o4n Heir
¿Millions
By* Frederick Reddale
^Author ef
•The Other ç^tan*
etc.
Illustration« by Ray Walters
tCupynfcuU by J. lì. E.pp.ncolt CoJ
U
SYNOPSIS.
Andv Meleen. aged millionaire miner. Is
éying an I orders a will drawn up. leaving
all his prep- r(\ to the s n of a sister «'t
whom he h is hear I nothing for years,
and whose married name he does n«»t
know
M :e.-n was married ) * rs before.
b\it left h.s wife- after a qu ».rrel in wh ch
he struck her. He learn» I later that she
and their daughter w« re d-ad Th»» < en»*
■
Stenn s. who is telling his rtancve. Eunice
Trave 'ca. what be v nuld do !f he were
the possess
of wealth. In the law of
fice of Carb y. Pas<avant
Cozine, at
torneys for the estate of M« leen. Roger
Hews r» p- rts the result of his s- arch f <r
heirs of Meleen. He c •• •• a's the fact that
he has discovered that Meleen’s daughter
Is living Wilfrid StennU replies to an ad
vertís-ment f'r inf rmati n concerning
his dead mot I • r. M irtha Meleen. and is
tob’ that be is the heir to Andy Meleen’s
mF’.ions
He wnnts to marry Eunice at
cnee, he» sb- re? ? ’elv d- mura He meets
Clara Passavan*. frivol »us daughter of
his a’tnrney
Eunice bv’omea jealous of
Wilfrid s attent -e s to Clora
Ho builds
a yacht and starts on a trip abroad, the
Faaaavants being included in the party.
Koger Her s. having discovered t! it Hu
rle« Treve< ca Is the daughter of Andy
Meleen. plans tn use the Information to
his own advantage. He proposes to Eu-
Bk?e and ’•»
1. Jaded «per two
years of gniety in Europe. Wilfrid re* ms
and imi: h t el*. . i’.s- on Eunice H:< at
tempts to renew his former relat -»ns I
with her meet with no er »uragen -nt. j
Roger Hews becomes Wilfrid’s secret try
Th» engagement of Clara Passavant >.nd
Wilfrid
s announced
Hews is again
rejected by Eunice, and reveals his true
nature.
you suppose I can find out after wnax
you have told me already F’
"Perhaps you can," admitted Hews,
"but you're not going to be such a
ninny. You're safe In possession; If
you do the right thing by me. the
thing's dead and buried so far as I'm ,
concerned."
"What Is your price?" demanded
Wilfrid, apparently getting down to
business
Reger Hews drew a long breath and
moistened his lips nervous y. It was '
a crucial moment.
"Now you're talkin'." he began. ”1 i
won't be too hard on you. All the
same. I want a fair rake-off Suppose
we say IS.OOd.OOO. Cash, mind’ You'll
never miss it. and that'll about set
me up for life.”
"And supposing that I close with
this very liberal off.-r of yours, what
assurance have I that in the near fu
ture you will not be at my heels again
with a similar demand? I've always
heard that the way of the transgres .
sor who pays hush-money is hard."
"I'll put all the proofs in your hands
and you can destroy 'em," exclaimed
Hews eagerly That five millions be- j
gan to take tangible shape.
"What is the nature of these so-
ca’led
proofs?" inquired
Stennis.
Roger considered a moment, then:
"Mostly documents—copies of mar- 1
riage and death certificates, and atfl
davits of various persons bearin' on '
the case. Of course, my story comes
in an' makes the hull thing plain; but j
1 shall be mum if you come to terms." j
"1 see." said Stennis, appearing to
fall in with Roger's proposition. "But
suppose you go a little further and
outline the situation for me, Mr Hews.
You need not mention names or dates
unless you choose. I may as well tell
you plainly I am not going Into this
thing with my eyes shut. I must know
how the cast- stands."
"Well. I guess that's only fair.
Here's the story in a nutshell: Nearly
30 years ago. when y'r uncle was a
man of 45. he married a girl much
younger'n himself. By all I can make 1
out she had a pretty face an' a devil .
of a temper. When they'd been mar- j
ried a month they quarreled, he quit .
her. and enlisted. The wife thought :
CHAPTER IX.—Continued.
“Tou’ll get the proofs fast enough
when I'm ready to give 'em out. What
I want to know first is, are y’ open to
make a deal?”
“Explain yourself." said Wilfrid with
admirable self-control.
"I say y're a fraud: that y're not the
true heir; that a word from me'U turn
y* out neck and crop tomorrow Now.
how much is it wuth to hush the hull
thing and go on as y're been doing?"
"You must be a little more explicit,
Mr. Hews,” said Wifrid gently, upon
svhom the conviction was forcing itself
that he had to deal with a maniac
vhotn It were best to humor. "You .
cannot expect me to make any ar
rangement—a deal, you call it—in the
dark. I must first know what it is all
about."
But the next words of Roger Hews
dispelled this idea. The situation was
actually serious, as was perhaps best
indicated by the savagely insolent
manner of the man.
"I’ve got evidence t’ show—legal ev
idence. mind y"—that Andy Meleen
left a daughter, born in lawful wed
lock. although he didn't suspect It
■when he made his will. That girl's
alive yet. Nobody knows it now but
me, and I can perdooce her any min
ute. You’ve got sense enough to see
that in any court of equity this knocks
you out completely.
If only Andy'd
'a known it, you wouldn't a' been in
It at all. These three years past
you've been spending her money—
money belonging to Andy Meleen's or
phan daughter!"
"Go on." said Wilfrid, looking Hews
squarely in the eye as the latter
paused to note the effect of this knock
down statement.
“As I was sayin', not a soul knows
this but me. How I know it I b my |
business. I do know it, an' I c'n prove
It. The girl doesn't dream of it. neith- |
er does her—her folks. Now, then,
here you stand: You're fond of soft
living—I can see that; you've got in
with the smart set, you're engaged to
be married to one of ’em. and you’re
personally liable to Andy Meleen's es
tate for every dollar you've spent of
hlB money. That’s so. ain't it?”
Wilfrid nodded assent, merely for 1
argument's sake, his eyes still glued
to the face of his tormentor.
“Then I ask you, as man to man: |
What's it worth to you to purchase
this Information?”
"Meaning what is it worth to me to ¡
buy your silence?" inquired Stennis :
"That's what I mean, exactly!"
ejaculated Hews with cool effrontery. '
Stennis studied the man's face, with I
Its assumption of easy swagger and
a gleam in the eyes of deadly hatred
and malice. Then he spoke in low '
and level tones:
"Before we go any further, Mr. ’
Hews, let me have the satisfaction of .
telling you to your face that you are
an Infernal scoundrel!”
"I’ve been told that before in my
business,” retorted Hews, with a cal
lous laugh. "It don't hurt any. The
question is, Are you in on this deal? '
There's others'll pay for the stuff if
you won’t."
"That’s my business; there's no
need for you to know—leastways not
yet."
"And Ijer name?”
“That's another secret,” laughed
Hews, with a cunning wink.
"We’ll see about that," commented
Wilfrid significantly. "If what you
■ay be true, I am probably her near-
•st relative. Besides, you idiot, don't,
“You Must Take Me Away to Europe."
he'd deserted her. so. havin' to shift
for herself, she left the place where
she was known, went to another town 1
some miles away, dropped her married
name, resoomed her maiden name,
and passed herself off as a widder. In
due course a daughter was born, and
about the same time the news come
to her that she really was a widow,
Andy Meleen being reported as killed
in battle. So bein', as she supposed,
legally free, she married again, and
died a year later, a second Infant, also
a girl, dyfh’ with her. Your uncle
heard of this latter event and thought
it was his child that died. But this
wasn't so. The Meleen girl thrived
and grew up under the care of her
stepfather, who never knew that his
marriage to her mother was illegal,
Andy bein' alive all the time.”
During this interesting recital some
things became clear to Stennis.
"Presumably you found out all this
when, as you told me. you were sent
east after my uncle's death?"
"Some of it—not all,” admitted
Hews with cheerful candor.
"Why did not you acquaint the law
yers with the true state of affairs?”
"Well, you see,” replied Hews, with
another knowing wink, "at that time 1
only suspicloned certain things. I
meant to work up the case later. If
the fact turned out to be as I thought,
it looked as though a good thing might
be made out of it."
"Meaning to turn it to account with
me afterwards?" inquired Stennis.
“Sure!" was the unabashed answer,
now that his unsuspected plot to mar
ry Eunice had Ignominiously failed.
Silence ensued, both men being
busy with their thoughts; Hews looked ,
for a quick and easy capitulation. At
length Wilfrid spoke again:
“How much time will you allow me
to consider this proposal of yours?"
he Inquired composedly.
"Time? Why, how much time do y’
want? Not a day, not an hour! It's I
take It or leave it, now or never!”
"I rather think I'll leave It, Mr.
Hews," drawled Wilfrid, a half-smile
lifting one corner of his tawny mus
tache.
"You'll never do It!" exclaimed the
astounded and mortified Hews.
“Won't I?” queried Stennis. "You
have made one grand mistake, Mr.
Hews: You took me for as big a rogue
as yourself! A fool I may be, but not
that! Why, you despicable villain, do
you imagine I would conspire with
such a rat as you to defraud a woman,
a motherless girl, and she my own
flesh and blood?”
The tempter stared at the tempted
in blank dismay. That any one with a
Bane bead on bis shoulders should re
ject such a plain business proposition
passed the moral comprehension of
Roger Hews—a man without a con
science.
“Ana now rn ten yon what you may
EARLY SPRING WORK.
say about April 1 to 15. when it U
do." said Stennis, hugely enjoying the
from 11 to Hi Inches high
At tills
other's discomfiture.
"You can go Prepare Now for Big Harvests—Don't slug««
it 1« still lush 11 nil green, BO
right downtown and tell Mr l*aasa-
Leave It all to Luck.
w hen It I« plowed under II «III do
vant what you have Just told me.”
The first steps in any undertaking cay rapidly. After graeu mnnuro has
"See here, Mr Stennis," began the tire generally the moat critical ones been plow«««! under tho land should
as affecting later success. This Is iw< thoroughly disced to compact th««
other, cringing, anxiously.
"Not another word on that subject especially true of farming operations soil of the ground layer am! to cause
Mr. Hi ws." Ina sted Wilfrid decidedly busing to do with crop production Its rupltl decay. Where a c«>ver crop
"But first 1 will trouble you to write To obtain maximum crops in Oregon/ is allowed to grow late In the spring
the name and address of that yount it is extremely important that prvpa It becomes too mature to decay rate
ration twain at once. This Is espe idly and in addition saps the soil of
lady, my cousin."
cially true in Oregon, owing to the moisture and .plant food that shoul«!
"I'll be damned If 1 do?” retorted scantiness of the rainfall during the
bo reserved for the main crop of the
Hews passionately.
latter part of the growing season/
"You'll certainly be damned if yo This condition prevails in every s«c season.
The fifth stop In the early spring
don't!" exclaim« d Wilfrid gi Iml; Uon of Oregon.
While the annual work Is the a««edlng The beat stands
clutching his ridlr.g whlp firmly ai
rainfall In practically every part of
of clover In Western Dragon are se
advancing lowa.ds the row trail blln Oregon Is sufficient to produce ex cured by broadcasting the seo«l on
conspirator. "1 he nr.me. you scout cellent crops, yet, «luce most of it fall sown wheat as early as It Is
comes during the winter. It is ex
dri I. before I «hike It out of von!"
posHltile to get on the ground, say
"Oh. you know h< r well < nongl tremely Inqiortant that it bo carefully not later than March IS. This early
husbanded.
In
Eastern
Oregon,
of
curse you!" he blurted out. "It's Ei
course, where the rainfall averages seeding. If th«« soil will permit, shoul«!
nice Tri vecca!"
from six to twenty Inches, the need la« followed by a light harrowing to
Field pens,
Stennis fell back a race, h's flic- of moisture conserving methods of l>««tler cover th«« seed.
the picture of blank wonder an I n- tillage and cropping hue ioug been both In Western and Eastern Oregon,
tonlshment.
recognised as vitally lm|H>rtant. In depend nearly altogether for success
"Eunice Tr< vecca!" he gasped "?h< Western Oregon, where the rainfall fill yields u | hiii their la«lng seeded
at III«« earliest poaslbl«« dat«> III-«
my cousin and th«' daughter of Au lunges from thirty to sixty Inches or weather will permit, say the latter
more
annually,
th««
value
of
molHturo
drew M.le.n!"
part of February or early March.
"That's what I said!” Hews an conservation has not yet become fully When the land has boon plowed the
recognized
When
it
is
remembered
swered sullenly
And then, with ve
field pe««n may be drilled In to .«
hement spite, he added:
"A swre that the rainfall In Western Oregon depth of thru«« Inches at the rate of
during the months of July. August
two bushels |s«r aero. If |a-a hay Is
ntess you've made of It in that quar
ami September seldom exceeds two
ter. haven't you? If you'd only play*«« Inches, less. In fact, than falls in desired, oats should lie seed«««! about
your cards right, you'd huve been her many semi arid countries at this two w«««>ks after th«« | h « us huve been
husband by this time and fingered th« time, it Is not difficult to understand sown. If tlehl peas are sown later
than March 15 their yield Is greatly
money anyhow."
that maximum crops can he produced r««luc««d
Mangels and other root
But Stennis. If he heard them, paid only where si>eciul methods of mots
crops shouhl also be seeded during
no attention to the words; his brain ture conservation are followed.
March, us should the thousand heade«!
There Is Utile quo.« >»«. mat as far kale
was busy taking in the full slgnifi
Kale, when« seod<«d curly In
as
plant
food
content
la
concerned
ounce of this amazing climax to the
March, la ten to twelve Inches high
no
more
rich
or
productive
soils
ex
strange disclosures of the day, the
and ready for transplanting by the
truth of which he could no longer is than are t. uuu ttu -x.iout Oregon first of June Spring outs, of coura«'.
It Is not plant food, but soil mois glv«> the highest yields when aa«eded
doubt. However, this was no time for ture which is the limiting factor in
Potahaia g»n««rally
connected thinking: the main thing crop production tl.iod rotation nteth «luring March.
was to let the truth be known at once lods will maintain and Increase plant give th«« la«at crops when seeded be
tween April 15 and March I
Corn,
He went to the door and unlocked , food supply
Thorough tiling«« teeth
It. then turned to the crestfallen Hews ods to conserve molstura will un a I fnl fa an«l field beans find the best
s««««ding timi« from May 1 to 10.
questionably make umple crops jh « s
with the««« words:
Th>> sixth ste|« In th«« spring work
"Oblige me by Immediately taking sible.
Th«« attention of the Oregon farm««- refers especially to the growing of
your story and your proofs to Mr. Pas-
legumes, sueh as vetch, alfalfa am!
savant. He will not value your Infor should I h > called particularly to th« clover. In Western Oregon. The cor
effect
of
early
Hprlng
tillage
upon
mation quite as extravagantly as you
molstura conservation When the soil rectlon of acidity for ulfulfa growing
do. but he will doubtless pay you
Is filled with moisture from th«« sur Is absolutely easentlul. This Is done
something for your trouble. As for fac«« down, following th«« winter pre by liming the ulfulfa ground the hit
Miss Trevecca—I shall hav«« the pleas cipitation, the first warm, sunshiny ter part of March
Water slakeil
ure of breaklug the news to her my days of spring will cause a higher lime, at the rate of 5oo to 1500
self!"
loss of molstura through evaporation pounds per acre, should la« used
¡than Is likely to occur even In th«« The vetch, clover and alfalfa should
I hottest, windiest days of midsummer receive a light dressing of from 4<1
CHAPTER X.
¡Wh '•« I'Olature is most readily lost to 60 pounds |s«r acre of land plaster
about April I. I .a n<l plaster, of course,
"I was never so sorely disappointed during the month of April, it may t»« d«H«s not corr««ct acidity, but, by
In any one before." said Horatio Pas- more largely conserved at this tltm- making potash available, legitimately
savant pathetically to Clara after re The winter precipitation has run the Increases the yields of leguminous
counting to her the complete collapse surface soil together, forming a com crops
I Ji ml plaster can la* broail
pact crust on top of the ground, from
of fortune that had come to Wilfrid which the molstura is very rapidly caste«! either !a«fore or after seeding
Stennis.
lost
By breaking up this crust as or directly on the growing crop, but
"Will he have nothing at all?" in early as possible in the spring, trans should preferably not b«« applied la'er
quired Miss Passavant. the money, aa forming it Into a soil mulch three or than April 15. as It must Is« wash«««!
usual, uppermost in her mind.
four Inches In depth, moisture losses Into the soil by lit«« last spring rains.
Finally, none of thes«« early spring
"Under the will he could legally can be stop|a«d. In Eastern Dragon
hold on to all. but If Miss Trevecca it has proved a moat profitable prac operations may I»« successful unless
chose to contest she could probably tice to harrow the fall-sown ground good seed is used. The enormous
break It. seeing that the instrument two ami even three times in order to losses suffered by th«« farmers of
Oregon each year from th«« us«« of
was executed under a total misappre break this surface crust. Where the Inferior seed Is not realize«!
Heed
ground Is In stubble, lioth In Eastern
hension on the part of the testator.
and Western Oregon. It is of the low In vitality or containing large
But Stennis Insists upon relinquish greatest lm|s>rtance to get on the amounts of noxious weeds are all too
ing everything—quite quixotically, as land as early as istssible with the commonly sown, but seldom does the
I told him; but be is obdurate
He diac harrow; this early discing can farmer atop to think how easily thia
says it Is what Andrew Meleen would be done long before spring plowing continue«) ami costly waste may !»•
A ri-presentiitlvc sample
have wished, and declares he Is going can be started. This early cultlva prevented.
tion before plowing has the advantage of the Heed to be purchased or used
to earn bls own living once more."
"I admire him for that," said Clara, of changing the soil crust to a mois can be secured from the seedHmnn.
ture conserving mulch and. In addi and this sample placed In un en
with a half-sigh.
velope and mailed to th«« Seed Test
"What shall you do, my dear?" In tlon. will make the spring plowing
ing latlsiratory at the Oregon Agrlcul
much
easier
and
more
effect!v«.
Th«t
quired the lawyer anxiously.
stubble and other trash on the sur tural College, where It will I»« linm«*
"You must take me away to Europe face of the ground Is cut up and dlately examined as to purity and ger
at once, papa; it will be all over town worked Into the soli and th«« clod ruination ami reporte«! upon free of
in 24 hours, and I will not permit my- making crust is broken, so that when charge.
If the seed Is Inferior It
Belt to be commiserated or made th« plowing Is done both clods and stub need not then tie purchased or sown
recipient of polite condolences."
ble will no longer be In the way It Is es[»ec|ally vital that all th««
"Perhaps that would be the best When the furrow slice Is turned a grasses, clover an«! alfalfa should be
thing," assented the old worldling. perfect union between the see«! I m «<1 examined before purchasing and sow
"Carboy is coming on. and I can get and the ground underneath, where ing A tnblesjMsmful sample la suffi
cient. The month of March Is the
him to take charge of the office for the winter moisture Is stored. Is Ideal time for the farmer to mane
mad««, so that this tored moisture may
awhile.”
ascend into the seed bed during the arrangements for purchasing seed for
Clara had her way, as usual, and
All th«« foregoing costly
growing season.
The early Bpring th«« year.
thus escaped much of the gossip discing before plowing also has the operations ami labor on th«« farm may
anent the breaking off of the mar advantage of germinating the wee.I be thrown away if this step Is
riage. A year later she married a seed, so the young weeds may later neglected
Russian count twice her age. and New be turned under by the plow
We should have some record
York society knew her no more
The next step in the spring work. breaking yields this year. Seasonal
It was even as lawyer Passavant es[»ec|ally in Western Oregon. Is ma conditions have never ls«««n better. If
had said. Wilfrid chivalrously refused nurlng the land in preparation for the Oregon farmer Is to get maxi
to touch another dollar of Andrew such crops as corn, kale ami mangels mum crops, how«>v«*r, he muHt re-
The farmer should not forget that
Meleen's money!
The Interview between him and every ton of manure applied to th.-s.« member that It will depend very
crons will give a return of five or six hugely upon th«« careful observance
Eunice Trevecca. though very brief, dollars at harvest time.
of thes«« first Important steps In the
was a touching and a trying one.
The third step Is the spring plow
Acting on one of those boyish Im ing itself
This should he done, of early spring that will bring results.
pulses which will never leave him, course, when the ground Is mellow,
and actuated by an exalted Idea of and not so wet as to smear. The ‘
Ths Crop That Failed.
making restitution and doing penance, spring plowing shoul«! not be as
James A. I’atten, on his arrival ti>
deep
as
the
fall
plowing,
but
In
Or««
!
he rode and walked straight to Mac-
New York last month, predicted short
dougal street after leaving Roger gon should not be less than five or
six Inches
In Eastern Oregon, of harvests all over the world. "And If
Hews.
course. In the dry farming wheat belt we don’t prepare for these short har
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
it is Important to follow the spring vests," be said to a reporter, "we’ll
plowing with the sub-surface packer all be as disappointed as the Evanston
Have You This Habit?
"One funny thing I have learned In order to make a more perfect con capitalist was.
"An Evanston capitalist, going over
about human nature," said the drug nectlon between the plowed ground
store cashier, "Is the habit many p«-o- and the ground underneath It. The h!s farm at Des Plaines the other day.
plow, of course, should be followed
pie have of marking their own name In by the harrow In order to prevent stoppe«! In a field and said reproach
the city directory. They do that be moisture loss, which Is rapid from fully to bls foreman:
" You ought to have been mors
cause the directory Is the only place newly plowed land until the harrow
careful, Harris. In raking up your hay
where their name ever gets Into print, mulches and protects It.
and it has such a fascination for them
The fourth step, especially where' fton't you see you’ve left little wisps
that they can't resist calling attention late-sown crops are to be grown, Is’ lying all about?’
" Little wisps?’ the foreman stam
to It. A funny old man who likes to the frequent harrowing of the plowed
talk tells me that he has mad«- spe land, especially after a spring rain mered. 'Why, boss, that's the crop!’ ”
This
cial trips to different parts of the dty has formed a surface crust.
Whlakbroom for Corn.
Just to mark his name In the direc harrowing, of course, will conserve
moisture, thoroughly pulverize the
The shopper who knows Just what
tories of the neighborhood. He puts soil, and get rid of weeds. The most
a little cross in red Ink before It. 1 effective time for weed-killing Is dur she wants and Insists uisvn havtpg It
asked him what good it did. He said tng thlB period. This frequent har unearths many a department store se
none possibly, although he Is a teach rowing. following the spring plowing, cret. A search for a whlskhroom of
er of languages and may get a few will have a marke<| effect in prepar unusually fine straw took one persist
calls on account of that queer adver Ing the land for alfalfa, corn and field «•nt buyer Into the kitchen department
beans
These crops, of course, are of a big store, where she saw a «-nun
tisement.
"But his Is an exceptional case. Not not seeded until about May 1, since tor full of brooms labeled, “whisk
many persons spend time and money they require warmer weather and can brooms for silking corn.” Inquiry
in hunting city directories, but every not endure late frosts. Fly the time brought out th«« Information that
they are seeded, however, the spring many housekeepers whoso families
time they happen to see a new one
rains are practically over, so these
they can't help looking up their name late seeded crops must lie carried are fon<! of corn on the cob hav«« dis
covered that a fine whlskhroom la the
and putting some kind of a mark
through the dry season on the mois boat thing known for brushing silk
around ft.” **'
ture already conserved. There Is no from the ears and that 4t pays to keep
more common cause of failure or low a supply of extra fine brooms In the
World's Largest University.
yields from these crops than lack of regular- kitchen department
The University of Calcutta Is said early spring tillage.
to be the largest educational corpora
Where cover crops, such as rye orj
The Funny Way of Girls.
tion In the world. It examines mor« rye an«! vetch, have been grown on
Young Woman—"Did you see the
than 10,000 students annually.
the land to protect the soil from I way that man looked at mef It was
¿caching or washing through the win
ter, the early spring la the proper positively Insulting?”
Shortsighted Mankind.
Big Brother—"Did ho stare at you?’
Nature holds out her hands brim time to plow this cover crop under
Young Woman—“Stare! Why, no;
as a green manure. To be of the
ming with gifts, and we buzz about
greatest benefit as a green manure It he ran bls eye over me and then
In the shadow of them, wondering Is vital that the cover crop should glanced off at some one else, Just as
why It Is so dark.—C. M Skinner
be plowed under early In the spring,| If 1 wasn't worth a second thougbL”
Get This Nobby Eister Suit
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ike ihe«n I« mv lh»'t einte f *<*m v «- h I
oil 4«. ®^P<)
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Benton's Withdrawal.
After th« death of John C Calhoun
a friend «ahi to .Souuior Binton "I
•lippe»«, colon«!, you won't pursue Cal
ho«m beyond the grave?" To which
ba replied: "No. air, when God Al
mighty lays his hand upon u man, air,
I take mln« off. air ”
I
I
‘NOONE IS STRONGER
THAN HIS STOMACH.”
HOSTKTTKIt.
WHEN YOU
ARE SICKLY
nnd run down nnd sub
jected to Bitells of
Stoma« h trouble and
Bdiousness you cannot
take a better medicine
than tloMetter’s Stom
ach Bitters.
It re-
moves the cause lV
toning the entire (11-
gtstive system,
liy
it and see.
Ell lhS:ST CM
Hostetter’s
Lamb With Only Three Legs.
An agricultural curiosity In the
shape of a three l«gxr«l iamb bna Ju«t
Seen t orn at Send. S irrey, Englsml
Th« offspring Is lu perfect health, ex
»srlenclng no a; parent dlCcult lu Kit
ting about.
INFLAM«
MATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound.
Creston, Iowa.—" I was troubled for
ti long time with Infiaminution, pal us
in rny aldo, sick
headaches an<l ner
vousness. I had ta-
k«*n bo many m««<ii-
cincs that I was
«liscoti raged a n <1
thought I would
n««v««r get well. A
friend t«>l<! mo of
Lydia E. I’inkliaiu'g
Vegetable Com
pound anil it ro
stered me to health«
I have no morn
pain, my nerves are stronger mid 1 run
io my own work. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured nm after
sverythlng else had fail««d, and I rec-
«inniend it to other suffering women.”
—Mita. W m . N eals , cos W. llowardst.,
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and go nu
ció testimonials like the above prove
the eClclencv of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable t'ompound, which Is ruado
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who stiffer from those dis.
tressing ills should not lose sight of
t!i««"e facts or doubt the abilityof Lydia
E. Pinkham's VsaetablB Connsiund to
restore their health.
If you want spcclnl ndvlcc xx rtto
to .11 rs. Pink hum, at Lynn, IH umn .
8! io will tr««at your letter as
strictly confidential. For 20 years
she lias been helping sick women
in this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate—write at once.
Constipation
“For over nine years I Miffered with chronic
constipation and during thia time I had to taka
in injection of warm water once .every >4 hour»
before I could have an action on my bowrla.
Happily I tried Caacareta, and today I am a well
man
During the nine years before I u*ed
CaacnretR I Biiff*rrd untold misery with Internal
pi lea. Thanka »0 you. I am free from all that
thia morning
You can n«e thia in behalf of
lutfrdnj humanttv
H F. Fiaher, Roanoke, Ilk
Plenaant Palatable Potent Taata Good.
Do Good. Never Hialiwn. Weaken or Grltx
10c. 26r, 60«. Never wold In bulk. T^e ran*
ntna tablet atamp**d CC C. Guarantevd to
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