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The Last Shot
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FREDERICK
(Copyright. 1914. by Chules Scribner't Sons)
SYNOPSIS.
At Uiolr liomi) on Mm fnintlcr between
tliu UntVTiiM anil (!rny Murlii tlallnml and
lior iiiuthor, 1'iitcrtulnltiK Colonel Wi-ntcr-IIiik
of Urn Oruys, hi'o Captain l.iuislruii,
dtulT ItitrlUguriuo olllccr of tlm llrowna,
Injured by u fall In bin itcroiliMin. Ten
yunm Inter. Wcstrrllmr, tiuinlnal vlco but
real titilof of Bluff, rulnfort'i-M Moutli l-n.
Tlr, imilltiilcM on war, atid HpoculiUeH on
tlm roiiiimrutlvn iikph of hltiiHi'lf and .Mar
In, v)ki in vlHltiiiK In tbu (Iruy capital.
"WeHUirlldK' cull on Murta. Hbo tolls lilm
of bur twicblii); cblidren I bo folllcH of war
mid martial ii.ttrlotlmu, Im-kh blin tu pro
vent wiu' wlilln bu Ih chief of staff, unci
liredlclH Hi at If lie in.iUc.i war iu,'nlrmt tbu
JlrowtiH bo will not win. On tlm tnare.li
Willi IIhi 1.3d of tbu Drowns Prlvutu Blriin
ulcy, uniii-cblHt, ilucrlcs war and played
out putriotlmn and Ih plareil under arrest,
t'olonel I.urmtrou ovurbeurliiK, Ijckh lilm
off. l-iin.ilrnn callH on Mnrtn at lier bonio.
Ilo lalloi wltb Keller, tbu Kardunor. Mnrtn
tells 1 ,n im trim that nlw believes Kellor to
bo a ppy. T.nnstron ronfiiHsrn It Is true.
J.auNtrnii hIiowh Martil u tclepliono which
l'iiller ban concealed In a secret piishiiku
under tlio tower for imo to benefit tbu
lirown In war oiuerKencle:t. I.nmtron de
rluri'H IiIh Iiivu for Marta. WenterllntT and
tbn Clray picniler plan to una trivial In
ternational affair to foment warlike, pa
triotism In nrniy and pnoplu and strike bo
foro (UclnrliiK war. I'artow, llrown cblof
of Hlaff, and I.iitiHtron, iniido vice, iIIbciihm
the trouble, nml tlip llrown defoiiHOH. I'ar
tow re.vonlH Ida plans to I.anstron. Tbe
tlray army crosses the border linn und nt
acln. Tbu llrowns ebeck tbem, Artil
lery, Infantry, aeroplanes and dlrlKlblcs
-iikiiw. Hlranslty, rlxliifj to tnitku tbu
nnaroblnt speecb of bis life, draws tbn
Clray artillery fire.. Nlrked by it sbrapnel
plintor bo koos Tlrrserk and IlKbts "all
mon." Murta Ims lier first Kllinpio of
war In Us modern, cold, scientific, mur
derous brutality.
CHAPTER X Continued.
This watt tho vory thing to whip
her thoughts back from tho knoll. Ho
was thunderstruck at tho transforma
tion: hot color In nor cheeks, eyes
nflamo, lips curving around a whirl
wind of words.
"You nntno tho vory reason why I
wish to stay. Why do you want to
Bavo tho women? Why shouldn't thoy
bear their sharo? Why don't you want
thorn to seo mon mowed down? Is
It bernuso you aro ashamed of our
profession? Why, I ask?"
Tho problem of dealing with nn
angry woman breaking a shell lire of
questions over his head had not been
ready solved In tho captain's curricu
lum Ulto other professional problems,
nor was It mentioned in tho official
Instructions about tho defenses of tho
Oalland liouso. Ho aimed to smllo
soothingly In tho holplcssnoss of man
In presenco of femlnino fury.
"It Is nn old custom." ho was say
ing, but bIio had turned away.
"Lanny'u plan mow thorn down!
mow them down! mow them down!"
sho wont on, moro to herself than to
him.
1 Was there nothing for her to do?
Could sho only look ou In n fever of
restlessness while action roared
around her? The eight of sovornl au
tomobllo ambulances In tho road at
tlio foot of tho garden stilled thu
throbs of distraction In her temples
with nn nuswer. The wounded! Thoy
woro nlrondy coming In from tho field.
Bho hurried down thu tcrraco steps.
Tho major surgeon in charge, sur
prised to find any woman In tho vi
cinity, was about to tell her so auto
matically; then, In view of her inten
sity, ho waited for lior to speak.
,"You will let us do something for
them?" Marta asked. "Wo will mako
them Bomo hot soup."
Ho was Immediately businesslike.
No less than Dollarmo or FracasBo or
Lanstron or Wcstcrling, ho had been
preparing throughout his professional
career for this hour. Tho dotnil of
caring for tho men who woro down
had boon worked out no loss system
atically than that of wounding them.
"Thank you, no I Wo don't wnnt to
waste time," ho ropllcd. "Wo must
got them away with all speed bo that
tho ambulances may retum promptly.
It's only a fiftoon-inlnuto run to tho
hospital, whero every comfort nnd ap
pliance aro ready and whero thoy will
be given tho right things to eat."
"Then wo will glvo them somo
wlno!" Murta persisted.
"Not If wo can prevent It! Not to
utart hemorrhages! Tho field doctors
havo brandy for use whon ndvlsablo,
and thero Is brandy in all tho ambu
lances." Clearly, volunteer servlco was not
wanted. Thero was no room nt tho
tmmedlato front for Florenbo Nightin
gales In tho modorn machine of war.
"Then water?"
Tho major surgeon aimed to bo pa
tient to an earnest, nttructlvo young
woman.
"Wo havo sterilized water wo havo
'everything," ho explained. "If wo
hadn't at this early atngo I ought to
,bo sorvlng an apprenticeship In a vil
lage npothoenry shop. Anything that
Imoana confusion, delay, unnecessary
lexcitomeut Is bad and unmerciful."
Marta was not yet at tho end of her
Ircsources. Tho recollection of tho dy
ng private who had asked her mothor
(for a roso in tho last war flashed into
jmlnd.
"You haven't any flowers! They
won't do any harm, ovon If thoy aren't
Btorlllzod. Tho wounded liko flowers,
.jdon't thoy? Don't you llko flowors?
(Look! We'vo millions!"
' "Yes, I do. Thoy do. A good idea.
Bring "11 the flowers you want to."
I Tho major surgeon's smllo to Marta
(was not altogether on account of bar
PALMER
suggestion. "It ought to help anybody
who wns ever wounded nnywhoro In
tho world to havo you givo him a
flower!" he was thinking.
Sho rnn for an armful of bloseomB
nnd wns back boforo tho arrival of tho
first wounded man who preceded tho
stretchers on foot. Ho was holding
up n hand bound In a whlto first-aid
bandugo which had a red spot in tho
center. Thono hit In hand or arm, if
tho Burgeon's glnnco Justified It, woro
aent on up tho road to a point a mllo
dlstnnt, whero transportation In requi
sitioned vehicles wns provided. Theso
men wero triumphant In their cheer
fulness. Thoy woro nllvo; thoy had
dono their duty, nnd thoy had tho
proof of It In tho coming souvenirs of
scars.
Somo of tho forms on stretchers hnd
peaceful faces In unconsciousness of
their condition. Others hnd a look of
wonder, or pain, of npprchenelon 'In
thnlr consciousness that death might
bo near. Tho slnglo word "Shrnpncl!"
by a hospltnl-corps corporal told tho
story of crushed or lacerated features,
in' explanation of a whlto cloth cover
ing a head with body uninjured.
Many of tho wounded looked at
Mnrtn oven moro than at tho flowers.
It was good to seo the face of a wom
an, her oyos limpid with sympathy,
and It wns not whnt eho said but tho
way sho spoke that brought smiles In
rcsponso to hers. For alio was no
solemn ministering angel, but high
Bplrlted, cheery, of tho Bort thnt tho
major surgeon would havo chosen to
dlstrlbuto flowers to tho mon. Every
remark of tho victims of wnr mado Its
distinct and indellblo impression on
tho gelatin of her mind.
"I like- my bluo nster better than
that yellow weed of yours, Tom!"
"You didn't know Ed Schmidt got it?
Yes, ho wns right next to mo in tho
line."
"Say, did you notlco Dellarmo's
smllo? It was wonderful."
"And old Bert Strnnskyl 1 heard
him whistling tho wedding march as
ho Ured."
"MIsb, I'll kcop this flower forever!"
"Thoy say Billy Lister will live his
cheek was shot awayl"
"Onco wo got going I didn't mind.
It scorned llko as If I'd been fighting
for years!"
"Holo no bigger thnn a lead-pencil.
I'll bo back In a week!"
"Yes; don't theso llttlo bullets mako
neat llttlo holes?"
"Wo certainly gavo them a surprise
when thoy enmo up tho hill! I won
der If wo missed tho fellow that
Jumped Into tho shell crater!"
"Our company got It worst!"
"Not any worse than ours, I'll wa
ger!" "Oh oh can't you go ensler?
Oh-h-h " tho groan ending In a clench
ing of tho teeth.
"Hello, Jnko! You hero, trio, and
going In my nutomobilo? And wo'vo
both got lower berths!"
"Sh-h! Thnt poor chnp's dying!"
Worst of nil to, Marta was tho caso
of a Bhrapnel frncturo of tho cranium,
"Why Do
You Want to
Women7"
Save tho
with tho resulting delirium, in which
tho sufferer's incoherence Included
memories of childhood eccnes, mo
ments on tho Urlug-llno, calls for his
mother, and prayers to bo put out of
mlory. A prod of tho hypodermic
from tho major surgeon, and "Ou tho
oporntlng tnblo In flftoon minutes" wns
tho answer to Marta's question If tho
poor follow would llvo.
Until dark, In groups, at Intervals,
and again singly, tho wounded wero
coming In from a brlgado front In tho
region whero tho rifles wero crackling
nnd tho shrnpnol clouds wore hanging
prettily over tho hills; and stretchors
wero bolng slipped Into placo lu taa
Mlliifilif
I Ambulances, whtlo Martn kept at horl
post.
"Wo shan't havo much rnoro to do at
this stntlon," Bold tho mujor surgeon
whon a plodding section of Infantry In
rotrcut arrived.
CHAPTER XI.
At the Oalland House.
Every unit engrossed In his own
work! Every man taught how u weak
link may break a chain nnd realizing
himself as a link nnd only a link! Tho
cnptaln of engineers forgot Marta's ex
Istenco ns an error of his subordinates
caught his eyo, and he went to caution
tho axmen to cut closer to tho ground,
as Btumps gavo cover for rlflomon. For
tho tlmo being ho had no moro Interest
In tho knoll than In tho wrecknge of
tho dirigibles which wero down and
out of tho fight.
After nil, tho knoll was only a slnglo
point on tho vast staff map only ono
of many points of a struggle whoso
progress was bulletined through tho
slftlngs of regimental, brlgado, divi
sion and corpB headquarters in net re
sults to the staff. I'artow and Lan
stron overlooked all. Their knowledgo
mado tho vast map llvo under their
oyes. Dut our concern Is with tho
story of two regiments, nnd particu
larly of two companies, and that Is
etory enough. If you would grasp the
whole, multiply tho conflict on tho
knoll by ton thousand.
Thero had been tho engrossment
of transcendent emotion In repelling
tho charge. What followed was llko
somo grim and passionless trance with
triggers ticking off tho slow-passing
minutes. Dcllnrmo aimed to keep
down tho fusillade from Fracasso's
trench and yet not to neglect the fair
targets of tho reserves advancing by
rushes to tho support of tho 128th.
Reinforced, tho gray streak at tho bot
tom of tho slopo poured In a heavier
firo. Abovo tho steady cracklo of bul
lets sent and tho whistle o'. bullets re
ceived roso tho cry of "Dojtor! Doc
tor!" which meant each tlmo that an
other Drown rifle had been silenced.
Tho Utter bearers, hard pressed to re
movo tho wounded, left tho dead. Al
ready death wnB a familiar sight an
nrtlclo of exchange In which Del
larmo's men dealt freely. Tho man
at Stransky'e sldo had been killed out
right. Ho lay face down on his rlflo
stock. Ills cap had fallen off. Stran
sky put It back on tho man's head,
and tho example was followed In other
cases. It was a good idea to kcop up
a show of a full lino of caps to tho
enemy.
Suddenly, as by command, tho flro
from tho baso of the knoll ceased alto
gether. Dellarmo understood at once
whnt this meant tho next step In the
courso of a systematic, Irresistible ap
proach by superior numbers. It was
to allow tho ground scouts to advance.
Individual gray spots detaching them
selves from tho grny streak began to
crawl upward In search of dead spaces
whero the contour of tho ground would
furnish somo protection from the
blazo of bullets from tho crest.
"Over their heads! Don't try to hit
them!" Dollarmo passed tho word.
"That's It! Spare ono to get a
dozen!" said Strunsky, grinning In
ready comprehension. He seemed to
bo grinning every tlmo that Dellarmo
looked in thnt direction. Ho was
plainly enjoying himself. His restless
nutu.ro had found sport to lis taste.
Tho creeping scouts must havo sig
naled back good news, for groups be
gan crawling slowly after them.
"Over their heads! Encourage them!"
Dellarmo commanded.
After they had advanced two or
three hundred yards they stopped,
shoulders and hnuds exposed In silhou
ette, and began to work foverishly
with their spades.
"Oh, beautiful!" cried Stransky.
"That baby captain of ours has some
brains, after all! We'll get thorn now
and we'll got them when thoy run!"
Out they did not ruu. Unfalteringly
thoy took tholr punishment while they
turned over tho protecting sod In the
midst of their own dead and wounded,
lu a few minutes they had dropped
spades for rifles, and other sections
cither crawled or ran forward pre
cipitately and fell to- tho task of Join
lug tho Isolated beginnings into a
slnglo trench.
Again Dellarmo looked toward regi
mental headquarters, his fixed, cheery
smllo not wholly masking tho appeal
in his eyes. Tho Grays bad only two
or throo hundred yards to go when
thoy should make their next charge in
order "to reach the crest Hut his men
had fifteen hundred to go In tho val
ley beforo they wero out of range.
After their bravo resistance facing tho
enemy thoy would recolvo a hall of
bullets In their backs. This was the
tlmo to withdraw if thero wero to bo
assurance of n aafo rotreat. Dut thero
was no signal. Until thero was, ho
must remain.
Tho trench grew; tho day woro on.
Two rifles to ono wero now playing
ngalnBt his devoted company, which
had had neither food nor drink since
early morning. Ab he scanned his
thinning lino "ho saw a look of blood
lessness and hopelessness gathering
on tho set faces of which ho had grown
bo fond during this ordeal. Somo of
tho men wero crouching too much for
effective aim.
"Seo that you tiro low! Koop your
heads up!" ho called. "For your
homes, your country nnd your God!
Pass tho word along!"
Parched throat after parched throat
repeated tho message hoarsely and
leaden shoulders raised a trifle and
dust-mntted eyelashes narrowed sharp
ly on tho sights.
"For tho man In us!" growled Stran
aky. "For tho favor of nature at birth
that savo us tho right to woar trou
sers Instead of skirts!' For tho Joy
of hell, glvo them hell!"
"For our homes! For the man In
us!" they repeated, swallowing tho
words ns if they had tho taste of a
stimulant.
Hut Dellarmo know that It would
not take much to preclpltnto a break.
Ho himself felt that ho had been ou
that knoll half a lifetime. Ho looked
at his watch and It was flvo o'clock.
For soven hours thoy had held on.
Tho Grays' trench was complcto tho
breadth of tho slopo; moro reserves
wero coming up. Tho brlgado com
mander of tho Grays was going to
mnke suro that the next charge suc
ceeded. At last Dellarmo's glanco toward
regimental headquarters showed tho
flag that was tho signal for with
drawal. Could ho accomplish It? Tho
first lieutenant, with a shattered arm,
had gone on a litter. Tho old ser
geant was dead, n victim of tho colo
nial wars. Used to fighting savago en
emies, ho had been too cngor In ex
posing himself to a civilized foo. He
hod been shot through tho throat
"Men of tho first section," Dellarmc
cnllcd, "you will slip out of line with
the greatest care not to let tho enemy
know that you aro going!"
"Going going! Careful! Men of
tho first Bectlon going!" tho parched
throats repeated In a thrilling whisper.
"Those who remain keep Increasing
their tiro!" railed, Dellarmo again.
"Cover tho wholo breadth of the
trench!"
Every fourth man wormed himself
backward on his stomach until ho wns
below the Bky-llno, when his stiffened
limbs brought him to his feet nnd ho
started on n dead run down Into tho
vnlley nnd toward a cut behind an
other knoll across tho Voad from tho
Gnlland house. Tho others followed at
Intervals.
Onco across a road and up three se
ries of steps of tho other garden ter
race, behind a breastwork of sand
bags, tho company rested. Most of
thorn had fallen asleep on tho ground
after finishing their rations, logs of
men in animal exhaustion. Some of
thoso awako were too weary to glvo
to each other moro than n nod nnd
smile. They had witnessed too much
horror that day to talk about It. Dut
Stransky foraged.
Marta, coming out on tho veranda,
saw him.
"You aro tired! You aro hungry!"
sho said with urgent gentleness.
"Como In!"
Ho followed her Into the liouso nnd
dropped on a Ienthor chair beforo a
shining tablo n a room paneled with
oak, wondering at her and nt himself.
No woman of Marta's world had ever
spoken In that way to him. Dut It
was good to elt down. Then a maid
with a sad, wlnsomo face and tender
eyes brought him wine and bread and
cold meat and Jam. He gulped down
a glassful of wine; he ate with great
mouthtuls In the ravenous call of
healthy, exhausted tissues, while tho
maid stood by to cut moro bread.
"When It comes to eating after fighting-"
He looked up when tho flrst pangs
of hunger were assuaged. Enormous,
brand-shouldered, physical, his cheeks
flushed with wine, his eyes opened
wide and brilliant with tho fire that
was In hlB nature oyes that spoko the
red business of anarchy and war.
"Say, but you'ro pretty!"
Springing up, ho caught her hand
and mado to kiss her in the brashness
of Impulse. Minna struck him a sting
ing blow In tho face. He received it
ns a mastiff would receive a blto from
a pup, and sho stood her ground, her
eyes challenging hlB fearlessly.
"So you are like that!" he said
thoughtfully. "It was a good one, and
you meant It, too."
"Decidedly!" she answerod. "There'a
moro where that came from!"
Then llttlo Clarissa Eileen entered
and pressed against her mother's
skirts, subjecting Stransky to child
hood's scrutiny. Ho waved a finger
at her and grinned and drew his eyes
together in a squint at tho brldgo of
his nose, making a funny face that
brought a laugh.
"Your child?" Stransky nsked Minna.
"Yes."
"Whoro's her father? Away light
ing?" "I don't know where he Is!"
"Oh!" ho mused. "Was that blow
for him at tho Bamo time as for me?"
ho pursued thoughtfully.
"Yes, for all of your kind."
"M-m-m!" camo from botweon his
lips as ho rose. "Would you mind hold
ing out your hand?" ho UBked with a
gentleness singularly out or keeping
with his rough aspect.
"Why 7" she demanded.
"I've novor Btudled nny hooks of eti
quette of pollto society, nnd I am a
poor sort at making speeches, anyhow.
Hut I want to kiss a good woman's
hand by way or apology. I never
kissed ono in my life, but I'm gottlng
a lot of now experiences today. Will
you?"
Sho held out hor hand at arm's
length and flushed slightly as ho
pressed his lips to It
"You certainly do cut thick slices,'
ho Bald smiling. "And you certainly
aro pretty," ho added, pnsslng out of
tho door ns Jauntily ns ir ho wero ready
for another fight nnd Just In tlmo to
boo tho colonel ot tho regiment como
around tho houeo. Ho stood at tho
salute, halt proudly, hair defiantly, but
In nowtso humbly.
"Well, Major Dollarmo!" wns tho
colonel's greotlng ot tho company com
mandor. "MaJor7" exclaimed Dollarmo.
"Yes. Partow has tho power. Four
of tho aviators havo Iron crosses al
ready and promotion, too; nnd you
aro a major. Company GSgot Into a
mess and the wholo regiment would
hnvo been In one unless you neld a
So I let you stny. It all came 3Ut
right, as Lanstron planned right so
far. Hut your losses havo been heavy
nnd hero you aro In tho thick of It
again. Your company may change
places with Company E, which has
had a relatively easy tlmo."
"No, sir; wo would prefer to Btay,"
Dcllnrmo answered quietly.
"Good! Then you will tnko this
battalion nnd I'll transfer Groller to
Alvcry's. Hnd loss, Alvery shrapnel.
Tho artillery has been doing ugly
work, but that Is all In favor of tho
defensive. If wo can hold them on
this lino till tomorrow noon, It's all
wo want for tho present," ho con
cluded. "We'll hold them! Don't worry!"
put In Stransky.
If n prlvnto had spoken to n colonel
In this fashion nt drill, without being
spoken to, It would have been a glar
ing brench of military otlquetto. Now
that thoy were at war It was differ
ent Ileal comradeship. between ofUcor
nnd man begins with war.
"We Bhall, eh?" chuckled tho colonel.
"You look big enough to hold any
tiling, young man! Hero! Isn't this
tho fellow that Lanstron got off?"
"Yes, sir," answered Dellarme.
"Well, wns Lanstron right?"
"Yes, Blr."
"Wonderful man, Lanstron!"
"He knows Just a llttlo too much!"
Stransky growled.
As Fracasso's men rose from their
trench for tho flnnl charge and found
that tho enemy had gone, nn olllccr
Want to Kiss a Good Woman'!
Hand by Way of Apology."
of tho brigade staff brought Instruc
tions to the colonel.
"Tho batteries aro going to emplaco
hero for your support in tho morning.
You will movo as soon as your men
have eaten nnd occupy positions B-31
to H-35. That gives you a nnrrow
front for ono battalion, with two bat
talions In reserve to drive homo your
attack. ' The chief of staff hlmsolf de
sires that wo tako tho Galland house
beforo noon. Tho enemy must not
havo the encouragement of any suc
cesses." "So ensy for Westerllng to say,"
thought tho colonel; whllo nloud ho
acknowledged tho message with proper
spirit.
Beforo tho order to movo was given
the newB of It passed from Up to Up
among tho men In tired whispers.
Slnco dawn they had lived through
the Impressions of a wholo war, and
they had won. With victory they had
not thought of the future, only of their
hunger. After tho nightmare of the
charge, after Hearing ueatn wniaper
Ins for hours Intimately in their ears,
they were too weary and too far
thrown out of tho adjustments of any
natural habits of thought and feeling
to realize tho horror or eating their
dinners In tho company ot tho dead.
Now thoy were to go through another
holl, but many ot thorn in their ex
haustion were chiefly concerned as to
whether or not they should get any
Bleep that night
Tho satire ot war makes tho valet's
son n hero; tho chance or war kills
tho manufacturer's son nnd lets tho
day-laborer's son llvo; tho sport of
war gives tho latent forces of a Stran
sky full play; tho glory of war brings
Dollarmo quick promotion; tho glam
our and tho spectacular folly of war
turn tho bolts of tho lightnings which
man has mastered against man. Per
haps tho savago who learnod that ho
could start a llamo by rubbing two dry
sticks together may havo set flro to
tho virgin foreat and wild gross In
order to destroy an enemy and natu
rally with disastrous results to him
self if ho mistook tho direction ot tho
wind. ,
Murta Galland's thoughts nt dusk
when sho roturned up tho steps to tho
houso wero ot tho wreckage tho hot
whirlwind ot war left. Sho was see
ing fathers Btarlng und mothoru weep
ing. Her experlcnco with tho wound
ed drawing deop on the wells of sym
pathy, heightened her loathing ot war
and or all who planned nnd ordored It
nnd led its legions. Sho hnd been on
gngod bIuco dark In completing tho
work of moving valuablo articles from
tho tront to tho rear rooms or the
liouso, which had been begun early In
tho day by Minna nnd the coachman.
i X J XJib LWH 4 iiX W K4U
u
SEEKING
HEALTH?
This means
taking better
care of the
Stomach and
helping the
Liver and
Bowels, in
their daily
work. If as
sistance i.
needed, try
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
It has proven very bene
ficial in such cases.
FARMERS NEED THE BIRDS
For Purely Selfish Reasons the De
struction of Feathered Songster 8
Should Be Stopped.
Hlrds aro tho chief protoctora ot
our trees. Who ever heard of cod
ling moth nnd San Jose and other
scnics when tho orchards woro fulrl
of birds? Now that theso feathered
helpers have been driven out of wood
and field, man Is compelled to resort
to all sorts of vexattuUB and difficult
struggles against the enemy of fruit
and tree.
Tho birds aro tho very best destroy
ers of weeds. Nutlvo Bparrows, fiMhes,
grosbeaks, redpolls, lougspurs, cow
birds, mourning doves and similar
birds feed hungrily upoa the fall
weed seeds nt a tlmo when the crops
hnvo been gathered nnd they can do
no harm to it.
Tho best helper a farmer oaa have
is a host of birds. Hut Instoad ef rec
ognizing these efficient helpers, bo
generously provided by nature, we
wantonly slay them by tho huadreds
ror fun. Kcndnllvlllo News-Sun.
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma's
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody Will Know. .
Almost everyoHo knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back tho natural color and
lustre to tho hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff. Itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Tears
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make It at. home, wbiob is
muasy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sago and Sul
phur Hair Remedy." You will got
largo bottle for about GO tents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be
cause no ono can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, aB it does It
so naturally and ovenly. You dampon
a spongo or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
ono small strand at a tlmo; by morn
ing tho gray hair disappears, and
atter another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger
Adv.
Magnificent Volume.
Tho most sumptuous copy ef Shake
Bpearo's "Romeo and Juliet" In exist
ence was recently Bent from England
to a purchaser abroad. Tbe valae of
the book is between $5,000 und $7,500.
It has been reproduced as aa Illu
minated manuscript on velhsa, and
tho volume Is notable sb being the
entiro work of one artist, Alberto
Sangorskl, who was engaged upon It
for 18 months. The title la In pearls
Bet In gold, and the cover is embel
lished with 214 rubles and 36 ame
thysts. THE PROFEOSOR'3 STATEMENT.'
Prof. Aug. F. W. Schmltz, Thoa),
Okln., writes: "I waB troubled with.
Backache for about twenty-five yearn.
When told I had Drlght's Disease In
its last stages, 1
tried Dodd's Kid-"
noy Pills. After
using two boxes I
was somewhat re
lieved and I stop
ped tho treatment
In the spring ot
tho next year I
had another at
tack. I wnnt fnr
Prof. Schmltz.
Dodd's Kidney Pills and thoy roUovod
mo again. I used threo boxes. That
Is now threo years ngo and my Back
acho has not roturned In Ha severity,
and by using nnothor two boxes a llt
tlo later on, tho pain loft altogether
nnd I havo had no troublo Blnco. You
may uso my statement I recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills when nnd wher
ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills, 60c.
per box nt your dealer or Dodd' Medi
cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
0
The Way He Did.
"How did you catch that cold?"
"How do you supposw? I chaBcd It
In my racing car till I caught It"
A Connecticut man has tho faco to
say that ho has hullt a clock that will
run without winding.
Privileged,
"Doos your wlto allow smoking In
your house?"
"No only the ehlmnoy," .
J,