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CHAPTER I.
The Masters.
I heard about the pair first from
Hmollno KIdradKe, "Emmie T." wo nl
wnyn call lior. Sho was Drst inatu
to tho conk at the Old Summer Homo
houso tbut ntimmer. Sho come down
to tho landing ono morning ufore
breakfast and hove nlongvldu of where
I was Bottlnfj In tho stem of my sloop,
tho Dora Dutmntt, uutautdluK fish Hues.
Sho had a tin pall In her lint, lndlcnt
Ing that her Bulling orders wub to go
aftor milk. Hut shu biiw me and run
down In ballast to Bwup yarns.
"My sakca! Mr. Pratt," saya she;
"Imvo you lioaid uboiit Nnto Soudder?"
"Yob," I sayB. "Ever ulncc I como
to Wollmoutli."
"I moan about what him and hl
wlfo bus Just dono," suys Hh'c. "It'H
tho queerest thing! You'll never gues3
it In tho world."
"Ain't beon giving his money to tho
poor, litis he?" snyB I, for, gonorally
speaking, It takeB u Btroug man and a
cold chisel to separate Note Scuddcr
from a cent.
1 "Oh! ain't you tho funniest thing!"
she squeals. 'Wo Indeed! llo'n let his
houso to aomo city folks, and "
"Ain't that Iho cook calling you?"
I attics. I'm a homeoptlt when It comes
to Emnilo T.; I like to tnko her In
small dosos she agrees with me bet
tor that way.
It wub this cook, and Emollno kited
off aftor tho milk, only stopping long
enougli to yoll back: "Folks say
thoy'ro dreadful rich and stylish. I'll
toll you next time I seo you."
Well, I cal'latcd sho wouldn't not
if I saw her flrat and didn't pay no
moro attention to tho yarn, except to
think that Juno was pretty early for
city folks to bo renting houses. Thoro
was only three or four boarders at the
Old Homo bo far, and I was to take a
couplo of 'om over to Trumet In tho
sloop that vory day.
Ilut, whllo wo was on tho wny over,
ono of tho couplo sort of a high
toned edition of Kmmlo T. she was
sho turnB to her messmate, another
pullot from tho huuio coop, and says
sho: "Oh! say!" she Bays. "Have you
hoard about tho two young fellers
from Now York who'vo rented that
Scuddor houso on the on the what
do thoy call It? Oh, yes! tho Nock
road. I hoard Nottlo IJrown Bay thoy
were too dear for anything. loot's
en sTsL H jHT
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kidrjvo paHt there to-morrow; shall wo?"
Ho thoro it wns again, aim I uegun
.to wonder whut sort of critters Kate
had booked. ,1 Judged that thoy must
bo a kind of' goldfish or ho wouldn't
havo baited for 'em. Nnto ain't tho
man to bo satisfied with a mesa of
sculplns.
I landed tho boarders at Trumot
and thoy wont up to tho vlllago to do
Boino shopping. Then I headed ncrosB
tho harbor to shako hands with tho
Trumot light keeper, who Is a friend
of mine. Ills wlfo told me ho'd gono
over to town, too, bo I como about and
back to tho landing again. And I'm
bloBBcd if there wa'n't Nnto Scuddor
himself, setting on a mackerel keg at
tho end of tho wharf and looklnfc' wor
ried. I hndn't ImlBtod tho jib on tho way
down, and now I let tho mainsail drop
uid wont forward.
"Hello, Nnto!" 1 hailed, as the Dora
Ilnssott slid up to tho wharf.
Ho kind of Jumped, and looked at
mo ns If ho'd Just woko up.
, "Hollo, Sol!" ho says, Eort of mourn
t ful. Thou he turned his oyca toward
Whole 8hebang?" Says I, 8arcastlc.
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tho bay again nud appeared to bo
starting in on another nap.
"Hear you got somo boardors over
to your home," I says, heaving him n
lino us u hint for him to como out of
his trance and make me fast.
"Yei," says he, paying no attention
to tho Hue.
"Come early in tho season, ain't
thoy?" says I, grabbing hold of ono of
the wharf Bplles und'brlnglng my boat
alongside easy as I could.
"Yn-ue," says he. again. Then ho
fetched u long breath and opened his
mouth as If be was going to go on.
Ilut he didn't; all that comes out of
tho mouth afore It shut up waa an
other "Yes."
I made tho Dora Hnssett fast myself
and climbed on to tho wharf. $&
"Are thoy cal'Iatlng to stay long?" I
nskB. He'd got me Interested. Seemed
to havo the "yes" dlsoaso bad.
"Hey?" says he. "Oh er yes."
I was u Uttlo mltc provoked. Not
that I wns hankering to havo Nate
Scuddor heave his arniB around my
neck and tell me ho loved me, but I
didn't know any reason why my pumps
Bhould suck dry every tlmo I tried
'cm.
"Humph!" I grunted, Btnrting to
wnlk otf. "Well, be careful of your
self; look out it don't develop Into
nothing worse."
"What do you mean?" ho Blnga out,
seeming to bo waked up for good, at
last.
"Oil." F.aya I; "I Judged by tho way
you kopt your mouth shut that you
had sore throat nnd wns afraid of
getting cold. Goad day."
Would you belfevo It, ho got up off
thut mackerel keg nnd chased after
me.
"Hold on. Sol!" ho snys, kind of
pleading. "Don't be In Bueh a hurry.
wanted to talk to you."
I had to laugh; couldn't help It.
"Yob," Bays I, "I kind of susplcloned
that you did, from your chatty re
marks. If you'd said 'yes' nlno or ton
times moro I'd havo been Buro of it."
"Well, 1 did," he suys. "I wanted to
ask you I thought I'd soe what you
thought you see "
Horo ho kind of faded away again,
and stood atlll and wiped his fore
head. "Look here, Nate Scuddor," I says,
"for a man that wantB to talk you
muko tho poorest fist at It of anybody
ever I sen. Why don't you try singing
or making algns? I wouldn't wonder
If you got nheud faster."
Ho grinned, u feeble sort of lop
Bided grin, and tried another tack.
"You wero speaking of them board
orB of mlno," ho says.
"Yes; I was," 1 Bays.
"They come dny afore yesterday
early," say ho,
"Urn-hum. So I henrd," I Bays.
Ho ildgeted a minute or bo more.
Thon ho took mo by tho arm and led
mo back to tho keg.
"Sol," ho suys, "sot down. I want
to usk you Bomethlng. Ily gum! I got
to ask Bomebody. I'm I'm worrlod."
"Yea?" I said, giving him a little of
bin own medicine.
"Yes. Them boarders thoy worry
mo. Mo and Huldy act up till nigh
11 o'clock last night talking about
'em. Sho thinks mnybo thoy stole tho
money, and I don't know but thoy'ro
crazy, ran any from an asylum or
something, You'vo soon moro .city
folks than I havo, being around tho
hotel so. Seo what you Jlnk.
"Twns this way," ho wont on; "1
got n loiter from tho feller, in Now
York that I 'soil crnnborrles to. Ho
Bald a couplo of friends of his wnntcd
to como to n placo In tho country
whoro 'twas quiet. Did I know of such
a place round here? Well, course I
wroto back that 'twas nlco nnd quiet
right nt our houso. Thoro wa'n't no
Ho In that, was thoro, Sol?"
"No," I says. "I should say
'twouldu't bo shaving tho truth too
closo if you'd snid thoro was moro
quietness than anything olso down on
tho Neck road."
"Well," ho goos on, not noticing tho
Bnrcasm, "I wroto nnd never got a
word back. Mo nnd Huldy hnd given
up hearing. And then, yesterday
morning, they como both of 'em.
Nice lookln' young fellers ns over you
bco, thoy nro; drcssod Just like tho
chups in tho clothes advertisements In
tho bacK 4-f Mm inngazlnos. Tho big
gest one unyro both half as tall as
that must, Booms bo hp took up his
hat and snys, kind of lazy and grand,
llko n steamboat capt'n:
"'Mr. Scutlder?' he sayB.
"'That's my name,' snyH I. I was
kind of suaplclous; there's boon so
many sowlng-mnchlno agents nnd such
round town this spring. And yet I'd
ought to havo known lift wa'n't no sowlng-mnchlno
agent.
"'Ah!' ho aaya. 'You'vo been ex
pecting ub, thon. Has tho luggage
come?' '
"What In tlmo did I know nbout his
luggago,' na ho called It?
" 'No,' says I. "Taln't.
" 'Oh, well, novor mind,' ho Bays, Just
aa if a ton or two of baggago didn't
count nnywny. 'Can you glvo us two
sleeping rooms, two baths, a Betting
room, and a room for my man?'
"'Two baths?' Buy.B I. 'Can't you
tnko a bath by yourBOlf? You seem
to bo having lots of funny jokes with
mo. Would you mind Baying what your
nnmo 1b and what you want?"
"Ho looked mo ovor sort of odd.
'Dog pardon,' ho anld. 'I thought you
wore expecting us. Hero'B my card.'
"I looked at It, nnd thoro wna tho
namo 'Edward Van Hrunt,' printed on
it. Thon I begun to got my bearlngB,
as you might say.
"'Oh!' I says. 'I sec'
" 'So glad, I'm suro,' ho says. 'Now
can you give us tho sleeping rooms,
tho baths, and the room for my man?'
"'Hump!' sayB I, lookln' back at the
houso behind mo; 'If mo and Huldy
bunked in tho henhouse and the chore
boy in tho collar, mnybo wo could ac
commodnto you, that is, nil but tho
baths. You'd havo to tako turns with
tho washtub for them,' I says.
"He laughed. Ho wna so everlasting
cool nbout thingB that it sort of riled
mo up.
'"Perhaps you'd like to biro tho
wholo shebang?' saya I, Barcastie,
pointing to tho house.
"Ho looked nt 1L It looked sort of
cheerful, with tho Byringa ovor tho
door and tho morning-glories hiding
where tho whitewash was off.
'"Good Idea!' ho says. 'I would.'
"Well, that was too many for mo!
I went into tho houso nnd fetched out
Huldy Ann bIio'h my wlfo. There
nln't many women in this town can
boat her when It comes to managing
nud business, if I do say it.
" 'How long would you want tho
houso for?' says Huldy, whon I told
her what was going on.
"A month,' says Van Hrunt, turn
ing to tho other city follor. 'Hey, Mar
tin?' T'other chap nodded.
" 'All right,' says Van Hrunt. 'How
much?"
"Thinks I, 'I'll scare you, my flno fel
ler.' And so I Bays, 'A month? Well,
I don't know. Mnybo, to accommo
date, I might let you havo It for two
hundred.' I sort of edged off thon,
thinking suro ho'd bo mad; but ho
wa'n't not him. 'Two hundred it
is,' ho aaya, nnd fished out a little
blank book and ono of them pocket
pens.
" 'Name's Scuddor?' ho asks.
"'Yes,' 8aya I. 'Nathan Soudder.
Ono T in Nathan.'
"And I don't know ns you'll boltevo
it, Sol," saya Nato, finishing up, "but
that follor mado out a check for two
hundred and passed It ovor to mo llko
'twas a postage otamp. What do you
think of that?"
I didn't know what to think of It.
On general principles I'd Bay that a
man who wanted to board with Nnto
and Huldy Ann Scuddor waa crazy
anyhow; but of courao theso fellers
didn't know.
"It boats me, Nuto," I says. "What
do you think?"
"niessed If I know!" snyB Scuddor,
with another of them long breaths.
"All I'm suro of is that thoy'ro up
homo, with tho pnrlor blinds open nnd
tho carpet fading, and mo and Huldy's
living in tho barn. She's doing tho
cookln for 'em till this 'man' of tholrs
comoH. Land knows what kind of a
man ho Is, too. And that check waa
on a Now York bank, and I'vo just
been up to Trumet horo with It and
tho cashier says 'twill bo a wook aforo
I kuow whether It's good or not And
I enn't make out whothor them two
nro thieves, or lunatics, or what. And
Huldy can't nolther. I novor waB bo
worried in my life."
I kind of chuckled down iusido. 'Tho
idea of anybody's skinning Nato Scud
dor was tho nlghest to tho biter's be
ing bit of anything I over como across.
And just thon I soo my two passengers
coming.
"Well, chcor up, Nato," I ' says.
"Maybo you'll get tho reward, whothor
It's lunatics or thlovos. Only you
want to look out and not bo took up
for an accomplice."
Ho fairly shriveled up when I Bnld
that, nud I laughed to myself nil the
way out of Trumot harbor. Ono thing
1 was suro of: Them two Now York
era mu3t bo queer birds nnd I wanted
to seo 'em. ,
And tho vory next aftornbonl did
boo 'em. They como down tho Old
Homo plor together, walking ns ir they
didn't enro a wholo continental wheth
er they over got anywheres or not.
Ono of 'em, tho smallest one ho
wa'n't moro'n six foot ono nnd n ha'f
looked sort of sick to me. Ho had a
whlto face, and that kind of tired,
don't-care look In his eye; nnd tho
blggor ono sort of 'tended to things for
him. '
"Good morning," snys tho big ono
tho Vnn Drunt one, I Judged cheer
ful enough. T'other chap Bald, "Good
morning," too.
"Morning," snyB I.
"Can you take us out Balling?"
"Why or I guess so," I says. "I
don't know why I can't, ir you feel
llko going. Course"
I hndn't finished what I was going
to nay uforo they were In tho boat.
Now, generally speaking, there's aomo
bargaining to bo done aforo you tnko
folks out for n three-dollar Ball. You
naturally expect It, you know not bo
much from boarders ns from towners,
but still, some. Hut not for these two
no, sir! It waa thio powerful aud
donnesa of tholrs that hit me betwixt
wind nnd water, same as It had Nate.
Made mo feel aort of like I'd missed
tho train. Stirred up my suspicions
again, too.
'Twas a nlco day; ono of them clear
bluo and green dayB that you got oarly
In June. The wnter wa'n't rugged, but
just choppy enough to bo pretty, nnd
tho breeze wns about no'thcast, givln"
us n fair run down tho bay.
"This is grand!" says the big fel
low, aa tho Dora llassett began to feel
hot- oats and lay down to her work.
"Caesar! Van," said tho other one;
"why do you bring me down to earth
llko that? Grand! Dleeckcr next!"
Ho hollered out this last part In a
kind of Bcreechy sing-song. Then they
both laughed.
I looked nt 'om. There wa'n't noth
ing to laugh at, so far as I could seo,
and tho "lilecckor" business didn't up
pear to havo no sense in it, either.
Thoy nindo two or three other
speeches that sounded just as foolish,
Thinks I: "I wonder if Scudder's
right?" They didn't look llko luna
tics, but you can't always tell. Old
man Ebenczer Doano went to church
of a Sunday morning Just as sensible
noting aa a Second Advonter could bo;
but whon ho got home ho llred tho
bean-pot nt hia wife, chased his chil
dren out door with n clam hoe, and
they found him settin' a-strnddla of
tho honhouso singing "Oculali Land"
to tho chickens. These fellers might
be harmless loons that had been
farmed out, as you might say, by tho
asylum folks. There was that "man"
that Nnto Bnld was coming. He might
bo their keeper.
"I understand you'vo got a friend
coming," anya I, by way of ground
bait.
"Friend?" says the big one.
"Friend? , I don't understand."
"Scudder snid you had another man
coming to his house." says I.
He smiled. "Oh, I Bee." Then ho
smiled again, a queer lazy kind of a
smile, llko us if ho waa amused at him
self or his thoughts.
"I don't know that I should call him
a friend, Mr. or "
"Pratt," cays I "Solomon Pratt."
"Thanks. No, I wouldn't go so far
as to call him a friend; nnd yet he's
not nn enemy not openly." Ho
smiled ngaln, nnd the other chap
whoso namo I found out wns Hnrtley
Murtln Hnrtley smiled too.
"Ho'b tho man Vnn here belongs to,"
explained tho Hartley one. They both
smiled ngaln.
I kind of jumped, I guess, when ho
Bald that. It began to look as if tho
asylum idea was the right one, nnd
this feller that was coming was tho
keeper.
"Hum," says I, and nodded my head
juat as if tho wholo business was as
plain as A II C. "Do you belong to
anybody?" I says to Hartley.
"I did," says he, "but he's doing
time."
"Doing time?" says I.
"Yes," aaya he, explaining, kind of
impatient like. "Up tho river, you
know."
I chowed ovor this for a minute, and
all I could think fjf was that tho feller
must be In a clock factory or a watch
maker's or something.
"Watches?" I nsks.
Hartley Bccmed to be too tired of
Ufa to want to answer, but his chum
did it for him.
"No," snys he. "I believe it was
pearl studs on tho showdown."
Well, this wns crnzy talk enough for
nnybody. I didn't want to stir 'em
up none l'vo nlwaya heard that you
had to bo gcntlo with lunatlcB bo I
wont on, encouraging 'em like.
"Studs, hoy?" Bnys I.
"Yes," says ho. "He was a British
beast, and Martin wns nil balled up la
tho Btroot at tho tlmo nwny from hla
upartmonta a good deaiacd tho B. D.
annexed ovorytlilng in sight."
"Go 'long!" snyB I, for the sako of
saying something.
"Hog pnrdon," snys he.
"Nothing," says I; and we stopped
talking.
Thoy soomed to enjoy tho Ball first
rato, aud acted au rational as could be,
generally Bpcnklng. They didn't know
a topping lift from a center-board, bo
far aa boat went, but that wa'n't
Btrango; I'd scon plenty of boarders
llko that. But novor aforo had I seen
two that acted or talked like them.
Wo got back to tho wharf along
about dusk, and I walked with 'cm a
ploco on their wny to Nato's. I waa
keeping n sort or old bach hall Just
outside tho villngo nnd no It wn'n't
much out of my way. They hnd mo
guessing nnd I wanted moro tlmo to
work on tho riddle.
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
Asparagus an Old Vegetable.
Ono of tho oldest known food plteitA
is asparagus.
David Grieves
for Absalom
Sunday School Lotion for Nor. 8, 1S08
Specially Arranzed for This Paper
T.KHSON TEXT.-2 Hiunucl lS::t-33.
Memory vrn M.
OOLDEW TKXT."A foollHli hou Is n
Brief to Ills father." I'rov. 17:35.
TIME.Tlireo montlm nfter our last
fcison,
PLACE. -Jpriifliiltini nnd Mnlianalm, n.
fnrtitlcd town east of tho Jordan, near
tho Jabbok, memorable) for Jncob'H
wrcatlliiff lu prayer. Half wny between
the Ijpjid hcii .ami the Sea of (Inlllce. Tho
battlefield v.ns In tho Wood of Ephralm
In attend, earn cf. the Jordan, within ono
day of Miilumiilr.i.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The day that David loft saw Absa
lom taking possession or tho throne.
Hojectlng the shrowd ndvlco of
Ahlthophel, ho waited till ho could
gather n great army with which to nt
tack nnd overcome his father.
This wus fatnl. David nnd hla two
generals, tho grcntcBt In nil Iarnel,
planned nnd organized tholr forces for
uerense only, ho fnr na David wa
concerned.
Abunlom reigned three months, and
during thnt tlmo not ono good thing
Ib recorded concerning him.
Ho wub as great a fnlluro as n king
ns ho was nH a man; and for tho Bamu
reason he wna aclflah. Ho wnntcd to
bo king for his own pleasure. Ho had
no kingly ulms or ideals.
Apparently Hclf-concelt wan tho rea
son why he followed Hushttl's advice,
for that wily enemy or his put beforo
him a picture or hlmseir nt tho head
of nn Immense nrmy, llko n world-conqueror,
nnd nil tho nations, ns it were,
singing "Hail to tho Chief."
Among many other significant de
vices, aomo beyond tho seas havo a
picture or a mnn, with n full-blown
bladder on IiIb shoulders, nrfothor
stnndlng by nnd pricking tho bladder
with a pin; the motto: "How sudden
ly!" hinting thereby the nudden down
fall of ull worldly grentnoss.
Spencer.
A mnn selfish in his Inmost soul can
never attain truo buccc38. Selfishness
ruins health, ruins conscience, ruins
Judgment.
"Amidst the scattered light Absalom
was separated from his men, and ns ho
fled from, a party or the enomy, tho
mule on which he rode carried him
beneath the low branches of a spread
ing terebinth and loft him hanging by
tho head, probably In a forked bough.
Pcrhnpa, also, his long, thick hair got
entangled, but there la nothing to sup
port the common Idea that ho waa bus
ponded merely by the hair." Joaephus
snys distinctly that Absalom's hair
was entangled. "The lirst soldier who
enme up spared his life because of the
king's command, and went to tell Joab.
The unscrupulous chief hurried to tho
spot and thrust three Javelins Into
Absalom's heart. There was prob
ably a true regard for the king und
kingdom In this net of Joab. Ho know
that Absalom could not with uafet'y
bo suffered to live, and that It would
bo difficult to rid the Rtnto or so
foul a member at any other tlmo than
now, when a Just right to slay him
had beon earned In open battle."
Kltto. Absnlom's body was cast Into
a great pit, and a great heap of
Btones waa enst upon him, either In
detestation or his memory or ns a mon
ument to distinguish the place.
V. 33. "Went t.p to the chamber."
To be alone In his sorro-. The deep
est sorrow "trcadH tk wine-press
nlone." "And wept." "Years nro tho
safety-vnlvea or tho heart." "O my son
Absalom!" "There la not In the
wholo of tho Old Testamont a pus
sage of deeper pat hou than tlila. Tho
simple beauty of the narrative Is ex
quisite; we are irresistibly reminded
or him who, while he beheld tho rebel
llous city or JeniBalem nnd thought
or tho destruction It was bringing upon
ltBelf, wept over It (Luko 10:41)."
Cook. "Would God I had died for thee."
"So Moses (Ex. 32:32), and bo St.
Paul (Rom. 9:3), would havo sacil
flced themselves, had it been possible,
to save others. His wish to dlo In
Absalom's stond waa no moro extruv i
ganco qf grlof."
Absalom and His Sin. Ho wns
young; he siuncd with his wholo nn
ture; ho kept on Binning to tho end.
Vlth no hint of repentance, with no nl
lovlatlon of character. He did not re
pent even as much ns Usau, who re.
gretted tho consequences or his notion
with Btrong crying and tears.
David's sin wna nn incident n verv
terrible Incident In a very great and
useful life. It was n dangerous eddy,
llko the whirlpool below the Niagara
falla; but it was brier, it was not tho
main current or his lire. Ho repented,
nnd all his after life showed Blnnora
tho way of repentnnce, tho possibili
ties or repentnnce nnd restoration. It
haa been n Bermon for nlmost 3,000
yqarn on the tender mercies and for
giving lovo or our Falhor in heavou.
Absalom from out tho far-off past Ib
still pointing our modern youth to
cortaln great lessons IiIb enreer
teaches us:
(1) "The way of truiisgresaora is
hard."
(2) The success of the wicked Is
short, and then ho lu llko chaff which
tho wind bloweth away. "Not consid
ering that tho Biiccesses or tho roollsh
and wicked form tho llrst rod of their
chastisement." i
(3 Sin la Eomotlmes attractive at
first, but nt Inst It blteth like n ser
pent nnd atlugeth llko nn adder.
(4) The way to truo auccess la nut
through dlKobedlnnco to parents.
(5) No fnlluro la bo torrlblo ns the
failure of a life; no ruin llko the ruin
or a soul.
(C) Tho death or tho wicked Is
lighted by no ray or hopo.
(7) They that bow tho wind shall
reap tho whirlwind.
AM
ANOTHER
How many Amoricun women in
lonely homes to-dny long for this
blessing to como into tbeir lives, nnd
to bo ablo to utter tboso words, but
becauso of somo organic dorango
ment this happiness is denied, them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara
tion for healthv matornitv is
accomplished by tho uso of
LYDIACPINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mrs. Maggio Gilmor, of West
Union, S. G,writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
"I was greatly run-down la health,
from a weakness peculiar to my box,
when Lydia E. Pinlchain'n Vcgctablo
Compound was recommended to rac. It
not only restored mo to perfect health,
but to ray delight I nm a mother."
Mrs. Josephino Hall,of Bardatown,
Ky., writes:
I was a very great BuITcrer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinbham's Vege
table Compound not only rcatorcd mo
to perfect health, but I nm now a proud
mother."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
I? or thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetablo Compound, mado
from roots and herbs, lias been tho
standard remedy for femalo ills,
and h as positively cured thousands of
women -who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness or nervous prostration.
"Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Plnklmm Invites all sick
women to write her for ntlvicc.
Sho has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
LOCATED.
"Goodness, sonny, nro you In pain?"
"Naw, tho paln'a in mo boo-hoo!"
No man can seek honestly or hope-j
fully to be delivered from temptation'
unless he has himself honestly and
firmly determined to do tho best ho
can to keep out of It. Ruskin. I
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