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SYNOPSIS. *
Carnrrt Cow. a young man of N»w !
Y*eh f'-ty- meets Douglas Bis katock. who
turn to a card party. He accept*,
although t« dislik-s Blackstock. the rea
■o* Wi»f that both are ltt lore with Kath
Tiuitrr Coast fail* to cotivinc* her *
•wot Blackstoch Is oa worthy of her
*rte*datap At the party Coast meet* two
lejodas and Van ?jyl There Is
• •atrrrt. and Blacks'ock shoe;* Van
Tart dead Coast struggles to arrest tho
•espun fnsan hint, thus th- p ’.ice dis
cover thto Coast s araes-ed for murder,
lie Is pnetirttd. hot as he begin* hb sen
Dtmdas names Biarkstock as the >
■rtMderer and fctOs himself Coast he- ;
came* free bttt Kartstm* has marred {
Katbertee Thame and Ued Coast pur- i
a yacht and whc- sailing sees a
man thrown from a dssta-T boat. He r*s
12*** ttae feftow who I* named Applevard. .
Tbey arrive at a lonely Island, kc'wo as
*• Man's Land. Coast starts out to ex
Pbwe the place and names upon some
■esirted building* He discovers a mail
"•’■d- t'poe going furt-am and approach
"* * hnsar he vet Katherine Thaxter.
•■* captain* that her 1 ashand under the
J*n* d Bin* ha* bought the island.
He is Mud a wtreiesa operator and has i
• dtUati there, t'osst infurat he* that
bee hosband murdered Van Tuvl Coast t
***» Biarkstock and aome ChJnamer '
nor i mg a man. They Cre at him. but be
la rescued by Appleyard. who geta him
*» the Erhe la aafety and there be re
veal* that be Is a were* service man
and taw He■ n watching the crowd on
•be Wand, soapo-i ing they are criminals
1* anaioas to fathom the mysteries
«d Ns Mas's land and k determined
tv a* e Katberine. Applevard believes
that VP ark and bis gang make a shield
*f the wireless station to condu- t a srnuc
Ckng Insiejs Coast penetrates to trie
1st* of RUcksiok's disguise. Katherine
eatem the room sod passe* 1 im a ante .
■Uli teds Coast that wither his life j
“T her saw are saf' Co**t f—-S* flat I
■Baefcsiveh snspe—<* him Apf-ievard and f
the Echo disappear. Coast atnuie* Kath
erine vf I HI protection, and she Informs
fchn that they ar- t" abandon the Wand i
ltra«*d**Sely. The Mind man and his •
'Setae aervant over power C'ia*t. mho aft
eye * e aj- i «# ' is tact by Katherine
arts! mg te 1W-*. Tbev itaarm er a va wl
laM before they can reach it the coolie j
4ma'•'*-* tie craft rt'- k appears atel 1
taavfragty stakes ifaat he 1* no longer ,
bltnd He is oveypoaered.
CHAPTER XVIII.—(Continued. >
A*most be -ide himself. Coast re
tail ed sufficient ptrstuce of mind to
recugnige hi* g older chance. Drop I
P*ng tail Hub. be *■ let to his knees "
*i Riackstock % .-He and with sw ift
nure bands rii,ed bis pockets, pos
•esstnc himself of the pistol mfclch
bad been taken from him. or its
counterpart Dully, while thus em
ployed. he a as aware of a shout and i
a acre**. oddly blended. The fear of j
• hang uppermost in his conscious- I
nesa, be .umped to his feet, armed :
and alert, and whirled about.
Bat everything bad taken place so j
swiftly and with so little warning
that the Chinaman, quick though he
was to take the alarm and start at
top speed for the seen* of the strug
gle. was still many yards distant
when Const arose, without a scruple
tearing Black stock at the mercy of
the dog
He saw Chang coming —id saw him
stop and level a revolver. Simul
taneously he heard a shot—but from
another qssrfer and another weapon
than the Chinaman's, "he latter,
gleaming in the half light, suddenly
ft* on of his hand . nd t one side,
falling in shallow water, while Chang
grabbed his right hand with his left
•nd doubled !ike a jackkn.-c over it,
•ereamla* with agony. In mate
•mate. Coast seeking the source of
this timely assistance. discovered
Katherine standing with her revolver
stiil tpiifted. half way between the
Cain lair* and the beached catboaL
He marvelled at her. In this mo- j
men: of trial and terror, she retained
her wfta and courage in a manner J
caireialed to command the homage of •
a veteran eg many wars. The instant
fter Cornu caught sight of her. she i
fired again, placing a bullet shrewdly
at Us» very feet of the Chinaman.
"t»ei hath' she called clearly, j
•Hack—or ril scoot to kBi”"
* hang not only heard, tat in ail h s
pnia and - lank amaze ent under- 1
stoov. Without a breath's delay be
turned his back and nursing his in
Jared hand, trotted sullenly oE. to
cast* ard down the here*.
Cons* woke the ecuoer with a
ahoat. ' V*' »I1 don*. Katherine" Look
to him now—while I-~
.V - v
> *- t 10 macnstoeK and
the dog. mat the* a confused and !
•trrggfmg mass in the shadow of the i
boat So quickly had Chang been j
disposed of that Blarkstock. for all ■
his '.mtadiNs strength and activity.
f« all Out he was pitted against
nothing more powerful than a blind
and aged if intonated dog. was or y
lost succeeding in fight is* to Us
kneen. Already Coast was closing in
to ha assistance, forgetful of his hat
red *nd thinking only of tiding Sit
in that unnatural com si; ’hough a!
way* with the thought that they had
by the rarest turn of Chance son the
whip-hand —when Blarkstock rose
with a lurch, wrenched the collie
tram his bream arl with a sudden, i
swift and nerd’ ~s movement swung
the dog above his head and brought
It down with tremendous force across
the roaming of the boat There was
n single, terrible elp. an- the dog
lay inert with a broken back.
Banting and shaken, both bands to
bis lacerated and bleeding throat, the
■tan staggered a pace cr two away,
and tell suddenly against the bows of
the bool, grasping its stem for sup
port.
Stuncf^ with tne surprise of It,
Coast turned away, await that Kath
erine r-as eatfing him
T.jrcvt’ Garrett!" be heard her
cry "Como—quickly . . . Don't
you see-T~
She Song an arm seaward and to
the went. Following this sign, he
saw. perhaps a quarter of a mile off
■bore and wweeping swiftly in under
the urge of a dozen oara. a mackerel
fisher* nHne-baat. crowded to the
thwart* with men.
There was no sign of - -w vessel in I
the u&ng Whither this long-boat
conld have dropped from defied his
■Mat far-fetched guess. He stared
agape and thunderstruck until the
woman, gaining his side, caught bis
arm with an Imperative hand.
-Garrett!" Her »o4ce was quavering
now with consternation and the reac
tion from the excite-tent that had
bwoyed bar up through the last few
minutes. “Take *ae away, take me
quickly! There's -iot a minute . . .
The catboat . . . ?"
“Gone.” he answered stupidly:
"sunk by Chang—Blackstock's orders.
We've no chance now—only Apple
yard."
"Then, hurry! Don’t you see that
boat-T*
“Yes. but-“
' They're his men—the crew of that
schooner—at least. I think so. I'm
sure of It. Against them, what
chance have we? Let's get away, hide
some place until your boat-"
“Right!" He whipped in his wool
gathering faculties. “But—we'll take
aim with us." He made as if to move
for Blackstock. holding that gentle
man under cover of his pistol.
But she heid him back. “Xo; he'd
only delay us. We must find a place
of safety—“
Right again"’ he assented, turning
ters and nosed the sands. Four fig
ures leaped overboard and grasping
the thwarts hauled the bows high up
on the beach. Others followed, some
lingering to help drag the long-boat
out of the tide's limits, some trotting
to Blackstock’s aid.
With difficulty, because of the mo
mentarily fading light. Coast counted
the company of the newcomers; they
numbered, as nearly as he could es
timate. ten. With Blackstock and .
Chang, that meant twelve to two—
fourteen to two, if he were to include ,
the two coolies in the farm-house.
He withheld a groan of dismay, and
tightened his arm sound the woman's ;
waist, unconsciously consecrating his j
life to her defense. Blackstock
should recapture her only when he.
Coast, had fallen fighting.
Dimly through the gloaming he saw
Blackstock lifted to his feet before
the throng closed round him, a vague
dark blur about the boat. From the
east the tail, gaunt figure of Chang
was moving with long and steady
strides back to join them.
As yet there was no indication of
pursuit.
None the less. Coast stirred uneasi
ly and glanced in solicitude down at
the pale oval of the face resting
wearily against his shoulder.
"Feeling better?" he inquired gent
ly. “Do you think you can walk,
dear?"
She drew in a deep breath and
“Take Me Away Quickly!"
with her and hastening toward the
Cold Lairs "But where—?”
She dragged heavily upon his arm
for a moment, gasping and shaken
with short, dry sobs. Then br^rely
she pulled herself up and released
him.
“I don't know—some place—we
must End some place—”
From behind them came a long
diawn. piercing hail:
“Black. O Black! Aho-o-oy!”%
Blackstock lifted nis head wtth an
effort.
"Aho-oy.~ he cried in a shaking
voice, and: "Help!” in a feebler.
And Coast, looking curiously over
his shoulder as they toiled up the In
cline. saw him paw feebly at the side
of the boat, then collapse upon the
sands beside it. as if fainting
CHAPTER XIX.
By the time they bad passed
'trough the Cold Lairs. Kather
ine's strength began to fall. The
rapid pace at which they had mads
the ascent from the beach had told
upon her more than Coast would have
realized but for insuppressible evi
dences of distress she betrayed, her
laggard footsteps and her labored
breathing Passing an arm round her
waist, he held her up and gave her
what support and help be could, but
when they had gained the summit of
the Erst ridge i. land, between the
farm-house and deserted village, he
ha i to pause and rest
From that point of vantage, with
the 1-road c-escent of the beach spread
out beneath their gaze, they watched
the landing of the seine-boat.
lake some huge water Insect of
many legs, black body silhouetted
against the silvered sea, it sped in
shore. four Song oars to a side dip
ping and lifting with the rhythmical
beat of a perfect piece of machinery.
Then of a sudden with precise ac
cord the oars were lifted and laid in:
ut slowly decreasing speed the long
boat slipped through the shoaling wa
nodded assent. “I'm all right, now."
she said, though still her respiration
sounded harsh and uneven; “at least
! will be presently. . . . Are they
coming?” she added with a start
“No.” he answered. “They’re not
worrying about us. We can't get tar
—not off the island. When we're
wanted, they’ll find us easily enough.
I'm afraid. For the present. Black
stock’s entertaining them with the i
story of his misadventure.” He laugh
ed shortly. “Come." he said; and
they turned again Inland, moving at a
brisk walk toward the bungalow—
with what purpose neither could have
said.
“But that seine-boat?” he asked
suddenly, a moment later. “Where
under Heaven did she drop from? You
spoke of the schooner . _r*
“It’s ashore.” she told him. “I saw
; it all from the bungalow. . . .
had been inside, looking for my trunk
keys. 1 couldn't seem to find them
I at first He was in the wireless-room
when I went in. but by the time 1 i
1 found the keys he had disappeared. I j
went to the door and stood looking
I out wondering what had become of
; him aand whether I dared risk a re
turn to the beach—and you—while it
was still so light: and suddenly the
schooner shot out of the mist a little
' south of the paint over there in the
1 wrest She was running under power
—I could just hear the engine troh
| bing—and I don't think they suspect
■ ed how close they were to the island.
At all events, the nest instant she
struck—stopped short as if she had
run against a wall, quite a distance
| out; and in two minutes her stern was
under water. I saw the crew putting
: out the long-boat and jumping into it;
and then 1 ran down to the beach.
“She's the one." he said abstracted
—“the schooner Appleyard was after,
beyond doubt You heard them hail
Blackstock by name—by the name
they know him under.”
, The woman said “Yes." indifferent- ‘
! !y. leaning more heavily upon him
1 (TO BE COXTIXUED.l
Raw Material Too Plenty
That Was Why Honsy Man Couldn't
Sell Much in Town Full of
Flowers.
The man "who kept a bee” was am
ply provided with honey. His right
hi nd held a can of the liquid variety,
his left held honey in the comb. He
bad come in from further out on
Long Island and was trying to dis
pose of his product in one of the
large towns tha. still retains its in
dividuality despite the fact that it
was supposed to have been ''ab
sorbed” into Greater New Tort. Up
and down the street he went, meeting
with Email success. All around
green lawns and thrifty flower beds
testified to the local pride of the
householders. One' street in particu
lar was a veritable feast of roses,
every porch supporting hundreds of
the rambler variety, and on this
street the rowdy bees created a reg
uprosr.
The honey man evidently did some
reading on national issues when he
was at home, to judge by his reply
to the sympathetic matron who in
quired from her flower-laden porch
as to how his business did. His lean, :
brown face, out of which the sun had
ironed all lines of bitterness, relaxed
in a cheerful grin: “Not very well,
madam,” he returned, then with a
quizzical glance at the gorgeous ar
ray of roses, he continued, “you peo
ple in Mapleleaf have too much raw
material to appreciate the finished
product."
Whereupon the matron, though
Personally despising honey, bought a
liberal supply.
Its Kind.
“My friend Tommy Totts says that
the present social system has dry rot.”
“Well, you go back to your friend
and tell him that's all Tommyrot.”
- a 1 ■ ■ >QQQMi«wiii>wO€ifgaaQBKiQgga^gi»»s ——
I - -. I
Ft oy^x OF' „
HOUGH? the empress
of Germany, the czar
ina of Russia and the
young queen of Hol
land all have the rep
utation of being idea!
mothers, it is the
beautiful queen of
Italy w ho is the most
devoted royal mamma
la Europe. Yet it is a fact that most
modem queens are particularly care
ful mothers. They have to be. Queen
Elena is tall, has an imposing car
riage, a girlish figure, a splendid
wealth of dark hair, wonderfully ex
pressive eyes, finely cut features and
a mouth showing character and deter
mination. She often declares that her
happiest hours are spent with her
children.
As soon as her first simple meal of
rolls and coffee Is finished in the
morning, she goes to their nurseries.
When they were much younger it was
her gTeat delight to give them their
tub. but now she merely presides
over their breakfast and plays and
romps with them until they are ready
to go cut The children’s rooms are
furnished with the utmost simplicity,
designed to give a maximum of light
and air and a minimum of dust-con
taining draperies and carpets. Plain
brass bedsteads and polished wooden
furniture only' are allowed. In the
playroom, quite inexpensive toys may
be seen- -dolls, soldiers, engines and
the ordinary playthings dear to every
child.
Queen Elena has earned the title of
the "babies’ queen” in Italy through
her love of all children. Since her
marriage she has established many
children's hospitals and creches.
Hardly a day passes, when she is in
Rome, that she does not visit one of
these institutions. She has also
caused a revival of the lace-maklng
industry by establishing schools
where Italian girls are being taught
Many of the fine old patterns which
were in danger of being lost have
been resuscitated through her inter
est. Her devotion to sufferers during
tbe Messina earthquake and the erup
tion of Vesuvius is of too wide knowl
edge to need more than mention here.
This beautiful queen is the daugh
ter of the simple, homely, old-fash
ioned king of Montenegro. For the
first ten years of her life she ran wild
like anv other little peasant girl of
the country. She could ride any pony
barebacv. but her favorite recreation
was mountain climbing. Montenegro
is full of mountains, so the little prin
cess had plenty of scope for her hob
by. No climb was too difficult for
her. as she did not know what fear
meant. When still quite young a gypsy
told her that one day she would be a
queen. Her father, who was inordin
ately fond of his handsome daughters,
made up his mind that she was des
tined for the throne of Russia, so she
was sent to the Smolna institute in
Saint Petersburg, where she studied
French. English, music and the usual
accomplishments of a finishing young
lady. The present czar of Russia was
introduced to her in due course, bnt
Cupid soon found there was nothing
doing between the pair and things
went no further.
A little more knowledge on the
gypsy's part would have made things
smoother for the beautiful Elena.
Shortly afterward the voting prince
of Naples, as King Victor then was.
on his travels around the courts of
Europe on the lookout for a wife,
came, saw and was conquered at
once by Elena's dark loveliness. For
the first few months their courtship
was carried on in a foreign language
as she did not know one word of Ital
ian. Prince Victor's parents were not
altogether pleased at their son’s
choice, nor his subjects either. They
rather hoped he would hare chosen
some powerful German or Austrian
princess for his wife, bat when she
arrived in Italy the princess’s lovely
face, gracious smile and charming
ways conquered everybody. In a lit
I tie while she had won the love and
admiration of the king and the queen,
while her future subjects adored her.
After the tragic death of King Hum
bert. King Victor and Queen Elena
moved into the big palace, and con
tinued, as far as possible, the simple
;ife they had followed as crown prince
and princess. Neither of them had
any hking for pomp and circumstance.
Indeed, if the Italians have any fault
! ro End with their king. It is that he
! is inclined to be stingy. Things are
very different now at the Capo di
Monte from what they were in the
time of King Humbert and Queen
Margharite. and the latter's home now
is far more gorgeous than the royal
palace. Though there is no lack of
beautiful furniture, the present king
and queen chose the simplest suites
for their room. The queen's boudoir
is adorred by a few simple pictures
and ornaments from her own country,
which she prizes more than all the
valuables in the palace put together.
It is the same with their social life.
A certain amount of entertaining, of
course, has to be done. In the win
ter, which is the Roman season, about
a dozen state dinners and balls are
given with due ceremony, and all the
usual accompaniments of flowers in
profusion, costly plate and music. The
| queen outshines everybody with her
radiant beauty, seen at its best in full
evening dress and spatkling jewels.
But beside these balls, the queen
j holds only a few receptions for her
intimate friends. Anything in the way
! of gorgeous entertaining is distaste
| fnl to both her and her husband,
j Nothing pleases her better than to
j ride into the country with the elder
, children, or If the weather is not suit
i able for this, to take them all in her
j motorcar.
No other royal mother spends so
much time with her children during
the day, and she studies them before
anything else For their sake, a plain.
' hut substantia] meal is provided in
the middle of the day. so that they
may share it with their parents. The
■ choice of the menu is the subject of
: much care with her chef every morn
| ing after breakfast.
In addition to the practical vir
; tues. Queen Elena is an accomplish
i ed woman in many ways. It is an
j open secret that some poems that
used to appear in several French and
: Russian reviews over the signature of
I Blue Butterfly were hers. She is very
fond of painting. Every Montenegrin
woman learns to shoot, and King
Nicholas's daughters were taught to
handle a rifle as well as a bow and
arrow almost as soon as they could
hold them. When, as Princess Elena,
she first came to Naples, she had tar- 1
. gets put up in the palace garden,
where she and her husband had many
1 an exciting shooting match. In former ■
days, too, she was an ardent hunter,
; but she gave that up when she be
came a mother. She was the first
queen to ride a bicycle.
Princess Yolanda, the eldest daugh
1 ter. is the beauty of the family. She
is exactly like her mother now and 1
gives promise of growing up into an
equally beautiful woman. She has the '
same thick, dark hair, a lovely com
plexion and expressive eyes, and the
same gracious charm. Like her
mother, too. she is a thorough tom
boy. To be dressed up is grief to her. j
but to have on a plain overall and to
be able to rush about the garden with
some of her animals is joy. Once on
their return from the country to
Rome the royal family drove in semi
state up to the palace, and Princess
Yolanda, in her best clothes, bowed
graciously to the cheering people all
the way, frequently admonishing her
younger sisters to do the same. When
she reached the palace she rushed up
to the nurseries in great haste to get
a more serviceable frock, and noticed
that papering and whitewashing had
been going on and everything was
very clean and white everywhere. In
dismay at these fearfully clean sur
roundings. which she knew meant
more care about dirty fingers and
dusty boots, she ran out into the gar
den to find her chief pet. Toto. the
donkey, and said, with relief in every
syllable: “Well, it's a blessing they
haven't whitewashed you. too. and
promptly rolled in the dust to rid her
self of the “mind-your-p's-and-q's"
feeling the white nurseries had given
her. Princess Mafalda, the second
child, is more like her father and is
much more timid than Yolanda. Gio
vanna. the youngest, is just a fat.
good-tempered baby.
The pet of the family, of course, is
Tmberto. the third child and only son.
He is just seven, has his father’s mild,
quiet ways, but is like his mother in
appearance and possesses much of her
intelligence and spirit. Though he
has ponies of his own. he likes to get
on one of the big horses in the stable,
and would go off alone if a strict eye
were not kept on him. Already he
can speak French quite fluently and is
learning German and English as well.
He Is interested in the army and
navy, hot his preference seems to be
for the navy, and he has expressed a
wish to serve on an Italian man-of
war when he is old enough.
The Italian royal household may be
said to be one of the happiest in
Europe. It was a love match between
the king and queen, and King Victor
is as much in love with his beautiful
wife now as he was when he first saw
her; and his happiest moments are
■when he can put off cares of state for
a time, leave Rome and spend long
summer days with his wife and chil
dren at their country place, riding,
fishing or boating, just as the fancy
takes him.
Science of Management.
Management, or the science of exe
cution and administration, is some
thing which requires a specific and
distinct training, not simply a superior
degree of skill in the performance of
subordinate tasks; and our varied re
sources will not be utilized to their
proper and full extent until this Is
generally and completely realized The
ideal manager should have a broad,
liberal education rather than inten
sive experience in any one line. s*:ch
as financier, salesman, producer or ac
countant. It is the writeros belief that
no adequate foundation for the work
is now being laid in any edncational
institution in this country. Here in
struction In fundamental principles is
of primary and in details of second
ary importance. Great effort should
be made to train a mind to analyze,
to digest, to reason, to compare, to
deduce and. finally, to arrive at well
rounded. logical, wise decisions. Mach
attention should also be paid to the
art of so communicating one's deci
sions to the mind of another, with re
gard to their degree of intellectual de
velopment. that the desired impres
sion will be created and the desired
result follow as a matter of course.—
Cassier's Magazine.
HUMOROUS HAPPYLAND
Strange Taste.
Miss Eleanor Sears of Boston star
tled staid San Mateo by going on a
shopping tour on a bicycle clad In
checkered trouserets. — Washington
Post.
But why should a San Mateo bicycle
wear checkered trouserets?—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Why should Miss Eleanor Sears
wear checkered trouserets?
To Be Expected.
“Why doesn't that woman make
those children of hers who act like
Comanche Indians behave them
selves?”
“Because she hasn’t got time."
“Hasn’t got time?”
“No; It takes all her time to write
articles in the paper telling other
women how to raise children."
Who Wants Our Share?
■along Other things.
We do not sigh
For buttermilk
And rhubarb pie.
A Woman's Humor.
■'Madam." began the man. respect
fully. “1 am very hungry. Could you
give me a bit of something?”
“I will call the dog." the woman re
plied.
“I am hungry enough to eat the
dog," the man said, "but Fd rather j
have something else.”
And womanlike, she went inside
and hanged the door.
--
By a Remorseful Contributor.
Opportunity may hammer
Quite too early at one’s door.
Nothing doing. Kaixenjammer
Out too late the night before.
A Jolt to Romance.
"How about that young doctor? Has
he proposed?”
“Not yet. Papa nearly ruined every
thing last night.”
“How was that?”
. “Just as the doctor was pleading for
a peep at my eyes papa came in and
asked him to take a look at my ton
site."
Perplexity.
“These political problems are ter
rible,” said the man who worries about
grammar.
‘ What's the trouble?”
“One friend of mine after another
has opened campaign headquarters
What I want to know is whether ‘head
quarters’ 5s a singular or a plural
noun, and if it is singular what is the
plural?"
What Tiger.
One of the animals came up to be
named. “Er—tiger!” announced
Adam.
“Princeton, Tammany or Detroit?”
clamored the reporters, who were, of
course, present.
Whereupon the first father perceived
that he had & task of delicacy cut out
out for him.—Puck.
Somewhat Depressed.
"I can not sing the old songs,
I can not sing the new,”
Remarked a poor suburbanite
Whose rent was falling due.
DOES YOUR BACK ACHEr
Aches and Twinges Point to Hidden
Kidney Trouble.
Have you a lame back, aching day
and night? Do you feel a sharp pain
after bending over? When the kidneys
seem sore and the action Irregular,
—use Doan’s Kidney
Pills, which have
, cured thousands.
R L. Bonney, Eu
U gene. Ore., says:
F “I contracted se
vere kidney trou
ble through heavy
lifting. There was
a dull ache across
_my hips and pains
like knife-thrusts
shot through me
Doan's Kidney
Pills cured after
^doctors had failed
and my back is
stronger than before in years."
“When your Back is Lame. Remem
ber the Name—DOAX'S.“50c all stores
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, X. Y.
Horrible!
T thirk the worst pun I evet
heard" (De Wolf Hopper is talking*
"was perpetrated in my presence th«
other day. A bachelor friend of mine
has a curious custom of never carry
ing or even possessing a watch. 1
was talking to him about this, and
said:
“ 'How do you know what time it Is
in the morning, when you want to get
up?'
“ That's easy.- replied he. ‘My
neighbors keep chickens. The rooster
is my crownometer.’ ”—The Sunday
Magazine.
Paradise Lost.
“BUngley, why does Oldboy refuse
to speak to you? You used to be great
friends.”
“Yes. when we were bachelors; but
he's married ndw.”
“And what difference does that
make?”
“Well, the fact is. I made him a
handsome wedding present of a book,
and he hasn’t spoken to me since.”
“What was the book?”
“Paradise Lost."
An Exception to the Rule.
“Jinks is a man who has his ham
mer out on all occasions.”
“I bet there is one occasion where
he hasn’L”
“What's that?”
“When it's time to put down the
carpet."
A Quarter Century
Before the public. Over Five Million Free
Samples given away each year. The con
stant ana increasing sales from samples
proves the genuine merit of Allen's Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes for Tired, Aching. Swollen
lender feet. Sample free. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Roy, X. Y.
No Blight There.
First Editor—I see that there is a
chestnut tree blight.
Second Editor—Don't.worry; we are
getting chestnuts by every mail.
Stop the Pain.
The hurt or a burn or a cut stops when
I Cole's Carbolisalve Is applied. It heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50c by
druggists. For free sample write to
J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The man who says he would be will
ing to die for a girl during the court
ship stunt may after marriage wish
he had.
Don’t make shipwreck of your heahh when
s course of Gartield Tea can cure you of
Indigestion.
A fellow can make a hit with a gir!
by telling how much he misses her.
Xo. Cordelia, the gTass widow Is
mything but green.
Tft sharpen the appetite,
I U assist the stomach,
prevent constipation,
TRY THE
BITTERS TODAY
Itdoesthework. A!i Dn^gists.
Why Rent a Farm
and be compelled to your landlord most
of ofits? Own your own
^ i Free Homestead in
Saskatchewan or
l| is acre
? A I «vpnr year.
IU£C1 Land purchased 3
rTrry 4 A years ag: at $10.00 an
. \aV acre has recently
| " J Rl changed hands at
jrjHgjjlfe S25.0C an acre. The
.crops crown on these
fc. C land* warrant the
£ - ^ advance. You can
Become Rich
by cattle raising.dairying mixed
farming and grain growing in
fee provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Free homestead and pre
emption areas, as well as land
held by railway and land com
Cnies, will provide homes
r millions. 38
Adaptable soil, healtfafal
climate, splendid schools
and chnrches.dood railways.
For settlers' rates, descriptive
literature “Last Best West, bow
to reach the country and other pa r
tiCalais, write to Sup't of Immi
gration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the
Canadian Government Agent.
W. V. BEJWETT
Imk4»m BMg. Mild
WILL SELL OK TRADE FOB FARM IS SEB.;
Qgi. In Dane* Co . Mo.; nr. Luck Springs; 'AO
i. cult.; k.. oaibldgs., etc. Hink. Bx.318.Chlci^j.
P*TEMTSrS£rSS
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