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to wark without a murmur, and doing
cheerfully His will.
It wus broad uoon ere Maddy awoke,
and starting up she looked about her in
bewilderment, wondering where she was
and what agency had been at work In
her room, transforming It from the cold
comfortless apartment she had entered
M R S . M A R Y J. H O L M E S
the previous night Into the cheery-looking Rev. George A, E. Troutman, ML
chamber,
with a warm lire biasing iu tha
•» "ft»»« O f*«. ' " TW F »flM OrvtM* " ‘ I tm « raj u Ik* 11111. 4#.'
L*aa tlf««.”
Washington, Mo., Writes,
“ * « « 4 « « » r— i . " " I r a « « **4 Saartta«."
K a 4 i."
tiny fireplace, a rug spread down upon
the hearth, a rocking chair drawn up be
fore it. and all trace* of the little hired
girl as completely obliterated as If aha "M y Wife and I Are Strong /
had never been.
Iu her grief Maddy
CH A PTE R X V II.— (ContiDutd.)
stay there, as they half hoped she would, seemed to have forgottcu how to maka
Believers in Po-ru-na.”
■
Guy was a iiuzzl* to himself. Hr would they fell to pitying the young girl, who things cosy, and as. during her grand
lot admit that during th<* |>aat year hia semed uow so wholly unfitted for the mother's illness, her owu room had been
Catarrh and La Orlppe.
likiux for Maddy Clyde had frown to (>r burden.
left to the car* of the hired girl, Nettle,
Kiaie’ hinf strougvr than mere friendship,
R ev . Geo. A . E. Troutm an, M l.
To Maddy there came no definite ¡Jen it wore a ueglecled, rude aspect, which
aor yet that his feeiinfa toward Lucy bad o f the future during the two days that hud grated ou Mttdd)'* finer feeling*, and W ashington, Mo., w rites; “ My w ife
audergone a chauge. prompting him not white, rigid form lay in the darkened made eyrythiug so uninviting. Hut this and I are strong believer* In l ’eruna.
to go to her when she was sick, and not cottage; hut when, at last, the deep grave moruiug all was changed. Some akilltul
:o be as sorry as he ought that the mar made for Grandma Markham waa occu hand had been busy there while she slept,
-iage was again deferred. Lucy had uo pied, and the lounge iu the little front and Maddy waa wondering who It could
tuspicion of the change, and her child- room was empty -when the Aikenside be, wheu th* door opened caution*! J
ike trust in him was the anchor which carriage, which had been seut down for aud Flora’s good humored face looked iu
Zeid him still true to her in intentions the use of the mourners, had been driven — Flora from Aikenside. Maddy knew
• t least, if not iu reality.
lie knew away, taking both Guy and Mrs. Noah
now to whom ahe was indebted for ull
from her letters how much she had learn- when the neighbor*, too. had gone, leav this comfort, aud with a cry of joy sha
td to like Maddy Clyde, and so. he argued, ing only herself and the little hired girl welcomed the girl, who*.* very presence
there was no harm in his liking her, too. sitting by the eveuiug fire, with the grand brought hack something of the life with
She was a splendid girl, and it seemed a father and the imbecile I’ ncle Joseiih— which ahe had purled forever.
pity that her lot should have been so then It was that she first began to feel the
“ Flora,” she exclaimed, "how came
iuntbly cast. This was usually the drift pressure of the burdeu began to ask her \ou here? Hid you make the lire and
>f his thoughts in connection with her; self if she could live thus always, or at fix the room for me’;’ ’
tnd now. as he stood there in that cot least for many years -as long as either of
"Yes. I made the fire.” Flora replied,
tage, Maddy a home, they recurred to him the two helpless men was *i>ared. Maddy “and fixed up the thiugs a little, huatlln
with tenfold intensity, for well he fore- was young, .and the world as she had seen that young ooe’a good* out of here; be-
A E Jkoi/TMAN^
taw that a struggle was before him if it was very bright and fair, brighter far L-ause it waa not fittiu’ for you to he
he rescued Maddy. as he meant to do. than a life of laborious toil, ami for a deepin' with her. Mr. Guy waa mad
from her approaching fate.
while the Idea that the latter alterna enough when he found it out.
troubled with a peculiar apaatnodta
No auch thoughts, however, intruded te e must he accepted made her dixzy and
“ Mr. Guy. Flora .' How should he know
affection
of the throat.
It would s e t a «
themselves on Maddy's mind. She did faint.
»f our sleeping arrangements?" Maddy
me suddenly and for a few mmulea 1
sot look away from the present, except
.As if divining her thoughts, poor old ieked, but Flora evaded a direct reply,
would i>e unable to apeak n idihly, and
it were at the past. In which she feared grandpa, in his prayers that night, ask
laying, "there waa enough way* for
my breath would be gn-atly interfered
the had erred by leaving her grand-not li ed in trembling tone*, which showed bow ¡hinge to get to Aikeusiile." then eotitin
w ith. I would b« obliged to gasp for
fe too much alone. Itut to her passionate much be felt what he was saying, that ¡ling. “ How tired you must he, Musa
breath.
ippeals for forgiveness, if she ever had God would guide his darling in all she Maddy. to sleep so sound as never to hear
neglected the dying one, there came back did. and give her wisdom to make the ne at all. though to he aure I tried to
“ I finally concluded that it waa some
inly loving looks and mute caresses, the proper decision; that if it wrre best she ,e still as a mouse. But let me help you
catarrhal affection w hich probably ex
iged hand smoothing lovingly the bowed might he happy there with them, but if Ires*. It’» *H hut noon, and you mutt
cited the spasm. It interfered with my
lead, or pressing fondly the girlish cheeks not. "Oh. Father, Father !" he sobbed,
voi-ation as a preacher, attacking me
hungry. Your breukfaat’a all ready.
With the coming of daylight, however, “ help me and Joseph to hear it.”
He
occaaionally in the pulpit.
“Thank you. Flora, I can drea# tny-
there -was a change; and Maddy, liaten- could pray no more aloud, and the gray
wlf.” Maddy said, stepping out p nou
“ I had heard so much about Pcraiia
ng Intently, heard what sounded like her head remained bowed down upon
hia lelf.” Maddy said, stepping out upon th*
us a catarrh remedy that 1 determined
same. The tired tongue was loosed for chair, while Uncle Joseph, In his pecu loor. and feeling that the world was not
to try it. After taking two bottlea, my
■ little, and in tones scarcely articulate, liar way. took up the theme, begging like la dark as it had seemed to her when
trouble has disappeared. I feel aure that
the disciple who for long years had served a very child that Maddy might be inclined
ast night ahe came up to her chamber.
Reruns has gn-atly benefited m e ."
her Heavenly Father faithfully, bore tes to stay— that no young men with curling
God was comforting her already, and a»
Rev, R. K
Kwanatrom, Swedish
timony to the blessed truth that God’s hair, a diamond cross, the smell of musk,
ihe made her simple toilet, ahe tried to
Baptist paator, Box 22H, Orantahurg,
promises to those who love Him are not might be permitted to come near her with
hank Him for Hi* good'»’*!'' aud ask for
W ia,, write* that from the nar of Rani-
mere promises— that He will go with enticing looks, but that she might stay
[race to make her what she ought to be.
ua
he ia perfectly well, entirely cured
:h«m through the river of death, disarm as she w as and be an old maid forever !
“ You have not yet told me why you I was cured of * t«d case of catarrh
of chronic diarrhea ami catarrh.
ing the fainting soul of every fear, and This was the subject of Uncle Joseph’s
ame here.” ahe nan! to Flora, who waa when nothing else that 1 tried had any
Rerun* in Tablet form.
making the dying bed the very gate of prayer, a prayer which set the little hired
may making her bed. and who replied: effect. My wife was cured from a se
heaven. This tribute to the Havior was girl to tittering, and would have wrung
For twe year» Hr. Hartman and hi»
It’* Mr. Guy’* work. He thought I d vere case e f la grippe, and we foci that
her first thought, while the second was a smile from Maddy herself had she not
assistant have inceeaantly labored to
letter come, as you would need help to
the leaat we can do i* to gratefully a c
1 blessing for her darling, a charge to felt all thp strange petition implied.
create Rerun* in tablet form, and their
;et things set to rights, so you could go
knowledge the merit of Rerun*.
•>*ek the narrow way now in life’s early
With waywardness natural to people
strenuous lalmra have just been crow n
tack to school."
“ My wife joins me in »ending best
morning. Disjointed sentences they were, in his condition. Uncle Joseph that night
Maddy felt her heart coming up in he»
ed with im ceas.
People who objert to
wishee for your sueco*».”
hut Maddy understood them all. treasur turned to Maddy for the little service*
hroat, but »he answered calmly. “ Mr.
liquid medicines can now »ecure Reru
ing up every word even to the last, the his sister had formerly
rendered, and
iuy is very kind—so are you a ll; but,
Throat Trouble.
ns Tablet«, which represent the m edi
words the farthest apart and most pain which, since her illness. Grandpa Mark
■’lora. I am not going hack to echool.”
Fgioh tab
Rev. H. W . T*te, »2 0 Lincoln A ven cinal ingredient» of Renin*.
fully ottered. “ You— will—care— and— ham had done, and would willingly do
“ Not going back!” and Flora "topped ue, W alnut H ills, C incinnati, Ohio, let i» equivalent to one average dose of
rvin fort------*’
still.
But Joseph refused to let him.
ier bed-inaking. while she stared blankly write«; “ For several years I have been Reruns.
She did not say whom, but Maddy knew Maddy must untie his cravat, unbutton
t Maddy. “ What he you going to do?]j
whom she meant; and without then real bis vest, and take off his shoes, while,
“ Stay here and take care of grnndp*.” Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1908
izing the magnitude of the act, virtually after he was in bed, Maddy must sit by
daddy said, bathing her face and neck
accepted the burden from which Guy was hia aide, holding his hand until he fell
n the cold water, which could not cool j
to anxious to save her.
away to sleep. And Maddy did It cheer
N o , Y e«.
he feverish h^at ahe felt spreading all
H a r d Jot».
fully, soothing him into quiet, aud keeping
Mr*. De Style— I suppose your daugh
Profiting by a temporary dearth of vis
ver them.
hack her own choking sorrow for the sake
C H A P TE R X V III.
“ Stay here! You are crasy. Miss Mad- ter Is to have her c.aulug out ball verj itor* in front of bis cage, the wild man o f
Grandma Markham was dead, and the of comforting him. Then, when this task
y ! ’Tain't no place for a girl like yon, soon. Isn't site?
Borneo in th* dime museum pulled off bl«
covered sleigh, which late in the after was done she sought her grandfather, still
nd Mr. Guy never will suffer it, I know,’
Mrs. Itooe (Juyck—O. dear, n o! M* grizxly. tousled wig and wiped his rfosi--
noon plowed its way heavily back to sitting before the kitchen lire and evi
'lora rejoined, as »he resumed her work, daughter has another year at »-b ool be ly cropped head.
Aikenside. carried only Mrs. Noah, who, dently waitihg for her.
hinking she "should die to be moped up
"B e Jarge!" he muttered, "this nageher
fore becoming a dllltnnte, and will no'
“ Maddy,” the old man said, “ come sit
with her forehead tied up in knots, sat
fakin’ ia ha ard wurruk !” —Ckicag* TV it*,
a that nutshell of a house.”
hack among the cushions, thinking not close by me. where I mn look into your
With a little sigh, as she foresaw th* j make her debris uutll uext seusun.— an*.
>f the peaceful dead, gone forever to the face, while we talk over what must be
pposition she should probably meet with Judge.
rest which remains for the people of done.”
rom Guy, Maddy went on with her toi-
P ow io,
God, but of the wayward Guy. who had
A I're iw le e .
-t, which waa soon completed, as it did
With a half-shudder. Maddy drew a
I love the gentle sunshine.
resisted all her efforts to persuade him stool to her grandfather’s feet, ami rest
ot take long to arrange the dark calico
Bee the man and woman entering tbs
And I love the new-mown hay,
to return with her, instead o f staying ing her head upon his knee, listened
resa and plain linen collar which ahe great dry goods emporium.
And Iwefiteak (rare» and maidens fair,
where he was not needed, and where his while be talked to her of the future: told
rore. She was not as fresh-looking as
The man look* very and.
June and the joyful jay.
presence was a restraint to all save one. her all her grandmother had done; told
sual that morning, for eicitemeut and
The woman looks supremely happy.
Rut t hate a cassowary,
• nd that one Maddy. for whose sake he of Ills own helplessness; of the trial it
atigue had lent a paleness to her cheek
Why doe* the man look sad? lie I,
And I loathe arithmetic;
nd a languor to her whole apjiearanoe,
stayed.
was to care for Uncle Joseph, and then
going in to buy something.
And diamond stud* nnd evening dud*
at Flora, who glanced anxiously after
“ She’d be vummed,” the indignant old in faltering tones asked who was going
And parsnips make me sick!
Why does flic woman look happy? Foi
er as she went out, muttered to herself,]
lady said, “ if she would not write to Lucy to look after them now. “ W e can’t live
—Cleveland Leader.
the
same
reason.—
Judge.
She waa never more beautiful, and I
We can’t.
We’ re
herself if Guy did not quit such doin’s," here alone. Maddy.
on’ t wonder an atom that Mr. Guy
znd thus resolving she kept on her way, old and weak, and want someone to lean
liinks ao much of her."
while the subject of her wrath was, it on. Oh, why didn’ t God take us with
The kitchen was in |s*rfect order, fm
may be. more than half repenting ot nis her. Joseph and me. and that would leave
'lora had been busy there as elsewhere.]
Jecision to stay, inasmuch as he began to you free to go hack to the school and the
lie kettle was boiling on the stove,
have an unpleasant conseiunsness of him life which 1 know is pleasauter than to
, hile two or three little covered dishea
stay here with us. Oh. M addy! it com
self being in everybody’s way.
■Hre ranged upon the hearth, as if waiting ,
In the first hour of Muddy’ s bereave forts me to look at you— to hear your
or someone. Grandpa Markham
had]
ment he had not spoken to her. but had voice, to know that though I don’t see
It Is perfectly natural to rub the spot that hurts, nnd when the muscle*,
one out, but Uncle Joseph sat In hia a c - ]
kept himself aloof from the room where, you every minute, you are somewhere,
nerves,
joints and bones are throbbing and twitching with the pains of
uatomed
corner,
rubbing
his
hands
when
and
by
and
by
you’
ll
come
in.
I
shan’t
with her grandfather and I’ ncle Joseph,
e saw Maddy, and nodding mysteriously Rheumatism the sufferer ia apt to turn to the liniment bottle, or some other
ihe sat, holding the poor aching head of live long, and maybe Joseph won’t. God’s
oward the front room, the door of which j external application, in an effort to get relief from the disease, by producing
the latter in her lap and trying to speak promise is to them who honor father and
ras open, so that Maddy could hear the iounter-irritation on the flesh. Such treatment will quiet the pain tempo
i word of consolation to the old. broken mother. It’ ll lie hard for you to stay,
ruckling on the hearth.
rarily, but can have no direct curative effect on the real disease because it
hearted man. whose hand was grasped in harder than it was once; but, Maddy. oh,
Maddy entered the room known at th# does not reach the blood, where the cause is located.
Rheumatism is more
hers. I5ut Maddy knew be was there. M addy! stay with me, stay with m e !—
ottage as the parlor, the one where the than skin deep— it is rooted and grounded in the blood nnd can only 1«
She could hear his voice each time he stay with your old grandpa 1”
ag carpet was. the six cane seated chairs reached by constitutional treatment—IT CANNOT BIS RUBBED AW AY.
.Maddy had a brave young heart, and at
spoke to Mrs. Noah, and that made the
nd the Boston rocker, and now the lit- Rheumatism is due to an excess of uric acid in the blood, brought about by
desolation easier to hear. She did not last, winding her arms around her grand
le round table was nicely laid for two,
look forward to the time when he would father * neck, she whispered: "I will not
llie accumulation in the system of refuse matter which the natural avenues
ihile cozily acated in the rocking chair,
be gone; and when at last he told her he leave you, grandpa. I’ll stay in grand
of bodily waste, the Bowels and Kidneys, have failed to carry off. This
eading
last
night’s
paper
and
looking
was going, she started quickly, and with mother’s place.”
refuse matter, coming in contact with the different acids of the l>ody, forms
ery handsome and happy, was G uy!
Surely Heaven would answer the bless
x gush of tears, esdaim ed: “ No, n o ! oh.
uric acid which is absorbed into the blood and distributed to all parts’ of the
_ _ »»»
(T o be continued.)
ings whispered over Maddy by the delight
body,
and Rheumatism get3 possession of the system. The aches and pains
“ Maddy,” Guy whispered, (»ending over ed old man; and the young girl taking
are
only
symptoms, and though they may be scattered or relieved for a time
so
cheerfully
the
burden
from
which
many
T h e S erv an t P rob lem .
ihe strange trio, “ would you " rather I
by
surface
treatment, they will reappear at the first exposure to cold or
would have shrunk, should be blessed of
inlth Excuse me. Jones, luit may I
should stay? W ill it be pleasanter for
dampness,
or
after an attack of indigestion or other irregularity. Rheuma
God.
how you manage to have auch de
»■ou, If I do?’’
tism can never be permanently cured while the circulation remains saturated
With
her
grandfather’s
hand
upon
her
nts thiugs to eut?
“ Yes— I don’t know. I guess it would
with irritating, pain-producing uric acid poison. The disease will shift
ones— It’s quite simple. I always
not be so lonely. Oh, it’s terrible to have head, Maddy could almost feel that the
from muscle to muscle or joint to joint, settling on the nerves, causing
blessing
was
descending;
but
when,
in
■ the cook liefore dinner, and hold inflammation and swelling nnd such terrible pains that the nervous system
grandmother dead!” was .Maddy’s re
her
own
little
room,
the
one
where
she
sponse; after which Guy would have
on my knee after dinner,
is often shattered, the health undermined, anil perhaps the patient becomes
stayed if a whole regiment of
Mrs. had lain sick for so many weary weeks,
mlth But what does your wife deformed and crippled for life. »S. S. S. thoroughly cleanses the blood and
her
courage
began
to
give
way,
and
the
Noahs had confronted him instead of one.
renovates the circulation by neutralizing the acids and expelling all foreign
?
Maddy wished it; that was reason burden, magnified tenfold by her nervous
ones Oh, she doesn’ t object. Am t* matter from the system. It warms and invigorates the blood so that instead
weakness,
looked
heavier
than
she
could
enough for him ; and giving a few direc
cook.— Brooklyn Life.
of a weak, sour stream, constantly deposit
tions to John, he stayed, thereby discon bear.
ing acrid and corrosive matter In the mus
“ I will, I will,” she cried, while into
certing the neighboring women who came
H e lln d B een S in n * .
cles, nerves, joints and bones, tliebody is fed
in to perform the last offices for the dead, her heart there crept an intenae longing
(TedderIy— The only way to cur*
and nourished by rich, health-sustaining
and who wished the young man from Aik for the love of Him who alone could make
rself o f an attack o f love Is to run
blood which completely aud permanently
enside was anywhere but there, watching her task a light one. “ If I were good
them all in their movements, as they like grandma, I could hear everything.”
cures Rheumatism. 8. 8. 8. is composed
*y-
Ingleton— W hy didn’ t you do that
vainly fancied he did. But Guy thought she thought, and turning upon her pil
of both purifying and tonic properties—
only of Maddy, watching her so carefully low. Maddy prayed an earnest, childlike
rut you were courting the girl you
just what is needed in every case of Rheu
that more than one meaning glance was prayer, that God would help her do right,
matism. It contains no potash, alkali or other mineral ingredient, but is
rrted?
exchanged between the women, who, even that He would take from her the proud
I’eildcrly— I d id — I ran away with made entirely of purifying, healing extracts and juices of roots, herbs and
over the Inanimate form of the dead, spirit which rebelled against her lot be
barks. If you are suffering from Rheumatism do not waste valuable time
spoke together of what might poesibly oc cause of its loneliness, that pride and
trying to rub a blood disease away, but begin the use of 8. S. S. nnd write
cur, wondering what would he the effect love of her own ease and advancement in
There are tobacco lands In thla coun us about your case and our physicians will give you any information or
preference
to
others’
good
might
all
be
on Grandpa Markham and Unde Joseph.
»d vise desired free of charge and will send our special treatise on Rheumatism.
Who would take care of them? And then, subdued; In short, that she might be God’s try which are bringing their owners s (
j
la ease Maddy should feel it bar duty to child, walking whers 11« appointed her yearly profit o f $2,000 an acr*
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