washington several days ago and
in an interview said: "Indiana is for Marshall for president. Mr. Bryan has
lots of friends in Indiana, but the Democrats of our state are for our gov
ernor for the nomination.
Governor Marshall was elected in 1908 and took office in January 1909
His term does not expire until January. 1913. Indiana has always been the
center of hot political battles in both parties and frequently has been placed
in the doubtful list in presidential campaigns. Just at present the Republl
cans are having a hard fight for supremacy in the contest between insur
gents and stand-patters. The Democrats seem to be working in harmony for
the election of John W. Kern as senator to succeed Beveridge.
"There is many a slip betwixt cup and lip.” is an old saying that mav
apply to candidates for political preference, and while it now seems that
Governor Marshall has an excellent chance of going before the convection
with a solid Indiana delegation behind him, something may develop to pre
vent between now and time for the nomination speeches to be made in the i
convention hall. j
Governor Marshall is a man of pleasing personalitv and has shown In '
handling important matters that have come before him that be has abilitv
Presidential candidates, however, have not always been chosen because of
their ability and pleasing manners, but geographical conditions have fr^
quently played a more important part. The leaders mav think when the
time comes for choosing that New York or Ohio would be better for selecting
a presidential candidate and it must be said in all fairness that both of those
S ™ Democratic ranks who may be considered £od pr*si
[ ROUSES NEW KING’S IRE
King George V. has started an "In Bad" ciub.
Of course in an empire there are Jots of poeple
who are in bad on general principles and there
have been many persons who have been persona
non grata to the king or queen.
It is the Right Honorable Winston Leonard
Spencer Churchill, home secretary in the British
cabinet, who is the original member of his iraje*
ty's "In Bad" club. Mr. Churchill knows how
Francis Burton Harrison, member of congress
from New York, must feel. Just a few davs be
fore Mr. Churchill roused the ire of the new
hing Mr Harrison was told that he wasn't wanted
at the White House. Whether they have ex- !
changed cablegrams of condolence has not been
made public.
George V. held a reception of the cabinet min
isters at Marlborough house and discussed the political situation.
After hearing Mr. Churchill's views the king told him his opinion about
the outstanding controversies.
*'l do not agree with your majesty,” said Churchill.
“Leave my presence immediately.” said King George, and Churchill
abashed and crestfallen, slunk dejectedly away.
It was because he did not agree with President Taft that Mr Harrison
was barred from seeing the president, so the cases are somewhat similar
Mr. Churchill formerly held the position of president of the boa-d of
trade. He is a son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, his mother (daughter
of the late Leonard Jerome of New York) being now Mrs. George Cornwallis
West, she having married the latter upon the death of Lord Raniolnh
Churchill. Mr. Churchill was born in 1874 and was educated at Harrow3
the military academy and Sandhurst. He served in South Africa and for a
time was war correspondent, and in 1905-08 he was undersecretary of state
for the colonies. He is a pronounced radical in his political views " 1
GREAT BANK’S PRESIDENT I
From plow boy in Iowa cornfields to president
of the second largest bank in the United States
is a record of which George M. Reynolds, head
of the recently consolidated Continental and Com
mercial National banks of Chicago, is lu«tlv
proud.
Mr. Reynolds is a man who never stepped out
of the beaten track, never went outside of his
business, never stopped working and never suf
tered a reverse. He has never lost a day from
alckneas, he has never taken a vacation that did
not have business on the side, he does not drink
he does not smoke, he does not plar bridge he
does not play golf, he has no favorite anthor
he has no hobby but banking, he has no country
residence, he does not even take exercise
wonts nine Hours a day. This is the onlv
inroad that insidious luxury has made upon the habits of a busy life
used to work eleven when he first came to Chicago In 1897 to be caakw
of the Continental National bank.
"Make your business your pleasure and marry early. These are mv
rules." said Mr. Reynolds. “I married at nineteen a girl in the little country
town where I was cashier of the bank. 1 guess I have the banker's tempera
ment. because 1 have always found my greatest pleasure in my business I
am a farmer's boy. 1 passed my boyhood In the fields of Iowa, where I ...
born Just after the war. near the little town of Panora. I spent my summer
making garden, plowing, driving the reaper and pitching hay
“They gave me my healtth and strength. 1 think 1 have had the artnn.
twice since 1 have lived in Chicago, bat l have never had anythin,
rati sickness. 1 never paid a doctor a cent la my life for myaalt
CORN PLANTING IS
OVER
THAT CANADIAN TRIP SHOULD
NOW BE TAKEN.
If you had intended going to Can
ada for the purpose of purchasing
land on which to establish a home and
accompanying some land company,
whose holdings yon proposed to look
over or to go up on your own account
to select one hundred and sixty acres
of land free, you should delay no
longer. Corn-planting is over, your
wheat crop is well ahead, and you
have a few weeks' time before you are
required in the fields again. Now
make your intended trip. Reports
at hand show that the crop prospects
in Canada were never better than
they are today. The cool weather has
not affected the crop, but if anything,
it has been a benefit. There has been
plenty of moisture and those who
have had their land properly prepared
look upon this year as likely to be one
of the best they have had. A great
many are going up this season who
expect to pay two or three dollars an
acre more than they were asked to
pay last year. Others who wish •»
homestead are prepared to go farther
from the line of railway than would
have been necessary last year. Still
it is worth it So it will be with you.
Mvxt year lands will be higher-priced
and homesteads less accessible. There
is a wonderful tide of immigration to
Central Canada now. It is expected
that one hundred and fifty thousand,
new settlers from the United States
will be numbered by the end of the
present year, an increase of fifty per
cent over last year. In addition to
this there will be upwards of one
hundred thousand from the old coun
try, which does not include those
who may come from the northern
countries of the Continent. These all
intend to settle upon the land. The
reader does not require an answer to
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"Why are they going there in such
large numbers?" Western Canada Is
no longer an experiment. The fact
that one hundred and fifty million
bushels of wheat were raised there
last year as against ninety-five mil
lions the year previous, shows that
the tiller of the soil in Central Canada
is making money and it is safe to say
that be is making more money than
can be made anywhere else on the
Continent in the growing of grains.
He gets good prices, he has a sure and
a heavy crop, he enjoys splendid rail
way privileges, and he has also the
advantages of schools and churchea
and such other social life as may he
found anywhere. It is difficult to say
what district is the best. Some are
preferred to others because there are
friends already established. The
Grand Trunk Pacific, on its way
across the Continent, is opening up a
splendid tract of land, which is being
taken up rapidly. The other railways
—the Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern are extending branch lines
into parts inaccessible a couple ol
years ago. With a perfect network
of railways covering a large area of
the agricultural lands It is not diffi
cult to secure a location. Any agent
of the Canadian Government will to*
pleased to render you assistance toy
advice and suggestion, and a good
plan is to write or call upas him.
The Government has located these
agents at convenient points through
out the States, and their offices are
well equipped with a full supply ol
maps and literature.
PROOF WANTED.
Mr. Saintly—Things do not always gw
as we plan. “Man propose* and—”
Miss Oldmayde—He doe*, eh? Well,
go ahead. 6lr, and proTe that the say
ing Is true.
Ml*. Wtulimt Soothing fhmg.
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A genius Is a man who trie* to bor
row money—and gets it.
Lewis' Single Binder, extra quality t»
bacco, costa more than other 5c cigars.
To love and to serve is the motto
which every true knight should bear
on his shield.—Downs.
DONT WAIT
TOO LONS
Don’t wait until the
digestive organs are al
most beyond help—don’t
wait until the bowels
have become constipated
and don’t wait until the
liver and kidneys have
become weak and inact
ive; just take Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters—at the
very first sign of trouble.
It will save you lots of
suffering because its re
sults are certain. Try it
today for Indigestion,
Cramps, Diarrhoea. Mal
aria, Fever and Ague. Be
sure to get Hostetter’s.