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I »oad*r »bo onca»i«! the There I* ala*?* room at toe He— soar hotel tkrt, I g je«a. laantea—A et an arc i a M«to4<.u; Mih* beared such a e«*-j» *■«% that ti* rotupanioc «a* ot« l*> >k hla * hat the matter • a* " »*r jest 'Making about hat! road* had tht * under# of »■ er.ee" »»* the treuer ~Thi» earth is aplc t .tig •«■'< fat.” era a raiiaay train behind t ase.” Ur*'. »«• tit ■ lei! cB yet “ "Me iW thtah <*' »hat a < naves! •ere i» aooid be It «e could hare *"»• < *rab c* to while he ter must *tlj nader our feet until d* K- * • • » acted to ga U> COIBr a.ocg ’ -leal • otefutitoo he*-en«d. It* * u r l id -i- telegraph offices and even elec tric light, railways, motor cars and taxi-cab- There the people gathered beautiful lotus flower of diamonds. Slip was garbed in the white and gold embroidered robe worn at the coronation. Close beside the imperial thrones when the twenty-four state trumpet ers with their silver trumpets herald ! I'd the durbar were, of course Lord Hardirge. viceroy of India, and Lady | Hardinge. Most spectacular was the grand re view of troops, about 90.000 in nnm ! her Most of these were native ; troops-, and they were garbed in the most, gorgeous uniforms in the world. The rajahs and other native prin ces present brought their own ele phants, the size of the animal depend ing on the rank of its ov.nc-r, and the i huge brutes with their magnificent ' bowdahs and other trappings added Native Prince* on Black Charger*. fur the durbar have been amusing ti.« for several da>s with polo. 1. nr key and military tournaments ana otter festivities. Display of Jewels Is Wonderful. The durbar proper took place in an immense semi-circular amphithe ater on the historic ridge where a few Zlnglishmen once made a heroic stand against the revolting natives. In the center of the semi-circle was a throne of ruld and silver suriuount • d by a copper dome Taking his ; • at on this. George received the hoiu t-ge of the rulers of the ‘'aim mil lions” of his subjects, about 150 rul ing princes of Hindustan. These ! much to the oriental splendor of the scene. Presents for Indian Subjects. The king and queen brought from England a vast number of presents for their Indian subjects, including a thousand plum puddings made in the Buckingham palace kitchens, and a great number of rich cakes, York hams and Stilton cheeses, Then tnere are rolls of English linen, plica of Buckinghamshire, honiton and point iaces, illustrated books, fancy leather goods, silverware of all kinds, | British silks and velvets, pictures and photographs and a great variety 01' other articles. Big Salary Explained. "And boa- is your excellent son, the divinity student? He graduated from the theological academy about a year ago. 1 believe?" "Yes, just a year •go. And he's doing so a ell! They pay him a wonderfully large salary and next year he s to get more." "In deed! That's very unusual. Perhaps It is bis excellent delivery that nets fcim the large emolument." “Yes. that's It. He’s one of the pitchers In the big leaguo."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Completely Spoiled. “Yl'hat’s the trouble with that prima donna?" asked the manager. “She used to be very pleasant and consider ate.” “Yes," replied the stage man ager. “but she has gotten so she be lieves all the press agent writes about her.” Lack of Enterprise. Generally the trouble with a man who doesn't get anywhere is that he has not enough confidence in bis judg 1 ment to bet anything on 1L NO MAN’S ▼ LAND 4^pL0UI$ JOSEPH VANCE If 11TCTDATinVC FV '£>ixsWj /rE.7?£r ILLUSTRATIONS BY cos>Y/t/c#r. 0/0 eriou/s ms//*/ n/rcs SYNOPSIS. Garrett Coast, a younz nan of New York City, meets I>ouglns Blackstock. who Invites him to a card party. He accepts, although he dislikes Blackstock. the rea son being that both are in love with Kath erine Thaxter. Coast tails to convince her that Blackstock is unworthy of her friendship. At the party Coast meets two named Dundas and Vsn Tuyl. There is a quarrel and Blackstock shoots Van Tnyl dead. Coast struggles to wrest the weapon from him. thus the police dis cover them. Coast is arrested for murder. He Is convicted, but as he begins his sen tence. Dundas names Blackstock as the murderer and kills himself. Coast be comes free, but Blackstock has married Katherine Thaxter and lied. Coast pur chases a yacht and while sailing sees a man thrown from a distant boat. CHAPTER V. Sunlight and shadow playing in swift alternation upon his face, as the Echo courtesied to the morning breeze. Coast awakened. For a moment almost thoughtless j he lay drowsily enjoying the rise and j dip of the boat, as drowsily conscious of a faint thrill of excitement: most ly comparable, perhaps, to the first waking sensations of a fourteen year-old boy on a Fourth of July | morning. Tuen without warning the small j ■chronometer on the sransverse above j his head rapped out smartly two dou- | ble-ehimcs—ships' time: four bells: ] ter. o'clock In the forenoon. Astonished, he sat up quickly, and , his still sleepy gaze, passing through the companion way, encountered the ■ amused regard of the soi-disant Mel- i cbisedec Appleyard. Promptly Coast found himself in full possession of his faculties. That in obedience to first instincts he nodded with a cordial j smile, was significant. Appleyard returned the salutation ■ with a quick bob of his small head, j "Good-morning. hero!" he sang out i cheerfully. He sat in the cockpit, huddled into the folds of a gray blanket, volumin ous for his slight figure, a thin but ; wiry forearm bared to wield the cig arette he was smoking with every in dication of enjoyment. “Good-morning.” he returned “How d you feel after vour adventure?" "Unclothed but in my right mind." j said Appleyard. with a twinkle of anx- ; lory amending: "to the best of my ' knowledge and belief.” He indicated j airily the various articles constituting ' his painfully simple wardrobe. “Walt- ! ing for ’em to dry." Appleyard hopped up. fingered his j everyday attire critically, and pro- ! ncunced it bone-dry; then, bundling it up, he returned to the cabin, seat ing himself on the opposite transom to dress. “And the sensations of a hero, re freshed by sound slumbers, are—” • Hunger.” said Coast. He moved forward and began to experiment gingerly with a new and untried alco hol stove. “I can offer you eggs, cof fee, biscuit—and nothing else,” he added, producing raw materials from a locker. “You see. 1 hadn’t expected to entertain." | j “Rotten inconsiderate of you." Ap pleyard grumbled. “I’ll wire you a warning next time it occurs to me to drop in unexpectedly.” Divided between amusement and | perplexity, in the course of the meal ; Coast reviewed a personality singu larlv enriched by a variety of sug gestions consistently negative. The ] man’s age was indeterminable—sorne "here between thirty and forty-five, i loosely summarized, he might have been anybody or nobody on a lark or ' his uppers. Appleyard looked up quickly, with a shy, humorous smile. “Well, what d'you make of me?" “It's hard enoagh to guess whet you’ve made of yourself.” “Flattery note,” observed Apple yard obscurely. “Vet you win my sym pathy; sometimes 1 am moved to won der—really.” He tapped an egg thoughtfully, a crinkle forming be tween his colorless eyebrows "It's really net what a man makes of him self; It’s what his temperament does ! to him.” "Temperament! ” "Yes; you really ought to keep one, too; they're all the rage just now— and such excellent excuses for the in dulgence of your pet idiosyncrasies.” "Oh! . . . And you blame yours for what?” For making me a—i presume pos terity, in the final analysis, will ad judge me a Romantic.” “Literature?” asked Coast, aghast. "Good Heavens, no! Nothing like that: Life.” He sighed profoundly. “Shall 1 rehearse to you the story of my life? No, 1 shall not rehearse to you the story of my life. But at P.ll costs I shall talk about myself for a space: 1 insist upon it: 1 love to. You don't seriously object?" he added, anxious. “Then compose yourself. . . . Born at an early age—in tact, at as early an age as you can comfortably imagine—1 found myself immediately the sport of sardonic fortunes. That name. Melchisedeci One felt that there must be in one s future Hie some warmth of Romance to compensate for that infamous ignominy. So la I belled any reasonable human should j logically have looked forward to sure ! degeneration into the American peas | ant of the New England magazine ! story type, sans brains. bowels, ] breadth, beauty. A ocrn iconoclast. ! however, as soon as I wakened to re : alization of my plight I mutinied and j resolved to live down my shame 1 Thenceforward i set myself to pains : taking muckraking in modern life. | seeking the compensating Romance j without which life were but death tn ; life.” He paused and cocked an eye i at Coast. “Not bad for a beginning, what?” “A little prolix." commented Coast dispassionately, falling In with tis hu mor. “But continue. Y'ou found your Romance?” "What is so-called—alas, yes! I found it, aus a rule, a nom de guerre for crime. . . . Lured by iegend. I have traversed much of the known world, only to come to that conclu sion. I have penetrated the fastnesses of the Tennessee mountains, nosing the illicit still: which proved merely sordid. Counterfeiting seemed to promise largely—and discovered itself the most Ill-paid calling in the world. Diplomatic intrigue unmasked proved to be merely a popular fallacy shin ing in the reflected luster of the Six Best Sellers. . , . But I refrain from wearying you with a catalogue of the exploded mines of Romance; a list inordinately lengthy, believe me. High finance. 1 admit, escaped my probe; but the recent plague of Wall Street plays discouraged me. demonstrating there could be no Ro mance there. ... So at length you find me turning in despair to the Seven Seas; afloat, at all events, one must of necessity pursue the glamor ous promise of the Unknown that lurks just down the horizon." Appleyard paused, his mien sub dued. his gesture bespeaking resigna tion. "All of which means—?" Coast In sisted. “I hardly know Frankly. 1 thought that speech rather stupid myself. That's why 1 chopped it off. . . . One talks. . . . You may bave no ticed?” “I have." said Coast drily. "You would, naturally,” returned Appleyard without resentment. "But would it amuse you learn how I Thank You.” Said Appieyard Gratefully. cr.me to be on board that fisherman?” ’ "You mean how you came to be overboard. . . . Perhaps it would. You’re the best judge of that.” "True.” Appleyard accepted and lighted a cigarette, frowning soberly. "It was." he began, "due principally to my fatal passion for this Romance thing, sir. 1 have already acquainted you with my determination to pursue my quest of that shy spirit upon the trackless ocean. Conceive, now. the bitterness of the disappointment which o'erwhelmed my ardent soul when I applied for a berth as a fore mast hand, only to be informed I was physically unfit, that, as one brutal mate phrased it. I'd blow away in the first half-a-gale. ... I give you my word, Mr. Coast. I've been stick ing round this waterfront a whole fortnight, vainly seeking nautical em ployment. Last night for the first time, for a few brief hours. 1 was per mitted to flatter myself that fortune was on the point of favoring me. For a fugitive moment I sipped the chalice of Romance and rolled its flavor be neath my tongue." Appleyard half closed his eyes and smacked his lips, his expression one of beatific bliss. "You've a pretty taste in pleas ures," Coast commented. Appleynrd waved the Interruption aside. “It caae about largely through a whim of Chance.” he resumed, "as ell true adventure must. Quite by ac cident I fell in with one ot the crew of that fishing smack, he neing well under the influence of liquor; in a way of speaking, he'd looked too long upon the wine when it was red-eye and half wood-alcohol. Craftily sim ulating a like conditiou. 1 plied him fur ther and succeeded in learning ihe name of his vessel and the fact that she was expected to sail with the manning tide—together with other de tails that intrigued me. Then, leav ing the sodden wretch to sleep off his disgusting debauch. I caused myself to be conveyed aboard the lugger—1 mean schooner—and stowed away m his bunk, trusting to luck to avert discovery until the morning. Unhap ; pily 1, with the rest of the crew, was routed out incontinently by an un mannerly brute with a belaying pin (at i all events it felt like a beiaying-plr.— j an instrument with which l am unac i quainted save through the literature | of the sea) and forced to go on deck ' to help heave anchor. ... Or j should I say, “weigh anchor?’ •'I’m not quarrelling with your | style,” chuckled Coast. “Why not put j oil polishing your periods until an J other time?” “Thank you.” said Appieyard grate craft of this size. I’m exceedingly j handy, small and inconspicuous, neat, a fairish cook, and normally quite: pleasant to be thrown amongst— never savage save when denied the sweet consolation of continuous con versation. Finally. I’m a great bar gain.” “What do you mean by that?" “1 offer my valuable—nay. invalu able services, gratis, without pay." "But why do you do that?” demand ed Coast, blankly. ^ (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Small Boy and His Hat. He flings his hat across the dining room when he comes in from school, or leaves it in all manner of places in the house; in the coal-bin. or on sis ter's bureau He loses it Just at church time, and spoils the spirit of family reverence and piety As the family enters the church the anthem is being sung, and the disgrace of be ing late again is laid on the innocent headpiece clutched In the hand of the small boy who has already forgotten the confusion of which he was the cause twenty minute., ago. in this stage also one's hat is removed on the way to school by the hand of one’s bosom friend, passed down the line of surrounding boon companions, stuffed into others’ pockets, while dire thoughts of ultimate loss hold one in their grip, and the reckoning to be paid at home wraps the world in tragedy.—George L. Parker, in the Atlantic □ark Smoke No Fun. Funny Thing about smbking! If a man were compelled to puff a good ci gar with hie eyes shut the operation would lose its sest. A man who had undergone a alight operation upon one of his eyes had to stay in a darkened room for a week with his optics ban daged. After a few days his doctor told him he could take a gentle smoke if he liked. He jumped at the chance and to his amazement found it afford ed him not the slightest pleasure. To be sure, men often smoke in the dark, but there's always the rosy glow of the lighted end to be seen and the faint outline of the cloud of smoke in the air. There’s no more fuD in a sightless smoke than a saltless egg or a kiss upon your own hand. What’s the psychology of it? Smart Youffc. "Tommy, what did you do with that penny 1 gave you for taking your med icine?” “1 bought a bun with one halfpenny. | ma. and I gave Jimmy the other half I tc drink the medicine for me.” fully. "To resume: My detection promptly ensued and my presence was dispensed with, a trace unceremoni ously. perhaps, but no doubt very properly from the skipper's point of j view. With, the subsequent phases of | this most delectable adventure you ■ are familiar; there!ore. 1 confidently assume your concurrence with my con clusion; which is—here am 1. . . - Now." he wound up. Inclining his head at an angle, and favoring Coast with a frankly speculative stare, "what are you going to do with me?” Coast opened his eyes wide, with a lift of his brows. "I don't knew that 1 contemplate doing anything with you. Mr. Appleyard." "It’s not yet too late for the amende courteous." suggested his guest. “I’ll gladly set you ashore—" “Pardon, but that's precisely what I don't want you to do." “But—“ “A moment's patience, sir. The Echo lacks a crew: I offer my services unanimously in that capacity." "But I don't want a crew." "Oh. don't say that!" “And I have no need of one." Appleyard lifted both hands and let (hem fall with a gesture of despair, "infatuated man!" he murmured, re garding Coast with commiseration. "Why infatuated?" “What do you know of these wa ters?" the little man counterquestion ed sharply. "Little." Coast was obliged to ad mit; "or nothing, if you insist." "And yet you say you don’t need a crew!” "But, my dear man. 1 do know how to sail a beat; and with a copy of the Coast Pilot, charts, a compass and common-sense—” "You may possibly escape piling her up the first day out—granted. On the other hand. 1 happen to be Intimate j with these waters; I can pilot you ; safely whither you will; 1 can afford ! you infinite assistance with the heavy work—it's no joke, at times, for one ■ man to have all the handling o? a ■nmeanm New Pianos $124 Sets Price Record Cash Sale of Omaha Concern Excites Entire Piano Trade. A strictly cash piano sale was something unheard of until adver tised over the west generally by THE BENNETT CO., of Omaha. Ne braska, a concern that has become a virtual thorn in the side of the ordi nary. "fancy price” piano establish ment. THE BENNETT CO., as previously advertised in these columns, has un dertaken to turn into cash 1.000 pianos, thus relieving many promi nent manufacturers of an unparalleled overstock of instruments. It is no secret among piano people that the recent financial flurry, the prevalency of automobiles, and the increased popularity of player pianos, has caused ar. accumulation of thousands of new pianos that must immediately be turned into cash, no matter bow small the amount. Knowing the pulse of the piano trade exactly. Mr. W. M. Robinson, manager of the piano department of THE BENNETT CO., Omaha. Nebr., set out to make some phenomenal “buys." and has succeeded so well that BENNETTS are able to offer a magnificent, full-sized, absolutely r.ew upright piano at $124 cash. nuum.'un. v nusr puruail ir» shown above. has come lo be known 4 as America's shrewdest piano buyer, bet. in spite of his large deals he al ways insists upon a square deal for everybody concerned If readers of this paper will but ad dress a request to the piano depart ment of THE BENNETT CO. lC.th and Harney streets, Omaha, Nebr.. they will receive by return mail an Immense circular showing hundreds of pianos underpriced for cash: new ones low as 5124: used ones low as $59. Public Spirit Run Riot. “Our little town o' Blueberryville is right up to date an' about as progres sive an' public speerited as any town in the state." said Zedekiab Brush, as he drove over the hills with the sum mer boarder. “Fact is, some of us think the se lec'men use the tax money a little too freely keepin' pace with the speerit of progress that seems to be in the air nowadays. Here, in the last year, the town hall has had a new roof, an' a new hoss shed has been built around the church, an' a new handle put ir the town pump, an’ a bridge costin' most $200 has been built over Plum crick. The town clock has been put , in repair at a cost of $12.60. an' they've put three dozen new books in ' the town li berry, an' now they are talkin' of offerin' a firm a bonus o’ $200 to start a pickle factory in the | town. Once a lot o’ sele-.'men git the progressive fever, an’ the tax I money flies. Public speerit is all right, i but us taxpayers has to fcot the bills I when it runs riot the way it does here | in our town."—Judge. __ Some Undertaking. The official undertaker of a small , town was driving through the county on one of his regula* missions. A I woman came out to the gate of a farm i yard and hailed him. "I don't seem to recall your name, madam," he said. ‘‘That's funny!” she «^iid. “It ain't been more'n a year and a half ago j since you undertook my first hus band.” Above Him. “You say that she married beneath her?" “She certainly did: her father was an aviator and her husband a chauf feur.” Do your share of work each day, pay your debts, have a little money, talk only when you have something to say, and you will assist the world in growing better. THE LITTLE WIDOW A Mighty Good Sort of Neighbor to Have. “A little widow, a neighbor of mine, persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when my stomach was so weak that it would not retain food of any other kind," writes a grateful woman, from San Bernardino Co., Cal. ‘‘I bad been ill and confined to my bed with fever and nervous prostra tion for three long months after the birth of my second boy. We were in despair until the little widow’s advice brought relief. “I liked Grape-Nuts food from the beginning, and in an incredibly short time it gave me such strength that I was able to leave my bed and enjoy my three good meals a day. In 2 months my weight increased from 95 to 113 pounds, my nerves had steadied down and I felt ready for anything. My neighbors were amazed to see me gain so rapidly, and still more so when they heard that Grape-Xuti alone had brought the change. “My 4-year-old boy had eczema very bad last spring and lost his appetite entirely, which made him cross and peevish. 1 put him on a diet of Grape Nuts, which he relished at once. He Improved from the beginning, the ec zema disappeared and now he is fat and rosy, with a delightfully soft, clear skin. The Grape-Nuts dia did it. 1 will willingly answer all inquiries. Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road t* Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a reason *“' Ever rrnd the above letter? A nett one appear* from time to time. They are Krnaine, trne, and loll of human Interest.