tired
every,
morning (
Ginger Ella
by Ethel Hucston
CM polsona oat of tha system with
r'een-s-mlnt, the Chewing Gum Lai,
live. Hmallnr doses elli-ttlv when
taken In this form. A modern, sclen.
UQc, family laxative. Nsfu and mild.
tprrif at. T bm Mriti Oa. Ulustrationt by Iru-Jn Myers
WIHJ tarvloe
f Little
(XA-V
Desperate
TT7
yy
FEELING HIS WAY
A suspicion looking inn approached
the from door and naked: "Are tbe
people of the bouse Id?"
"They're all awny." tarn me main.
Have you renewed your dog li
cense!" he asked.
"We dont keep dog."
"1 see. Are your electric light! in
orderl"
'We only burn Baa."
"Well. I've come to tune the piano."
ives Lave txen
known to boil their Husband'
pipes mlye.TliIslulIstlielingcring
authority of over-strong tobacco,
but good-bye pipe! Well.it'i time
tbose Husbands discovered Sir
Walter Raleigh's favorite smok
ing mixturclt's a blend of cboice
tobaccosmcllowed to asurpassiog
mildness and flavor, and wrapped
in gold foil to keep it fresh And
fragrant? Wives positively love it
SHOWN a WILLIAMSON TOIACCO
COarOkATIOM, LiniUt, KlHmtk
SlRvKLTER
Raleigh
Smoking Tobacco
-b
Specialize
It la Impossible for a man who at
tempts many things to do them all
well Xenophon (4T0J-350T B. U)
Accidentally an Arkansas lady cured
flu In a valuable dog with Buss Ball
Blue. Many others now use It Ier
r falls, ahe says. Adv.
Enthnaiaatic for It
Mrs, Gossip Can yon keep a secret!
Mrs. Gabley I'll gladly help and
get some others to help, too.
Sloe (he Pals.
The hurt of a burn or cut stops when
CnWa r-rhnllulva la aDnllftd. It heftlS
quickly without scare. Me and "e by
Cole Co, Rockford. III. Advartlaamcnt
Official estimates place the Hun
garian corn crop at 7.,000,nno bushels,
2n,000,0)0 bushels more than In 1P2S.
r, 0:1
i - y
PETTING FOR TWO
She Do you think petting la bad
for one:
He Maybe but It'a great for two
So We Uederstand
Th clarett eh amokes
tSb say la toaalad;
But by reformers ah
Uaraalt Is roaated.
No laaide Left
A man not feeling well decided to
visit bla doctor.
After the examination the doctor
enquired. "What la your occupatlonr
"I'm professional footballer, air.
play Inside right," replied the fel
low.
Well, elve It op," tdvlsed the doc
tor, "or you'll nave no "Inside left.'"
Punctual
Mrs. B (hearing a clash and Jangle
from the kitchen) Goodness I What
was that noise t
Mrs. D Ob, that's Bridget Prompt
ly at eight ahe stops work and then
the drops everything.
Aftar Hours
The Boss I Hnd you've stolen over
W worth of stock In the week you've
worked here. And you were said to be
honest aa the day Is long.
The Culprit Sure 1 I was. but yod
put me to work on I tie night shift
NOT PORTABLE
Denver Boy
is a Winner
Every mother real
Izes how Important It
It to teach children
good habits of con
duct but many of
them full to realize
the -Importance of
teaching their chll
Iron good bowel hab
its until the polscna from decaying
waste held too long In the system
have begun to affect the child's
health.
Watch your child and at the first
sign of constipation, give him a little
California Fig Syrup. Children love
Its rich, fruity taste and It quickly
drives awny those distressing di
luents, such as headaches, bad brenth,
coated tongue, biliousness, feverish
ness, fretfulncss, etc. It gives them a
hearty appetite, regulates their stom
ach and bowels and gives tone and
strength to these organs so they con
tinue to act normally, of their own
accord. For over fifty years, lead
ing physlclnns have prescribed It for
half-sick, bilious, constipated chil
dren. More than 4 million bottles
used year shows how mothers de
pend on It. '
Mrs. C ,0. Wilcox, JWi Wolff
St., Denver, Colorado, snys: "My son,
Jncklo, Is a prize winner for health,
now, but we had a lot of trouble with
him before we found his trouble was
constipation and began giving him
California Fig Syrup. It fixed him
up quick, gave him a good appetite,
made him sleep fine and he's been
gaining In weight rtjjht along since
the first few days, taking It."
To avoid Inferior Imitations ot
California Fig Syrup, always look for
the word "California" on the carton.
"IMd Tom take bis typewriter on
that business trip with hlraT
"No. She's not a portable
writer."
type
Etpecially With a Club
Llfa la a (ama of carda
Act well your part.
But don't play tha douce
Wllh anybody's heart.
W. N. U., PORTLAND, NO. 8-1830.
Attute ,
"I hear you went with your wife to
mis the smart models In gowns."
"1 did."
"And were they smart modelsT
"Very. They paid no attention to
m." Unilsvllle Courier-Journal.
Intoxicated With Love
"Jerry smashed his car yesterday
and was taken to court"
"Ili-ally! w'l'!11 1,ie charger
"Driving while iimler the Influence
of woman." Bystander.
Another Record
Bandmaster (talking of field
day): "Yes, and we wos tired. The
bund hud to stand the whole day
long."
Wit Why, that's nothing. D'you
know. In our park at hmne you can
see bund stand fur months on end
A Falling Market
flardfax What do you mean rent
estate Is coming down?
Everhroke All my csstliT flu
air are tumbling.
CHAPTER VI
13
Life Is no bower of rosea tor the
acheiuer ot scheme. Ellen Tolllver
waa not the first to make that discov
ery In actual experience. There could
be no possible question but that she
had Ognred the family future along
the nioet pleasant aa well at profit
able lines, and yet It grew Increasing
ly difficult to hold ber recalcitrant
subjects to the designated stars. Take
Miriam, the sensible twin, (or In
stance, frlvollng away the precious
hours of her life ent at Pay Dirt In
the company of were can grocer.
And It was not merely that she did
those things, ahe enjoyed the doing.
That waa the painful aide ot the alto
atlon.
And there waa Marjory. Hiram
Buckwortb remulned pleasant and
comradely member of the household.
cheerfully paying ten of his fifteen
dollars Into the general coffer every
week, and obviously counting this
not to much a hardship aa privilege.
Ulna Jenkins llk-d blm, Mr. Tolllver
liked him, the members of the church
liked blm. All the young daughter of
all the Influential member developed
strange assiduity along tinea of re-
llgloot activity. On the surface,
tblnga aeemed to progress) wttb a
tweet serenity wblcb should bsv been
highly satisfactory to everybody con
cerned.
But Ginger Ella, casting about her
witb keen eye that saw everything,
and a keen mind that suspected even
more, knew Intuitively that all waa
not well, not In the church, where
were beard vague murmuring. In
definite suggestions, and were teen
strange and significant look, nor In
the parsonage Itself, where Hiram
Buckwortb looked too often, and too
long, upon the slender whit bands
of Marjory Tolllver. This was bad
sign, one of th very worst Utram
Buckwortb was good looking. Marjory
bad always been man-mad. Th situ
atlon held al! sorts of horrible possl-
bUIUee. Ginger renewed ber vigilance.
Hiram Buckwortb. good looking,
brilliant young student bad deliber
ately chosen the ministry a bit Ufa
work. She tossed blm a scant re
spect for that choice, which, although
It accorded him a blgb mark for
character, It no way entitled blm to a
permanent place In ber plana for th
family' future. Being seminary
nan, wttb special study at Oxford, be
would begin perhaps at thousand
dollars, or twelve nnndred If he was
Incky, and would progress upward.
lowly, perhaps a far a two thou-
sand, twenty five hundred, possibly
be was ao very good looking. If be
married, be would Instsntly, according
to fjine-honored Methodist parsonage
statistics aa figured fiy Ginger, become
possessed of a minimum of three chll
dren.
Small good would be one of hi es
tate to the Impoverished . and oeeily
Tolllver. Encouraging blm was a
deliberate throwing away of their one
resource. It was the willful choking ot
their oil well It was the burning of
their liberty bonds, (linger reconnol
tered carefully. She did more than rec
onnolter. She hounded. Klie wi all
present all-pervasive, all-observing
If Marjory and the young minister
Inclined for a stroll In the moonlight.
Ginger Inclined also. If they sat Id
the shade 01 the rambler on the
veranda. Ginger aat wltb them, bored,
but unyielding.
Had sh washed dlshe all thi-so
year merely to save the fair hum's
of Marjory for the fllshe of Hiram
Buckwortb and a minimum of threat
The attic aaw little of Ellen Tolllver
during these day. She met the post-
man, thanked blm warmly for the
letter he gave her, and flew to the
attic. The dime crtu-hed Into th
dolls' trunk, snd Ginger returned to
ber veranda vlglL
Id a way considerable disappoint
ment attended the Hcrumulutloo ot
funds for the blind. It n rely did she
receive more than five contributions In
a day, a stingy fifty cents. Lovely
daughter cannot be sent to finishing
schools, shabby parsonagi cannot be
done over, suffering eye cannot be
operated on by expensive surgeon,
npon a paltry five dime a day. Not
that Ginger frowned npon her re
ceipts, far from It It wn only that
the had hoped ao greatly.
Id the three week of Mr. Tolllver'
Idleness In the country, he hud ac
quired a thick coat of unaccustomed
tan, and five full pounds Id weight,
wlib such an Increase of strength, en
thuslawn, and smhltlon, that he waa
Inclined to feel ashamed of hi con
tinned Idleness. Word from town that
a ipectnl committee from th official
board wlsheC to meet him at th par-
aonage ou Thursday evening for dis
cussion of Important church matters.
gave blm real pleasure.
Eddy Jackson drove blm In, with
Miriam, and feeling, wltb his usual
tuit that the family would like to be
alone for a few hour of Iniltnut re
union, he pleaded Important business,
and left them, promising to return for
them at eleven o'clock. Ant after
their modest supper, they sat, th
three girls and tbelf futliei, In th
pleasant old living room and waited
tor the coming of the committee.
"They wunt that lust two thousand
raised," auld their father, smiling,
"aud ao do L Hut I am sure the peo
ple will contribute It ot the own free
wilt. In gmtliud-s on the day of the
dedication,"
Presently came Joplln Westbury,
alone, 11) at ease, but obviously a man
with bis mind made up.
Well, Brother Tolllver," he auld.
It'a good to see you again. You are
looking better. Eyea any strongerr
I think so, yes, I am aur ol It i
feel much better. What hour was ap
pointed for the meeting? taut th
rest of th committee Inter
"Well, at matter of fact the reat
ot the committee I oot coming, lirotb
er !nwe wa called out of town on
business late this afternoon, and
Brother Markleo la In bed with an
attack of acute Indigestion. Not that
I believe a word of It myself. They
Just backed out that't all."
"It the meeting postponed, thenr
Well, no. Too see, I wss th chair
man anyhow, and I can do aa well
without the committee. We'll Just
have tt out by ourselves.
Th girls rs quickly. "Well run
opatalr If yon will excuse us." said
Miriam.
"No, dont go aald Joplln West
bury quickly, evidently not at all de
siring to be left alone wltb his gentle.
unseeing pastor. "Ton stay right
ber. It' a family matter, a you
might ay, and we'll Just bav It all
right out Id th open,'
Mr. Tolllver sat very tlll. a rigid
figure against the faded blu velvet
of th big chnlr, hi bead bent for
ward.
"You see, we had meeting of the
official board Monday night"
"Ton did I Why, 1 could bav com
In for It"
"Well, w Just bsd tt by ourselves
In fact we've aad several. Well
there's no use beating about the bush,
continued th emnerraaaed official.
"Yon see. Brother Tolllver, thst while
all our people like you, and like your
work like your whole family. In fact
still Well, you can see that
blind man cant ran a cburcb not
rlshtiy oot a fine oew church like
this on of our. Now that we've put
to much money Into this new church,
we've got to get In the crowds to fill
tt up, and help pay the expense. And
a blind man"
Mr. Tolllver did not mov. "Tea,
Brother Westbury. Go on," he uld
gently.
"Welt you see bow it is. Ana
Inc th Congregatlonnllsts have
Started to bold meeting of their own
Id the Odd Fellow' hall, they've taken
about a dozen of our good pnyera. and
we've got to get Id other to take their
place. Now you e bow we re fixed.
W Ilk you. first-rate, but we've g
to work for the chnn-li. first anil lam
Well, we walled, and hoped you woul
get over It We wrote to the dm tora
and they tny you've not got much
chance not one In hundred. You're
all run down, and too need Ion
rest maybe s year, maybe Iwo yea
to build you up."
But perhaps sn 0H-ratlon It would
be expensive, but"
We asked about the operation
They Just tulkud about that to cheer
you up. An operation wouldn't do any
good. Your eyes are Jnst ploln worn
out You'll all worn out that's the
straight of It"
"Well, we talked If over with the
district superintendent, and he hadn't
a word to say agnlnst you, tlrotuer,
nor any of us either for that nuttier.
But you ace how It Is. The oew
church and all. So he sold te would
fix It up at the conference this fall,
and they'll retire you according to the
book 1 donl know Just how It Is,
but they pay you right along, and
It'a all down In tha 'Discipline.' And
you'll gel a good long rest and we'll
get to ome fresh young chap lo draw
no crowds and fill np th new
church."
"Hut but It'l father' th new
church Is," gasped (linger, 'unahl a
endure th dead silence that bung so
blackly over the llitle group.
Joplln Westhur turned on bar
sharply, evidently glud of chance
to twitch the tide of hit talk from
the stricken minister. "No, Ellen, It'l
not your father't church. It't not our
church, It't Ood's."
(linger wilted tuddenly. "Yet," she
assented. "Ye, of course. I wish we
could let God run It"
"Kllen," reproved ber father gently.
"I'm sorry -1 didn't mean" h
stammered nervously.
Yea, never mind. Wa know yod
meant nothing wrong. You tr qulta
right of course. Brother Westbury.
It Is all true. A blind man would only
he an encumbrance In a new church
like that. 1 should bav resigned be
forebut I kept hoping I would re
cover. And I hsd my family"
"Oh, you'll be taken car ot. Broth
er Tolllver, don't yog worry. Yon
won't b allowed to uffer, you nor
your family either. Just you remem
ber that It'a all down Id the 'Dia-
clulloe.' Th confeienc will take
care ot you."
"How soon When do yon "
"Well. now. Brother, we figured w
would Just keep you right along until
conference, on full aalary and every-
thing. And yon can Juat rest up In
the country, and let this young Duck
worth do th preaching. W Ik hltn
drat rat. And w want you to preach
the dedication, wa re absolutely unan
imous on that nobody but you for tha
dedication, for aa you might say, 11 1
your church. That la, you understand,
you raised the money and alt"
"Yea, I . Thank yoa very much."
Awkwardlf. the mute made hi
good by aud hurried away. II did
not look back. Miriam walked wltb
him to the door, shook bsnds with
him. Bli even smiled. Theo sh
slipped back and Joined lb buahtx!
little group.
"Ffatber," begged Olnger, In an
anguished tone, "dont be shocked
pleas don't Remember wbst the
doctor laid."
II put out bt band te ber, with
a aad amlla. and sh crushed It be
tween both of ber.
"Yoa eve, there Is no bop," be snld,
They were only pretending tbat I
had a chance."
"No, father," contradicted Miriam
sweetly. "No, they were oot pretend
ing. They aald you had a chance, and
they meant It They tald the only
way waa for yoq to become ao atrong
aud well that your eyea also would
grow strong and welt They did nt
deceive you You did have you have
got a chance. I asked them a dozen
times, and they told me honestly."
"And as far aa money ." cried
(linger. jore cheerily. "I have quite 4
few little eereu of my own. It IS
two months till conference. Ry Unit
lime, old darling. I shall probably be
aide to take care ot yoa myself."
He smiled at ber again, "Dear
Ellen." he aald gently. "If only thia
all in little hands could carry out ih
kindly projecta of that eager Utile
heart we should never want for mnca
Id this world."
"Oh. but this Urn I really mean It
I mean I am quit nre " the
dlwlimure ot ber hour trembled t
the Hp of ber tongue her eyes gn-
rapt and luminous. Bui ber sluti-i,
so uvd to ber daring dreema, ninl
her extravagant promises, psld small
heed. Their thought were npon the,
tordld reality of the present moment
and ill disappointment
"It's 1 good thing the wedding I
over," tuld Marjory. "Helen would
never have gone, If th bad sus
pected this."
"Hoarding Mr. Duckworth will heln
out quite a little," said Miriam. "A
for us, a long aa w stay at pay Dirt,
we're simply gorging ourselves among
the fleahiota of Erpt"
Olnger shook th rapture from her
ryes, closed her toetb Itrmly upon her
secret Th (lint bad not com fog
her triumphal pronouncement
"Well, ss Old Jop any" ahe began.
"Ellen I"
"1 mean Brother Westbury. Kddy
Jackson cull him Old Jop. Well, a
he says, the conference will take cure
of us. What will we get, father ?
Where I th 'Dlsclpllner Let' look
It up."
She mo upstair for th book.
"1 should hav resigned," said her
father drearily. "I knew I could not
minister to (hem properly. But 1 did
keep hoping."
(TO OB CONTINUED)
V X&iNtM OH
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FOR CONSTIPATION
People devoting their time "to th
public service,"
tskod to.
sometimes aren't
ffUtain Wour tiood ooks.
Ham (reouentlv a woman think. "Am
rm. I still attractive r How
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itudr the devote
lo her looktl
That's natural, A
woman hatsi to
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tea charmuig ant
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Writ lo Dr. Pierce 1 Invalids llolel,
Buffalo. -N. Y, II yoe, deiir Ira medi
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Historic Buildings in Finnish Town of Turku
Turku wnt Finland' first capital.
Christianity was first luiighl (her,
and the ft rut Chriatlitn converts were
baptized In the It her Aura. The old
eet cathedral snd the oldest castle In
Finland are to he found In Turku, and
nearly all I he historic home of the
Finnish nubility ar in or near the
city.
With th exception of the cathedral
and th cuatl, modern Turku ha
been built sine the disastrous fire of
Jfj27. when the old town whs si most
entirely destroyed In a blur that
burned for flv days. Both (he easlle
and tha cathedral ar grim structures
with little exterior ornament The c
tbedrnj bat a long, narrow vaulted
Interior and most of the Immense
treasure which was once kept there
has disappeared.
I'nrt of th caatla It now a museum
snd Is furnished wltb pieces ot old
Klnnbsh furniture. Visitor! can still
see the dnngeon, tlx fathomt dop
aud blink at pitch, where prisoners
were kept In the greet central bull
,1 1 high gallery from which cruel
ruler once had unruly subjects hurlod
la 1 he floor below. One cell In the
ensile Is still known ts the malefac
tor's resting place. National Geo
graphic Society Bulletin.
It' hard for a woman to forglvt an
other for having dona ber a favor.
Acidity
The common cause of digestive dim-';
cullies Is exccHS add. 801I11 cannot
alter thl condition, and It burns tliea
stomach. Something that will nir
trulir.e the acidity It tho snilhla
thing to tuke. That It why physlelnnt
tell the public to use I'hllllps Milk of
Magnesia.
One spoonful of this delightful prep
aration can neutralize ninny times Its
vol 11 me In acid. It acts Instantly ; re
lief It quick, and very apparent All
gat la dispelled) all tourneat I toon
gone) the whole tystem 1 tweetencd.
Do try thlt perfect antl acld, and re
member It It Just as good for children,
too, and pleasant for them to take.
Any drug ttore hat the genuine, pre
script lonnl product
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