The Gate city journal., March 27, 1925, Image 6

THE GATE CITY JOIRN AI
WEAK, RUN-DOWN T f l P T r i l A f l t C a m I
nervous , dizzy
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By
Victor Rousseau
L ow -cost Transportation
Star m Cars
spoke to me of some harder fight to
be fought.”
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“ With nothing to win, Joan—noth­
Copyright by W . C C h »pa«a
By the next morning there was no
ing.
When I leave here no ha-
doubt that victory had been won.
man being will miss or regret me.”
i Thera was color in Lancaster's face,
asked Lancaster, looking at her with
“ There is your work at Avonmouth.
a lightness In his step; and, best of
a puzzled expression.
There Is the hospital which you have
| all, he was psychically whole. The
“ You teemed to regard my weak­ made famous throughout the United
T erre Haute, Indiana. — “ I was weak
drug devil still clung to the nervous
and run-down and in such a nervous con­
ness in the operating room as a sign States. Your work la there, not in
refuges
of
Its
physical
domain,
the
dition that I could
of my Incapacity.” she replied, a little some obscure place where it would be
hardly do my work. | hands still trembled, the man started chagrined that he should have dis­ of less use to the world and no ex
dl
sudden
sounds;
but
the
shifty,
I was tired all the
missed the matter from his mind.
amplv Besides, consider that If you
time and dizzy, had
furtive, lying spirit had taken Its de
Lancaster looked at her with that become famous again, as you must
no appetite and could ! parture.
strunxe glance which seemed always you will be discovered. And one can
not sleep.
I tried
Joan only discovered afterward
designed to hide his thoughts. Then never leave his past behind him. That
different medicine«
i what Lancaster must have endured,
fo r a year but they
his face softened.
follows everywhere.”
The treatment had been more heroic
did not help me.
“ Joan, do you know that I owe
“ Yes, that Is true,” muttered Lan
than Joan had known, with her own
Then m y husband
everything on earth to you— to you, f caster, staring out over the darkening
saw the ad. for Lydia I limited experience, and the antidotes
my dear?” he asked.
hills. “ Well, I leave it to you. my
E. Pinkham’s V ege­
which she administered, under Lan
And he took her in his arms and dear, but to go back to fight out
table Compound in
caster’s own directions, were purpose­
kissed her.
futile battle seems to me now some
the newspapers and
ly limited, for fear of supplanting one
had me take i t
I regained my strength
"That’s what you mean to me,” ne thing unendurable.”
habit with another.
and never f e lt b etter in my l if e . ' I t com­
said. “ I can’t lose you; I want you
“ You must go back to the institute,
Lancaster had gone through the
M ore than a million dollars has been in­
pletely restored me to health. I had
to fill the life that you have given and then to Avonmouth, and meet your
practically no suffering when my baby
worst of his ordeal; and yet certain
vested
in special machinery, tools and
back
to
me.”
enemies,
John,"
she
said.
"
I
shall
be
boy was bom and he is very strong and
features of his Illness were puzzling
And at rhe touch of his lips on hers at your side. Nothing will make me
equipment devoted exclusively to the
healthy. I know that the V egetable
to both of them. The symptoms of
Joan knew that in truth she loved afraid, or weaken my love for you.
Compound is the beet medicine a woman
production o f the new Star Motor, which
morphine poisoning, elusive and pro­
can take before and a fte r childbirth for
him; all that she had heard of the
His face twitched. “ Not If I tell you
tean
a « they are, seemed In this case
although built exclusively for the low-
health and strength. I would be w illing
man's past, his dissolute life, the talk things which prove me worthless of
Irreconcilable with those classically
to answer letters from women asking
priced Star car is o f the highest standard
of Avonmouth, was forgotten.
She your love?" he asked. “ Not If you find
accepted. There was Lancaster’s com
about the Vegetable Compound. ” —
only knew that she loved him, not I am an outcast man who has de­
o f quality and includes various features
Mrs. W m . J. L ee , Route E, Bos 648,
plete prostration on the morning when
with the wild passion of w'hlch she served his misfortunes?"
T erre Haute, Indiana.
Joan discovered the nature of his 111
ually found only in motors o f high-
had
heard,
but
with
a
quiet
and
abid­
She
only
smiled
at
him.
“
I
shall
Lydia E. Pinkham’s V egetab le Com­
ness. He told her afterward that he
priced cars. Ask your nearest Star Dealer
ing fondness, none the weaker for Its not Judge you by your words.” she
pound is a dependable medicine for all
had been conscious all the time, hut
qualities of calmness; and it was the said, “ nor yet by other men’s opinions,
these troubles.
to show you the Star. Examine it. Ride
physically Inert, as if paralyzed. That
most natural thing in the world that but my knowledge of you.”
For sale by druggists everywhere.
did not point to morphine poisoning.
in
it and learn for yourself its quality,
she, who had given him life again,
“ Then I shall tell you everything,'
And a certain lethargy remained one
power and value.
should give her own life also to this he unswered, drawing Joan’s hand into
L. D. S. Business College of the last symptoms of the case.
wonderful, strong man who had risen his. “Everything, hut not here. Here
Prices, f. o. b, Lansing. Mich.
The intimacy of the sick room, born
s c h o o l o r c r r ic iF N C Y
above his wrongs and driven the be­ I shall keep the peace of the hills
T ou rin g $ 5 4 0
R oadster $3 4 0
Coupe $71 5
of their struggle, had become the most
A ll commercial branches. Catalog free.
setting devils from him by valorous within my heart, and you.”
T w o-door Sedan $ 7 5 0 Four-door Sedan $ 8 2 0
C om m ercial Chassis $445
O O N . M ila S I.
S A L T L A K E C IT Y , U TA H
natural thing to both of them. The
strength. Her heart was lifted up;
So they strolled back toward the
passing of Myers had wrought an ex
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serene and trustful she returned his cabin, and Joan’s drab-colored life
traordinary chttnge in the atmosphere
M e r e ly C h a n g e o f Lines
Broadway at 57th Street, New York
kiss.
was transmuted In this, her first love,
As George Robey, an English actor, of the institution. And somehow the
Dealers and Service Stations Throughout the United States and Canada
“ I love you, too,” she answered. to gold. She lived in her lover, she
Planes: Elizabeth, N.J. • Lansing, Mich. • Oakland, Cal. • Toronto. One.
was entering the stage door, he was news of Lancaster’s recovery had "Nothing of the past shall ever come trusted wholly In him who had
Yield up by a “ resting” brother profes­ spread into Millville. Joan Inferred between us.”
brought love to her, not like a con­
sional, who announced impersonally that even tKe country people had boy­
They were at the verge of the for­ quering god, but In the simplest guise,
that If only he could raise the fure lo cotted the Institute, hut now two moth­ est, upon a height that overlooked making It the unfolding of her own
Keep close to duty.
Tills world never seems any the
Shefiield he would he working over ers brought their babies to Lancaster, Millville and Lancaster, hill villages, loving nature. She gave her youth, her
worse fur the holidays we take out of
and It was amazing and delightful to
Kaster.
but now outspread In the shadowy innocence as love’s price, and thought
“ Rut dash It,” said Robey, “ it’s not Joan to see the doctor’s transforma­ plain beneath them. A dozen counties the exchange her profit. There was DEMAND “ BAYER” ASPIRIN its busy whirl.
three hours ago, outside the Cavour, tion, his jolliness and tenderness to­
never such peacefulness In any place
tiiat you pitched me the same tale ward the children.
as there that evening, and In Joan’s Aspirin Marked With “ Bayer Cross”
Boschee’s Syrup
“
I'm
using
my
respite,”
he
said
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.
about
going
to
Plymouth—and
heart was abounding peace likewise.
Allays irritation, soothes and heals
whimsically. “ I want to get well to
touched!”
When they reached the cabin the
The
Undefeated, the brazen one gulped, face my harder battle.”
Warning! Unless you see the name throat and lung inflammation.
patient was better. Lancaster spent
constant irritation of a cough keeps
“ It Is no respite,” answered Joan.
took u firm hold of his unsteady wits,
the evening giving detailed instruc­ “ Bayer” on package or on tablets you
“ You are free now. Doctor Lancaster
and retorted with vast indignation:
are not getting the genuine Bayer the delicate mucus membrane o f the
tions to the man’s wife.
throat and lungs in a congested con­
“ Well, what of it, George? What of It Is only a habit of thought that holds
I shall do my best to come again If Aspirin proved safe by millions and
dition, which BOSCHEE’S SYRUP
It?
Even you ciiunge your putter, you.”
I am needed," he said. “ But I can’t prescribed by physicians for 23 yenrs.
There ensued three wonderful days
don’t you?”
Say “ Bayer” when you buy Aspirin. gently and quickly heals. For this
promise. I may be called to Avon-
after the secretary’s departure, always
Imitations
may prove dangerous.—Adv. reason It has been a favorite house­
mouth at any moment. Keep him
hold remedy for colds, coughs, bron­
to
remain
clear
In
the
girl’s
memory.
quiet, for heaven’s sake keep him ab
It Is best in wearing superfine
chitis and especially for lung troubles
Greut joys, like griefs, are silent.
solutely motionless for a week, and
clothes to consider whether one lias They were three days of uninterrupt
in millions of homes all over the
ed recovery.
After the second no
then let him sit up i f he wants to. And
the style and manner to wear them.
world for the last fifty-eight yearn,
more morphine was given. The fight
Shave With Cuticura Soap
nothing to eat but the schedule I am
was won; there was no questioning
And double your razor efficiency as enabling the patient to obtain a good
making out for you.”
night's rest, free from coughing with
that.
Afterward Joan told Lancaster that well as promote skin purity, skin com­
" I suppose you will have to return
No mug, no easy expectoration In the morning.
she wished to stay for a few days to fort and skin health.
You can buy BOSCHEE’S SYRUP
to Avonmouth soon," Joan suggested.
take care of the man. But Lancaster slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no irri­
He turned a startled look on her.
tation even when shaved twice daily. wherever medicines are sold.—Adv.
Tacoma, Wash.—“ I was suffering
would not hear of It.
"Yes—soon,” he said, and fell Into a
from feminine weakness and had a
“ These hill people never die,” he One soap for ail uses—shaving, bath­
b a d cough.
I
gloomy meditation from which she
A good Arabian horse will canter
said. “ He’ll be up and about before ing and shampooing.— Advertisement.
g o t so w e a k
could not arouse him.
in I lie desert for 24 hours in summer
the week is over."
that I could not
That afternoon a telephone message
Familiarity begets coldness.
and 4.3 in winter without drinking.
“ But the diet?"
do my work, lost
came from Thompson, a hill village,
flesh and had no
“ They’ll feed him on soda biscuits
fifteen miles distant.
A farm-hand
desire for food.
as soon as he’s well enough to eat any­
had been crushed by a falling tree;
D r. P i e r c e ’ s
thing. Fortunately he won’t be able
would Lancaster come at once and see
F a v o r i t e Pre-
to eat for a week, so he won’t come
s c r i p t i o n and
If anything could be done for him?
to any harm. I shall send Jenkins
Golden Medical
"Would you like to come with me?”
over two or three times to report
Discovery acted
asked the doctor.
progress."
upon my entire
“
If
I
can
he
of
help.”
system in such
Joan’s room was a tiny place under
"O
f
course
you
can—the
greatest
a way that I be­
They Traveled for the Most Part in the eaves. She spent a sleepless,
help. I shall need you badly, perhaps
gan to mend and was soon on my
Silence.
happy night there, thinking over the
feet again."— Mrs. Bessie B. Ronald,
to administer an anesthetic,” he an
happiness that had come to her. It
3726 East G St. All dealers. Tablets
swered.
ould he dimly discerned from that was strange and wonderful to lie
and liquid.
Lancaster telephoned to Jenkins for spot by daylight. Far in the distance
awake under the same roof that shel­
Send 10c to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’
the buggy, and half an hour later they were the coastal lands, nearer the cul­
tered Lancaster, and to reflect how
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial pkg.
were driving along the country road tivated belt, nearer still the little
soon their lives would flow together,
Into the heart of the mountains. 'They farms, and the matchless mountains calmly, in their own country.
She
traveled for the most part in silence;
II about them. It was their home could not have wished any happier
Lancaster’s thoughts were occupied
ountry— both of them were thinking fate In life.
with his prospective case, and Joan that; the smell of the rich soil was in
With her limited experience, It
was content to sit quietly at his side their nostrils, and In their hearts the
seemed ideal that, after the years of
and watch the changing panorama of sense of home.
stress in Avonmouth, she should be
the land she loved and knew so well.
“ Joan, can a man begin to build up returning, almost to her own home, a
The road ascended continuously, un­ his life again at thirty-eight, after he
wife. She had puzzled sometimes over
W
n ess
til at lust, when the sun was low down has missed everything?" asked Lan­
Lancaster’s long residences In the
In the sky, they entered Thompson, a caster. after a long silence.
place that bore bis name. But she
tiny settlement In the very heart of
You have proved that he can," she dreamed of the time when he would
the mountain peaks.
answered. "But you have not missed give up his work at Avonmouth and
It was a serious case, and the pa­ everything, my dear. You are a very retire to a new institute, a spacious
M J ill D
“ ruggists
tient was already comatose.
The great man, and a man with a great home where they could fill their wards
tree had fallen across the chest, crush­ work In the world. Many men have with the country people, where her
ing It, and driving a rib into a lung. gone along the path you took, hut few life’s vocation and her life ’s happi­
An immediate operation offered the have found the strength to turn hack ness would be united.
only hope, and the doctor decided to as you have done.”
At last she fell asleep, and. when
perform It in the cabin.
“ Joan, I want to tell you something. she awoke, Lancaster was tapping at
Joan, having bundled out the family I was engaged to he married once— her door.
i make ■ horse Wheeze, Roar, havs
and the neighbors, administered tile years ago. She ran away on the eve­
"Tim e to get up, Joan!” ’ he called
Thick Win« or Ihokedowncan
ether.
She had never been greatly ning before our marriage day. It was cheerfully.
b« reduced with
impressed by the legend of tlie skilled the beginning of my downfall.
I
She sprang out of bed. “ How Is the
Manipulating a snow shovel detracts
Every man’s house Is his castle tih-
surgeon with the wonderful touch; thought I loved her.”
1 0 *i
patient?" she asked.
from the picturesqueness of the win­ til he makes an assignment— then it’«
her first operation at Avonmouth had
His face was haggard. Divining his
“ Doing finely and wants to go to ter landscape.
his wife’s.
seemed to her like a sort of glorified distress, Joan slipped her hand into work,” said Lancaster, laughing.
plumbing,
and
the
leisurely
manner
of
his.
Joan dressed in a hurry and ran
I also other Bunches or Swell-
the surgeons had reduced the art to a
“ Joan, dearest,” ssld Lancaster, downstairs. Lancaster was waiting on
| ings. No blister, no balr
science in her estimation. Now she after a pause, "I have often thought the porch. She raised her face for his
fo n e , and horse kept st
revised her opinion as, seated at the that some day I would tell you all the kiss, already natural to her, already
Economical -only a few drops
required t an application. $2.50 per
patient’s head, she watched Lancaster wretched story of the past. But I the happy fulfillment o f her innocent
bottla delivered. Book 3 A free.
working within a compass of fraction
have been thinking differently today. dreams of love. Then, arm in arm,
al inches, where a slip would have I was entrapped by an unse-tipulous they strolled out into the sunlight.
W. r. Y««. be . S10 Ijwm St, Sprv*Md. Mass.
been deadly. His fingers, which hail man. who robbed me of everything
The glorious light lay on every hill.
k w o k m i \ i » k h — i d o e |l
< )u »r »n -
trembled as he held the reins, were that made life worth living.
But In thut light all the shadow's of the
t*«<1 i . i nt «>iUi>ti«
ICftcti w ra p p e d In «»II
as
steady
as
the
steel
instruments
he
there Is nothing that woulc* make me past seemed to shrivel away.
Jam** Su pply, «Hand In'im d, N ebr.
held, his deftness and precision were afraid to look my fellow men In the
"W e are going hack to the institute
amazing; and when at lust the opera­ face.
BATHE TIRED EYES
It Is myself whom I have this morning. Joan.” said Lancaster.
•tthJTr. Tbompwon'e Mvi'wnter.
tion was ended, and the patient s re­ shamed and humiliated. Joan. I want
<TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
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covery announi’ed as probable, she to say nothing, not because I would
could not conceal her enthusiasm.
keep anything from you. but because
F ranklin S et S ty le
They were to remain at the cabin I want to start my life anew. I shall
B anish P im p les
When Eighteenth-century Baris was
overnight In case of a change for the never go hack to the Institute.”
still wearing the picturesque three^
By Using
worse, returning to the institute in
“ You mean, dear— ?”
cornered hat Benjamin Franklin came
the morning. After a scrappy meal
“ Never.
I shall not return tomor­ to represent the new republic of the
they had wandered to the en«l of the row.
I want you to come to the United States, wearing on his head a
Soap to Cleanse
village, toward a patch of w’oodlnnd Southwest with me, Joan, my dear. queer thing derived from the steeple
M O T H E R :- F l e t c h e r ’ s
Ointment to Heal
that was encroaching on the tiny set­ We will drive across the hills to Car- crowns o f the Puritan Pilgrim fathers.
Castoria is a pleasant, harm­
tlement. The iong summer twilight roll’s and catch the through train Paris copied It anti turned it Into the
less Substitute for Castor Oil,
stilt held the land, althimgh rhe moun­ there. I shall begin to live the new cylinder which Chris tenant has worn
tain tops were already vague and sha«l life you have give* me. Will you leave ever since, says the Detroit News.
Paregoric, Teething Drops
owy. They H« vh 1 theft looking «Iowa everything for my sake, Joan? Is It
In the Eighteenth century when oar-
and Soothing Syrups, espe­
toward the level couutey under them. too hard a request?”
tlaans of France and of Russia wrere
cially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages.
” 1 think you are __
J»e _ most wonder­
___ __
"It la not too hard." she answered. fighting It out in Sweden the French
I Q *“ k
? A plraaam effective ayrup. I
ful surgeon (a »ne world.” said Joan, j "But it Is not right for you.”
)S c and AOc iiw <
faction wore hats, the Russians cap*
A n d « " e m n J f e . u a e »’IS O 'S
” It la right for me to leave a living The Middle ages, ae a familiar Han a.-,
’And you see I 41 dn t faint this time.”
To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of
x .
T h ro a t e n d C heat
death behind me."
•n»* added.
reminds us. knew a Pilgrim by aw
F>rovfn directions on each package. Ptyrucuai everywhere recommend it
T a m t’
Wh» ahouid **»». falot?"
No. dear It la running sway. You j "cockle hat.*
Mr*. Le« Suffered From All
These Troubles, but Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­
pound Made Her Well
Chapter VIII
The Car for the Millions
W ith the Million Dollar M otor
Are You Weak?
Appetite Gone?
LEONARD
EAR OIL
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Cuticura
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