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handy
packs
Oliver October
3
By George Barr McCutcheon
WN1I HervUe
BORN
TO
O p y r1 < h t. f u ll R /n d k a la
BE
HANQED
X e r e 'a a c le v e r s to r y a b o u t a
m a n b o rn to be b a n n e d b e fo re be
w a s t h i r t y f o r a c r im e be rtldii t
c o m m it— th a t*« th e w a y a MY pay
q u e r n to ld b is f o r tu n e th e n ltfh t
be w a s b o ru .
A n d w h a t's m o re,
th e a y p s y q u e r n w a a r l a b t ; she
w aa a p a lm r e a d e r w h o k n e w h e r
b u eln e ee a n d w a in I a f r a id to a d
m it It.
Ho O liv e r 's f a t h e r d is a p
p e a re d a n d th e n e lg h b o ra c rie d ,
’M u rd e r!**
And
b e fo re
Io n a
th e y
also
y e lle d , " O liv e r
A n d A n a lly , ju a t
ats d a y a b e fo re O liv e r 's t h i r t i e t h
b ir t h d a y c a m e a lo n a a lynch!»»«
bee s tr u n g h im u p h u t , Just th e
sam e, a ll th ia d id n o t p re v e n t
O liv e r 's K e lt ln g e le c te d to th e
s ta ts
s e n a te
and
w in n in g
a
p r e t t y w if e an d liv in g h a p p ily
e v e r a f t e r . B y (le o r g e B a r r M c
C u tc h e o n .
E n o u g h s a id !
WMGLEYS.. . . .
NEW HANDY PACK
Fits hand —■
pochet and purse
M o r t fo r y e a r m oney
and « h e b e s t P e p p e rm in t
Chewing Sweet fo r any money
Look for Wrigley’i P. K. Handy Pack
^__onjrour Dealer’» Counter <77 fc
A good Intention dottim i Itself
•uditoli power.— Emerson
ritto
CHAPTER I
O liver, Born in O ctober
You can't miauhe the
favor of Rspfecki! No
cakes have it.
and n o ,
mistake/
"Alberi «dint, ¡or Better DnaltfiUtf“
G a r fie ld T e a
W as Your
G ra n d m o th e r’s R e m e d y
F o r every stomach
and Intvatlual 1*1.
T ill» good old-fash
ioned herb horns
rem edy fo r consti
pation, stomach t ill
und o ther dcrange-
uicnts o f the sys
tem no prevalent these days la In even
greater fnvor an u fain tly medicine
than In your grandm other’s day.
Coughs-Colds!
-i^-u«^ ikHPiiiiOJ
fbwe aaricfc re>
B al. Maaaaga
1« gan lly with
l b « K le e t r lr I I m im M«* f ir s t a W a t e r l a u T lo
c a n . a h tirk p ru u f. I y r . g u a r . 40« w. 1 1 9 0 .
«50 w | 3 30j 110 vo lt p re p a id o r C. O |J.
Fossa Is Co., 7 HO F if t h A va . Ran Prandsco.
f u r o r e V s te u tln c , C w nvlace M fr» . j our p lan
p ro te c t In s . m a rk e t In » Im p ro v « m a n ta brin es
«•S h
P a te n t R n t» rp rls e a , 1?» W dw y.. N. Y
Dickey’s OLD RELIABLE Eye Water
r e lie v e s nun a n d
« r ln d - b u r n .il eyes.
D o e s n 't h u r t . U .n u ln e In H r . F w l d l n g
Ho«,
t i c n t .11 d r u g g is t « o r b y m a l t
D IC K B T D R U G C O , B r is t o l V * .-T e » w
R a re ly Served
D in e r— llo w did you liuppca to bring
me such h delicious tender steak,
waiter?
W a lte r— W hy, air, It was a
•te a k you ordered, w h m i 'I It?
ra re
D E M A N D '‘BAYER’’ ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked W ith "Bayar Cross”
Haa Bean Proved Safa by Million..
W n m ln g l Dnless you see the name
’•Buyer” on package o r on tablet« you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
A spirin proved aafe by m illio n , and
prenrrihed by p hyalelan. for 2» yearn.
Say "B ayer” when you buy A .p lrln .
Im ita tio n « may prove dangerous.— Adv.
Many a dangerous tem ptation cornea
to tta In tine, guy colors th a t are liut
akin deep.— H enry.
Sure Relief
a
V J
B eldams
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELL-ANS
FOR INDIGESTION
,
25« and 75« PkgiSold Everywhere
——
— ........ . , —
w . N. U , San Franciaco, No. 3-1928
drawled, us »he scuffled past him Into
the sitting room. "Nice hulmy w eather
to he horn In, Isn't It?"
M r. Hikes, taken unuwares. forgot
him self so fur as Io wink at the par
»on. and then. In some confusion, »lam
m ere d : "Ht-step right In, Mr». Huge,
and have a clialr. l-e*t me make you
acquainted w ith O llv er’a slater, from
Hopkinsville.
Reverend Huge, Mrs.
Gooch. M r. L in k , Mrs. Goocb. And
this Is O liver's brother-in-law , her hus
band, also of H opkinsville.”
Everybody bowed.
" llo w Is your dear brother. Mrs.
Gooch?" Inquired M r. Huge.
" I didn't know there wn» anything
the m atter w ith O liver.”
"T here Isn't anything the m utter
w ith him," »aid Mrs. Huge, "Mint a
good. stiff drink of whisky won't cure."
"A h em !" coughed tier husband. He
had the worried manner o f one who
never knew what 1« coming next.
Ills w ife looked up into Ids face and
smiled— a lovely, good-humored smile
Unit wua «lowly transformed Into a
mlschievoiiK grimace.
"I'm ulwuy« making breaks, am 1
not. Herby dear? It's a terrib le strain,
M r. Gooch, being a parson's w ife."
“ U m p li!" grunted M r. Gooch,
A t tins Juncture the sitting room
door was opened and the proud father,
followed by Herepta Grimes, entered
the room. Beaming, he surveyed the
iisseiiihled gathering.
"lie 's got the finest head you ever
saw." lie announced. "Got a head like
a slatesiimn."
Reverend Huge had moved o ver to
ope of the windows, while the other
occupants o f the room surrounded Bax
ter, and wua gazing out tietween the
curtulns a c ro s s the gale-swept (torch
into the blackness beyond. He shiv
ereil ii little, poor cliap, at tile thought
O liver O c to b e r Bnvter. Jr., waa twini
j In the town o f Itum ley on a vile Oeto-
! her day In IHlsi. Itum ley people were
I divided ill their excitement over t i l l .
, e v e n t and the arrival o f a band of
g>|ialea. camped on the edge of the
swamp below the B axter I iiiu h c .
O liv e r', parents were prominent In
the commercial, social and »piriiuul life
; o f the town. I I I . fath er waa tlte pro-
I prleto r of the hardw are »lore, a prom*
1 Inenl member o f the I’ realiyterlan
I chttrch, and a lender In the local lodge
' o f Odd Fellow».
I I I . mother, Mary'
I Baxter, a comely, callable young w iiiu -
' an, was beloved by ull.
No Ituer
"youngun' lliun O liver October laid
I ever been tairn. according Io Mr«.
Herepta Grime«, and Herepta wn« an
authority on hablee
It waa aha who
took command of O liver. Ida mother
and III» father, the liou«e it »elf. und ull
that therein was.
A» the »lory of O liver October really
begin» at 7 o'clock In the evening of
Id« birthday, we w ill open the nurru-
j tlv e w ith M r. Joseph Hikes. M r. B ax
te r « old and I rusted friend, Imverlng
In solitary’ gloom over the baeeburner
In the »lllin g room of Baxter'« house,
l i e wan Interrupted In III» gloomy medi
tation» bv the «lammliig of the kitchen
diair. Ill« brow grew dark. T h is was
l no tim e to be shimming door».
Bushing to o | h -: i the door, lie was
confronted by a pulr of total strangers
— h m u man with short black whiskers
und n fra il little woman w ith red. wind
•m itten cheeks.
" I am O liv er Baxter'» slater," an-
■ nounced the woman, "and this Is my
husband, M r. Gonch. W e drove all the
way over here from H opkinsville to
! take charge of things for my brother."
"W ell, 1 guess If you are Ills sister
j you'd better come into the Milling room
I mid lake your things off,” said M r.
Mikes, leading the way.
Mr«. Gooch, having dlvesled herself
of Coat, scurf, bonnet and overshoes,
straightened her h air before the look
ing glass, w hile her hu«hnnd surveyed
the room and Its Contents w ith the dis
diilnful a ir of one used to much better
things.
Gooch typified prosperity o f the
menner kind. O ver I I I H opkinsville he
I was considered the richest and the
stingiest man In town. H e was what
i Is commonly called a “tax shark,” de
The L ig ht F ell F ull Upon a Face
riving a lucrative und obnoxious In
Close to a W indow Pant.
i ««line through his practice o f buying up
i real estate at tax sales and holding It
of going out again Into the hitter, un
, unlit It was redeemed by the hard- believable night— at the thought o f Ills
' pressed owner, or. aa It happened In cold little home at the fa rth e r end of
many Instances, acquiring the property the idling?.
i under a provision of the state law-
He waa thinking, ton. o f Ids w ife and
then In operation, whereby a fte r a pre- the mile w alk she wonld have to take
acrihed lapse o f tim e he was enabled w ith him Into the very teeth of the
to secure a tax deed In his own name. buffeting gale when this visit was over.
No one. not even Ills fellow church Hhe had come to this wretched little
members, had ever been known to get town from a greut city, where houses
the better of him.
and Mats w ere warm and snug. He
“ I sliiill take charge here." Mrs. thought of the w arm little room on the
Gooch announced to M r. Sikes.
"Is third floor o f the hoarding house where
thia the way upstairs?”
he hail lived and studied for two full
M r. Hikes nodded.
"B ut If I was years. It was in this house that he had
you," he said, “ I'd n .k Serepty Grimes met Josephine Judge.
Hhe was the
before I took charge here."
daughter of the kindly widow who con
" I will soon get rid o f Mrs. Grimes," ducted the ho irillng house— a tall, slim
siibl she, tossing her head.
girl who used slang and was gay and
Aa slip started to leave the room, a blithesome, and had am bitions! Amid-
loud knocking at the fro nt door rose thms?
Hhe wanted to become an
above the howl o f the wind. Hike», re actress. Hhe was singe-struck.
suming his office ns m aster o f cere
He was not a theater-going youth.
monies. pushed Ills way past Mrs
He had been brought up w ith an ab
Gooch and opened the door to admit horrence for the stage und Mil Its In
a woman and two men. T h e first to iquities. Ho he devoted himself, heart
enter the sitting room was a tall man and soul, to the saving of the mis
wearing a thin black overcoat and a guided maiden, w ith astonishing re
high silk lint. T hia whs Itev. Herbert sults.
They fell In love w ith each
Huge, pastor o f the Presbyterian church other and w ere m arried.
o f Itum ley. T he lady was Ills wife.
He pressed his face against the cold
T he other member o f the trio, a fat, pane, striving to rid his mind o f the
retl-fnced, Jolly looking man o f Inde doubts and worries that beset It.
term inate age. was Hilus L in k, the
Huddeniy he drew hack w ith an ex
undertaker, upholsterer and liverym an clamation. T h e light fell full upon a
of Itum ley.
face close to the window pane, a face
"Reverend” Huge was a good-looking so s tartlin g and so vivid that it did not
young man of th irty , threadbare and a appear to be real.
A p air o f dark,
trifle wan, w ith kindly brown eyes set gleaming eyes met his for a few sec
deep under a broad. Intelligent brow. onds; then s w iftly the fsce was w ith
H la w ife was. surprisingly enough, a drawn. H e leaned forw ard and peered
handsome, dashing young woman. She Intently. T w o Indistinct figures took
was tall, w illow y and startling. Hhe shape In the unrelieved darkness at the
wore a sealskin coat— at least It looked corner o f the porch— two women, he
like seal—w ith sleeves that ballooned made out.
grandly at the shoulders; ra th e r stun
“Joseph,” lie colled, "there are two
ning coral earrings made up of gradu strange women on the porch. Perhaps
ated globes and a slinky satin skirt of you— ”
"Go see who It Is, Joe," commanded
black.
"Good evening. M r. Sikes." alia Mrs. Grimes crisply.
Hikes hastened to oliey. and returned
presently In great excitement.
“Hay, O llie," he burst out, "there's
a couple o f women out here from that
gypsy camp. They claim to he fori nr.»
tellers. One of 'em wants to tell the
huliy's fortune. Hhe says she knowed
a collide of weeks ago that lie was go
ing to he born tixluy, th a t’s what she
says."
“ Well, I'm not going to allow any
gypsy woman to go nigh th a t In fa n t,”
cried Mrs. Grimes.
"Hhe says It ain ’t necessary to even
See the baby. Hhe says the only re
liable and genuine way to tell a baby's
fortune Is by reading Ils father's
bund."
-Mr. B axter arose.
“Bring lie r In,
Joe. Now. don’t kick, Herepty. M.v
m inds made up. I'm going to know
tny son's future."
Mr. Hikes rushed from the room. A
moment la te r lie returned, followed by
two shivering women who stopped just
Inside the iloor.
The host, w ith n nervous sort of
geniality, beckoned to the strangers.
"B etter come down to the fire. Queen,"
he said.
The elder woman fixed a curious
look uiion M r. Baxter.
"I am the queen of the gypsies. Mis
ter. hut how came you to know It?"
she asked in n hoarse, not unmusical
voice.
''Always best to be on the safe side.”
said Baxter. "B ut look here. I>o you
mean Io say. Queen, that you can iiaik
nt my hand and tell w h a t’s ahead of
my hoy upstairs?”
"First, you must cross my palm w ith
silver."
Seven pieces of beautiful, rich, brown reed furni
ture—just now so much in vogue—at little more
than half what you would pay for equal quality
at a furniture store.
TBRM S:
f t SO pnr M onth.
1. R o c k e r
2. C h a ir
2. S e ttee
4. b b r e r r T e b ie
5. W n ttn á D a a k
I
M rA M )
6 D a a k C h a ir
7. P e r n e r ÿ
Juet the t h m i for
L n n i Kooan
M o a n tain C e b ia
B a a th Cabin
Sun P a rlo r
Claetrd -in
P o rc h
Offices o r D a n
.
Thousands o f S atisfied Custom ers
O n ly by sailing dlrsct to you can w< maks thia sanaational
offer I Fo r a lim ite d tiros o n ly I Thousands b a rs bought
this remarkable value and everyone has bsan thoroughly
satisfied. Each place la as near parfaction as tha finsst o f
reed and tbs w ork o f »killed artisans can maks i t Compare
thia ta t w ith an y other you m ay have seen.
You cannot b u y this high grade value in fu rn itu re an y
where, at such an a ttra ctiv e price, or so conveniently. Order
it now; fid out end m ail the coupon at ones. B egin enjoy
in g this modish and attractive n t
. THE R A T T A N W ORKS,
N a . 1 2 9
D e b o u t B id e ., S a n ta B a r b a r a , C a tif a m ia ,
re e t r a 7 - P i e r e W te d a r S r i . f o r o t e a k I r r c t r a a 1 7 .7 S r » U ta
re a a rra t.
* f ü n f t e r t w e e t e p n t a p iiB r e a t i t 6 5 4 r o c k a o a t h o a U te u n e a ld b a ta e e e .
J t r a a a tU ia J IU
No H u rry
T h e y C atch T h em F ire t
B e tty — H u rry up, o r w e'll be late to
Charles S tu art, clerk in Superior
Sunday school.
; court, room 5, took his young son to
Bobby— W ell, God Is ete rn a l.— L ife .
Ihe country fo r a visit w ith relatives.
"
Gn h l. return the boy was overheard
C uticura Soofhgs Itching Scalp.
relating some of the wonders of ru ra l
On re tirin g KOpe rub »pots o f dan- life and among other observations
d ruff and Itclii^ .’ tilth Cuticura O lnt- w>xa this one: “O ut In the country
ment.
N ext ito h iiu g shampoo w ith *bey don’t swat the tiles like we do
C uticura Soap and hot w ater. M ake
them yonr everyday toilet preparations
and h a te a clenr skin and soft, w hite
hands.— Advertisem ent.
Prudence is the knowledge o f things
to be sought and those to be shunned.
— Cicero.
,n
clty- T hey Just catch them
an<* l’u* them on paper."— iudlanap-
oils News.
S to p th e P a ia .
T h e h u r t o f a b u rn o r a c u t sto p a
w h e n C o le ’s C a r b o lis a iv e is a p p lie d . I t
h e a ls q u ic k ly w it h o u t sca rs .
30c a n d
SOc b y a l l d r u g g is ts , o r send 30c to
T h e .L W . C o le Co., 127 a E u c lid A v a .,
O a k P a r k , I1 L — A d v e r tis e m e n t.
T h e first principle o f business Is
th a t you cannot spend the sume d ollar
b ill twice.
K in d words never die— and tha
The company drew th eir chairs
other kind liv e forever.
closer ns B axter dropped some coins
Into the gypsy's palm .
Silence per
vaded the nxniL E very eye was on the
dark. Impassive face o f the fortune
teller ns she seized O llie's hand and
liegan;
" I see a wonderful child.
H e Is
strong and sturdy. I can see this son
of yours, mister, us a leailer of men.
G reat honor is in store fo r him, and
great wealth. I see men in uniform
following your son— many men. mis
ter. and all o f them armed.
I see
him as a successful man. as the head
o f great undertakings. H e has lieen
out of college lint a few years."
“T h s t w ill please his mother," said
Baxter, sniffling.
“ S h !" put In M r. Sikes testily.
" I see hitr.,” continued the fortune
teller, "as he Is nearing th irty . Rich,
respected and adm ired. H e w ill have
many affairs o f the heart. I see two
dark women and— one, two— yes, three
fa ir women.”
"T h a t would seem to show that he's
going to be a purty good-looking sort
of a feller, wouldn't It?” said Baxter,
proudly.
"H e w ill grow up to be the Image o f
his father, mister.”
T h e gypsy leaned hack In her chair,
spreading her hands In a gesture o f
finality.
Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for
“ I see no more.” she said.
"Is tliu t all?" M r. B axter sniffed.
Lumbago
Colds
Neuritis
Neuralgia
W ell, Queen. I guess you took us ull
in p urty neatly.”
Headache
Pain
Toothache
Rheumatism
Outraged royalty turned on him.
"You scoff at me. F o r that you shall
have the. truth. A ll that 1 have told
you w ill i-ome true. Rut I did not tell
you of the end that I saw fo r him.
H a rk y e ! This son of yours w ill go to
the gallows. H e w ill swing from the
. Accept only ’’Bayer” package
end of a rope for a crim e o f which he
which contains proven directions.
Is not g uilty." She was now speaking
H andy “ Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets
in a high shrill voice; her hearers sat
Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggists.
open-inouihed, as If under a spell that
Gplrtn is tha trade mark of Bayer Utaafscture of Moaoaeetlesetdester of 8aUcyUctcld
could not be shaken off. “ It Is all as
plain us the noonday sun.
H e w ill
N o t o f C rim in a l B ent
T he C o m p lete Course
never reach the age o f th irty. T h a t
Strange as It may seem, some of the
F irs t M an— E v e r been m arried?
Is a ll. T h a t Is the end. I have spoken
"Yep, got n good ocer.” i
Second M an— Yes. Been through It
the tru th . You forced me to do so. A ustralia are proud to claim descent
all, from courtship to courthouse.
I go."
from the convicts who w ere the first
settlers In th a t land. In explanation,
If yonr eyes «m »rt or fool sealded. S o m in
Evo Bolnom. applied on (o ln * to bod w ill
it Is to he- borne In mind th a t n large relieve
them by morning. Adv.
W e ll, O liver’s got quita a
proportion o f the convicts transported
career ahead of him.
Can he
to Austrnlln In the early (lays were
Crackers and biscuits, so common to*
live up to It?
not w h a t we should now cnll crim inals. most homes, a re so im p ortan t that
Many w ere convicted o f quite petty nine countries a re vielng for the m a r
offenses, snd some w ere mere children. kets o f the w orld.
| DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART7]
(T O
HB C O N T IN U E D . )
B ah am a Itla n d e
T h e Rnhunias are a group o f 3,000
Islands, mostly reefs, of which only 20
are Inhabited. T h e principal Islands
a re : Neiv Providence, population 13,-
1164; Ohaco, population 4,406; Great
Bahama. 1.824; Andros, 7,54fi, und
H arbor IslHntl.
T he total area I . 4,-
4O3t4 square miles, und the highest
point is over 410 feet nhovc sea level.
T h e principal city Is Nassau, which Is
situated on New Providence, and Is a
fashlonuble health resort. T he mean
tem perature In the hot months is 88
degrees Fahrenheit, and In the cold
months 00 degrees Fahrenheit. There
sre heavy rains from M ay to October
snd the rn lnfsll In one year was 63.32.
S tick to H o m e -M a d e B re a d
Although bakers' products tmve in-
crensed enormously In the Inst ten
years, due to the letflng-up o f home
cooking and baking and the Increasing
custom o f entire fam ilies eating out,
there are still many home makers who
bake their own bread apparently, hs
last year the United States D epart
ment of Agriculture sent out more
than 2,000,000 copies o f the huln-An.
"Baking In the Home.”
Children Cryfa;
□ storia
M O T H E R : - F l e t c h e r ’s
Castoria is especially prepared'
to relieve Infants ia arms anti
Children all ages of Constipa
tion, Flatulency, Wind Colic
and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by
regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of
Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
T o avoid Imitations, always look for the signature o f
Ahsolutfly H a rm le s s - N o Opiates.
Physicians everywhere rxoiom end
it,