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An Eastern Scheme of Vengeance
timmisesam 1. �I to suggest and impart h 1pfttluess and
"i r," cried Judge I etinfideuec, 'Within twenty-four hours
11cllQ, tits bold Ralph," 1te vvu• a fixture in the household.
•;1oiesale :Ala tiellus to the young sailor
Who stood. twirling; his cap by the desk.
"Bade again, a.fe'and .sound, hey, from
the glowing( hast^' I'm'glad to see you."
"Dela gel (rlenkitc. This is young
ruevis, son- °t•.rth(4 housekeeper; at the
'yodergibtdes and,.06>e,
Memher, devoted to
ill
's itt'ercuttj�ltsfT1;
, e?e,'st t table seaman,
i tt'nil -i<• i'es,h i tab1,, r 'one , too, 1 warrant,
e
9Otsego,
- ship e (r ',trim
L
�,;• � d 1
yy,,••,, ,�jt ����"}, to � fu1 .a 'e P
e " Z 11 e1e' maket •sgldhe feh ots rune in the
Estee. India trade. '' " • '
a' - "What can I do for you,. toy. lad:"
"You told me, aTudge, ;o let you know
if 3 ever caught right •pi;;so.und of Mr.
aim," Ralph beganekgatl'1ting1Y
"Ness my sk 111 ,Oct", told 4t reflected the
Judge, his fee Se, (t1na onto concern. "Is
it possible title clotXs eerattire still lives
' S.. ;,elgwn, Ralph, sit
• () hats „mulls,
t
„
down; and.,'1lle, gi\'e the closest
.
attention.; ."t '
of
�T' something
y
• � Se' r
"You .1. F[fi li�.,L rg1ade
that nevsl i(otgsefi ao; ti•(t the t"ode g
two year•"s',tgzb .1~t oast out without ap-
parent eatieed ln°,t1te room where Frit:.
- It was natural then for Ensign ?ru
Slocum of the navy to look up. pleasant.',
Iv if inquiringly when. this quiet Mr.
Bylaws followed trine to his room on -his
return from a stroll through the planta-
tion, with 'Mtulge h[oredith.
-Let me say, sir," said the detective
'without other preliminary than a care-
ful closing; of the door, '`that 1 recognize
in you a young luau of- rltracter, tures
•t t
lovewith
'
' •et"I
m
. yrnc t.
who :, r
ability
\wh(1 Y
and.
Mise Meredith,"
"What the deuce.( interjected the as-
tounded Slocum. -
"One moment, please; sir. And that
you would risk your life to save her
Froin possible harm.
"Tlutt is truly said, even if. not well
said." emergency is
""3„1.e is well said. The i} a
such that T Must trust smote one, and I
;:now I can tnist ;you,"
Whereupon S"ronkite proceeded to dm
his
•
•
tail the causes and (t '1'(wIrt.tHees of
preesnt assignment.
Why, 1 saw just such a ,yellow -chap
go shambling by ue with a White pack-
age under his arm whe- owe were sitting
in twee grove!" cried Slocum). "Madge
thought be was 0 gypsy and 'wanted me
to call hint back, but 1 didn't laney
surly side glance.".
'Exactly; it couldn't be better," agreed
Cronkite. "Keep it up, 1Ir. Slocum. Re-
cite his jealousy all you can. i)on't you
see I am playing foe time. I know that
his motive 1n eomit* here is to work
revenge on Fritz Meredith, but T. don't
yet know how he plots to work it. 1
would confuse and divert this motive,
thus causing hint to hesitate and per-
haps betray himself."
"1 do see. You figure that he will
get so Had with me that lie will forget
for the time being how mad he is with
Mr. 'Meredith. All right, the job suits
ane. Besides Mr. 1'leredith may not think
toy scant pay and small fertilise a detri-
ment if 1 am so lucky as to help save.
him from harm."
"It isn't .1r. Meredith alone, bat the
houseful of yonug people gathered for
iunorent enjoyment.'
"Tut. nate, you speak as if this luna-
tic were armed with it getting gun."
"Some weapons in studs hands Height
prove fully as destructive." '
"True; there are self-eock[ng revolvers
that keep spitting out bullets. Of course
it is all surmise; you cite't &stow just
what this mud • fellow may or ntay not
do. But your inferences, 1 believe, are
correct. By concentrating his rage upon
me not only will Mr. Meredith be pro-
teeted, but Madge and her guest; will be
saved froth chance harm. By the way,
wouldn't it. be better still if 1 were out
of the house?"
.led
v" n
n
15 l
• n ssy," t ul
to
s
just
)
wasea
o1, , our
Cronkite, 'that' 1u ttntieiptitiort of y
devotiolt I bail already asked Mrs. Pur-
vis to fit out a rooul for von in that de-
serted building in the woods that used
to be a lodge. ] 00 rein say, you know,
that You may want- to have a little
bachelor gathering w loch Height be noisy
in the hie hoose. Of coursee you will
THE POSTMASTER
TELLS HIS FRIENDS
kepi froui even a "sue' ('
"leo; then, to the ball morn, terries
the nm—,h• already le sounding,. Lend
dignity to the festive sten°. Yon will
not fh1111 Miss 111eredi1it Lind 1r1 Sluetuct
thrill for :the pr e een1 at Hest. 1 depend
upon you t(, save their absence from
That they should use • Dodd's euruutetrt or even notice,"
Kidney Tills for Cronkite was right, Thc' lovers were
not present assume. t'(' feeliye sCt'nee
Kidt)CSy ilia. which 1114' •ltltlgr well, about to adorn
wvitit leis digtuty, They were seated
me aide by side on the lu'1hr11 in the grove
He Had Backache Far a l atilt. Ta to all appearlolct's deep iu roufid-ential
But Dodd's Kidney 1=ills Cured it. talk. As ;±luruu( a the expected
-That is Why .. *hhecommends Them• sounds in the einem of trees itt the rear
7)yneeee oat., ,l'la)^ 1, (`ipeoiat e looked batik noel ruunh1 (e gii tip," of
;fan Oldbergg, postmaelsr Metre, and well it figure. 'ek s d [' ]1u•l:lur and 114 of
known through°ot thi eethre neighbor- lug, u . fa
his i lar ug tti(1 \widen,
hood', is` telling ins trieods that 1)odd's (IrsnvIn, hrr face tar 114' a reale,
Kidney Pills are the tare, for all forme ::wow is ern• time, llug,' he Iie:t41
K Y
father
of Kidney Disease, . and when they risk rd !n irlrp't;sioaatecl tole". "`,'oto' fath .
how he knows, tide is the answer
ver t' will never eon -eat to our ntll rilagr,e•
•N
our
dlefselit.h.l ek lie'dridden. The doors haat
• kali' been faeteaied'. ' - but there
"Of course, it was ;tushed up, t
tem doubt that. ,Tames Meredith was
ate perpetrator of the outrage• Her fled
n,er•oaC the seas, we all hoped forev t .
"`?miens or revengeful, sir?" asked the
cis to five•
l••otb,• for there is 544 irresponsible
stain that shows it•telf now and again
its 3e'Merediths,',with selfish interest
added. Tames Meredith has always been
fsantaetieally minded. full of strange de-
vi<eect, delighting in the ulxlomintll and
tI•c ':noel.
"Tie hated the uncle olio had benefited
•1tilx so mueh and forgive,t him so often
1"-'541Se' his uncle would not hear of his
marrying his pretty cousin, Madge. Frits•.
Meredith's only child. Besides, hewould
tenni. into a contingent inheritance. at hie
steely': des Os. Where dill he see Mr.
dim, Re lrih "
•wile• were so talent handed at Bombay
".flat the captain grabbed at wltateYer
the (crimps let -cited for the ltonle voyage,"
answered the young sailor. "'There
tyres i lean. lanky Lend among them.
With .a black heard. who reminded me
• of eon,tebody, I couldn't tell who, though
be looked like a Lasear, lie was that yet -
lets.. •
"�Iie acted like a T.asenr, ton, squatting
by himself when off duty and 'ennobling
the lord known what. Ile fought shy
elf 1114: in partirwtlar, and besides we stood
't swill'' hear-
. f didn't �
different watrh4aa nil
!war-
ily. But all the Same one morning when
ix. zws;s n asltipg down the deck I eauglht
eight of his upper arm. It was as white
as nine, :lodge. and 00 i{;• were those
4,in'ac'' flat•lals tattoed T ween' when a boy.
(lit. ;t was. lit•. Jim, all right, and that
waw why 1 ratite (Brevity we were paid
off, repee•ially after the way Ise lit out
lav; night:'
. "Deo you mean that he has gone from 11uve to expose yourself.'
w th* rh'rp, that you don't know oiler(' he j Of courses," acid the }ening officer.
ia,' j simply. '•`i'lntt i; one of t,.e things that
sees iedge; we made the bar just ; go without. saying in the 3crvice."
sf#,(t ;unset last night. and so hod tot glut J hall be on watch and an hand.
utter tenches at lower quarantine. This i eau lna_y cnlutt, MI that:' ,�unaiuded elle
Moit•rt,gt this .Lasea.r chap—Lol some- detective. -1 think, sir, our programme
l(44 .' 1 never could Catch the name he is sufficiently arranged. You are to eon -
railed
1railtetl himieel'f, but Mt•. •Tins, your honor, time your attentions; to 6Tins Meredith
truly 1411'(...^0 U8 mi -chug. 1-!.e nano- its the open air, exeititR the jealostey of
have slid off 111 some passing Skiff clung j this hien, who doublleee wilt be dogging
wt 't, 1,iy queer little box," f you and listening to you. in every way
1'i1t' (ricer' '"t -ked Abe ("noddle. you can• You are alio to explaitttn her.
I
9','canse,'sir, it was all wrapped up to 'your assuage of roomi yo he tnily kunw
Is,,:,s.'.(rn (Meese cloth tend no one' could rest where to find you and thns will
g;n;, glimpse of it. One of my mates have no cause to conte to thin house."
wt.taral there was something alive in it:. '•_J1 right," yawned Mark Slocum. ""I
;here \vole. enough rata squeaking !link you are it little overelaborate in
and ut.tliugr through the fo'c'sle to your plans and precautions, 1tr. Detee-
-nisiu hitt, think that." Live, but 1 ata trained -to obey my cons-
"Tsie is too serious a matter for any mending offieer. T. wish,. though, f had
di reeeiou, Abe," interpose(. the .fudge, run across the suonndrel when 1 was on
seteeely, "Jame Meredith is back for Ilse Eastern sttation, knowing what 1 now
It.) ;;reel purpose He must be vv(ttched tin; C would have wrung }tis meek for
and guarded itgaiust. him."
-"'fru. faintly et l'ndcrgledos is praeti- •I'Y'ero yon at. Bombay, sirs" asked
,:114 helples'S, with Air. Fritz Meredith a C'ronl.hite, casually, hi baud on the door
a'on:rimed invalid still confined to 1SIS knob.
,' • daughter Madge ten- "Only for a .day of so; thin i3 a good
rn<•te, and only Lr, c,R „ „
ties 411e care of Ralph's good mother, time, I tell you to give the bubonie
with the 41'rvauee. You muse go down plague a wyid+' berth."
"•Y-rs, sin," reflected ('!'Oetc htte. "`Phis
whet in stltj' Alt rceif y,: thaLett
w11 s jolt is a �, ood tune• as you say, to avoid :toy
41T1? tl)1e ye ;eSle• front titat nhctt jolly Possible infeet1011 Wit.it the bubo ole
s'tew's Dile yes; 'sha' wyrutr, that her lath- i
er it iet.e;tl ,lug her having a hisnscful of p1.g;ue."
aeons} ,tey.,tlrcel tlu,t there \ytla *ling, to b0
n rntsket#l, krtllefor them flee Friday night
auci;et(4 tdi t Lteed diguily to the mare
idol,. + ,
that will be day after to-
tWeetrr\y. l tll[nl( 1 just Will. Yost go
alae, _ right away. lbs, with Ralph, so
lax to ttVl e .nu when T solus. His moth-
er seed lee „between them will manage to
f}ud, queue mare for you its the house
wl:t`t': ;you will attract no 'notice and be
aide to discern and disconcert the slight -
lee `ti�c�twt ilei that, part of this infernal
• I
(1(
t ,c ,• thn
t
Ralph. . ( T,
t
l
hr
. a
tf
1,
d
li f { +
};ells •r�'gsiiti' t11(t 'eiikl ,w•otl, lir. Fritz to :list
'.;41t1 WIUi41 not h(; a121t'med and T would
, fi t Me zroiiy,pretty Madge's pleasure fur
• ketone the decoretgrs, Caterers, mnsh-
4'.i;rue...ttlud additional servants 'who now
•,t,llteseiged the old house at the C'nder-
et.rzsee ingrtaeul(ngnn(Abefso (ronl ttit\a tract -
ed little or no notice. l\elrs. Purvis
'teaselled for him and that Was sufficient
to t'teable hint to conte and go as he will.
eel, with no other comment than that
this 1,1i:ct Mr, Rylance Wan employed 1)y
the fat and asthmatie honsekeep('r to
keen a sharp nye on everything.
Smeb was Madge 1'Iet edith's undeer-
irttlw:ua'ling and she npproyed o'f it, for by
'tory manner the (lotetttve. managed
ves: 1Ltr1•aehe ,for Amid all the jollity at the house
4
,•
for hours.
utcd
ed th
• l> �iil to l
tr ul et e. 14
I. was o obs a c
a liee Atlee-'s1nt1 Dodd',i lttdnet Yids By that time we twill Ire man and ours.
stied 11. '.w'hile's; Wily"i T rc:cunuttetid Wait, 1 beeee h you, herr', until I sort
l)oci.d's I,,ditey,•1'illa to all eufferere From over to my rouuts and gi't my Money
Kidney •J)isease:i and paper;; and then lint a 5111)11 Wall
_lid the liositnit_wtcr is: not i•be only tltrotiglt the plantation to the garage,
one in tllis,leigltberh1usl whit hoe foiledand off 1\ e tspeed to the marrying par
relief from theirKideey ills in the s�)n„
reliable remelts, Bodine Kidney Pill". Evidently Madge whispered her cun-
lOtilw:'re there pre tshoee. ltheuunetisut sent de gave 11 :by her s{lered for :Sau• -
•
d
been ,tiled liars the disease ha poked after her lover, hurrying;• down
of the ICid1)eyh o' mused by the Kid- the wooded path
has been re1iereo, whose' Drepsy has
corn spran,t alp :teal an'av With a rap-
vanlsht'dq tln(1 whose Urinal 'boob -lieu, ,hot
(5 she
(t. She sewed her head,
FOR WOMAN .
es With Gond Health Through
the Use of Or. William?
Pink Pills
• ;ler brightest day for every girl and
every woman is the day Matsu see 'twice
ell,, feels well and le vv'eli, bub with.
most of the fair sex, such days,are. rare•
instead they :suffer from., a prunful lan-
guor, have a terrible sye,aleness in the
back, heatlacb*a that"utalee ' everything
seem blurted,,and a c(>asslees t1.e1iigg in
the liiitb:, 'J hes 1LSld ether txlalss arfiict
girls and women tltru},tg1t the lack of
rir11, red blood n;tttire 16 lalling ,fur; ler.
Williams' • Pink,. ;;'ills , have ,given rho
n.thousands,
to tla
It p
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s �
• .al.' o b
' w u
' ee fi
J
u >a .
of women who' ate .happy to -day because.
theme pills etllulley" mase the riete, red
blood Out, ural," ,weitk one's well and
,tiutig. '.11tls's'ief't lritsn'bh1u* beep proven.
user and ave 111i)1c'.li tv.i4 fnl*tlier
proof Tr,?11l ell test's J:.t;rattsk, Manie01,
Mau., who sayp; :„ �'ti�'. a, tnusy term
en be. conl-clay; wor.14:40i0t4,1 n17 by u
slime. time, of Xs.1a�,atiufhe,'4ltd" a'strena-
nun tx"u (u(� cX,;l, r.1f ntu$ tl8''i''noi'amar
w.- t .L e11-
• �•be
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t,
8(11001. 1 had a he ter eilrtz1' sfeh`aule with
't large ate aleneo Olid eoltit(luen,tly • a
111rgr nuIXlbel-e)f g1 ides, suns,1 found the,
work a gr1 tt«n(.r\btt`'i; ttain. 'l.hiaejedl`1ed.
to the Owerwoele 'i f study. previous po'
teaching, iunn rt';uiLed in a ••run down'
condition. \Viten vacation time calve 1
(.rid not pey much attention to my con-
ddition, as 1 thonuht the holidays would
a
fully restore m(3, hitt GAS 1 resumed work:
aguiu 1 soon futuid this was not the case.
t)ue stenting, when 1 come. to brea.ktast,
everything reeled before me, and I aluloei)l
ftyinted away. 'l'he lady with whom. 1.'
wee, boarding advised me to take 1)r.
11'illr:4Wis'
Phil: fill". She always spoke
very highly of them, her daughter hav-
ing used t'hen1 with the most beneficial
re -,ails following a severe attack of in-
flemmatur5 rheumatism. 1 derided to
take her sedaht•s. and had only taken a.
few bore, when I began to improve in
health- and eruct( :tn slppetite as 1 '.lad.
1 rapidly gained health, my fate had'
healthy glow. and I gained in.weight. 1 _ .:
have since.. often recommended 1)r. lh'll-
lianIs Pink Pills to os1,ere,• who have us-
ed theta, with equal], banefieial results,
and 1 believe tate 'Pilin to be a standard
remedy For the ills Fee which you reesotn-
tuclu[ them."
Yon Vita get these Pills front' any inedi-
einc dealer or by mail at fit) cents a box
or six boxes fcu' $•'•.)t) from •
The !)r. Ni1-
el lath li.'htly, confidently.
Heirs being out of order, Dodds Kidney
•1••••••••••••••••••••.... in real and Week sorb as tdnriug; the
Somebody, somethrm,;, wee, fotktwing
o
v(r'fRil to suer it. in the trees at the side, st earatue tsps
Pills u,.e
ltiulfrom any overt art. •Ile is simply ;Middle Agee added terror to a masque
„ of death. Though fully apprised, tleougll
hanging' Imes e.nit" „ as afoot of heart is she wee loving,
"L -et,., agreed the Judge thought Madge ct.ltl1(4 net shifts 11 'ery of alarm.
:rand that ivould'be in accord with the 'Then a hand en 121151 alt ;tar arm, alien
nature of the beast sot I outlined it" to a voice said:
you. Ile 1s darting hip created head this voice C fear, lihss llerr.5(ix.h, I \viii
Way and that. `Tlut watetl out. Abe. for be on their heels to prevent, to save,
heaven's Sal;( When owe hid perverted to secure. 11•ait patiently. for suits
will is set he will Strike lowest and sur,'. your troubles and dal:gers will be over,
"You alio • de;scrited 1(im, .fudge, 114
fantastically uuti:d'e(l; fall of strange t1' -
It was the quiet sir. Rylan.•te. %vhv
fleetly disappeared amine; the treys,
viees'and delighting in the abnormal and
the tel Now, i{ had eeeuted to me,
1".
le ret
perhaps in self jU tlfultticn. l admit. Into the d:ultuca, of ties rein"te and
that he • had planned :erne (lr10,11tthe deserted lodge hurrrie! ;lark Slocum.
means of gatnlne admission to this He dashed up the emits and iltn the
hoose'and to -Mr. Fritz 'Meredith's mull. front room which had been prepared
arecl
wwhieh be is loath to foreign. even though for hila, He Heade a light and the poise -
hes decided to wreak hire revenge ed, with every insteele strained for quiek
fired upon Mr. Shemin, action, behind the t7lused door.
"11 tl)i; is so then it serrns that the 1'p the stairs n ou inept
epe the'e11 gro l eg110
masked hall -tn-are 'offer.; whatever le it ing; to d paused
the slide of a darklemern,
stay. for this play of hhs, whine to lay down the queer little box c,n•e1ed.
Healy be. l cannot explain, it is true. to
what be hast been about ,;;ire he had with coarser Eeete1'll a th, to:,bringYsro,m
ocular proof that fileetutoo l Miss 'trut'Il the
le red
roveloak' tt. relining e from tt noose
dins love each other, and also 1 . l
that Sloeune stow bels f1(1il1 ers in the the death head's masllttthlions its fates.
d room... The feeble rays .t
"But .I believe. and it. ie not empty be- ' the h ig;eard. lintelnu'uts, the deep-set
lief, sir,:thal he is planning .,ohne bizarre
effect for to -night. perhaps to wart' the
young people and break up the ball by
appearing 01 Font' hideous enstnme, and
that thee he will proceed. sgainet Slo-
cum.
11111.
as
so far
,c
leave T .
rt Provided. Irl
fa.
'T c'ttl, aganlst :i, ut' etwit land rottl•Se On
his part:' w.„. �,.
The Judge nodded ill approval. -
"'C wish f might always remember.
Abe," be said,''how Much -wiser you are
than I am. >OW. what. do yon went
me to do.•nty Wren.. I ata at your eotu-
tntt11i1:" n
""You are alevnys ton good to me,
.Tudge," replied ("rottki1e with a germine
feeling. `"wow then to business. You
can take an important part, indeed a
moat important part; for we, both. earn-
estly wish, don't we, -that that bedrid-
den old man upstairs, that all those
jolly young fouks downstairs shall be
n`
eye pat'kihteg With' tnadu*4 $. 11 \'1•a•t ;lams' li('dicine Co., 'Rrockvrlle, n .
the fec,'c of the ).(elder, uF Jades Mere- t t"Iil,f'1%J.NG BABIES.
dith.
Cronkite waited 011 the landing below
nutii 4ertellth had adju te',1 the noose
on his arm and the rope rude to his left
IrJ
+ ud• 1.1e wasted *until ntri :rail breath-
lessly turned the knob and unwed the
.door ajar; then even as Ile drew himself
for a, frenzied spi•iug be was up and upon
him, forcing him through the door and
down, on the fluor. where Slecuttl also
fell upon hien. In an instant tate noose
was over James 3leledith's shoulders
•inti trussed about with the ropedie lay
helpless to blink and gasp 1tt:ee some
nightmare reuniter.
(:r014ktte stepped out into tee lull.
lie seised the box gingerly at :rent's
lergeh, yet with silent inti ntnttse. Then
with air awed rhos. 1i' call(,[ Slocum to
him.
WasC• iredby <ydia£.Pink=
bnna'syegetable Compound
Lindsay, Ont.--" I think it is no
more than right for me to thank Mrs.
?inkhorn for what her hand advice and
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coma -
pound has done for
me. When I wrote
to her some time
ago I WAS a very
sick woman, sat -
teeing from female
troubles. 1 h a d
iiillee na tion 01
the female organs,
and could not
stand or walk any
distance. At last I
was confined to my
bed and the .doctor
said I would have
to go through an operation, but this 1
refused to do. A friend advised Lydia
P. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound,
t: it
4
after 1T
three
bottles>
• feusl
'214 a
and
noW, fl
I feel like anew woman. Imo 3th t
hear x i y
recommend this medicine to all women
who suffer with female troubles. ]. have
also taken Lydia, F. ?inkhorn's Liver
Pills and think they are line."—Mrs.
FRANK Emsmtv, Lindsay, Ontario.
111-
"I fear your fine mid i,lans have ,one
awry, Abe," said Judge Marceline (Its-
ew)tiSfiedly, when after his arrival at the
l'nderglades he listened to Cronkhite,'s •
repoet.
gay rather. sir, that they haven't
conte to a Mead as soon as I anticipated,"
replied the detective, patiently.
"It is that old fault of yours, Abe; you
erre too diffuse. The semplt l way 1s
the best way. Since the \vrc1th is lurk•
with obviously
,'v 1 .
not N
l rh. 1
l ht o
hag in the neighborhood .
1110 good intent, why didn't yotl have two
:,tout deputies arrest. him i"
1'11( public Safety is the sttpr(:ntc taw,
air"
"There you go again with your con-
founded wise saws. -What do y011 mean?"
"Ile keeps that queer little box, wrap.
ped in Eastern coarse (:1n1••h, with hien,
sir. Suppose that it filled with dyna-
mite.
"Bless my .soul, it alight well be; do
yon think sot" -•
`It might • well be as you sty, sir,
though I spoke only by way of illustra-
tion. It seemed prudent, therefore, for
ine to try to entrap hili in a remote and
deserted house where only those eould
be endangered wheelie duty it is to two
the risk. At any rate, I Have peevertted
"Listen," be said, "1 was right book."
And lir showed how a slit In the cloth
exposed tt trap that might be raised.
"1)url't you •lee?'' he gospel, "Ile would
have made it bite you.'
"(;lest (lode Such ffieseli,[Inese is be-
yond belief," Slocum gasped hack. "NV hat
are you going to du"."
`-trait, they both mutt be weteii d tike
enemies of mankind." till+ down the
stairs went Abe Cronkite.
Sloeum did wait and watch between
the silent, motionless man and the box
all w and
again ether e ivewith
a horrid
r n
sound and he
quivered for all his pluck. Again he was
bail: in the sickly, sodden 11eat. of 130111.'
hay. .(again he Was listening to sober
tales of how death in its melee savage
form was lurking benesth ebe streets,
in the walla of !rouse and in the erevicei1
of the docks,. Why didn't Cronkite tamed
Ile 'would be even gladder to get away
from the lodge (hall he had been to 5.411
from that city of the plague.
At length Cror.;;ite (li'l spin=e up, the
.stairs :newly, like one tired anti hot.
For tate nlomeut he stood gazing on ,las.
'1fereslith, who blinked bade at him in
impotent rage. Then with a shrug of his
bored shonitlei'8 he turned away.
"By to -mellow, when be has been enm-
mitied as hopelessly tnaano," he said to
Simms, `there will he acs one who will
believe or Heed hila, should bel rave of
what we know to be. tette.'
He picked up the box: gingerly. Bear-
ing it at zeros' length, lie lel •11.21 way
down the "heirs, and into the &sells', lit
fire was blat'.iatg in the furl ecu.
swung open the f+lrlrle" door. 1: • toeee(t
the eager
' 1' very nli,l.it eta �-le
ox into in
the e 110
flames.
Then it was tile' the two n •en Ioolced
on the contents cif the queer little box
for tho first and Iset time. As the fab-
ric vanished like e breath, a great gray
rat, gaunt and w -de as if saleslady half
Consumed by some 1.151111 .l fever, leaped
and squealed even •'s it ;vas licked up
and devoured by t11.' fervent heat.
A fasbiontble Pittsburg eatereh has
established a complete playroom with
reliable nurses where you can cheek
your baby just as you do your hat and.
g-' ' 2
uverauatn beforegoing11.
Everybody. knows that a baby is the
finest thing in the ,world, ai141 thathe.
who goes, through. life without leaf ing
One behind dies very poor indeed, a lady
writes.
But many women have felt that their
hearts would grow much fonder of their
babies if they fou"' -,1 be absent from
them oei:aiona,ly, though ever so set-
don1.•
Manifestly, every family canpot have
it hurt": (rf it8 uw411, 101: 111(111• only half
the world'+ women coulde be. mothers,,
for the other half wgf!'.d,, have to be
nurses.
lilt eye e0111,1 yltiire our llur8es.
It would be a gored idala to have public
nurseries, preferably in 'thio homy dis-
tricts. The veungetere Would be in
charge of graduate nurses of the high-
est profesaionai standing. They would
be masters of the 1
art, 0. eepIng chit•
dren at healthy p'.ay. •
But don't think,we are proposing pub•
lie raotheri s. substitute for the old•
fashioned kind, a'e we hear some "now"
—or maybe just "fresh"---wtltneu pro-
pose! Not even all angel from heaven
could take the place of a child's luothe
as his principal guide, for the angel
however mueh wiser she might be, out
not love the chilli heel' so much.
But we do thing: that every motile
should have what ods a few privile
mothers with employed nurses hav
DOW: the opportunity to go shopping
and to the theatre or a party occasional
ly, anti know tient her baby is in goo,
paries while she 1; away from her dart
ing. She knowe that she is risking he
little onte'se,life if she leaves hien aloe
in the hoose; .tend slue doesn't feel stfr
that her neigl,l;oe mill keep baby awn
from the stove, tlie'vrash bntlet and of
or dangerous things, if slur leaves th
child in the neighbor's ear,ms
We cannot understand why lvomen,
will take chances with an operation or
drag out sickly -"half-hearted exist-
ence, hissing three-fourths of the joy
of living, without' first trying Lydia L.
?inkhorn's Vegetable Compound.'
For thirty years it has been the
standard retlte(ly for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such ailments
tits displacements, inflammation, ulcer-
ation; fibroid tumors" irregularities, valuable in your home.
periodic pains, :backache, indigestion * Nopps•--.nidi emu ti lase, nh g a
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In pr•inlitive (lays, when littler or no
ing was knosedi About Medicine, a ft
orlte remedy suppesed to have o vire
for headaches was Smelling Salts.
day we know. smelling salts aro (feel
The cause of narv�ulls liettdarltezl can
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cos
halal
raced „to au alt
ways be t
is hum
tion 01 rho st(>tnarh, whieh
lately reflected over the • whole new v
system. Many . prescriptions 11;Rgt ut
01• lees efficacy, hut' elle one 't4
be depended upon' tot else quickly
�;elviline, Twenty drops in sweets)
water gives immediate relief. '10 sa'
acts quickly fails to express the re
The minute Nerviline strikes the st
aeh, its strengthening influence is
You feel better, brighter, free from
I'ese+[tig; nervous sensations. Noel
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a box of eigars ag airtst a pair of gb.ov s taigh to ed and lin perfect he
re
that she wouldn't get'engry for a month
but I refused to•bet." „ You corn nae Nerviline i1rs1de of on
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