TH K G A T E C ITY JO C R N A L MRS. WM. BUTTS WAS VERY SICK Giro Fall Credit to Lydia L Pinkham’» Vegetable Compound for Remarkable Recovery W elliton , O. — “ I took Lydia E. Pink- ham ’s Vegetable Compound to make ms st rung. I was troubled with my back and sides hurting me till I could not do my work, and whenever I caught cold it made me irregular. Since I have taken the V e g e t a b le Com ­ pound my side and back don’t bother me and I can do my housework and care fo r my children now, where before I did not feel like doing anything or goin g around. A ft e r my first child was bom about four years ago I saw an advertisement in tne paper about the V egetable Compound. I knew It would help me, but I was afraid to try it because people said it would help you to have children and I knew I was having children fa s t enough. But I thought i f it would help me it would be better to have a whole house full o f children and have good health. I be­ came stronger from taking it and my husband says I look like a liv e woman instead o f a dead one. W hen Spring comes 1 am goin g to take your Blood Medicine as I am v e ry thin. *1 w ill an­ swer letters from any woman who wishes to ask about your medicine. Mrs. W illia m B u tts , W ellston, Ohio. Beavers Increa sin g Fast Possession of a new resource that within a short span of years may be expected to develop into a means of positive profit for land owners in vnrt- oils purts of South Dakota Is seen by H. S. Hedrick, state game warden, on colonies which have been practical­ ly Immune tr^m trappers under ths state law for the past six years, the St. Paul Pioneer Press says: It Is Impossible to make even an ap­ proximation of the number of these fur-bearing animals. Mr. Hedrick says, but It Is known that they have pros­ pered to an unexpected degree and are beginning to invade many localities where they were never befor seen. Undersea C ity Submerged :10 feet below the surface in’ the Mediterranean sea. off the coast of Tunis, the ruins of an ancient city have been found by divers. They re­ port that many large stone buildings were visible, outlined in dim shadows and sandy bottom, and that fish swarm In and out of crumbled doorways. Scientists are preparing lo make fur­ ther explorations. Additional interest Is attached to the discovery, as the city lies in waters described by Virgil and near the “ isle of the Lotus Eat­ ers," of which Homer sang. P a p e r B arrels Winding barrels from a roll of tough “ chipboard” paper is accomplished on s mm-hlne consisting of u cylinder, cut In two parts, which may he drawn apart on the axle to produce different lengths. 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SOAKS RIGHT IN and LIMBERS UP STIFF JOINTS Stiff, swollen. Inflamed, rheumatic Joints should be treated with a rem­ edy made for Just that purpose and that purpose only. ltemember the name of this discov­ ery Is Joint-Ease and It will take out the agony, reduce the swelling and limber up any troubled Joint after ordi­ nary mre-alls have miserably failed. Just rub It on— flOo s tnhe at any dmgglat—ask for Joint-Ease Always re member, when Joint-Fast gets in Joint agony gets out— quick. RESINOL ¿ootHina And HcAlinq Household Ointment M ite / TheTruant Sou B ij Uictor Rousseau — Cop.nqkl b. V. q Ckapoaa F eel A ch y A fter Every C old? C h a p ter X I I — 17 — Without a sound Lancaster leaped at him. Joan saw the secretary snatch up the lamp and hold it on high. She heard his screaming, terrified voice above the uproar. He stood like some squat statue illuminating the space above the dark in which Lancaster and Lawson sprawled, clutching at each other like two primeval cave men. It was grotesque, for it wTas like a man lighting with himself; and, in fact, It might have been Lancaster fighting with his evil angel. He was no match for Lawson, but at first his pent-up fury, at last unleashed, matched the two equally. Then Law- son flung his adversary from him and struggled to ids knees. As Lancaster grasped him and tried to rise lie flung him down again. Lancaster’s head 6truck the corner of tlie iron bedstead. His hands unclosed; he sighed and lay perfectly still. Joan saw the look of malignant rage upon Lawson’s face, saw him raise his heel above the face i of the unconscious man. He would j have ground out Lancaster’s life, hut that Joan pulled the revolver from i her pocket and thrust it into his face for the second time. Lawson staggered backward, rage and terror depicted upon his features In the light of the swaying oil lamp. At that moment Myers was crouching near her. He set the lamp down. Joan felt a sharp pain In the upper part of her arm. She saw the secre­ tary putting something into his pocket. He dodged the wavering revolver and backed toward the door, pulling Law- son with him. " I’m going to finish this!” yelled Lnwsoo. Myers clutched at him and pulled him into the hall. Joan heard Myers’ eager whispers, and Lawson’s strug­ gles and angry muttering gradually subside. Then she heard them enter the sec­ retary’s room, and, forgetting them Instantly, she bent over Lancaster and raised his head upon her knee. He was breathing heavily. The blow had only stunned him. Joan tried to lift him upon the bed, but he was too heavy for her. As she was attempting to do however, thevdoor opened and Mrs. Fraser came in. “ I found a key,” she whispered, trembling. "I heard them fighting. Heaven help me, what lias that devil done to the doctor?” "H e isn’t badly hurt.” said Joan. “ Help me get him upon the bed.” Mrs. Fraser and Joan succeeded. Lancaster lay there, still unconscious. The matron clung heavily to the bed­ stead, looking at Joan piteously. ” 1 know’ It all now,” she muttered. “ I should have known before If I’d listened to the Millville gossip. That devil Is his brother.” • “ Yes,” said Joan shortly. "What are you going to do, Mrs. Fraser?’’ " I ’m going to stand by the doctor,” the woman answered. "I stood by him year after year when I thought he | was possessed by an evil spirit. Wouldn't I stand by him now?” "Good.” said Joan. "And I, too. Tomorrow we’ll make short work of those men." "Heaven save you, you don't know that man. Miss Wentworth,” muttered the matron. "H e ’s a devil. He lias no pity. And lie lias a devil ten times worse than himself.” "Myers? Who is he?” "H e was Ids assistant here, lie was tried once, they tell me, for poisoning his sweetheart. He sent her candy— but they couldn't find any poison in her body. It was his master made the unal.vsis, and he lied to get Myers free and have Ids hold on him. it's all plain to me now. Miss Wentworth.” " I f you knew this,” said Joan, "you should have told me; you should have told the police, told anyone rulher than let him drug Doctor Lancaster day after day.” “ I thought It was I he doctor who was in league with him.” the matron muttered. "Mies Wentworth. I’m timid. I’m easily frightened, hut not another clay will I keep silent. To­ morrow—” "Yes. tomorrow." said Joan. “ You’d better go to bed now. Mrs. Fraser, i’ll guard the doctor with my revolver, and tomorrow we’ll end these years »f slavery Doctor Lancaster is h free man Think of him as » free man. The past is all behind us.” The matron slipped mu ay stealthily ro her room. Joan took her seat be­ side Lancaster, listening to the inco­ herent muttering« which had begun. Presently bis eyes opened. He stared at her for some minutes until recog­ nition came into them. "Joan!” he whispered, stretching out Ills ha mi to hers. She let him take and hold it. and sat beside him. while he began mut­ tering again Gradually he begun to realize where he was and to re- memlier. "It Is all true. then. Joan.” he said. "H e has had hi* revenge for ids fun­ ded wrong*. He has had the best years of my life, and he has beaten Be In the end.” •'Beaten you?" asked Joan "Too are beaten. They are at their wdts’ end9 what to do now, and to­ morrow you will send them packing and begin your new life.” "A pitiful hope.” he answered. *Vor he has given me back one thing—my faith In that poor woman upstairs, und, with it, a greater faith In hu­ manity; hut he has robbed me of all my hope.” “ Why, John?” “ Because I could not have Imagined that humanity was so vile. Joan, I am crushed by his revelation. I f he entered this room now I feel that his will would dominate mine.” "Those are the w’ords of a sick man," said Joan. “ Tomorrow you will udjust yourself. Tomorrow you will be strong. Why, hardly a man on earth could do what you have done with the morphine.” "I suppose 1 shall carry on my fight,” lie answered wearily. "But victory will mean nothing to me." "I shall stand by your side until I have seen you conquer, and until I have seen you happy in your success.” "And then, Joan?” “ Then? Then I shall go some­ where, I suppose.” "Go away? From me? Is It be­ cause or Mrs. Dana?” "Because of her, John.’* "But she Is nothing to me. She was never anything. Even ray mono­ mania of revenge rose out of wounded pride, not love. Surely you will not leave ine because I once thought that I loved another?” “ It isn’t that. John. But. you see, she has been an integral part of your life all these years. Even though her mind was gone, there was the con­ sciousness of her presence that ate Into your brain; she w’ns the main­ spring of your existence here. She would have been your wife today, but for that dastard’s scheme. She is innocent, she has been deeply wronged, and her life has become hound up with yours indissolubly. You see, John, there is no getting away from that.” "Joan, don’t you know she hates me? She thinks that my death will avenge her wrongs and cure her of her troubles. She has tried three times to kill me. In some mysterious ' in vilii in L IL I III ¿V rv .V-, UNt i Joan S a w the Secretary Snatch Up the Lamp and Hold It on Hiflh. manner she has learned tie location of my room. Once she stabbed me in the wrist with a table-knife. Once she got »lie matron's revolver, hut for­ tunately it was unloaded. I have been planning to send her somewhere where she could he better cared for and where my presence would not he a constant Imitation to her.” Joan shook her head. "It is all part of the past.” she said “ One can t cancel the past. One must Just carry It with on** and try to profit by It. You know flint. John.” "You do not love me. Joan.” She turned her face away; t**are that filled her eyes came from the depths of her being. Lancaster took both her hands In Ids. "You love me. .loan?” " T o o well to wrong you and my­ self.' she answered. "Too well to let our love build a wall betwee n n*. So well that I would rather let the spiritual bond remain, rather than mar It.” Ho drew her toward him. and she remained v ith her cheek re sling against his. with his arms about her. She could not stir A strange physical lethargy seemed to hold her limbs, hut her will was unshaken. “ Your last word, Joan?" whispered Lancaster. “ No. dear.” she answered. The hum*irons look that came at such odd momtr.ta Info Lancaster’s eyes flickered there now. "Your very last?" lie asked. "O. don’t ask me to deny my rewo- ^Ution.,’ »he sold. She released herself and stood be­ side him. As she «lid so she had a sensation as If her feet rested on a cushion of air. Her physical weak­ ness was matched by her •*n»e of in stability; she longed with all her heart to leun within the arms out­ stretched toward her; she knew that, if she had given Lancaster life, he could give her the strength of life ; he was of her own people, and all that was chivalric and dear in the lund she had loved seemed embodied In him. And before her she saw the closing hospital walls of some far dis­ tant c ity : she must exile herself from everything that she had known. "You little stubborn thing, Joan!” said Lancaster tenderly. "But I shall go on loving you.” “ I shall love you John.” " I shall hear from you sometimes?” "Yes. And I shall remain in Avon- mouth until your battle is won. But there will he no battle. They know’ that they aro beaten. You will never he weak again.” “ No,” said Lancaster. “ But, O Joan, If you had said 'yes’ to me it would have been so easy.” With tlie maternal feeling that 1» part of every woman’s love for the man she loves, she stooped and kissed his forehead. “ You must try to sleep now,” she said. " I shall leave the revolver with you, and you shall lock your door.” “ I am not afraid of them,” he an­ swered. "They can do nothing, Joan. Keep it to assure you of your own safety.” That seemed the better way. There was nothing that the pair could do to Lancaster. If they aimed at any­ one it would be she. She suw’ that, and she went out without speaking to Lancaster again. In the hall she breathed more freely. It was ended now, and she knew that she had done the right thing, the only possible tiling. But Lancaster had not sur­ mised the terrific woman's battle which she had fought during those last fewT minutes. She stood in tlie hall for a few mo­ ments in uncertainty. She did not mean to sleep, hut to lie awake with her door open, resting, and listening for any movements in the house. But. though her brain was awake, she was more tired than she had ever been in her life. She could hardly drag her limlw upstairs, and again she had that sense of walking on air. Under the little burning lamp she stopped again to gather strength to go to her room. The ticking of the clock in the hall below was tlie only sound in the house. She strained her ears to catch the sound of voices from Myers’ room, but she could hear nothing. Yet tlie men could not be asleep. They must he planning together. Tlie silence in the ramshackle old building was a ghastly one. It seemed to hide innumerable thoughts, as if those o f all who had ever lived within its walls survived, breaking upon her brain in Invisible waves. She felt en­ meshed in a web, as the dreamer who struggles to wake into free life from the horrors of nightmare. The wind had gone down, und tlie raindrops drip(M*d rhythmically from the eaves. Joan had an Intense inclination to surrender, to run back into Lancas­ ter’» room, cry to him to help her. to let her fight beside him as long as they lived. And the si*« nee, which was becoming more terrific every mo­ ment, was unmistakably malevolent. She reached her room and tried to