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CHAPTER II.
TH E GIRL WITH
A MILLION
----------- By D. C. Murray
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C H A P T E R 1.
A little dell iti ilie h eart of a wood was
tie!iriously <kip(>iiil w ith leafy ahailows.
A loosely clad man, bearded and sjKVta-
■«•led, an d a little OD th e right side of
fo rty , sat on a cam p stool before a sm all
held easel, and libeled the landscape a t
h is ease, pausing a t his work now and
th e n au d draw ing Ivack his head to survey
It w ith an a ir of charm ed ap p reciatio n .
N ea r him. on the guarled tru n k of a tree
a n d in th e shadow of a moss-grow n rook,
sa t a lady some ten or a dozeu years
younger, leisurely to rtu rin g th re a d in to
la ce w ith a hooked needle.
A little way down th e dell a boy w as
•clam bering am ong th e rooks, shrieking
-«very now P.nd then w ith ec sta tic new s of
a beetle o r a butterfly. H e w as a stu rd y ,
l>lue-eyed. golden-haired little fellow of
five, the p ic tu re of health, end he was
risk in g his limbs aud ch a tte rin g to all a n i­
m a te an d inanim ate n a tu re — a delightful
boy, an d all alive from his golden h -ad
to his restless feet and tip s of his brown
little fingers. T he m other snatched him
t o her arm s and covered him w ith kisses.
F uddenly she looked up. flushed, h alf p ite­
ous. w ith a flash of te a rs in h- r eyes.
“ A ustin. 1 feel a fra id . H ave I a right
to be so hap p y ? H as any one a rig h t to
b e so h appy? W ill it la s t? ”
“ W ho know s?" he answ ered. “ H um an
a ffa irs ru n in averages, but then th e av ­
e ra g e s a r e not individual. W e have had
a lm o st tro u b le enough in ou r tim e to have
p aid for a little joy. L et us take it g ra te ­
fu lly .“
“ Som etim es,” she said, “a shadow seems
to fall upon it a ll— the shadow of a fear."
"T h e shadow of the p a st—experience.
T h e burned child d reads the tire. W e are
b u rn ed children, both of us. F iv e y ears'
illn ess an d poverty o u t of seven y ears of
m a rrie d life is a large allow ance. And,
a f te r all. o u r present happiness isn 't phe-
uom enal, my dear, though it looks so. We
have health, and we value it because we
have each m issed it in tu rn . W e have a
little money, an d we th in k it a g reat deal
because we have been so deadly poor.
A n d th e n ," he laughed an d h alf blushed.
*'we have a little fame, and th a t is all
th e p le a sa n te r because we w ere so long
neglected. Sw eet is pleasure a f te r p ain .”
"1 am dangerously happy,” she an sw er­
ed.
“ Ctome. let us unpack th e luncheon bas­
k e t.
Cold chicken.
S alad.
B read.
C heese. Milk. T h ere we are. F ail to.
f tit down by your m other. Cupid. T ake
n pull a t the milk, old m an, an d then
y e n ’ll have an ap p e tite. W hat a sudden
aim do w f”
A cloud had floated betw een them selves
e n d th e sun. and a stra n g e quiet had fa ll­
en w ith th e shadow on th e woods.
“ A u stin ,” th e wife w hispered, " th e re is
th a t d rea d fu l m an again. I t seems as if
b e had brought th e dark n ess w ith him .”
A brow n sloping path, covered still
■with the fir needles shed in the foregoing
a u tu m n , breke th e w all of green w hich
bounded th e dell, and down th is footw ay,
b etw een th e silver step s of th e birches and
th e reddish stem s of the firs, w alked a
g ray-b earded m an, w ith h is head drooped
fo rw ard an d his hands clasped behind him.
H e looked n eith er to left nor rig h t, b ut
v.-ent by as if unconscious of th e ir p res­
e n c e . a u d in a little w hile w as lost be-
•tiaid the th ic k er grow th of trees. As he
w e n t o u t of sight the sun broke through
th e cloud, the leafage w as in u n d ated w ith
life ag a in and the b irds renew ed th eir
song.
"L ook.” she w h isp e re d ; “th e shadow
fo 'lo w s him .”
" W h a t an odd mood th is is to - d a y !”
s a id her husband, sm iling a t her. "A nd
w hy is th e poor old gentlem an so d read ­
f u l? ”
“ B u t. A ustin, do you know ? You ca n ’t
k av e heard. H e is know n to have h atch ­
ed plots a g a in st the C zar.”
“ W ell, yes. I t is know n also th a t he
h a s been w ifeless and childless th is tw en­
ty years.
H is w ife and his tw o sons
died in S iberia. T hey w ent th e re w ith o u t
tr ia l, an d people who know him say th a t
th e loss of them in th a t horrible way
tu rn e d his brain. Suppose anybody stole
you an d little A u stin ? Suppose he drove
you on foot through hundreds of mile» of
Ice and snow ? Suppose th a t he m ade you
h erd w ith the hum an off scourings of the
w orld, and th a t you died a f te r th ree or
fo u r long-draw n, hideous y ears? I t m ight
lie wicked, but surely it would not be
q u ite w ithout provocation if I blew th a t
m an sky-high. I don’t say th a t regicide
Is a th in g to be commended. I don 't de­
fend th e poor old gentlem an’s political
■opinions. B u t I do say th af hum an n a­
tu r e is hum an n a tu re .”
Luncheon over, he retu rn ed to his
p a in tin g , to find the lights all changed,
l i e worked aw ay, however, w ith g reat
c o n te n tm e n t for an hour o r two. w hile the
w ife an d th e boy w andered beyond the
lim its of the dell. W hen they cam e back
th e y found th a t he had packed up hi»
tra p « an d was lying a t length on the
m oss, w ith his face tu rn ed to th e sky.
“ I do th is b etter th a n I p a in t,” he said,
cocking an idle eye a t his w ife from be­
n e a th the so ft w hite felt w hich rested on
b is nose. "S h all we get back now ?”
“ I w an t to ca rry som ething, p ap a ,”
aaid th e boy, possessing him self of th e
cam p stool. They sa u n tered on tog eth er
tra n q u illy through th e tw inkling lig h ts
w h ich dazzled from between th e leaves,
a n d th e ir steps were noiseless on th s
d en se c a rp e t of flr needles. T h e boy laid
dow n his burden to chase a sulphur-col­
o red b u tte rfly j T hey had gone a hundred
y a rd s before they m issed him, and when
«hey tu rn e d to look for him he w as seen
a
at the fa r end of a wooded vista, seated
on th e cam p stool.
“ Look at th e little figure, L u cy ," said
the fath e r. " I s n 't th e re som ething louely
and alm ost path etic, in it? H e tooka as
If he were w aiting for somebody who
would never come— a figure of deserted
childish p atience.”
H e hailed th e child
aud tu rn ed aw ay again. “ H r know s the
ro ad ?" he asked. "T h e re is no danger of
his losing h im self?”
" H e kuow s th e w ay," she answ ered.
"W e have been here tw ice a day for a
m onth juist.”
So they m arched on. well pleased, ta lk ­
ing of indifferent m a tte rs, an d th e little
fellow sat on the cam p stool behind them
and held an im ated talk w ith N atu re.
T he
gray-bearded
m an
w andered
th ro u g h the wood w ith his chin sunk upon
his b reast an d his eyes fixed upon the
ground. He w as tall and gaunt an d sw ar­
thy, an d looked as If he laid a co n sid era­
ble s tra in of th e Jew in him. H is uose
w as like an eagle's beak an d aacetically
fine.
H is tem ples were hollowed like
those of a d e a th ’s-head, an d his eyes,
which w ere large and brow n an d m ourn­
ful to th e verge of |>athoa, w ere th e eyes
of a born d ream er an d a fan a tic by n a ­
ture.
It w as alread y dusk when th e old N i­
h ilist tu rn ed his footsteps into the wood,
and having ju s t rem em bered th a t he had
not broken his fast for seven o r eight
hours, he had som ew hat quickened his
usual th o u g h tfu l pace, when the sound
of a sob reached his ea r and he stopped
suddenly to look about him. W ith in a
y ard or tw o sat the lost child on the
ram p stool, w ith bis back ag a in st a broad
tree tru n k . T h e old man knelt on the
g rass an d looked a t the sleeping boy. H is
stra w h at had fallen off an d lay beside
him. his golden h a ir was tum bled and
j disordered, his long d ark lashes w ere still
wet. an d his rosy cheeks were b lu rred and
soiled w ith the trac es of his tears.
“ E h ! La, la. la?” said the old fellow,
in a pitying accen t. "L o st ! I>id we
sleep in despair, dear little h e a rt? in
te a rs? in te rro r?
And God sendeth a
hand, ere yet it is n ig h t tim e. T o the
child, rescue, an d to th e old m an te ac h ­
ing.”
T h en he took th e child so ftly in his
arm s, an d g ath erin g up th e h at an d the
cam p stool, en tered the wood. As he did
so. a fain t an d d ista n t cry reached his
ears, an d he stopped to listen. I t w as re­
peated once o r tw ice, fain tly an d more
fain tly , and then died aw ay. H e sta rte d
anew alm ost a t a run. b ut be was old.
and th e lad w as u n u su ally solid and well
grown fo r his years, so th a t th e burden
soon told on him , an d brought him to a
walk again. I t was a full mile, from th e
spot to which th e child had w andered to
the C heval B lanc, an d when th e little
hostel was reached the b earer’s back and
arm s w ere aching rarely . T h e landlady
met him in th e passage w ith a cry.
“ Oh, th e little A n g lais!
You have
found him. m onsieur? Jean n e, ru n to the
woods and tell them th a t th e child is
found.”
"Y ou know h im ?” asked Dobroski.
“ W ho is he? W here does he live?”
“ H e is th e child of the E nglish a t
th e hotel des I’ostes,” answ ered the wom­
an, stan d in g on tip to e to kiss th e boy.
“ H e has been lost th is five h o u rs.” Do­
broski tu rn ed in to th e stree t, an d the
w om an followed him talk in g all th e way.
"H e is the only child of his p aren ts, and
th e ir cherished. Im agine, then, th e de­
sp a ir of the m other, th e inquetude of his
fa th e r ! T hey a re rich. See how th e child
is dressed. T h ere is nothing you m ight
not ask for.”
T h e old m an smiled a t th is, b u t said
nothing. H e su rren d ered his charge a t
th e hotel, w here th e boy w as received
w ith such noisy d em o n stratio n s of pleas­
ure th a t he awoke. Being aw ake, and
recognizing bis surroundings, he ad ap ted
him self to them w ith an im m ediate p h il­
osophy, an d dem anded som ething to eat.
A second m essenger was d ispatched to
the wood to bring back th e p a rty who had
gone in search of him.
H is m other kissed him fra n tic a lly and
cried over him, b ut his fa th e r set o ut
for th e Cheval B lanc to th a n k his res-
m e r. H e found Dobroski seated in a lit­
tle room w ith a sanded floor, an d began
to stam m er his g ra titu d e in broken an d
m u tilated F ren ch .
“ I t was a piece of good fo rtu n e to find
him ,” said I>obroski, speaking English,
to th e o th e r's g reat relief. “ I am de­
lighted th a t th e pleasure w as m ine.”
" I don’t know how to th a n k you,”
said the E nglishm an, a little aw k w ard ­
ly. lugging a purse from his tro u sers
pocket. F o r a m om ent Dobroski fancied
the stra n g e r m eant to offer him money,
b ut he merely produced a card , " T h a t's
my nam e,” said the E n g lish m an , b lun­
deringly.
“ A u stin F arley .
Upon my
word, I really d o n 't know how to thank
you.”
"M y good, good sir,” retu rn ed D obro­
ski, “ w hat would you have h ad ? W h at
w as I to do? H e was su re to be found,
an d It was my good fo rtu n e to have found
him .”
"Y ou m u st let his m o th er come And
th a n k you, s ir,” said the E nglishm an.
"U p o n my w ord I really dou’t know w hat
to say to tell you how g rate fu l an d oblig­
ed I am . I lia m o th er has been in the
g re a te st anxiety. You m ust let her come
and th a n k you.”
"W ell, well, M r. F a rle y ,” th e elder m an
answ ered, him self a little ahy a t th e o th ­
e r’s concealed em otion. " I f you will th in k
so m ere an accident w o rth th a n k s to a n y ­
body------- B u t p ray let us say no m ors.”
T h ere w as a g reat crow d of people a t
the ra lln n y sfktion at N am ur, au d th e
L uxem bourg -ttrtin bsd no sooner steam ed
in to the Miatiou Ilian it w as besieged by
the mob, aud all the c a rria g es wkre taken
by storm . O ne to u rist, who bad fu rn ish
ed him self w ith a first class tick et, an d
hail shouldered him self through th e »crowd
to th e buffet, w as exceedingly w roth on
his re tu rn to flud th a t th e carriag e he
had occupied »■«* tilled by third-class
ivxvursionista. H e s|M>ke F ren ch w ith a
fluency, and an Inaccuracy in com bination
w ith it, w hich fairly took off his m ental
feet th e official to whom he aptiealed. and
In a very pnsaiou aud to rre n t of his o ra ­
tory rippled audibly the accen t of D ub­
lin. He talked all over, arm s and hands,
finger tip s, head, shoulders, an d tiody. He
talked w ith all his featu res an d w ith all
his m uscles an d w ith all his m ight, an d a t
last the official seized his m eaning, and
Gives best results.
proceeded w ith Inexorable pollteueaa to
tu rn o ut all th e th ird -class passengers.
Reduces fuel ex­
T he triu m p h a n t to u rist stood by, sudden­
pense. A working* 1
ly sm iling an d unruffled.
H e had a
flam e at the tou ch o f the
round, sm ooth face, w ith a touch of apple-
color on his checks, a nose Inclining some­
match. “ Blue Flame” means the hottest flame
w hat upw ard, and an expression of self-
produced by any stove. The New Perfection
sa tisfactio n so com plete th a t It aroused
the Irony of one of the ejected.
will make your work lighter. Will not over­
" H e is well introduced to him self, th a t
heat the kitchen. Made in three sizes, with
fellow,” said he, but the to u rist did not
bear, or did not care if he hoard, lie
one, two, and three burners. Every stove war­
stood tran q u illy by, holding th e handle of
ranted.
If not at your dealer’s, write to our
the door, un til th e ca rria g e w as cleared,
nearest agency
and w'us ju s t about to ascend wheu a
slow, quiet voice spoke behind.
The
“ Got th a t th ro u g h , old man, eh?”
T he to u rist tu rn ed suddenly, an d
stretch ed o u t a hand to the s h a k e r .
“ W h at? M askelyne, uie boy. Deloyt-
gives a clear, steady light.
Fitted with
ed. W here a re you going?"
latest improved burner. Made of brass
" I am going to Ja n e n n e by rail.” said
through out and beautifully nick eled.
th e other, accep tin g the proffered hand
Every lamp warranted. Suitable for library,
w ith a h ea rty shake, once up and ones
dining-room,
parlor or bedroom. If not at
down. “ F rom th e re I go on to a little
your dealer’s, write to our nearest agency.
place called H oufoy, to see some old
S T A N D A R D O IL C O S I P A N V
friends of m ine."
il n o o r p o r a t s d i
" I ’m going to Ja n e n n e m eself,” said
the Irish m an . " C a n ’t we rid e to g e th er?"
“ I supiHise we can ,”
retu rn ed
his
friend.
“ B aggage is reg istered .”
He
W h e n * t h e I’ a f r h l l r l n n c « .
A
Falsa
Alarm .
w as ju st as calm as the C elt had a m in ­
A New E n g la n d e r re c e n tly h a d o c c a ­
“T h e r e wn* a m a n d ro p p in g le tte r s
ute or tw o before been eager, an d his
sion to en g n g e a g a rd e n e r. O ne m o rn ­ In th e new p ostottlce b u ild in g la s t S a t­
voice w as d istin ctly A m erican. H e was
very precisely an d n eatly a ttire d , his j ing tw o a p p lic a n t* a p p e a r e d —o n e a d e ­ u rd a y .
“ W h a t!
A re th e y re a d y to rce o lv s
figure was tall and e le g a n t; his face was cid ed ly d e c e n t lo o k in g m an . a n d th e
handsom e b ut m elancholy, au d curiously o th e r o f m u c h lesa p rcp o sse aa lu g ap- m a il th e r e ? ”
pale. T h e eyes were the best fea tu re— {■«•arance a n d m a n n e r.
“ No. T h is w a* an E n g lish w o rk m a n
black, soft an d lu stro u s, but they looked
A fte r v e ry little h e a ita tio n , th e m an a n d th e le tte r* h e drop|>cd w e re all
as if he had never smiled in bis life. “ I of th e h o u se chose th e la tte r a p p li­ h’a."— C le v e la n d P la in Dealer.
say, F ra se r,” he said, in his slow, mild ca n t.
I I 1« t o r l c n 1 F r n g i u r n f .
voice, when they were both seated, “ w here
A frie n d w h o w a s p re s e n t, ev in c e d
did you pick up your F re n ch ? I never
Ja m e s M onroe was p u ttin g th s finish­
s u r p ris e a t th e selec tio n , a s k in g :
heard a n y th in g like it.”
ing touches on Ids fam ous doctrine. " I'v e
" l i a s t h a t m a n e v e r w o rk e d fo r y o u got it ham m ered into shape at la s t.” he
“ I ’ve knocked about I’a ris a good deal.”
said, “ alth o u g h I know, of course, th ere
said F ra se r. " I speak Jo rn ia n w ith the b efo re r
“ N o." re p lie d th e o t h e r ; “ In fa c t. I will alw a y s be somebody knocking It, Just
sam e facility, though it’s probably me
Scotch e x tra ctio n th a t give» nie th a t.”
n ev e r ta w e ith e r o f th e m u n til to -d a y .” th e sam e.”
Rem em bering, how ever, th a t the Big
M idw a ybetw een N am u r an d L uxem ­
" T h e n w h y d id y o u ebuoee th e alio rt-
bourg th e tw o traveler* changed tra in s e r m a n ? T h e o th e r h a d a m u c h b e t­ Stick was on the side of the d o ctrine, he
allow ed his freshly harbored face
to
for Ja n en n e . T h e engine steam ed lazily te r fa c e .”
w rinkle in to the sem blance of a smile.
through a most lovely co u n try , an d th e
" F a c e ! " e x c la im e d th e p r o p rie to r o f
young A m erican, looking co n tin u ally out
Ills F u ll Share.
of window, seemed absorbed in contem ­ th e pince. In d isg u s t. “L e t m e te ll y o u
“ I som etim es think. B ro th er H a rd e sty ,“
th
a
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w
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p latio n of th e landscape. B u t it could
I observed the pastor, who w as dining w ith
scarcely have been the landscape which y o u n g w a n t to go hy Ills o v erall* . I f him, " th a t a man o ught to give one tr u th
th
e
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e
p
a
tc
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d
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th
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knee*
you
w
a
n
t
h alf a dozen tim es called a dream y sm ile
of his Income to th e I /ir d ."
to his soft eyes, an d once a blush to the him . I f th e p a tc h la on th e w a t o f hla
“ I ’m d oin’ m ore th a n th a t th is year,
sallow (tailor of hi* cheek.
W hen the tro u s e rs , y o u d o n 'L ”— S u ccess M a g a ­ elder," said Deacon H ard esty . “ T h e ouly
tra in drew up in front of the little red zine.
th in g I'm m akin' an y money on now is
brick sta tio n , a building planned like a
my bens, an d I feed m ighty n ear h a lf of
ch ild ’s toy house and not m uch bigger,
M odernised V ersion.
'sni to th e p reach ers."
the blush cam e to his cheek again, an d
“ F a u g h ! I w ish you w ouldn't ru n th a t
bis hand trem bled slig h tly a s it caressed j comb through my m ustache !"
C o b a l t , Cl.
bis black m ustache.
" S ir, you a re the first man In 10,000
T h e r e ’s a flag s ta tio n In C o n n e c tic u t,
to
th a t 0 . 8. A., c a lle d C o b a lt. T h o P ilg rim
“ W ell, i t ’s good-by for a tim e, old fel­ custom ers th a t bas objected
low ,” he said, shaking hands w ith F r a ­ com b."
¡ f a th e r s o r th e ir n e a r reln tlv e* m in ed
ser. " B u t I will see you ag ain to-m or­
S trenuous.
th e m in e ra l n o t w ise ly n o r too w ell.
row or next day, m ost likely. If you can
M o th e r ( r e tu r n in g s u d d e n ly ) — G r a ­ T he m in e la s till th e re , b u t no o ne
find tim e to tu r n from affairs of s ta te .”
N ot o n e m an In te n th o u ­
"A re those y o u r frien d s?” asked F ra se r, cious, c h ild re n , w h a t h a v e y o u been w o rk s It.
looking through th e window as the tra in d o in g ? W h y , th e m o m looks lik e a sa n d In th e U n ite d S ta te s k n o w s th e
h a d s tr u c k it a n d W illie v illag e o f C o b a lt. C o nn., Is on th e m a p ;
craw led slowly along th e p latfo rm . “ An h u r r ic a n e
uncom m only p re tty g y u r l! T h e ould boy lo o k s lik e lie h ad
been th r o u g h
a b u t n in e o u t o f te n m en In N ew Y ork
looks like an nrm y m an.
H e’s w aving th r a s h in g m a c h in e !
city a n d In ev e ry U n ite d S ta te s to w n
bis hand a t ye.”
T o m m y — P le a se , m a m m a , w e h a v e b o a stin g o f a liv e new *pn|>er, k n o w s
"Y es,” said M askelyne. w ith his soft been p la y in g R u s s ia n d o u iu a a n d W il­ I C ohall, O n ta rio . t'H n n d n . a s w ell a s ha
draw l a little exaggerated. " T h a t is tjzy lie w a s th e c z a r.
k u o w s B u tte , M ont.— T o ro n to W orld.
m an. Good-day, F ra se r. T ell O 'R o u rk e
I’m down here an d th a t I ’ll ru n over an d
have a look at him .”
A m in u te la te r he w as sh ak in g h a n d s
w ith th e young lady who had excited Mr.
F ra s e r ’s ad m iratio n .
“ Welcome to th e A rdennes, M r. M aske-
lyne,” said A ngela, w ith fra n k good h u ­
mor. "H o w a re all o u r frienda in New
It la perfectly natural to nib the spot that hurts, nnd when the muscle«,
Y ork?”
"T h a n k you, Misa B u tle r,” he answ re- nerves, joints ami bones are throbbing an<l twitching with the pains of
ed, looking in to her g ray eyea w ith a Rheumatism the sufferer is apt to turn to the liniment l>ottlc, or some other
sm ile which w as all th e b rig h te r and th e external application, in an effort to get relief from the disease, by producing
sw eeter because of th e usual m elancholy 'ounter-irritation on tho flesh. Such treatment will quiet the pain tempo­
of his c o u n ten a n ce ; " I can n o t u n d ertak e rarily, but can have no direct curative effect on the real disease because it
to tell you how all y o u r frien d s in New docs not reach the blood, where the cause is located.
Rheumatism is more
York may be. h o t the few score* of whom
than skin deep—it is rooted and grounded in the blood nnd can only l>e
I have heard in one way or an o th er since
reached by constitutional treatment—IT CANNOT BE RUBBED AWAY.
I cam e to E u ro p e are very well indeed.
M ajor B u tler, I am charm ed to see you Rheumatism is due to an excess of uric acid in the blood, brought about by
looking so robust. I bad not hoped to see the accumulation in the system of refuse matter which the natural avenue«
of bodily waste, the Bowels and Kidneys, have failed to carry off. This
you looking so well.”
"D y sp ep sia,” said the m ajo r, “ W hen refuse matter, coming in contact with the different acids of the body, forms
I w rote you I was really ill. I am all uric acid which is absorbed into the blood and distributed t > all parts of the
rig h t now. B u t I ’ve been a good deal body, and Rheumatism gets possession of the system. The aches nnd pains
w orried, and when I'm w orried I get are only symptoms, and though they m ny lie scattered or relieved for a time
dyspepsia, and dyspepsia m eans desjiAir. by surface treatment, they will reappear at the first exposure to cold or
T h a t y ou r baggage? G ot th e tick et for dampness, or after an attack of indigestion or other irregularity. Rheuma­
it? ”
tism can never be permanently cured while the circulation remains saturated
A t th is point F ra s e r cam e up w ith with irritating, pain-producing uric acid poison.
The dise.ase w ill shift
p erfect sang froid, raised his h a t to the from muscle to muscle or joint to joint, settling on the nerves, causing
girl an d accosted M askelyne.
inflammation and swelling nnd such terrible pains that the nervous system
*’I say, ould m an, tell me w h at’a the
is
often shattered, the health undermined, and perhaps the patient become«
best place to p u t up a t h ere?”
"H o tel des I ’ostea,” said th e m ajor. deformed and crippled for life. S. S. S. thoroughly cleanses the blood and
Mr. F ra se r raised his h at to th e m ajor. renovates the circulation by neutralizing the acids and expelling all foreign
“ L et me Introduce you,” said M aske- matter from the system. It warms and invigorates the blood so that instead
of a weak, sour stream, constantly deposit­
lync. “ M ajor B u tler, th is Is Mr. F ra se r,
ing acrid and corrosive matter In the mus­
a m em ber of your B ritish H ouse of Com ­
cles, nerves, joints nnd l>ones, thebody is fed
m ons.”
“ D elighted to m eet you !” said the m a­
and nourished by rich, health-sustaining
jor, b u t he did not look aa If th is s ta te ­
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m en t could be accepted.
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