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A bURE 8IGN. When It Appears Act at Once Trouble with tlio kidney secretions is a certain sign that your kidneys aro deranged nnd that you should uso Span's Kidney Pills. They euro all Ir regularities nnd annoyances, remove backacho nnd sltlo pains and restore tint kidneys to health. Charles Cole, 204 N. Huckeyo St., Iola, Kans., says: "The k 1 d n o y secretions wcro Irregular, scanty and painful nnd contained Bedl racnt. My back was stiff nnd lamo nnd my limbs swelled. I grew weak and discouraged. Doan'a Kidney Pills ro moved theso troubles entirely. I havo been well for two years." Rcmomber tho nnmc Donn'o. Sold by all dealers. CO cents n box. Fob-ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. HEARTLESS. Horace Ah! Miss Gwace, what should a young man do when ho wants to write spring poetry? Grace He should seo a doctor. The Force of Habit. One of the campers had dono some thing peculiarly Idiotic, and tho dean said: "Dick reminds mo of Thomas' colt." "What about Thomas colt?" asked Dick, cheerfully. "Why," tho dean responded, rendlly, "whero I lived in Maine when I was a boy an old man named Thomas raised horses. Ho- once put out to pasture a colt, which had been fed from its birth In a box stall and wa tered at tho trough In the yard. "The pasture lay across a small river, and In the middle of tho day the colt swam tho stream to go up to tho barn-yard for a drink of water." Youth's Companion. The Water Bite. He was six years old and had never gazed into the mystic lens of n mi croscope. Several slides containing hi),tlcula had been displayed to his Tistonlshcd vision. Ho was too nmazed to mako nny comment until ho enmo to one slide that seemed more wriggly than any of tho others. It wns merely n drop of water. The llttlo fellow gazed at it n long time, with nil its nlmblo particles of nnlmnl life, and finally exclaimed to his mother: "Oh, mamma, now I know what It is that bites you when you drink soda water. And the Old Man Grinned. "Duko," Bald tho heiress, eagerly, yid you seo father?" u'Ycs." "Well?" "Wo talked about the weather." "What? Lose your nervo again? Why don't you brace up and talk like a man? a subject of a king on whose domain tho sun never sets!" "Can't," moaned tho duko. "All tho timo I was In your father's ofllco ho kept grinning at a big painting." "What painting?" "Tho battle of Bunker Hill." THE NEW WOMAN Made Over by Quitting Coffee. . Coffee probably wrecks a greater percentage of Southerners than of Northern people for Southerners uso It more freely. The work it does Is distressing enough in some instances; as an Illus tration, a woman of Richmond, Va,, writes: "I was a coffee drinker for years and for about six years my health was completely shattered. I Buffered fear fully with headache and nervousness, also palpitation of tho heart and loss ppetito. "My sight gradually began to fall and finally I lost tho Bight of ono oyo . altogether. Tho eyo was op- orated upon and tho Bight partially restored, then I becamo totally blind in tho other eye. "My doctor used to urgo mo to glvo up coffee, but I was willful and continued to drink it until finally in a case of severe illness tho doctor in sisted that I must glvo up tho coffee, so I began using Postum, and in a month I felt like a new creature. "I steadily gained in health and strength. About a month ago I be gan using arapo-Nuts food and. the effect has beon wonderful. I really feel Uko a now woman and havo gained about 25 pounds. "I am quite an eldorly lady and be foro using Postum and Grape-nuts I could not walk a square without ex ceeding fatigue, now I walk ton or twelvo without fooling it. Formerly In reading I could remember but llttlo but now my. memory holds fast what ml iiTl ; I read. ' Several frionds who havo Been tho V remarkable effects of Postum and V Jr Grapo-Nuta on mo havo urged that I B glvo tho facts to tho public for tho sake of suffering humanity, bo, al though I disllko publicity, you can publish this lottor if you like." Read "Tho Road to WeUvillo," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." ISvcr rend the nbovo letter! A new one nppenrM from time to lime. Tliey are genuine, true, and full of bunion (ntcrcat. j p L K Followed Her, Lighting the Way. mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmammjmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BHi HJL &OW11 wfxS PICTURES h.Zs- COPrRt0HTI9O7 THE 8YNOP8IS. "Mad" Dan Mnltland, on ronclilng Ills Now York luirliolor club, mot nn attrac tive younK woman nt tlio door. Janitor O'Hnijun assured him no ono had been within that day. Dun dl3coverod a wom an's tlnRor prints in dust on his desk, ulonp with u letter from his attorney. Maltland dined with Mnnnrrman, lilii at torney. Dan sot out for Greenfields, to Kot his family Jewels. During his wall: to tho country scat, ho met tho young woman In Kruy, whom ho had scon loav IriR his bachelors' club. Her auto had broken down. Mo fixed It. By n ruso bIio "lost" hlin. Maltland, on reaching homo, purnrlBcd lady In gray, cracking tho safe containing his gems. Sho, npparontly, look him for a well-known crook. Daniel Anlsty. Half-hypnotized, Maltland opened his safe, took therefrom tho Jewels, and gavo them to hor, first forming a part nership In crime. Tho real Dan Anlsty, sought by pollco of tho world, appeared on the sumo mission. Maltland ovcrcamo him. He met tho girl outtildo tho liouso and thoy sped on to New York In her au to. Ho had tho jewels nnd sho promised to meet him that day. Maltland received ii "Mr. Snnltb," Introducing himself as a detective. To shield tho girl In gray, Maltland, about to show him tho Jow cls, supposedly lost, was foiled by a blow from "Snalth's" cane. Tho latter proved to bo Anlsty himself and ho secured the gems. Anlsty, who was Maltland's dou ble, masqueraded as tho latter. Tho criminal kept Mnltland'a engagement with tho girl l-i gray. Ho gavo her tho gems, after falling In love at first sight. They wcro to meet nnd divide tho loot. Malt land revived and regretted missing his engagement. Anlsty, masquerading as Maltland, narrowly avoided capture through mysterious tip. Tho girl In gray visited Maltland's apartments during ills absence and ro turned gems, being dis covered on return. CHAPTER IX. Continued. But not to rest. Tho portion of the mentally harassed, sleeplessness, was his; and for an hour or more he tossed upon his bed (upon which ho had thrown himself without troubling to undress), pondering, to no profit of his, tho hundred probloms, difficulties and disadvantages suggested or cre ated by tho "events of tho past 24 hours. Tho gray girl, Anlsty, tho Jowols, himself; unflagging, his thoughts cir cumnavigated tho world of his ro mance, touching only at theso four ports, and returning always to linger longest in tho harbor of sentiment. Tho gray girl: Strange that her personality should havo como to domi nate his thoughts in a spaco of ttmo so brlof! and upon grounds of inti macy so slender! Who and what was sho? What cruol rigor of clrcum stanco had impelled her to seek n live lihood in ways so slnlstor? " At whose door must tho blame bo laid, against what flaw in tho body social Bhould tho indictment bo drawn, that sho should havo beon forced into the ranks of tho powers that proy a girl of hor youth and raro flbor, of hor cultivation, hor charm, and beauty? The sheer loveliness of hor, her graco and gontleness. hor Ingenuous sonsItiveneBs, hor wit; thoy combined to make tho thought or her, to him, nt loast, at once terrible and a delight. Remembering that onco he had held her In his arms, and gazed into her starlit eyes, and iuhalcd tho Impalpable fra grance of her, ho trembled, waB both glad and afraid. And her ways so hedged about with perils! While he must stand aside, im Ji ZOUIftJOfiPHl&fCA EX BOBBS - MtKnlLt - CO. potent, n pillar of tho social order so euro In its shelter, and seo her-hounded nnd driven by tho forces of tho Law, harried and worried like an unclean thing, forced, as it might bo, to resort to strntagems and expedients unthink able, to preserve her liberty. It was altogether Intolerable. Ho could not stnnd It. And yot It was written that their paths had crossed and parted and wore nover again to touch. Or wns it? It must bo so written: Thoy would nover meet again. After all, hor concern with, hor inter est In, him, could havo been nothing permnuent. Thoy had encountered under strango auspices, and ho had treated her with common decency, for which sho had repaid him in good measuro by permitting him to retain his own property. Their account was ovon, and sho for over dono with him. That must bo her attitude Why should it bo anything olso? "Oh, the dovll!" exclaimed tho young man in disgust. And rising, took his distemper to tho window. Loaning on tho sill, ho thrust head nnd shoulders far out over tho garish abyss of metropolitan night. Tho hot breath of the city fanned up in stifling waves into his faco, from tho street below, upon whoso pnlnted pavements men crawled llko Insects round mov ing Bpots, to each his romanco under his hat. Tho window was on tho corner, over looking tho Junction of throe great highways of humanity: Twenty-third stroot, with its booming crosstown cars, stretching away into tho dark ness on olthcr hand; Hroadway, fork ing off to tho loft, Its distances morg glng into a hot glow of. yollow radi ance; Fifth avenuo," branching into tho north with Its desolate sidewalks oddly patterned In aronB of douse shadow and a cold, clear light. Over tho woy tho park loomed darkly, for all its Bcattored arcs, a black arid sllont apaco, a woll of mystery. It was late, qulto lato; tho clock In front of Dorlon's (ho craned his nock to see) Inado tho hour ono in tho morning; tho sldownlks wero com paratively deserted, oven tho plllnred portico of tho Fifth Avonuo hotel des titute of loungers. A timid hint or coolness, forerunning tho dawn, rodo up on tho breczo. Ho looked up and away northward, for many minutes, over housetops Btencllcd black against tho glowing sky, his gnzo yearning Into vast dis tances of spneo, melancholy tingolng tho comploxion of his mind. Ho fan cied himself oppressed by a vnguo tin easiness, unaccountablo as to cause, unloss From tho subllmo to tho ridiculous with a vengeance, his thoughts tum bled. Qono the glamour of romance In a twinkling, banished by rank ma terialism. Ho could huvo blushed for shame; ho got slowly to his foot, Ir rosoluto, trying to grapple with a con dition that nover boforo in his exis tence had ho beon called upon to consider. Ho had Just realized thnt ho wns flnt-atrnppcd for cash. Ho had given his last quarter to the cabby, hours back. Ho wns registered at a strange hotel, under an assumed uamo, tin ablo to beg credit oven for his break fast without declaring his Identity and thereby laying himself open to suspi cion, discourtesy, Insult. Of course there wero ways out. Ho could telephone ltiinnorman, or nn other of half a dozen acquaintances, In tho morning; but that involved oxpln nations, and explanations Itnolved making himself tho butt of his circle for mnny n weary day. Thoro wns money In his lodgings, In tho Chippendale escrltoiro; but to get It ho would havo to run tho gaunt let of reporters and detectives which hnd aheady dismayed him In prospect. O'Hagan ah! At tho head of his bod was n tele phone. Impulsively, Inconsiderate of the hour, ho turned to it. "(livo mo nlno-oolght-nlnc Madison, please," ho said; and wnltod, receiver to car. Thoro was a Hllght pause; a buzz; the volco of the switchboard opera tor below stabs lopeatlng tho number to central; central's npproprlutoly mechanical reiteration; another buzz; a silence; a piolougcd buzz; and again tho Bounding silence. "Hello!" he said, softly, into tho transmitter, at a venture. No answer. "Hello!" Then central, Irrltnhly: "Go ahead. You'vo got your party." , "Hello, hello!" A faint hum of voices, rising nnd falling, beat against tho walls of his understanding. Wero tho wires crossed? Ho lifted an impatient finger to Jiggle tho hook and call central to order, when something crashed heavily. Ho could havo likened tho sound, without n strain of Imagination, to a chair being violently ovci tinned. And then a woman's volco, clear, ac cents Informed with auger and pain: "No!" and then "Sny, that's my mistake. Thnt lino you bad's out of order. I had a call for them a while ago, nnd they didn't answer. Guess you'll havo to wait." "Central! Central!" ho pleaded. desperately. "I say, central, glvo mo thnt connection again, please." "Ah, say! what's tho mnttcr with you, nnywny? Didn't I tell you that lino was out of order? Ring off!" Automatically Maltland returned the recolver to Its rest; nnd rose, whlto lipped nnd trembling. That woman's volco! CHAPTER X. Consequences. Rrcathlng convulsively, wide eyes a llttlo wildly fixed upon his faco In tho lamplight, tho girl stumbled to her feet, and for a moment remained cow ering against tlio wnll, terribly sunken, a hnnd gripping a corner of tho pack ing box for Biipport. the other pressed against tho bosom of her dress ns if in nttempt forcibly to quell tho mad ham mering of her heart. In hor brnln, n turmoil of affrighted thought, but ono thing stood out clear ly; now she need look for no mercy. Tho first tlmo it had been different; sho had not been a womnn had sho been unable thon to see that tho ad venture intrigued Mnitlnnd with Its spice of novelty, a now sensation, fully ns much as sho, herself, tho protty woman out of place, Interested and at tracted him. Ho hnd enjoyed playing the part, had been amused to lead hor to believe him on ndventurer of met tlo and caliber llttlo lnforlor to her own as ho understood her; unscrupu lous, impatient of tho qulbblo or meum-et-tuum, but adroit and keen witted, and distinguished nnd set apart from tho herd by grace of gcntlo breeding and chlvalrie instincts. How far ho might or might not havo lot this enjoyment carry him, sho had no means of surmising. Not very far, not too far, sho was Inclined to bo Hovo, strongly as sho know hor per sonality to havo influenced him; not far enough to Induce him to trust her out of sight with tho Jowols. Ho had demonstrated that, to hor humiliation. Tho flush of excitement waning, manlike soon hnd ho wearied of tho gamo sho thought; to hor mind, in distorted rotrospect, his nttltudo when leaving her at dawn had been insin coro, contemptuous, that of a man re lieved to bo rid of her, relieved to bo able to get away In unquestioned pos session of his treasure. Truo, tho sug gestion that they lunch together nt Hugene's hnd been his. Rut ho had forgotton tho ongngoment, If ovor ho had meant to keep it, ir tlio notion had been more thnn a whim of tho moment with him. And O'Hagan had told hor by tolephono that Maltland had loft his rooms at ono o'clock in ample tlmo to meet hor at tho restaurant. No, ho had novor Intended to como; ho hnd wenrled; yot, patient with hor, truo to tho ethics of a gcntlo mnn, ho hnd been content to lot hor go, rather than to send a dctcctlvo to tnkoTls placo. And tills wan somothlng, by tlio way, to cause her to roviso hor theory as to tho mnnner In which Anlsty had managed to steal tho Jewels. If Malt land had gone abroad at ono, nnd with out Intending to keep hlB engagement at Eugene's, then ho must havo been despoiled before that hour, and with out his knowledge. Surely, If tho Jewels had been taken from him with his cognlzanco, tho Into and cry would havo beon out nnd Anlsty would not have dared to linger so long in tho neighborhood! To bo Just with horsoir, tho girl had not gono to tho restaurant with much ronl hopo of finding Maltland thoro. Curiosity had drawn hor Just to seo If Dut it was too propostorous to credit that ho should havo cared enough. Quito too preposterous! It was her cup, her bitter cup, to know that sho bad learned to caro enough at sight! And she recalled (with what pangs of shamo nnd misery begged expression!) how her heart had been stirred when sho had found htm 4ns sho thought) truo to his tryst; oven us sho rocalled tho agony nnd dis tress of mind with which sho hnd a moment later fathomed Anlsty's Im personation. For, of course, she bad known that Maltland was Multland and nemo other from tho Instant when ho told her to make good her cscapo and lenvo him to brazen It out ; a task to daunt ovon ns bold nnd resourceful a criminal ns Anlsty, and moro especially if ho wore called upon to don tho mask nt a min ute's notlco, ns Maltland had pro tended to. Or, If" sho had not actually known, sho had been led to suspect; and It hnd hardly needed what sho had heard hint say to tho sorvantB, when ho thought her (lying hotfoot over tho lawn to safety, to harden suspicion into certainty. Ami now that lie should find hor here, a second tlmo a trespasser, doubly an ingrnlo that ho should havo caught her red-handed In this abominably ungrateful treachery! Sho could pretend, of course, (lint sho bad returned meiely to restore tho Jewels nnd tho cigarette case; and ho would bellcvo her, for ito was generous. Sho could, but sho could not. Not now. Yesterday, tho excitement had buoyed her; sho had gained a piquant enjoy ment from befooling him, playing her part of tho amatour cracksman In thlM llttlo comedy of tho stolen Jewels. Hut therein lay tho difference; yestorday It had boon comedy, but to-day ah! today sho could no longer laugh. For now sho caied. A llttlo Ho would clear hor yes. Hut it was not to bo cleared that sho now so passlonntely desired; It was to havo him bellevo In hor, oven against tho ovldonco of his BonsoB, ovon In the faco of the world's con demnation; nnd to provo that he, too, cuied cared for hor as his nttltudo toward her had (aught her (o caro. Kver since leaving him In tho dawn sho hnd rod Iter starved heart with tho hopo, faint hope though It were, that ho would como to caro a llttlo, that ho would not utterly dosplso hor, that ho would understand nnd forglvo, when ho learned why sho had played out her part, nor bellevo that sho wsb tho embodiment of nil thnt wns Ignoble, coarse, and crud6; that ho would show a llttlo faith In her, n llttlo faith that llko a dickering taper might light tho way for love. Hut that hopo was now dead within hor, nnd cold. She had but to look nt him to hco how groundless It had been, how utterly unmoved ho was by hor distress. Ho waited patiently that was all seeming so very tall, a pillar or righteous strength, distin guished nnd nt ease In his evening clothes; waiting patient but cold, dls passlonnto and disdainful. "I am waiting, you see. Might I sug gest that wo havo not all week for our our mutual differences?" His tone was altogether changed; sho would hardly have known It for his volco. Its Incisive, cllppod accents wero llko n knlfo to hor sensitiveness. Sho summoned (ho reserve of her strength, stood erect, unsupported, nnd moved forwnrd without a word. Ho stood nsldo, holding tho lamp high, nnd followed hor, lighting tho way down the hall to tho study. Onco there, bIio sank quivering Into a chair, whllo ho proceeded gravely to tho dosk, put down tho Inmp super fluous now, tho gaa having beon lighted nnd nftor a moment's thought faced her, with a contemptuous smllo nnd lift of his shoulders, thrusting hands deep into his pockets. "Well?" ho demanded, cuttingly. Sho mndo n llttlo motion of her hands, begging for tlmo; and, nssont lng with a short nod, ho took a turn up and down tho room, then abstracted ly reached up and turned out tho gaB. "When you are qulto composed I should enjoy hearing your statement." "I havo nono to make." "So!" with his back to tho lamp, towering over nnd oppressing her with tho senso of his strength and solf control. "That is very odd, isn't it?" "I havo no no explanation to glvo that would satisfy you, or mysolf," sho said, brokenly. "I I don't enro what you think," with a flicker of de flanco. "Relievo tho worst nnd and do whnt you will havo mo arrested " Ho laughed sardonically. "Oh, wo won't go so far as that, I guess; harsh moasuros, such ns nrrcst and impris onment, nro so unsatisfactory to all concerned. Hut I am Interested to know why you nro hero." Her breathing scorned vory loud in tho pnuso; sho kept hor lips tight, fearing to speak lost sho loso hor mns tory of self. And hystorln throatoncd; tho fluttering In her bosom warned her. Sho must bo very careful, vory restrained, ir sho woro to avert that crowning misfortune "I don't think I qulto understand you," ho continued, musingly; "suroly you must havo anticipated interrup tion." "I thought you snfoly out of tho way " "Ono presumed that." Ho laughed again, unpleasantly. "Dut. how about Maltland? Didn't you havo him in your calculations, or " Ho paused, unfelgncdly surprised by hor expression. And chuckled when ho comprehended. TO MB CONTINUED.) A Schemer. "I notlco a peculiar thing about your hotel," Bald tho boarder. "In all your guest rooms you havo two vory narrow windows, whon ono blggor ono would do as well. I don't seo the economy of such construction." "You don't oh?" chuckled tho landlord. "Woll, if you'll flggor awhllo you'll soo that thoro ain't no trunks mado that c'n bo passed out through them winders." wjLvjs Food I Libby's Vienna Saumago ? I distinctly different from any other sausage you ever tatted. Juit try one can and It Is sure to become a meal-time necessity, to be served at frequent intervals. , Ubby'e Vienna Sam- sago just suits for breakfast, is fine for luncheon and satisfies at dinner or supper. 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Ho A womnn Is peculiar in ono wny. She What'B that? He Sho won't tear up a love let ter, even after she's forgotten who wroto It. A City Clerk's Garden. A city clerk never misses a chance . of expatiating on his garden to his colleagues, who, howevor, woro nover taken homo to seo it, but were under tho impression it was or enor lupus size. Five of thorn rosolved to havo a look at It, discovorcd his ud dress, and called one Saturday after noon to seo tho hundreds of roses all a-growlng and a-bloomlug. On holm; tnken to tho, rear of the house, Judge of their surprise on seeing a back yard nbout 12 feot by ton feet. One bold spirit ventured thnt it was not very big. "Ulg!" replied tho proud owner, pointing to tho sky. "Why, mnn, nlive, look nt tho height of It!" Chicago Dally Soclalibt. Not Her Fault. "It is tho duty of every mnn nu-l woman to bo married at tho age til 32," said tho lecturer. "Woll," said a woman or 30, with Bomo uBporlty, "you needn't tell mo that. Tnlk to tho man." 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