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R U R A L ENTERPRISE
human derelicts
F L O O D IN G M E X IC O
The Valley of Voices
B eg
M oney
fo r
Food,
Purchase Liquor.
Then
Mexico C ity .— T h e re are m any w h ite
d erelicts who perch lik e c a rrio n crow s
on the docks o f M aya tla n . Mexico,
A uthor of ••Toiler» o f the Trail.” “ The Whelp» o f the W olf”
known among seameD as “ T h e P o rt o f
M issing M en.”
(C o p y rig h t by th e Penn P u b lis h in g Co )
V «*rvtc« )
They cadge th e ir liv in g fro m the
sailors afloat and a sh o re ; somehow
a sailor man c a n 't tu rn 'em down.
When ttie officers go below to mess,
lifte d kn ife , a w ild eyed OJibway wom ­ the snow Ht Ills feet, and e xcite d ly
C H A P T E R X III— C o n tin u e d
A C C O M M O D A T IN G
T o S te e le s the perching crow s, suddenly a n im a t­
an th re w h e rse lf upon the surprised strained at his leash.
—21—
eves
the
fla
t
flo
o
r
o
f
the
snow
la
y
un­
ed.
rush
aboard
and
d
a
rt
to
the
fore­
Lafluinine.
Leaping hack, he caught
“ I have n o thing to say," ah* an
“ I don’t suppose you keep a n y th in g
broken In (he darkness, hut the In d ia n castle galley and. feeding ra p id ly o f
md p a rrie d the th ro a t w ith his fore
s \»ered, s ittin g w ith chin cupped In
so c iv iliz e d as dog b is c u its In t ills one-
arm, then, w ith his u n in ju re d bund, on his knees whispered in te r r o r : the sailors' food, wipe the grease fro m
I end, fa re averted.
horse, run -d o w n Jay to w n , do you?"
th e ir faces w ith tlie lr sleeves and rush
“ Ket ees heeg t r a i l I "
“ Oh, do you in run to «ay tlia t you wrenched the k n ife from the mud
“ G ood!"
And
th e
hound
free, ashore to resume tlie lr perches before th e to u ris t snarled.
dened squaw nnd h u rled her across
I refe r so ilin g yo u rs e lf to th a t store
“ Oh, yes, s tra n g e r," th e v illa g e m er­
(dunged ahead In to the m urk. S h o rt­ the officers reappear.
keeper, Lascelles. to liv in g in lu x u ry die room to the floor."
chant responded p le a sa n tly. "Q u ite a
ly, his deep voice boomed th ro u g h the
Catching
u s a ilo r ashore, they
Seizing
tils
coat,
he
stood
fo
r
an
In
­
In M on tre a l, W in n ip e g — 1"
few fo lk s lik e you come th ro u g h fro m
cadge him fo r money to "b u y some
stant over the kneeling g irl, clasping forest and the hunt was on.
“ You m ay In a u lt me, m onsieur.
I
the c ity , and we aim to have e v e ry ­
As they swung through, the blue thing to e a t." K n o w in g fu ll w e ll th a t
her
beloved
v
io
lin
,
anil
touched
her
have no means o f defending m yself,"
th in g th e y ca ll fo r. H ave ’em in a hug
gloom o f spruce was less deep, the the beggars lie and w ill buy gin w ith
h
a
ir—
then
le
ft
the
room.
she broke In, co ld ly.
o r eut 'em here?"
T he dazed OJibway craw led to the great dog le ft them. A gain, as they It, the s a ilo r gives It to him , o fte n
Then L s tls n iin e lost a ll se lf-co n tro l
p itifu l figure on the floor, and circled follow ed, the voice on the shoulder o f w ith sarcastic w ittic is m s , h u t never­
end s to rm e d :
Ihe h ill defiled the nig h t. As It rose theless he gives.
R E A D IN G M A T T E R
"In s u lt you? Oh, ye s! lin t th a t Is her w ith her arms.
These m issing men. a ccording to
"D e m usic gone— a ll gone,” she In crescendo, a rifle shot sliced It
th e tru th , is It ted? You do not lovi
short off. E a r above, th e hound gave Capt. Edw ard J. M in is te r, m aster o f
crooned. “ Poor n i'in 'se lle !"
th is tniin, do you? T o save y o u r fa
W h ile they huddled th e re on the voice. Then silence fe ll on th e forest. the steuinshlp M an a q tll. out o f Glas­
th e r'a fu tu re you have agreed to m arry
"T h e y 'v e seen h 't n ! " said Steele. gow. have a ll seen b e tte r days.
flo o r
the g irl, the lig h t o f whose life
I lin th is mun you despise!
Oh, 1
"M ost o f them. I'm s o rry to say, -
hud been ruth le ssly snuffed out. nnd “ He may hack tra c k : keep a lookout.
k n o w ! l i e ’s not III to look at you—
Ihe woman o f Ihe d a rk skin, who un­ Don’t shoot too q u ick o r we’ll tu rn are B ritis h e rs , and not a fe w G er­
you b e a u ty !”
m ans; they have lost a ll self-respect, j
In
the h im !"
W h ite -fa te d , the g irl s it w ith eyes derstood- dog-hells Jingled
T he re was no reply. He looked fo r They are c a rrio n crow s lu hutnaa j
cle a ring as tw o sleds took up the riv e r
on the flo o r—sile n t, as If she did not
tils com panion, hut L it t le Jacques hud fo rm ." he said.
tru ll.
hear
«
•
•
•
•
•
•
‘One dies and Ihe seamen b u ry him
gone.
“ True, you th in k you hate me now.
T h ro w in g Ihe holt o f Ids M a n n llch e r
-the only decent th in g we can do. !
L u te
th a t
a rte m is in ,
Nt.
(Inge
h u t you w ould change," lie run on.
reached the fo rk o f the S tooping rive r, to cle a r It o f fro s t a n il ease the action. Now and then the consuls w ill get j
t Ikin g as I f In h im self. “ You may
le tte rs about these men, h u t it is next
Steele kept on up the ridge. E o r m ln
have heard hard th in g s said o f me. hut the spruce, a lrea d y blue w ith
shadow, gave hack Ills call, unan­ tiles now, he hail not heard Ihe voice to Im possible to locate them , fo r they
h u t I sw ear to you. I f yon w ill m u rry
He tu rn e d Into the m outh o f o f Ihe hound, when again the resonant have enough decency re m a in in g to i
m s, Denise St. Onge. I 'll show you swered
bass boomed th ro u g h
the silence change t lie lr names, nnd th e ir lives
• hat love Is
I 'll make yo u r fa th e r Ihe stream and took the P ortage lake
above lilm . T he dog had turned. The have changed t lie lr appearances.
Independent m ake you. " Ids voice tra il, searching tile silent shores fo r
“M ost o f those men, I th in k ," Cap
tilin g was headed hack. Loosing Ills
1 roke w ith em otion, "yes. m ake you Ihe camp o f M ichel, hut the headman
P h ilip p a — I'm go in g to ta k e a course
s k ln n in g -k n lfe In its sheath, the man tn ln M in is te r continued, “ are tr y in g to
h a p p y ! I'v e loved yon ever sln -e you wus not there.
cocked Ills rifle and w a ite d , kneeling forget lost lo ve s; refugees fro m dis­ in m ind reading.
“
T
h
is
Is
very
stran
g
e
,"
he
said,
nnd
| flayed fo r us th a t n ig h t lit A lb a n y —
A u n t L u c y — D o n 't do It, dear. M ost
on n shoe. Ids eyes b o rin g In to the appointm ent ; men w ith o u t m oral fiber,
cut his wood to cim ip alone.
years ngo."
the most hopeless lo t, u tte rly w ith o u t m odern m inds ure u n lit fu r u young
Deep
In
the
nig
h
t.
Nt.
Onge
waked
blackness.
I.a ltiiiiiin e stopped and looked down
Near him , and below, was an open­ am bition, tr y in g to fo rg e t In the P ort g ir l to read.
w ith a gesture o f helplessness nt llie In Ills blankets, as Ills dogs gave hack
the
husky
c
liiille
u
g
e
Io
creatures
ing
In the tim be r. A gain, th e hound o f Missing Men, th e L ip id o f Munnnn.
s oman o f stone In Hie ch a ir. T hen lie
A r t a n d R e a lity
hayed—closer now.
T he beast was They are lost to th e ir w o rld , to th e ir
T - s r d the low w o rd s: "Y o u forget, whose scent the freezing a ir had cur
frien d s nnd loved ones never com m u­
T h e re com es a so rro w , t r u t h to te ll.
m onsieur, someone w ho Is s t ill ut rled Io tlie lr n o strils. B ut the drow sy ta k in g Ids hack tracks. T hen Steele
W h ich m u s t Im p re s s u s s a d ly .
n ica tin g o r going back."
man did not know th n t tw o sled teams saw It.
< Igoke,"
W h en p e o p le w h o c a n A ct so w e ll
Bounding
from
th
e
cover
o
f
the
were
passing
below
Idm
on
the
W
ull
“ I know how th a t looks to you,” he
S o m etim es B e h a v e so b ad ly !
scrub on the edge o f th e opening, a
«' fended, "h u t th a t « a s over, years Ing Illver tru ll.
Cornered by Coyote,
dark
sh
a
p
e,
stopped,
and
reared
up
­
ngo- years.
I've given her a home—
Q u ite So
rig h t, as I f lis te n in g — when th e M unn
Chokes Beast to Death
C H A PTER X IV
co u ld n 't tu rn her out. Ilu t she hates
I
t
seems
th
e re w ere tw o Iris h m e n ,
llc h e r spilt.
Lakeside, Neb.— T he d ra m a tic fight
me, trie d to k n ife me. wanted to run
P at and M ike . T h e y m et one day on
T
he
beast
leaped
back
In
to
the
between
Joe
i
’ozza
o
f
Lakeside
and
On th e n ig h t o f L it t le Jacques* re ­
«w a y w ith th a t A m erican. Steele, lid s
I tlie s tre e t and th e fo llo w in g c o n ve rsa ­
O cto b e r!
She p u t on black the day tu rn to Portage lake the fo u r men sat black w a ll o f spruce. Again, the r ifle a coyote, in which Pozza succeeded in tio n to o k p la c e :
flamed
In
to
the
m
urk.
choking tlie h u n ge r-stricke n unlm nl
» ' e heard h< ' I been drowned on the tiy the tire p la n n in g th e ir fu tu re move­
“ P at, you owe me $10.”
♦»till crouched on a knee, the man w ith Ids bare bunds Is being to ld here.
w s y home ”
ments. It had been u week since the
‘‘B e g o rra , M oike, th is Is th e firs t
Sights useless,
Eor some tim e the coyotes, usually
T h e re was a long silence, th e n : beast hud how led o r visite d th e trap - listened, rifle rig id .
tim e th a t tw o Iris h m e n named P a t and
•'W h y were you a fra id to have Idm lin e s In the d is tric t, fo r D a vid had lie lind fired by In s tin c t. T here had co w a rd ly anim als, have s ta rtle d ra n ch ­
M ik e e ve r m et and th e re was no Joke."
arranged w ith the uptake h u n te rs to I een no th u d o f b u lle t In flesh. Could ers yvitli tlie lr boldness, p ly in g up to
re s e ll N eplgon?"
— C o rn e ll W id o w .
lie
have
missed?
ranch
houses,
sn
a
tching
p
o
u
ltry
nnd
I.aflum nie sta rte d , then Inughed. relay Ihe news o f his appearance Im­
S lip p in g tw o shells In to the m aga­ stock and a tta c k in g people. T h e heavy
“ A fru ld to have h im reach Neplgon? m ediately.
N eed ed It
snow lias made food scarce and tlie
" I ’ll give ten years o f my life I f th n t zine. lie circled In the tim b e r, lif t in g
T h a t’s fu n n y ! H e go! some supplies
B lin d coyotes bolder.
"S ly w ord. I ’m b a d ly o v e rw o rk e d ."
a n d went on. W hat do you mean?"
old b ird w ould sing up th e re on tliu t Ids shoes to avoid the c lick.
now. fo r the moon was masked, he
“ W h a t are you d o in g ? "
Pozza says he and his wom an frie n d
T hen the g irl c o u n te re d : "Y o u r In
ridge th is evening," said Steele.
"(H i, t ills m id th a t."
were cornered by a la rge coyote one
flls n s are not fa ith fu l to th e ir master,
" I got p le n ty shell een lie hug." listened fo r heavy h re u tld n g In
lie
faced— then
the
hound m ile east o f Lakeside. T he a nim al, he
"When?”
m onsieur. W e learned tlm i you had added David. " I get tir e ' w a itin ' to scrub
plunged past and he knew he had relates leaped at them a n il grabbed
"Now and then.”
M o n sie u r Sleele ambushed a fte r steal­ shoot dat lit t le gun ov m ine."
"W h e re ? "
the wom an's dress, rip p in g It and
in g his a m m u n itio n , and fo rce d him
"Y o u ’ll get y o u r chance before w e're missed.
F o llo w in g the dog, Steele turned scratch in g her. F o rtu n a te ly , however,
"H e re o r th e re ."
go go to Ida d eath.“
done, d o n 't w o rry.
Iln w w ould you
"Well, you must need a holiday."
“ Do you believe th n l? ” demanded lik e to dra w a bend on y o u r frie n d down the rhlge, h u t In Hn hour was the a n im a l's teeth became enmeshed in
distanced. So he stopped in a cpdar the dress Just long enough fo r Pozza
l.u fta m m e , puzzled.
L n fla iiim e th is evening?"
“ Is It tru e ? "
T he O Jibway shook Ids head. "W 'en swamp, cut wood w ith his belt ax, to grab him by the neck, ch o kin g I t to
H o p e fu l
“No!"
I In k ' l.a fln u iin e 'a tr u ll I feex heem and scooping out th e snow w ith Ills dea tli w ith Ills hands.
F ir s t K n u t— Is i t tru e th a t you p ro ­
'I'h e room was again sile n t w h ile the w ld de ban'. I use no gun on heein. shoe, lig h te d a fire.
posed to F re d a and she rejecte d you?
In the cover o f the th ic k cedar the
loan, fam ed fo r Ids cold nerve, Ids re- Kef I got hoP dat llla c k B aptiste, too,
Second IM tto — N o t e x a c tly rejected.
Shoots Blind Brother,
poorce. till h is lip s In Im potency before I break so m e tln 'm o re dan liees tin g —" hot fire soon w arm ed him nnd w ith
She said t lia t w hen she fe lt lik e m ilk ­
buck
against
a
tru
n
k
lie
dozed,
only
th e Icy calm o f lid s strange g ir l who
"Leesten !" In te rru p te d Michel.
Then Asks for Death in g a fo o l o f h e rs e lf she'd le t me know .
ao o l sessed him . T hen he played Ids
O ut o ve r the sile n t fo re st d rifte d a to waken w ith a s ta rt as a hand
A lle n to w n , Pa.— A fte r shooting his ,
(ru m p card.
fa in t ca ll lik e Ihe voice o f some fu rre d touched Ids shoulder. He blin ke d Into b lin d b ro th e r us he Isy sleeping In |
M o d ern Version
“ So you In sist on ca stin g y o u r lot n ig h t hunter. T he fq ttr figures at the the faces o f D a vid and Michel.
bed, N o rm a n F a rre ll, tw e n ty -e ig lit-
R lte r — L e t's see, how does th n t quo­
"F isd e d us a g a in !" groaned the dis­ year-oid new spaper vender, to ld tlie
w ith th a t ru t at A lb a n y? T hen It Is fire stiffe n ed . Again the cu ll, louder
ta tio n run : “ W ho steals m y p u rse — "
heartened Steele.
f o r me to save you fro m yo u rse lf. I now, rose on th e liltin g a ir.
police, " I w o u ld be b e tte r o ff I f I were i
F rie n d — I suppose it goes on to say
l a v e b ro u g h t an e x tra sled.
Pack
"W h e re Is It? " asked Sleele, In
“ A t d a y lig h t we ta ke de tr a il and dead and then I w ould have rest.”
th a t he gets ahead o f th e la n d lo rd and
y o u r clothes at o n c e !”
doubt o f th e d ire ctio n .
see heem soon. De dog weel tree
T he wounded b ro th e r, Raym ond, 1
th e ta x co lle cto r.
"O n de heeg rid ge ,” replied M ichel. heem ."
T h e g irl rose Io h e r f u ll h e ig h t and
th irty -th re e , is In a c ritic a l co n d itio n
m e t Ida cyn ica l look w ith resolutP "D a t not s o lin ' lik e heein."
H eaping up the fire the three men In tlie A lle n to w n h o sp ital w ith a b u lle t
SOME M O V E A H E A D
Ilu t th e tnen n t th e fire sat w ith dozed u n til d a ylig h t, then took tli® wound th ro u g h Ids rig h t lung.
eyes, hut In her heart was fear.
"Y o u do not d a r e '" she crie d. "T h e y ears a le rt, hoping th a t at last th e ir tr a il o f th e beast nnd his pursuer
N orm an lias sold pupers fo r the
svould hunt you fro m P o rt Hope, from w a llin g was over.
through the snow.
last 13 ye a rs at t ills c ity 's busiest
A lb a n y, fro m N eplgon House. In three
Then, when they were convinced
Somewhere ahead, Steele fe lt that corner. A lit t le m ore than a ye a r ago !
th a t ye t a n o th e r n ig h t they were to the p u rs u it was over.
sveeks I lie police w ould he at < Igoke
Somewhere, he hud saved $21.000 and purchased '
li n t before the p o lice team s a rrive d , ro ll In to tlie lr blankets, disappointed, m iles away, the beast had tire d In Ihe the home lit w hich he live d w ith Ills 1
i o you know « b u t they w ould do to baffled. a long w a il fro m the rlilg e be­ black hours and turned a l hay to b u t­ parents and b ro th e r, and also bought
you? T he y w ould b u rn you In your h in d Ih e cam p b ro u g h t them to tlie lr tle In the snow w ith his re le n lle v several b u ild in g lots. He also owned
1rade-bous< I You do not d u re !"
feet, every nerve a live .
fo e ; o r else In te rro r o f the voice of an autom obile. Today Ids hank b a l­
T he re was a s w ift stepping In to the the th u n d e r which lie could not slin k s ance Is on ly $100. Police said ex­
W ith open admiration l.uflninme
W atched th e pla y o f co lo r and emo- frozen thongs o f snow shoes and draw­ fro m his heels, had treed.
cessive d rin k in g had affected liis m ind.
I on In th e face o f the filg h lc n e d g irl in g o f rifle s fro m skin cases, then
I 'p over ridges and Into creek bot­
V ho co n fro n te d Idm
ta k in g the bloodhound on th e leash. tom s tra ve le d the anxious men. stop
Bear Eats D yn am ite
“ I f you'd flush H in t w ay when I say Sleele s ta rte d w ith Ills men fo r the p lu g Io liste n fo r Ihe voice o f the dog
G
reat
F a lls, M ont.— Some men build-
T he huskies, though savage B ut th e cold silence o f sunrise gripped
1 love you," lie crie d, " I 'd give a ll I ridge.
In a h road are going to be v e ry care­
I uve lu th e w o rld
W hy, g irl, I'd sell fig h ters, w ere le ft chained to trees, as the forest.
ful about «hooting bear. A b ig fe llo w
la y soul. I f yo u 'd look al me. Just at n ig h t they w ould cu t o ff on th e firs t
A t last the tra c k s led Into a heavy
«nee, and say yon loved m e !"
came tr a il and tlie lr bedlam o f yelp­ stand o f young spruce. T he men sep­ ambled In to th e ir camp, ate «orne d y n ­
"D o you believe a ll men are horn
ing w ould prevent D a vid and M ichel arated. and cautiously made th e ir way am ite w ith re lis h , then vanished In
" I despise yon I"
the tim be r.
equal?”
fro
m
m
aking
the
s
t
ill
hunt
decided
'th e stin g o f th e w ords cut lik e the
th ro u g h th e close grow th.
“ O f course I do— b u t th e y d o n 't a ll
Sleele w ith th e hound was to
lu s h o f a w hip.
I lls s e lf c o n tro l, ul- on
Suddenly the blond o f Sleele chilled
sta y th a t w a y ."
c irc le and p ick up th e t r a il o f the as he heard Ihe voice o f Michel. "B y
i
udy at the b reaking po in t, crum b le d
' o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c
beast If they missed Idin.
' “ Despise me. do you?" he snarled
gar I Ih s ir o l' I'e te !"
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W ise G u y
As they swung th ro u g h th e blue
• B a r e me to do m y w o rst? Suppose I
F orcin g his way th rough the sap­
A t t r y l n a to m e e t e x p e n s e s he
l i k e you a t y o u r w ord? Mon I t le ii! gloom o f spruce a n il flr, th e voice lings, he found the Iroquola bending
When
Hotel
Is
Razed
W a s n e v e r k n o w n to s h ir k
I in mad enough shout you to do any s h ifte d fro m Its w a llin g to th e h u n t­ over a blood smeared shape, s tiff jn
H e l o o k e d u n til he fo u n d a J o b -
P h ila d e lp h ia .— W hen th e old
t h in g !
W ho It Is. then you love?" ing si ream s o f Ihe g reat cals, then as death. T he hide o f the dog hung In
T h en s e n t h is w ife to w o rk .
Overbrook hotel, for years a
lie t lin n t his passionate face close to s w iftly dropped to th e yo w lin g and s trip s fro m the slashes o f te rrib le
la n d m a rk on the W h ite Horse
I era. "Y o u h n 'e me von d on't want m ew ing o f the n in tln g season, c lim a x ­ claws, w h ile a to rn th ro a t m arked ihe
Even
p ik e n e a r L in d e n w o ld , N.
was
1 a a c d le s l It m ust he th a t d il dead ing. ss nt W a llin g Itlv e r a nil B ig death «nap o f the fangs o f the
G irl (s lip p in g on new engagem ent
«old, $4.343 In cash was rem oved
A m e rica n yo u 're m ooning shout I W ell, F ea th e r lake, in s h rie ks o f agony. In dlgo.
r in g ) — You've h it on m y fa v o rite
fro m m attresses and cupboard
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he's at the bo ttom o f the Jackflsh. moans o f a c re a tu re to rtu re d beyond
stone, old th in g , w h ic h Is m ore tlu tn
corners th ro u g h o u t th e o ld hos­
end be fo rg o t you b e fore he hud beeu endurance o f blood and flesh and
th e o thers did.
te lry .
N ovel Nest
n t Dgoke tw o hours -fo rg o t even your nerve.
T h e m oney, p ro p e rty o f Mrs.
Man—It's the same kind I usually
T h re e o f Ih e men w ho hunted the
t ame when he snw H o se !"
A t the last m eeting o f the B rltD h
buy.
George
Thom as,
p ro p rie tre ss,
voice on th e rh lg e h a il to lle d long and O rn ith o lo g is ts ' club, Ml- A. L B u tle r
She faced Ills anger p ro u d ly, con
was discovered by a re a lty agent
te m p t tu her bloodless face, u n til he suffered much fo r th is m om ent, hut at e x h ib ite d a "n e s t" from T rln ld u d
h e lp in g M rs. T hom as remove
Rare Days N ow adays
tlie
lr
heels
m
oved
a
sh
o
rt
fig
u
re
whose
»nentloned Steele, then slo w ly her
w hich was m erely a hollow- form ed by
her personal belongings fro m the
“ A d u ll d a y," rem a rked n tlld M r
flesh
was
cold
w
ith
the
c
h
ill
o
f
fear
t n ie s gave way s lid she su n k In s
th e ro ttin g out o f the soft p ith at ihe
hotel a fte r Its sale. T he agent
i Good C itizen.
L ittle Jacques g rip p e d his rifle grP nlv lo p o f a broken-off sapling
The
c h a ir.
p u lle d five ten d o lla r h ill« fron t
“ Eh?"
" I t waa th n t A m e ric a n '" he storm ed. and fo llo w t-il. th in k in g o f the w ife nnd breadth o f the top o f the stum p was
a m attre ss, the sig h t o f w hich
“ Nobody has asked me to c o n trib ­
c h ild re n hack a t W a llin g Itlv e r.
" P tty I d id n 't fln lsh Idm m y s e lf!"
o n ly Jost sufficient to co n tain the
seemed to Jog Mrs. Thom as'
ute motley fo r a n y th in g ."
A t the foot o f th e rid ge M ichel nnd ! single egg. and the egg. on the cup
T hen som ething on ih e lah!e caught
m em ory.
D
avid
le
ft
Sleele
to
m
ake
th
e
ir
stalk
Id a eye held I t ! I lls f ice went d ir k
and h ull p rin cip le , fitte d th e c a v ity »•>
“ It's w o n d e rfu l," she said. "1
w it h his s in is te r purpose when, w ith fro m tw o d ire c tio n s w h ile he w orked | n eatly th a t It could not he lifte d nut
A Surprise
esn rem em ber now hack as fa r
The b ird In .u h u G s
n q u irk m ovem ent, he seized th e v io ­ to the re a r w ith th e dog nnd L ittle w ith the fingers
N u ito r— t hope tny proposal fo r the
as 23 ye a rs ago when, not hav­
Once on a fresh t r a il the In a p e rfe ctly erect p o sitio n w ith Ils
lin , raised It nhnve his head, nnd Jacques
hand o f y o u r d a u g h te r hasn't taken
in g «-onfldenee In hanks I oaed
I rou g h ! It down w ith s crash on the hound w ould hang u n til he ran down i head and neck stretched s tiffly up­
you by surprise, sir.
to tu c k sm all sums under ttu-so
F a th e r - W e ll.
, p„ „ , e ,
h
ta b le , then dropped It to the flo o r an t his q u a rry. In th e s o ft snow tils pa.-e ' wards. and Its -ta ll pressed to th e s i.:-
m attresses
H undreds o f |.«.,,,,iP
w
ould
he
slow,
so
th
e
men
on
shoes
o f the stump, o f w hich Its u p rig h t
tra m p le d It u n d er hl» feel.
ha-c You VP been so Jolly s,ow
'
have sle p t In the beds, b u t the
T he
Y> Ith a groan th e g ir l fe ll to her In tim e w ould come up w ith him i fig u re seems to fo rm a p a rt.
money bss not been d is tu rb e d ."
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It
w t« n t coining at a ll.
ktieea and. g a th e rin g th e sp lin te re d And he w ould need them I f the th in g } s|>ecies have adopted th e habit o f
A m o u n ts ran g in g rro itt F jtj to
s h e ll e f Hie v io lin Io h e r breast, tu rn e d and w a ited at hfl y— how great | s ittin g bolt u p rig h t on s iin lln r atUNipo
$300 w ere taken from m attresses
(o w n e d o ve r It ss a m o th e r o ve r a w ould he his nee«>s*lty the to rn body w hether in cu b a ting n r not.
o r u n d e r carpets o f every one of
Good A dvice
at
S
tooping
riv
e
r
o
n
ly
too
w
e
ll
Im
ll-
I
s tric k e n ch ild
th e 24 guest rooms o f the old
"
hat
k
in
d o f a husband w ould you
T
he
A«««»rialIon
o
f
A
m
erican
I
'
<nb
rate d .
h o tel
At last be had rewched her.
sdvise nte to ge t?"
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I
T hey had tra ve le d fo r an hour when , Women, orva*Mtetl on ly th re e » ta r t
A t the Bound th e re was a g u ttn rn l
You get a single man and le t the
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hound
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stopped,
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a ta r i, ma Uoo t io u i the door, and w ith
busbuu«!« alo n e '*
B y GEORGE M A R S H
MOTHER GF
SEVENCHILDREN
On the
Funny
Side
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H elp ed in C aring for them by
T aking Lydia E. P inkham ’a
V e g e ta b le C om pound
Glasgow, Ky.—“I am the mother of
seven children, the eldest being only
——— — — — (2 years, and I feel
that Lydia E. Pink-
h a m ’s Vegetable
C o m p o u n d has
helped to pull m,
through the rough­
est places of my
married life. At one
time I was so down­
hearted that life
was a misery, a
friend in Indianap-
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In d ia n i
me of the Vegetable Compound, and
after taking a few bottles of It I
became myself again and It was
a pleasure to d > my housework and
gardening. Since then I always use
your medicine when I feel weak from
overwork and it straightens me out."
— Mas. M elissa B arders , Route 2, care
of O. F. Steenbergen, Glasgow, Ky.
New Orleans, La.—“I could not do a
thing after my first boy was born. I
was so weak, I had no appetite,
lost weight and was not able to do
my work. I was this way for seven
weeks, then I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and got wonder­
ful results from It.”—M rs . C. F aubie ,
4014 Daupblne St., New Orleans, La.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­
pound has been growing in popularity
among women for over fifty years.
30 Years
/»' Distemper, Pink Eve.
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ill
iflu e n z a , L
a r y V n r q
Influenza.
Laryi
Caiaarhal Fever. E
tpiioot
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2 o ld s.
orses.
/oz' H orses,
M ules & Dogffc,
S pohn H ed ig al C o . à DISTEM PER
COMPOUND
Garfield Tea
W as Y o u r
G ra n d m o th e r’ s R e m ed y
For every stomach
and intestinal 111.
This good old-fash­
ioned herb home
remedy for consti­
pation, stomach ills
and other derange­
ments of the sys­
tem so prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as a family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.
IRRITATING RASHES
•
For quick, lasting relief from
itching and burning, doctors prescribe
Resinol
Green's
August Flower
/«r Constipation,
Indigestion and
Torpid Liver
Relieves th a t feeling
o f h a v it g e a te n u n w is e ly . 30c and
90c bottlea. A T A L L D R U G G IS T S .
K eep a sheep and you w o n ’t have
to keep a la w n m ow er.
D E M A N D “ B A Y E R ” A SP IR IN
A s p irin M arked W ith " B a y e r (
Haa Been Proved Safe by M id i
" n rhJn K I t ’ nless you see th e nnm (
B a ye r on package o r on ta b le ts you
are not g e ttin g th e g e n uine B u ye i
A s p irin proved safe b y m illio n s and
prescribed by physicia n s f o r 25 years.
Nay " B a y e r" w hen yon buy A s p irin .
Im ita tio n s m ay prove dangerous.— Adv.
A plow m an on h is legs Is h lg h e t
th a n a gentlem an on ltis knees.—
F ra n k lin .
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
■ i d
75$ P k ¿5
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