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SYNOPSIS.
Miss Inncs , spliiftrr nnd Rimrdlnn of
aertruiln nnil lliilsry , pstiilillshcd HIIIII-
tncr lionilnunrtcin nt Hunnynltle. Arnoltl
ArmstionK wns found sliot to dentil In
tlic linll. acilniUti nnil litr llnnuc , Jnck
Bnlley , ImiJ convcrHcd In tlio billiard
room olmrlty bcforu tlic murder. Hclee-
tlvo .Tnmlcson ui-cUbcd JII M IIUK-H oMiold-
Inp ImcU nvldmicp. Cunlilor Hulloy of 1'ftul
Armslrons' " bank , dofnnct , wan nrrostpcl
for embezzlement. Paul AunstrotiK's
rtenth was nnnoiiiirpd. Uulscy H Hanci-p ,
Loulso Aimstrnntf , told UnlKoy Hint \vlillo
nho still loved him. iihe xv a to itmrry im-
nther. It dovcloiicd Hint Dr. Wnlkot wmi
tlio nmti. IoulHoiis found unconscious
nt tlio bottom of tli circular ntiilronsc.
She hald RoinclhhiK hnil brushed by her
Jn tlio dark on llio Hlnlrwny und flho
fainted. IJalloy Js Hiisiu-etod of Arm-
' the lodgoUcc'ii-
htroiiK'ii murder. Tlioninn ,
or , wnn found dead with a note In Ills
iwcttot benrlnt ; tlio muni"Ijiiclrn Wal
lace ; . " A ladder found out of place deep
en * tlio myntery. The Bttililcs were
burned , nnd In the dark MIHM Junes Hhot
nn Inlrudor. Ilulsoy mvsterlouHly matin-
tiearcd. Ills nuto wns found wtcckcd by
n fielRbt train. It Ooveloiu'd Hulncy had
nn nnumnnt In the library with a woman
before bla disappearance. Now cook dm-
nppcars. Miss lime : ) learned llnmey wan
nltvo. 15r. Walker's face becomes livid
nt mention of the- name of Nina CarrliiK-
ton. Kvltienco was secured from a tramp
that n man , mtpposedly Ilalnay , had been
bound nnd RaKKed nnd thrown Into nn
ctnplv bov cnr. Oertrudo wnn intHmni ; .
Hunting for her , Miss limes run Into a
innn nnd fainted. A i-otifudcrato of Dr.
Wnlki-r corifcswtd his partIn tbo myn-
tcry. Ho Htated that the CarrlnBlou wo
man bad been killed , that Walker foiircil
licr , und that bo believed that Paul Arm-
nit on Imd been killed by a hand Kitldod
by Walker , llalsoy wttH found In a dlH-
tant bopltnl. . Paul ArmatroiiK was not
dead. Mini Innea discovered Hccret roouiB
In which tbo Trndern' bank tiensuro wns
bollovcd to bo. Mrs. Watson , dying , said
cbo killed Arnold Armstrong , who years
before had married her nlater under the
nllns of AVnllaco. TAielen Wallace WM
born of the marrlnRO. Miss Innos dlfleov-
brcd a Ron at panel to the mysterious
room and unwittingly looked herself with
in. During tbo Hunt for her the search-
era ran across Paul At matrons. Arm-
Btrone pitched forward down the circular
Btnlrcnse , breaklnR hlfl neck. In thn Be-
cret , room wan found UIQ Trndeni bank
loot , which Armstrong had taken.
CHAPTER XXXIII. Continued.
As Alex and I reached the second
floor , Mr. Jamleson mot us. He was
i . grave and quiet , and ho nodded com-
\ I prchomllngly when he saw the safe.
I t "Will you como with mo for a mo-
i , ment , Miss ImicH ? " he naked soberly ,
, ' nnd on my nssentlng , ho led the way
I to the cast wing. There wore lights
l moving around below , nnd some of
( ' | the maids were standing gaping down.
(
They screamed when they saw mo ,
[ ; and drew back to let mo pass. There
, was n sort of hush over the scene ;
, Alex , behind mo , muttered something
! I could not hear , and brushed past me
! without ceremony. Then I realized
l > that a man wna lying doubled up nt
, the foot of the staircase , and that
i Alex was stooping over him.
As I came slowly down , Winters
| stepped back , and Alex straightened
' himself , looking at mo across the
i , body with Impenetrable oycs. In his
| hand ho held a shaggy gray wig , and
, before mo on the floor lay the man
; whoso headstone stood In Casanova
i churchyard Paul Armstrong.
Winters told the story in n dozen
words. In his headlong flight down
the circular staircase , with "Winters
just behind , Paul Armstrong had
pitched forward violently , struck his
head against the door to the cast ver-
nndn , and probably broken his nock.
Ho had died as Winters reached him.
As the detective llnlshed , I saw Hal-
eey , palo and shaken , in the card-
room doorway , and for the first time
that night I lost my self-control. I put
my arms around'my boy , and for a
moment ho had to support mo. A second
end later , over Halsoy's shoulder , I
saw something that turned my emo
tion into other channels , for behind
him , in the shadowy cnrdroom , were
Gertrude and Alex , the gardener-and
there Is no use mincing matters ho
was kissing her !
I was unable to speak. Twice I
opened my mouth ; then I turned Hal-
Boy around and pointed. They wore
qulto unconscious of us ; bur head wns
on his shoulder , his face against her
hair. As It happened , it was Mr.
Jamleson who broke up the tableau.
Ho stepped over to Alex and
touched him on the arm.
"And How , " ho said quietly , "how
long are you nnd I to play our little
comedy , Mr. Bailey ? "
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Odds and Ends.
Of Dr. Walker's sensational escape
that night to South America , of the
recovery of over $1,000,000 In cash
nnd securities in the safe from the
chimney room the papers have kept
the public well informed. Of my share
in discovering the secret chamber
they have been singularly sllont. The
inner history has never been told. Mr.
Jnmleson got nil kinds of credit , nnd
Bomo of It ho deserved , but if Jack
Bailey , ns Alex , had not traced Halsoy
and insisted on the disinterring of
Paul Armstrong's casket , lf ho had
not suspected the truth from the
ntart , where would the detective have
l > ecn ?
When Halsey learned the truth , ho
insisted on going the next morning ,
weak as ho was , to Louise , and by
night she was nt Sunuysido , under
Gertrude's particular care , while her
mother had gone to Barbara Fltz-
What HalBoy said to Mro. Ann
etrong I never know , but that ho was
considerate nnd chivalrous I fool con
fident. It was Halsey's way always
with women
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He Was Kissing Her.
Ho and Louise had up conversation
together until that night. Gertrude
and Alex I mean Jack had gone for
a walk , although it was nine o'clock ,
and anybody but a pair of young geese
would have known that dew was fall
ing , and that it is next to impossible
to get rid of a summer cold.
At half aft.or nine , growing weary
of my own company , I wont downstairs
*
stairs to llnd the young people. At
the door of the living room I paused.
Gertrude and Jack had returned and
were there , sitting together on a
divan , with only one lamp lighted.
They did not see or hear me , and I
beat a hasty retreat to the library
But here again I was driven back.
Louise wan sitting in a deep chair ,
looking the happiest I had ever seen
her , with Halsey on the arm of the
chair , holding her close.
The next day , by degrees , I got the
whole story.
Paul Armstrong had a besotting
evil the love of money. Common
enough , but ho loved money , not for
what It would buy , but for its own snko.
An examination of tuoxbooks showed
no Irregularities in the past year
since John had been cashier , but be
fore that , in the time of Anderson , the
old cashier , who had died , much
strange juggling- had been done with
the records. Tlio railroad in Now
Mexico had apparently drained the
banker's private fortune , and ho de
termined to retrieve it by one stroke
This was nothing less than the loot
ing of the bank's securities , turning
them Into money , and making his es
capo.
But the law has long arms. Pau
Armstrong evidently studied the sltua
tion carefully. Just as the only good
Indian is a dead Indian , so the only
safe defaulter is a dead defaulter. He
decided to die , to all appearances , am
when the hue and cry subsided , ho
would bo able to enjoy his money nl
most anywhere ho wjshcd.
The first necessity was an accom
pllce. The connivance of Dr. Walker
was suggested by his love for Loulso.
The man was unscrupulous , and with
the girl as a bait , Paul Armstrong
eoon had him fast. The plan was ap
parently the acme of simplicity : A
small town in the west , an attack of
heart disease , a body from a medical
college dissecting room shipped in a
trunk to Dr. Walker by a colleague in
San Francisco , and palmed off for the
supposed dead banker. What was
simpler ?
The woman , Nina Carrlngton , was
the cog that slipped. What she only
suspected , what she really know , wo
never learned. She was a chamber
maid in the hotel at C , and It was
evidently her Intention to blackmail
Dr. Walker. Ills position at that time
was uncomfortable : To pay the wom
an to keep quiet would bo confession.
Ho denied the whole thing , nnd she
wont to Hnlsoy.
It wns that that had taken Halsey
to the doctor the night ho disap
peared. Ho accused the doctor of the
deception , nnd , crossing the lawn , had
said something cruel to Loulso. Then ,
furious at her apparent connivance ,
ho had started for the station , Dr.
Walker and Paul Armstrong the lat
ter still lame where I had shot him
hurried across to the embankment ,
certain only of ono thing. Halsey musl
not toll the detective what ho sus
pected until the money had been re
moved from the chimney room. They
stepped into Jho road in front of the.
car to stop it , and fate played into
their hands. The car struck the train
and they had only to dispose of the
unconscious figure in the road. This
they did as I have told. For three
days Halsoy lay in the box car , tied
land nnd foot , suffering tortures ot
thirst , delirious at times , and discov
ered by n tramp at Johnsvillo only in
time to save his life.
To go baclc to Paul Armstrong. At
ho last moment his plans had been
'rustratcd. Sunnysido , with its hoard
n the chimney room , had been rented
without his knowledge ! Attempts to
dislodge mo having failed , he was
Irlven to breaking into his own house.
Plio ladder In the chute , the burning
of the stable and the entrance through
the cardroom window all were In the
course of a desperate attempt to get
Into tlio chimney room ,
Louise and her mother had , from
the flist , been the great stumbling-
blocks. The plan had boon to send
Loulso nwny until It was too late for
her to interfere , but she came back
to the hotel at C Just at the
wrong time. There was a terrible
scene. The girl was told that some
thing of the kind was necessary ; that
the bank was about to close and her
stepfather would either avoid arres.t
and disgrace In this wny , or kill him
self. Fanny Armstrong was a weak
ling , but Loulso was more difficult to
manage. She had no love for her stepfather -
father , but her devotion to her moth
er was entire , solf-sacrlflclng. Forced
into acquiescence by her mother's ap
peals , overwhelmed by the situation ,
the girl consented and fled.
From somewhere in Colorado she
sent nn anonymous telegram to Jnck
Bailey at the Traders' bank. Trapped
as she was , she did not want to see
an Innocent man arrested. The tele
gram , received on Thursday , had sent
the cashier to the bank that night in
n frenzy.
Louise arrived at Sunnyslde nnd
found the house rented. Not knowing
what to do , she sent for Arnold at the
Greenwood club , and told him a little ,
not all. She told him that theio was
something wrong , nnd that the bank
wns about to close. That his father
was responsible. Of the conspiracy
she said nothing. To her surprise ,
Arnold already know , through Bailey
hat night , that things wore not right.
Moreover , ho suspected what Loulso
lid not , tlmt the money wns hidden at
Sunnysido. Ho had a scrap of paper
.lint indicated a concealed room some-
whoro.
His inherited cupidity wns aroused.
Eager to got Halsey and Jnck Bailey
out of the house , ho wont up to the
east entry , and in the billiard room
gave the cashier what ho had refused
earlier in the evening the address ot
Paul Armstrong In California and n
telegram which had been forwarded
to the club for Balloy , from Dr. Walk
er. It was In , response to ono Bailey
had sent , nnd it said tlmt Paul Arm
strong was very ill. i' ? „
Bailey was almost" Hescrate. Ho
decided to go west and find Paul Arm
strong and to force him to disgorge.
But the catastrophe at the bank oc
curred sooner than ho had expected.
On the moment of starting west , at
Andrews station , whore Mr. Jnmleson
had located the car , ho rend that the
bank had closed , and , going back , sur
rendered himself.
John Balloy had known Paul Arm *
strong Intimately. He did not believe
that the money was gone ; in fact , it
was hardly possible In the Interval
slnco the securities had been taken.
Where was it ? And from some chance
remark let fall some months earlier
by Arnold Armstrong at a dinner ,
Balloy felt sure there was a hidden
room nt Sunnysido. Ho tried to see
the architect ot the building , but , llko
the contractor , If ho knew of the
room , ho refused any Information. It
was Ilnlsey'a idea that John Bailey
come to the house ns n gardener , and
pursue his Investigations ns ho could.
His smooth upper lip had been stifll-
disguise , with his change of
and a hair-cut by a country
barber. ,
So It was Alex , Jack Balloy , who
had been our ghost. Not only had ho
alarmed Louise and himself , ho ad
mitted on the circular staircase , hut
ho had dug the hole In the trunkroom
wall , and Inter sent Eliza into hysteria.
The note Llddy had found In Ger
trude's scrap-basket was from him ,
and It was he who had startled me
Into unconscloifeiicsB by the clothes
chute , nnd , with Gertrude's help , hud
carried me to LotiWo's loom. Ger
trude1 , I learned , had watched all
night beside mo , in nn extremity of
anxiety about mo.
That old Thomas had seen his master -
tor , and thought he had seen the Sun-
nyslde ghost , there could be no doubt.
Of tlmt story of Thomas , about seeIng -
Ing Jack1 Bailey In the footpath be
tween the club and Sunnysido , the
night Liddy and I heard the noise o'n
the circular staircase that , too , was
right. On the night before Arnold
Armstrong was murdered , Jack Bailey
had made an attempt to search for
the secret loom. Ho secured Arnold's
keys from his loom at the club and
got Into the house , armed with a golf-
stick for sounding the walls. lie ran
ngninst the hamper nt the head of
the stairs , caught his cuff-link in it.
nnd dropped the golf-atlck with a
crash. He was g'.nd ' enough to get
nwny without an alarm being raised ,
and he took the "owl" train to town.
The oddest thing to mo was that
'Mr. .Tamicson had known for some
time tlmt Alex wns Jnck Bailey. But
the face of the pseudo-gardener was
very queer Indeed when , that night ,
in the cardroom , the detective turned
to him nnd said :
"How long are you nnd I going to
play our little comedy , Mr. Bailey ? "
Well , It is nil over now. Paul Arm
strong rests in Casanova churchyard ,
and this time there la no mistake. I
wont to the funeral , because I wanted
to bo sure he'-was really buried , and
I looked at the stop of the shaft
where I had sat that night , and won
dered if it was all real. Sunnyside Is
for sale no , I shall not buy it. Little
Lucien Armstrong is living with his
step-grandmother , who is recovering
gradually from troubles that had ex
tended over the entire period of her
second marriage. Anne Watson lies
not far from the man she killed , and
who as - surely caused her death.
Thomas , the fourth victim of the con
spiracy , is burled on the hill. With
Nina Carrington , five lives were sac
rificed in the course of this grim con
spiracy.
There will be two weddings before
long , and Liddy has asked -for my
heliotrope poplin to wear to the
church. I knew she would. She has
wanted it for three years , and she
was qulto ugly the time I spilled cof
fee on it. Wo arc very quiet , just the
two of us. Liddy still clings to her
ghost theory , and , points to my wet
nnd muddy boots in the trunkroom as
proof. I am gray , I admit , but I
haven't felt ns well in a dozen years.
Sometimes , wlien I am bored , I ring
for Liddy , and wo talk things over.
When Warner married Rosle , Liddy
sniffed and said what I took for faith
fulness in Roslo had been nothing but
mawklshness. I have not yet outlived
Llddy's contempt because I gave them
silver knives nnd forks'as a wedding
gift.
gift.So
So wo sit nnd talk , and sometimes
Llddy threatens to leave , and often I
discharge her , but we stay together
somehow. 1 am talking of renting a
house next year , and Liddy says to be
sure theio is no ghost. To be perfect
ly frank , 1 never really lived until
that summer. Time has passed since
I began this story. My neighbors are
packing up for another summer. Liddy
Is Imvhig the awnings put up , and the
window-boxes filled. Llddy or no Lld
dy , I shall advertise to-morrow for a
house In the country , and I don't care
If it has a Circular Staircase.
THE END.
Hunters KIM Big Grizzly.
The monster grizzly bear that for
years has been making many sleepless
nights for the farmers , miners and
residents of the northwestern Trinity
region has at last been slain.
This mo-.iarch of the forest nnd
slayer of small domestic animals was
killed by Thomns McDonald , a wealthy
mining man who 1ms boon camping
along the Salmon range In Trinity.
SinglehandedMcDonald , who is a
mountaineer of marked ability , killed
the bear after a lively tussle
The bear weighed 1,000 pounds , and
is the finest nnd biggest specimen
over seen In the Trinity mountain re
gions. The nnlmal had for years do
lled nil efforts to capture or kill him ,
Maryville Correspondence San Fran-
Call.
Safe Offer.
Jones Why on earth do you offer
such a Inrgo reward for the return of
that horrid , yapping , snapping cur ?
Brown To please mylfo. .
Jones But such a huge reward wll
bo sure to bring him back.
Biown O , no , it won't. He's dead
I drowned him myself. Stray Stories
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest From Varloui
Sections ,
i
Blue Hill Is eoon to have a lighting
plant.
A series of religious meetings nro
being held In Blue Hill.
The Nebraska bakers will have
their mooting next year nt Fremont.
A lire nt Graf , in Johnson county ,
destroyed two stores with the goods
therein.
Thlovcs entered the pasture of B.
K. Ponner , living just over the Gage
county line in Jefferson county , and
stole tlireo head pf horses.
Peter Penner of Beatrice cele
brated his eighty-seventh birthday at
his home in the north part of the city ,
where he located forty years ago.
Mrs. , Alice Jordan Paul , wife of
Major Herbert J. Paul of the Second
regiment , Nebraska .National Guard ,
died at her home In St. Paul after a
short , illness.
Peterson Brothers of Cumlng coun
ty hold fourteen head of six months'
old pigs nt public sale , the price real
ized being more .than an average of
? 22 per head.
Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Gardner , who
recently sold the Cortland Sun to
J. U. Ellis of Beatrice , will return to
Omaha where they resided before lo
cating at Cortland.
The band at Cook has Invested in
$800 worth of new silver-plated in
struments. The instructor Is Professor
ser Joseph Chairinl , bandmaster"
the Tccumseh Military band.
The tenth annual BiinseT social for
all persons over the ago of seventy
years was held in York , nt which
ninety-nine were present , the oldest
being-Mrs. Mary Wildmnn , who was
ninety-two years old.
Tlio Congregational brotherhood of
Fremont will stand sponsor for the
production of the oratorio , "Queen
Esther , " in Fremont after the holi-
dny and "will proceed to organize a
chorus of 200 local voices.
In Jack Barrett , who is serving a
sentence of twenty-five days in the
county jail on the charge of vagran
cy , the Fremont police believe they
have Oscar Bridges , wanted in Wash
ington state for a holdup job.
Recently the Nebraska City Vine
gar works received forty cars of ap
ples , which will be converted into
cider and vinegar. Most of the ap
plet ; came trom southeastern Ne
braska and a few ears from Missouri.
Two of York's citi/ens were hon
ored recently. W. R. Furman , coun
cilman of the Third ward , was elected
vice president of the Nebraska Stn'to
Bakers' association , and Dale Mc
Donald is ono of four Irom this state
invited by the United States govern
ment to accept six months- study at
Fort Crook.
Fred Flenc , of Antelope county ,
was before County Judge AVilson on
two complaints , the first ono charging
him with maliciously cutting down
trees ; second and third counts wore
cutting down fence posts. He was
fined $25 and costs on the first , and
on the second and third , wns held to
the next term of the district court.
Jefferson Welclier , a hotel owner of
Dunbar , was arrested for assaulting
a Dunbar young man. Ills fine was
assessed at $50 and costs and he was
placed under bonds to keep the peace.
He paid ills fine. Later a complaint
was filed charging him with an at
tempted assault upon a 12-year-old
slrl of that town. Ho pleaded not
guilty and the court continued the
case.
case.The
The most encouraging of reports
come trom Johnson county cornfields.
The jield is going to be more than
an average , notwithstanding the
many predictions made in July and
August that there would bo no crop
at all. This season , the first in years ,
there will be an abundant crop on the
bottom landa , the Nehnma river and
Badger creek not having left their
banks during the year. Tlic grain
is of excellent quality.
Rev. Jordan of South Omaha takes
the ground that it is the duty of
preachers to take-interest in politics.
Tlio marriage of Miss Eva Smith ,
daughter of Brigadier General Fred
erick A. Smith , U. S. A. , command
ing the dopaitmcnt of the Missouri ,
to Capt. A. Lame Christie of the
Eighth infantry , stationed nt Presidio ,
Cal. , was solemnized nt Omaha. The
wedding , a brilliant affair , was fol
lowed by a reception at which Gen
eral and Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Christie of Jersey City , parents
of the bridegroom , were Inthe re
ceiving line ,
Secretary Marshall of the state
board of horticulture has returned
from a visit to .tho southeastern part
of Nebraska. "I. visited the apple
farm of Henry C. Smith , thirteen
miles east of Falls Cicy. Mr. Smith
has sixty-live acres of orchard and
will tills year raise 22,000 bushels of
apples. He sold his Jonathans , which
are an early apple , for $4 a barrel and
ho 1ms shipped and stored most of his
crop in cold storage houses at St.
Paul Minneapolis , Council Bluffs , In-
dnanapolls , Ind. , and Kansas City. .
Announcement has been received In
Holdredgo.of the first sectional meet
ing of the frontier teachers' associ
ation which will bo held at Afton , Sat
urday , November G. Preparations are
being made by the organization to
make It ono of the banner events of
the year.
A brakeman by the nnmo of Ed-
waid Napier was killed In the Lex
ington yards by a freight local of the
Union Pacific. Tlio train wns switch
ing and his foot got caught in a frog.
Tbo train ran over a part of his head
and also crushed his leg and man-
qlcd his body ,
And Endless Job.
"I'll bet I could keep a fairy godmother -
mother busy ? '
"As to how ? "
"I'd have her look after my touring
car. "
A good lioticst remedy for 'Rheumatism ,
Ncurnlaia nnd Sore Throat is Ilamlins
Wizard Oil. Nothing will so quickly drive
out nil pain tmd inflammation.
Some folks never feel saintly until
they have a chance to syndicate their
sorrows.
Mrx. AVliutow'H Soothing tjyrttp.
, toftonathOMinii , rc'duccsln
Porrhllilrcn tprthlnir *
lUuimatluualliy8yj.in.euros wind colic , > c a UHUa.
Revenge is better than a greedy
kind of gratitude.
To the thousands of
persons who suffer from
ailments of the Stomach , BMP
Liver , Kidneys or
Bowels and who there
fore , feel half-sick all the
time , we want to urge
an immediate trial of
Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. We know from
past experience that it
will be of great benefit to
you and bring about an
improvement in your
health. It is for Indi
gestion , Dyspepsia , Con
stipation and Malarial J
Fever. Try it today.
' ronr lelons. GI-IIIKO Loolc and
, advice PUKE. KslaMlslied ItBC.
I HUter ldil .llaik , Unhlcgtoo.U.U
SWELLING THE HOTEL BILL
Hotel Keeper's Method of Taxing . >
Traveler Had at Least the 1"
Method of Novelty.
Onq of the things which help swell
the traveler's expenses , both in this
country and abroad , is the "extra. " It
may or may not bo charged in the bill ,
but it is sure to bo paid for. Proba
bly even the most generous traveler ,
however , will have some sympathy for
the gentleman in the following story
who was made to pay liberally for a
certain annoying privilege , s
During his stay at the hotel the
weather had been very hot.
"Charles , " said the landlord to the
clerk who was making out the bill to
be presented to the departing guest ,
"have you noticed that the gentleman
in number seven has consulted the
thermometer on the piazza at least ten
times every morning during his stay
hero ? "
Charles replied that he had.
"Well , " said the landlord , "charge
him the price of one dinner a day for
the use of the thermometer. " Youth'o
Companion.
Laying the Foundation.
"Why arc you always so careful to
ask advice about what you are going
to do ? "
"So that if things go wrong I can
eny 'I told yon so. " "
"Off Day" of Favorite.
Chapley How did she happen to
refuse you ; I thought you were her
favorite ?
Washlpy Well , the favorite didn't
win , that's all.
The more the tongue flows the less
the head knows.
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby.
If parents realized the fact that cof
fee contains a drug caffeine which is
especially harmful to children , they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
the babies coffee to' drink.
"When 1 was a child in my moth
er's .arms and first began to nibble
things at the table , mother used to
give mo sips of coffee. As my parents
used coffee exclusively at meals I
never knew there was anything to
drink but coffee and water.
"And so I contracted the coffee
habit early. I remember when quite
young the continual use of coffee so
affected my parents that they tried
roasting wheat and barley , then
ground It in the coffee-mill , as a sub
stitute for coffee.
"But It did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard
of. I continued to use coffee until I
was 27 , nnd when I got Into office
work , I began to have nervous spells.
Especially after breakfast I was so
nervous I could scarcely attend to my
correspondence.
"At night , after having coffee for
supper , I could hardly sleep , and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded mo to try
Postum. My wife and I did not llko
it at first , but later when boiled good
and strong it was fine. Now we would
not give up Postum for the best coffee
\
wo over tasted.
"I can now get good Bleep , am free
trom nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers. "
Rend "The Road to Wellville , " In
pkgs.
"There's a Reason. "
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