-t-jti T-r-t t f f COOPER'S SALES HIS PREPARATIONS LEADING TOPIC IN OMAHA-CALLERS AT YOUNG MAN'S HEADQUAR. TERS INTERVIEWED. Omaha, Nob, i-Vh fi The most Interesting feature ol the vtioimmm salu ol the Cooper piepaiatlons, now going on in tnl.s !;, H what the nod lcliiua are actually accomplishing uiuong the people of Omaha. At tho ((iiiitiixiu'oineiit ot hi.s vlhlt hero Mr. Cooper piuphesled that dur ing the later pait ol his tay he would reeolo huiidruls ol imIIlth dally who came hltupi t-o thank him for what the pieparation.s had done. He also Hinted that stomach trouble 1h the lounilatlon for a great many diseases and that his New Unlivery . a it 1m called, would pro.- veiy effective In all rases ol iheumatNm slmpl by getting the stomach In winking order. That this prophec has been fulfilled lannot be doubted alter a half-hour spent at the oi.ng man's headquar ters listening to what his lail.-ra hae to say. A reporter, who watched to ascer tain, If possible, some light on tho reasons lor tho Immensity of Coop er's success, intervhv.ed about twenty of his caller estirda. afternoon. Tho statenii tits niadu l those seen indi cate that plijsiclans who claim that Cooper is meiely a passing fad, have not looked into the laets. Some of these statements weie as follows: V. .1 Grant, a popular cigar dealer at BOS South Sixteenth stieet, upon being questioned, said. "Alter a most remarkable expeiienco with the Cooper remedies, I cannot icfraln Horn saying that anyone who is suffering in any way from stomach tumble, and who does not give this Cooper medicine a trial, Is passing up a golden oppottu nity for restoration to good health. "For three years I was troubled with my stomach, and what little I did eat gave him distress. Nothing tasted right. I felt weak and bad near ly all the time. I was nervous and allowed matters of small importnnco to worry mo. I treated with two differ ent physicians, but received no benefit. 1 had about readied the conclusion that medical science had not yet pro duced anything that would help me. "However, a number of friends urged me to try Cooper's Now Dis covery, and they were so persistent that I finally took now hope and got a bottle of the Cooper medicine. After I had begun to tako it I wondored why I had not taken it long ago. Its effect was marvelous brought mo right out. I regained my appetite, took on new strength In fact, begun to feol like a different man altogether. I would not have believed there was a medicine on earth that could do so much in so short a time. I have good reason to bo grateful for what Coop er's New Discovery has done for me, and cannot praise It too highly." Tho statement of Mr. William Ken nedy, advertising manager of the Den nett Company, at Sixteenth and Harney stieots, was as follows: "Long and tedious hours of hnrd work, and continuous confinement in a stuffy olllce tended to put my stom ach in a condition that has for many months made my life miserable. Thcro is no need of my going into detail, for anyono who has ever had stomach troublo knows tho suffering to bo en dured. I becamo weakened and run down, and llfo began to be a drag. "A personal friend persuaded me to give tho Cooper medicino a trial. I procured a bottle of the New Discovery preparation and began taking it. Re lief came quickly, and In a short time I was feeling like a now man. I de veloped a splendid appetlto, could eat anything I wanted with no ill effects, and it all tasted good. My strength returned and onco more work became a pleasure. "I havo taken four bottles, and shall continuo its uso until I nm fully recovered, which I am confident will not take long Tills is a rcmnrkable preparation for any one who is 'all in' as a result of closo conlinement and overwork. I earnestly recom mend It to anyone in this condition." Other statements taken fiom those who had previously used the medi cines seem to prove that Coopers success throughout tho country Is gen uine. Ovvns Up. "Young man, 1 began life on a sal ar of four dollars a week." "And lived with your lather a while, "Urn-well, yes, I did" J)r I'len-n'n IVlli'tK, stuilt. niinr-oo.ili(l,ivijr to UiLn iik I'Jinily, nwilit" ini'l liiviuuratu aunuavli, llviTUudtMjwua- Jkinolk'NiH'. The face that lights up in conversa tion is not necessarily lantern-Jawed. WANTED HcKlrMNON, CLARK & CO. AroiiIh to hoII Innd In ot'iitrnl South Dakota. Wrlto in for Information. Geltrstiuro, So. Dak. BY NlCHOlAON ILLUSTRATIONS 3Y RAY WALTERS COPYRKHr 1907 BV bobbs -frrf?u CO. SYNOPSIS. Mhi IMtrlcli Iloltirook nml Ml Helm lli)llri)i)k, her nli'i i, with riitriniti'il to thn riiri' of LiUiruiice lMiuiviin, u w liter, suitituiTlni: nc.ir I'ort Atiiiuiiiliile, AIiih I'attiilii i oiiIIiIimI to I'oluiwiti that Bin fi'.irtt! tier tirolhi r Henry, who, mliicil l n brink fatltit i, hail coiiHiimtb thread lu-il Iut fur tnoni' tioin IiIh fatlir'a will of whleli Mlis I'uti let.! Was Ku.iriiiim TlieV am to Poll Ann mil lie In i"i .ipi It. ii' I 'milium ymp.tllil7i (I with tl two WOlliril lie h'tlnul of MlHM II. le-is .1 tioyiiiK sullor lioiiovnn dim n rul ami iiljilllli'il an Intrmler. who ltniil to he lti i;limlil (illh iile, HHltiu rm tin h nut of MIms Helen Itolhrook Hill. -., ilwno (iiaieil Hi.' follnwtiiK tunni'iii A imiKu h illor a a i m1 ami un unl.nd aw iv lolloan mw Mitt MiiUiliHil-. a ml h fa thtT meet on filemllv tMiin loniih fouijlit an Italian asn:i-;n He im i to. tllllll lie Mippiiseil W IH llulliliiilk, hut Will) anlil he was tlartihU:e, a i am e m ik. r After n hott illsriiHsliiii llmim tu fl surlily, lilllixplo was il u-.iiinl b I'm vim pn -'iitliu; a ui t ii i hurt Ii with jl.OeO llllh-.pl. .itlmllliil In Uiu-w i.f ll"l brook s pi en-nee .Mlin Pit 'i I tmw e oi;i il tu 1oiioMin that MHi 11.-1 n I::.. I I., in llllssltlK for (l few liulllM hlli lelilli: III 11 I illtieh, the Italian sailm .ill- nipt il to inolet the tllo, hill f.lileil MiKi Pat antioutieeil her Inb nllnn of lluhlltm lb in v llolhiiiok ami not mm KIiii; .timid, i l.lilmi: pi. u c. Orituivnii met lb tin In i; mien nl lilghl. DliplMt' of llehll was . onfesHeil bv tlio joiinir laily. She atlmllli il i oniillm; with her father ! pit' In i aunt's preeantloti't, In a night meeting with Don ovan The time went lot u loiiu tale the following da That nltiM, llsgul-.eil at a nun lb Inn stole fiom the Iioiimi Sl met Ueulmiltl (Jlllesple. who tolil hor his lue lllUesiile was eonfronteil liv tlonowili Helen's lover eseatieil At the town post ofllee Hi ten, unseen ev i pt hy Donovan, slipped n draft Into tho hand of the Ital ian sailor. Hhe also nlgnaled her fatln r Mlw Pat nml Donovan "tooJ In" the eauoo earnlvnl A young liulv ienr mhllng Miss Helen Itolhrook was observed ulono In u ennne, when Hi Ion was thought to have been nt home Donovan met 1511 lesple. Thn latter oonllded giving Hi Ion JiO.lnV) for her rutin t, who had thin left lo Piietnl It OIlleHiile told of tllo oueer state of the Ilolbrook affairs Miss Helen and Dotiovnn met In tho night. Sho told him Olllesplo was nothing to hor Ho confessed his lovo for her Donovan found Gillespie gagged mid bound In a cabin. In habited by tho villainous Italian ami Ilol brook. CHAPTER XIV. Continued. "You ugly dago! you Infernal pi rate " ho bawled. There was no mistaking that voice, and I now saw two legs clothed In white duck that belonged, 1 was sure, to Gillespie. My head and shoulders filled the window and so darkened the room that the prisoner thought his Jailer had como back to torment him. "Shut up, Gillespie," I muttered. "This is Donovan. That fellow will be back In a minute. What can I do for you?" "What can you do for me?" he splut tered. "Oh, nothing, thnnks! I wouldn't have you put yourself out for anything in the world. It's nice In here, and if that fellow kills me I'll mUs a great deal of tho poorty and hardship of this sinful world. Hut take your time, Irishman. Helng tied by the legs like a calf Is bully when you got used to It." In turning over, tho better to level his ironies at me, ho had stirred up the dust in tho straw so that ho sneezed and coughed in a tidiculous fashion. As I did not move ho added: "You come In hcio nnd cut theso strings and I'll toll you something nlco somo day." I ran round to the front door, kicked k open and passed through a square room tliat contained a fireplace, a camp bed, a trunk, and a table littered with old nowspapers and a few books. I found Gillespie In the adjoining loom, cut ills thongs and helped him to his feet. "Whom Is your boat?" he demnnded. "On tho west side." "Then we're In for a scrap. That beggar goes down there for water; and he'll seo that there's another man on the Island. I hnd a gun when I came," ho added mournfully. Ho stamped his feot and threshed himself with his aims to restore circu lation, then we wont into tho larger room, where lie dug his own revolver from the trunk and pointed to the shot gun In tho corner. 'You'd better get that. This fellow has only a knife In his clothes. He'll be back on the run when ho sees your canoe." And wo hoard on the Instant a man running toward the hut. 1 opened the breech of the shotgun to f-ee whether it was loaded. "Woll, how do ou want to handle tho situation?" 1 asked. Ho had his oyo on the window and throw up his revolver and let go. "Your pistol makes a howling noise, fJlllojplo. IMease don't do that again. Tho smoko Is disagreeable." You are quito right; and shooting through glass la always unfortunate! there's bound to bo a certain dollec tlon before tho bullet strikes. You seo if wore not a fool I should bo a philosopher." ' It ibii't nice hero; we'd better bolt." rm as hungry as a sea-serpent," ho said, watching tho window. "And I nm qulto desperate when I miss my tea " I stood before the open door and ho watched tho window. Wo wore both talking to cover our serious delibera tions. Our plight was not so much a matter for jesting as wo wished to mako it appear to each other. I had experienced ono strugglo with tho Italian at the houseboat on tho Tippe eanoo and was not anxious to get within reach ot his knifo again. I did not know how ho bad captured Gilles pie, or what mlschlof that amiable per son had been engaged in, but luquliles touching thla matter must wait. "Are you reudy? "Wo don't want to 7Ww-m trwTktrrr rr? -L I L'MMUtfJDIfMJl M C) ND AT RED GATBjg ' r im-jji 'V T "J " i 14 f nteC: "Who Was shoot unless we have to. Now, whon I say go, Jump for the open." Ho limped a little from the cramp ing of his legs, but crossed ovor to mo cheerfully enough. His white trous ers were much the worse for contact with the cabin lloor, and IiIb Bhlrt hung from his shoulders in ribbons. "My stomach bids mo haste; I'm go ing to eat a beefsteak two miles thick If I ever get back to New York. Are you waiting?" Wo were about to spring through the outer door, when the door at tho rear flow open with a bang and tho sailor landed on me with one leap. I went down with a thump and a crack of my head on the floor that sickened me. The gun was under my logs, and I remember that my dazed wits tried to dovlse means for getting hold of it. As my senses gradually came round I was awaro of a great contllct about mo and ovor me. Gillespie was engaged In a hand-to-hand struggle with tho sailor and the cabin shook with their strife. The table went down with a crash, and Gillespie seemed to bo having tho best of It; then the Italian was afoot again, and tho clenched swaying figures crashed against tho trunk at the fnrther end of tho room. And thero they fought In silence, sa'e for the scraping of their feet on tho puncheon lloor I felt a slight nausea from the smash my head had got, but I begnn crawling across tho lloor to ward the struggling men. It was grow ing dnrlt, and they wero knit together against tho cabin wall like a single monstious. swaying llgure. My stomach was giving a better ac count of Itself, and I got to my knees and then to my feet. I was within u yard of tho waveilng shadow and could distinguish Gillespie by his white trousers as he wrenched free and (lung the Italian away from him; nnd in that instant of freedom 1 heard the dull Impact of Glllespie'ii list in the brute's face. As the sailor went down I threw myself full length upon him; but for the moment at least ho was out of business, nnd befote 1 had sat lslled tnybolf that I had llrmly grasped him, Gillespie, blowing hard, was kneeling beside mo, with a lope in his hands. "I think." he panted, "I should like champignon sauce with that steal;, Donovan. And I should like my pota toes Ijonnalse the pungent onion Is a fvmrlng tonic. That will do, thanks, for tho arms. Get off his legs and I'll see what 1 can do for them You mightn't to have cut that rope, my bo. You might have known that we were going to need It. My father taught mo in my youth never to cut n string. I wunt tho pirate's knifo for a somenlr. I kicked It out of his hand when you went humpoty-bumpety. How's vour head?" "I still have It. Let's got you out side and havo a look at you. You think ho didn't land with tho knife?" "Wot a lilt of it. Ho nearly squeezed tho llfo out of mo two or three times, though. What's that?" "IIo gavo mo a Jab with his sticker whon ho made that Hying leap and I guess I'm scratched." Gillespie oponed my bhlrt and dis closed a scratch across my ribs down ward from tho luft collar bone. Tho first Jab had struck the bono, but tho Mibscquent slash had left a nasty red line. Glllespio sworo softly In tho strango phrasus that ho affectod while ho tended my injury. My head achod and tho nausea camo back occasionally, I sat down In tl grass while Glllesylo the Other Man That Wanted You to Kill Holbrook7" found tlie sailor's pall and went lo fetch water. H found some towels in the hut and between his dioll chaff ing and his dett ministrations I soon felt lit again. "Well, what shnll we do with the dago9" he asked, nibbing his arms and legs briskly. "Wo ought to give him to the Hinge constable." "That's the law of It, but not the common sense. The lords of Justice would demand to know all the why and wherefores, and the Italian consul at Chicago would come down nnd make a fuss, and the man behind the dngo would lay low and no good would come." "Whon will Holbiook be bnck? that's the quostlon." "Woll, the market has been veiy feverish and my guess Is that he won't Inst ninny days. He had a weakness for Industrials, as I remember, and they've been ver.v groggy. What ho wants is his million from Miss Pat, and he has own chivalrous notions of collecting It " Wo decided finally to leave the man free, but to take away his boat. Gilles pie was disposed to make light of the whole affair, now that we had got off with our lives. We searched tho hut for weapons ami ammunition, nnd having collected seetal knives and a belt and revolver fiom tho trunk, wo poured water on the Italian, carried him inlo the open and loosened tho ropes with which Gillespie hud tied him. Tlio man glaied at us llercely and muttered incobeiently for a few min utes, but after Gillespie had dashed another pall of water on him he stood up und was tame enough "Toll him." said Glllespio, "that we shall not kill him today. Tell him that this being Tuesday we shall spare his life that we never kill any ono on Tuesda.v, but that wo shall como back tomoiiow and make shark meat of him. Assuio him that wo aro tenlble villains und man-hunters-" "When will your employer return?" 1 asked the sailor. Ho shook his head and deelnrod that he did not know. "How long did he hire you for?" "For nil bummer." Ho pointed to the sloop, and 1 got it out of him that ho had been hired in Now York to come to the lake and sail it. "In the eieek up yonder," I said, pointing toward the Tippecanoe, "you tried to kill me. There was unotl.vr man with you. Who was ho?" "That was my boss," ho replied, ie luctantly, though his Kngllsh was clear enough. "What is j our employer's namo?" I demanded. "Ilolbrook. I sail his boat, the Stlllet to, over thero," ho replied, "Hut It was not ho who was with you on the houseboat In the creek. Mr. Ilolbrook was not thoio. Do not lie to mo. Who was tho other man that wanted you to kill Ilolbrook?" Ho appeared mystilled, nnd Gllles pio, to whom I had told nothing of my encountor nt the boat-maker's, looked from ono to tho other of us with a puzzled oxpresslon on his faco. "All ho knows Is that lio's hired to s-jll a boat and, incidentally, stick peo ple, with his kuiro," said Glllespio in disgust. "We can do nothing till Ilol brook comes back; let's bo going." Wo finally gathered up tho Italian's oars, and, carrying tho captured aims, went to tho east shore, whoro wo put off In Gillespie's row boat, trailing tho Italian's boat attorn. Tho uullor fol lowed us lo the shore and wntched our departure In silence We swung round lo tho western shore nml got my ca noe, and there again the Italian sullen l.v watched us. lies not m badly tuuiooiied," said Ci'lesplo. "He cm walk out over In p " No. he'll wnil for Holbiook. Ho'h sltinipi'd now and doesn't undorstund us He has exhausted bis otdeis and Is sick and Hied of bis Job A salt-w.it- r sailor loses his snap when he mis in far Inland as this He'll de in.ind his inotie.v when llnlbriuik tuins up and clear out of this." We pa-sell close to the Stiletto to cot u bolter look at her. She was the tr.nimest sailing craft In those waters, .mil the largest, being. I should say, '7 loot mi the walei Hue, sloop llgged, with a cutld.v huge enough lo house the skipper As we diew ulongtilde I blood up the better to examine hor, and the Italian, still wntohlng us In tenth tiom the Uland, cried out warn lnrl. Ho should Hy the signal, 'Owner not on board.'" lemarked Gillespie as we pushed oft and continued on our way. Tho sun was low In the western wood as we passed out into tho larger lake. Gillespie took soundings with bis oar In tlio connecting channel, and did not touch bottom. "You wouldn't suppose the Stiletto could get through heie; It's ns shal low as a Haiicepan; but there's plenty and to spare," lie said, as lie icsiimed lowing. "Hut it lakes a cool head" I began, then paused abruptly; for thero, sev eial bundled yards away, a llttlo bnck from the western shoie, against a stilp of wood through which tho sun burned redly, 1 saw a man nnd a womnn slow ly walking back and forth. Glllespio, laboring steadily at the oars, seemed not to seo them, and I made no sign. My heart raced for a moment ns I watched them pace back and forth, for there was something familiar In both figures. I knew that I had seen them before and talked with them; I would have sworn that the man was Henry Ilolbrook and the girl Helen; and I was aware that whon they turnod, once, twice, nt tho ends of tho path, the girl made somo delay; nnd whon they went on she was toward tho lake, an though shielding tho mnn from our observation. Tho last sight I had of them the girl stood with her back to us, pointing Into tho west. Then sho put up her hand to her bare head as though catching a loosened strniid of hulr; nnd tho wind blow bnck her skirts like tboso of tho Winged Victory. A second Inter tho trees stood thero alertly, with tho gol den targe of thn sun shining llko n glnnt's shield beyond; but they had gone, nnd my heart was numb with foreboding, or loneliness, nml heavy with tho weight of things I did not un derstand. Glllespio tugged hard with the bur den of the tow ut his back. I will not deny that I wns uncomfortable as I thought of bin own nffnlr with Helen Holbiook. Ho had, by any fair Judg ment, a prior claim. Her equivocal attitude toward him and her Inex plicable conduct toward her aunt wore, I knew, appearing less and less hein ous to mo as the days passed; and I was mlseiahly conscious Hint my own duty to Miss I'atilcln lay less heavily upon me. 1 was glad when we renehed Glon arm pier, where wo found Ijlma hang ing out the lnmps. Ho gavo me a tele gtatu. It was from my New York ac quaintance nml rend: Ilolbrook left hero two la ngo destl- nation unknown. "Come, Glllespio; you nro to dine with me," I said, whon ho hnd read the telegram; and so wo went up to tho bouse together. itd hi; ro.NTiNuun ) COMPLIMENT FOR THE PASTOR. Remark Not So Intended Really Amounted to as Much. Aaron llancroft, tho father of tho historian, wns a Massachusetts clergy man who levolted against tho Calvin Ism of thn dny. Tho young mlnlutir found himself held ut arm's length by the sin rounding clergy. In "Tho hlfe nnd Letters of Geoigo Hancroft" Mr. M. A. DoW. 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