RURAL ENTERPRISE
Í.-F OUST
CLOTH
m ad* o f « p d i l l y » o t t o fab rie ‘C repeu«*'
fo r o a l j 10 c « a u « u 4
twn «««ha* d a a tlri« anp p ly u f I.lg o ld V
N t / i i n « lik « l i f o r d u e tfn f. A few drop« un
r a r e lo th rea» n * A L L dnat, d ir i and biem -
Ub«*a IN S T A N T I . Y . a n d
y o a r plan o,
p jr n lt n r * . « u o r fw .rs a p o l l a i « l j •'.*< & and
b e a u tffa H y p o lith o d . lf<>reov**r it prwaervea tb«
•a la ta lo-V-n n i t r i r
F i ano people uaa 11 lo la>-
provH i b r i r brand iw w lastroni«*»te. *«*nd for
- o r K K lflfl S o tti» u d a r . Y<>u i l b* <•
d
ineaab*r, v e ln o lo u l e » ùl< X c L V 1/ual
lo tb tfy * .
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sand ‘ lu ru
Ih * i.pp-ir-
tuUty.
Buffalo
S p e c ia lt y
Com pany
vm
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V»«~r BId<.
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Jasan la an »>» l ì
C
le s s
b re a k in
b o d y as
temperat*
Utes go up
H o m e w a r d b ru m th e C lu b
The »lurried One (looking ut the
lieav en s)—I have a feeling there'» a
•to rm brewing.
T he Unm arried One—Thank heav
en I T h at’» a feeling we bachelor*
know nothing of.
O n « 50 p e n t b n t t l« o f P r
P e r r y * . * 'D r « ( i
P h o t ” w i ll save m o n e y , tlm a , a n x i e t y a m i
in -a lt h.
t i n * d o s * alp«* I a W o r m s o r T a p e -
> o rrn
<72 P e a r l H t., N Y
Adv
No humorist pick» out his wife he-
enuse she laughs at Ills Jokes. He
m ight never get one.
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Lame, Tired, Achy?
Ate you tire d , In me, achy -w o rrie d
w ith liaekache! I>o you suffer sharp
pains, headaches, dizziness and dis-
tn rh in g M adder irre g u la ritie s ?
Per
haps you r kidneys need a tte n tio n .
W hen the kidneys fa il to properly f i l
te r the Mood, body im p u ritie s accumu
late and causa poisoning o f the w hole
system. Kuch a c o n d itio n may lead to
serious sickness. Don't neglect it!
If
you suspect you r kidneys, w hy n o t give
D o tin 'i r t l l i a tria l?
D o a n ’s have
lieen used successfully over th ir t y five
y e a rs — are recommended the w o rld
oyer. A » k y o u r n e ig h b o r !
A C a lif o r n ia Case
Thus
Hu
•
F a u s t.
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( • » Ilf KU>H
l i, „ " » - A
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a w f u l p a in s In m y
back am t c o u l d *
h a r d ly g e t u p or
d o w n . M y k id n e y s
d id n 't f u n c t Io n
p r o p e r ly , uh | i «>'I m 1-
ly a t n ig h t, and
th e s e c r e t i o n s
b u rn e d In passage.
I hud d la ty s p e lls
_ ___
1 uS« d D o a n 's P ills a n d tw o boxes
r i d ine o f b a c k a c h e a n d m y k id n e y s
a re n o rm a l."
D O A N ' S 1’ « 1-5
STIM U LA N T D IU R E T IC T O T H E KIDNEYS
EoM.r Milburn C«., Ml». Cham.. UuSala. N. Y.
hud
Just So M u c h
h tooth pulled till» m orn
ing."
"Did you bave an anesthetic?”
•'No a toothache.**
Alwnya
the
Incom petent
w ant
I h » In their favor.
Sure Relief
6 B ell ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELLANS
FOR INDIGESTION
254 and 754 Pkás.SoId Everywhere
C u tic u r a S o a p
Is P u r e a n d S w e e t
Id e a l fo r C h ild re n
Hsmpl« S"M. (MatnMnH. TtU.«ev* frwe * JSr —
Y o u r shoo« fool eaay if you use
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
St »| •* t b«> pain . .ft
rM
and Run t< mis and you can
w a lk a ll day In ease and
c o m fo rt.
N othing g lv rs
such re lie f to hot, tire d .
A ching, inflam ed o r swol*
le u feel, b lis te rs o r c al
luses.
A little» AUKkS
roOT-KASS
»p rink led In
ea< h shoe In the m o rn in g
w ill makeyt»u forget about
fig h t shews. I t lakes I M
'» R W I-tA M , La H«g, N. V.
ment of her shoulders th a t sb» wbb made the long evenings again bright
with music. Rut of Denise be said
weeping.
“T h ere are some things without little, except that she was well and
price," he said gently. "W hat 1 have played Incessantly. So much had hap
done, I have not done—for rew ard. I pened th at the w inter seemed unusual
know—th at I have your gratitude—It ly long—was. In fact, a bit on their
nerves, and the spring would be most
1» enough."
welcome. Some day, SL Onge suggest
She turned sw iftly upon him with
“Rut If you knew—” ; seemingly con ed, It might he possible for Steele to
fused, checked by a surge of emotlor. j revisit th e valley of the Wulllng. He
she could not control, she stood fot ■ knew the way und his friends there
an Instant, In articu late; then left bln would live for th a t day.
The other letter wag shorter. It r a n :
Bv GEORGE MARSH
alone.
'D ear Monsieur S teele:
I.ate In February. long a fte r the last
"A violin—and a NIcolo Amatl!
of the fur cached at the Stooping had Your generosity and your thought of
been traded with St. Onge, a dog team die make these words but feelle
driven by a strange Indian arrived a 1 things. You, to whom g ratitude is dls-
Wulllng River. To the surprised ques
usteful, must yet endure my heartfelt
thins of the factor the driver iinswere< ihur.ks, not only for the rare gift, but
Author o f
that be had come from Nepigon sta
or the Journey you made for my peace
“ Toiler» o f the T r a il*
tlon with a package and a letter ad of mind through that terrible wind
- T h e Whelp» o f the W o lf*
dressed to Mademoiselle Denise St
ind cold. The violin will ever lie a
Inge. The facto r took the long, wood living memory of one who came, a
en box and the letter to his quarter«
it b y th e
Hunger, to two lonely and hopeless
tw
N . U. S erv ic e J
where he found Ids daughter witi
■reatures. and left them, facing the
C harlotte In the kitchen.
fulure with courage.
CHAPTER XX
‘A packet has arrived from Nep
"D enise St. Onge."
—27—
Igon," announced the excited St. Onge
If only the le tter had given him a
One l.lttcr day In the middle of Ja n "with u box and u letter fo j you, m>
■ ign that she wanted him—needed
uary »lx lean dog«, head» down, limped child.”
dm . Instead of dwelling on her gratt-
I painfully across the clearing nt Wail
"A letter for me?" she said, a wavi ‘ ■ ude. She was so proud and so hrave.
ing River. At the tall of the sled fol- of color sweeping her face, while St i
If only he had taken her in his arm s
I lowed tw o men, whose haggard eyes Onge watched her curiously.
but last night, and learned from her
I and frogt-crucked face» bore the scars
In the living room Denise ‘It. Onge
, of the barrage of the Junuary bliz- opened the letter, postm arked Kenora ••yes, the blood in her face, the heat of
ier heart, w hether she Was paying a
tards.
and read :
lebt of honor or—loved him.
"We have worried much, Michel and ‘Mademoiselle St. O nge:
Then, lute In May, came a letter—
I," suld the factor, as Steele and David “Walling River.
addressed h.v a hand unused to the
I thawed out before th e trade-house
"W hat I wrote you a t Ogoke last pen, and postm arked at Nepigon ata-
•love. “You struck terrible weather. autum n was a lie. I am sorry.
rlon on the Canadian Pacific. David
, Did your rations hold out?"
"Rose Bernard, formerly I.atlamme.”
loubtless had news and some one hud
"Yea, by ru ttin g them In two.” re
The paper slowly slipped from tin
vrltten for him.
Steele opened the
plied Steele with a grimace.
fingers of the numbed girl and Hut
nvelope and rend with Increasing
"W e’ll give you your fill ns soon ns tered to the floor.
wonder and delight:
if can he cooked. And your mission—
"W hat Is It? Who Is It from?” de
Mlseu Steele—
It was successful?" huzurded the curi nianded her father.
“Iv you weesli innmsel you burn up
ous St. Onge, Ignorant of the purpose
The face of Denise St. Onge was th(
le trail to W ailing Reever queek. AU
of the six-hundred mile midwinter color of chalk as «he raised her hope
le long «now she have play nn play
lourney.
less eyes. "H e went to Albany fot
de sad museec an cry on her bed.
"It was," and Steele handed the fac
Wen we go on hill first turn she lift
tor the oll-skln. envelope. "Read th a t!"
her arm to de sout an say. Cum hak
St. Onge read the release In open-
to me. D at mean you. You cum lak
mouthed amazement.
le win. Michel tak dis to de rullrond,
“ Man, m an! How did you get It?”
ie nn me get m arry wen meesnary
lie gasped.
cum In June.
C harlotte.”
S’cele described his meeting at Al
bany with Lascellea.
It was from the fnlthful OJIbway
woman who had for so long faithfully
Unchecked teHrs slowly gathered In
'lie eyes of the overjoyed old man.
served Denise.
Thut night the XIontreal sleeper out
■'My hoy," he said brokenly. “It would
o f New York carried a man whose
he the proudest day of my life. You
gray eyes were strangely happy. A
still care for her, don't you?" he de
manded anxiously.
week luter two friends w ere poling
the nose of a canoe into the spring
"You know I care for her.” Steele
freshet of the Juckflsh as If pursued
gently answ ered, “hut I went to Al
by a Wlndlgo. F a rth e r on they reck
bany for her—not for myself.
You
lessly ran In succession each white-
must prom ise me thut she hears noth
w ater of the swollen Rouge. Down
ing of th is until I have left.
She
Ogoke, the m easured churn-swish,
would think she hud to pay—feel hon
• hurn-swlsh of lunging blades m arked
or hound. I know her. monsieur. You
o f f the miles to the outlet.
Then rid
must not tell her.”
ing the flood w ater of the racing W all
“Rut If she cures? I fpel, In her
ing, one afternoon the canoe slid Into
heart, thut she doc»," protested St.
Onge.
the beach of the post.
In the trade-house Steele and Dnvld
"She must he s free agent," Insist
found St. Onge and his head-man.
ed Steele. “I go south as goon as the
T here were surprised greetings, th e n :
dogs are rested. I shall talk to her
"I have come for her,” announced the
first ”
American. "W here Is she?”
"I'm sorry, hut as you wish It, 1
"She has gone to the ridge," sn
•hall not tell her."
**'••'
swered St. Onge x.Ith shining eyes.
Thut night, a fter what, to th e hun
gry Steele, was a sum ptuous meal, Ha Had Come From Nepigon Station "You will find her with her violin—
With a Package and a Letter Ad alone.”
consisting largely of cariboo, St. Onge
At the edge of ;he scrub, below the
dressed to Mademoieelle Denlte St.
left Ills guest and daughter alone.
hare brow of th e hill, Steele stopped,
Onge.
During th e meal the girl had fur
with a heart which Jarred him with Its
tively noted the frostbitten Huger» of
(he American, the draw n cheeks, black me.” she said, as If to herself, "and beat. He wanted to w atch h er—listen
ened and cracked by the wind of the would not tell ine I was free, fearing to her pluylng—before m aking his
And now—1 receive coming known. W ith a shaking hand
Albany trull, the strained look In the m.v gratitude.
he parted the spruce and looked.
gray eyes. Steele had warmed to the I h i«."
"R ut w hat Is It?"
Silhouetted against the soft May
•Incerlty of her welcome, the evident
"Read for yourself, father," and the sky, she stood w ith her violin, facing
pleasure In her greeting. Exhausted
a» he was, the days before hlg depar stunned girl walked to a window, and from him. Presently she tilted her
tu re were too few to w aste one eve gazed with dry-eyed emorse out on head and drew the how across the
strings. F aintly drifted down to him
ning by seeking rest, so lie watched th e w hite valley.
"AIL I deserve—all,” she said, turn the haunting minors of the “Elegle”
her with hungry eyes us they talked,
wondering w hether her h eart had ing from the window. "Rut you are he first heard at the rapids—the sym
changed. Rut she gave no sign, and wrong when you think I did not know bol of her fears and despair.
why he went to Albany I knew. And
Then, of a sudden, the fa r call of
he was too proud to ask.
On th e evening before he left with I knew I was free the night before lie e rra n t C anadas I roke in on the strain s
Duvld for Nepigon, he again snt alone left, w hen—when I tried to tell him o f th e violin. The girl stopped short
with the woman for whose w elfare he th a t—I loved him. R ut he thought It o ff and searched the «k.v for the wedge
had given the best th a t was in him— was gratitu d e—thought I was trying o f geese. Out of the sonth she saw
them coming and opened her arms.
for whom he had tolled and planned, to pay. He Is proud—oh. so proud !”
"H e Is a gallant gentleman, and did Then, as the violin changed Its mood
faced the sting of the no rth er und the
pinch of th e searing cold; the woman not know you cared." murmured the —broke into her own, “When Spring
he loved too deeply to make him self old man. "R ut what is In this box?" Comes N orth,” he noiselessly ap
While the girl at th e window gazed proached her.
the recipient of her grutltude.
She finished, and as the Inst of the
“You have never told me, monsieur, on the desolate hills us on the white
flock
passed overhead, waved her bow.
ruin
of
her
happiness,
the
factor
why you took thut terrib le Journey to
Albany," she said, a fte r a silence In opened the cover of the box. Remov "G oislby! goovlby!” she called, as
which her black brows were draw n to ing the heavy w rappings of paper pro I he w anderers fadpd Into the north.
"I have followed them hack to you,”
tecting the contents, he gasped In sur
gether In evident abstraction.
spoke a low voice behind her.
The m an's eyes softened as they prise.
The girl turned startled eyes on the
"Mon DIeu, mon D ie u !"
lingered on the clean lines of her pro
Over her
The girl turned from her bitter re limn who stood smiling.
file, th e m asses of her dusky hnlr, for
th ro at and face up to the dusky hair
she hsil asked the question with av ert trospection. "W hat Is It?"
mounted the blood.
“Come h ere!”
ed face us If feurlng his answer.
"Y o u !” she faltered. " It’s not a
She Joined him snd bent over the
"I went to Albany," he said, “to
box. In Its w rappings lay the ebony dream ?”
test my Judgment of hum an nature."
“1 have come back,” he said, “for
rase of a violin. On the lid of the
“And you found— T”
your gratitude.”
case
letters
of
gold
apelled:
"NIcolo
"1 found—th a t I was a mind render."
"My gratitude?" She smlleil through
Aniatl. Cremona."
he answ ered with a smile.
"An A niatl!” she cried In her Joy. nilst-velled eyes, as he stood beside
"Is It a very great secret?" she
her. “You ask no more?" And she
asked with a w istful look In th e dark "A priceless A niatl!" Then, brokenly,
“ F ather, fa th er! I am paying—1 am was In his arm s, his face burled in the
eyes that »enrobed his.
raven hair.
paying I"
"No, you will heap—tom orrow."
"D enise! D enise!"
With feverish h aste th e key was
"But. tom orrow —you go?"
She raised her flaming face to his,
found and th e case iqiened. She ten
"Yes."
and there on the hilltop they stood,
"And I atu not to know until you derly lifted the rare handiwork of the oblivious of the world.
world fam ous m aker from its bed of
have gone? So th at Is It?"
■•Do you think this gratitude?” she
"You will u n d e rs ta n d - tomorrow," velvet und Impulsively caressed It m urm ured at length.
with her cheek.
he put h er off with.
“No— paradise !"
“And he sends no word no l e t t e r f
F or a long Interval she sat gazing
“ At last — my spring — has tom e
at the rug at her feet, then leaned to cried th e perplexed St. Onge.
north,” she slgheiL "a fte r the long
She »lulled at his naivete. "There
ward him, her face tense with feeling
snows,”
Is
no
word
to
send,
father.
lie
|-
"W hat must you think of tne?" she
[TH E END]
sorry
there.
In
Ills
gay
New
York,
for
demanded. "You have planned and
worked for us. my fath er and me— the lonely woman he once knew In the
N o M a il fo r H im
given- given -given!
And we — we wilderness. Thia," and she held aloft
The postal service Is laughing at
have sat with folded hands while you th e violin, "la his anodyne for the
the story of a post-otllco inspector who
tolled and won o h , I want you to desolate—the aytul o| of Ids pity."
went into the hills of A rkansas to
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know how fine you have been through
It w as May, snd B rent Steele had check up a village post office. The
It a ll - w a n t you to sense my gratitu d e
been hard at work at the museum for neighbors said the P. M had gone
—before yon go."
Finding hbu. the lasiw ctor
She had risen and w as pacing the three months. In March he hud re fishing.
ceived tw o letters brought from Wall asked. "A re you the postm aster}”
floor—restrain t gone.
"I have been se lfish —Inhospitable," ing River hy the m essenger sent with A fter a minute the P. M said, "Yep.
she stum bled on. her eyes avoiding his. the violin. T he letter from the fac W hat's your name?" “P D. Smith."
"but I w ant you to know th at there tor was strained and »»If conscious. ptie p M reached Into his back pocket,
1» nothing -nothing which 1 will not T ogether with brief mention of the a r look out a hunch of letters and run
do—to prove my g ratitu d e for what rival of th e fur froin the Stooping. St. ning over them for the addresses, said.
yon have done." She turned from him Onge had profusely thunked Ida •*Nnpo>. Nothing fer ye.” and went on
fishing.-C apper s Weekly.
and ha knew by the convulsive move friend for the costly gift which had
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L e g H a n d » on B ird »
H unters shooting game birds dur
ing the hunting season ure requested
by the United S tates biological su r
vey to exam ine all birds carefully for
leg bunds ut the tim e they are shot.
It will greatly aid the Investigation
being made hy m eans of banded birds
If bunds a re returned to the survey
w ith accurate p articu lars regarding
th e exact spot w here the birds were
found, and any other pertinent Infor
m ation.—Pathfinder Magazine.
T h e O ld e s t V o te r
Probably the only woman who ha»
voted In every national election slnca
¡(¡rover Cleveland was chosen P resi
dent In 1892 Is Mrs. Samuel Posey of
Austin. Texas, whose privilege It has
been since she was nine years old to
cast the ballot for her blind father.
Tw eet Tw eet
Judge— You claim you w ere wide
aw ake, but the driver of th e other
car says yon were asleep.
W lnsor—Yes, a fte r th e crash.
A man Is alw ays willing to listen to
w ords of wisdom—providing he I
XX’ater continually dropping will
speaking them himself.
, w ear hard rocks hollow.—P lutarch.
Just m ix A la b a s tin e w ith
w a te r culd o r hot anc
a p p ly to a n y in te rio r sur
face. T h e »ure result is
b e a u tifu lly tinted w alls in
e x a c tly the color you wish.
A la b a s tin e comes in a ll
standard colors and these
in te rm ix to fo rm co u n t,
less o ther» so th a t yo ur
decorating taste m ay be
a c c u ra te ly follow ed.
N on e re n a m e w it h o o t
th e C ro ss a n d C ircte
p r i n t ' d in rs d .
Instead of Kalsomine or Wall R iper