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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
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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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.