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In league with the Yankee."
"Yes; but your accusers are robbere
and murderers. If I thought that". -
She broke off with a frown and turned
away.
"The guerrillas built a fire and, after
coking and eating breakfast, loitered
about, some chatting, some playing
cards, while others devoted themselves
to their wounded companions, making '
them as comfortable as poesible on
beds of boughs covered with blankets.
I took advantage of their inaction to
learn how Buck bad succeeded in de+
liyering bis message to the 'scout he
was to meet at Huntsville. As I could
vat question him before the others
without giving up my secret, I &et,/
him into the cleft behind us.
"Buck, did you find the matt 1 sen6
you to meet at Huntsville?"
"Reckon I did."
"Tell me about it."
"All right. As soon as I got Intel
town I went right to the squar an stop-
ped in front o' the hotel. 1 hitched my
pony to a post an went inside. A man
in the office said, 'Sonny, what d' yo
want?' an 1 said, 'I'm got!' up on the'
gallery.' an be said, 'What fo'?' an
said, To' to see the town.' Then I
,went up stairs an waited till I heard
"He stood a-loolcin at me hind o' quer."
the clock strikin an counted thrteen."
"Not 13, Buck. Clocks don't strike
13."
"Well, don't yo" see, that clock at
Thintsville is a different kind. It
-struck either thrteen or fo'teen, I
-couldn't tell which."
"Never mind the clock. You're in-
venting all this. Go on.»
"Well, just as the clock struck a man
be came out on to the gallery. He had
the doggonest eyes 1 ever HMV—just
like the wolf's in 'Red Riding Hood.'
At first he didn't take any notice o'
lookin 's If be was bothered 'cause
,1 was Oar an he expected somebody.
Then be watched me with those sharp
eyes o' his'n, an at last he said kind o'
ruff, "Tis a fine day, boy,' an 1 said,
said I -what was it I was to say?"
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"'Reckon you're weather wise, strait.
ger.' "
"Oh, yes, I know, but I couldn't re-
member 'zactly, an I said, said I, 'Reck-
on yo're weather beaten, stranger.' He
stood a-lookin at me kind o' quar, AB I
heard him a-gruntin somep'n like,
'Guess I am beat somehow or 'nuther.'
Then he asked me somep'n 'botit wheth-
er it was a-rainin at the time of the --
what was that one?'
'The massacre,'" a
"Oh, yes; I know. An / said -what
was it I said?"
"'Black as night.'"
"That's it; ouly I fo'got an said,
'Black as a doggone nigger,' an he
said, 'What's the' "--
" 'Word.' "
"'What's the word?' an I took the
spitball out o' my mouth an handed it
to him. He took it an read it mighty
quick. Then he looked at me an said,
'I'll be goldarned if that ain't the lit-
tlest messenger to carry such a. big
message I ever saw in my life! Like
attackin a fortyfication "with a how't-
zer.' "
"What did he do then?" ,
"I.don' want t' tell that."
"Why not?"
"Well. he must 'a' thought I was a
baby."
"Come, out with it."
"He took me up an give me a kiss,
rubbln my face with that hairy beard
o' his'n."
"Then what?"
"He went down stairs in a burry, an
1 didn't see him any mo'."
"Good for you! Have you kept it all
a secret?"
"Haven't said a word to any one."
"That's right. You've done me a
great favor, and one good turn deserves
another.° I'm going to tell you how to
cure yourself of that habit of using
useless adjectives. If you ever get out
of this; get a notebook and pencil, and
every time you use one of them note it
down. This will show you how often
you offend, and at last you will break
pilirself of a very bad habit."
"I'll do that, by golly!"
At noon we were again tantalized at
seeing the guerrillas eating their din-
ner.
"I wonder what tbey got," said
Buck. "I reckon it's nothin but fat
pork, anyway. Who wants to eat fat
pork?"
"I wish I could get my clutches on
the captain," said Jack. "I'd make him
give Inc some."
"De Lord '11 feed his chil'n," remark-
ed Ginger. "Didn' he send de miens to
Elijah?"
"Not in these mountains," put in
Buck. "Ravens couldn't find anything
up here to feed anybody with."
"Reckon dat mus' a' been in a land
flowin wad milk an honey," supple-
mented Ginger.
"Yo' ole fool," retorted Buck. "How
could a raven carry milk?"
"Don't be so smart, Buck," said Jack.
"A raven could take the handle of a
tin bucket in its mouth and fly with it,
couldn't be?" .
Then Jack and Buck fell to vying.
with each other which could invent
the most remarkable febrications about
the wherewithal to satisfy their hun-
ger.
"I see a. darky coming," said Jack,
"with a white apron and cap and a
tray on bis head covered with good
things to eat."
"That's nothin," said Buck. "I see a
roasted goose waddlin up the hill with
the stuffin tumblin out of a hole in his
breast." •
"You little fibber, youdon't see any
such thing; I'll,tell you what I see. I
see a big table down there among the
guerrillas covered with smoking beef
and chicken and lamb with mint sauce
running all over it and peas and as-
paragus. Come, let's go and get some."
She was so earliest about it that I
feared she would. Indeed she started,
but Helen caught and drew her back.
Throwing herSelf into Heleta's arms,
she covered her face with her hands.
THREE TRYING
TIMES IN
A WOMAN'S LIFE
There are three periods of a woman's life
when she is in need of the heart stremeth-
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Action of
MILBURN'S HEART
AND NERVE PILLS
The first of these is when the young girl
ts entering the portale,of womanhood. At
Allis time she is very often pals", weak and
enervates, and unleea her health is built up
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.a prey to consumption or be a wealwoman
,for 1110.
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The wend period is motherhood. The
ratan on the system is great and the ex-
hausted nerve force and depleted> blood
require replenishing. Milburn'a Heart and ,
Nerve Pills supply the elements needed to got over the noon meal bravely, but
, do this. When supper tine came be clamored
The third period is "change of life" and for something to eat.
0" hie 1u:imbue' nerve troubles. see ,hyar, Mr. Brandystone,"
tads is the period when she is most liable ..Now,
A treniendous +Astir is taking place in he argued, "you just give me my share
U. system, and it is at this time many an I ret want,eny nio' when the rest
-A Ammo diseases mseifest thetaselvese of yo haVe yo s.
Fortify the heart and nerve system by the "You must wait, Buck. We shall
.use of lailburn's Heart sedNerre Pinging have to fast long enough anyway. The
ante King, Oortivrall, Ont., welter I 'a
Mr.. longer between Meals the longer vte
Can hold out,"
ehue tide over this dangerous period.
lots been troubled very much with heitrt„
eeedee_ehe oomo being to o greet extent "All .leht,” hid "I can
e sabravely.
flee 10 4d change st life)) 'torte boo taking held out as long as any of y0. h
Milbnrn's Heart and Nerve Mho for Some AA evening came on a horrible thOtig t
time, and *min to continue doing so, foe I loomed up suddenly. If the night
4112 teatilfulli AY *el sloths beet rentsd/ should be dark, there was nothing to
'hive ever used for building up the system. prevent the guerrillas stealing up or no
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CUE WINGRAM TIMES MAY 16, 1907
the face of the rock in our rear. The
cleft where water dripped slanted up-
ward, a narrow opetfing little wider
than a man's body, 1 crawled Into the
crevice and by using heeds and feet
mounted to the sutntnit, 1 stood en-
cbanted by the splendid view. North-
ward and eastward the Cumberland
mountains reared their heads, a succes-
sion of wooded crests; westward the
fair plain of middle Tennessee; south-
ward Confederate territory cut off
from us by war and setting aflame the
itnagination as to what was taking
place In the newborn nation. An un-
dulatinghorizon divided the black
earth from the scarlet sky left by the
settine sun,
Scrambling over the uneven ground,
climbiug rocks, fighting mywaytbrough
thickets, I' explored every promise of
outlet. There was not a possible de-
scent. I returned to the mouth of the
crevice, intending to rejoin my com-
panions. I heard some one clambering
up and, looking down, saw Helen Stan -
forth. Giving her my hand, I helped
her to level ground.
"You and I," I said, "should not be
absent from the front at the same
time."
"Tell me," she said, fixing her eyes
on me intently, "what I want to know.
I have led Jaqueline, Buck and Ginger
into this trap in an attempt to save
you. The least I can expect is your
confldence. Who are you?"
Our lives depended on absolute devo-
tion to each other. If I should tell her
that I was a southern man bolding a
commission in the Yankee 'army, that
I had sent information north to enable
a'Unioft general to capture the.region
about her home, I should sap our main
element of strength. On the other
hand, I was accepting all this devotion
under false pretenses. The thought
was maddening. Had she not been
looking at me with her big honest eyes
I believe I should have shed tears of
anguish,
"Miss Stanforth-ECelen," / said,
"who and what I nm can be of no mo-
ment now with death staring us in the
face. You and I have a mutual pur-
pose -to save those who have been led
into this peril. There is no time for
explanatious. I beg of you to banish
for the time this secret and think only
of the work before us."
She turned her eyes out to the far
distant horizon, %but did not see it, in-
tent on her own thoughts. Then, look-
ing again at me, she said, with a burst
of impulse:
"To know fleet you are unworthy
would kill me." •
bowed my head to escape her gaze.
When I looked again, she had turned
and was entering the crevice.
Having failed to find an outlet In
our rear, we bad no choice but to face
our enemies. I cast my eyes over the
only route open to a night surprise.
On our right, not far below, was the„
bare face of a rock 20 feet high, around
which was no path. To the left anoth-
er rock projected in such fashion that
while an enemy climbed over it his sil-
houette would appear against the sky.
Noticing an abundance of firewood
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CHAPTER XIV.
nourrnE DEFENSE.
ORNING, noon, afternoon,
passed with no change in
the situation. All my com-
mand slept dining the day,
and even I got two or three hours of
tired nature'e sweet restorer,' though I
would not close my eyes till Helen had
promised not to take hers off the guer-
rillas till I awoke. During the after-
noon all began to suffer' from hunger,
but I Would not allow the scanty bit
of food remaining to be eaten. Buck
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f bowed my head to dope her gaze.
scattered about, I resolved to build a
-bOnfire„ with a view to lighting up our
enemies should they attempt to steal
upon us in the night. As soon as it was
dark enough I sent Buck and Ginger
out to gather wood and, selecting a
"Woman's work is never acme,"
There is always something to do
-ninning up and. down stairs,
lifting, bending, straining -no
wonder the Kidneys become
affected. That is why so many
-women suffer with headaches,
lame back, dragging pains
through the hips, nervousness,
weak spells. When the Kidneys
are weakened or strained, the
delicate female organs are dis-
turbed and inflamed, bringing on
a train of female complaints.
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would try to scatter it.
"When I count three, fire into the
crowd. One, two, threel"
Four bullets fled at the little knot of
men. below, We could not bee wbo was
hit, but all turned and started down
the declivity, though one man dropped
before he bad gone a dozen yards. We
lost no thne In reloading and had a
new charge ready in every piece before
seeing any signs of their return. But
Buck, who took more time and made
more fuss about bis work than all the
rest together, bad scarcely rammed his
charge home and fixed the percussion
clap on the nipple when three men
made a dash at the fire. Two of theist
reached it and began to kick vigorous-
ly. I'took deliberate aim at one of
them and.sbot him through the head.
My gun bad scarcely cracked when
Helen let drive at the remaining man.
He staggered, but kept on kicking at
the fire. I snatched Buck's, gun and
finished him, dropping bim on the burn -
.Ing brands. The third man, who had
started forward several times and
each time turned back, got out of sight
Insures health to women who as quickly as possible.
work. Bu -Ju keeps the Kid- I "Look a,' dad" cried Ginger, pointing
neys strong and healthy, purifies to the east.
the blood supply, and acts as a I turned my bead, and there above
gentle, strengthening tonic on
the horizon was the faintest trace of
the delicate female organs.
dawn.
BL.t.kn, O.
'3 was not able to do my own work in
the house, and was barely able to dress
myself. lly fingers and hands were all
swollen up with pain. I think there is
nothing like Bu -Jo. Am able to do
my own work now with comfort, which. I
was not able to do before taking Bu -Ju. cussing tbe situation. They
Was. JAS. MaINcuMr, i talked go loud that we could often
Bu -Ju is invaluable during preg- catch a word, and their gesticulations
nancy. All expectant mothers should take
a Bu -Ju Pill at bedtime, to insure her were plain to us all. At last the cap -
own health, and that of the child. aloe. a Min took a while laandkerchief from
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large box. At all druggists, or from s pocket, fixed it to a stick and, hold -
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74 "A. flag of truce!" we all exclaimed
. - together.
flat rock midway between those on the "He's going to offer us something to
flanks, scooped together some light, dry eat!" cried Jack. "I knew be wouldn't
stuff for kindling and as fast as the let us starve!"
wood was brought me put It on. When I 1 stepped over the breastworks to go
all was ready, we returned to our for- ' and meet the bearer of the flag. Buck
tress. called out:
But bow light a fire? There was not "Tell him I'll take some fried chick -
a match, in the party. Indeed the only en fo' mine!"
means of ignition we possessed was a I net the captain at the spot where
percussion cap. I sacrificed two cdr- we had built our fire. His arm was in
tridges and poured the powder they a sift, and be was very pale. Some -
contained into a bit of paper, Intending thing told me that be did not relish the
to explode it with percussion powder. work in which he was engaged.
Night attacks always oc-nr just be- "I've come to tell yo'," be said, "that
fore dawn, and 1 felt confinent that we if yo'll surrender the rest ct' yo' people
should hear from the guerrillas, if at can go."
all, between 2 and ' 3 o'clock in the "What assurance have I that you will
morning. At 1 I awoke the command keep the terms?"
and issued our remaining ration. It "The word of a"- He stopped. I
was eaten ravenously, and whet the saw that habit bad led him to use an
last morsel had been consumed 1 told expression common among gentlemen
all to be ready at the slightest sound. In the south, but the word had stuck
I was going down to the unlighted fire, in bis throat.
and in case they beard me hammering "Captain," I said. "you are a better
the percussion powder they would man than the company you keep. Sat -
know I had heard the enemy approach- fsfy me that the women, the boy and
Ing. Then, taking Jack's revolver, L the negro shall go free, and you are
sallied forth. welcome to me."
I passed down to my firewood, In- "me men are divided about the wo-
spected It to see that it was all right, men." he replied, lowering his voice.
then went on farther, crawling on my "Which party bolds the balance 01
stomach and listening. Noticing what power?"
in the darkness I supposed to be a log,
"It's bard to tell."
I resolved to crawl up behind it for
"Then we have no assurance that if
concealment. On reaching it 1 raised
we surrender you can keep your prom-
Ise to let them go unharnied?"
my head and looked down into the face
of a dead man. It was the body of one
of the guerrillas we had shot during "There's no telling. Befo' yo'r este,
the day. Tills uncanny object, encoun- cape and the killing yo' all Linve been
, me. doing 1 could have fixed it, but the men
tared atdead of night, startled
There were the ghastly skin, the sunken are exasperated at the damage yo've
done."
cheek. the open mouth, while the eyes
were starting up at the heavens as if "Can't you be blind and let us out to-
night?"
thev saw wonders hidden from the liv-
ing. I ,elrew back. A consciousness of "No; I've lost more' control of my
me men within the last few days than all
the horrors that awaited us struck
like a gust of cold wind. Perhaps be- the time I've commanded them. If they
fore morning Helen Stanforth orJaque- saw the slightest move on my part to
line or little Buck or all ef us would let yo slip, they'd shoot me, and yo'
would never get out alive either.
be lying stiff and stark like that dead I
can't stand here talking any longer.
CHAPTER XV.
waseeN's Proem
FTER this second defeat we
could see the guerrillas gath-
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guerrilla. .
Then n greater strength, a daring:, a
cunning never before felt welled with-
In me. I crawled on till I came so near
the guerrilla 'camp that 1 could have
thrown a stone into It. They bad no
fire, and this in itself was suspicious.
I thought I heard a voice, but it was
doubtless some animal or a bird giving
a note of warning to its mate. I lis-
tened. but could hear nothing which I
knew to be human. At last I sat down
on a rock and began what to me seem-
ed an endless vigil.
. It • was perhaps an hour after that I
heard unmistakable (sounds of the guer-
rillas. I could .see nothing, though I
could bear voices, and voices at that
time of night meant niischief. Darting
back to 'my wood, I set the paper of
gunpowder on the .rock tinder the dry
grass, keeping a little in reserve, and
got a stone ready to use for A. hammer,
then listened for a sign of advance. I
had not long to wait. A man must
have stumbled. At any rate, I heard
something which convinced me the ene-
my wascoming, and, laying on my
percussion powder, 1 raised the stone
and brougbt it down.
Horror of horrors! The grass was
blown away without being kindled.
The last chalice was gonel It 'was
: dark as piteh; not even a ray of moon-
light to protect us against the coming
cutthroats: '
Wait a bit. There are several spears
' of grass notating, a spark on ;the
. enol of each. I gather them and _put
the ember ends into the hollow of my
hand, where 1 hold the reserve gun-
powder. A flash -a mere bit of flame
no bigger than n. peal I nurse it and
put More grass with it, shove It all
'under the wood, and a beautiful bright
flame sheets up that gladdens my
beart. A. joy fUl about frotn the fort
soda a pleasant thrill through every
Ober in my body.
Ping! A bullet within en inch Of my
- nose. I dart away into the darkness
. and in another minute arn in the for.
trees.
I bed scarcely get behind the brettet-
Works When the glare of the burning
. wood showed Me beef a dozen Men
dashing Am to the tire, and I knee" they
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They'll suspect something. What's yo'r
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1 turned the matter quickly over in
my mind.
"Captain," I said, "I will transmit
your proposition. 11' your terms are ac-
cepted. Iwill go down to your clime,
and my 'friends will follow. It they
are not accepted, we,will wave to you.
In this event you will know that these
noble girls, this brave boy, this faithful
negro, prefer to take their chances with
Inc."
Both of us turned without aaother
word, and in a few Minutes the captain
was with his men and I had joined my
little half starved army. I was re-
ceived with eager, questioning looks.
"He has made a proposition," I said.
"I will give it to you with the informa-
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tion that goes with it. If we will sur-
render, he promises that all shall go
free except me."
I paused a moment to watch the ex-
pression of their faces. I saw at once
that they were all bitterly disappoint-
ed.
"I feel bound to 'state further that
the captain has informed me that be
cannot surely guarantee your safety,
though he would if he could. He tells
me that the men are divided, and he
does not know himself which•party is
the stronger. You are not sure of
safety, but you have a chance, whereas
if we are thken by force the chances
are all against you. Before giving my
She waved her bonnet to the guerrillas.
views I wish to get an expression of
opinion from each of you separately.
Miss Stanfcrth, shall we accept the
Proposition or not? Say yes or no."
She curled her lip. "I don't care to
consider such a proposition."
"Miss Rutland?"
"Nol" cried little Jack, with a snap
in her eye.
"Buck?"
"Reckon I'd ruther stay whar I am
awhile longer, though, by golly, I'm
mighty hungry." He spoke the last
words ruefully.
"Ginger?"
"3 ain't no traitor man, mars', ef I
nir black. Ginger hain't gwine t' talk
'bout gibbin nobody up t' save hisself."
"My friends," I said, and I could not
reprees a tremor in my voice, though
God knows I tried, "I cannot accept
your sacrifice. Tbe guerrillas, having
Don't Advertise.
Don't advertise if yon believe yon are
waisting money. Let your competitor
waist his money advertising, and perhaps
in this way you'll soon "pat him out of
business." Jast stand back and laugh at
him when ' you see him squander hie
money for printer's ink. Once there
was a boy named John Watiamaker, he
owned fifty yards of calico, three pairs
of jean, a half dozen pairs' of home-made
yarn sooke and five paint of boots. He
called this a dry goods store through a
Philadelphia newspaper and offered to
sell two pair of socks for 39 conte. The
don't -believe -in -advertising merchants
laughed. Young John spent p5 with
the Philadelphia Ledger to advertise
just one time, and had less than $100
worth of geode., Ile was cautioned by
the:merchants who knew it didn't pay!"
It was through sympathy that they
offered him advice. nut John didn't
listen to theta and went and blew his
money in foolishly; and today poor John
sees the results of the misdoing -he has
so many dry goods stores that he On
laardly And time to) study his Sunday
ettoot lesson.
secured me, will (3iub t1 ess quarre
about you, and the captain and those
who are with him may find an oppor-
tunity to let you get away under cover
of the night."
"No, no!" cried all. "We'll stand to-
gether."
"How were you to reply?" asked
Helen.
"11
the terms were accepted, we were
to go down; if rejected, we were to
wave."
Helen took off her check bonnet and,
tying it to a carbine, stood tip on the
rocks and waved it to the guerrillas,
Who were standing below watching for
our signal, while our little command
gave as lusty n cheer as their exhaust-
ed condition would adnilt.
But the real heroism was yet to come.
I had seen evidence that the woman
wing of my ariny was not to be appall.
ed at any proposition, but it was ine-
possible that 1 could be prepared for
'what was to follow. I have sometimes
wondered if It was not rather en erne
-
nation of getilua than heroism, but
have invariably concluded that it was
the genius of heroism.
The first flush of excitement at the
rejection of the tering being over, Jack
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smut in barley, make twioe as strong
and immerse one hour. It oats are not
used for seeds they may be fed in mod_
eration without damage. In sprinkling
the oats, they should be covered. as it is
the gas that kills the smut spares.
Mr Thomas Magwood, of Stratford.
ex M. P. P. for North Perth, has been
appointed Sheriff of Perth Comity in
succession to the late John Mode. The
new Sheriff, who is, of course, a stal-
wart Conservative, was first returned to
the Legislature for North Perth at a.
bye -election held in 1890. He was born,
In Esst Flamborot township in 1851, and.
had considerable experience in manic:t-
eal lite before entering the Provinoial
Parliament. He is a farmer. Mr Msg-
wood was defeated in the general elec-
tions of 1898.
(To be continued.)
Some rather dazzling figures as to the
Czar's income were published in a pam-
phlet that was recently suppressed by
the police in St. Petersburg, notes the
Bellman. It stated that the Czar re-
ceives from the state a civil list amount
ing to seven million dollars a year. The
Czarina and the Dowager Empress are
each in receipt of $100,000 annually,
while the heir apparent gets $500,000 a.
year. Each of the other children of the
Czar gets $20,000 a year. In the time of
Alexander I. much ecclesiastical proper-
ty was seized and made crown property,
the income of which goes now to the
Czar. It amounts to $10,000,000 a year.
The Czar has still another source of in-
come from the so-called oabtnent prop-
erty, which includes a territory as large
as the whole of France, most of it in Si-
beria, in which are gold, silver; plat-
inum, copper and iron mines, and which
produces a steady income of about $8,-
000,000 a year. Besides this the Czar
possesses a large amount of personal
property amnia:misted by his ancestors.
Almost Crazy
With Headache
Mrs. R. W. Edwards, 32 McMurray
street, Brantford, Ont., writes:-"Foi
five years I suffered more than words
calf tell from nervous headaehefr ner-
vous dyspepsia and exhaustion. Tho
pains in my head would at times almost
drive me crazy. I could not sleep nights, ;
but would walk the floor in agony until
1 fell exhausted and unconscious. I
VMS pale, nervous, irritable, easily ex-
hausted, was reduced to a mere skeleton
of skin and bone, and my heart would
palpitate. All of this was in spite of the
best efforts of three leading doctors.
"For the past nine months I have
used Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and for a.
considerable time I have not experienced
headache, or any of the symptoms men-
tioned above. From a mere skeleton
this medicine bas built me up in flesh
and weight, until now I am strong and
well and am thoroughly restored to
health."
Dr. Chate's Nerve nod, tit) cents st
box, 0 boxes for $2.50, at ail dealers, Olt
' rhinatnton, Batee & Co., Toronto. "--"‘