All the same. It should not be so HAVE THEIR _QWN SYSTEMS easy iy tu to marry! More obstacles-—" | ........ ______ here, for the first time, Rule showed Duslneaa ••crete That Seem Unln* ah« wax listening. portant, but Are Guarded With "Oh—obstar-lr s!" she observed In Much Jealousy. ber slow, still way, and with a little laugh. “Obstacles? What good would "Rlnce I began to meet people who they do? Mm would simply surmount won’t let anybody see how they do a By JEANNE A. LOIZEALX ths first obstacle, which consisted of thing because they have a sec rat some four feet of space yawning be method which they are not ready to 1 he girl «at «1« iniir« ly uncoils. Ions tween their chairs." He rose and took divulge just yet I have been like a •fore ths evening fire, while the «n Impetuous step toward her, than cruxy woman,” Bald the housekeeper vi r and (he ft mlly, one with bitter- stopped an if shot, while she leaped "There are plenty of those budding ss. the other with amusement, to bar feet with a little shriek at the geniuses doing odd jobs about town. ought ea<h otlur omnipresent. This noise that filled the room- a metallic, One of them came to our bouse the Cured by Lydia 1-, Pinkham's is »11 II <-y held against each other, whirring clang, possible only to the other day to mend a suitcase, it was lie loved both her family and the most ulnrnilug sort of kitchen alarm an easy job He could have taken the Vegetable Compound ver, but she would not arbitrate In- clock. Where was the thing? They thing into the storeroom and mended Morton's Gup. Kentucky.—'*T snf. rference was not In her. Never yet looked wildly about, while the beast it in half an hour, but instead of that fured two year« with f« inid«< disorders. He d she raised eyelash or finger to ly. intermittent, Jai-g. d noise went on, he instated upon taking it home my health mum very >1 mere muli In his buaini-sa ut love and probably would continue until Lad a secret process for doing things litui and I htul a forcibly stopped. like that, he said, end preferred not to continual luukach«« «king. "Where Is the Infernal machine?" work where anybody else could nuj which wa« simply •Mother « urtili« <t the llttleit xlxtor. awful. 1 cottiti not I lie father b« hind hts pn,,er chared he exclaimed. out bow he did it. attimi on my feet A voice advin« d from the hall, "I»ok "While my curiosity over the suit- ’’ lhr> at fur speech, «nd the lover, lung enough to coolc under the couch! And look out!—the case waa still seething a woman »ho th the self-torturing alacrity of his a meal's victuals without my back nd. prepared to take a« personal any whole proc« salon is coming down to is quite handy at draughting patterns unerality the good judge might ut- find the fire!" Billy thrust his bead ■tlrred it still more by refusing to cut m-aily V killing me, ini', ami I would have r. People s< • med forever to be die- In. grinned, and escaped just as ths out a waist pattern at n.y house be atich sun. taking the marriage qu«atlon before mother, atnrtbd and klmonoed, camo cause she has her uwn method of cut HU iJ uld nt, whl' li w as like poking a wound, ‘n foll-iwed by the panting judge. Then ting that she isn’t ready to advertise huruly Ixar It. . I csine auntie In curl pap« rs and curi just yet. e ‘us prepared for what ca.no. iati soreness hi eiu lt «ide, could not osity. The lover was throttling the "Right on the heels of that a car "Thirty divar'-es end forty mar stand tlglit i lothliig, and was irregular. ge« In our town th's month,” quoth Utt)» clock, and Rose, not at all em pet renovator was proof against all 1 Hui completely tun down, tin ud- blandishments to come to the house to vice I took Lydia E. I’lnkhatti's Vege- ■ dgo HarV-y tn his court r«x«rn man barrass« <1, explained. Hhe laughed. "l«ne of Billy’s original jokee—but take spots out of a rug He has a table Comjxmnd and l.iver 1*111» and "None grant« <1 by me, either r Bin enjoying good health. It is now 'nn pr< |x>«> a. «nd th« divorce court It Is ra’hor late," she admitted, cleansing formula which he will not l I te than two y« ars iuk I 1 have not aposea Divorce becomes alarming Whereupon the lover said a very gen- take chances un giving away by doiug hail an ache or putt since I do ull my work outside of bis own shop, to the <nsy marrying should therefor« be « ral good night. own work, washing ami everything, V> rathfully. he strode out upon thn rug went to him. tide more difficult." He launched and never have th« luu'kache anv more. lit« uas hot with anger. After "The other day a man came around to one of bls dogmatic dl««< rtat!or.s street J think your m>'<!lcloe 1« grand and 1 nraisc It to all my neighbors. If you ho family, save Rose, b-tsthd with this, he would marry her if only to put to fight water bugs, In a sense I had think my testimony »ill h> Ip others •posing argument mother, the unde, hltnsi-lf In a position to chastise that him at my mercy because be couldn’t j 'it may j>iibli«ti it " Mis. O i . i . ik he aunt, the big brother, eticti had a i:i!ly, »-ho needed ”u lesson!** What take the bugs home, but he did the was to b<- done? t V iiodai .G .Mortoti'« Gap, Kentucky. - ord. next best thing and ordered me to h'lioul 1 he call her by telephone from stay out of the kitchen while the llai knche is n symptoai of organic Hut the lov-r wondered Irrltnblv WeakneNs or derangt meuL If you nw on «»rth marrying <-ou'd poauiblr a art a store? That would be unfor- process of extermination was going have backache don’t neglect It. To e made more dftficlt for hint! How ghabia, unthinkable! lie almost on. Was the process dangerous? I get |H>ruiat>eht rrlh'lf vou must reach wish'd that ho had done what oc- asked. No, it wasn’t dangerous, but • as a man to u r.rry when fate, a fam- the root of the trouble. Nothing »«• <*urr«d to him n week «go, that was to know of will do this so surely u.i Lydia : >. e««-n th«- r rl li« r««-lf, C'i'<|.r««l t> p» ur his hr art out In a letter. He It was a secret which he didn't wish to reveal, no*, even to an inuocent him alle.t? He was dallied the K. Pinkham's Compound. hndn't done that, because he preferred housekeeper like rue. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, nt rn< « ling his fate face to face, lie “And so they come and go through I ynn, M iimm .. for apodal mirice. walked on. Finally he decided what all the trades, every man studying out A <»ur li-ttc-r will I,«* ulix<11iit•-1y to do. a system better than anybody else s. Culliilii'iithil, olid t!«c odi lee free. K ' He wr.lked Into the post office, When all those geniuses let their 'tr’pf'l to a writing shelf, and with Ideas loose upon the world something ii» fountain pen began writing on a like a revolution ought to lake place.” IN LATE VJ INTER little pad ho carried. After an In AND EARLY SPRING stant's thought he »as straightfor Wo seldom feel JUST RIOM! ward ns in a business letter. “Dear Rose: At such a time IHflRtm ia the Ixot and Mir»t llltxxl Fun fur, the moat sutccsalu' "You know I love you. and perhnps THE KEYSTONE prescription for spnng humors anti such vou know wl-y you »111 not give me a TO HEALTH di «orders of the blood as boils, pimples, chance to any ao! I don’t. Hut I do puvt-vlc«, blotches, sores and cutanruiu knew that I will not endure this sort IS rruplioiis, K i .jmrillA is admitted to tx of thing nny longer, Give me my sen the best refliedr for that lack of energy tcnce, end make mo forever wretched and the peculiar debility ao prvv«lvul STOMACH --or happy. I shall not sleep until I daring the close of winter ar.d the opening bear. of Kpiiug. For ilerangrmenta of lhe di gestive organs it is a natural corrective, "1 rf-sll send this by special dellv- operating directly u]K>n the liver and ali • ry to be rure you get it. but before I mentary canal, gently but peisiklcully fho messenger reaches there 1 shall be stimulating a healthy activity. It« on the front steps for my answer. I i beneficial influence extends, boW'-VCT, tc »hall stay until you put out your head I every portion of the «yvtem, aiding in tl>< and say, ’Yes.’ or ’No.’ But I won't priH-esse« of digestion and aaaliinlatiofi <>i take ’No,’ of course. The weather Is Lax!, promoting a wholesome, natural appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad not quite to Erecting point, so if you br«eth, irregularities of the l«>wels, con wish to keep tro waiting until morn stipation and tlie long list <>f troubles ing I shall Invito myself to breakfast directly traceable to those unwholesume and propose at the table before the Condition«. KaxjMrilla dispels drowsi whole family. You can call In the ness, headache, backache and desixuid rook and housemaid, also. I am not rib v «lue to ina< tivity of the Mver« ashamed of loving you. kidneya and dige«tive tract. It is s "HENRY R. STANTON." strengthening tunic of tha highest value. HOSTETTER. Knowing the night men at the office, BEST the lover finally got a boy started, and LLOVT CllKMICAX, Co. PorUau'l, Oregon hurried himself by a short cut to await boy and letter. They finally ar “Then the Door Wit Jerked Open.' rived He lurked In a shadow while •hance to speak. Why? Tho one the boy rang once, twice, again and You ne t low thlxtlrs and reap lija. II you plant comfort tonight was that Jerry Wil r galn. Then 'he door was jerk«»d open, Ferry’« Seed, you ton. usually on hand, was absent, He nn<! the judge’s white head appeared; .row exactly what you raped and la was the other mon. The lover twisted hlR angry voice asked what was want- a protuaioa In his chair that he might look at her id. Hr growled and scolded, turned on Time to Think. and oerlec- tlon never lovely dark face without being a more the I'g.hts In the hall, and against all A man who is really thoughtful of exccUad. conspicuous spectacle than common. law and order signed lila daughter's the Family Name should begin to year, or Brother Billy looked a boy’s contempt nnme as receipt. think about it quite a while before it atudr and for tho whole matter, but Rose smiled The boy went, whistling, the door occurs to him to enter the name of experience a little. The lover hung midway be was slammed again, the light went John T>oe on the police blotter.—Atch wakr them re liable. ror tale tween doubt and bliss; was that smile out. Would the old man take the let ison Globe. everywhere, «»m a IBI I Sark Annual with, at. or just for him? How was ter to Rose tonight, or wait until tree on requext he going to bring things to an Issue? morning? The lover waited—he was g. M. near a co, He knew by sad experience that she used to waiting. He came out of the Petroli. MI.-K would refuse to be lured over to tho shadow, and sat d.rearily down on the piano, Into the library, or out for a top step. He was cold, but freezing walk. He had tried that For five wr.a a comparatively simple form of | solid weeks he had been trying to ask torture. Would she come? His whole Ros* Harley to marry him. He hnd body accrued to turn to beating heart been courting her for n year—she r.nd straining ears. Did the stairs must know he loved her! He gnzed creak? Was there a step? hungrily at her—ber soft hulr, her Then he hoped a policeman wonld soft mouth, her drooping appearance not come past and catch him there— FARM LANDS [ of meekness, tho gentle dark eyes. it l«rokcd doubtful, An arrest on her ! She did not look p«Tverse, nor yet ob- porch would queer him past remedy. Bought and Sold [ «lurate, but she was both. What a fool he had been! Why had is not a “tood"—it is a medicine, and the Then tho aunt showed him her knlt- he not been patient? She was worth only medicine in the world for cows only. [ ting, and he perforce made small talk years of patience, His heart grew as Made for the cow end, as its name indicates, a cou? cure . Barienneas, retained afterbirth, with her, while over their heads the A little cold as hls fingers. sound HARRY M. COURTRIGHT abortion, acourn,cak ?d udder, and aii simitar I marrying argument flowed on. When above him made him start—a little affections positively and quickly cured. N d one who keeps cows, whether many or few. Yeon Bldg., Portland. Ore. ho could be silent ngaln he wondered tnp. It came again, seemingly from can afford to be without "Kow • Kart. * if it would do to kneel before Rose the porch roof above him—then came It L made especially to keep cows healthy Our book “What to Do When Your Cows then and there on the hearth nig «and something like the rolling of a pebble. Are Siva”.sent free Ask your local dealer for *Kow-Kur9, "or send to the manufacturers. Importune her to be hts? It would He rose and looked up. Something D»»ry Association CoH l.yndonv’Ma, Vt. be melodramatic, of course—but he fell at bis feet and he heard a window TWO GRAND CRUISES —” | knew better finally than to make a close stealthily. He picked up a little folded paper, fool of himself—In public. A woman weighted with—what? He lit a match, WORLD does not forgive that—though she unfolded the note- and found the lit willingly makes a fool of a man her Th. First tn <wv. New York Novem self, in public and out. Then he do tle silver heart she so often wore bet I, leit, sn I the geoond frutti Sail elded to oufstay th« others, all of about her neck on a chain. His bands I sancisco. February 17. 191X them, no matter what happened, or trembled so he could hardly hold the r-.iÄ'.tT, CtEVELABO match—a gust of wind blew It out. He how it looked. Duration I ectn «al w »V*« «> «<«««<m n It was her fault If he wni driven to hnd to light another before he could Ilo Days t e030 «~—»« .»-. extremes. Ho remembered how she read the three words. Optional Tours «1F 17 DAYS IN INDIA, His blood rushed warmly to his fin is B ays in japan . refused to go anywhere with him—or Sand for Illustrated Booklet took somebody along; once when he gertips. C4>uld he ever be cold again? had cornered her in the library a serv Could he ever he unhappy again? ant called her to the telephone, and Those words sstlafied; they were light 4I-4B BROADWAY. NEW YORK she returned bringing callers. And and warmth and health. They were he caught her alone In the hall, and life itself Just then. He looked up at the shade was just as he was blurting out the first «he window, but words, the judge breexed joyfully in drawn. For a moment he wondered rhorough, practical and unlimit whether he might not wait there on Writ« for estsfofni*'* ■n'l Ntrrstur*. Dsvsloplng and bore him to his den to discuss ed course. We assist students to •nd prtntlav Mail ardara rivsn prompt attention some political question. And Wilton the steps until morning, but his com secure positions as chauffeurs, Portland Photo Supply Co. mon sense returned, He went out to repairmen, etc. Write 14* Third «treat PORTLAND. ORR. - -confound him—had come along with It was night. the street and home, hts new moior just when they were but for all the lover knew It might at last started on a walk, and had In 214 M*cteato Tmt ’Xï."" sisted on taking them up. He had in have been broad day. Rhe belonged PORTLAND, - OREGON Writ» Today fnr Price« to him now, and tomorrow—oh, to- sisted, but she had not helped him. THE H. F NORTON CO. Ignoring the hour, he waited until morrow 1 THAT Msn Prcooses AWFUL BACKACHE <' A- HOSTETTER’S BITTERS “THE STOMACH IS THE MEASURE OF YOUR HEALTH ” THE 8PRING MEDICINE If there is any weakness try the B tiers at once. Its results are certain. I OREGON ANO WASHINGTON Kow^Kua^e I UND HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE YOUNG MEN WANTED TO LEARN TO DRIVE AND REPAIR AUTOMOBILES. KODAKS Automobile School of Oregon MOHAIR 313 and 315 Fn.nt St. L PORTLAND ORK. RÎ M C M B K R ____ ' PISD'5 \ for C I» C .» ouchs olo the children were sent to bed; the aunt, then the mother, grew sleepy and slipped away. Big brother lounged out. But the judge and the uncle still debated, the former reverting to his original declaration Beyond the Limit. Chldsey— What are you paying for egg« now? Welch—Nothing—they’re 80 cents a doran. 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