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.eanifot enter the cellars al5oVe. 'This
is the chamber which opens into the
underground passage to the coast. The
passage was made for escape from the
chateau in case of trouble and was
known to but few. My father was tbe
servant of Sabib 'Wyckholme. and I
used to live in the chateau.
"Once there was a boat, a launch,
which lay hidden below the cliffs on
the north coast. The passage led to
this boat. It was always ready to put
Out to sea. But one night it was de-
stroyett by the great rocks which fell
from . the cliffs in an earthquake.
When I came here I at once thought
of the passage. You will see that the
doors into the cellar cannot be opened
from this chamber. The locks and
bolts are on the other side. I kneW
where the keys were hidden. It was
easy to unlock the doors and come into
this riSom. I found that some one
had „been here before me. The door to
the passage had been forced open from
without, cracked by dynamite. Mane
of the treasure boxes have been re-
moved. Von Elite was here not an
hour ago. He wears boots. I saw the
footprints among the naked ones in
the passage. They will come back for
the other chests. Tben they will blow
op the passageway with powder, and
P SC ape frern the chateau through it
Olil be cut off. I have found the kegs
of powder in the passege and bare de-
stroyed the fuses. It will be of no
avail, sahib. They will blow It up at
the other end,'which will be just the
same."
"There's no time to be lost," cried
Chase. "We must bring enough men
down here to capture them when they
return—shoot 'em if necessary. Come
on! We can surprise them if we
hurry."
They were starting across the cham-
ber toward the door when a gruff, se-
pulebral oeth came rolling up to the
chamber through the secret passage.
Quick as a flash &line, who realized
that they could not reach and open the'
door leading to the stairs, turned in
among the huge wine casks, first
blinding hie lantern. He whispered
for the otbers to follow. In a mo-
ment' they were squeezing themselves
through the narrow spaces between
tbe dark, strong smelling casks, back
into a darkness so opaque that it
seemed lifeless.
"They won't suspect that we are
here," whispered Selim as the door to
the passage creaked. "Keep quietl
Don't breathe!"
The single electric light was still
burning as Selim had found it when
he first came. . The door swung open
slowly, heavily, and Jacob Von Blitz,
nand covered, reeking with perspira-
tion and panting savagely, stepped
into the light Behind him came a
nip witb a lantern and behind him
t') others.
They were white men, all. Von Blitz
turned suddenly and cursed the man
with the lantern. The fellow was
ready to drop with exhaustion. Evi-
dently It had been no easy task to
remove the chests.
CHAPTER XXII. ,
SEVERA L PHILOSOPHERS.
HE four burly men sat down
upon the chests, Von I3litz
alone being visible to the
watchers. They were fagged
to the last .extreme.
"Dis Is der last," panted Von Blitz,
blowing hard and stretching his big
arms. "I fix him," he growled. "His
time vill come, by taml I let Mtn
know he can't take my vices avay mit
tim. Der. dog! I fix Wm some day
pnrdy soon. Und dem tam vimmensl
Dey run away mit him, eh? Mb, Gott,
if I could only put my hands by deir
necks yet!"
"Vat for you fret, Yacobr growled
one of the Boers. "You couldul take
dose vluamens back by Europe mit you.
1 rink you got pot luck by losing dem.
elisder Chase ean't take dem back
needer. Don't fret,"
"Veil," said Von Blitz, arising, "come
on, boys. Dis is der last of dem Den
re blow der tam Ong up. Grab hold
dere, Joost. Up mit it. Jan. Vat?
No?"
"Gott in bimmel, Tacob, vait a min-
utes! Aly back is proke!" protested
Joost stubbornly. Von Blitz swore
steadily for a minute, but could bot
more the impassive Boers.
-Vat 4, r you tink 1 vent you in on
dis, you svine? To set aroundt land
dreritn? Nobody else knows aboud dis
treasures, mid ve gat it an for our-
lviss—ise four wet no more, und you
any. 'Vat's der hussy?' It's all ours.
v0 divide It oop in der caVe mit all der
.autuyy ve get from der bank. Vat?
Ved Den vet der tine Cornea, ve
send' it all 'by Australia und no von iS
dor viser. Der natires von't knew,
,und der white peebles von't he alive to
rare aboudt
"1 dOn't like dot scheme to rob der
bank." growled Jan. "If der peepies
get on to tiff, dey votild cut us to
bieces."
"But dey von't get oh to yOu fool,
De;Vouldn't Mkt deinselves if it
Vas handed to dem. Dey're too bon,'
est—yes. VH, don't dey Say Ve're
honest too? Vell, vitt more you vant?
De$ don't know how finial money nod
rubies dere In In der bank Ve -van
take 411„of 4kty Vora knOW der
difference. Ve btirn der books, DRS
is all, Ve get in by der bank toolght,
boys."
"I don't like id," said Joost. "Id's
stealing trona our freuods, Yaceb, Be-
side% if der oder heirs should go be-
fore der government mit der atorY,
Vat den?"
"Der oder heirs vill never get der
chance, boys. Dey vill die rait der
plague—ha, ha! Sure! Dere VOu't he
no oder heirs, Rasula says it must be
so. Ve can'id valt, boys. It vill be
years before der business Is eettled.
Ve must get vat ve can now and vait
for der decision afterva.rds. Brodney
has wrote to Basuto., saying dat dot
Chase feller is to stay here vedder ve
vent him or not He says Chase is a
goot man! By cam, it makes me crY
to Wink of vot he has done by me—
dot goot man!"
To the amazement of all the burly
German began to blubber.
"Come on, Yacob," said Jan gruffly.
Von Blitz shook his fist at the door
across the chamber and thundered his
final maledictions.
"Sir John says in der letter to Mis-
er Chase dere is a ,movenlents on
foot in London to settle der contest out
of court," volunteered Joost.
"Sure, but he also goy ant ve all
may die mit old age twee:. it is over
yet."
"Don't forget der plague!" said Jan.
They groaned mightily as tbey lifted
the heavy chests to their shoulders and
started for the door.
"Close der door, Jan," commanded
Von Blitz from the passage. "Ve vill
light der fuse von ve hal got beyond
aer first bend. Vat? Look! By tam,
von of you swine has broke der fuse.
Veit! Ve vill fix him now."
The door Was closed behind them,
but the listeners could hear them re-
pairing the damage that Selim had
done to the fuse.
Led by Selina the four made a rush
for the door leading into the chateau.
They threw it open and passed
through, flying, as if for their lives.
No one could tell bow soon an explo-
sion might bring disaster to the re-
gion; they put distance between them
and the powder keg. Selim paused
long enough to drop the bolts and turn
the great key with the lever. At the
second turn in the narrow corridor he
overtook Chase and the scurrying
women.
"Is there nothtng to be done?" cried
the princess. "Can we not prevent the
explosion? They will cut off our means
of escape in that"—
"I know too much about gunpowder,
princess," said Chase dryly, "to fool
with it. It's like a mule. It kicks
hard. Gad, it was bard to stand there
and hear those brutes planning it all
and not be able to stop them!"
The princess was once more at his
side. He had claSped her arm to lead
her securely in the wake of Neenah's
electric lantern. She came to a sud-
den stop.
"And pray, Mr. Chase," she said
sharply, as if tbe thought occurred to
her for the first time, "why didn't you
stop them? You had the advantage
You and Selina could have surprised
them-ayou could bave taken them with-
out a struggle."
He laughed softly, deprecatingly, not
a little impressed by the justice of her
criticism.
"No doubt you consider me a cow-
ard," he said ruefully.
"You know thats1 do not," she pro-
tested. "I-1 can't understand your
motive; that is all."
"You forget tbat I am the represent-
ative of these very mem I am the
trusted agent of Sir John Brodney,
who has refused to supplant me vvith
another. I can't very well represent
Sir John and at the same time make
prisoners or corpses of his clients,
ev,en though I am being shielded by
their legal foes. I'll not have Von
Blitz saying, even to himself, tbat I
have not only stolen his wives, but
have also cast him into the hands of
his Philistines. It may sound quixotic
to youj but I think that Lord Depping-
ham and Mr. Browne will understand
my attitude."
"But Von Blitz has sworn to kill
you," she expostulated, with some heat.
"You are wasting your integrity, 3
must say, Mr. Chase."
"Would you have we shoot him from
ambush?" he demanded.
"Not at all. You could have taken
him captive and held him safe until
the time comes for. you to leave the
island."
"He would not, have been my cap-
tive in any event I could do no more
than deliver, him into the hands of his
enemies. Would that be fair?"
"But he is a thief I"
"No more so than Taswell Skaggs
and John Wyckholme, who unquestion-
ably cheated the natives out of the
very treastre we have seen carried
away. I am not a constable nor a
thief catcher. I am a soldier of the
defense, not an °faker of the crown, at
this stage of the game. Today I shall
contrive to send word to Ramie that
Von Blitz has stolen the treasure
chests. Mr. Von Blitz will have a sad
time explaining tbis little defection to
his friends. We Must not overlook the
fact that Lady Deppitighain and Rob-
ert Browne are quite willing to take
everything from the islanders. Every-
thing that Tasiven Skaggs and John
Wyckholme poSsesSed In this bland
belongs to them under the term a ot the
Will."
They were at the top of the seeond
flight of stairs by this time and quite
a distance from the treasure &Inaba.
Ilis cOolness, the abSence of any sign
of 'retiirning sentiment, was pnzaling
her sorely. Half an hour before she
had beayo en carried awrendered help,
less, by the passion Mitt sievayed Idea.
Now he spoke alad looked ea if he had
fOrgotten the result of his storming,
Otrstagely exitelgh, Ale Was piqued.
When they can* into the well light.
ea...Upper Corridor he prOceeded *nth-
.
lessly to upset all or her'herell 'calms
latlons. Le stopped anddeoly, Step-
ping directly in front of Ilea As she
drew up in surprise he reached dowu
and took both of ber an in MS.
For the mascot she was too amazed
to oppese this sudden action. She
looked up into his face, ruany erno-
lions io her own—reproof, wonder, die -
way, hauteur, joa,
"Walt," he eaid gently. They were
quite alone. She saw the most won-
derful light in his gray eyes. Her Ups
parted in quick, timorous confuelon.
"I love you. I am sorry for whet I
did down there. I couldn't help it—
nor could you. Yet I took a cruel ed -
vantage of you. I know what you've
been thinking too, Yoe have been
saying to yourself that I wanted to
see how far I could go. Don't speak. I
know! You are wrong. I've absolute-
ly worshiped you since those nrst days
In Thorberg, wildly, hopelessly, day
and night. I was afraid of you—yes,
afraid of you because you are a prin-
cess. But I've got over all that, Ge-
nevra. You are a woman, a living,
real woman, with the blood and the
heart and the lips that were made for
men to crave. want to tell you this
hero in the light of day, not, in the
darkness that hid all the truth in we
except that which you might have felt
ia my kiss."
"Please—please don't," she said once
more, her lip trembling, her eyes full
Of the Seftness that the woman who
loves cannot hide. "You shall not go
on! It is wrong!"
"It is not wrong!" he cried hotly.
"My love is not wrong. I want you
to understand and to believe. I can't
hope that you will be tny wife. ' It's
too wildly improbable. You are not
for such L -You are pledged to a
man of your own world, your ()Wit ex-
alted world. But listen, Genevra. See,
my eyes call you darling even though
my lips dare not. Genevra, I'd give
my soul to hear you say that you will
be my wife. You do understand how
it is with' me?"
The delicious seuse of possession
-
thrilled her.' She glowed with the re-
turn df her self esteemein the restora-
tion of that quality which- proclaimed
her a princess of the blood. She was
sure of him new. She was sure of
herself. She had her emotions well in
hand. And so, despite the delicious
warmth that swept through her being,
she chose to reveal no sign of it to him
"I do understand," she said quietly,
meeting his gaze with a directness
that hurt him sorely., "And you, too,
understand. I could not be your wife.
I am glad, yet sorry, that you love
me, and I am proud to have heard
you say that you. want me. But I am
a sensible ereature. Mr, Obese, and,
"I love von."
BRONCHITIS
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Was So Choked Up
She Could Hardly
Breathe.
Bronchitis is an acute inflammation of
the mucus membrane lining the air tubes
of the lungs, and should never be ne-
glected, for if it is very often the disease
becomes chronic, and then it is only a
short step to consumption.
On the first sign of bronchitis Dr.
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup should be
taken, and thus prevent it becoraing
chronic.
Mr, Johtt D. IVIacDotiald,' College
Grant. DT.S., writes:--"Nly little girl,
Oven years old, caught a bad cold which
developed bite bronchitis. She was so
cheked up she could hardly breathe.
Reading about your sivonderftil medicine,
Dr. NiTood's Norway Pine Syrup, I decided
to try a bottle, and with such good re-
sults that I got another which completely
cured her. I tannot say too muck its its
avraise, and would not be without it in the
house." •
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup
ptit up in a yellow wrapper; three pine
trees the trade mark; price, 25 cents.
IVIanufaettared only by The T. IV(ilbura
two& Toronto. Ont.
1 be agreed to follow the ativiee Pt the
the happiness they were so sure of "It doesn't follow," said Chose, "that Anierieau—grudgingly, to be sure, buil
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grasping just onside their prison walls, he pea unlimited Jegal powers," nooe the tess determitled. .•110
It was not in the blood. We must "Bet what are they ragging hIta "You will lind everything as 1 bay
marry and live and die in the sphere eboet down here, Chase?" blurted out stated it. Itesula," said Chase. "I'llt
to Mahn we were Porn. We must go . the anbam, pappinbain.
through life unloved and unclierished, sicethe and eave a oink,. said
bringing princes iuto the world, seeing
Chase suddenly. Penpieghara was
happiness end love just beyond ourw"You've se
eetegs got a hill le that
reacb all the time. ‘1'e are Donne tiy damp cellar, I can ,assure you posn
chains no force eau breaks- the ena tits etively as represeutatiVe of tbe oppo-
of prejudice." street) that the grandchildren of Skaggs
Slie had withdrawn her hands friati aud Wyckholme are not going to di -
his, He was standing before het ns voree or marry anybody wbile I'm
calm aed unmoved as a statue, here. Britt and Saunders and Bowles
"Just the same,De went on getaly, to the contrary, And Lady Depping-
"yon love we as I love yon You Itieeed ham is no fool. Coble on and have
me. I could feel hive sn you then 1 something to warm tbe cockles."
eel] see it in yon now. You will marry "All right, old chap," Deppitagham
Prince Karl in June, niel an the rest snid, with' a laugh. "1 aro chilled to
of- your life wilt be Meal; Detwinber, the bone. join you in a few Vain -
You will never ferget this mouth at utes." To their surprise, he started ()a
March—otir mouth." [le paused for a across the terrace in the direction of
moment to loot; rleeply into her In- the consulting trio.
credulous eyes. Die face writhed in "Just the same;, Chase," said Britt
suddee pain. Thee be burst forth with after a long silence, "he's worried, and
a vehemence that startled her. "My not about' marriage or divorce either.
God, I pity you with all my soul! All ,He's jealous, 1 didn't believe it was In
your ,life!' him."
"Don't pity me!" she cried fiercely. "See here, Britt; you've no right to
"I cannot endure that!" stir hitn up with those confounded
"Forgive mei I shouldn't say such
things to you. It's as if were
baily-
Ing you."
"You must not ehink, ot me as un-
happy—ever, Go on your own way,
tiollingsworth Chase, and forget that
you have known me. You. will find
happiness with some one else. You
hareloved-befOreS you can and will
love again. I—I have never loved be-
fore, but perhaps, like you, I shall love
again. YOu, will love again?" site de-
manded, ber lip trembling, with an ir-
reeOlution_ehwtould pet. dontroL.
"Yee," he .said calmly; "WU love the
wife of. Karl Brabetz."
She started violently. Her cheek
went red and white and her eyes
widened as her thoughts went back to
the naive prophecy in the treasure
chamber.
She followed him slowly to the ter-
race. He stopped in the doorway and
leisurely .drew forth bis cigarette case.
"Shall we wait for the explosion?"
he asked without a sign of the emotion
that bad gone before. She gravely
selected • a cigarette from the case
which be extended. As he lighted Ms
own lee watched her draw from her
little gold bag a diamond studded case
half filled. Without a word of apol-
ogy she calmly deposited the cigarette
In the case and restored it to the bot-
tom of the bag.
'Then she looked up brightljr. "I am
not smoking, you see," she said, with
a smile. "I am saving all of these for
you when the famine comes."
"By Jove!" he exclaimed, something
like incredulity in the smile that trans-
figured his face.
"I could be a thrifty housewife.
couldn't I?" she asked naively.
At that moinent a dull, heavy -report
as of distant thunder came to their
ears. The windows rattled sharply,
and the earth beneath them seemed
to quiver. Involuntarily she drew
nearer to him.
"You could if you had half achance,"
he said dryly and then casually re-
marked the explosion.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE DISQUIETING END OE roma.
ATER on be and Deppingham
• visited the underground cham-
ber, accompanied by Mr. Britt.
They found that the door to
the passage had been blown away by
the terribe concussion. The subterra-
nean passage at this place was com-
pletely tiled with earth and stone.
Deppinghana stared at the closed
mouth of the passage. "They've cut
off our exit, but they've also secored
us from invasion from this source. I
wonder if the beggars were clever
enough to carry the plunder above the
flood line. If not they've had their
work for nothing."
"Seim says there is a cave near the
mouth of the passage," said Chase.
"The tunnel comes out halfway up the
side of the mountain overlooking the
sea, and the hole is very carefully
screened by the thick shrubbery.
Trust Von Blitz to do the safe thing."
"I don't mind Von Elite escaping so
much, Chase," said his lordship ear-
nestly,' "as I do tbe unfortunate clos-
ing ot what may have been our way to
leave the chateau in the end."
"You must think me an ungrateful
fool," said Chase bitterly. He had al-
ready stated his position clearly.
"Not at all, old chap. Don't get that
into your head. I only meant that a
hole in the ground Is worth two war-
ships that won't come wben, we need
Chaee looked' up quiehly. "You don't
believe that 1 cnn tbe cruisers?"
"Oh, come now, Chase; Inn not a
demisted native. you know."
The ot er grinned ni la bly. "Well,
you just wait, the boy says."
After en tisfyi themselveS that
there was no pots:ability of the ehemy
sorry you are against we, for I would
be your friend. I've Old you heVial
reach the secret cave. The chetsts
there. The passage is closed. Yen
trap hlm in the attempt to rob
bank. I could have talteu him
heeded and given him Over to
Deppingham, but yen wordd n
have known the truth. Now I ask
to judge for yourselves. Give him
fair trial, Rasula—as you Would
man accused of crime—and. be just.
you need a wItness—au eyewitn
call on me, I will conae, and I
appear against him. rye been hon
with you. I am willing to trust you
be honest with me." ,
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CHAPTER =XV.
urrpratonAm FALLS 1.144
HAT evening Lord Deppha
took to hie bed with
chills. He shivered and bu
by turns and spent a most ,
tressing night Bobby 13rowne came
remarks about divorce. You know sinomtweicereatsoonseemihknimownbefotroe reanytiringone. Pbn
that it's rot. Don't do it." himself, Deppinghant refused to
"My dear Chase," said Britt, waving treated by the young man, notwl
his hand serenely, "I can't help laugh-
ing at the position you're in at pres-
ent. It doesn't matter what you get
on to in connection with oar side of
the case, you're where you can't take
sdvantage of it without getting killed
by your own clients. Horrible para-
dox, eb?" .
When Deppingham rejoined them he
was pale anti very ners,ous. Hie wires.,
who had been weepingeeeree uo- with -
him, while Browne went off towsird the
stables with the ex -banker.
"What do you think has happened?"
demanded his lordship, addressing the
two men, who stood by irresolutely.
"Somebody's trying to poison IA! Lady
Deppingham's dog is dead—poisoned,
gentlemen!" He was wiping the mois-
ture front his brow.
"I'm sorry, Lady Deppingham," said
Chase earnestly. "He was a nice dog.
But I hardly think he could have eaten
what was intended for any of us. If
he was poisoned, the poison• was
meant for him and for no one else.
He bit one of the stable boys yester-
day. dt"—
"That may all be very true, Chase,"
protested his lordship, "but don't you
see it goes to show that some one has
a stock of poison on hand, and we
may be the next to get it. He died
half an hour after ,eating—after eating
a biscuit that was intended for me!
It's—it's demmed uncomfortable, to
say the least."
"I'm sure you need tbe brandy after
all this. Come along. Will you join
us, Lady Deppiugbam?" said Chase.
"No. I'm going to bed!" She start-
ed away, then stopped and looked at
her husband, her eyes wide with sud-
den comprehension. "Ob, Deppy, I
should have died! I sbould have died!"
"My dear!"
"I couldn't have lived if"—
"But, my dear, I didn't eat it—and
here we are. God bless youl" He
turned abruptly and walked off beside
her, ignoring the two distressed Amer-
icans. As they passed through the
French window Deppingham put his
arm about his wife's waist. Chase.
turned to Britt.
"I don't ktaoyv what you're thinking,
Britt, but it isn't so, whatever it is."
"Good Lord, raan, I wasn't thinking
that!"
There was not the slightest doubt in
the minds of those conversant with
the si'ivitton that the poisoo had been
intent... for either Lord or Isittay Dep-
pingham. The drug had been subtly,
skilltully placed in one of the sand-
wiches which came up to their rooms
at 11 o'clock, the hour at vshich they
invariably drank off a cup of bouillon.
Drusilla Browne was jesting, no
doubt, but it is doubtful if any one
grasped the delicacy of her humor
when she observed, in mock concern,
addressing the assembled mourners,
that she believed the heirs were, try-
ing to get rid of their incumbrances
after the good old Borgia fashion and
that she would never again have the
courage to eat a mouthful of food so
long as she stood between her husband
and a hymeneal fortune.
"Yoe know, my dear," she concluded,
turning to her husband, "that I might
Wive •had Lord Deppingham's biscuit.
His wife asked me to take it. Good-
ness, you're a dreadful Borgia person,
Agues," she Went on, smiling brightly
at her ladyship. Depplogham was
fumbling nervously at hfs monocle.
"I should think you toould be nervous,
• Lord Deppingham."
The most rigid questioning elicited
no information teem the servant%
Balllo's sudden, involuntary look of
sttspicion, directed toward Lady A.gneS
and Robert BroWne, did hot escape the
keen eye of Hollingsworth Chase.
"Impossible!" he said, halt alottd.
standing the fact that Browne
claim to a physician's certificate aa
professed to be especially successfat
breaking up "the ague." Lady Agu
entreated her liege lord to submit
the doses, but Deppingham was red
lateeici ireacildiftv- -
'A Dover's powder, Deppy, or a fear
grains of quinine. Please be sensible.
Yotere Juet like a etaK
"*Wnstr s in 'a hexer* powderr11166,"
mended the patient, who had never
been in his life.
-Ipecac and opium, sugar of rank oil
sulphate of potash. It's an anody*
diaphoretic," said Browne.
-Opium, eh?" came sharply from the
couch. "Good Lord, an overdose of ih
would"— He checked the words
abruptly and gave vent to a nervous
_St of laughter.
"Don't be a fool, George," commands
ed his wife. "No one is trying to pol-i
son you."
-Who's saying that he's going to pole
son tne?" demanded Deppingha*•
shortly. "I'm objecting because I
don't like the idea of taking medicine
from a man just out of college."
"I've jUst given my wife a powdere
old. man. She's got a nervous headi
ache," urged Browne tolerantly.
"Your wife!" exclaimed Depping-
halm sitting' up "The devil!" He
looked hard at Pas)wne for a moment
"Oh. I my, UMT, old chap, don't yoli
think it's rathrr too much of a coinele
dence?"
Browne arose quickly, a flash of re'
sentment in his eyes. "See here,'Depe
pingham"—
"I apologize, Brosvne," said, Deppinge
ham hastily. "I'm not afraid of yon#
medicine. I'm only thinking of rctyl
wife. If I should happen to die, don't!
you know, there would- be people who
might say that you could bare cured
me. See what I mean?"
"You dear old goose!" cried his wifes
"I fancy Selim or Pestilltr or eveti
Bowles knows what a fellow dosed
himself with wise) ite's bowled °veil
by one of these beastly island ails
raents. Oblige me, Agues, and send
for Bowles."
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Breath
11
Correctel Quinly by
the ese of
atarrhozone
Catarrh is an.tnflammation. Where
there is intlamrr.ltion there is alwaY5
more or'less offensive secretion. In-.
flammation may be of the very actiVe
tort, but it is Often of the slow kind,
and this is the particular form in
which the breath Is rendered offensive
and the ,presence of the sufferer be-
anies an offence to every person of
delicate sensibility. ,)
• Bad breath is in itself sufficient to
urge you to correct it, because one as-,
likes to be unpleasant to their friends,
but this form of catarrh is dangerous
because it supplies a hotbed far the
development of Consumption or of
other diseases of the theciat and lunge.
Bad breath is an evidence that the
microbes +have found a good resting
place and are carrying on their evil
Inroads into the health of the body.
Catarrhozone acts at once and de-
stroys these minute organisms, but it
does MOre---It nettle the enflamed Bier -
faces which they found a nesting
place and conseqttently removes ,botil
cause and eff.ects of their actidn.
self• we only highly estimated the
value of prevention and used CatarSh*
;?zone at the beginning of a cold Oit
just before rt become well s!Sated, the
ever being :dee to enter the chateati, He loOked up Mid Se* titer the prins
aess Was stariag at him oestigningi3,. abeeadslya readVaageds the
Ctonsobtription
through the oollalised passage the triO
Despair settled upon the:white tie°. pleteiy abolished,/
Robert ltrwerne and Lady' Agnes
Min in Apollo's polo), &sine eat, and serious At tie tinio Lad br• eath, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Astlie
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'ttirbation, Deppinghant gttvo Chase a asking
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