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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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The Last Shot
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FREDERICK
(CopyriKht, 1914, by Charles Ikribner's Sons)
CHAPTER XXII Continued.
"I think wo huvu practically uRruetl
that tlio two ImllvliliinlH who wcro In
valuable to our cause wore I'nrtow nnd
MlflH Uallniiil," Lnnstron remarked ten
tatively. Ho waited for u reply. It
wnn apparent that ho watt layltiR a
foundation before ho went nny fur
ther. "Certainly!" Bald, the vlco-chlef.
"And you!" put In another olllcer,
which brought n chortm of aBseiit.
"No, not I only these two!" Lnn
Btron ropllod, "Or, I, too, If you pre
fer. It llttlo inattorH, The thlni; Ib
that 1 ntn under a pronilBo to hotli,
which I Kliull reHpect. I In organized
and labored for tlio ftamo purpoHo that
Bhu played thd Bpy. When wo sent
tho troopa forward In a counterattack
and pursuit to clear our hoII of the
OrayH; when I stopped them at the
frontier both wero according to Par
tow'o plan, lie had a plan and n
dream, thlu wonderful old man who
mado uo all neom primary pupllB In
tho nrt of war."
Could It ho that terrible I'nrtow, a
stroke of whoso pencil had mado tho
flalland house an Inferno? Mnrta
wondered an Lanstron read his mos
Bngo tho niesHago out of tho real
heart of tho man, throbbing with tho
power of IiIh grent brain. Ills plan
was to hold tho Urnys to stalomato;
to forco them to desiHt after they had
battered their battalions to pieces
ngalnt the Drown fortlllcatlons. Ills
dream wiih tho thing thnt had hap
penod that an opportunity would
como to pursue n broken machino In
a bold Btroko of the olTeiiHlve.
"I would want to bo a hero of our
people for only one aim, to bo able
to stop our army at tho frontier," ho
had written. "Then they might drlvo
mo forth heaped with obloquy, If they
chose. I should like to hco tho Grays
demoiallzcd, beaten, ready to sue for
penco, tho better to prove my point
that wo should nsk only for what Is
ourB nnd that our strength was only
for tho purposo of holding what Is
oure. Then wo Hhould lay up no leg
acy of rovengo In their hearts. Thoy
could never havo cause to nttnek
again. Civilization would havo ad
vanced another Btop."
Lnnstron continued to read to tho
amazed stuff, for I'artow's messago
had looked far Into tho futuro. Then
there was a l S., written after tho
wnr had begun, on tho evening of tho
dny thnt Mnrtn hud gone from tea on
tho vornnda with Weoterllng to tho
telcphono, In tho Impulse of her now
purposo.
"I begin to bcllovo In thnt dream,"
ho wroto. "1 begin to bollovo that tho
cunnco lor mo ouensivo win como,
now that my colleague, Miss Oalluiul,
In tho nnmo of pcaco has turned prac
tical. Thcro Is nothing Uko mixing a
llttlo practice in your dreams while
tho world 1 still well this "bUIo of
Utopia, as tho head on my old behe
moth of a body well knows. Bhu had
tho right Idea with her school. Tho
oath bo completely expressed my
Ideas tho result of all my thinking
that I had u twingo of literary Jeal
ousy. My boy, If you do reach tho
frontlor, In pursuit of n broken army,
nnd you do not keep faith with my
dream and with her Ideals, then you
will got a lesson thnt will lust you for
ever nt tho foot of tho Gray rnuge.
Hut I do not think so badly as that of
you or of my Judgment of men."
"Lanny! Lanny!"
Tho dignity of a stnfr council could
not restrain Marta. Her emotion must
have nction. Sho epruug to his Bide
nnd Beized his hand, her exultation
mixed with ponltonco over tho way
sho had wronged him nnd I'nrtow
Their self-contained purposo had been
tho samo ns hors nnd they had worked
with a Boldtor's fortitndo. while sho
hnd worked with whims and Impulses
Sho bent over him with grntltutlo nnd
prnlso and a plea for forgiveness In
her oyes, submerging tho thing which
ho eought In them. He lluMicd boy
ishly In happy embnrrasHiiiont, Incu
pablo of words for an Instant; and
silently tho staff looked on.
"And I agree with I'nrtow," Lanstron
went on, "that wo cannot tako tho
rango. Tho (Jrnys still havo numbers
equal to ours. It Is thoy, now, who
will bo singing Ood with us!' with
their backs ngalnst tho wall. With
I'artow's goes my own appenl to tho
army and tho nation; and I shall keep
faith with Partow, with Miss Galland,
uud with my own Ideas, If tho govern
ment orders tho array to ndvnnco, by
resigning ob chief of Btaff my work
Inlshod."
Wcsterllng and his aldo and valet,
Inquiring their way as strangers, found
the now staff headquartors of tho
Grays established In an nrmy building,
where Uouchnrd hnd been nsslgncd to
trivial duties, back of tho Gray rango.
Ab their former chief entered a room
In tho disorder of maps and packing
cases, tho stnff-olllcera roao from their
work to stand nt snluto llko stono (ra
nges, In respect to n llold-mnrahare
rank. There was no word of rooting
but a telling bIIciico beforo Turons
snake. Ills volco had lost Its parch
PALMER
ment crinkle nnd become natural. The
blue veins on his bulging templcB wero
n llttlo more pronounced, his thin fea
tures n llttlo more pinched, but other
wise ho was unchanged and ho seemed
equal to another otrnln ns heavy no
the one he had undcrgono.
"Wo havo u now government, a now
premier," ho snld. "Tho old premier
wns killed by a shot from a crowd that
he wjih addressing from tho balcony of
tho palace. After this, tho capital bo
camo quieter. Ab wo get In touch with
the divisions, wo find tho army In bet
ter Bhnpo thnn wo had feared It would
be. There Is a recovery of Bplrlt,
owing to our being on our own boII."
"Ycb," replied Wcsterllng, drowning
In their stnres nnd grawplng ut n straw.
"Only n panic, an I said. If" his
volco rising hoarsely and catching In
rage.
"Wo have a new government, n new
premier!" Turcas repeated, with llrm,
methodical politeness. Wcsterllng
looking from ono fact to another with
filmy cyofl, lowered them beforo Dou
chard. "Thoro's a room ready for
Your Kxcellency upstairs," Turcas con
tinued. "Tho orderly will show you
tho way."
Now Wcsterllng grouped tho fact
that ho was no longer chief of staff.
Ho drow himself up In a despernto
attempt at dignity; tho Btaff saluted
again, nnd, uncertainly, ho followed
tho orderly, with tho nldo and valet
still In loyal attendance. .
Two figures wero In tho doorway:
a henvy-sot market woman with a
frlngo of down on her Up nnd a endnv
crons. tidily dressed old man, who
might have been a superannuated
Hchoolmustcr, with a bronze cross won
In the war of forty years ago on his
breast and his eyeB burning with tho
youthful ilro of Grandfather Praglnl's.
"They got tho premier In tho capi
tal. Wo've como for Wcsterllng! Wo
want to know what ho did with our
sons! Wo want to know why ho vna
beaten!" cried tho market woman.
"Ycb," nald tho veteran. "Wo want
him to explain his Ilea. Why did he
keep tho truth from us? Wo wcro
ready to fight, but not to bo treated
llko babies. This Is tho twentloth
century!"
"Wo want Westcrllng! Tell Wes
terllng to como out!" roso Impatient
shouts behind tho two figures In the
doorwny.
"You nro Biiro that ho has ono?"
whispered Turcas to Westerllng's aldo.
"Yes," was tho choking answer
"yes. It Is better than that" with a
glance toward tho mob. "I loft my
own on tho tnblo."
"Wo can't savo him! Wo shall have
to lot them"
Turcas's volco was drowned by n
grent roar of cries, with no word ex
cept "Wcsterllng" distinguishable,
that pierced every crack of tho house.
A wave of movement starting from
tho rear drovo tfio vtorun and the
market woman and a dozen others
through the doorway toward the
;s
"We've Como for Westcrllng."
stairs. Then tho sound of a shot wns
heard overhead.
"Tho man you Book Is dead!" said
Turcas, stepping In front of tho crowd,
his fentureB unrelenting In authority.
"Now, go bnck to your work und lenvo
us to ours."
"I understand, Blr," snld tho veteran
"We've no argument with you."
"Yea!" agreed the market woman.
"Dut If you over leavo this rango allvo
wo shall havo ono. So, you Btay!"
Looking at tho bronzo- cross on the
veteran's faded coat, the staff salutod;
for tho cross, though It wero hung on
rags, wherever It went wns entitled
by custom to tho salute of ofllcora and
"present anna" by Bontrles.
After Lanstron's nunouncemont to
tho Brown staff of his decision not to
cross tho frontier, thcro wns a rest
less movement In tho chairs nround
tho tnblo, nnd tho grimaces on most
of tho faces wero thoso with which a
prnctlcal man regards a Utopian pro
posal. Tho vlco-chlef wan drumming
ou tho tnblo edgo nnd looking steadily
kUifctt llffi!l!lH!il!lll!ifiliilll
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at a point In front of his fingers. If
Lnnstron resigned ho became chief.
"I'nrtow might hnvo this dream be
foro ho won, but would ho now?"
asked tho vicc-chlcf. "No. He would
go on!"
"Yes," snld nnothcr omccr. "The
world will rldlculo tho suggestion; our
peoplo will overwhelm ub with their
anger. Tho Grays will tako It for a
Blgn of wenkness."
"Not If wo put the Bltuntlon rightly
to them," nnswered Lnnatron. "Not
If wo go to them bb brnve ndvcrsnry
to brnvo ndvcrsnry, In a fair Bplrlt."
"Wo can wo Bhnll tnko tho rnngo!"
tho vlco-chlef went on In a burst of
rigid conviction when ho saw thai
opinion wnB with him. "Nothing can
stop this nrmy now!" Ho struck tho
tnblo edgo with his fist, his shoulders
stiffening.
"Pleaso pleaso, don't!" Implored
Martn softly. "It sounds so like Wcs
terllng!" Tho vlco-chlef started as If ho hod
received a sharp pln-prlck. His shoul
ders unconsciously rclnxed. Ho began
a fresh study of a certain point on tho
tnblo top. Lanstron, looking first at l
ono nnd then at another, spoke again,
hln words as measured ns they ever
hnd been in mtlltnry discussion and
eloquent. He began outlining IiIb own
message which would go with I'artow's
to tho premier, to tho nation, to every
regiment of tho Browns, to tho Grays,
to tho world. He set forth why tho
Hrowns, nfter tasting tho courage of
tho Grays, should rcnllze 'th'ut they
could not tnko their rango. Partow
had not tnught him to put himself In
other men's places In vnln. Tho boy
who had kept up his friendship with
cngino drivers nfter ho wns nn ofllcer
know how to sink tho plummet Into
human emotions. Ho reminded the
Brown soldiers thnt the.ro had been a
provldentlnl answer to tho call of
"God with us!" ho reminded tho peo
plo of tho lives that would bo lost to
no end but to engender hatred; ho
begged tho nrmy nnd the people not
to brenk faith with that principle of
"Not for theirs, but for ours," which
hnd been their strength.
"I should like you nil to sign It to
mnko It simply tho old form of 'the
staff hns tho honor, to report,' " ho snld
flnnlly.
There wns a hush ns ho finished
tho hush of n deep Impression when
ono mnn wnlta for another to spenk.
All wero looking nt him except the
vlco-chlef, who wns still staring at tho
tablo as If ho had henr1 nothing. Yet
ovcry word was etched on his mind.
Tho mnn whose nnmo was tho symbol
of victory to tho soldiers, who would
bo moro, than ever a hero ns tho news
of his clinrgo with tho Afrlcnn Braves
trnveled along tho lines, would go on
record to his soldiers ns saying thot
they could not tako tho Gray range.
This wns a hnndlcap thnt the vice
chief did not care to accept; and he
know how to turn a phrase as well as
to mnko a soldierly decision. Ho
looked up smilingly to Mnrtn.
"I have decided that I had rnther
not bo a Westcrllng, Mlsa Galland."
ho said. "We'll make It unanimous.
And you," ho burst out to Lanstron
"you legatee of old Partow; I've al
ways said thnt ho wns tho biggest mnn
of our time. Ho has proved It by
catching tho spirit of our tlmo nnd In
carnating It."
Vaguely, In tho whirl of her Joy,
Marta hoard the chorus of assent as
tho officers sprang to their feet In tho
elation of being at ono with tholr chief
again. Lnnstron cnught her nrm. fear
ing thnt sho wns going to fall, but a
burning question rose in her mind to
stendy her.
"Then my shame my sending men
to slnughter my Bncrlllce wns not in
vnln?" sho exclaimed.
Tho sea of peoplo packed In the
great squnro of tho Brown cnpltal
mado n roar like tho thunder of waves
against n brenkwntor at sight of a
wiiito spot on a background of gray
stono, which wob tho head of an emi
nent statesman.
"It looks ns If our government
would Inst tho weok out," tho premier
chuckled ub ho turned to his collengues
nt tho cabinet tnble.
As yet only tho brief bulletins whose
publication In tho newspapers had
aroused tho public to a frenzy hnd
been received. Tho cnblnot, ns enger
for detnlls as tho press, had remained
up, nwnlting n fuller olllclnl nccount.
"Wo hnvo n long communication In
preparation," tho staff hnd telegraphed.
"Meanwhile, tho following Is submit
ted." "Good hcavensl It's not from tho
nrmy! It's from tho grnvo!" ex
claimed tho premier ns ho rend tho
first pnragrnphs of I'artow's messngo.
"Of nil tho concealed dynamite over!"
ho gasped as ho grasped tho full mean
ing of tho document, thnt plcco of
news, ns stnggoring ns tho victory It-
solf, that had lain In tho stnft vaults
for years. "Well, wo needn't glvo It
out to tho prees; nt least, not until
nfter mnturo consideration," ho do-
clnred when thoy hnd reached tho end
of I'artow's appeal. "Now we'll hear
what tho Btaff has to say for itself
after gratifying the wIbIi of a dead
mnn," ho added ns n messenger gave
him another sheet.
"Tho staff, In loyalty to Its dead
loader who mado victory possible, and
In loyalty to tho principles of dofonso
for which tho army fought, bogs to
eay to tho nation "
It was four o'clock In tho morning
when this dispatch concluded with
"Wo heartily agroo with tho forego
ing," and tho cabinet rend tho names
of nil tho general staff and tho corps
nnd division commnnders. Coursing
crowds in tho streots wero still shout
ing honrsely and sometimes drunken
ly: "On to tho Gray capital! Noth
ing enn stop us now!" Tho premier
tried to lranglno what a sea of faces
In tho great Bquaro would look llko
In a rage. Ho was between the peo
ple In a passion for retribution nnd n
headless n,rmy that was supposed to
charge across tho frontlor at dnwn.
"Tho thing Is sheer madness!" he
cried. "It's Insubordination! I'll hnvo
It suppressed I Tho army must go on
to gratify public demand. I'll show
tho staff thnt thoy uro not In tho
snddlo. They'll obey orders!"
Ho tried to get Lanstron on tho long
distance.
"Sorry, but the chief hns retired,"
nnswered tho olllcor on duty sleepily.
"In fnct, nil tho rest of tho staff have,
with orders that thoy ure not to bo
disturbed before ten."
"Tell them that tho premier, tho
head of tho government, their com
mandor, Is speaking!"
"Yob, sir. Tho orders not to disturb
them nro quite positive, and ua a Ju
nior I could not do bo except by their
orders as superiors. Tho chief, beforo
retiring, however, repeated to mo, In
case any Inquiry came from you, sir,
thnt thcro was nothing ho could ndd
to tho otaff's message, to tho nation
nnd tho unity.
It Ib to be given to tho
"Good Heavensl It's Not From the
Army. It's From the Gravel"
soldiers the first thing in tho morn
ing, nnd ho will let you know how thoy
regnrd It."
"Confound these machino tninde that
spring their surprises as fully execut
ed plans!" exclaimed tho premier.
"It's true Partow and tho staff have
covered everything met every argu
ment. There is nothing more for
them to say," said the foreign minister.
"But what about tho Indemnity?"
demanded the finance minister. Ho
was thinking of victory In tho form
of piles of gold in tho treasury.
This question, too, wne answered.
"War has never brought prosperity,"
Pnrtow had written. "Its purposo Is
to destroy, nnd destruction can nevor
bo construction. Tho conclusion of a
war has often assured a period of
penco; and peace gavo tho Impetus of
prosperity attributed to war. A man
Ib strong In what ho achieves, not
through tho gifts ho receives or tho
goods ho steals. Indemnity will not
raise another blado of wheat in our
land. To tuko It from a benten mnn
will foster In him tho dcslro to bent
his ndversnry in turn and recover tho
amount nnd more. Then wo shall havo
tho apprehension of war always In tho
air, and soon another war and more
destruction. Remove tho dnngqr of a
European cataclysm, and nny Bum ex
torted from tho Grays becomes paltry
beside tho wealth that peace will cre
ate. An Indemnity makes tho purpose
of tho courage of tho GrayB In their
assaults and of tho Browns In their re
sistance that of tho burglar and tho
looter. There Is no money valuo to a
human life when It Is your own; nnd
our 'soldiers gnvo tholr lives. Do not
cheapen their service."
"Considering tho part that wo played
nt Tho Haguo," observed tho foreign
minister, "It would bo rather Incon
sistent for us not to "
"Thero la only ono thing to do. Lnn
stron has got us!" replied tho premier.
"Wo must Jump In nt tho bend of tho
procession nnd rccelvo tho mud or tho
bouquets, as It happens."
With I'artow's nnd tho stnff'a ap
peals went an equally earnest one
from tho premier nnd his cnblnot. Nat
urnlly, tho noisy element of tho cities
wnB tho first to find words. It
shouted In rising nngor thnt Lnnstron
hnd botrayed tho nation. Army olll
cera whom Partow had retired for lots-
uroly hnblts said thnt ho nnd Lnnstron
hnd struck at their own cnlllng. But
tho average mnn nnd womnn, In a
dazo from tho shock of tho appeals
after a night's celebration, wero rend
ing nnd wondering nnd nsklng their
neighbors' opinions. If not In Par
tow'a then In the Btaff'B messago they
found tho mirror that sot tholr own
ethical professions staring nt them.
Beforo they had mado up their
minds the correspondents nt the front
hnd set tho wires singing to tho even
ing editions; for Lnnstron had direct
ed thnt thoy bo given tho run of tho
nrmy's lines at dnybrenk. They told
of soldiers awnkonlng nfter tho do
bnuch of yesterdny's fighting, normal
nnd rcBted, glowing with tho security
of possession of the frontier nnd re
sponding to tholr leadors' sentiment;
of oluoers of the typo favored by Par
tow who would bring tho Industry that
PI
commands respect to any caiilnff, fenc
ing Lanstron's views as worthyf
their profession; of thnt Irrepressi
ble poet laureato of tho soldiers, Cap
tain Slrnnsky, I. C. (Iron cross), break
ing forth in a now song to nn old
tune, expressing his brotherhood Ideas
In a "Wo - hnvo ours let them keep
theirs" chorus thnt was spreading from
regiment to regiment.
This left the retired olllccrs to grum
bio In their corners that war was no
longer a gentleman's vocation, nnd si
lenced tho protests of their nnturnl nl
ly lu tho business of making war,
tho noisy clement, which promptly
udnpted Itself to n new fnBhlon In tho
relation of nntlonB. Again the great
Kqunro was packed nnd again a wave
llko roar of cheers greeted tho white
Bpcck of nn eminent statesman's head.
All tho ideas that hnd been fomenting
In tho mlndB of a peoplo for a genera
tion became a living forco of action to
break through the precedents born
of provincial pasBlon with a now pre
cedent: for the power of public opin
ion can bo ns swift In Its revolutions
as decisive victories at anna. Tho
world at Inrge, nfter rubbing Its fore
hend nnd rendjustlng Ub eye-glasses
und clearing Its throat, exclaimed:
"Why not! Isn't that what we have
all been thinking nnd desiring? Only
nobody knew how or where to bo
gin." The premier of tho Browns found
himself talking over tho long distance.
to tho premier of tho Grays In as
neighborly a fashion as If they had
adjoining estates nnd wero urrnnglng
a mnttcr of community Interest.
"You hnvo been bo fine in wnlvlng
nn Indemnity," said tho premier of tho
Grays, "that Turcas suggests wo pay
for all the damage done to property
on your side by our Invasion. I'm
sure our people will rlso to tho sug
gestion. Their mood hns overwhelmed
every preconceived notion of mlno. In
pluce of tho old suspicion that a
Brown could do nothing except with
a Hellish motive Is tho desire to bo as
fair ns tho Browns. And tho practi
cal way the peoplo look at It mnkea
mo think that It will bo enduring.
"I think so, for tho samo reason,"
responded the premier of tho Browns
"They say It is good business. It menm
prosperity and progress for both
countries."
"After nil, a soldier comes out the
hero of the great pcaco movement,"
concluded the premier of tho Grays.
"A soldier took tho tricks with our
own cards. Old Partow wob tho great
est statesman of us all."
"No doubt of thnt!" ngrced the
premier of tho Browns. "It's a senti
ment to which every premier of ours
who ever tried to down him would
have readily subscribed!"
Tho overy-day statesman smllca
when he sees the peoplo smile and
grows angry when they grow angry.
Now and then appears an Inscrutable
genius who finds out what Is brewing
In their brains and brings It to a head.
He Is the epoch maker. Such an one
was that little Corslcan, who gave a
stagnant pool the storm It needed, un
til he became overfed and mistook hit
ambition for a continuation of hit
youthful prescience.
Marta hnd yet to bear the shock of
Westerllng's death. After learning the
manner of It sho went to her room,
where' sho spent a haunted, sleepless
night Tho morning found her still
tortured by her visualization of tho
picture of him, Irresolute us the mob
pressed nround tho Grny headquar-
tcrB.
"It is ns If I hnd murdered him!"
she said. "I let him mako love to rao
I let my hand remnin in his once
but that waa all. Lanny. I I couldn't
have homo nny more. Yet that was
enough enough!"
"But wo know now, Marta," Lan
stron pleaded, "that the premier of
tho Grays held Westcrllng to n com
pact that ho should not return nllv.i
if ho lost. Ho could not havo won,
oven though you had not helped us
against him. He would only havo lost
moro lives and brought still grenter
indignation on his head. Ills fate was
Inevitable and ho wnB a soldier."
Dut his reasoning only rnckod her
with a shudder.
"If ho hnd only died lighting!" Mar-
tnr replied. "Ho died Uko a rnt In a
trnp nnd II set tho trap!"
"No. destiny set it!" put in Mrs.
Galland.
Lanstron dropped down bosldo Mar-
tn's chair.
"Yes, destiny set It." ho snld, im
ploringly. "Just ns It act your parts for you.
And, Mnrta," Mrs. Gallnnd wont on
gently, with whnt Mnrtn hnd once
cnlled tho wiBdom of mothers, "Lnnny
lives and llvos for you. Your destiny
Is life und to make tho most of life, ns
you nlwnys hnvo. Isn't It, Mnrta?"
"Yes," sho breathed after a pause,
in conviction, ns sho pressed her moth
er's hnnds. "Yes, you hnvo a gift of
making things slmplo and clear."
Then she looked up to Lnnstron and
tho flamo In her eyes, whoso leaping,
spontaneous paBBlon he nlrendy know,
hold something of tho eternal, as her
arms crept around his neck.
"You are life, Lanny! You aro the
destiny of today nnd tomorrow!"
(THE END.)
As to Age of Gunpowder.
Comparison of tho terms used by
Sir Francis Bacon to descrlbo tho of
fects of explosive powder In three
dlfforont places bIiowb that ho waa
writing of tho samo powder. Now
his loiter on tho "Secret Works of Nn
turo" would appear to havo boen writ
ten to William of Auvergne, nrch
bishop of Paris, who died In 1248 or
1249. It seems, then, that tho explo
sive properties of black powdor wer
known In Franco and England befor
the middle of tho tbirteata century.
WOMAN WOULD
NOT GIVE UP,
TKbugh Sickand Suffering; At
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound.
Richmond, Pa. " When I started
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcgetnblo
Compound I was in a
dreadfully rundown
state of health,
had internal trou
bles, and was so ex
tremely nervous and
prostrated that if I
had given in to my
feolings I would
havo been in bed.
As it was I had
hardly strength at,
times to bo on my
feet and what I did do was by a great
effort. I could not sleep at night and
of courso felt very bad in tlio morning,
and had a steady headache.
"After taking the second bottle I no
ticed thnt the headacho was not so bad,
I rested better, and my nerves were
stronger. I continued its uso until it
mado a new woman of me, and now I
can hardly realize that I am able to do
so much as I do. Whenever I know nny
woman in need of n good medicine I
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound." Mrs. Frank
Clark, 3146 N. Tulip St, Richmond.Pa.
"Women HaTO Been Telling Women
for forty yeors how Lydia E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored their
health when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
for it from coast to coast If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar to
women why don't you try Lydia E."
Pinkham's Vegetablo Compound? It
will pny you to do so. Lydia E. Pink
bam Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Army of
Constipation
! Growing Smaller Every Day.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS aro
responsible they
notonlygive relief
-tney perma
nently cure Cod-
tipation. Mil-,
lions use.
them for .
Biliousness.
kdi'iMtioa, Sick Headache, Sallow Skin.
SHALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE'
Genuine must bear Signature '
A Difference.
"I thought they didn't allow watt
era to tako tips in this restaurant?"
said tho lawyer at tho table.
"Wo don't, sir," replied the waiter.
"I saw that man nt tho next table
glvo you a tip Just now."
"No, sir, that was not a tip, sir;
that waB a retainer."
Quite So.
"What aro tho best fruits of court
ship?" "I should say dates and pairs."
Tho aviator who Is taken up by a
society leader can alwuys return the
compliment.
It would help some If wo did moro
praying on Sunday, and less preying
on tho other six days.
Rheumatism
For Young and Old
Tho ncuto agonizing pain of
rheumatism is soothed at once
by Sloan's Liniment. Do not
rub it penetrates to tho eora
spot, bringing a comfort not
dreamed of until tried. Get a
bottlo today.
RHEUMATISM
Hers What Other Say i
"I tilnhlv recommend your Liniment
as the beet remedy for rbeumatiem I ever
used, llcfore using it I spent Inrge nini
o( money trying to ect relict of the misery
and pains in limbs nnd body, so I tried
your Liniment both iutemttUnd eiternal
and I (ound quick relief, and now am
well ana strong again." tw. curln,o
ft. ism at., Hpnngfltkl,lU.
Hera'a Proof
"I wish in wrlta a.nrl tU vmi e.hmit a
fall I bad down fourteen steps, and bruised
my necic ana nip very Du. i couia not
sleep at all. I sent my wife for a 25 cent
bottle of your Liniment and in two days'
tlmo I wns on my feet again. Charlet
Ultlt, ISiiyi l'rairit Axt., St. houxt, ilo,
SLOANS
LBTOENT
for neuralgia, sciatica, sprains and
onuses.
All Druggist, 25c.
Send (our cents in atnmpi for I
TRIAL DOTTLE
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