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-.- Idfta 1-- fc 1' t PUBLIC STATEMENT By a Public Official County Treasurer of Granbury, Texas. A. A. PcrklnB, County Treaouror of granbury, Hood Co., Toxns, sayB. y.v "Yeara oko a aovcro ' 1-2b.1t.i'.io.j fnll In In rnil mv tA. noya. From tbat time I wns bothered with a chronic laino back and disordered action of tlio kldnoys helped to mako llfo mlsorablo for mo. A friend bub B o a t o d my using Loan's Kidney Fills, which I did, with tho most gratifying ro Eults. I made a pub lie Htntcment at tho tlmo, rccommond- log Doan's Kidney Pills, and am glad to confirm that statement now." Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. AMBITIOUS. Employer What! want another ralso? Why, you're getting ?5 a month I Ofllco Boy Yesslr; but I'm engaged now, and my girl wants to bo took about. ECZEMA COVERED HIM. Itching Torture Was Beyond Words Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion Relieved in 24 Hours and Cured by Cutlcura In a Month. "I nm seventy-seven years old, and flomo years ago I was taken with ec eema from head to foot. I was sick for six months and what I suffered tonguo could not tell. I could not sleep day or night becauso of that dreadful Itching; when I did sleep It was from sheer exhaustion. I was ono mass of Irritation; It was oven in my scalp. Tho doctor's medicine seemed to make mo worso and I was almost out of my mind. I got a set of tho Cutlcura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. I used them persistently for twenty-four hours. That night I slept llko an Infant, tho first solid nlriVs sleep I had had for six monthB. j a rsonth I was cured. W. Harrison . ,5raitn, Mt KIsco, N. Y., Fob. 3, 1908." Potter Drug & Chcm. Corp., Holo Props., Boston, A Joke's Life. "What becomes of a Joko when It Bets too old for tho nowspapera?" "It goes on tho Btago." "And after that?" "To tho theatrical program." "Wliero it ends Its oxistonco, I s'poso?" "Oh, no; it lives honorably for many yoars In congressional cloakrooms." Breaking Up Colds. cold miiy be stopped at the start by a couplo of 1-jiiic'b l'luafcnnt Tablet. Kvcn in cases where n cold Iirh pcemcd to (i.iin so strong a hold that nothing could bro.tk it, thete tablets have done it in nn hour or two. All drupftibts nnd dealers sell them nt 25 cents a box. If you cannot get them wnd to the proprietor, Orator F. Wood ward, Lc Hoy, N. Y. Sample free. A Natural Rise. "Coal Is going up this year." "Aro you sure?" "Perfectly so. Doosn't It always go up In smoke?" ANOTHER WOMAN CURED by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Gardiner, Maine "I have- been a errn.it RufTnrnr from nrcnnln trnnlilna unuiiBuvoroicmaie weakness. Tho doctor said I would have to go to the hospital for an operation, but I could not bear to think of it. 1 do cided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcg otahlo Compound andSanatlvowash and wa3 entirely cured after t.hrpn months' uso of them." Mrs. S. A. Williams, it. x v. no. m, uox a, Gardiner, Mo. ,..,.. . No woman should submit to a surei cal operation, which may mean death, until Bho has givon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vetcetiblo Compound, mado exclusive ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial. mi. in ffimnnu moillninn for wnmnn has for thirty years proved to bo tho fi.v fnmnin nrmTilm. Women Tesld. S'Jng in almost ovory city and town in tho unitett acaies near wihuik wean monyto tho wonderful virtuo of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegotablo Compound. It cures femalo Ilia, and creates radi ant, buoyant fomalo health. If you aro ill, for your own sake as well as thoso you love, givo it a trial. Mrs. Pinktmm, at Lynn, Mass Invites ail sick women to write her lor advice Hcradvicoisfreo, and always helpful. "rtawcTMS' Pifll Cast Ruthlessly Upon MMMWMMMMkWVMMAMAA'V'SAM0WMNMAMMAMAA PICTURES er Y.tYen Oi COPrRIQHT lOT THE SYNOPSIS. "Mad" Dun Malttnnd, on reaching his Now York bachelor club, mot an attrac tive young woman at tho door. Janitor O'Hagnn assured lilm no ono had, boon within thnt day. Dan discovered a worn nn'tf llnucr prints In dust on his desk, nlonB with u letter from his attorney. Maltland dined with Bannermitn. his at torney. Dan not out for Greenfields, to got his family jewels. CHAPTER II. Continued. An errant cabby, cruising aimlessly but hopefully, sighted Maltland's tall figure and white shirt from a dlstanco, and boro down upon him with a gal lant clatter of hoofs. "Kebslr?" ho demanded, breathless ly, pulling In at tho corner. Maltland camo out of his reverie and looked up slowly. "Why, yes, thank you," he assented, amiably. "Whero to. sir?" Maltland paused on tho forward deck of tho craft and faced about, look ing tho cabby trustfully In tho eyo. "I leave It to you," ho replied, polltoly. "Just as you pleaso." Tho driver gasped. "You see," Maltland continued with a courteous smilo, "I have two engage ments ono at Sherry's, tho other with tho 10:20 train from Long Island City. What would you, as man to man, ad vlso me to do, cabby?" "Well, sir, seoln' as you put it to mo straight," returned tho cabby with engaging candor, "I'd go homo, sir, if I was you, afore I got any worso." "Thank you," gravoly. "Long Island City depot,, then, cabby." Maltland extended himself languid ly upon tho cushions. "Surely," ho told the night, "tho driver knows best ho and Uannerman." The cab started off jogging so se dately up Madison avenuo that Mult land glanced at his watch and oluntnd his brows dubiously; then with his stick poked open tho trap in tho roof. "If you really think It host for mo to go homo, cabby, you'll havo to drlvo like hell," ho suggested, mldly. "Yesslr!" A whlp-lash cracked loudly over tho horso'B back, and tho hansom, lurch ing Into Thirty-fourth street on one wheel, was presontly Jouncing eastward over rough cobbles, at a regardless pace which roused tho gongs of tho surface cars to n clangor of hysterical expostulation Iu a trlco tho "L" ox tonslon was roaring overhead; and a little later the forry gates were yawn ing before them. Again Maltland con sulted his watch, commenting brieily: "In tlmo." Yci ho reckoned without tho ferry, ono of whoso employes deliberately and Implacably swung to tho gates lu tho very face of tho astonished cao horso, which promptly roso upon 5. a hind legs and pawod tho air with gos turos of pardonablu exasperation. To no avail, howovor; the gutes remained closed, tho cabby (with language) reined his steed back a yard or two, and Maltland, lighting a cigarette, composed himself to stmulato patience. His Own Resources. VIJdOJfPHVMCEA e.OBB3 - ttnnlLU CO. Followed a wait of ton minutes or so, In which a number of vehicles joined company with tho cab; tho pas senger was vaguely awaro of tho Jar ring purr of a motor car, llko that of Bomo hugo cat, In the Immodlato rear. A circumstanco which the had occasion to recall oro long. ' In tho course of tlmo tho gates were again opened. Tho bridge cleared of incoming traffic. As tho cabby drove aboard tho boat, with nico considera tion selecting tho choicest stand of all, well out upon tho forward dock, a motor car slid in, humming, on tho right of tho hansom. Maltland sat forward, resting his foroarms on tho apron, and Jorked his cigarotto out over tho gates; tho glow ing Btub described a fiery arc and took tho water with a hiss. Warm whiffs of tho river's Bweot and salty breath fanned his fnco gratefully, and ho be camo awaro that thoro was a moon. His gozo roving at will, ho nodded an cvon-tompored approbation of tho night's splendor In tho city a thing unsuspected. Nevor, ho thought, had ho known moonlight so pure, bo silvery and strong. Shadows of gates and posts lay upon tho forward deck llko Btonclls of lampblack upon whlto marble. I)o yond tho boat's bluntly rounded nose tho East river stretched Its restloss, dark reaches, glossy black, woven with gorgeous ribbons of reflected light streaming from pier head lamps on tho further shore. Overhead, tho sky, a pallid and luminous blue around tho low-swung moon, was shaded to pro found depths of bluish-black toward tho horizon. Abovo Brooklyn rested a tenuou3 haze. A revonuo cutter, a slim, pnlo shapo, cut across tho bows llko a hunted ghost. Farther out a homeward-bound excursion steamer, tier upon tier of glittering lights, drifted slowly toward Us pier boneath tho new brldgo, tho blaro of Its band, swelling and dying upon tho night breeze, mercifully temporod by dls tanco. Presently Maltland's attention was distracted and drawn, by tho abrupt cessation of Its motor's pulsing, to tho automobile on his right. He lifted his chin sharply, narrowing his eyes, whistled low; and thereafter had oyes for nothing else. Tho enr, ho saw with tho experi enced eye of a connoisseur, was a re cent model of ono of tho most ex pensive nnd popular forolgn makes; built on linos that promised a denl In tho way or speed, and furnished with engines that wero pregnant with multi plied horso power. All In all not tho Btylo of car ono would expoct to And controlled by, a solitary woman, es pecially nftor ton of a summer's night. NovortholesB tho lono occupant of thlB car was a woman. And thoro was that In hor bearing, an Indefinable rpmethlng whether It lay In tho car riage of hor heud, which Impressed ono as both splrltod and Independent, or In nn equally certain but less tan glblo air of nolf-confldonno and ro- llnnco to sot Mad Maltland's pulses drumming with oxcltemont. For, un less Indocd ho labored gravoly under n misapprehension, ho was observing her for tho second tlmo within the past fow hours. Could ho bo mistaken, or was this In truth tho same woman who had (as ho bellovcd) made herself free of his rooms that evoulng? In confirmation of such suspicion he remarked her costume, which was al together worked out In soft shades of grny. Grny was tho mlBty veil, drawn In and daiutlly knotted beneath her chin, which lent her head and fnco Buch thorough protection ngnlnst pry ing glances; of gray suedo wero tho light gnuntlotB that hid all save the slondomoss of hor small hands; nnd tho wrap that, cut upon full and Haw ing lines, cloaked her ilguro beyond suggestion, wns gray. Yet even Its amplo drnpory could not dissemble tho 'fact that she was oulto small, girlishly Blight, like the woman In the doorway; nor did aught temper her Impersonal and detached composure, which had also been an attribute of tho woman In tho doorway. And again sho was alone, unchnperoncd, unpro tected. YcsT Or no? And, If yos, what to do? Was ho to nllght and nccost her, accuco hor of forcing an entrnnco to his rooms for the nolo purpose (as far as ascorUilnable) of presenting him with tho outline of her hnnd In the dust of his desk's top? . . . Oh, hardly! It was all very well to bo daringly eccentric and careless of tho world's censure; but ono scatcely carod to lay onc'.V self open either to an unknown girl's derision or to n sound pummellng nt the hands of fel low pnssongorB enraged by the Insult offorcd to an unescorted woman. Tho young man was atlll pondering ways and means when n dull bump ap prised htm that tho ferry boat was en tering tho Long Island City slip. "Tho dovll!" ho exclaimed In mingled dis gust nnd dismay, realizing that his distraction had been so thorough ns to permit tho voyago to take place almost without his realizing it So thnt now worso luck! it wan too lato to take any ono of tho hundred fantastic-steps he had contemplated half seriously. In another two minutes his charming mystory, so bowltchlngJy Incarnated, would havo slipped out of his life, fi nally nnd beyond recall. And ho could do naught to hinder such a finale to tho adventure. Sulkily ho leslgned himself to tho Inevitable, waiting and watching, whllo tho boat slid and bluuderod clnmslly, paddlo wheels churning the filthy waters over side, to tho floating brldgo; while tho winches rattled, and tho woman, sitting up briskly In tho driver's seat of tho motor car, bent forward and advanced tho spark; whllo tho chain fell clanking and tho car shot out, over tho brldgo, through the gates, and away, ot a very consider able, oven If lawful, rate of speed. Whereupon, writing finis to tho final chapter of Romance, voting tho world a dull place aud llfo a treadmill, an a'thematizlng in no uncertain terms his lack of rcsourco and nddrcss, Maltland paid off his cabby, alighted, and to that worthy's boundless wondor, walked into tho wnttlng room of tho railway terminus without deviating a hair's breadth from tho straight and circumscribed path of tho sobor In mind and body. Tho 10:20 had dopartod by a baro two minutes. Tho next nnd last train for Greenfields was to leavo at 10:59. Maltland with assumed nonchalance composed himself upon a bench in tho waiting room to euduro tho 37-mlnuto lntervnl. Flvo minutes later an nblo bodied washerwoman with six children In quarter sizes descended upon the amo bonch; and tho young man In desperation allowed himself to bo dis possessed. Tho nows stand next attract ing him, ho garnered a fugltlvo amuse ment and two dozen coppor cents by tho slmplo process of purchasing six "night extras," which ho did not want, and paying for each with a five-cent piece. Comprehending, at length, that ho had Irritated tho nows dealor, he mcandorod off, Jingling hlB copper for tune In ono hand, lugging his news papers In tho other, and mado a de termined onslaught upon a slot ma chine Tho latter having reluctantly disgorged 24 assorted samples of chewing gum and stalo sweetmeats, Maltland returned to tho washerwom an, and sowed dissension In her brood by presenting tho treasuro horde to tho eldest girl with Instructions to sharo It with hor brothors and Bisters. It Is difficult to Imagine what folly might next havo been recorded against him had not, nt that momont, a fe rocious and innrtlculato howl from the train startor announced tho fact that tho 10:59 was In waiting. Bonrding tho train In a thankful spirit, Maltland settled himself as com fortably as he might In tho Bmoker nnd endeavored to find surcease of onnul in his collection of oxtras. In vain; ovon a two-column portrait of Mr. Dan Anlsty, cracksman, nccom panled by a vivacious cataloguo of that notoriety's achievements In tho field of pollto burglary, hardly stlrrod his In terest. An eluslvo resemblanco which ho traced in tho fenturos of Mr. Anlsty, as vresentcd by tho skotchartlst-on-t'ue-spot, to some ono whom ho, Malt la'id, had known In tho dark back wards nnd abysm of tlmo, merely drew fvom him tho commont: "Homely brute!" And ho laid tho papors aside, cradling his chin In tho palm or cno hand and staring for a weary whKo out of tho car window at u reeling nnd moonsmltten landscape. Ho yawned oxhaustlvoly, his thoughts astray bo tweon a girl garbed all In gray, Ban nerman'u earnest and thoughtrul fnco, and tho pornlclous activities of Mr. Daniel AnlBty, at whoso door Mnltlaud laid tho responsibility for thin most fatiguing errand. The brakoman'8 wolf-llko yelp "Oroenflelds!" wns ringing In hla enra when ho awoke and stumbled down nlslo and enr steps Just lu tho nick of tlmo. The train, whisking tound a curve cloaked by a bolt of Hombc'r pines, left him oulto nlono in the world, cast ruthlessly upon his own resources. An hour had elapsed; It waH now midnight; the moon rode high, n cold white disk against a background of Bapphlro velvet, its pellucid rays ro veallng with disheartening distinct ness the Inanimate and llghtlesa road side hamlet called Oruenflelds; Its gen eral store and postodlco, Its sol-dlsant hotel, Kb straggling lino of dilapidated habitations, all wrapped In idlenco pro found nnd Impenetrable. Not oven a dog howled; not a belated villager was In Right; and It was a moral certainty that the local livery service had closed down for the night. Nevertheless, Mnltlaud, with a desporatlnn bred of tho prospcctlvo flve-mllo tramp, Hpent some ton val uable minutes hammering upon tho door of tho house Infested by tho pro prietor of tlio livery stnhle. Ho suc ceeded only In waking tho dog, and Inasmuch ns ho waa not on friendly terms with thnt anlmnl, presently withdrew ut dlscietlon and Bet his face noithwiirds upon the open road. It atrotched before hint Invitingly enough, a ribbon winding silver-white between dark patches of pine and scrub oak or Holds lush with rustling corn and wheat. And, having over come his primary disgust, uh tho blood began to circulate more briskly In his veins, Maltland became aware that ho was actually enjoying tho enforcod ex orcise. It could havo been hardly otherwise, with n night ho Bweot, with airs bo bland nnd fragrant of tho woods nnd fresh-turned arth, with so clear a light to show him his wny. He stepped out briskly at first, swinging his stick nnd watching his shadow, a squat, Incredibly ngttutcd silhouette In tho golden dust. But gradually and insensibly tho peaceful Influence of that still and lovely hour temporcd his heart's lmpatlenco; nnd ho found himself walking at a pneo more leisurely. After all, thoro was no hurry: ho was unwearied, and Malt land Manor lay less than flvo miles distant. Thirty minutes passed; ho had not covered a third of tho way, yet re mained content. By well-remembered landmarks, ho know ho tnuBt be hear ing tho little htrcam called, by couitesy, MnyannlB river; and, In duo course, ho stepped out upon tho long wooden Btruc turo that Bpuns that water. He was closo upon the farther end when upon a hnpehnnco Impulse ho glanced over tho nearest guard rail, down at tho bed of the creek. And stopped In continently, gaping. Stationary In the middle of tho do piesslon, hub-deep In tho shallow wa ters, was a motor car; and It, beyond dispute, was Identical with that which had occupied his thoughts pn tho ferry boat. Less wonderful, perhaps, hut to him amazing enough, It was to dis cover upon tho driver's scat tho girl In gray. His brain benumbed beyond further capacity for astonishment, ho accepted without demur this latest and most as tounding of tho chain of amazing co incidences which h'nd thus far enliv ened tho night's earlier hours; und stood rapt In silent contemplation, sensible that tho girl had boon un aware of his approach, deadened as his footsteps must havo boon by tho blanket of dust that carpotcd both road und brldgo deep nnd thick. On hor part sho Hat motionless, evi dently lost In reverie, and momen tarily, at least, unconscious or tho em barrassing predicament which was hers. So complete, Indeed, scorned her abstraction thnt Maltland caught him solf questioning tho reality of her. . . . And well might sho havo scorned to him a pale llttlo wraith of tho night, tho shimmer of gray that sho mado against tho shtmmor of light on tho water n shapo almost trans parent, Blight, nnd unsubstantial seeming to contemplate, and as still as any mouse. Looking more attentively, It became evident that her veil was now raised. This was tho first tlmo that ho had seen her so. But hor countenance re mained so deeply shadowed by tho visor of a mannish motoring cap that tho most searching scrutiny gained no more than a dim nnd scantily satisfac tory Impiession of alluring loveliness. Mnltlund turned noiselessly, rested elbows on tho rail, and, stnrlng, framed a theory to account for hor position, If not for her patience. On either hand tho road, dividing, Btruck off nt a tangent, down tho banks nnd into tho river bed. It was crcdlblo to presume that tho girl had lost control of tho machlno temporari ly and that It, taking tho bit botweon its tcoth, had swung gayly down tho incline to Its bath. Why sho lingered thoro, however, was less patent. Tho wator, as has been Indicated, was some Inches below the tonncau; It did not seem reason nblo to assume thnt It should havo In terfered with either running geur or motor. At this point in Maltland's medita tions tho gray girl appeared to havo arrived at n decision. Sho straight ened up suddenly, with a llttlo reso lute nod of her heud, lifting ono small foot to hor knee, and fumbled with tho laces of hor shoe. Maltland grnspod hor Intention to abandon tho machine, with hor deter mination to wade! Clearly this would seem to domonstrato that thoro had boon a brenkdown, lrropnrablo so far frail fomlnlno hands wore concerned. 'Ono shoo removed, Its follow weuld follow, and then. . . . Out of ehoor chivalry, tho Involuntary wltnos was moved to earnest protest. "Don'tl" ho cried, hastily. "I iay, don't wado!" (TO 11 E3 CONTINUED.) KNEW HI8 80N. Prodlgnl Son Fnthor, I havo re turned! Father Yes, gol dern yo. I thought you'd show up about tho tlmo tho pret ty summer bonrdors began to arrlvo at the farm! All Over. While work on n now building was going on in n southern town not long ago nn old negro employed ns n hod carrier suddenly nllppod whllo Hear ing tho third story and plunged hoad long to tho ground. Several pnnsors by rushed over expecting to find a mnn dead with a broken' nock, ns tho old follow had Htruck Bqunroly on tho top of his head. Finding tho old mnn still alive nomn ono emptied tho con tents ot n whisky bottle down hla throat. In n fow moments tho old negro sat up and looked nround. "How do you fool now, undo?" asked n bystnndcr kindly. "Woll, Bah," camo tho reply, "I wux sorter cornfuscd when I fuat started, but now dat I'a hit l's all rightl" Not His Duslneis. "I'ow'ful fertllo country dnounthoh In Texas." ald tho colonol. "Yos, sob! Why, sch, I know spots daoun thoh whero tho trees grow bo closo togothoh that yuu-all couldn't shovo youh hand between thoh trunks. And gamo, son! Why, sch, I'vo soon Fchglnyuh docah In those Ramo forests with auttohs eight feet spread! Yes, noh!" At this point soma mnddlosotno Idiot asked tho colonol how hucIi doer evor managed to get their antlors botwoon such tree trunks. "Thot, seh," snld tho colonol, draw Ing himself up with squolchlng dig nity, "Is thoh business!" Everybody's Magazine Shlloh Church to Be Repullt. An effort Is being mndo to build a sultablo momorlal church on tho site of the original Shlloh church, on Shl loh bnttlctleld, now ono of tho most attractive of military parks. It was on this very spot tho bloody battle of Shlloh was begun on tho morning of April C, 18G2. It Is tho purposo to build n memorial church to cost not less than 110,000. Tho names of all contributors will bo rocordod In a permanent register and kept on ex hibition In tho church, which will b open to visitors aud tourlstB. Sheer whlto goods, In fact, any fine wash goods when now, owo much of their attractiveness to tho way thoy . aro laundered, this being dono In a manner to enhanco their textllo boau ty. Homo laundering would bo equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was glvon to starching, tho first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient Btrongth to stlffon, without thickening tho goods. Try Deflanco Starch and you will bo. pleasantly surprised at tho Improved appcaranco of your work. 'Twas Ever Thus. "Thcro aro bo many fast young men nowadays," romarkod tho first young woman. "H'm, yes; you do scorn to havo difficulty In catching one," roplled the other young woman. 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