Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Eradicates scrofula and all
other humors , cures all their
effects , makes the blood rich
and abundant , strengthens all
the vital organs. Take it.
' Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
_ > .
IF IT'S If OUR EYES
PETT'iFS EYE SALVE is what you need
In High Life.
"So the Fliptons have separated ? "
"Yes. "
"Do you know any of the particu
lars ? "
"She keeps the poodle. "
Poor Conversationalist.
"Is your husband a good after-din
ner talker ? "
"No , Indeed. As soon as he's had
dinner he lies down on the couch and
falls asleep , and I never get a word
out of him.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA , a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children , and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Year $ .
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Gist of It.
Two and two make four. This is a
platitude.
Two and two make three. This is
demogogism.
Two and two make one hundred and
fifty. This is high finance. Lippin-
> cott's Magazine.
Surprised.
"Do you mean to tell me you reallj
live in Chicago ? "
"Yes. You speak as if 'you thought
It remarkable for me to do so. "
"Why , I supposed people merely
stayed in Chicago until they got
money enough to live in New York. "
Heathen Nations Invent Nothing.
Bishop Thoburn , who has been a
missionary in India for 50 years , and
knows India better than any other liv
ing American , says : "If you visit the
patent office at Washington , you will
see 600 improvements on the plow.
India has not invented one improve
ment on the toothpick in 2,000 years.
The nations without God have no In
ventive faculty. They are almost uni-
Tersally the savage , unenlightened na
tions of the earth. "
Adam Bede on Pittsburg.
Piitsburg patriots twisted their
faces awry at a Smoketown pun de
livered by former Congressman Bede
of Minnesota.
Bede put it over in the climax of
9. sparkling speech at a chamber of
commerce banquet.
After telling how dearly he loved
old Pittsburg and her fine old people
ple , her rich people and her toilers , he
said :
"I like Pittsburg because if I ever
get tired of the town I can wash it
off. "
Business Instinct Strong.
U A photographer tells as a joke on
4 himself that a woman , accompanied
' 1
1U by a little boy , came Into his studio
1 ! the other day."I see that you take
plckchers for four dollars a dozen this
, u
week , so I come fer mine. And I
want this little boy took in the same
pickcher with me. " "Yes , madam
but , of course , we make an extra
charge outside this special rate when
two pictures are taken at once. " "Oh , "
says the lady , "but I'll keep the boy
in. my lap. That's the way I do in the
street cars , and nobody ever says any
thing. "
A BRAIN WQRKER.
; i Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourishes Brain.
"I am a literary maa whose nervous
energy Is a great part of my stock in
trade ; and ordinarily I have little pa
tience with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them. But
I cannot withhold my acknowledg
ment of the debt that I owe to Grate-
Nuts food.
"I discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one a clear head ,
the power of sustained , accurate think
ing. I always felt heavy and sluggish
in mind as well as body after eating
the ordinary meal , "which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
"I tried foods easy of digestion , but
found them usually deficient in nutri
ment. I experimented with many break
fast foods and they , too , proved un
satisfactory , till I reached Grape-Nuts.
And then the problem was solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with , me per
fectly from the beginning , satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri
ment that so many other prepared
foods lack.
"I had not been using it very long
before 1 found that 1 was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality ol
work. Continued use has demonstrat
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains the elements
needed by the brain and nervous sys
tem of the hard working public wri
ter. " Name given by Postum. Co. , Bafr
tie Creek , Mich.
"There's a reason , " and it Is ex
plained in the little book , "The Road
to Wellville , " in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter ? A new
BBC appear * from time to time. They
ire genuine , true , and toll of hamaa
lAtereit.
12
SYNOPSIS.
Jack Keith , a Virginian , now a bor
der plainsman , is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. He notices a camp
fire at a distance and then sees a team
attached to a wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. lie searches
the victims finding papers and a locket
with a woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderers. Keith is ar
rested at Carson City , charged with the
murder , his accuser being a ruffian named
Black Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz
ing the peril of swift border justice. A
companion in his cell is a negro , who
tells him he is Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one of the murdered men was John
Sibley , the other Gen. Willis Waite. for
merly an officer in the Confederate army.
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
cell , and later the two fugitives become
lost in the sand desert. They come upon
a cabin and find its lone occupant to be a
young girl , whom Keith recognizes as a
singer he saw at Carson City. The girl
explains that she came there in search of
a brother who had deserted from the
army. A Mr. Hawley induced her to
come to the cabin while he sought to lo
cate her brother. Hawley appears. al ;
Keith in hiding recognizes him as Black
Bart. Hawley tries to make love to the
girl. There is a terrific battle in the
darkened room in which Keith overcomes
Black Bart. Horses are appropriated , and
the girl who says that her name is Hope ,
joins in the escape. Keith explains his
situation and the fugitives make for Fort
Lamed.
CHAPTER XIII. ( Continued. )
It was noon , the sun pitiless and hot
above them , before they straggled
within the partial shelter of the sand
dunes , and sank wearily down to their
meager lunch. Their supply of water
was limited , and the exhausted ponies
must wait until they reached the river
to quench their thirst. Yet this was
very far off now , and Keith had seen
enough of their surroundings to locate
the position of the ford. Slow as they
must proceed , three hours more would
surely bring them to the bank of the
stream. They discussed their plans
briefly as the three sat together on
the warm sand , revived both by the
food and the brief rest. There was
not a great deal to be determined ,
only where the girl should be left , and
how the two men had better proceed
to escape observation.
Fort Larned was the nearest and
safest place for their charge , none of
the party expressing any desire to ad
venture themselves within the imme
diate neighborhood of Carson City.
What her future plans might be were
not revealed , and Keith forebore any
direct questioning. His duty plainly
ended with placing her in a safe en
vironment , and he | elt convinced that
Mrs. Murphy , of the Occidental Hotel ,
would furnish room , and , if necessary ,
companionship. The sole problem re
maining after she had rather listless
ly agreed to such an arrangement
was to so plan the details as to permit
the negro and himself to slip through
the small town clustered about the
post without attracting undue atten
tion. No doubt , the story of their es
cape had already reached there , em
bellished by telling , and serious trou
ble might result from discovery. Keith
was surprised at the slight interest
she exhibited in these arrangements ,
merely signifying her acquiescence by
a word , but he charged it to physical
weariness , and the reaction from her
night of peril ; yet he took pains to
explain fully his plan , and to gain
her consent.
This finally settled , they mounted
again and rode on through the lanes
traversing the sand dunes , keeping
headed as straight as possible toward
the river. The ford sought was some
miles down stream , but with the
horses' thirst mitigated , they made
excellent progress , and arrived at the
spot early in the evening. Not in all
the day had they encountered a liv
ing object , or seen a moving thing
amid the surrounding desolation. Now ,
looking across to the north , a few
gleaming lights told of Fort Larned
perched upon the opposite bluffs.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Landlady of the Occidental.
Keith had crossed at this point so
frequently with cattle that , once hav
ing his bearings , the blackness of the
night made very little difference.
Nevertheless , in fear lest her pony
might stumble over some irregularity ,
he gave his own rein to Neb , and went
forward on foot , grasping firmly the
tired animal's bit. It was a long
stretch of sand and water extending
from bank to bank , but the water was
shallow , the only danger being that
of straying off from the more solid
bottom Into quicksand. With a tower
ing cottonwood as guide , oddly mis
shapen and standing out gauntly
against the slightly lighter sky , the
plainsman led on unhesitatingly , until
they began to climb the rather sharp
uplift of the north bank. Here there
was a plain trail , pounded into smooth
ness by the hoofs -cavalry horses
ridden down to water , and at the sum
mit they emerged within fifty yards of
the stables.
The few lights visible , some station
ary , with others dancing about like
! revealed imperfectly
will-o-the-wisps ,
the contour of various buildings , but
Keith turned sharply to the right , anx
ious to slin past without being chal
lenged by a sentry. Beyond the brow
of the bluff other lights now became
THE
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rHoaOr'Mv LADY OF THE SOUTH :
"WHEM WiLOERMEdS WAS Kincr ETC.&C
lutuarffATiorta BY PCA P OT HCLVILIV
( Copyright. A. C. McClurg & Co. . 1910. )
visible , flickering here and there ,
marking where a straggling town had
sprung up under the protection of the
post a town garish enough In the
daylight , composed mostly of shacks
and tents , but now with its deficien
cies mercifully concealed by the en
veloping darkness. The trail , easily
followed , led directly along its single
street , but Keith circled the outskirts
through a wilderness of tin-cans and
heaps of other debris , until he halted
his charges beside the black shadow
of the only two-story edifice in the
place. This was the Occidental , the
hospitality of which he had frequently
tested.
A light streamed from out the front
windows , but , uncertain who might
be harbored within. Keith' tapped
gently at the back door. It was not
opened immediately , and when it was
finally shoved aside the merest crack ,
no glow of light revealed the darkened
interior. The voice which spoke , how
ever , was Anply sufficient to identify
its owner.
"Is that ye agin , Murphy , a playin'
av yer dirthv thricks ? "
"No , Mrs. Murphy , " he hastened to
explain , "this is Keith Jack Keith ,
of the 'Bar X. ' "
"The Iford deliver us ! " was the in
stant exclamation , the door opening
wide. "They do be afther tellin' me
to-night av the throuble ye was in
over at Carson , an' Oi fought maybe
ye molght turn up this way. It was
a nate trick ye played on the loikes
av 'em , Jack , but this is a dom poor
place fer ye ter hide in. Bedad , there's
a half-dozen in the parly now talkin'
about it , wid a couple av officers from
the fort. Is the nager wid ye ? "
"Yes , but we have no intention of
hiding here. I'd rather take my
chance in the open. The fact is , Kate ,
we started off for the 'Bar X. ' "
"Av course , ye did ; Oi was shure av
it. "
"But down on the Salt Fork we ran
across a young girl whom Black Bart
had inveigled down that way on a lie.
We had a bit of a fight , and got her
away from him. This is what brought
us back here to put the girl where
she will be. safe out of his clutches. "
The door was wide open now , and
Mrs. Murphy outside , her interest at
fever heat.
"Ye had a foight wid Black Bart !
Oh , ye divil ! An' ye licked the dirthy
spalpane , an' got away wid his gyurl !
Glory be ! And would Oi take her ?
Well , Oi would. Niver doubt that , me
bye. She may be the quane av Shaba ,
an' she may be a Digger Injun. Squaw ,
but the loikes av him had better kape
away from Kate Murphy. It's glad
Oi am ter do it ! Bring her in. Oi
don't want ter hear no more. "
"Just a word , Kate ; I don't know
whether she has any money or not ,
but I'll pay her bill , as soon as it is
safe for me to come back. "
"Oh , the divil take her bill. She'll
have the best in the house , annyhow ,
* ' ' that fellow will
an Oi'm only hopin'
turn up huntin' her. Oi'd loike ter
take one slap at the spalpane. "
Fully convinced as to Mrs. Murphy's
good-will , Keith slipped back into the
darkness , and returned with the girl.
Introductions were superfluous , as the
mistress of the Occidental cared little
regarding ceremony.
"An' is this you , my dear ? " she
burst out , endeavoring to curb her
voice to secretive softness. "Shure ,
Jack Keith has told me all about it ,
an' it's safe it is yer goin * ter be here.
Come on in ; Oi'll give ye number
forty-two , thet's next behint me own
room , an' we'll go up the back sthairs.
Hilp the young loidy , Jack , fer shure
ye know the way. "
She disappeared , evidently with
some hospitable purpose in view , and
Keith , clasping the girl's hand , under
took the delicate task of safely escort
ing her through the dark kitchen , and
up the dimly remembered stairs. Only
a word or two passed between them ,
but as they neared the second story a
light suddenly streamed out through
the opened door of a room at their
left. Mrs. Murphy greeted them at
the landing , and for the first time saw
the girl's weary white face , her eyes
filled with appeal , and the warm Irish
heart responded instantly.
"Ye poor little lamb ; it's the bid
ye want , an' a dhrap o' whiskey. Jack
Keith , why didn't ye till me she was
done up wid the hard ride ? Here ,
honey , sit down in the rocker till Oi
get ye a wee dhrink. It'll bring the
"Shure It's Safe It Is Yer Coin' Ter Be Here. "
roses back to the cheeks av ye. " She
was gone , bustling down the dark
stairs , and the two were alone in fce
room , the girl looking up into his face ,
her head resting against the cushion
ed back of the chair. He thought he
saw a glimmer of tears in the depths
of her lash-shaded eyes , and her
round white throat seemed to choke.
"You will be perfectly secure here , "
he said , soothingly , "and can remain
as long as you please. Mrs. Murphy
will guard you as though you were her
own daughter. She is a bit rough ,
maybe , but a big-hearted woman , and
despises Hawley. She nursed me
once through a touch of typhoid yes ,
by Jove , " glancing about in sudden
recognition , "and in this very room ,
too. "
The girl's glance wandered over the
plain , neat furnishings , and the rather
pathetic attempts at decoration , yet
with apparently no thought for them.
"You you have not told me where
you were going. "
He laughed , a little uneasily , as
though he preferred to make light of
the whole matter.
"Really , I have hardly decided , the
world is so wide , and I had no reason
to suppose you interested. "
"But I am interested , " resenting his
tone of assumed indifference. "I
would not want to feel that our ac
quaintance was to wholly end now. "
"Do you really mean that ? "
"Why should I not ? You have been
a real friend to me ; I shall remember
you always with a gratitude beyond
words. I want you to know this , and
that that I shall ever wish to retain
that friendship. "
Keith struggled with himself , doubt
ful of what he had best say , swayed
by xmfamiliar emotions.
"You may be sure I shall never for
get , " he blurted forth , desperately ,
"and , if you really wish it , I'll certain
ly see you again. "
"I do , " earnestly.
"Then , I'll surely find a way. I don't
know now which direction we will
ride , but I'm not going very far until
I clear up that murder out yonder on
the trail ; that is my particular job
just now. "
Before she could answer , Mrs. Mur
phy re-entered and forced her to drink
the concoction prepared , the girl ac
cepting with smiling protest. The land
lady , empty glass in hand , swept her
eyes about the room.
"Bedad , but the place looks betther
than iver Oi'd belaved , wid the gyurl
Oi've got tindin' to it. She's that
lazy she goes ter slape swapin' the
flure. Jack , would ye moind hilpin'
me move the bid ; shure , it's rale ma
hogany , an' so heavy it breaks me
back intoirely to push it 'round. "
He took hold willingly enough , and
the two together ran the heavy- con
trivance across the room to the posi
tion selected. Once a leg caught in
the rag carpet , and Keith lifted it out ,
bending low to get a firmer grip. Then
he held out his hand to the girl.
"It is not going to be good-bye then ,
Miss Hope : I'll find you. "
She smiled up Into his eyes , much
of the weariness gone from her face.
"I am going to believe that , " she an
swered , gladly , "because I want to. "
Mrs. Murphy lingered until his steps
sounded on the stairs , as he slowly
felt his way down through the dark
ness.
"He do be a moighty foine bye , Jack
Keith , " she said , apparently address
ing the side wall. "Oi wish Oi'd a
knowed him whin Oi was a gyurl ;
shure , it's not Murphy me noime'd be
now , Oi'm t'inkin' . "
Left alone , the girl bowed her head
on her hands , a hot tear stealing down
through her fingers. As she glanced
up again , something that glittered on
the floor beside the bed caught her
eyes. She stopped and picked it up ,
holding the trinket to the light , star
ing at it as though fascinated. It was
the locket Keith had taken from the
neck of the dead man at Cimmaron
Crossing. Her nerveless fingers press
ed the spring , and the painted face
within looked up into her own , and
still clasping it within her hand , she
sank upon her knees , burying her face
on the bed.
"Where did he get that ? " her lips
kept repeating. "Where did he ever
get that ? "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
She Probably Was Worth- .
"I proposed last night and today I
have to see the girl's father. "
"A painful ordeal. "
"Yes ; I feel morally certain that h
is going to borrow at least $50. "
Streegth of the New-Born
Muscles of the Forearm Especially
Seem to Be Powerful , Says a
London Periodical.
The myth of the Infant Hercules ,
who strangled two serpents in his
cradle , may not have been a myth at
all , but a fact , says the London Tele
graph. Modern science has proved
that it Is quite a possible feat The
new-born babe Is relatively much
stronger than a full-grown man. ac
cording to the result of medical tests :
"The muscles of the forearm are sur
prisingly vigorous. A few hours after
bifth a baby suspended by Its finger
to a stick , or to the finger of a per
son , can hold itself in the air for ten
seconds , and , in the case of particu
larly strong infanta , for as long as
half a minute. At four days old the
child's strength has increased , and
the time is two and a half minutes
for 98 per cent , of babies. The marl-
mum is attained at a fortnight. Fe.w
infants can hang on for more tham
one and a half minutes , though ona
exceptional young Hercules remained
suspended for two minutes and 38
seconds by his right hand. After that
he still hung on with his left for ,15
seconds longer. " It Is not stated
whose babies were put through these
horizontal bar gymnastics at the early
age of from one hour to a fortnight.
A woman rarely uses toilet vinegars
and oils in her dressing until she in
past her salad days.
CATARRH
OF THE
STOMACH
Could Hardly Eat Gradually
Grew Worst. ReHovadby
Panma.
w.w.w.v. " AV.V.V- . ' " ' vXvvKv. .
Mr. A. M.
Ikerd , Box 31 ,
W e s t B u r-
lington , Iowa ,
writes :
"I had ca
tarrh of the
stomach and
small intestines -
tines for a
n u m b e r of
years. I went
to a number
of doctors , and
got no relief ,
and f i n al 1 y
one of my
doctors sent
me to C h i-
c a g o , and I
met the same
fate. They
said they
could do noth-
'ing ' for me ;
Mr. A. M. Ikerd. said I had
cancer of the
stomach and there was no cure. I al
most thought the same , for my breath
Avas offensive and I could not eat any
thing without great misery and I grad
ually grew worse.
"Finally I concluded to try Peruna ,
and I found relief and a cure for that
dreadful disease , catarrh. I took fiv ?
bottles of Peruna and two of Manalin ,
and I now feel like a new man. There
is nothing better than Peruna , and I
keep a bottle of it in my house all
time. "
COLLECT ON DELIVERY.
Jack Harduppe Ah ! Brought that
suit , have you ? Well , I can't pay you
now. I'll write your employer a let
ter.
Errand Boy N. G. , boss. I bought
three letters with that suit and they
is C. O. D.
His Honor Unimpaired.
"No , " said the old shoemaker ,
sternly , "I will not do it. Never have
I sold anything by false representa
tions , and I will not begin now. "
For a moment he was silent , and
the shopman who stood before him
could aee that the better nature of
his employer was fighting strongly
for the right.
"No , " said the old man again , "I
will not do it. It is an inferior
grade of shoe , and I will never pass
if off as anything better. So just
mark it 'A shoe fit for a queen , ' and
put it in the window. A queen , you
know , does not have to do much walk-
Ing. "
In the deepest night of trouble and
sorrow , we have so much to be thank
ful for that we need never cease ou :
singing. Coleridge.
The man who is envious of evil
doers will soon be one himself.
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For Jaded
Appetites
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