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FREDERICK PALMER
(Copyright. 1914. by
8YN0P8I8.
At tliflr hom on tho frtmtlor between
thn HiuwriH uriil Clrnyn Atari ii (lullniid and
Jier mother, rmtftrtulnltiK Colnnol W'pstcr
lllrifr of tho drays, boo Captain Lntuitroii,
Curt Inlcltlffence ofllcfr of tho Hrownr
njumil by n fait In Ills ucroplatio. Tti
Qreara Intor. WcntorllnK, nominal vlco but
real ehlof of tnrf, reinforces Mouth Ia
rTIr, meditates on wnr, and niinculntrs on
tlio comparative iikp nf hlmwlf nml Mar
ia, who In vlflltlne In tliu Gray cnpltnl.
WesterllnK rails on Mnrtn. Hho tells tilni
vi her tanalilng children ttie follleit of wnr
ii(l mnrtlal patriotism, heps hltn to pro
vont war whllo ho In chief nf ntnfT, nnd
predicts thnt If ho makes wnr iiKitliiHt tho
(Mrowwi ho will not win. On thn inarch
with tlio C3d of tlio Krownn I'rlvnto Btrun
ky, nnnrchlM, dcrrlea wnr nnd plnyed
out palrlntlKtn nnd In placed under nrrest.
Colonol IjinMrnn overhearing, beg Him
off, Idinstron tails on Mnrta nt her homo.
alo talks with l-Yllor, tho Knrdoncr. Mnrtn
Hull Limit ron thnt bIio believes Keller to
9 t spy. Lnnntron confenHen It Is true.
Mnntron shown Mftrtn n, telephone which
preller had concenled In a Rccrot pnRsnpo
hinder tho tower for uno to benefit tho
(Drown In wnr emergencies. I.ntistrori de
lares bin lovo for Mnrtn. WesterllrtR nnd
jtlie Orny premier plan to uno a trivial In
ternational nffnlr to foment wnrllko pa
triotism In nrmy nnd peoplo nnd strlko be.
ror deelnrlnR wnr. I'nrtow, Hrown chlof
of staff, nnd Innstrnn, tnndn vice, dlseuni
Jhs trouble, and tho Brown defenses. Inr
jpw reveals Ills plans to I.nnstrnn. Tho
lOrny Army crosses the border llnu nnd at-
5aok. Thn llrown chock them. Artll
ery. Infantry, aeroplanes nnd dirigibles
niraKe. fltrnnsky, rising to mnko the
Anarchist speech of his life, drawn thn
amy artillery flro. Nicked by n shrapnel
pllntor he goes llcrscrk nnd tlKhts "all
a man."
CHAPTER IX Continued.
ut would one? Ho undcratood
that with their nmokoleas powder tho
Gray Runs could bo located only by
tholr flnshcB, which would not bo vis
ible unless tho refraction of light wero
favorable Then "thur-ecah thur
08h" nbore ovcry other Hound In n
tong wnll! No man ever forgetB tho
first crnck of a Rhrapnel at close quar
ters, tho flret bullet breath on hla
cheok, or tho first supporting shell
from his Bldo In flight that pasacR
bovo him.
"That Ib ours!" called Dollarmo.
"Ours!" shouted tho uorgennt.
"Ours!" sang tho thought of every
ono of them.
Over tho Gray batteries on tho plain
an explosive ball of amoko hung In
tho still air; then anothor besldo It.
"Thur-ecsh thur-ecsh thur-eeah,"
tho screaming overhead becamo a galo
that built a cloud of blue smoko-ovcr
the offending Gray batteries beauti
ful, soft bluo smoko from which a
pray of steel descended. Tlrero waB
no spotting tho flashes of the Ilrowns'
guns In order to reply to them, for
they wore under tho cover of a hill,
UBtng Indirect aim as nicely and ac
curately ns if llrlng polntblank. Tho
gunners of tho Gray batteries could
not go on with their work under such
a hall-storm; thoy wero checkmated,
They Btoppcd llrlng and began moving
to a now position, whero tholr com
mander hoped to remain uudlHcovered
long onough to support tho 128th by
loosing his llghtnlnga against tho do
fondors at tho critical moment of tho
noxt chargo, which would bo mado aa
soon as Fracasse's men hnd been rein
forced. Thero wna an end to tho concus
sions nnd tho thrashing of tho air
around Dellarmo'a men, nnd they had
tho relief of n breaking abscess in the
ear. Dut thoy bocamo tnoro conscious
of tho spits of dust In front of their
facoa and tho passing whistles of bal
lots. In return, thoy mado tho sec
tions of Gray Infantry in rcscrvo rush
ing across tho levels, leavo many gray
lumps behind. Dut Fracasso's mon at
tho foot of tho slope pourod In a heav
ier and still heavier lire.
"Down there's whero wo need the
shells now!" spoko tho thought of Del
larmo'a men, which ho had anticipated
by a word to tho signal corporal, who
waved hla flag ono two three four
flvo times. Como on, now, with
mora of your special brand of death,
tiro-control officer! Your own head Is
abovo tho sky-lino, though your guns
ara hidden. Fivo hundred yards bo
yond the knoll la tho range! Como
on!
Ho camo with n burst of screams so
low in flight that thoy seemed to
brush tho back of tlio mon'a necks
with a hair broom at tho rato of a
thousand feet a second. Having
watchod tho result, Dollarmo turned
with a confirmatory gesture, which tho
corporal translated Into the wigwag
of "Correct!" Tho shrapnel smoko
hanging over Fracasso's men appeared
heavenly bluo to Dellarmo'a men.
"They aro going to start for us
soon! Oh, but wo'll got a lot of
them!" whispered Stransky gleefully
to hla rifle.
Dellarmo glanced again toward tho
rolonel's station. No sign of tho re
tiring flag. Ho was glad of that. Ho
did net want to fall back In faco of
a charge; to havo his men silhouetted
In tho valloy as thoy retreated. And
the Grays would not enduro this shower-bath
long without going ono way or
tho other. Ho gavo tho ordor to fix
bayonota, and hardly was It obeyed
when ho saw flashes of steel through
tho shrapnel smoko as tho Grays fixed
theirs. Tho Gray a had COO yards to
go; tho Drowns had tho tlmo that it
tikes
ca-runnlng men to cover tho dls
cSu which to stop tho Grays.
tancv
"We'll spear any of them who has
tha luck to got this far I" whispered
Charlca Scrlbners Sons)
Strnnaky to 1i!b rlflo. Tho sontenco
wna spoken In tho midst of a salvo of
Hhrnpnel cracks, which ho did not
hear. Ho hoard nothing, thought noth
ing, except to kill.
Tho Gray batteries on tho plain,
having taken up a now position and
being reinforced, played on tho crest
nt top apeed Instantly tho Gray lino
roso und started up tho slopo at tho
run. With the purposo of confusing
no Icsa than killing, they used percus
sion, which burst on striking tho
ground, as well as shrapnel, which
burst by a time-fuse In tho air. Foun
tains of sod nnd dirt shot upward to
meot descending sprays of bullets. Tho
concussions of tho earth shook tho
aim of Dellarme'B mon, bllndod by
smoko and dust, as thoy fired through
a fog at bent figures whoso logB woro
pumping fast In dim pantomime
Dut tho guns of tho Drowns, also,
have word that tho chargo baa begun.
Tho algnal corporal 1b waiting for tho
gcaturo from Dellarmo agreed upon aa
an announcement. Tho Drown artil
lery commander cuts his fuses two
hundred and fifty yarda shorter. Ho,
too, iisea percuaalon for moral effect.
Half of the dlstnnco from tho foot
to tho crest of tho knoll Fracasso'B
men havo gono In faco of tho hot, siz
zling tornado of bullots, when thoro Is
a blast of explosions In tholr faces
with all tho chaotic and Irreslstlblo
forco of a volcanic eruption. Not only
are thoy In tho midst of tho first lot
of tho Drowns' shells at tho shorter
range, but ono Gray battery has cither
made a mlatako In cutting Its fuses or
struck a streak of powder below stand
ard, and lto shells burst among those
whom It Ib aiming to nsslBt.
Tho ground seems rising under tho
feet of Fracasso'B company; tho air la
split nnd racked and wrenched nnd
torn with hideous screams of Invisible
demons. Tho mon Btop; thoy net on
tho uncontrollable Instinct of self-preservation
against an overwhelming
forco of nature. A fow without tho
power of locomotion drop, faces
pressed to tho ground. The rest fleo
townrd a shoulder of tho slope
through the instinct that leads a
hunted man In a street into an alley.
In a confusion of arms and legs, press
ing ono on tho other, no longer sol
diers, only a mob, they throw them
selves behind the first protection thnt
offers Itself. Fracasse also runs. Ho
runs from tho flamo of a furnace door
suddenly thrown open.
Tho Gray batterios havo ceased fir
ing; certain gunners' ears burn under
tho words of Inquiry aa to tho cauao
of tho mistake from an artillery com
mander. Dellarme's men aro hugging
tho earth too closo to cheer. A deslro
to spring up nnd yell may bo In their
hearts, but they know tho danger of
showing a single unnecessary Inch of
their cranlums above tho Bky-llne. Tho
sounds that oscnpo their throats are
thoso of a winning team at a tug of
wur as diaphragms relax.
With tho smoko cloarlngi thoy see
20 or 30 Grays plastered on tho slopo
at tho point whero tho chargo waB
checked. Every ono of thoso prostrate
formB Is within fatal range. Not one
moves a finger; oven tho living nro
feigning death In tho hopo of surviv
ing. Among them is llttla Pcterkln,
bo faithful In forcing his refractory
legs to keep paco with his comrades.
If ho Ib alwnys up with thorn thoy .will
novcr know what Is In his heart and
call him a coward. As ho has been
knocked unconscious, ho hns not been
in tho pell-mell retreat
His first stabbing thought on coming
to was that ho must bo dead; but, no;
ho wa8 opening IiIb eyeB etlcky with
dust. At least, ho must bo wounded!
Ho had not power yet to move his
hands In order to feel where, and when
thoy grow allvo enough to movo, what
ho saw In front of him held thorn
frigidly still. His nerves went search
ing from his head to his feet nnd
miracle of heavon! found no point of
pain or spot soppy with blood. If ho
woro really hit thoro was bound to bo
ono or tho other, ho know from read
ing. Hetween him and the faces of tho
Drowns yes, tho actual, living, tcrrl
bio Drowns above tho glint of their
rlflo barrels, was no obstacle that
could stop a bullot, though not more
than threo foot away was a crater
mado by a shell burst. Tho black clr
clo of every muzzlo on tho crest
seomed to bo pointing at him. When
woro they going to shoot? When was
ho to bo exocuted? Would ho be shot
In many places and dlo thus? Or would
tho very first bullot go through IiIb
head? Why didn't thoy flro? What
woro thoy waiting for? Tho auaponso
was unboarablo. The desporatlon of
overwhelming fear driving him in irre
sponalblo Impulse, ho doubled up hla
legs and with a cat's leap sprang for
tho crater.
A blood-curdling burst of whistles
pasHcil over hla head as a dozen rifles
cracked. This tlmo he was surely
killed! Ho was In somo other world!
Which wn3 It, tho good or tho bad?
The good, for ho hnd a gllropso of bluo
aky. No, that could not bo, for ho hnd
been allvo when ho leaped for tho
crater, and thoro bo . was pressed
ngalnBt tho soft earth of lta bottom.
Ha burrowed deeper blissfully. He
was tho nearest to tho enemy of any
man of tho 128th, und ho certainly
had p,i8sed through a gamut of omo
tlona In tho half-hour slnco Eugeno
Aron8on hnd leaped over a whlto post.
"Confound It! If wo'd.kcpt on we'd
havo got them! Now wo havo to do
It all over ngnln!" growled FracaBso
distractedly aa ho looked around at
tho faces hugging tho cover of tho
Bhouldcr facoa asking, What next?
each in its own way; faces blank and
whlto; fncoa with lips working nnd
eyes blinking; faces with tho blood
rushing back to cheeks In baffled an
ger. Ono, however, waB half Btnlllng
Hugo Mallln's.
"You did your sharo of tho running,
I'll warrant, Malllnl" said Fracasse
excitedly, venting his disgust on a
particular object.
"Ycb, sir," answered Hugo.i "It was
very hard to maintain a somblance of
dignity. Yes, air, I kopt near you all
tho tlmo. Waan't that what you wnntod
mo to do, air?"
Threo or four men burst Into a hys
terical laugh as if something had bro
ken In tholr throats. Everybody felt
better for this touch of drollory except
tho captain. Yet, possibly, It may
havo holpcd him In recovoring his
polso. Sometimes even a pln-prlck
will have this effect.
"Sllenco!" ho said In his old man
ner. "I will glvo you something to
Joke nbout other than a llttlo setback
like this! Get up thero with your
rifles!"
Ho formed tho nuclous of a firing
lino under cover of tho shoulder, and
thon set tho remainder of his com
pany to work with their spades mak-
A Blood-Curdling Burst of Whittles
Pasted Over His Head.
ing a trench. Tho second battalion of
tho 128th, which faced the knoll, was
also digging at tho base of tho slope,
nnd anothor regiment In reservo wns
deploying on tho plain. After the fail
ure to rush tho knoll tho Gray com
mander hnd settled down to the busi
ness of a systematic approach.
And what of thoso of Fracasso's
men who had not run but hnd dropped
in their tracks whop tho charge halt
ed? Thoy wero between two lines of
flro. Thero wns no escape. Somo of
tho wounded had a mercifully quick
end, others suffered tho consciousness
of being hit again and again; tho dead
were bored through with bullet holea.
In torture, tho Burvlvora prayed for
doath; for all had to die except Peter
kin, tho pasty-faced little valet's son.
Pcterkln waB quite safe, hugging the
bottom of tho shell crater under a
swarm of hornets. In a surprisingly
short tlmo ho becamo accustomed to
tho situation and found himself raven
ously hungry, for tho strain of the last
12 hours had burned up tissue. He
took a biscuit out of his knapsack and
bogan nibbling It, as became a true
rodent.
CHAPTER X.
Marta's First Gllmpte of War.
As Mnrta and tho children camo to
tho door of tho chapol after the reci
tation of tho oath, she saw the civil
population moving along the street In
tho direction of tho range. Thero was
nothing for Marta to do but start
homeward. Tho thought that hor
mother wns alono mndo her hasten at
a paco much more rapid than the pro
cession of people, whoso talk and ox
clamntlons formed a monotone audi
bio In Its nearness, despite tho continu
ous riflo-flro, now broken by tho pound
ing of tho guns.
"It's all done to beat the Grays, isn't
it, Miss Galland? Thoy are trying to
tnko our land," said Jncky Werther
as Marta parted from him.
"Yes, it Ib done to beat the Grays,"
she answered. "Good luck, Jacky!"
Yea, yea, to beat tho Grays! The
sarao idea the fighting naturo, the
bruto nature of man animated both
sides. Had the Drowns really tried for
peace? Had thoy1, In tho spirit of her
oath, appealed to justlco and reason?
Why hadn't their promlor before nil
tho world Bald to tho promlor of tho
GrnyB, ns ono honest, friendly neigh
bor to another over a matter of dls
puto: "Wo do not want war, -We know
you outnumber 'us, but we know you
would not take 'advantage of that. If
wo aro wrong we will mako amends;
If you are wrong wa know that you
will. Let us not play tricks In aecrot
to gnln polnta, wo civilized nntlons,
but bo frank with each other. Let ub
not try to lrrltato each other or to In
fluence our people, but to realize how
much wo havo In common nnd that
our only purpoao la common progresa
and happiness."
At tho turn of tho road In front of
tho castlo alio saw tho gunnora of tho
batteries making nn emplacement for
tholr guns In a field of carrots that
had not yet been hnrveBted. The roots
of golden yellow woro mixed with tho
tossing spadefuls of earth.
A shadow like a great cloud In mad
flight shot over tho earth, and with tho
gunners sho looked up to seo a Gray
dirlglblo. Already it was turning
homewnrd; already it had gained Its
object as o scout On tho fragllo plat
form of tho gondola was a man, seem
ingly n human mito aiming a tiny toy
gun. His tnrget was ono of the Drown
aeroplanes.
"They're in danger of cutting their
own envelope! Thoy can't get the an
gle! Tho plane Is too high!" ex
claimed tho-artlllery commander. Doth
ho and his men forgot their work in
watching tho spectacle of aerial David
against aerial Goliath. "If our man
landa with hla llttlo bomb, oh, my!"
ho grinned. "That's why ho Is bo
high. Ho's been waiting up there."
"Pray God ho will!" exclaimed ono
of tho gunners.
"Look at him volplane motor at
full speed, too!"
"Into it! Making sure! Oh, splen
O!" cried tho artillery commander.
A ball of lightning shot forth sheets
of flamo. Dirlglblo and pJano wero
hidden In an ugly awlrl of yellowish
smoke, rolling out Into a pVirplo cloud
that spread Into prismatic miattover
the deacont of cavorting human bodies
and broken machinery and twlBted
braces, flying plecea of tattered or
burning cloth. David has taken Goliath
down with htm in a death grip.
An aeroplane following tho dirlglblo
aa a screen, hoping to get homo with
Information if tho dirlglblo wero loBt,
hnd escaped the sharpshooters in the
church tower by flying around tho
town. However, It ran within range of
tho automatic and the sharpshooters
on top of the castlo tower. Thoy failed
of tho bull's-eye, but their bullets, rim
mtng tho target, crippling tho motor,
and cutting braces, brought tho crum
pling wings about tho helpless pilot.
Tho watching gunners uttered "Ahs!"
of horror and triumph as they Baw him
fall, gliding this way and that, in the
agony of slow descent.
"Come, now!" called the artillery
commandor. "Wo aro wasting pre
cious time."
Entering the grounds of the Galland
house, Marta had to pass to one side
of tho path, now blocked by army
wagons and engineers' materials and
tools. Soldiers carrying sand-bags
were taking tho shortest cut, tram
pling tho flowers on their way.
"Do you know whose property this
is?" sho demanded in a burst of au
ger. "Ours tho nation's!" answered one,
perspiring freely at his work. "Sor
ry!" ho added on second thought.
Already parts of the first terrace
were shoulder-high with sand-bags and
one automatio had been set In place,
Marta observed as sho turned to the
veranda. Thero her mother Bat in her
favorite chair, bands relaxed as thoy
rested on Ub arms, whllo sho looked
out over the valley in the aupcrtran
quillty thnt comes to somo women
under a strain-as soldlors who have
been on BlegeB can tell you that somo
psychologists Interpret ono way nnd
somo another, none knowing oven
tholr own wives.
"Marta, did any of the children
como?" Mra. Galland asked in her
usual pleasant to no. So far as sho
was concerned, the activity on tho
terraco did not exist. Sho seemed ob
livious of tho fact of war.
Marta's monosyllable absently an
swering tho question waa oxpresalve
of her wonder at her mother. Moat
girls do not know their mothers much
better than psychologists know their
wives. '
"Marta, whatover happens ono
should go regularly about what he
considers his duty," said Mrs. Galland.
"They have been aa considerate as
thoy could, evidently by Colonol Lan
stron's orders," she proceeded, nod
ding toward the industrious engineers.
"And they'vo packed all tho paintings
and works of art and put them in the
cellar, where they will bo safe."
The captain of engineers in com
mand, seeing Marta, hurried toward
her.
"Miss Galland, Isn't It?" ho asked.
"I have been waiting for you. I I
well, I found that I could not mako
the situation clear to your mother."
"He thinks mo In my second child
hood or out of my head," Mrs. Galland
explained with a shado of tartness.
"And ho hna been so pollto In trying
to conceal his opinion, too," sho added
with a comprehending smile.
The captain flushed In embarrass
ment "I I can't speak too strongly," he
declared whon he had regained hla
composure "Though everything seems
to be safe hero now, it may not bo in
an hour. You must go, all of you.
This houso will bo an Inferno ns eoon
as tho 63d falls back, and I can't pos
sibly got your mother to appreclato
tho fact, Miss Galland."
"Dut I said that I did appreclato it
and that tho Gallands havo been in
infernos boforo perhaps not ns bad
bb this ono thai is coming but, then,
tho Gallands roust keep abreast of tho
tlmcB," replied Mrs. Galland. "I havo
asked Minna and sho prefers to ro
main. I am glad of that I am glad
now that we kept her, Marta. She Is
aa loyal aa my old maid and tho butler
and the cook wera to your grand
mother In tho last war. Ah, tho GJjl
lands had many servants then I"
"This Isn't Hko tho old war. This
place will bo shelled, enfllndodl And
you two" tho captain protosted dee
porately, "I becamo a Galland whon I mar
rled," anld Mra. Galland, "and the
Galland women havo always remained
with their property In tlmo of war.
Naturally, I shall remain 1"
"M1b3 Galland, It was you your In
fluence I wub counting on to" Tho
captain turned m Marta In u final ap
peal. Mrs. Galland wna watching hoi
.daughter's faco Intently.
"Wo stay!" replied Marta, nnd the
captain saw In tho depths of her eyes,
a cold blue-black, that further argu
ment was UBelcsa.
Now camo tho sweep of a rising roat
from tho aky with tho commnnd to at
tontlon of tho ruah of a faat express
train past a country railway station.
Two Gray dirigibles with tholr escort
of aeroplanes wero bearing toward the
pasB ovor tho pass road. Tho auto
matic and tho riflemen In the tower
banged away to no purpose, but the
central sections of tho envelopo of the
rear dirlglblo had been torn In shreds;
it was buckling. Clouds of bluo shrap
nel smoke broko around lta gondola.
A number of field-guns joined forces
with a battery of hlgh-anglo guns In a
havoc that left a drifting derelict; the
romalnder of tho squadron had com
pleted Its loop and was pointing
toward tho pluln.
From a groat altitude, literally out
of tho blue of heaven, high ovor tha
Gray lines, Mnrta made out a Drown
squadron of dirigibles und planes de
scending across the track of the
GrayB.
Tho Gray dirigibles, Btern on, were
little largor than umbrellas und the
planes than swallows; tho Drown dlrl.
4k S5
She Looked Up to 8ee a Gray Dirigible.
glblcs, sido on, wero big sausages and
their planes specks. To the oyo, this
meeting was like that of two small
flocks of soaring birds apparently un
able to change their course. Dut
Imagination could plcturo tho fearful
clash of forces, whoso wounded would
find the succor of no hospital except
impact on tho earth below.
Marta put her hands over her eyes
for only a second, she thought, before
Bhe wlthdiew them In vexation
hadn't she promised herself not to bo
cowardly? to seo ono Drown dirlglblo
and two Drown aeroplanes ascending
at a sharp' angle abovo a cloud of
smoko to escape the hlgh-anglo guns
of the Grays.
"Wo'vo got them all! No lips sur
vive to tell what the oye saw!" ex
claimed the engineer captain, his
worde bubbling with tho Joy of water
In tho sunlight. "As I thought," ho
continued In professional enthusnism
and discrimination.
With high-power binoculars glued to
his eyes, ho then turned to seo if tho
faint brown lino of Dellarme's mon
woro going to hold or break. If it
held, he might have hours in which
to complete his task; If It broko, he
had only minutes.
Marta camo up the terrace path
from tho chrysanthemum bed In time
to watch tho shroud of ehrapnel smoko
billowing over the knoll, to vlsualizo
another scene In place of tho collision
of the squadrons, and to noto tho cap
tain's exultation ovor Fracasse's re
pulse. "How wo must havo punished them!"
ho exclaimed to his lieutenant "How
wo must have mowed them downl
Lanstron certainly knew what he was
doing."
"You mean that he knew how we
should mow them down?" asked Marta,
Not until uho spoko did he realize
that sho was standing near him.
"Why, naturally! If we hadn't
mowed them down his plan would
havo failed. MovIng them down was
tho only way to hold them back," he
said; and seeing her horror made
hasto to add: "Miss Galland, now you
know what a ghaBtly business war is.
It will bo worso hero than thero."
"Yes," sho said blankly. Hor color
less chocks, hor drooping underllp con-
vincod him that now, with a little
show of mascullno authority, he would
gain hla point
"You and your mother must jol" hi
said firmly.
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Get a 10-cent box now.
Turn tho rascalB out tho hcadacho,
biliousness, indigestion, tlio sick, sour
stomach and foul gases turn them
out to-night and keep them out with
Cnscarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then nnd never
know tho misery caused by a l&y
liver, clogged bowcla or an upset stom
ach. Don't put In another day of distress.
Let Cascarcts cleanso your stomach;
remove tho sour, fermenting food;
tako the excess bile from yonr liver
and carry out all tho constipated
wasto matter and poison In tho
bowela. Then you will fool great
A Cascaret to-night straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug storo means a clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chil
dren lovo Cnscarets because they
never grlpo or sicken. Adv.
Arduous Listening.
"Grand opera In English hna boen
found ub hard to understand as K is
In a foreign languago."
"Still, I prefer to hear It sung in
a foreign tongue."
"Why so?"
"It requires less exertion on my
part. When I hear grand opora sung
In English I am constantly leaning for
ward and trying to catch a word."
SYSTEM FULL OF URIC ACID-
THE GREAT KIDNEY
REMEDY.
Two years ngo I was very sick and.
after being treated by several of the beat
physicinna in Clinton, I did not seem tq
get any better. I was confined to my bed.
Seeing Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root adver
tised, I lcsolvcd to give it a trial. After
using it for three weeks, I found I was
gaining nicely, eo I continued until I
had taken a number of bottles. I am
now restored to health and Lave con
tinued my labors. My system was fall
of Uric acid, but Swamp-Root cured me
entirely. I am sixty yean old.
Yours very truly,
W. C. COOK, ,,
1203 Eighth Ave. Clinton, lows.
State of Iowa I
Clinton County f88.
On this 13th day of July, A. D. MOO,
W. C. Cook, to me personally known ap
peared beforo me and in my presence
subscribed and swore to the above and
foregoing statement.
DALE H. SHEPPAKB,
Notary Pubfie.
In and for Clinton County.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer Co.
Dlnthamton.N.Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer Jb Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample sit
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also rcceivo a booklet of valuable in
formation, telling about tho kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and men
tion this paper. Regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. Adv.
Perils of the Season.
"Don't you worry about tho dangei
Wllllo mny run into with his now
skates and sled?"
"Not ns much as we usod to. Now
wo nre devoting our worry to what
father Is going to do with his now
automobile."
important to mothers T
Examlno carefully every bottle ol
CASTORIA.asafoandsuro remedy foi
Infants and children, and see that it
Dears tho
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Signature i
In Use For Ovor 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoril
From Man's Standpoint
"What Is chaos, pa?"
"It Is about tho third stage In that
disease known aa houaecleanlng."
A man who works at tho gaa pis
is not necesaarlly light-headed.
Rona can
makes 64 cups of Van
Houten's Rona Cocoa
a tempting drink.
Look for the red
half-pound can
25c
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DEFIANCE STARCH
is constantly crowing 'in favor because it
Does Not Stick to the Iron
and it will not injure tho finest fabric. For
laundry purposes it has no equal. 16 oz.
' package 10c. 1-3 more starch for same money.
DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha. Nebraska
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