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Lawrence B!&klev. lawyei. qocs to
?ittsburg v.lth tl:e "forced notes in Hie
Bronsun case to t the di-iosltion of
lehu Gilmore. millionaire. A lady re
quests Rhikdpy to buy lir a I'ullnian
ticket. He cives tier leuxr 11 anil re
tains lower 10. He finds a drunken man
In lower 10 and retires in lower
5. He awakens In lower 7 and
finds his clothes and !ac missing The
nan in lower 10 Is found murdered Cir
itmstantial evidence points to both
rilakcley and the man who stole his
clothes The train Is wrecked and Rlake
ley is rescued from a burning car by a
Kirl in bine. His arm is broken. The pirl
proves to be Alison West, his partner's
sweetheart. Tllakelev returns borne and
finds lie is under surveillance. Moving
Pi
iletiirrs of the train taken just Innore
he wreck reveal to RIakelev a man leap
ing from the train with his stolon grip
Invnsticatlon proves that the man's name
Is Sullivan Mrs. Conway, the woman for
whom rsiakeley bought a Pullman ticket,
tries to make a bargain with him for the
forced notes, not knowing that thev are
missing. Blakeley and an amateur de
tective Investigate the home of Sullivan's
plster. From a servant Tllakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on a
visit and Sullivan had been attentive to
her. Sullivan is the husband of a daugh
ter of the murdered man Illakelev's
house is ransacked by the police He
learns that the affair betweon Alison and
his partner Is off Alison tells RIakeley
shout the attention paid her by Sullivan
CHAPTER XXVII!. Continued.
"Married!" she said finally. In a
small voice. "Why. I don't think it Is
possible, is it? I I was on my way
to Raltimore to marry him myself,
when the wreck came."
"But you said you don't care for
him!" I protested, my heavy mascu
line mind unable to jump the Raps In
her story. And then, without the,
slightest warning, I realized that she.
was crying, sue shook on my nana
and fumbled for her handkerchief,
end failing to find it, she accepted the
ne ! thrust into her wet fingers
Then. little by little, she told me
from the handkerchief, a sordid story
of a motor trip in the mountains with
out Mrs. Curtis, of a lost road and a
broken car. and a rainy night when
they she and Sullivan, tramped eter
nally and did not get home And of
Mrs. Curtis, when they got home at
dawn, suddenly grown conventional
and deeply shocked Of her own
proud, half-disdainful consent to
make possible the hackneyed com
promising situation by marrying the
rascal, and then of his disappearance
from the train. It was so terrible to
her, such a Heaven-6ent relief to me.
In spite of my rage agalns Sullivan,
that I laughed aloud At which she
looked at me over the handkerchief.
"I know Its funny." she said, with
a catch in her breath. "When I think
that I nearly married a murderer
and didn't I cry for sheer joy." Then
she buried her face and cried again.
"Please don't," I protested unstead
ily. "I won't be responsible If you
keep on crying like that. 1 may for
get that I have a capital charge hang
ing over my head, and that 1 may be
arrested at any moment."
That brought her out of the band
Kerchief at once. "I meant to be so
helpful." she said, "and I've thought
of nothing but myself! There were
some things I meant to tell you. If
Jennie was what you say, then I un
derstand why she came to roe just be
fore I left. She had been packing
riiy things tnd she must have seen
"Lat condition I was in. for she came
over to me wnen I was getting my
wraps on, to leave, and said. 'Don't
do it. Miss West, I beg you won't do
It; you'll be sorry ever after.' And
just then Mrs. Curtis came in and
Jennie slipped out."
"That was all?"
"No. As we went through the sta
tion the telegraph operator gave Har
Mr. Sullivan, a message. He read It
on the platform, and it excited him
terribly. He took his sister aside and
they talked together. He was white
with either fear or anger I don't
know which. Then, when we boarded
the train, a woman in black, with
beautiful hair, who was standing on
the car platform, touched dim on the
arm and then drew back. He looked
at her and glanced away again, but
jhe reeled as if he had struck her."
"Then what?" The situation was
growing clearer.
"Mrs. Curtis and I had the drawing
room. I had a dreadful night, just
sleeping a little now and then. I
saw his cigarette case in your hand.
I had given it to him. You wore his
clothes. The murder was discovered
and you were accused of it! What
could I do? And then, afterward,
when I saw him asleep at the farm
house. 1 I was panic-stricken. I
locked him in and ran. I didn't know
why he did it, but he had killed a
man."
Some one was calling Alison
through a megaphone, from the veran
da. It Bounded like Sam. "All-ee."
he called. "All-ee! I'm going to have
some anchovies on toast! All-ee!"
Neither of us heard.
"I wonder," 1 reflected, "it you
would be willing to repeat a part 01
that story just from the telegram on
to a couple of detectives, say on
Monday. If you would tell that, and
how the end of your necklace gut into
the sealskin bag "
"My necklace!'" she repeated Km
!t isn't mine. I picked it up in th
car." "All-ee! Sam again "1 see you
down there I'm mating a julep!" i
Alison turned and called through I
aer hands. "Coming in a moment.!
3am." she said, and rose "It must b'
very late: Sam is home. We would
Deuer go back to the house."
"Dou't." I begged her "Anchovies
and juleps and Sam will go on for
ever, and I have you such a little
time 1 suppose I am only one of a
iczen or so. but you are the only girl
n the world. You know I love you.
ioti'i you dear?"
Sam was whistling, an irritating
aird call, over and ow. She pursed
iei red lips and answered him in kind i
it was more than I could endure
MAN
IjOWERT
hv MARY ROBERT? RINEl
AUTHOR of THE CII?CUJ.f- STArivCACJP
IIL05iRATIONS by M. G. KBTTNER-.
COPTKIorlT 1909 Jipr OOD93 -nrJ-L COnFAffJ
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For at Half After Five Johnson and
to the Station,
""Sam or no Sam." 1 said firmly. l
am going to kiss you!"
Hut Sam's voice came strident
through the megaphone. "He good,
you two." he bellowed. "I've got the
binoculars!" And so, under lire, we
walked sedately back to the house.
My pulses were throbbing the little
swish of her dress beside me on the
grass was pain and ecstasy. - I had but
to put out my hand to touch her. and
I dared not
Sam, armed with a megaphone and
field glasses, bent over the rail and
watched us with gleeful malignity
"Home early, aren't you?" Alison
called, when we reached the steps
"Led a club when my partner had
doubled no-trumps, and she fainted.
Damn the heart convention!" he said
cheerfully. "The others are not here
yet,"
Three hours later I went up to bed.
I had not seen Alison alone again.
The noise was at Its height below, and
I glanced down into the garden, still
bright in the moonlight Leaning!
against a tree, and staring interested-1
ly Into the billiard room, was
son.
John'
CHAPTER XXIX.
In the Dining Room.
That was Saturday night, two weeks
after the wreck. The previous five
days had been full of swift-following
events the woman in the house next
door, the picture in the theater of a
man about to leap from the doomed
train, the dinner at the Dallaes. and
Richey's discovery that Alison was
the girl in the case. In oilck succes
sion had come our visit to the Carter
place, the finding of the rest of the
telegram, my seeing Alison there, and
the strange interview with Mrs. Con
way. The Cresson trip stood out In
my memory for its serio-comic horrors
and its one real thrill Then the dis-i
covery by the ponce 01 cue seaisain
bag and the bit of chain; Hotchkiss
producing triumphantly Stuart for Sul
livan and his subsequent discomfiture;
McKnight at the station with Alison,
and later the confession thnt he was
out of the running.
And yet, when I thought it all over,
the entire week and its events were
two sides of a triangle that was nar
rowing rapidly to an apex, a point
And the said apex was at that mo
ment in the drive below my window,
resting his long legs by sitting on a
carriage block, and smoking a pipe
that made the night hideous. The
sense of the ridiculous is very close
to the 6ense of tragedy I opened my
screen and whistled, and Johnson
looked up and grinned We said noth
ing. 1 held up a handful of cigars, he
extended his hat. and when 1 finally
went to sleep, it was to a soothing
breeze that wafted in salt air and a
faint aroma of good tobacco 1 was
thoroughly tired, but I slept restless
ly, dreaming of two detectives with
Pittsburg warrants being held up by
Hotchkiss at the point of a splint,
while Alison fastened their hands with
a chain that was brokeu and much
too short I was roused about dawn
bv a light rap at the door. and. open-, "
ing It. I touitd Forbes, in a pah of .Created Consternation In the Court or
trousers and a pajania coat. He was, French King as Far Back
as pleasant as most fleshy people are
v. hen they have to get up at night. 1
and he said the telephone had been .
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know why somebody else in the blank-!
en
blank house couldn't have heard
it. II wouldn't get to sleep
until!
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noon
. l..i ti-1- nnllt;ibtl- fivlf-.'Tl (111 til:
leet I left him grumbling and went
to the telephone. It proved to be
Itichev who had round me by the
simple
expedient
f tT-.iniii Aiunn
and he was jubilant
"You'll have to come back." he said.
"Got a railroad schedule there?"
"1 don't sleep with one in mv
pocket." 1 retroted. "but if you'll hold
the line I'll call out the window to
Johnson He's probably got one."
Johnson! I could Uear me mugn
itb which McKnight comprehended,
I Were on Our Way Through the Oust
Three Miles Away.
:h- situation He was 'still chuckling
lien 1 caniR back.
"Train to Richmond at fi:30 a. m.."
I said "What time is it now?"
"Four Listen. Lollie. We've got
tim. Do you hear? Through the wom
an at Haltlmore. Then the other
woman, the lady of the restaurant"
he was obviously avoiding names
"she is playing' our cards for us No J
I don't know why. and I don't care.
Hut you be at the Incubator to-night
at eight o'clock. If you can't shake
Johnson, bring him. bless him."
To this day I believe the Sam For
tieses have not recovered from the
surprise of my unexpected arrival, my
one appearance at dinner in Granger's
clothes, and the note on my dresser
which informed them the next morn
ing that I had folded my tents like the
Arabs and silently stolen away. For
at half after five Johnson and I. the
former as uninquisitive as ever, were
on our way through the dust to the
station, three miles away, and by four
that afternoon we were In A ashing.
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fuj
The journey had been unevent
Johnsou relaxed under the In
fluence of my tobacco, and spoke at
some length on the latest improve
ments in gallows, dilating on the ab
surdity of cutting out the former free
passes to see the affair in operation.
I remember, too. that he mentioned
the curious anomaly that permits a
man about to be banged to eat a
hearty meal. 1 did not enjoy my din
ner that night
Before we got into Washington 1
had made an arrangement with John
son to surrender myself at two the
following afternoon. Also. I had wired
to Alison, asking her if she would car
ry out the contract she had made. The
detective saw me home, and left me
there.
Mrs. Klopton received me with dig
nified reserve. The very tone in which
she asked me when I would dine told
me that someti,ing was wrong.
"Now what is it. Mrs. Klopton?" I
demanded finally, when she hud in
formed me. in a patient and long-suffering
tone, that she felt worn out
and thought she needed a rest.
"When I lived with Mr. Justice
Springer," she began acidly, her mend
ing basket In her hands. "It was an
orderly, well-conducted household. You
can ask any of the neighbors. Meals
were cooked and, what's more, they
were eaten; there was none of this
"here one day and gone the next busi
ness." "'Nonsense." I observed. "You're
tired, that's all, Mrs. KIopiou. And)
I wish you would go out; I want to I
bathe "
"That's not all." tdie said with dig-1
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Story of Halley's Comet
e as 840 A. u.
At
Pari:
a meeting of the
latelv one of the
savants in
philosophers
present told an interesting vtorx 01
itaney comet.
"Do you know." he asKeti "
Louis Ie Debonnaire was one of the
. i
is- first Europeans to nonce me " !
"During the Easter festival. he
; writes, "a phenomenon, always a sad
; presage, appeared in the heaven. As
soon as tne nine, wno ",ui-"
i terested In these matters, beheld It,
he sent for me and demanded what I
thought of such a sign.
"On the astronomer begging for
time to consider the matter Louis ob
served. 'Go upon the terrace of the pal
ace and return quickly and tell me
what you have seen, for I know that
it is a sign which will announce to
nity, from the doorway. "Women
coming and going here, women whose
shoes I am not lit I mean, women
who are not fit to touch my shoes
coming here as insolent as you please,
and asking for you."
"Good heavens!" I exclaimed "What
did you tell them her. whichever it
was?"
"Told her you were sick in a hos
pital and wouldn't be out for a year!"
she said triumphantly. "And when
she said she thought she'd come iu
and wait for you, I slammed the door
on her."
"What time was she here?"
"Late last night. And she had a
light-haired man across the street If
she thought I didn't see him she don't
know me." Then she closed he door
and left me to my bath and my re
flections. At five minutes before eight I was
at the Incubator, where I found Hotch
kiss and McKnight. They were bend
ing over a table, on which lay Mc
Knight's total armament a pair of
pistols, an elephant gun and an old
cavalry saber.
"Draw up a chair and help yourself
to pie." he said, pointing to the
arsenal. "This is for the benefit of
our friend Hotchkiss here, who says
he is small and fond of life."
Hotchkiss. who had been trying to
get the wrong end of a cartridge into
the barrel of one of the revolvers,
straightened himself and mopped his
face.
"We have desperate people to han
dle," he said pompously, "and we may
need desperate means."
"Hotchkiss is like the small boy
whose one ambition was to have peo
ple grow ashen and tremble at the
mention of his name," McKnight jibed.
But they were serious enough, both
of them, under it all. and when they
had told me what they planned. I was
serious, too.
"You're compounding a felony." I
remonstrated, when they had explain
ed. "I'm not eager to be locked
away. but. by Jove, to offer her the
stolen notes In exchange for Sulli
van!" "We haven't got either of them, you
know." McKnight remonstrated, "and
we won't have, if we don't start. Come
along. Fido," to Hotchkiss
The plan was simplicity Itself Ac
cording to Hotchkiss, Sullivan was to
meet Itronson at Mrs. Conway's apart
ment at 8:30 that night with the notes.
He was to be paid there and the pa
pers destroyed. But just before that
interesting finale," McKnight ended,
"we will walk in. take tne notes, grab
Sullivan, and give the police a jolt
that will put them out of the count"
I suppose not one of us. slewing
around corners in the machine that
night, had the faintest doubt that we
were on the right track, or that Fate,
scurvy enough before, was playing
into our hands at last Little Hotch
kiss was in a stato of fever; he al
ternately twitched and examined the
revolver, and a fear that the two mo
ments might be synchronous kept me
uneasy He produced and dilated on
the scrap of pillow slip from the
wreck, and showed me the stiletto,
with its point in cotton batting for
safekeeping. And in the Intervals
he implored Richey no: to make such
tine calculations at the corners.
We were all grave enough and very
quiet, however, when we reached the
large building where Mrs. Conway
had her apartment. McKnight left
the power on, in case we might want
to make a quick get-away, and Hotch
kiss gave a final look at the revolver.
I had no weapon. Somehow it all
seemed melodramatic to the verge
of farce. In the" doorway Hotchkiss
was a half dozeu feet ahead; Richey
fell back beside me. He dropped his
affectation of gayety. and I thought he
looked tired. "Same old Sam. I sup-
niKO "
he asked.
"Same, only more of him."
"I suppose Alison was there? How
is she?" he inquired irrelevantly.
"Very well. I did not see her this
morning." Hotchkiss was waiting near
the elevator. McKnight put his hand on
my arm. "Now, look here, old man."
he said. "I've got two arms and a re-
1 volver, and you've got one arm and
a splint If Hotchkiss is rigiit. anu
there is a row. you crawl under a
table."
"The deuce I will!" 1 declared scom-
lully.
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me a change or the throne and the
death of the prince'
"Have no fear.' replied the astrono
mer 'The king answered. "We ought not
; to hae fear The same God created
both the stars and ourselves
j Hut tlii phenomenon can bring us a
warning from heaven "
"The king and his court." the astron-
omer adds. "gae themselves up to
fasting and prayer for eight days."
Louis le Debccnaire. it may be
added, died about 840 A. D.
Proof of Devotion.
"Before we were married." said Mr.
Meekton. "I showed my affection for
Henrietta by serenading her." "I sup
pose you neglect such attentions now.
"Yes. I show my affection bow by
respecting her desire that I shall not
try to sine "
The Physical Bigness of Uncle Sam
WASHINGTON.- How many Amer
icans realize the huge bulk of
the population of their country, in the
same sense tSat coal is heavy or the
hay crop Is immense in cubic feet?
Just as a matter of physical bigness,
this is a great nation, not In posses
sions but in people.
If all of the inhabitants of the
United States, grownups and children,
were to lie down in a long line, one
person's head touching the feet of the
one In front, there would be about
7f.000 mileH of such a human chain.
If every American stood up to be
counted, in a long row of men.
women and children, even If they
stood so close together that they oc
cupied only a foot and a half apiece,
the file would be more than 25,000
miles long It would girdle the earth
at the equator
Averaging the 93.000,000 people In
the United States, young and old.
adults and babies, at 10U pounds
apiece, the American nation weighs
, -t.f.00.000 tons. That Is enough to load
1 000 good-sized steamships with hu
man freight, if it were piled in like
coal or grain, with no regard what
ever for space or air.
If the 93,000,000 Americans, babies
Included, drink, on the average, a pint
of some liquid every day. which is an
extremely modest estimate, the peo
ple of the United States consume
about 45,000 tons of water, beer. milk,
coffee, tea, etc.. dally. The quantity
may be twice as great, or even more.
But 45.000 tons would lo.d 900 freight
Expert Offers Criticism of the Army
isrHJ
THIS S FINE
TRftJIMH f ER
A SOLDIER
3EE1H
TH' VVOILD-
8AHb
THAT the United States army is In
ferior In military organization to
the armies of every other large nation
of the world is the sentiment of II. Lee
Clotworthy, military expert, associate
editor of the United States Infantry
Journal, and formerly a captain in the
army He asserts that Uncle Sam's
military department is inefficient as a
fighting machine, and that any one of
the big powers notably Japan could
"whip the daylights out of as without
half trying."
"There are 30 regiments of Infantry
in the army," he says, "but hardly any
one of them has been mobilized to
gether In order to give the men the
proper training. They are scattered
all over the country at various need
less military posts. Consequently, both
officers and men suffer for lack of ade
quate drill, and would be absolutely
unprepared to fight an array of real
soldiers.
"There are a great many needless
military posts. Of course, it Is neces
sary to keep men In the Philippines
and Alaska, but not In small towns.
The latter type known to military
men as 'hitching posts' were estab
Waste of Death Is
r
THEY'RE
BECOMING
rVI3E FOR
ME
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C-U-R-5-F-5
LAST year the death rate In the
United States was probably the
lowest ever known. It certainly was
less than the mortality of any other
year since vital statistics have been
collected in a sufficiently large part of
the country to indicate clearly the
general state of the public health.
In 1909 the death rate in states and
cities which contain more than half of
the population of the United States
was almost exactly 15 to every thou
sand persons living;. It was not quite
one in the thousand below the aver
age mortality rate of the preceding
five years. The fraction was nine
tenths. That means nine lives in
every 10.000 of the imputation. It is
900 in every million inhabitants, or
81.000 in 90.000.000.
The cutting down or the death rate
enough to save 81.000 lives in a year
Soldier Serves His
GOVERNOR'S ISLAND is To Io?e Its
oId-!t soldier. He is S-rgt. David
ItolM-rts-on of the Hospital corps of the
anu. who has spent H years In the
hervice an.i now. at the mature age of
stveiity-eigtit. has been recommended
for retirement upon full pay and al
lowances. It will take a special bill.
of course, to thus recognize the serv
ices of Robertson and major generals
and brigadier generals have recom
mended to the secretary of war that
he present to congress such a bill.
An interesting thing about the long
and faithful service of Sergeant Rob
ertson Is that it has been almost con
tinually spent on Governor's Island.
He has seen generate and colonels
come and go. He was a veteran when
"Hancock's Superb" came to take
nmmir.A rtt th rtpn.irtmont of the
east and the military division of the
r.- rv sfa a . m "v- x.
unx awim a 1 1
TIKE&Kaaa) M
cars of the largest size. That means
about !!3 long trains.
The physical bigness of Uncle Sam
is impressive if iewed from any di
rection or calculated upon any ba
sis. If the average consumption of
solid food bread, meat, potatoes and
other vegetables, cake. pie. fruits.
etc. is only a pound and a half A day
that means 12r.000.000 pounds, or 57.
500 tons, every 24 hours.
On the strength gained by such in
roads upon the food stores of the
world the people of the United States
can easily lift 4,500.000 tons at the
same instant. If they walk only a
mile apieco'in a day. which is cer
tainly too low an estimate, the total
is equal to walking three times
around the earth at the equator, and
more than half way around the
fourth time.
There are about .'.0.000.000 hogs In
the country, but they do not more
than balance the human inhabitants
of the United States in weight. The
men. women and children outweigh
the sheep, and they weigh fully half
as much as the 20.000.000 horses, more
or less. The people of this country
weigh about as much as the apple
crop. In an average year.
If the clothing worn by the people
of this country averages five pounds
weight, shoes and hats included, of
course. It follows that when every
body is ready to go outdoors the na
tion is about 225.000 tons heavier
than it is when ready for bed. When
Uncle Sam puts on his collar he uses
more than 5.000 miles of cloth band3.
without taking Mrs. Sam into ac
count at all.
Truly we are a big nation. We bulk
tremendously on the scales and un
der the tape measure. American
quantity will evidently care for it
self. Quality requires more attention
in all countries.
lished years ago and small towns have
grown up around them.
"These posts also are one of the
principal causes of desertion. A re
cruit enlists because of visions about
how grand it Is to be a soldier. On
arriving at some post, however, he
finds he must be a carpenter, a garden
er, or a telephone operator. At some
stations hair of the men are employed
In thi. way rather than occupying
their time In learning to be soldiers.
"Instead of useless military pqsts.
the army should be divided into large
divisions, located at large central
points. There are only 3.000 infantry
men along the Pacific coast, where the
present situation demands that a
strong force be concentrated.
"At the Golden Gate there are
enough coast defense guns to blow all
the warships of the world out of the
water. Yet. Japan. If she wanted to,
could capture every town along the
coast, without a shot being fired, from
Seattle to San Diego. All she would
have to do would be to land her
troops at some unprotected point and
niurch.
"If the trouble In Mexico, on our
own frontier, hail necessitated our
men getting into action, we could not
mobilize a full division there within
a month. Even Mexico could teach us
a severe lesson.
"The war department, however has
recognized the inefficiency of the army,
and is taking steps to make It the in
stitution our navy Is getting to be."
Greatly' Lessened
is like stopping tbe waste of life In a
great war. It is equivalent to ward
ing off death 6.750 times every month.
1.687 every week. 241 times a day.
It averts ten deaths every hour, on
every six minutes day and night,
from one year's end to the next.
If the economic value of tbe Uvea
saved by lowering the death rate "1.
the United States the results of bet
ter and more careful living- is placed
at no more than an average of $1,000
apiece, the effect of cutting down the
mortality 81.000 in a year is much
the same as preventing the waste of
$81,000,000 dealing with this great
economy in human life on the hardest
and narrowest Industrial and com
mercial basis.
Tbe gradual change, for the better
In respect to saving life and warding
off death is not confined to the Tnitcd
States. It Is going on in other coun
tries, aiso Throughout the civilized
world, there Is a general change for
the better in the conditions of iiv
ing and in the chances for life itself.
The conservation of human life is ono
of the great interests and one of the
foept siKns of the times
Country 56 Years
Atlantic On Governor's Island ha
married and raised his family, and.
looking northward from his NJanI
home. Robert son has seen the ski; s
over .Manhattan red with the tires of
the draft riots and watched the trans
ports which in later days sailed out
lail n wish troops for distrait posses
sions of ?he I'nited States. He has
seen the island upon which he livd
grow from the small. unwaHed . put
which it wa.J when he enlisted tt the
great militarv depot which it nv. Is.
On Governor's Island there stl'I ex
ists a little graveyard where those
who died In the great cholera epidemic
of 1S." are buried. Robertson was a
voung man then and stuck, quietly and
faithfully, to his pest.
Two years after the cholera epi
demic at Governor's Island came tho
yellow fever epidemic of 185J. which
threw New York Into a semi-panic.
Naturally the disease spread to Gov
ernor's Island. In 1870 there was an
other outbreak of "yellow jack" among
the troops. One of the surgeons. Doc
tor Abbott, died of It and Robertson
tended him in his last moments, as he
bad the other victims.
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I The donkey is unable to talk. There
fore man has indisputedly proclaimed
l himself lord of creation.
In ca.se of pain on the lung" Hamlin
Wizard Oil acts like a mustard plaater.
except that it i more effective and ia as
much nicer and cleaner to use.
Would Avoid Him.
Slopay Here comes a man I don't
care to meet. Let'a cross over.
DeLnng Why don't you care to
meet him?
Slopay lie haa a mania for collect
ing bills.
Of Course She Must.
"What time does the dance begin?"
-Nine o'clock."
"Then we must be there at 8:30."
"What for?"
"I must have at least an hour in
the dressing room to rearrange my
hair."
A Willing Witness.
"Did his actions have an air of ver
isimilitude?" the lawyer asked the wit
ness. "What was that, sir?"
"1 say. did bis conduct wear uu air
of verisimilitude?"
"Oh." replied the witness. "Sure!
He was verslmilitudin all around th
place." Saturday Kvenlng Post
Th Modern Way.
A couple of young men on the Mar
ket street viaduct the other evening
offered a new version of an old saw
Alter they had passed a couple of auburn-haired
damsels one of the young
men took hl.s stand at the curb and
gazed up and down the bridge.
"What are you looking for?" In
quired his companion.
Pointing to the redheaded girls, the
young man answered: "I'm trying to
gee a white automobile." Youngstnwn
Telegram.
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Coffee."
Many pale, sickly persons wonder "tor
years why they have to suffer so. and
eventually discover that the drug caf
leine in coffee Is the main cause of
the trouble
"I was always very fond of coffee
ami drank It every day. I never had
much flesh and often wondered why 1
wa.- always so pal-, thin and weak.
"About I've years go my health
completely I ""oke ;iov.n and I was con
fined to my it d. .My stomach was I'i
s..v-a i.n::tm th I co ild h::r!;- take
tui:. ions T;juri!. ..cnt to sustain life.
"Dunns: tins time 1 v. as drinking vni
ivr, didn't think I could do without it.
Alter av.hi'e I camt to the cunclu
tion that coITvC was hurting me. and
d cidr-d to give it. up and try Post um.
I didn't like the- taste of it at first, but
v hen it was made riirht boiled until
uark and rich I soon became fond of
it.
"In one vv- ek I began to feel better.
I could eat more and .-Iee: better My
sick headaches were less- frequent, and
wi'hin live it-otrhs 1 hiked and felt
like a new b.-ing. headache spells en
tirely gone
".My health continued to improve and
today I am well and strong, weig-'a 148
pounds. I attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities of Posfum."
Read "The Road to Wellville." In
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
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