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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1917)
IF YOUR CHILD IS CR098, FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED Look Mother! If tongue le coated, cleanse little bowels with "Call- . . fornla 8yrup of Flga." ' Mothers can reet easy after giving "California Syrup of Figs," because In ft few hours all the clogged-up waste, sour bile and fermentlns food gently moves out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it handy be cause they know its action on the stomach, liver and bowels Is prompt and sure. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot tle of "California Syrup of Figs," which contains directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups. One Instance. "Like produces like." "Yes; I suppose that is one reason why they have baggage smashers on trunk lines." Baltimore American. YOUR HI DARK When Mixed with Sulphur it Brings Back Its Beautiful Lustre at Once. Gray hair, however handsome, de notes advancing age. We all know the advantage of a youthful appear ance. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray and looks streaked, Just a few applications of Sage Tea and Sulphur enhances its appearance a hundred-fold, Don't stay gray! Look young! Either prepare the recipe at home or get from any drug store a 50-cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," which is merely the old time recipe improved by the addition of other Ingredients. Thousands of folks recommend this ready-to-use preparation, because it darkens the hair beautifully, besides, no one can possible tell, as it darkens so natur ally and evenly. . You moisten a sponge or soft brush with it, draw ing this through the hair, taking one small Btrand at a time. By morning the gray hair diBappeais; after an other application or two, its natural color is restored and it becomes thick, glosBy and lustrous, and you appear years younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not Intended for the cure, mitiga tion or prevention of diBeaae. Home Truths. "My wife would . rather cook than eat" "So would mine than eat the stuff she cooks." Boston Transcript An Incidental Consideration. "Would you marry a man for his money?" "No," replied Miss Cayenne, ''I'd merely Insist that he hare a lovely disposition. But I'd take Into consid eration the fact that a nan without money Is very likely to be worried and ill-natured." Washington Star. A Concession. "After looking at the postal stamps of other countries I have oome to the conclusion that you can't beat ours." "Maybe not, but all the same, it gets lots of lickings." Baltimore American. END STOMACH TROUBLE, GASES OR DYSPEPSIA "Pape's Dlapepsin" makes Sick, Sour, Gassy Stomachs surely feel fine In five minutes. If what you just ate is souring en your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food, or have a feeling of dizziness, heartburn, fullnesB, nausea, bad taste in mouth and stomach-headache, you can get blessed relief in five minutes. Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dlapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how need less it is to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder. It's the quickest, surest stomach doc tor in the world. It's wonderful. , Here First. Willie was boasting about his fam ily. "Our folks came over in the May flower," he declared proudly. "Huh! That's nothing,'' said Bob bie. "I guess they stayed with our folks the first night after they land ed." Boston Transcript. Ue Morlne after Exposure In Cold, Cutting Winds and Duat. It Restores, Refreshes and Promotes Eye Health. Good for all Eyes that Need Care. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request. Both Ways. "There is much opposition to put ting an embargo on wheat." "Yes; it goes against the grain." Baltimore American. As we grow more sensible, we refuse drug cathartics and take Nature's herb cure, Gar field Tea. t Time Limit. "I see that Miss Gunn Is married at last" "Well, it was time she was going 0ff,"Baltimore American. QorQQ Every Niqht For Constipation! HeadacheJncUgestion.etG RANDHETH Safe and Sure Q ,y...iiviiiiiiJ J i OF flHE PAIbJON t2"X" ETHEL HLISTQNl IllUSTBATED BY W.C.IANNE (Copyright, by the THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION FORGET THAT THE PARSONAGE FOLKS NEED MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS, SO LITTLE CONNIE TELLS BANKER SOME PLAIN TRUTHS Mr. Starr, a widower Methodist minister, comes to Mount Mark, la., to take charge of the congregation there. He has five charming daughters, the eldest of whom, Prudence, age nineteen, keeps house and mothers the family. Her younger sisters are Fairy, the twins Carol and Lark, and Constance, the "buby." The fumlly's coming stirs the curiosity of the townspeople. After a few weeks the Starrs are well settled. Prudence hus her hands full with the mischievous young sters, but she loves them devotedly despite their outrageous pranks. It Is a Joyous household, but the parsonage girls are embarrassed at Christmas time because the congregation has fulled to pay the pustor's salary. Little Connie needs clothing, and sadly disappointed, takes matters Into her own hands. CHAPTER VI Continued. -8 "Oh, I had her dressed warmly un derneath, very warmly Indeed," de clared Prudence. "But no mutter how warm you are underneath, you look cold if you aren't visibly prepared for winter weather., I kept hoping enough money would come in to buy her a coat for once in her life." "She has been looking forward to one long enough," put In Fairy. "This will be a bitter blow to her. And yet It Is not such a bad-looking coat after all." And she quickly ran up a seam on the machine. "Here comes Connie!" Prudence hastily swept a pile of scrnps out of sight, and turned to greet her little sister with a cheery smile. "Come on in, Connie," she cried, with a brightness she did not feel. "Fulry and I are making you a new coat. Isn't it pretty? And so warm ! See the nice velvet collar and cuffs. We want to fit It on you right away, dear," Connie picked up a piece of the goods and examined It intently. "Don't you want some fudge, Con nie?" exclaimed Fairy, shoving the dish toward her hurriedly. Connie took a piece from the plate, and thrust it between her teeth. Her eyes were still fastened upon the brown furry cloth. "Where did you get this stuff?" she Inquired, as soon as she was able to speak. "Out of the trunk In the garret, Con nie. Don't you want some more fudge? I put a lot of nuts in, especially on your account." "It's good," said Connie, taking an other piece. She examined the cloth very closely. "Say, Prudence, isn't this that old brown coat of father's?" Fairy shoved her chair back from the machine, and ran to the window. "Look, Prue," she cried. "Isn't that Mrs. Adams coming this way? I won der " "No, it isn't," answered Connie gravely. "It's just Miss Avery getting home from school. Isn't it, Prudence? Futher's coat, I mean?" "Yes, Connie, it is," said Prudence, very, very gently. "But no one here has seen it, and it is such nice cloth just exactly what girls are wearing now." "But I wanted a new coat !" Connie did not cry. She stood looking at Pru dence with her wide hurt eyes. "Oh, Connie, I'm just as sorry as you are," cried Prudence, with starting tears. "I know just how you feel about It dearest ! But the people didn't pay father up last month. Maybe after Christmas we can get you a coat. They pay up better then." "I think I'd rather wear my summer coat until then," said Connie soberly. "Oh, but you csn't, dearest. It Is too cold. Won't you be a good girl now, and not make sister feel badly about it? It really is becoming to you, and it Is nice and warm. Take some more fudge, dear, and' run out-of-doors a while. You'll feel better about it pres ently, r.m sure." Connie stood solemnly beside the tuble, her eyes still fastened on the coat, cut down from her father's. "Can I go and take a walk?" she asked finally. "May I, yon mean," suggested Fairy. "Yes, may I? Maybe I can reconcile myself to It" "Yes, go and take a walk," urged Prudence promptly, eager to get the small sober face beyond her range of vision "If I am not back when the twins get home, go right on and eat without me. Til come back when I get things straightened out in my mind." When Connie was quite beyond hear ing, Prudence dropped her head on the table and wept. "Oh, Fairy, if the mem bers just knew how such things hurt, maybe they'd pay up a little better. How do they expect parsonage people to keep up appearances when they haven't any money?'" "Oh, now, Prue, you're worse than Connie! There's no use to cry about it Parsonage people have to find hap piness in spite of financial misery. Money Isn't the first thing with folks Uke ns." "Poor little Connie! If she had IA.GE- m Bnbba - Merrlll Company.) cried about, It, I wouldn't have cared so much. But she looked so heartsick, didn't she, Fairy?" Cotinle certainly was heartsick. More than that, she was a little disgusted. She felt herself aroused to take action. Things had gone too fur ! Go to church in her futher's coat she could not ! She wnlked sturdily down the street towurd the "city" Ironically so called. Her face was stony, her hands were clenched. But finally she brightened. Her lagging steps quickened. She skipped along quite cheerfully. She turned westward as she reached the corner of the square, and walked along that business street with shining eyes. In front of the First National bank she paused, but after a few seconds she passed by. On the opposite corner was another bank. When she reached it she walked In without pausing, and the massive door swung behind her. The four older girls were, at the table when Connie came home. She exhaled quiet satisfaction from every pore. Prudence glanced at her once, and then looked away again. "She has reconciled herself," she thought. Din ner was half over before Constance uurst ner bomb. "Are you going to be busy this after noon, Prudence?" she asked quietly. "We are going to sew a little," said Prudence. "Why?" "I wanted you to go downtown with me after school." "Well, perhaps I can do that Fairy will be able to finish the coat alone." "You needn't finish the coat I can't wear father's coat to church, Pru dence. It's a It's a physical lmpos sibility." The twins laughed, Fairy smiled, but Prudence gazed at "the baby" with tender pity. "I'm so sorry, dearest, but we haven't the money to buy one now." "Will five dollars be enough?" In quired Connie, and she placed a crisp new bill beside her plate. The twins gasped I They gazed at Connie with new respect. They were Just wishing they could handle five-dollur bills so recklessly. "Will you loan me twenty dollars un til after Christmas, Connie?" queried Fairy. But Prudence asked, "Where did you get this money, Connie?" "I borrowed It from the bank," Con nie replied with proper gravity. "I have two years to pay it back. Mr. Harold says they are proud to have my trade." Prudence was silent for several long seconds. Then she Inquired in a low voice, "Did you tell him why you want ed it?" "Yes, I explained the whole situa tion." "What did he say?" "He said he knew just how I felt, because he knew he couldn't go to church In his wife's coat. No, I said that myself, but he agreed with me. He did not say very much, but he looked sympathetic. He said he anticipated great pleasure In seeing me in my new coat at church next Sunday." "Go on with your luncheon, twins,' said Prudence sternly. "You'll be late to school. We'll see about going down town when you get home tonight, Con nie. Now, eat your luncheon, and don't talk about coats any more." When Connie had gone back to school, Prudence went straight to Mr. Harold's bank. Flushed and embar rassed, she explained the situation frankly. "My sympathies are all with Connie," she said candidly. "But I am afraid father would not like It We are dead set against borrowing. After our mother was taken, we were crowd ed pretty close for money. So we had to go In debt It took us two years to get it paid. Father and Fairy and I talked it over then, and decided we would starve rather than borrow again, Even the twins understood it but Con nie was too little. She doesn't know how heartbreaking it is to keep hand ing over every cent for debt, when one is Just yearning for other things. I do wish she might have the coat but I'm afraid father would not like it She gave me the five dollars for safekeep ing, and I have brought it back." Mr. Harold shook his head. "No, Connie must have her coat This will be a good lesson for her. It will teach her the bitterness of living under debt I Besides, Prudence, I think in my heart that she is right this time. This is a case where borrowing Is Justified. Get her the cout, and I'll square the ac count with your futher." Then he added, "And I'll look aftes this salary business after this. I'll arrange with the trustees that I am to pay your fa ther his full salary the first of every month, and that the church receipts are to be turned In to me. And if they do not pay up, my lawyer can do a lit tle investigating! Little Connie earned that five dollars, for she taught one trustee a sorry lesson. And he will have to pass it on to the others In self defense! Now, run along and get the coat and if five dollars Isn't enough you can have as much more as you need. Your father will get his salary after this, my dear, if we have to mort gage the parsonage!" CHAPTER VII. A Burglar's Visit. "Prue!" A small hand gripped Prudence's shoulder, and again came a hoarsely whispered : "Prue I" Prudence sat up in bed with a bounce. "What In the world?" she began. gazing out Into the room, half-lighted by the moonshine, and seeing Carol and Lark shivering beside her bed. "Sh ! Sh ! Hush !" whispered LarK. "There's a burglar in our room!" By this time, even sound-sleeping' Fairy was awake. "Oh, there is I" she scoffed. "Yes, there is," declared Carol with some heat. "We heard him, plain as day. He stepped Into the closet didn't he, Lark?" "He certainly did," agreed Lark. "Did you see him?" "No, we heard him. Carol heard him first, and she spoke, and nudged me. Then I heard him, too. f e was at our dresser, but he shot across the room and Into the closet. He closed the door after him. He's there now." 'You've been dreaming," said Fairy, lying down again. "We don't generally dream the same thing at the same minute," said Carol stormlly. "I tell you he's in there." "And you two great big girls came off and left poor little Connie in there Prudence Dropped Her Head on the Table and Wept ' alone with a burglar, did you? Well, you are nice ones, I must say." And Prudence leaped out of bed and started for the door, followed by Fairy, with the twins creeping fearfully along In the rear. "She was asleep," muttered Carol. "We didn't want to scare her," added Lark. Prudence was careful to turn the switch by the door, so that the room was in full light before she entered. The closet door was wide open. Con nie was soundly sleeping. There was no one else In the room. "You see?" said Prudence sternly. "I'll bet he took our ruby rings," de clared Lark, and the twins and Fairy ran to the dresser to look. But a sickening realization had come home to Prudence. In the lower hall, under the staircase, was a smatl dark closet which they called the dungeon. The dungeon door was big and solid, and was equipped with a heavy catch- lock. In this dungeon, Prudence kept the family silverware, and all the money she had on hand, as it could there be safely locked away. But more often than not, Prudence forgot to lock It Have you ever awakened to find a burglar In your room? What did you do pretend deep? Or ihout? Or keep still at his command? (TO BH CONTINUED.) Urgent Just as the Christmas dinner was on the table, and the family had gathered about it big sister stepped Into the hall to look at her hair in the mirror there. Helen was hungry, and everything did look and smell so good, and yet she knew well that father would not say grace until big sister was also in her seat "Hurry op, Buth," she called. "God's waiting." 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Jad Salts 1b inexpensive; harmless and makes a delightful effervescent litbla-water drink which millions of men and women take now and then, thus avoid ing serious kidney and bladder diseases. Customary Crisis. Another cribis seems to run Through every passing minute. The day we notice most is one Without a crisis in it An Honest Heust. Guest in country hotel I say, land lord, I left my boots outside my room door last night, and this morning they hadn't been touched. Host Sure! What d' ye expect? Ye cud a let' them there for a year if ysd liked, an nobody d touch them. We're honest here! Judge. Resentful Sacrifice. "Do you approve of prohibition?" "Yep," said Uncle BUI Bottletos. "I'm wlllln' to abolish licker rather than see it wasted in a lot of folks around here that can't appreciate it" Washington Star. To Brest: In New Sheen. 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