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Show THE SPANISH PORK i Hie My WARNING! Unless you see the name Bayer on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for 20 years and proved safe by millions. By : i hou-Mr- , Sidney U n American, a old and rlcb and vary to llvo. Mr. Sidney I a Spunlah woman, dignified and reticent. Jed, the butler, acta Ilka a privileged member of the family. Hartley bouM la a fin old laolated country place, with a murder atory, a "haunted pool." and many watchdog, and an atmoaphara of mystery. The "haunted pool" la where Richard Dobeon, on of a former owner of Hartley house, had killed hla brother, Arthur Dobeon. Jed begin, operation by locking the doctor In hla room tho vory first night Doctor John flxea hla door so he cant b locked In. He meet lsobel, daughter of tho houeo and falla In lovo at first sight In the night he find the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. He inierferee. Mr. Sidney explains John buy a revolver. John overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney h will hav hla way. In reply ah h will not boittato to kill say him. Mrs. Sidney asks John to content to tho announcement of to lsobel. The hla engagement e young people consent to tho announcement Jad trie to kill John. Mini-Invali- d rent have remained very low. with a bedraggled hut cherished kitGotham Oh, then It wasnt the high ten, asked whut her imt was called. rente that made Vesuvius ho hot? Well, the precocious replied youngster, thut depends. Father calls Thinking over our own fault makes Iter a segregation from an Intrusive uh talk Ik about those of other magma of doubtful genesis; mother refers to her as the basement complex; sister Helen Insists that she Is Sometimes the homeliest woman at a typlcul example of secondary Impovchurch Is the best looking. erishment ; hut I Just call her my dear Roston Transcript. little Kitty. If yon fear to lose your dignity you have nothing worth losing. 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If you wish special medical advice, you can obtain it without charge by writing to Medical Director, 105 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. Io you His Statue Fixed. ever drink to excess?" ask- ed the girls father. "I never touch liquor of any kind, sir." "How about tobacco?" 1 do not smoke. I have never bad a elgar or a cigarette In my mouth." Ever gullible?" "Never. I do not know one card from another." I suppose you swear sometimes?" No, sir. An onth has never passed my Ups. "I'm. All right. Come out und have a stick of candy wUh me. New York Central Magazine. The Observant Fliwerist. "Some of those big financial folks must be tnkln quite a little vacation," remarked Farmer Corntossel. "What makes you think so?" "Nobody has taken the authority In quite some time to boost (lie price of gasoline, Always Unpopular Number. Whether unlucky or not. number 13 Is thoroughly unpopular. If 13 sit down to a meal, the first to rise will die within a year, says superstition. The person bom on the thirteenth of the month wilt be unlucky throughout life; ne one should embark on n JourThe girl who paints her Ups has poor ney or start an enterprise on the thirteenth of the month; while the thir- taste or at least the man who kisses teenth house In a row Is nearly always her thinks so. tenantless, or renumbered 11A or 15, It doesnt pay to borrow trouble, Xians Interference with Natures even on a friends account. plans nearly always brings sn unexSnow comes down In the winter, and pected reaction. he goes up In the summer. Enjoy present pleasures In such a The sharper the man the harder It way as not to Injure future ones. Is to make a fool of him. Boners. heres nowasle fo kaoe'Nut and il saves sugar, for it contains Us own sweetening No cooking is necessary and the likable flavor of this wheat and malted barley food is cQualed only by its economy. Grocers everywhere sell Grape Nutc. make-believ- CHAPTER III Continued. to have his vicarious drinking Interrupted, but ho Mr. Sidney never liked always was good nuturod. Well, doctor," he said, what now? Is Jed drinking too much for my health At that moment no possible amount of liquor would have been too much for Jed. The wretch must have thought I was a ghost. Jed may drink himself to death, for all me," I said. That probably Is the best end he enn conte to. I think he Is gallows meat, hut I want to talk to him when you can spare him." "We cant spare Jed to have him Hes too hanged, snld Mr. Sidney. useful. Who else could drink my wine of an evening? Go along with the doctor, Jed, and see what he wants. Its probably a matter of pills or powders for me." Jed was recovering from hIs,sock, but he stilt showed the effects of It. "No hurry, I said. "Id rather wait a half hour. Ill he In my room. I went there and wrote two letters. Roth were to one point. They reluted circumstantially what had happened that afternoon. One I addressed to a lawyer I knew, and the other to Dr. Brownell. Jed knocked at the door as I finished them. He was stilt unnerved. "I hnve something I want you to rend," I said, and gave hint the letters. He read them and moistened his lips. You dont need to talk. Jed. I snld. Ill do all the talking thats necessary. I ra not going away. I am going to stay right here, and you'd better be very careful of my health. These letters go out tonight. The men who get them will keep their mouths shut ao long as I am alive. If anything should happen to me, whether you had anything to do with It or not. youd have a dlfllcult time w ith a Jury." "It was a mistake," he said. "I would not do you any hurm. I shot at a rabbit." "Twice with a pNtol, when you had a shotgun?" I said. You did! I wus the rubhlt. r CHAPTER IV. Jed etime to me the next day in one of his candid moods. I did shoot ut you vexterduy" he said. I know you did, I replied. Ant' youre wondering why nnd youre wondering If I intend to do It agnln." I don't wonder at anything you do." I said. And you know that If you do It again, the evidence Is prepared against you. I think I am perfectly sufe. I know you are a coward. No, I'in not a coward," he said, as If he were stating a fact and not making a boast. "I never do anything without a purpose, and when I have a purpose. I do It no matter what the consequences may be. The reason 1 wanted to shoot you was because wore engaged to lsobel. I intend you to marry lsobel. Now I know that you are not going to marry lsobel. you are Just the foolish fence that her mother thought she could hulld around lsobel and keep me from up trying to marry her. lsobel doesn't want you. She Is laughing at you. So we might as well be friends again." "You preposterous old fool! j Rltd You senile alcoholic! You ,m, H latlon of decency. You enfeebled ox- asperating old goat! You leken the moral conscience of a ninmniv. If you ever nssoclute yonr aspirations the name of MivS SMu. v I'll cut join- throat with a again, paper knife. led smiled nnd made Iocs, "I nin a mope In'ol'l-- etit mia tban VO, be VI d "I .lP " d e for Ill"I, Vtlev o'- Ilf "'I could not ' ' - 0-- ' I ' in for " girl of Mis , Sidney. I tin older than I'd for like to ho, but that U all." yu ar ft hidftou old fool, I sold,I "but I think I can handle you, and Ml Dr. John Mlchlon, Rynopst. Juit beginning hi carr, become resident phyilclsn and companion of Homer Sidney at Hartley SAFETY F1RSTI Accept onf y an "unbroken package" of genuine 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains proper direc tlons for Headache, Earache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago, and for pain generally. Strictly American! Dandy tin boxrt of 12 tablet coirt but a few cent Larger package. Aaplrta I thi tr4 mark at Rarer Maaufactur of MoeoaoMleactdoaUr of SUcyUcel4 Not the Reason. What la a Cat? A neighbor seeing the Church It I Mild that Naples la one of the few European cities when daughter of a geologist playing la!, and it hnd baronial habits, but It brought no friends to the doors. It was nearly always with regard to Isohel that the condition seemed unnatural. For an Invalid like Mr. Kidney It was natural enough. Mrs. Sidney was wholly devoted to him ; I was enguged In professional duties; and for Jed and the servunts In the house It was natural to be content with what they had of life or with the performance of duties for which they were paid and which they might abandon at will. Rut this was Isobels life. She was young, vlbrunt, beautiful, but vistas opening Into human prospects were closed to her. And she was enpiece of professional dead gaged to wood who happened to be the only masculine thing available when her mother was In great distress. Later Isohel sold that as a woman she knew of course that I loved her, but this Is evident fiction. She did no such thing, and It would be an to her to think so. What was only comedy If I were, as Bhe thought I was, an Indifferent, unfeeling mun, would have been cruelty If It had been known that the position , was mockery of denied hopes. lsobel used me to gain her liberty. She affected faroillnrltles and called me "John derisively, or worse "dear I protested, In more or "old dear. pain than she could guess. "We are engaged," she said. What should I call you?" "You might consider the fact that we are not engaged, I suggested.. Rut we are. If we dont act us If we were, you'll not be any protection against Jed. Dont you want me to call you John?" "Of course I do I said. "Its perfectly straightforward, natural and proper." "Then It's the dear and old dear you object to, and I perfectly delight in calling you old dear.' It fits so U nothboredom la six months. There my candidacy about preposterous ing JOHNl" i seven-year-ol- CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND n'd l.e of give you warning.' i am going to ho quit friendly, said Jed. You flatter yourself," I said. Well, unyway, ho said, Tm friend ly" He proved to ho ao. The life of tho house went placidly from day to day. lsobel, with a sense of our posturing toward each other, made mocking gestures of affection which shocked her mother. She particularly delighted to demonstrate, when Jed waa aerving I thought she would end by dinner. me shot In the back, but Jed getting had rated me finally as unimportant, For which did my egotism no good. such a rascal to discard me, formally betrothed as I was to lsobel, In hla scandulous pursuit of that beautiful girl, was preposterous. If Mrs, Sidney had known that I waa Idiotically In love with lsobel, she would not have sought relief from her distress by the arrangement which made me her daughters protective Dance, The only thing I could take credit for In this absurd situation was that Mrs. Sidney was not allowed to know the state of my feelings. I was as sensible as a corrupting romanticism would permit me to be. I knew that any affection I might place In this fashion was a real and serious emotlonul vice, which If not controlled might lead to unhappiness. That consciousness had steadied me, but It had not delivered me. lsobel walked brightly through the old house of tragedy ns surely It was. however hidden the tragedy. She was the glint of sunshine In the aisles of the dark woods, the odor of roses against the wall. She hud the charm of the hollyhocks, the freshness of the hepatlca In the spring, the beauty of the wild rose In June. If I showed my feeling more than a liver sausage shows a soul, I hope I uiny be punished. XVhnt I thought of lsobel was rtiy own affair, so long as I kept It strictly my own affair. 1 took myself In hand with ns much energy and promptness as I could, following the announcement of our engagement. I did not want to confess myself a fool. I did not intend to do so if I could help it. I overdid It. I became disagreeable. I kept as much out of Isobels presence as possible. I never willingly was alone with her. I did ray best to avoid meeting her or speaking to her. lsobel met the sltuntlon with her natural frankness after I had been giving this demonstration of myself for some time. Doctor," she snld, this household necessarily Imposes friendships upon the people In It. I wonder If we could not be a little more agreeuble to each other. I did not know what to say. I hoped not to be a hypocrite, and I did not want to lie absurd. I shall be glad e as agreeable ns I can. I said after some mental stuttering. "I want to be, but I am so awkward." "I want to be, too. said lsobel ; nnd If we both want to be, we shall not have to glower at each other every time we meet. Even mother does not require It nnd father would detest it." Without saying anything more, she made me see that I hnd used a cheap device to escape the consequences of a foolish nffecllon. The girl In a very friendly fashion had shown me that my avoidance of her was marked, cool nnd unreasonable. It wns wholly reasonable from my poor standpoint, but from no other. I saw that 1 was meeting my difflcul-tby running away from It, nnd I not only did not like the timidity of escape In this fashion, but furthermore, I did not like the opinion Isohel formed of me because of It, I had to face the music, and after that I did. It ought not to have astonished me that I felt better Instantly. I knew that a coward only Increased IUs troubles. I Imagine If I hnd not seemed such a professional stick, such a thing aloof from human emotions. Isohel would hnve been merely friendly nnd kind. As it was. she wns tantalizing. She liked me well enough, hut that meant very little. If she did not drive, ride walk or play tennis with me, she had a choice of the servants. It was I or nothing. I was with Mr. Sidney a number of hours every day. They varied, some-time- s seven or eight n day In different periods, sometimes three or four. Very little of this time was occupied In professional duty. Life at Hartlev house would have been Intolerably lonesome If I had been there merely 0s a practitioner. And therefore I welcomed a routine that was outside slon. Mr. Sidney had a dellrliov o. perception which told him when tent Ion upon even so amiable valid might he drawing upon the plus leal reserve of the people waiting up,,,, him or being with him. lie alwavs managed that they never shoal. f..,. the fatigue of It. We Saw no company at Hartley house. We made no calls and received We none. extended no Invitations nnd received none. Tho estate was baron- - bemuse i J!W then, holding allowed Mr: raent of distress wtth th Port of her own It nmy seem a L mother and daughter' but It did not k Witnessed It. und tt tJL and little emotional Isohel knew her mo, she wns wRe. her daughter' adopted1 but knew her daughter Shim'S & G.H.dbye,,noth:r,lia. aha n t be p" gone long, That was the called me John honestly comedy. I fhe w her It to give her mother the sense thnt she wui not m wnd adventure of id with an unrelated man baiJ taj the strict Intimacy of the fcJ We went driving, Isohel ttJ She liked to drive fast tt I am timid, I do not think motion Is a genuine hunm I'osslbly It Is, behind either s plodding horse. I prefab, horse. Locomotion then atm:, gradually chunglng facetfi one likes to see the nuiulfog of a landscape unfold, Bw mobile driven as Isohd u drive it revealed no fiavij. j In' XT nan v blurred the vision and put that the satisfaction sought tain amount of wind blowa la For such ns love It, not for That wns a dlfllcult wtae she said. I knew that wa what it call mo next "doctor. I rectly down out of the dual. nil t on fif : certain t tminet ku Q it I know It was, I kiM, mired the honest way ii managed It. I think I shall conflow to John Just that way," he g seems more honest and dw: all, we are engaged." p kite, r ud d t BWjb 1 preposlt nett lot me cions rued v! Sometimes Mr. Sidney e taken out In un imtoiuobUe. of fair afternoon. It wa lot in not a strength permitted tills, h ever it did, I was glial note low hut to suggest that he ed, . efflcl In ter thi wit1 of nil opportunities. The most beautiful f drives bright us, wthln the of Mr. Sidney's strength, to tentlary at Alwlck. It structure of barracks, was I work-r- walls, of cells and armed firt In lovely surrounding we took the best roads, we cm-ally to the prison walla Mr. Sidney would look it closure a ml the guards In the as If Interpreting his own W terms cf prison exist eact have taken this drive by roml ten times when, appi on another of our outings, had the driver stop at the it was "I fool very strong to-b- lsobel Used well y t the world, I it Me to Gain Her Liberty. Is really wonderful. It Is al- most a complete description ns well as a charming appellation. I adore It. "I object to unnecessary freedom," I said. "Rut it helps to deceive Jed. "Nothing deceives Jed. He was deceived only for a short while. Then he tried to kill me. He apologized afterward for his mistake. He knows the character of our engagement." Just the same, he lias not bothered mother since then as he did before." "T hat is because he Is a coward nnd I hnve him where I can control him." Mrs. Kidney did not understand her daughter. Thnt was not n?tonlshliig; Isohel was a young A morion n woman; Mrs. Sidney had Spanish traditions. Isohel came nutnrally. through her father, to a candor which never ceased to amaze and occasionally to distress her mother. Isohel said what she thought. Her frankness came from honesty of character. Her lovely mother regnrded life as to something he managed hy reticence and denial. Mrs. Sidney wus esthetic, und If u fact were unesthetic, she denied It and put it out of her consideration. It wns, to her. the only proper thing to do. Isohel wns a clever tennis-playe- r mid I a poor one. She beat me three or four sets every fine afternoon. She liked to drive a ear nnd ride a horse, I drove uml rode with her. When Isohel said for the first time that she wanted to take me for n drive In the ear, her mother made u gesture of dismay. Isohel stood before her and smiled. "You know we are engaged, mother" she said. Ht the pond's ,honfht ,of ,,le f l,ICk,i,l!W ,n w?1 w,,s In a panic and she did not flutter, hut her w distress as acute. She knew the girl had to develop and she knew that she had to live In North, not South America. Hut knowledge Is not u complete nnodym. to pain. Isoi.el took her mother's hand and kissed It, and then her Ups. She smiled in such an honest, frank, perceptive fashion- -1 know that n smile ran contain all the human tuideratuadlug lu 1107 Mowlnt I Stout I lute liltowu p and doctor, he suld, "and if J Uke object, I think I should outside the side. I have seen times, I have a curiosity t It to to jJHtm side. I consented, thinking that and me helping him we sc b0 legs, guiding nnd sustaining motions he was strong make the effort. I did whether It was good or bad I! to give him a sight of so tni'l oned men, hut my Instinct thnt It would, io his case, b wus a logical, reasoning n phenomenon in the human iiud been emotions! nnd scnti should have bad more doubt. Mr. Sidney was Important be known In the neighborlt! warden of the prison cuniet we w In the office as soon ns to cordial He was very who himself never showed demoemrj-democrat- . aristocracy of most I Sue democrat. aristocratic Sidney. pal dong' fir mac Ktha fMUflC! Stou pelopl If Orvl was c nee p from Dtulni jwi f nd coi F marl an tl Ft Go: Vontry F rm m die 1 M pillia tl paM tk F Mr. Sidney visit i let the ( I Hsclo1 rUo tentlary. mid tiU bv-- u.N'llbkllw Fat FetI"01 J flat ..SSX.rv-',-;- 1; of buck, often in'is,ak':fJpt,S or other with feet well outward. The nk,e tho weight falls n et the foot so thnt the flat on the ground. ir J Nes! Fox Squirrel J I'tsty Eel In the South. to the hollow tree the r ''!'-othethe in big nests l tf trees, usually mys the American F"r'r'(.l,rrt' ,,rC In these they sleep. them the pine cones. tM, forests of the North. r with the place of trie I " 1,1 conspicuous nest trance bole nt the sl,la Every boy knows Le Intends to whip v'r vhcB Jf.f - |