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Show Breakers, watching theut rave and roar, when it swept tumbling In th brass bound oaken chest, full of poi'i and bauk. notes and precious unset, mauiy uncut. There had beea no name, no mark anywhere only j.t the very bottom, wrapped in Ua. n. bracelet, a Blender hoop of s"uu set with a fanciful cameo, o He had htuf smiled over tl.e pattern of It. even though he knew some heart tragedy lay back of it. He had not told of his find search seemfor owners of such treasure-troved so hopeless. He had meant to ask his uncle's advice and be governed by It. Then that very night came the dispatch the good uncle was dea l, and Hardy his sole heir. Alzz'---' i'te seemed bent on forcing him to keep what he had found. He had kept it. accounting for his change of estate by a true story of inheritance greater than he had the right to' expect. Now, he knew where the bulk of his fortune belonged. Almost he persuaded himself to hurry back to the city take out the accusing graven stone and pound It to pow der. Suddenly somewhere high above his head, a robin sang clear and gay. The sound brought back to him a country church himself a restless boy, sitting at his mother's side, and suddenly growing calm as together they got to their feet and repeated in ualson with the rest the Lord's Prayer. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." It rang in hjs ears like the voice of a friend. He had flung himself face down on the mossy turf. Instantly he was up, and racing back toward the Morris house fast as his feet could go. There he burst in upon Milly and Betty, wild eyed and white faced, but Joyous indeed, toid them everything making no reserve even over his temptation and how he had been saved from it and wound up on with: "Now my soul is at peace: I can dance and be happy. Let things stand until tomorrow, please! It would be cruel, almost inhumane, to spring a sensation, such as this, and eclipse Aunt Harriet's part." "We would never, never do that," Milly said Joyously. "She hates mo enough aa It Is because Billy likes me She thinks aa I do, he is quite wasted on me. Indeed, she eald to him when he told, her we were engaged: "Oh. you idiot! Why didn't you take Betty V Billy asked himself that question be fore the party was over. He got ifomor an hour before the guests assembled. Betty was easily far away the star of them: All In filmy white, with strands of dull red coral at . her throat and twined In her golden hair, she was J ravishing it Is small wonder Billy's cal low heart wavered. In the third waits he capitulated lost his head en tlrely, and was only saved from mak ing himself a pretty spectacle ny Bet ty's superior poise. Milly was shrewd' ly observant she had read Uardy'a face like an open book while ha waltz' ed with Bettr. So she managed 19 that the four of them should men !n a shrubby nook outside the dancing tenj There things straightened themselves, with hardly a word spoken. Bit oexfl day, with the news of Mllly'a fartuus, the world heard that she had lost al lover and gained a brother In Blllj) Graham. Martha M. Williams in 3 art Francisco Call. :.:.XLY'S FORTUNE. Wtxmti cravcnly flies mere mlscon.runs into danger, John Jt'ntimes jurt that fact when. In an Jrfif proved te escape the bustle of prepara- r his aunt's (Mrs. Graham's ie lossy, he took a tempting wood ft acral came all unawares upon two ery pretty girls. One stood, the mor J aa jarttera of impatience; thu other fflt Unt was eagerly searching fxa&&t tin grass and tangle with two "wmte nands. now letting the Jail at her side, while she stoop' Jwwsr, peering at some small, bare - ef-V- n can't come, Betty," he heard the aay, plaintively. "You know lTvsceIet'8 my mascot Aunt Helen A when she gave it to me " 'A aafghty poor mascot," Betty rertftj, "I'd throw it away rather than war a rubbish thing. It's ten years nee you got it, and we are Just the poor as church mice, yet bound Bv op to the Morris name. Besides ut bad luck could hang about little old, ugly cameo." 'Bxxxtr drew back embarasaed. Evi ls-- was hearing things not Ibr stranger ears. He was on point of running away when a cry 4?xarcn turning quickly to terror, vfwead Him. Instantly he darted for- ksmJ fco see the mascot'B owner up- Vfct mmtf stnrlnc sr n twtir jvtiere her bracelet hung Just above lie bead of a colled and hissing snake. I UTaw ever snail I get it?" the girl :Btadcd, laying her hand appeaiingly V Ms. arm, while Betty looked on 3uKt. Hardy smiled down at her, ! a stroke or two with his stout fiuag away the writhing serpent, SBtfced uo the bracelet out of the ambush and held it toward its 3". aayfag easily: "There. MIsa ImtLs. Now I claim a reward. You to give me the first three waltzes ar - light Wlijr Ho fcegun-- , For Infants and Children. YOU PAY NOTHING UNTIL CURED. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the A permanent, quick and lasting cure, guaranteed. No cutting, no pain and no detention from business. Consultation and examination free. Call or end for free book, which tells all abou t rupture or hernia, with testimonial from former patients. , , Signature OLDEST GEOGRAPHY. Read the following testimonial letters of former patients 'and what the Kansas City papers have to s:ty about the Doctor. DR. ERNEST HENDERSON, 103 W. 9th Kansas City. Mo. Illinois Will Exhibit at World's Fail' ' j One Dated 1700. Illinois has assumed first place lo the contest of states that are searching RUPTURE NOW CURABLE. for the oldest geography to exhibit al and Is an honor to his calling as well as a citizen highly esteemed by his the World's fair. Connecticut's book ol Wonderful Advancement 1820 and Indiana's geography of 181 Made In fellow men. He may be consulted at are up to date school books when comTreating by Dr. Henderson. any time at his office, 103 West Ninth street pared with a book that was recently Kansas City Sunday Journal, July 26, unearthed at Moline, 111. 1903: This venerable book was printed In Mr. Peake, a Merchant, Takes Pleasure Rupture is no longer Incurable, ex1700 and is now in possession of S. S. In Recommending Treatment. Gives in rare cept perhaps cases, extremely who has to It tendered th Crompton, Testimonial Letter In Conscientious Illinois commission. It contains 700 says Dr. Ernest Henderson, Kansas Truth for Benefit of Suffering Man. eminent hernia specialist. Howpages, 6 by 8 Inches. The paper it City's kind. ever, it has not been Kansa Kas.. May 22, 1901 heavy and the typography Is excell- a reliable treatment many years since for this affliction Dr. Ernit Hendernon,City,Kinhi Sity Mj ent In style, and seventy-eigh- t mapj was unknown, and Dear Sir: I can never thank you enouso as it may forMyyour treatment ot me while In my ruptursa being engraved on Bteel. The btndina seem, the methods surprising of former I am now ai welt at I ever wai anJ are condition. years is in leather and is well preserved. I take pride and pleasure in recommending still in vogue in many places. the beat and on.y treatment to othera One of the maps shows California to there la tor rupmri. T "In taking up rupture as a specialty," reliable treatment teatlmcnlal U given in be an Island, and the descriDtion Dr. Henderson said to a reporter, "I the benefit ot auBertng m"An hf Airmen with thA man ,nr. ' ' was satisfied that the old principle Cured in Seven weeks labelled a "Map of Florid, and ths was and there was an opportun- Double Rupture wrong Has Not Worn Method Great Lakes of Canada." It shows tha Painless By for a man who would devote time ity a Truss Since. The 'Guarantee to country that is now the United States and study to Improve It A H rupture to be a line west of the Mississirpl a Cure or No Pay" Is Attractive. dangerous thing; no one can tell 1902. TCtnaaa City. Kaa.. May 22, river, with the mountains coming al- what minute it will cause and Ernest Jlenderaon, M. 11.. Kansaa uuy. trouble, most to the banks of the river. There the time " " mn i My Dear Doctor may come when relief Is not treatment I waa ruptured on oth bunlneta. are three small streams, evidently in- within easy reach. It la always a painful that I cou.d not attend to mya P1"""1! tended to be the Arkansas, the Miss- bother even when there la no cured ma In aeven week by I pain or You method and I hava not worn a truaa aince. .u ouri and the Des Moines. They break apparent danger. To be sure, it was ,nt you recommending th'2 .mtci.fi. nowlDg T through the mountains and empty into no small task to revolutionize the your lament tc aufferer. tout guarantee to cur. cure will any the Mississippi river. On the east treatment of rupture, and I am not or recelv. no pay la attractive, aa moat auffer. side of the Mississippi are named six boasting when I say that there are few era hav. apent a grea'. deal ot money au to get cured. rivers the Illlnovlk, (Illinois), Ml men who would have worked, studied failed ourt truly wlahea. I am. WithN? EUGENE SAWYER. 6th St. 1904 oonsta (Wisconsin), Chadadeba (Chip- and experimented as I have done to pewa) and the PIflkiou,, Tumba and bring out a new method and perfect It Isaci. South of these are shawn but so as to be effective in all classes of Mr. Elliott's Case Was An Extremely not namfd the Ohio and the Yazoo rupture. My success has been my reBad One, and Had to Be Treated the and the Ohio rivers. ward. I have been practicing this Second Time. He Is 'Now Sound The Mississippi is called "R Splrlto method for several years, and there and Well. I Make My Guarantee are hundreds of people In Kansas City Sancto al Rio Grande," and in the text Good In Every Case. Hundreds of and who will take great pleasIt is said that the principal river of vicinity Sufferers Come to Me and are Cured, ure In to testifying its efficacy. People Florloda, by which name the MississAlthough Pronounced Incurable by now corns to me consult from almost Prominent Physicians. ippi Valley was then known. Is "that 1201 Sterling. Kaa.. May M. of the Holy Ghost, which falls into tha every state in the Union, and I have Mo. Kanaaa City. Uenderaon. Erneat Dr. gulph of Mexico." The reader is sol on file in my office letters from many To Whom It May Concern: earlle--t Tola la to certify that from my emnly assured 'that the air of Florida ' of them showing the high esteem In collecUon. I wai 2xn year. my to up and Carolina is so temperate that men whlch they hold the service I have ren- - with hernia of character pronounced Incur-a able by a noted aurgwm of tfcla p:ct, llve to the age of 230 years, while (ho , flered ttem- carcfu' examination. I aaw Dr. Erneat ' m advertlaement. "No cure no pay." an children of five generations are alive treating rupture Dr. Henderson to try him. In company wiih my does not use a knife, consequently he I determined at the same time." father I went to Kanaaa City and coaed has an built immense th. doctor, remaining Iunder up practice and cont'act with aeven Boston is rescrlbed as "commodious-lwa. week, uelievlngg for treatment now a a as enjoys nation! reputation seated for trafSck on the sea shore, well I turred over the money and went hoaie. month, time the trouble returned, a' very large and spatlous town cr In- rupture specialist. His plan of no pay After a few faith in th. doctor and believing h. but having until has cured certainly proven very would do aa be promieod. I went back without deed a city composed of several well of my condition, and p. having advtaedmahimand brdered streets, and adorned with fall popular. treated m. four we.k. lo took willingly . ecot mor. Dr. Henderson is one of the ablest pay. and then nd beautiful homos, well Inhabited Tour. re.ptcUulUr. CCRBO. B men In medical the profession today. by merchants aad tradesmen, it fs also a good place of good strength, having LIFE BUILD1IS, 1EW TORI several fortifications raised on hilU COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, WO. UKS1S CUT, Adjoining, with well mounted pleoej SPALDING'S . Keep ins. otoiiuuiv and well guarded." S.?7i1. mS f!?.ll.h Tliranch-.8U room.. ! Teacber. and leclurera. The ancient geography says that FftlLB CMPLOVMFNT POPU i t. era liiii.tratfMl catalntfu ent mr( on rei".tPRESIDENT. TELEPHONE 117 MAIN New York is "built mostly of brick and ' I. ...ji. ...j stone, and covered with red and black tile, and the land being high, It gives at a distance a pleasing aspect to the AWNING AND TENT CO., spectator. The Inhabitants con 1st Wa Can save You Money most of English and Dutch and have Writ for Prlcee-considerable trade with the Indian. Otstaoci 210 Kelt. Hm taf or beaver, otter, racoon skin3. and Ninth and Minnesota Atshbs, other furs; as also for bear, deer an! ilk skins; and are supplied with KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. and fowls In the winter and fish n the summer by the Indians, whic'a "Painting It Red." A Godd Joke on Kipling. !hey buy at easy rates," Hartford ha There been a lot of stories told One day during the South African Times. the of the expression giving origin war, Mr. Rudyard Kipling strolled Into It remarked Senate "Palntizsg red," If time were money people woull be a hospital ward at Wynburg. The to a group of I McLaurin, Mississippi, room was full of is bled men, and fbiore careful how they spend It. of I believe "but the friends, expressan arm one poor fellow who had lot ion cn old the originated grand was trying to cut tome tobacco, but having only one hand, he was making "Away back in the 50, racing wa little progress. most exciting feature of river life, the sat WITH SOOTHING. BALMY OILS. KlpHng, seeing the difficulty, whenever an opportunity was givand OaMr, Tmw, naiarrn. Ptin. F1 down on the Ride of the bed, produced Mmmmm aod aJl Sklo ad Ftaai Writ en for the sport every man on the UiMtrftftad Bk. &ut fr a claspkulfe, and when he had fllle.1 AddrcM boats would prepare for the contest as OR. BYE, soldier's old black pipe, lit it and If Ua. the City, their lives depended on the result handed It back lo him. He lhn lit Upon entering the race the first order Beware of Ointments for Cataarh his own pipe, and as nobody In the of the captain would be 'Paint her red, recognized the little man with that Contain Mercury, ( yard toys!' and the firemen won I heap the big glasses, the two were soon the coal and wood on tintil the furnaces as mercury wui surely aestroy tuflj lense of smell and completely d?-- ) sotoklng and chatting like old friends, glowed like the noonday sun and their ange the whole system, when enter- ech using all the barrack room crimson glare could be tscn for mile4 at his command. around ta the dark river. ing It through the mucous surfaces. Then Such articles should never be used Lying upon the bed waa a volume of 'Paint it red grew to mean a gtorloti Picking It good time, either on wafer or -- n land. except on prescription from reputa-- i "Barrack Itoom Ballad. and carelessly turning over the The expression grew world wM until tie physicians, as the damage lhe;1 tip will do Is tenfold to the good youj leaves, the writer asked: now It 3 universal Washington can po"lbly derive from them"Do you like Kipling' stuff about Times. Hall's Catarrh Cu-manufactured, Tommy?" by r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0 ,; j -- Mo; t think u8 &n nonsense," wa Mother will find Mrs. Window's atalnft no mercury, and Is taken the emphatic reply. Soothing RfftD the beat remedy to Internally, acting directly upon th ( ,go do , a,WeJ the great Mlhoff use for their children during the teethblood and mucous surface, of tho. in a A "SOUTHERN CLIME ing peod. and gtrick cmndf,n,JaI typiera. in lu g nana uatarrn other match for his helpless coin pan Cure, be sure you get the genuine. ion. Teacher "J 1,;my, Stsnday School Waggles "Time flltx, doesnt It taken and is made la It Internally will soon It Ahlch Is the host 5r of iae werk?" Cf Jaggle ""Yes, Toledo, Ohio, by T. 3. Cheney & Co. Utile Joany "Pay d&j, pojj says." time again." Wafer their stock The cabh comTestimonials free. panles. Sold by Druggists, Price 7Jc per The Argentine Republic wjil Sugar beefs thrive in different Hntfs j bottle. The professional violinist managei of soil in diverse climates Mia oter a the gun boat cruiser Patria to St, Hall' family Pills are the best. I to scrape a Hying. Louia for the World" fair. j large area. St, e ce. -- S CASTOR I A IESTLTJRTT'irTIESlE; uo you know?" Mllicent amazed. Hardy looked at her with twinkling "Ton forget there is a speaking tecesa of you over Billy Graham'4 at Yale," he said. "That re- (atl ibm' me uuiy my cousin im Hardy, at your service and Just seeaklag-aasysum from my nat- ' or unnatural protectors." Tfeea come home with us. Ask Jim. Btty Betty's head of the house," psily returned promptly. Hardy look- Thus five minutes found himself walking be- tit two Into aa adorable old cav and on to a big, white silent 5 very picture of rest fulness. ft Is nice. I love It all every flck and stone and blade of grass," said, when he exclaimed over the of everything. "That's the iMeJ she went on "I want to live always, and Billy says when we &2trid and settled down it will to be over there. He dught to Betty, Dot me. She likes things mad gorgeous and well kept. If I mr fortune I wouldn't change lere ony put tone sound posts Ifee gates and plant orchards and lave a brand new rose garden a&ouXdn't put old flowers out of ly enough. a tesaace " talk so, Milly, Mr. Hardy will ato jwore out of your head. She mt on her fortune,' Betty said. wverely, half apologetically, the of course to Mr. Hardy. writ, ! j ??.? rpKB - " fr Hen-oro- n' y WriV?AiDut WYANDOTTE -- wfy!Xrr vea-tso- SSI n Mlsa-Isslpp- i. tarlsg Intently at the cameo to rpwtred bracelet "Let me look ttfct please, ' he stid holding out bis tani 9nt It "The carving Is peculiar till I iws to have seen It before." URED ANGER "3w. you havn't," Milly said but handing over the bauble. "Taere Js Just one more like it, and Ant Itetea had that Her ship went taw with all on board that's why t Jsrtr" go my fortune. It's somewhere ml Im grill and Jewels, but Just where I'm wchm&T know or can Bad out. for her daughter that died. The were carved for poor cousin rarw( lEiOy. Kfce made the design herself. Se and a vew moon, with a CowIs er warping djwn. To think of having you want and dying at fwroty. "It It rather tragic," Hardy admitted. Tfeea tot five minutes he studied the rmro rfcsely and at lat gave ft back wn face pale and preoccupied. Ral- 3rfcc. gallajitiy, , he talked brightly; tlwrag half an hour. But onre again ' l fk wwdpath, he at down for a ul. He mtm3f wreftle with his own er agala the day when the sea thrmi tma iMft cp treasure at his ferl. He m atote It was seven years tack. frr phenomenal storm. He bad 0mmt al the very edge of the hungry conn-feoC- wt tf rft-hf8- j lr tnr Sf.toai ver-nasul- h 1 o, - tni 1 |