I THE OMAHA DAILY J3EE; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 30, 1001. 9 THE BELL MARE J Hy Miirth:i McCullocli.Wllllams. (Copyright, 1901, by the S. 8. McClurc CO.) Squire Olcaves reined In at the top of the hilt and looked back down the long, gentle slope with eyes of pride. "They a-most make It scctn like I never had a real drove before," he tald, nodding toward the roadway; "yet I've followed this droverln' business bctter'n twenty years an' not a year but 1 took some good tock down to the cotton country." Johnny Cope, at the Squire's elbow, an awered only with a sigh. It was Johnny's mission and privilege to ride 'Lightly, the bell mare. Her full namo was Lady do lightly she stepped proudly and held her head high, as became the wearer of it sliver bell, and ft great-granddaughter of Dlomcde. 8ho was not quite thoroughbred, but blood like all over, with flat, clean legs, firm, fine grained hoofs and muscles like steel whip cords playing beneath her satiny black coat. If the cold cross showed anywhere It was In her quarters they were powerful enough for a carthorse. The fact assured that she could carry weight any distance, notwith standing Johnny, who rode her, weighed less than 100 pounds, though be was riling 17. Johnny had drifted to the Olcaves place three years back from nobody know where. The BqUlre, who was half easy going and wholly shrewd, had kept him at first com passionately, and later because tho lad ex actly suited his turn. Johnny was a born Tlder, light yet bold, strong-handed, clear headed and full of the curious magnetic sympathy which goes subtly along the rein nd makes horse and rider one. The Squire, of course, did not phrase It just that way. lie said, the stray boy could feel a horse's wind through Its mouth, down to the tips of his own toes. Therefore, he was kept riding the most part of the time. Drove horses, broken and galtcd, especially saddlo-galted, fetched easily as much again as those merely halter-wlsc. Three parts Of this drove were so broken and gslted. No wonder the Squire was proud of thorn 200 odd, sleek, all In perfect fettle, gray, bay, brown, black, dappled and roan, thero was not one without a cross or two of blood, or ono whoso condition did not do equal credit to the pastures and paddocks of tho Gleavca place, nor to Judgment of tho place's owner. Five to six abreast they came up tho road pell null. Now and again those at to edges halted to snatch at twigs or sere roadside grass. It was late September. Though there had been no hint of frost the Mack gums were full of crimson leaves and the taller sassafrasses shot through with yellow. New blsckberry briers showed the purple of Iron cooling from tho forge. Everywhere else thero was the deep glossed green of midsummer, somewhat ragged In spots and faintly fretted with dust. There had been no rain since tho drove started from the grass country eight days back. It had Just got. fairly Into the sparsely settled half wilderness, jvhlch In the late 20s stretched between middle Tennesseee aud the Carolina cotton plantations. The road, a well-traveled trace, ran mainly through woods. Here or there It crossed a natural meadow, often many acrea In extent. Or ass grew so tall In the low spots ot these meadows It could be tied either side above a horse's neck as one rodo through. The vanished buffalo had no doubt relished such lusty stalks, but the drove beasts chose Instead to nip the fine tender upland bants which came, at most, no higher than the knee. Thus the big meadow was a noted camp ing place. It lay two miles ahead of the hilltop. There was a clear creek between. Possibly It was tho scent ot water which set 'Lightly whickering, but Squire, (Heaves safd. patting her neck, "So you smell grass and rest eh, old gall" She tossed her head the least, bit, whickering again. This tlms the call was louder, morb Insistent and compelling. In answer every hoot behind quickened, necks stretched, muzsles lifted, ears went flat against the neck. In sinuous, tumbling column, melting, changing mo mentarily the ranks charged upon their leader, breaking from the walk to the trot, the trot to the gallop, the gallop to tho dead full run. Squire Olcaves drew out to let them pass. He knew Johnny, and 'Lightly could be trusted besides there was water and the grass. The drove was sham-set the noonday halt had been In tall, barren wood land, so thoy had had nothing more than scant mouthfuls ot fodder from the wagon. His mars, roan Mary, was wild to loin In the rush, but he held hard unttl Ills ton Joe came up, with black Sam at hit horse's tall and the big covered wagon rolling pompously behind. 'Shadrach. wagoner and camp cook, sat nodding In the saddle, but still clutched his single rein and long-lashed whip. It was wonderful that he slept, even with the wagon at the snail's pace It had been going, Joe Oleaves and black Sam had also long whips and made them crack like pis tol shots over the bscks of laggards, yet without touching a hair. "Pathtrl I sayl Hadn't you better rlda upT S'pose Johnny couldn't aton 'Lightly?" Joo said, a thought anxiously. His father smiled Joe was tho apple ot his aye. This forethoughted caution, Instead of youth's natural reckltMnast pleased him through and through. He said over his shoulder, as he gave roan Mary tho spur: "Son, I'm obleeged to you but you've no ated to worry. 'Lightly know the busi ness nigh as well as I do this li the tenth ..rove she's led for me, remember please the good Lord, she'll lead many more she shows her age as little as I do mine," Joe's face was tense as bo watched hta father galloping ahead, light and straight In the saddle ss he was himself. "The old man's good for thirty yoars at least." he said half under breath, hla mouth harden ing. He was a handsomo fellow, slight, but well set up, with darkling eyes under bent brows, and very red lips, cruelly thin. He had been strictly brought up and was outwardly a model of all the virtues. As to whether the virtues struck derp th'rj were two oplnlom. His world for the most part held that they did. nut there was a lharp-tyed moiety, long-eared withal, that whispered In Its most private hours of other things roysterlngs and rlotlngs In Naih vlllo town, whither Joe went for a fortnight very winter nlght-lcng gaming at a crost roads the other side ot the county stolen Visits to. the Nashville races and beavv wagers, lot and won. Still, when all was ssld, he was no worse than a hypocrite, throwing dust In the eyes of a blindly doting father. Thero were only himself and his blind ulitnr Alice to Inherit the tidy fortune Squlro Oleaves had laid up. Everybody know Joe would come Into seven-eighths of It. so tho harshest of his critics did not blnmo him overmuch for keeping his riotous liv ing under cover. To riot openly would distress hla father beyond measure and It Is everywhere understood that those whoio can pay his scot Is entitled to riot In his youth. "Maybe It's fifty years he's Just the build to live to a hundred," Joe repeated still hushtdly, as bis father went out ot sight. Then ho snatched a walnut from a laden bough above tho road, half turned, and fired It at Shadrach, (housing: "Wake up, ole nlggerl Wake up! Are you tryln' to break your neck, and let us starve, here In the wilderness?" "No, sir-eel Shadrach too hongryl He not gwlna die dat-cr-way, wld meal and flour, an' -mlddltn' -meat In de wagln," Soadrech said, grinning broadly, as hs rubbed his eyes: "But 'taln't no wonncr I drapt tr steep. Vail drlbo dem hawses so plsen slow, de ve'y look er de wagln wheels sot me noddln'." "Weill Drive for alt your team l worth, now," Joe called back. He was a hundred yards clear of the latest drove laggard. Far ahead he could see the foremost ranks bunching and crowding In the creek. He swung his whip high above his head, made It snap three times, and went like tho wind In the wake ot the plunging beasts. Hy the time he came fully up with them only twenty stood In the atrcam. It was rolled for 100 yards up and down. Th banks were shallow and shelving Joe knew the drove had rushed down them, then tho more whimsical or the least thirsty, had crowded one above the other, each eager to drink from a current unvexed and un tainted. As he rode up the bsnk he saw hla father, dismounted, bending to rub his stiffened legs. Johnny had made a half cir cuit of tho meadow he was fetching 'Lightly back, leaving the drove, which had followed her, divided betwixt wallowing and grating. He scrambled down, and leaned a minute on the mare's shoulder. She batted her ears and nipped his arm, "SUDDENLY A BULLET SANO PAST, MISSING JOHNNY'S HEAD A BARE INCH." then rubbed tha saddle lightly back an forth against him. The Instant she felt It ungtrthed she slid from under It, letting It tumble from his hands, gave a low, prank ish kick, 'then ran a little ways through level space, put her nose to earth, turned twice about, feeling for snags or stones, then lay .down upon it and wallowed hard, turning over three times, and kicking vig orously with all her feet, as she lay poised upon her bnckbone. She got up and stood with her head slightly drooping nibbling at a handful of grass Squire Oleaves held. Johnny went up to her and made to take off the bridle, but Squire Oleaves waved him back, saying: "Oet the halter ready first, Jack. No horse, not even 'Lightly ain't to be, depended on when there's rain In the atr. I'm suro it's goln to rain tonight that's what sets the drove, to wallowln' and nickerln' so, and cocktn' their tails so sassy. They won't break out without this lady," stroking 'Llghtly's glossy neck; "but with her loose, tbar's no tellln' what mightn't happen ef once she took the notion to run, there'd be the very devl to pay. The wagon clattering up, drowned lower sounds, at least to human ears. But all at once 'Lightly half wheeled, stretched her neck, pricked both ears sharply forward, flung up her head and snorted. After It she stood rigid, with flaring nostrils, snorting faintly With every other breath. She faced the unbroken woods, thick with underbrush, which lay upon the other side of tho road. Squire Oleaves stroked her shoulder sooth ingly, as he said to Johnny: "I do wonder what she hears or smells? It can't be var mint If it was she'd stand forward, ready to Jump at It and trample It. And travel ers ain't likely not unless they're lost." "Maybe It's robbers," Johnny said In a whisper. Squire Oleaves laughed, but not too easily outlawry was a thing all drov ers had to reckon with. He had known of droves stampeded, of drovers robbed and murdered In cold blood, though he himself had always gone soot free. He reflected that It was foolhardy, to have come as be had, thus light-handed, with the biggest drove, and the most valuable, that had ever left the grass country. So he was more than relieved when a single horseman broke out of the bush, apparently unarmed, well, even fashionably equipped, and splendidly mounted, though his horse, a raking chest nut, seemed something over-ridden. With a civil greeting he got down, stretched himself mightily, unsaddled his panting horse, then swung upon his heels, saying: "I see you mean to camp here. Will you take me In?" "We are out ourselves we don't own the earth and the sky," Joo answered with a nervous half-laugh. The stranger did not notice him. Instead, be addretsed the squire: "We are dead beat my horse and I have been lost all day," he said. "Whits Foot is better oft than his master he can eat grass it there Is nothing better. I am vtry fcun;rv " "Well! You won't stay so not lone." the squire said. "You, Sam, make hasto with that wood! The Are ought to hj burnln' by this I struck a light the minute I sot down." "With your gun flint?" the stranger asked. Squire Oleaves looked at him hard, nodded and added slow!-: "Yes with mv gun flint but. you., better believe I primed tho pan well afterward. I never yet shot at anything more'n a deer and hope I never shall but one thing's sure If ever horse thieves, 'or money thieves try to stop me they'll find me ready." "They generally go round men thov know to be resdy," the atrsnger said, laughing sweetly, snd looking hard acroia at Joe. Then he turned to 'Lightly, ran his hand up and down her forearm and cn down to the coronet, then back with a sweeping flourish until It rested upon her throat. "Sound legs-a head that looks over the moon," he muttered as though to himself, then to Squire Oleaves: "I want her. Name your price," This time It was the squire who Isughed. Joe frowned and rsiayed to sneak. His father held up his hsnd. "Walt It takes a bit o' flgurln,", he said. "Let's see the drove's a little the rise o' 200 they'll aver ago $160 tho head. That $30,000 In a lumpln' trade. I couldn't take less for 'Llnhly not a cent less." "I don't understand I don't want to buv the drove" the stranger began. Squire Olcaves broke In: "I thought you didn't. I doubt, In fact, If you ever saw a real horse drove before," "I have certainly seen loose horses driven" the stranger said. Again the squire cut him short. "No doubt!" ha said. "Everybody must havo seen that four or five horses, or maybe even a dOzeti. Out, let me tell you, that ain't horse drov erln'. A real drover hae get either to breed his own stock, or else buy it at weanln' tlmo and let It graic ond grow up to follow the bell. Ever hear of a bell marc? 'Llghtly's mine. A boll maro must never have a colt of her own then she's resdy to mother and rule everything that comes round her. When the colts are wonted to her, she can take 'em anywhere one mile or a thousand, It don't matter. If I was fool enough to sell you 'Lightly, nnd you took her away, not ono out there In the meadow would stop fccdln' till he wss full. Dut along after dark, when half of 'em were ready to lie down, they'd be- iii" nuunviiu , wfiiufti'i iu , waicaerin , anu keep It up till after midnight. Then thcro'd come a break In spite of me and my men and whips and halters. They'd take right out on her track and climb mountains or swlra rivers to find her and they would i not stop to cat much nor drink often by the way." Tho stranger laughed. "Droving must be profitable under such conditions," he eald demurely. "As I understand It, the bell mare comes back with you " "Oh! I'm honest enough to warn follnj," Squire Oleaves said, also laughing, but grimly. "I swear 'cm to keep stock they buy of me stabled or hoppled through two springs. After that tho beasts either for get or tall In love with tho placo thoy live or something about It. But as true as you stand there I've had hordes come home after six years. Seems like the springtime sets 'em wild to see the place they were foaled In and no matter how tar oft it Is they sense the course. "How far have you known them to come?" the stranger asked. "Five hundred miles maybe more," 8qulre Oleaves answered. The stranger whistled, then with a change of manner, said: "Since I must Impose on your hos pitality my name Is Robin Lucas Robin. I thank you very much for a chance ot supper and a place at your Are." Johnny Cope wondered why Joe Oleaves got so white as ho heard the stranger's name. But tato and nature had conspired to make him a silent lad, so he kept the wonder to himself. Indeed, he nover talked to anybody except blind Miss Alice. He sat with her of Sundays, when the rest went to church, and to her he told ot all he saw In the woods, the psstures, tho farm yard. In between he read to her, haltingly, but intelligently, tho Psalms, the Ten Commandments, tho Sermon ou the Mount. Miss Alice was older than Joo, frail, but cheery, and the soul of kindness, especially to Johnny, who seemed to her so pitifully lost and lonesome. In return Johnny worshiped her and was ready to die for her or for anybody she loved. He tell asleep to dream of her, beside the eampflre after the watch had been set. Squire Oleaves and Shadrach were to ride around the drovo until midnight from then until daybreak Joe and Black Sam would be In charge. Johnny'a last conscious sight was of Joe staring Into tho tire, while Lucas Robin spoke low and eagerly in his ear. Lady Oollghtly, securely tethered a little way from the wagon, was nuszllng the re mains of her fodder, making little dry, tinkling sounds that somehow wove them selves all through Johnny'B dream. When they fell silent he awoko with a start. The fire Was dead. By tho stars he knew it was long past midnight. A north west wind hadswept away the promise of roln, and, though thore was no moon, a clear gray brilliance filled the sky. He scrambled up and stirred the brands they were dsnk and cold. Water .had been thrown upon them. Just outside tho Are circle Joo lay, breathing heavily. Black 8am was snoring a yard beyond. Johnny shcok them hard. They did not stir. Ho sprang toward tho blanket spread for Lucas Robin. It was empty, tossed Into a huddled heap. Trembling all over ho ran toward tho meadow. In tho edge of It Shadrach sat his horse, fast asleep. Squire Oleaves was nowhere visible. But tho drove had begun to stir, neighing here or there, keen complaint. No answer to the complainings! Johnny knew what that meant-the bell mare had been stolen. Lucas Robin was tho thief Intuitively the lad snatched a halter and rushed Into the thick of the drovo, now all ctandlng, and half of It whickering distress. Tho horses snorted and edged away as ho wound In and out. More than cno let fly at him with viciously nimble heels, but he Vept on undaunted until he found what he jiught Damsel, 'Llghtly's 4-year-old half V. i... vv I t sister and her match In speed and stay. In a twinkling he had scrambled up and was out on the road. There he let hli single rein fall loose Damsel herself must choose the way. Once she was settled In tho course he knew ho could come up with tho robber. The others had been drugged, no doubt he recalled that Robin bad made them drink nfter supper from his pocket flask. Johnny had refused tho offered dram, because ho had promised Miss Alice nover to drink until ho was 21. Miss Alice! He was going to bring back the belt mare and save the drove for her. She said Ingrati tude was the blackest sin of all so he could not let himself be ungrateful. Prom the Dig Mcndow the trace ran south, straight and almost level tor ten miles. Then It branched, one fork lead ing into the foothills that twenty miles further on were the mountains, tho other keeping well to tho plains. Damsel whick ered three times, turning her head now this way, now that, listened a breath's Space, snorted, then struck Into a trot, and went due south. An owl flew across the way, a little higher than Johnny's head, hooting loudly, Its eyes showing fiery In the dusk. In tho dark woods, cither hand, there were long gleams of fox-fire mists rose whits from the damp places, crickets shrilled, and whlppoorwllls sent out their weird crying. Johnny was superstitious. He had no fear whcAtovcr of Lucas Hobln, but the owl, the fox-Mrc, tho whlppoorwlll daunted him he was about to turn hack. But as he pondered it, choice left him. Behind him, through the starlit dusk, there sounded the thunder ot 200 hoots, following a new leader to seek out the old. Damsel was galloping easily. As she caught the ndlsc behind she swung Into a dead run, ' Johnny could do nothing but sit still, keep her head up and let her run. The drove was In mad stam pede. If ho tried to tuijn back It would tramplo him. , On, o'n, they flew, mile, after mile, yet still tbo weighted racer led the unweighted ones. In .that free course, as upon all others, blood told. Before half ot it was past only the pick ot the drove ran hot upon the young mare's heels. Johnny sat far forward. His terrors had left him bo had caught the spirit of the race and was ready for uny fate. Once when he heard a lone cock-crow faint and far off he answered with a quavering yell. Once, too, a fox barked and ho mocked It with a shriller bay. Damsel swerved a llttlo as she heard the crying. Thus gray Olldcr ran up to her nnd even got halt a length In front. Johnny flung himself prone long her neck nnd shouted In her ear, shrill, sweet, halt-arttculate, maddeningly clear. She knew the call and answered It gallantly. In three bounds she was clear of the gray, running strong and free, as though shu never meant to stop. A hundred yards fur ther on she neighed Joyously. Johnny's heart came In his mouth for down wind, low and keen he heard an answering neigh. He was coming up with the thief, with 'Lightly. What should he what could he do? Ho had a claspknlfe In his belt otherwise he was unarmed. Still he did not despair. If the man led 'Lightly In stead of ridding her she would break from him and come back to the drove when she heard Johnny's call. Then he must mount her and ride for It. She would run for him as for nobody else In the world. White foot, the fagged chestnut, would never catch her. Of course there was the chance that Lucas Robin might shoot raaybo that was what the owl and the fox-fire and the whip-poor-will had meant. But It was too late now to change anything doggedly be rode on, conscious ot nothing but that ho meant to aavo the horses, because, In a way, they belonged to Miss Alice. Dawn broke red and clear, the wind freshened. Suddenly a bullet sang past, missing Johnny's head a bare Inch. It came from the roadside In the strength ening light he could distinguish there Lady Oollghtly tugging at her baiter and lashing out with her heels at the fagged chestnut. The chestnut's rider wa swear ing loudly his second pistol had flashed In the pan. Johnny taw that In his anger he had put It to the black mare's head and flung up his hands crying out at the sight. "Hero, you boy? Aro you a sensible lad?" Robin called as the drove and Its leader charged down upon him. Johnny sat Btralghter. "If I was, I reckon I wouldn't be here," he said. "But I try to be honest that's why I came after 'Lightly." "You won't get her." Robin said, with a sneering laugh. "She's mine lawfully mine Joe Oleaves let mo havo her to pay one of hla gambling debts the drove was to pay the others and leave something over for him. Joo Is n coward he would not let me take her openly I had to drug the lot of them and slip off like a thief" "You are a thief and worse," Johnny said hotly. With an oath Robin spurred at him, meaning to ride him down. In the rush ho dropped 'Llghtly's halter. Johnny wheeled Damsel, whistling as she wheeled. 'Lightly ran to him beforo Lucbb Robin could check and turn, Johnny was on the bell mare's back and riding for life through tho woods, toward tho nig Meadow. Luckily they were open woods. Johnny lay flat on the msro's back guiding her. what time she needed guidance, by gen tle pressure, now this side her neck, now that. It took more than a mile to skirt and bead the bewildered drove, which turned in Its tracks to follow the tinkling bell. Momentarily ho expected to feel a bullet, better aimed, plow through his flesh. Ho could hoar Robin behind, swearing hor ribly, but to his Joy the sounds grow fainter. And when broad daylight laughed through the woods they ceased altogether. But Johnny dared not sit up, until at a cross road he ran upon the circuit rider and the hunter who was guiding him to his next appointment. They went with lilm to tho Big Meadow, where the sleepers all were struggling back to sick consciousness. There Johnny told the whole story except Joe's part In It. That he never told anybody until Joe was safely dead, tor say what you will, ho was Miss Alice's brother, and she loved him dearly. WOMB. MASat'UnAtlG AS MUX. Setrrnl t'nftPM Similar to Itceent Fort fthrrlrinn Incident .Noted. It seems hardly possible that a woman disguised In the uniform ot a United States soldier could masquerade as a trocver tor three months at Fort Sheridan. The tact would not be credited were It not well authenticated. Similar occurrences have taken ulace In times past, reports the Chicago Chronicle, but they were few and far between. St. Petersburg is soon to unveil a statue to a woman, Nadcyda Dourovna, who entered tho Russian army In 180(5, disguising her self as a ninn, Although her Identity was soon discovered, she was allowed to remain In the army tor seven years be cause of the pressing nerd ot soldiers. The czar, Alexander I, became Intercsted'ln her and conferred upon her n commlislon In the regiment of hussars. She won dis tinction and finally received tho decora tion of the cross of St. Oeorge. Her Isst years were passed quietly at home and she died at the nge ot S3. She' was honored with A military funeral and was burled In the uniform ot the Lltovlsh dragoons. ' A case neartr home Is tha of ljcborah Sampson, who was tho American Jean d'Arc In the revolutionary war. Sho was a descendant ot Miles Standtah and also of Governor Bradford and Inhorlt'd the fear lessness and military Inutlnct ot her ances tors. Losing hot father when young-she was brought up on a farm by strangers In Mtddleboro. Mass. Farm work was dis tasteful to her. She was fond of reading and had ari Insatiable derlro to travel and see tho world. Dutlng leisure hours she went to tho woods and there made for her self a masculine suit from cloth which sho herself had woven. Leaving home It took her seme time to famtllarls) hcistlf with her clothes and the new part she Intended to play. For some days she kept by her self In the woods. She soon enlisted at Worcester, became a member of tho Fontth Massachusetts Infantry and was ordered to West Point. This was In 1782. Sho Is described as 5 feet 7 Inches In height, having "a blooming complexion nnd somewhat masculine air." Her peculiar ap pearance was observed In camp and she was known as "Molly" and as "the smock-faced boy," but she became n favorite and gained the reputation of being "a good follow." Miss Sampson was In several engagements. As sergeant with a squad-of thirty men sho made an attack on a gang of mounted guer rillas and received a saber slash on ths head nnd a bullet In the thigh, A sur geon dressed tho saber cut. At her own request she secured permission to remain at a farm house for ten days to nurse a dying companion. Her object was to care for the bullet wound. While there the tory farmer persecuted her and his daugh ter fell In love with her. Either way the situation was embarrassing. For a time Miss Sampson was the per sonal attendant of General Patterson. Later sho was sent on a special expedition to Philadelphia, was seised with a malignant fever and taken to the hospital. Alexander Corbett. Jr., who has Investigated nnd re ported the facts of Miss Sampson's life, says that while here a rich Baltimore heiress made her an offer of her hand nnd fortune, but finding her love tor the sol dier boy Indifferently requited, parted with him after giving htm an outfit -of habcr dashory made with her own hands and a watch as souvenir. On her recovery Miss Sampson was sent with a letter from tho hospital physician to General Patterson. It revealed her secret. With the utmost kindness the general as sured her she should have nothing to fear. She received her discharge, but with many honors and testimonials to her bravery. Miss Sampson became, tho wife ot Benja min Gannett, a brother of the groat-grand-rather of Rev. Wllllum Oannett and ot Mrs. Kate Oannett Wells. She never received a cent of pay until 1792, when the Massachu setts legislature gave her $179. Tho nation granted her a pension in 1805. After her death In 1827 her husband was allowed to draw her pension of $3 a month. 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It), 1001. wrote: "I have used Duffy's Malt Whiskey In my prAetlco and always found It pure and satisfactory." , Dr. Albert C. Smith, President Suffolk Dispensary, 10 Charter 8t., lloston. Mass., wrote us: "In the treatment ot the large number of patients who come for aid and relief, wo find It necessary In our work to use a stimulant "which, without question, Is absolutely pure, and we are glad to say that In your 'Duffy's Malt' we have sue cccdcd In obtaining what has been ot great assistance Vn 'many cases of pronounced danger. Wo should be unwilling to bo without this valuable stimulant." This dispensary registered in one year nlmost 37,000 pjtlcnts. It Is one of tho largest Institutions of Its kind In the world. Dr. W. V. Hooper, Newport News, Vn., on Dec. 18, 1900, wrote: "I have used your Duffy's Malt In convalescence from typhoid and other febrile diseases with satisfac tory remits." Dr. It. P. Oppsnheimcr, 40f Church Ave., Knoxvllle. Tenn, wrote us as recently as Jnn. '19, 1901. "I havo used Duffy's Malt Whiskey extensively In my prsctlco for ten years, especially among cases requiring stimulants nnd tonics, and I take pleasure In stating that I And It excels all other whiskey's." Dr. De Witt Prugler of the Dlue Cross Medical Aid, 1502 Marshall St., Philadel phia, I'cnn., on Jan. IS 1901, wroto us the following: "Duffy's Malt Is the only whis key used and dispensed at the Bluo Cross Medical Aid Dispensary. Wo place no re liance upon any other for medical use," During the past few years we have re ceived "hundreds of thousands of Just such Begins Publication Nov. 3, in The Sunday Bee. "No Other Way" Sir Walter Besant The Last Work of This Gifted Writer. Powerful and Unique II is founded on a most peculiar condition of the English penal uystein and debtor's prison. The heroine, a beautiful young widow, is in imminent danger of being thrown into a debtor's cell when a crafty creditor shows her how, by marrying a con demned criminal, she can escape her debts, and as ho will soon be executed, hhe will also escape the ignominy of this surrepti tious marriage. With this curious introduction into a plot unique in Action, felr Walter Besant enlists the sympathy of the reader and arouses the keenest curiosity in the final outcome of the strange al liance. Contrary to expectations, the criminal does not die, and the efforts of the heroine to escape her husband, together with the crcunistances of a change of fortune which has come to her gives a swing to the tale and a rapidity of action nnd develop ment which ends only with the last chapter of the story. Begins Publication runs!6 weeks. 'Hint pliysWiuts w.tj t iken at r.n rjjelvjd frjin di:tirs. w.m h m FY'S MALT WIIISKUV: letters as these. There can be no more convincing proof that Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is tho only absolutely pure, In vigorating stimulant and tonic, to bo used exclusively In all cases where the system needs to be sustained. The dot tors as well ns the people havo learned that It does not pay to fill tho system full of drugs. Thoy realise what tho system wants Is a tonic ond stimulant to aid the circulation and lend artificial force lo throw off the disease's germs. DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY CVHES CbnMtmpiloti, (lateral Debility, La Grljijie, QUl, linmc'iitin, Mdafti't, Low JYwr, Diiuiiu, Dtpmslon nnd ic nkntf from wh ittvr cmittf. Jt buthli up and tiounVi? the My, ll im'iyamlen tht bruin, tone tin tc i;irt (iiifi irelongit life. A lending Xcm York hc',')r mid, " Dvjfi't Pun Malt Whiskey in n jonn nfooii &Wiiuly iJ.'M Cii.' XOFVSAL OIL. CAUTION Our patrons are cautioned against so-called Duffy's Malt Whiskey of fered for sale In bulk or In flnslcs and pnekages other than our patent bottle. Duffy's Pure Molt Whiskey Is sold In sealod bottles only. Offered In any other form It Is not the genuine. There Is none "Just ns good ns" Duffy's The dealer who says so is thinking ot hU profits only. Ask for Duffy's; Insist on getting It. Look for the trade-mark on It Is not the genuine. FQEE AnVIPC ,f yu nrc slck 811,1 rlm inkl. MUTlUk down write our clictor for free ndvlce. It will coiu you notliliK to learn how to regain health, MroiiKth and vitality. Medical booklet contalnlnK symp toms, treatment nnd ice ImotilnlJ nent frc. All correspondence with our doctor Is str.ct ly confidential, nnd no tcxtlmonlals aie used without permlxalon. All druggists and grocer, or direct. 11.00 n bottle. DI'PPY MALT WHISKEY CO.. Rochester, N. Y. BY Dramatic Story. in Plot. November 3, and Illustrated.