BLACK-
DRAUGHT
U V IN G bis heavy four-bo
w o o the «ta*« beside Kb«
blackened la r «r* of granito, barely vto-
lM a through tha saurky clouds Abera
ho caught agUmpae of blue sky darheaed
h r w hirling vapor. Hla eyes smarted
Intolerably. From the barntng anal aad
basted rock a aanaeoaa, penetrating
odor rolled up to him. I t was eatiag
the lining out of hla langa B le strength
«raw l«se with «»««7 broeth ba was
STOCK and
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MEDICINE
draft, roee a mlagled column of car-
book- acid gss and coal smoke, a deadly
coaahlaattoa for tha human lunga.
"IX a man ever falls into one of thoae
tops. ha's dona!" a burner had onoa ro
N e w an d A ttra c tiv e lin e o f
D ress G oods a t B a rg a in
throw h la banda over the edge of the
hot granita, and triad to litt Mmaatf go
the top. but ha slipped back almost laa>
mediately. The two taat that the rook
had settled meant death to him unless
ha could derise aoma way to rogata I t
be might throw tha rocks ha was stand
wear
in g on In to a looaa pile agalnat tha fro at
body of the furaace gradually contract
ed. until Just above tha arches It meas
ured barely eight feat across. Dp to
w ithin two or throe yards of the surface
I t was Hoed with flre-brtak. but tor the
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pie cie when ho heard the scraping of
■hovels, sad la a few saeoada. eurllag
up through «vary crevloe la tha roug h
pit bottom, cams tha sooty vapor. Thick
er It grew, eddylag sad w hirling round
M m la choklag clouds B u t the team
must be unloaded, sad he couldaot stop.
The faster he worked tha sooner he
O T H Itt
MAMA,
patiently, waiting for the algnai to
s ta r t T h e y w e re used to th e sm o ke, a nd.
Indeed, ware so far forward that they did
ir y n e r u r r l •.«■> Ih r JtffST J IO M B you w ilt not get nearly no much as their driver.
h a v e , li.- «•.<• . H i « , pries y u u g u y ,a a d W ig
He was completely hidden by I t A spec
Out h a v e .« eod'-ae »halo o f n p a lr o
tator a short distance away could aot
have .told whether or aot he waa MW.oa
the top of Me load.
W A R t t /H T C O F O B A L L '.IM S .
’ ! r yuu m e ta s , wine mesh!Rewrite gg
«■r l« u *‘ "»ULctti) o-^,ro you purahsM.
Ik Kr« ih» S ri’ K-xii-s Co., Oraop, I «
"Ever been to rire a u U T ” said
the tailor.
44-Na, of course not,” the drug
gist a an we red.
“Then I'll tell you about the
trousers ot the Circassian girls.
Gimme,” said the temperate
Bailor, “a mock cocktail. I ’ll tell
you about them trousers while
you’re mlzin up the drink.
“Is Circassia, Cad, the girla la
alt beaut if uL They have straight
nenes, clear eyes, white teeth and
heavy hair. They pro sl)m, aud
they wear bright rlptjM —red
ahoea, flowin' Tgila, sashes, trou»
era. Their tronaera is wbat I am
goin’ to tell yon about.
“Only three colors In trousersia
worn— red, white and blue.
“Supposin’, in Cirraaaia, you
saw a girl walkin’ in front of you
in white trousers. I f you waa a
single man the thing for you to
do then would be to get ahead of
her and, lookin’ back, site her np.
I f you Jtked her V*A>. yon might
apeak to her 1« a respectful way
—ask her to take a sherbet, for
instance. She wouldn’t be offend
ed. W hy not? Because, wearin*
white, she’d be a single girl. White
trousers ia only worn by the un
married In Circassia.
“I f you m w , glidin’ along in red
trousers, the most beautiful girl
In the world, you’d have no right
to apeak to her, no m atter bow
much her loveliness anight attract
you. Red tronaera is a -sign the
girl to married. Bed—
» a n g e r-
hand a off.
“Blue tronaera, again, to all
right. I f your Circassian girl has
blue trousers on, step up to her as
free aa yog please; tell her she to
lookin' well, and aak her if she
won’t take supper with you. She’ll
■ot be offended if you are respect
ful and poNte. H er blue trousers
shows she to a widow.
“Circassia, Cad. to the place for
a single man to go that is fond of
the ladies. He cua't make no mis
takes there, whereas here, Jim
top. The w a g o n w a a p erh ap s a quarter
unloaded when hla left toe caught an
der na especially large pleca o f rack, aad
he stumbled forward. Then a fragment
under Ms other foot gare way. aad ha
pitched over tho wheel Into tho mouth
o f the hila. As he fell, he caught ue-
avalllngly a t tha whlp-etoeh. round
ad. and the place where be had stood waa
vacant. Bo blackly did tho smoke roll
ovar t h a wagon that a man tea toot oS
could not have seen him fall.
Almoat b aton the driver had time to
realise wbAt had occurred, ho found him
self sprawling la a looaa. helpless heap
apoa tha rocks ha bad Just thrown la.
They w a n n o t yat heuted through, but
thalr sharp comers cat aad bruised M m
severely,
Instantly the deadly pari) of hla situa
tion dawned upoa him. aad ha sprang to
hla feet, beat upon getting out at once.
W arm , black aad stifling. tha amoha
wrapped him about like a shroud. Ha
began to cough and choke. An ordinary
man would have succumbed Immediate
ly la that fearful atmosphere. but Ban-
wall, and thua make a heap high enough
to help M m elambar oat. Could be hare
dona thia before tha kiln tattled, hla
safety would h a rt bean aaaurad. Waa
there tim e to do It now!
Stooping, ha graaped a three-cornered
fragment and threw it agalnat tha watt.
Another and than another followed.
They were burning hot, eacept thoae ha
bad fra t Bung In from the top of Ms
load. W ith beat head, [«stag tbe tunea
that poured exhausUeaaty up. and draw
ing them Into hla lunga with every a b a t
ing breath, ba fumbled madly over tha
hard black lumps.
In thia faahloa ba heaped U o r I t
pieces agalnat tha gmntte, and then
stopped. feeling that to work longer
would destroy Ma only hope of getting
o a t Hla area ware bloodanot. Me brala
reeling. Hla temples throbbed as If they
would burtL He could aae nothing,
eoold hear nothing but a coofuaed roar
ing. Straightening up. be auggersd for
ward. T w o atapa brought M m again la
h e wall.
T a hla horror, ha fra u d that tha pile
ha had built waa not high enough These
waa not tim e 10 add to i t farther. W hat
hkould ha do!
Fortunately, a t that moment tha wind
vested. F or a Uttla while tho amok«
draw away to the westward, and M t
M m Standing clear In the beak Only a
law feat shove him beyond tha kiln edge
C R E . 4 T fwcor.1 o,’ euiva, ..m>
A u'jai.cd in medic...■ history, provo
Hood'sHnraaparii a pcaectisc» m erit i n
tuovru to any other M E D I C I t 1
Look th e lin e over an d y o u
Always Rsmamber the Fuii Nas»,
I ^arative Rromo Q u in t e w ill find w h a t y o u w a n t a t
a n a ttr a c tiv e price.
CwesaCgMinOiieDay, CsipiaTtv
ûw
Bat. 35c.
Over the granite hung the end o tMe
rataa, where they had faitea when ha
graaped aaaraiUngly a t the wMpwaock.
Might he aot take Arm hold of these.
e Control
Hla abuaa wars burning on hla lest. Hla
akin wag shriveling and cracking.
W ith dosed eyes be swayed forward,
felt about until be found Ute loop of tha
relna. and booked his Auavrs roaad
them I t would sot do for him to bear
Ms whole weight upon them, far they
might break and let him fall back, tbua
destroying bis only chance, fivea la Ma
extremity be thought of that.
There was no time to waste. How
should ha start hit horses? He tried to
about to them, but so cracked and feeble
waa bla voice thal they did not recognise
IL and refused to move. Already tea
of bla precious seconds were gone.
Panders stooped, picked up a fragment
of rock, sad launched It aj random,
through the amove. In the direction of
old white Billy, the off leader of the
team. Fortunately, It struck the horse
ta lr lfo n bla Bank, rousing him aoddwlly
from hla reverts Hilly tu n e d lorward.
aad the others followed b|s lead. Thera
waa a baavy stamping of hoofs. a creak
ing of aaoiiad sales The team was la
A ll necessary , operations in
writing, billing or Statistical work
are accomplished from the key
board of the light running, easy
action M odel 10 (Visible)
breathing coni rmoke that ha did not
yield readily la tjte fames. Ha waa per
fectly aware that Ms life could be meas
ured by a very f e u scores of seconds un
ices ba extricated himself n t once from
this Aery pit. Two qulek steps brought
him to the front gpll. He pushed hla
hands ap along tbe hot granite blocks,
tnd found that ha could reaab wall over
the highest layer. A moment's grasp
upoa some Arm projection, tbe qulek
throat of a bout-toe Into n crack la the m o tio n .
tlalng. and he would bs out o f Ms dilem 1 The moment (pa driver flung the rock
be seised the reins strongly again with
ma la n Jiffy!
Even In the midst of his peril he was both hands. Bare.y ban ha dona tp when
Inclined to congratulate himself that tha the loop tightened with a quick Jerk. It
rock In the kiln waa no lower, for had waa tha second ha ban been waiting for.
the distance to fall been greater bs tha one on which bla Ufa depended.
might have broken some boas, the heat Without loosing hla bqld ba sprang up.
would have been more lataase. had the sticking ¿hg tips U bla loealato the la
depth would have made It Impossible for te n t ic ^ between the blocks of granite.
Hro to get hla hands over the top of the The force of tbe poll bnrled Man against
the wall, but ha clung to tha leathern
graalta.
straps with desperate energy.
H a waa on the point o f Utting Ms toe
Had tbe relna gives way. all would
to thrust It Into some creylce la tha
wall when beneath pis fast there came a have beau lost f r u fhgy vrergsevgpd
rambling, a aiakjag. Tha driver’s heart strong, yu/ckpgcd Uyp dps btfpra to re
place an older-pair, aad they did M t
knew too wail the meaning of the sound.
The kiln was fettling! Down slumped
the rock with n suddenness that almost
throw him off hla balance. Tha heated
mass Inside the furaace tank barely two
feet, but when the motion ceased the
Upa of Bandera’ la g a n rested oa tbe
Joint between the am t and second layers
of granite. He could no loager touch the
op ot the upper blocks
It was death to stay, bat how could ba
gat o u t! Tbe wall to front was now
tow high for him to seals Beneath hla
feet a dull rod. dusky glow showed dim
ly between tha rough ptoeaa pf rock.
Through every crevice tha smoke posed
up from Ike burning coal fra t throws
Into the arches M testbalaav. Thasoiea
of hla boots wuaw peorshlng H a r u
slab, blind, dlsgy. l a a mtante or tw%
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flrm rlm
ly ltaa
dragged up aad out of the kiln, acreaa
the granito edge and nlong tbe p lia k s at
tha staging, narrowly escaping being
rúa ovar by tha broad-tired wheels.
elapsed since tbe driver's feel Bret ttrueh
the bottom ol tbe pit. but It would be
bard to tmasine a mors tearful to sec
onds than that through which be had
passed. Aa he lodked baelt upoa It a fM s
ward It seamed to him Bha a brief but
DcycTo
say conmmr*llcn gnn l»n
cured. Nature rkroe xrwta’t
do it, it needs be!p.
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