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Show • • J THE JORDAN JOURNAL, MIDVALE, UTAH E OLI alhalla an Out CHAPTER VI-Continued Builds up weak bodies OCTOBER By Oeorge llarr McCutcheon ., WNU Service .. c.,t!ral breal· down forced me ,. "" IJUit work. Tan/aD toned up my who/, system, banished the neroous strain and gave me back the health of twen" years ago. I str~ngly recommend Tan• lac." F.J.Messmer. 25-1 So. Ninth Ave•• Burlit~gton, Iowa. what h~ Is a!ter. It is possible that a good many people will hesitate about voting !or 11 man who is suspected of kUling his own father." "Don't you worry, Oliver,'' cried thE' h s et·JIT, slapping the young man on the back. "Things are coming out all rlgh t ••or you I" Fully a week passPd before a move was made by the authorities. The newspapers devoted considerable first page SJlace to the new angle in the un!iOI\'f.:od B11xter my~tery, but not one Copyrleht, Bell Syndicate -6But the minister's wife was stlll a rtvldly handsome woman. She had .Josephine wos silent tor a long time. taken good care o! herself; she had made a business of keeping young In ~uclrlPnly she lifted her head and lookPd up into her daughter's face. looks as well as Ln spirit. "~ly dear," she said, with a wry little In n clear, full voice, trained to (Copyrlrht, H21, b:r W. 0. Chapman.) twist at the corner o! 'her generous reach remote perches ln lofty theaters, mouth, "l've come hon1e to stay. I she spoke to her husband from the d:uesny you will find me capable or "Oh, dear, It wlll sink before they coach steps: . CHAPTER II From Mother Nature's storehouse taking things as they are. I did it "Herbert, dear, have you the checks get here.'' we have gathered the roots barks UNKIND FATE once before, and I can do it again." and herbs which are comp~unded, At this juncture both were startled Ahout the shabbiest trick that tate ~or my baggage, or have l ?" under the famous Tanlac formula, The express wagon with Mrs. Sage's of them took the matter up edilorially. "I-I will attend to the trunks- " by a voice that seemed to come from can play on us Is to bring us Into the Rere·s a. stirring story of love Kotwithstanding the reticence of the to muke Tanlac. trunks urri ved as Oliver, in despair, an d adventure by George Ethelthe air directly over their heads. Dick world with a silver spoon ln the he hegan huskily, only to be interprc>ss, the news ~pre.td like wildfire If your body is weak and underb ert \Yair-h. Oh, no; it's not the was preparing to depart as he had had risen from his hidin~: place, and mouth, and then, when we grow accus- rupted hy the Jntlefntigable Sammy. Valhalla of Scan<llnavl:~n myththat IIm·are Gooch was actually chargnourished, if you can't sleep or eat, "Don't gi•e 'em another thought, ~Ir. come, on Mnrmaduke Smlth"s bicycle. ology, 1 he '"IfaJlPY Fighting stood in clear view on the end of the tomed to It, change It Into chl!ap pewing his ne]Jhew with the murder of his have stomach trouble or burning Grounds" of \Varrtors !"lain in lie took fresh hope. Here was a tlo<·k. ter metal. It leaves an unpleasant Sage. I'll see to everything. Give me battle. It's a tropical islnnd and father. The town of Humley went wild rheumatism, just you see how chance to see Jnne after all. the actorH are Twentieth cen"I think I can get lt tor you," he taste for years after, and some never the checks and-right this way, please, with anger and indignation. A few hotquickly Tanlac can help you back "Where do you want the trunks, t ury people. quite up to date. announeed calmly. quite get rid of that tin-coppery-brassy Mrs. Sage." l ends talked of tar and feathers for to health and strength, And their adventures are Just as Don't delay taking Tanlac an"Thank you-thank you so much," Jane?" he shoutecl from the bottom of rr. vdern-and none the less ex· They glanced up at the tall, lithe lla vor. the stulrs. There was no answer. old man Gooch. other day. Stop at your druggist's c i ting because of that. l'Oo; no said l\Irs. Snge graciously, and, as Dick Van Ness was an amiable figure, as i! it were an apparition, :llr. b urled treasure In this yarn; the And yet dPep down In the soul of now and get.a bottle of this, thegres,t"\Vhere shall we put them, Uncle Hermillions are In \Vall street and Blnlle frowningly and l\liss Allee with young man, without more than his Sammy bustled on ahead, Inquired In bert?'' he asked. his hnnds jammed every one who cried out against Horest of all tonics. Take Tanlao Vctl t he buccaneer~ operate in the 1 table Pills for constipation. the light of expectation in her blue share of faulte and possibly with as an under·tone of Jane at wlwse sitle deep ln his pockets. stock market. The heroine Is a nee Gooch's malevolence lurked a kidnaped malden. The hero Is eyes; but i! either thought to see him many virtues In a potential state as she walked: "Is that the wonderful - -------"llless my soul, 1-1 haven't an Idea," strange uneasiness that could not be h er brave rescuer-who receives plunge reckles~ly Into the river the the n verage man carries around In his Oliver October I've been hearing so groaned ~Ir. Snge, passing his hand shaken o:tT. appropriate reward. system, when fate subjected him to much about?" disRppoiutment was mutual. The excitement OYer the return o! INVESTIGA~'I!; this wonderful ::\!etho• or "No, mothel'-that Is Sammy Parr. over his brow. "Unless you put them Mrs.. Suge was short-lived on account I Healing. Headaches, Stomach and Inteoti· Dick was calmly gathering In his this acid test. In my study," he suggested brightly. nat tro uble, Heart, Kldn E"y and Liver dis~ 1-1 don't see Oliver anywhere. I How he met It iB not necessarlly llne for a cast. In more than one CHA PTER I turbances, Eczema, :'-/eurltls, Sdatica, Lum· ~'ifteen minutes later, the trunks be· Of the new and startllng turn In the wrote him the tra!n we were com· Baxter mystery · Acute Interest in the ylelrl bago, quickly. and disorders pecullar to w ome n, casting tournament he had won out nearly so interesting and spectacular -1ing piled high In the pastor's little EDUCATION Instead o! M ED· log-" as many fiction writers would invent against all contestants. The bag was pastor's wife dwindled Into a mild al- ICATION. Why ou!Ter longer? send no Di ck Van Ness was smoking anrl A few pace'll ahead Summy was ex· study, Ollver mopped his brow and ex. . . ' mon e:r. \Vrlte for inst ructi ons today. No obllgatlon. DR. Cl.AYTOS, 3H2 s. \'ermont Idly angling o:tT the end of the private floating down on the tide, fifty feet for their heroes. He was a bit put pln!ning loudly to 1\Ir. Sage: "l guess pressed himself feellngly to ~Ir. Sage mos t mnocuous form of curlosrty. Ladles of the congreg'ltlon, after a A.-.. mu•, I.Os ANGEI.ES, cAut-·. a place where he had no bus!· away, sinking gradually below the sur- out by it, considerably chagrined and something Important of a political na- from the bottom of the porch steps. disappointed, but being young and !n "Uncle Herbert, I think Jane might dignified season o! hesitation, called ness t o be, wllen a plea8ure ~·ncht face as the water soal,ed In it. ture must have turned up to keep Oll· fine health be thought the world was The long bamboo pole was not the huve been allowed a minute or two to on her-that Is to sny, after forty-eight Blipped down the river nnd carne to ver from meeting the trnin. We bud his oyster, and he could open lt. . kind he would choose for a casting hours-and were told by the sen·nnt anchor In midstream nparly uhreast It an fixed up to meet you with my car chip o! the old block, why couldn't A tournament, and lacking all pretense that Ml~s Judge was not at home. hi m. At first Dick was no more and he was to be here at four sharp. She would be at home only on Thursaway easily and at little cost by than mildly interested, for he knew of a reel to control it, the line was be make n fortune as easily as his Doc Lansing's up at Harbor Point, !ather? There was no reason, except the screen of spiles would effectua!ly linble to whip and snarl in the wind ; dny from three to six. Some little e Mich., for n little vacation. Won't he con ceal him from .view on the water but there was a hE>avy sinker on the that apparently he didn't inherit the back tlll Sunday week. Uuriel's out CODfU~lOn· was caused by the name t but this was satisfactorily straight: 1 fron t; but a moment later he began end, a11d Did' gaugPd this against the peculiar quality of mind that had made here ln the car, .Mr. Sage. Rhe'll drive the eluer Van ~ess a power In the Ienning forward, forgetting his fi~hing wind before he threw. ene_d out by the servant, who ex· , - - -- - - - - - - you home whlle I see about the bag· '!'he two below watehed the hook financial world. plamed that ~llss Junge llDd Mr~. Sa ge pole and the glowing !Jipe in his hand. gage.'' Dick didn't know It at the Ume, but were one and the same person, and 10 eager was he to read the name on and sinker desrrihe an arc in tl1e air, Mr. Sage had reco•ered his comIt wus revealed to him in the course ot hesitate n moment o'l"er his head, and that she was married all right and I ~ smarting eyes with pO:Werthe stern. poilnre by this time. He lenned close .J :,re-5 fnl drugs '"dropped "tn r_ years. Combined with the utter lack proper except, ns you might sny, in "'l'he Pelican I" he muttered, frown· to g:tnnny's ear and said gravely: I"' ,;:. etrectlve, by hand. A sooth\.Dg ~f ..... of all expertence and training, tlle safe romedy t..8 ..... • name. Mrs. Screptu Grimes, being an lng. "It's the old BPncon. f'm sure ur..ugguqe, Satnmy-luggage!' handicap was fatal. lie drifted and Is best 20cent.s-all 'f"f~ ~ of th at! l'd recognize her anywhere." old friend, wns one of the first to cnll. "Sure-! get you," said Sammy, druggists. V!./ t'! flountlered, driven from p!llar to post, winking. "But just the same I'll call It llALL It RUCKEL "'f . I" And this Is whnt she said to Oliver I T hen came pleasant and unpleasant New York ()!Ly making fool mistakes that an office bnggage till I've got it safely out o! October that snme evening: memories to occupy his thoughts. His hoy could have put him straight on, the hantll! of Jim O'Brien, the hng;:age "You ask me, did I see her? I did. flsh ln~ tackle was neglected, ond and in the end he returned In di~gust I told the hired girl to say who It was, v. hen a fish nibbled at tlte bait he Its Specialty master. Here we are I ilop right In, Dick had A vein of romance In his and In a minute or two she came bael< mad e no responsive jerk. JnnP. Permit me to introduce myself, "I suppose your car Is a good hill .system, Inherited from his mother per- :\Irs. Sage. I nm-" uud tol!l me the barefacerle~t lie I ever clim her, eh ?" "< 'utler got the yacht in the final hap::<, and a love for adventure; but hearrl. She said Mrs. Sage wasn't at breakup, I :<uppo!>e," he mused. "I rememhPr you quite well," inter· "~ ·ot especially, but yc.u ough t to neither of these had found lodgment rupted the gl'f~at actress (pronouncing home. \Veil, do you know what I did, see how it cun run up a garage IJ:U." "Thn t's why ~he's renamed." in the elder Yan Ness, which may have it "qua te"). "You nre Sammy PnrrOliver? I just said 'Pooh' and walked -Boston Transcript. Before the financial crash came accounted for his remarkable success right up the stairs and into her room. llt tle Summy Parr. that r uined his father, Dick had only In finance. They are not necessarily She got right up and kissed me five or "I say, Herbert, olrl thing, you cnn't to s ignify n dc~ire to take a cruise Incompatible with achievement, but six Urnes !Ind-well, that's about all, make lilt> believe this is Humley. You in th e Bencon and It wa~ nt his ser·v· they hn ve to be held in subjection except I stayed so long I was afraid 1 are tlecelvin~ me. l don't recognize a Ice. .Now the yacht was Steve Cut· when business calls. 1 I'd be lute for su(lper." single- Oil, yes, I do I I take lt all lt>r's, the man who had pro!ited by his Self-acknowledged, and by common "Did you see J aue ?" broke in fath er's downfall. • 1 bnck. I would know that man If I saw Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye consent admitted by the world, to be him In Timbuktu. The old Johnnie In Oliver. H e stopped ln his musing!! to watch a failure, Dick had no scruples In giv· tbe car we just passed. It was Gooch "Certainly. Do you want to hear a small bout being lowered over the Each 15· cent pack· lng full vent to his Imaginings. Fol'what Josephine said about you?" -the amiable Goorh-and, my word, side of the yacht. 'Vhen It came age contains direcgetting his fishing, he dreamily pic"N '• I can't say that I do. By the what a du~t he was raising!" pl unging through the ~·ater under the way, Aunt Serepta, there Is something scenes quite different from the tions so simple any tut·ed O!lver, pedaling furiously, arrived at p owerful oars of two sallors, Dick reality until suddenly aroused by the I've been wanting to ask you for quite woman can tint soft, the parsonage ten minutes behind tlte gutherPd up his line. n while. Do ~·ou think .Jane Is pretty?" footsteps of the watchman. deli<•ate shades or Sages. The mini~ter greetrd him as he "'rltis must he Cutler's private dye rich, permanent He e!Tected his escape from the pri- cnme clattering up the front steps. Mrs. Grimes pontlererl. "Well," she dock," lle griuned. "!totten luck to be colors ln' llng('rie, vate dock with much greater celerity "8h !" he cautioned, his linger to his salt! jn<li<:ially, "it depends on what !'llnght fishing on it. But"-refiective· "ill's, ribbons, skirts, and safety than the previous owner o! lips. "Don't make such a noise, 011· you menn by pretty. Do you mean, ly- "he wouldn't recognize me--never waists, dresses, coats, his fishing tackle. Once on solid lnnJ ver-if you please. She's--she"s rest· is she hPatHi ful ?" ha ·l u ~r,eak!ng ;..equaiutance with him. stoc'rlng1, sweatPrs, Jog. Sll ! Do you mind tiptoeing, la1l ?" again, he gave a Just wistful look at suppose that's what I mean." "1 "Sh I The Windows Are Open, Oliver." Gn(ss I'll wuit." draperies, cov('l'ings, "Where Is Jane, Uncle llerbertT' "What do you want to know for?" the Pelkan. There were only two pa~~eul>ers hangings every"I'd sell my right hand for a Jon, broke ln Oliver, twidc1ling his hat. Ile say hello to a fellow. Good Lord, sir, "l~hT' . In tilt: boat-a me d;um-;>ize man. "ith The Two Below Watched the Hook "I mean whnt'f< tLe sense of asking thing I and Sinker D~scribe an Arc in crui::::e in her again," he slglted. "I'd was st "uek by the dazed, beatific, and is-is this to be Jane's joh from now dr11 k h111r and gray ey.'s, and a no~e Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kindme that quc~tl on? You wouldn't bethe Air. e\'en be willing to go as a deck hand." yet lt ..d·assed expression in the minis· Oil~~~ lu uincd to book a l'ttle at the entl The windows are open, Oli"Sh! lieve me if I said she wasn't pretty, rmd tell your drug{:(ist whedter the maa nd girl iu ter early tweutie>:, with then as If pr·opelled by some invisible He stopped, ~nd looked startled at tt:>r's eyes. "Jane? Oh, yes, Jane. \Yhy, Jane Is ver." terial ~·ou wish to color is wool or sllk, .. woulll you?" fn tr hair a1 rl blue t>)es. IJick stutlied force hoth went !Jurtllng !n a ooraceful his own sugge~twn. Why not? Then _Is she to be nothing but a Indy's "\\'ell I'll just !ike to know whether or whether it is linen, cotton or m ixed upstairs with her dPtll' mother -help· cun·e directly for the floating It he an~wered lumself with a sud shake th rm c t' ·ely from his hilling place. you agr~e with me or not.'' ing her with her hair, I think. I am maHl to Aunt .Josephine'/" goods. seemed for an instant that Dick had of the head. Because he had no e:xpe"If tnr.t's Steve Cutler," he mused sure :;he will not be down for ~ome .."We are so happy to have lwr. wilh "Yes. sir," said shP, "fixin~; him th ou<;nlfLI.Y. "lle"s younger than dud overest!mated the dist.:wce, and some- rlence v or references, they would. not time, Oliver. .After the Lair I t\Jinl' By Profession •'"• my dear boy, that - er-nollu'l:; • with an nccu~in~ eye "I do a nree with thing approachln~: a sigh escaped the emplo. him even os a deck h,md. " 1 " ll)' t\\ enty years. Thought he was t"' ' o she rubs her back or something of that er~"I ,, d Dip-Tlt,lt girl Is a corl.>c>r you-ab>olutely." ~irl's lips· but a second Inter It .. 1 Deck hlmds had to know something. ol<l£>r.' sort. Do you mind strolling around · ouu er.stand, .Uncle llc>t'hert.'' hrokC' "Tl e s t r.10ge . , thi ng a b ou t it" he ' \\as "A 1 I tl 't k th! Lomn- Who h; "hE? · . , n< on now any ng worth the yard with me, Ollver? I wus on tn He turned his attention from the changed to an exclamation of pure de.rver contrrtely, notmg the vas· . . " "She work.; c' nvn ut th~ bottling light. kno.w!ng !" he blurted out ln disgust. "S "I' ls that I never 111an to tl e girl. tor 's· <lr' ~t 1 spo k· e us I pur.;upd defensn·ely, the point of taking Ileury the Eighth ~ n•• . m sc>rry • . . work,;."-Texa~ Hanger . "()h 0 • • got It 1.. h • evertltele~s all tltut afternoon and 1 rlt'<l . 1'ell J ane I'll cu 11 1ter up t 111s . t!J•n,:;ht of "Cutler wasn't married." he resumed , y h·u 'P . s e cr1et1 c1ap. her .as bemg· espeetally out for a little I!.Xereise." . " nd~ ' · evenln~ the fancy clung to him that evening A d 1 • t 11 o\. J • good lnokmg until recently. Ii unny, a fter a 1 u.:e. "'l'lwrefoJ·e, she"- [JID,. 1Jer u .,, "Henry the what r• inquired OllYer, Ius . f utnre was In some way lnex. n l' Pal:ie e • unt . o . t It?" I A L d O , _ . ~epltine 1 am nwfully keen to see ht·r. t,;n · a Y of istinction ro"'!an!ng the Girl in the boat-"can't 'Ihe !took ha~ caught ln the lacy tricably mixed up with his father's old still gripping the pastor's hand. I 118 etl to Jon~ her \letter than any· "Tl1ere nre a lot of thinvs we don't IR recognized by tile <lellca•e, fasclnn. be his daughter. A ;:ue:->t, maybe." "The T·~lghth," said ::l!r. Sage, lookmesh, and as tf he we~e hl~uling a vacht and the girl who had rewarded tlung going, you know." n:•tkP." wid she, "until some one eh;e log influence of the perfume she USPS. 'Ilte sallon; warped the small boat trout out of the stream lhck hfted the h. 1m . w lth th e g1·rt o t 11er v1sIt! ng cur d . Ing about the porch and shiftln~ the . Then he pethlerl slowly awny Jlln• ·hes us. Tlir>n we OJIPD our eye~. A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot 011 ul. ongr!de the tlnat, and the f1r::;t to ·bng from · 1 t o rerl cern it 1n any position of his feet in .;;mne tt•epi1lttion. .. 11e 11a<1 promrse< b the f tl water, and swung tt with· ., ~larmndul;e's wheel, loo!dng owr hil:i I gue::;~ some m e must have plnehefl water to tltoroug:hly_ cleanse the pores come ashore Wl » the one wlto held lD rt>uc o Je eager owner. way he asked, at any time, and If he "llless my soul, what can have become shoulder until the windows of the Jlar· ~·m1. It hurt;:; more when a n1an f~11lowed by n dustmg with C'uticura th e .:eute•· of the stag-e. The ea~y. "lf you'll unhook my <·atr.:ll," he said, went to her anrl begged a berth on her of him? T lwpe I haven't been stand· souage were no longer visible. pinl'ht:>s ~· ou- 'speC'inlly a b!g, strong Ta l cum powder usually meal"'! a clr'ar, gracef 11 wny In which she jumped to ~>mlling, "I'll be obliged." unde's ~·urht she would undoubtetl!y In~ on him. I !thould have ..;quaslPrl ft:>llnw Ike Doc Lan~ing.'' sweet, healthy skln.-Advei·th-em ent . tl.e ro·it. a littl(' r·eckles~ly, it seemed Uefore she had the dripping !Jag grant lli!5 request; but such a course him- Ah, I remember! The hat· A painct.l expression ra u e Into 01 · at a distance, ""n Dick':; ad nlrulion; clear of the hook, Mr. lllake was was repugnant to him, and not to be rack!" A wc.man seldom tht'<)\'\''l at nP ytto lng CHAPTER VII ver's e~·t:>~. "'1 he trouhl t" is, I've a:- , but !1er com}Hlll·on \\ lw had leaned mounting the steps to the doric A consiiJered. He dasht:>d Into the hull, followed by until <;he is so mad thn t sht! C'a n't Sf a ways lonked upon her ·ts a-we'l, as forw: rrl to f<•restnl. l1er artion, ap- near ,·iew of the man's fnce wn~ not ~ •t·aig ht. Late in the evening Dick, still linger- Ollver, and there wos IIeury the Eighth a sort of sister or something like thul. Oliver Is W onied peart:d uunoyPd awl dhstrc!;l,;ed. friendly. He was clearly annoyed. ing In the vicinity o! the waterfront, ~US[H.'ndetl from the hatral:k by his Tlt.·E'e days later, the sheriff of the We grew up just like hrott1er and si!'l • You ~hould he more cnreful, l\liss Apparently, if you don't h a ve m any "That was a lucky throw of yours, 1 as If fascinated by the smell of the leash in such a prpcurions fashion that l'onn•y sen·('d p:tJll rs on Oliver Octo· ter. llow was 1 to !mow that she was A ~i"e," he l'rotested. land ng clumsily. my man,'' he said. "Of course, you ships and the salt brine across the only by standing on his hiud leg~ was cloUrcs or murh fnrn .•nre, you don't lwr. 'f!Je prn:seeutin;; nttorne:v hod re- pt•etty? A fellow never thinks of his •· !'lease duu'l bl' so reckles!c>." need much of n l1omP know fishing Is forbidrlen on this dock, harbor, rubbed elbow!l with a couple he able to avoid strangulation. "I am so absPnt-mindl'<l," murmured fn$ed to lay the matter hl fore th;, sister as being pretty, does he?" F'or reply the girl laught'd merrlly. but as you've done .!iss Cutler a serv· bound In the opposite direction. The g-ranu jury, as re<}nested by Horace "I ~uppose not. nut. on the other " Oh, fudge~ I'm olll eno.1gh to look lee we'll overlool' that." night was dark. and the waterfront Mr. Sage, rnther plaintively. "l'(lor Gooch, but had grudgin~ly ~tecedPd to hand, he never loses his nppetite nnd J nftH myself. There's uncle \.!lvlng He fumblf>d in his pocket and drew poorly lighted; but for all that Dick doggie! Was he being ha nge1l like a hh demand that nn otlidal iDI·estl;,:a· hopes anti has the blues if his sister to me.'' out a bill. "rll reward you fnr saving recogt~ized one of the men. He horrid old murderer? \Vas he-_.. "I sa;y, Uncle Her bet t, don't you lion he lnst. tuted aud car ierl to n happl.'ns to take u fancy to a man who She flaunted a strip of gauzy lace the bag," he added. "Hut you must stopped abruptly In his tracks, and think J~.ne may have fi.uishetl-er- deliuite conclusion by the nuthorltles. l!<n't her brother. Thafs what you've In the air in response to something positively leave the dock, and not re- watched the receding figures. "I want you to understand. Oliver," bf'('n doing for two or three weeks. If rubbiog llfrs. Snge's hack by this time?" wh ite fluttering oYer the rall of the turn. Here, take this!" explained the sheriff, "that this Is none you had the least bit of gumption, lnterru[lted the Impatient Oliver. ya cht. Dick glanced from the man·s face to of my doing. Gooch has oiJtnined an you'd up and tell Iter yon can't stand "Possil}ly," said the o•her. "Come Meanwhile, the sailors had been Well, hero and heroine have the bill extended to him, a slow, slum· order from the court, calllnp; for a being a brother· to her any longer and BELL·ANS along, d••{:(gie-let's romp a bit." di llmls;;ed nnd were rowing lustily met. And of course that card berous anger in his eyes. Then he sud· 1 search of the swamp and your premyou'd Jll,e to be something else--it It ( Hot water Meanwhile, .Jane, hnl"ing brushed her hack to the parent craft. '£he girl will come In handy later. denly smiled and took the bill. Crum· I lses, basing his nflldavit on the SlJs· isn't too late." Sure Relief mother's hair, was now employed In continued watching until the small "Gee!" exclaimed he ruefully. "But L~•A the more laborious task of rubbing picion that his brother-ln·luw came to hoat was hauled out of the water and piing it In his hand, he made a wad of It, and deliberately thrust the hook L his death hy foul menus and - -er-so suppose she was to say it ls too late?'' the Indy's back. swung to the davits of the yacht. (TO BE CONTINUED.) "That's a nice way for a soldier to through it. "You htn·e a great deul of magnetism on. He agrees to pay all the co,ts " I wish UH£'1e had come with us;' "This might be good bait for suck· arising from this im·est!gation in case talk," said Mrs. Grimes scathingly. in your hands, my dear," droned ::llrs. Ear• That T ell Age• she observed; then, speaking half era," he remarked. ''Anyway, I'll nothing comes o! it. On tile other Oliver saw very little of .lane during 25¢ and 75¢ Pks's.Sold EverYWhere .. To ascertain the age of a horse, It Sage, luxuriously. "As I say, my maid ~etulantly, "! don't see why-" try it.'' hand, If your father's bod.v is found the days that followecl Mrs. Sage's realways did It for me in London, but she A sudden gust or wind tore at her He flung the money-baited hook back not too old, it is usual to exalliine its never had the touch that you have. and there Is any evidence foul play: turn. Her mother demanded much of lace scarf, and in her effort to recover In the wnter, and calmly re~eated him- teeth. To tell the a~e of a fish, rethe county naturally IS to n~sume all her; she was const:mtly ln attendance I The right shoulder now, please." It she jerked both hantls U(JWard. ~el! on the pier. ~Ir. Blake glared gardless of age, you look into Its ear. the costs. The old man has hired two upon the pampered iady. Ollver "I think Oliver ls downstairs with In the Internal ear of a fish there Something light and glittering flew in furiously at him, his eyes glinting dan· detectives to come down here and take chafed. He compl11ined to Jane on the air and landed with a splash in gerously; hut before he could spf:'ak ls a little bony pocket. In this pocket father," bPgan Jane wistfully. active charge of the work. I hope you one of the rare occasions when they "She was my dresser, too," went on the water. A little exclamation of Alice Cutler was up the stetJS and by Is a tiny stone called an otholitl:t, which l "One day a druggist told me.'' says Mrs. Sage "rowsily. "Heally, I wonder won't have any hard feelings toward were alone toget11er. dismay escuved her !Ips. his side. Dick could see t>y the amnRe· rolls about as the fish tips this way now that I endured her as long as I me, Baxter. I am only doing my duty (TO BE CONTI::-;"UED.) 1 Peterson, "that Peterson's Ointment "01:', my lliHid bag!" she cried. "It'!> ment In her eyes that she had wit· and thnt, and so helps lt to know 11 as ordered by the court." -was the best remedy he sold for It ts right side up. As the fish ~rows did. And I shouldn't If she hadn't been in the rh er, Mr. Blake! Please get It! nessed the whole proceeding. "Not the sllghtest feeling In the The Notorioua Line eczema. But you'll ne,·er make any so kind to Henry the Eighth. I do hope It's full of roy papers and cardsHale Holden, the rnllrond magnate, money on it," he ndrled, "because It "Oh, let him fish here as long as he older, says a writer in Engl!sh Me- your father Is giving him a nice little world, sheriff," said Oliver warmly. "I Oil what shall I do!'' wish you would do me a favor, how- told a railroad story at a banquet In heals so quickly that only a little ointwants to, ~Ir. Blake,'' she exclaimed chanics, the otholith grows larger, and romp In the front-" ever. The next time you see my uncle, New York. ment ls used.'' All drum;lsts, 60 c·n~ She run to the e<lge or the float as impulsively. "1 owe him that much." the age of the fish may be determined "Shall I run down and see, moth· from its size. if to plun~e in after the bag, but a please remind him that my offer to "Once upon a time," he said, ''there ., - ~- Dick smiled !uto her eyes, but when er?" broke ln Jane eagerly. r e&trniuing hand detnined her. she fumbled Into her bug for some· "Presently, my dear, presently. I give $5,000 lf he finds my poor father- was a railroad line about 12 mlles The Ruby-Throat "I'll si,ual for the boat to come thing his face grew red and hot. •ndR•I•t••lll• 11ttall bP \l.klng my tub in a few-you dead or alive--still holds. You can long that wns notorious for its dlsThe ruby·throat Is a humming bird. say w~ haYe a bathroom now? Dear stnrt digging whenever you are ready, comfort, bumps and dirt. "~ow please don't use this for bait," back anti pick lt up, 1\liss Alice," reChronic Indigestion. Gas on Stomac'lt, Distress in plt er Stomach. HParthur n. "A train on this line pulled into the pli ed Mr. Blake cal'llly. "Don't do ~he said merrily, "but keep It until It is the only hummer that makes ltl me, how the house has grown. How sheriiT. If any damage ls done to the Sour Stornac:h, Dlltousnesa. Dizzy Spells, property, however, I shall he ohll.:ed to terminus one morning, late as usunl. . ome day you may need it. Tt's more summer home in the United Statea mau,t servants have we?" anythin::; rash nnw!" Sick HenGo.ches. Pain or Heaviness in Right Side, Constipation, Colle, Vomiting, l!'recompel my uncle to pay for it. Don't lt and a man said, as he rose a~d "Hut it's sinking, antl the tide's than a card of introduction. I'll re- east of the :Mississippi river. "One,'' sold Jane succinctl.t. Stomach Trouble tn an:r Form. quently one Is likely to hear that two forget to tell him that, wlll you?" brushed off the coal and dust an<' df>em lt in any way you ask at any ca rrying It nway. Olt, can't you get It Rellevod Without Opcn~tlon "One?'' g~tsped Josephine. "I never kinds of humming birrls have bee& "leard of lt!Ch a thing." In Y<mr Own ltom<' The ~heril'l' grinned. "I wonder If soot: time." fo r me?' Write tor FREE BOOKJ,ET seen In some easttrn garden. Well this old bird knows how many votes "'Well. thank goodnP~s. the wol'9i Dick looked at the white piece of ''!'m a poor !"Wimmer, .l\IJ~s Alire," "'ne 11 tll we need, and besides one J.ORDiG PAnK CU':"iiC Harmon Place, Mlnne:apolls. Minn. n,. apu lngize1l weallly, "and the tide iB pasteboard thrust wtto his hand. It the "two kinds" a1•e simply the mall J.S all we can affQrd. I am afraid you he's going to lose by this sort of thing." part of my journey Is over.' Ollver frowned. "His scheme Is to '' Goin' far?' sold the conductor. P Q II II II' 1 • lit rong. 1'1t tJ.lve the boat hack in a was an ordinary vlsltmg card, with her and female ot the rub1·thr()Rted ·~ will hn• lot to put up with, mother clea. throw susviclon on me, sheril'l'. That'l "'Madagnsca•.' said the mau.. name engraved neatly across the face. tt>'\\ tum u tes.'' 'By George Ethelbert Walsh Drugless Methods Res1 ~1,..A~f;~n~treateo~ f 1 fot11 e. sP.~" BEAUTIFY IT WITH "DIAMOND DYES" I bng. I I I .. I ! Sure I l ·lu-================!J I E - s FOR I NDIGESJIO dt Away Goes Eczema peterson's o•Inbnent GALLSTONES ....... . |