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Show ' ' - I Brown uonnudiiiidi to the Ladies CHAPTER XHI-Contl- "fcr hirn" th3t fiift "Miss Woodruff." rpnllArt the fes8or wrnestly. -- he has .lomethKi. ttat looks toward truth, and'som. thing we need. Just how far h go, Just what he will amount to, It Is impossioie to say. But something must be done for the rural scuools something along the lines he Is trvi follow. He Is a itruelintr Bm,i he' is worth helping. You won't make any mistake If you make the most of Mr. Irwin." Jim slipped ont of a side door nrt fled He started home, on foot ax h had come. A mile or so out h overtaken by the colonel, driving briskly along with room In his buggy (Copyright by Tb "gift-thin- for Mm" gs in morUl dread. For to receive a gift involves an obligation to wear it, or carry u nrto otherwise tiae, display, or con the hwyers would say. n g usually surprising, ana often appointing, to a woman to una out lotr few things the average matter-o-ftut man really wants. But for some un-jritt- en ceit i f I ,,'to otuHJMuungs he has a good deal of affee--t i o n , and moreover, he can use a lot of them. 1 f In casting about for an example, somehow pipes and pipe tobacco come first to our mind. If we were a woman sad we wanted to get right next to a heart, we would smuggle a good and some good pipe tobacco to December 25th. E's Or, if he already has a pipe that he thinks was divinely intended for him, full-sithe tobacco alone makes a gift. Other advantages of good pipe tobacco as a Christmas present include 4 the following: ze don't have to engage in any You detective work to find out his size, favorite color, or other specifications. And it doesn't make any difference whether he "already has plenty" or not; nor need you be concerned lest your gift be duplicated. A man can smoke up a lot of tobacco between this Christmas and next; while the humidor jar, in which we put up s pound of Edgeworth, keeps the tobacco in prime condition indefinitely. Edgeworth is a tobacco that practic- ally every it's a likes; pipe-smok- safe choice. jar sella for $1.65 at store. If your regular dealer hasn't enough glass Jars to supply the Christmas trade, let us play Santa Cfaras f6r you. Send us $1.65 for a jar, "his" name and address, and your personal greet-In- ? card. We'll do the rest We'll pack the glass jar in an appropriate Christmas box, enclose your card and send it in plenty of time to reach him before Christmas. Address Larua & Brother Company, 74 South 21st Street, Richmond, Va. To Retail Tobacco Merchants : If your jobber cannot supply you with Edgeworth, Larus tt Brother Company will gladly send you prepaid by n carton parcel post a one- - or of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or d for the same price you would pay the jobber. The any tobacco two-doze- Ready-Rubbe- Timely Hint. Isn't thnt an alarm Staylnte clock the hall? eerie Yes. .... aiHjiaie wno on earth In vom family rises at midnight? Hiss w eerie Papa does. If I haven't gone to bed then Boston Transcript off In going Miss V DEMAND Plrin Ha ASPIRll "BAYER" Marked With "Bayer Cross Been Proved 8afe Millions. by Warnlnet TTnlima ajer" on package or cn not getting the tablets yon genuine Bayer Aspirin proved Bafe by millions and Described by physicians for 23 year Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin, imitations may prove Adv. dangerous lndlimnnt all th hades. Being toocb of Women Mm are never Insincere la ngry. Sure Relief FORINDIGESTION Sure Relief 7St Climb In, Jim r. said he. "Dan and Dolly didn't like to see you walk." "Ihey re looking fine," said Jim. There Is a good deal to say when ever two horse lovers get together. But when Jim had alighted at his own door, the colonel spoke of what had been In his mlrid all the time. 1 saw Bonner and Haakon and F.z doing some caucusing today," said he. "They expect to elect Bonner to the board atttm' " "Oh, I suppose so," replied Jim. "Well, what shall we do about Itr ssked the colonel. Jim was silent, nere was a matter on which he renlly had no ideas except the broad and general one that truth Is mighty and shall prevail but that the speed of Its forward march Is problematical. "I think," said the colonel, "that It's op to ns to see that the people have a chance to decide. It's really JJonner against Jim Irwin." "What you need Is a man to take that office away from Bonner." "Well, Tm free to say I don't know that any one can. but I'm jllllng to try. I think that In about a week I shall pass the word around that I'd like to serve my country on the school board." Jim's, face lighted up and then darkened. "Even then they'd be two to one. Colonel" "Maybe," replied the colonel, "and maybe not. That would have to be figured on. A cracked log.spllts easy." "Anyhow," Jim went on, "what's the use? I shan't be disturbed this year and after that what's the use 7" "Why, Jim," said the colonel, "you aren't getting short of breath are you? I thought you good for the mile, and you aren't turning out a quarter horse, are you? I don't know what all It Is you want to do, but I don't believe you can do It In nine months, can you?" "Not In nine years!" replied Jim. "Well, then, let's plan for ten years," said the colonel. "I ain't going to become a reformer at my time of life as a temporary lob. Will you stick If we can swing the thing for you?" "I will," said Jim, In a manner of a Derson taklne the vows In some sol emn Initiation. "All right," said the colonel. "Well keep quiet and see how many votes we can muster up at the election. How many can you speak for?' Jim gave himself for a few minutes It was a new umig to thought. him, this matter of mustering votes and a tiling which he had always looked upon as rather reprehensible, The citizen should go forth with no coercion, no persuasion, no suggestion, and vote his sentiments. How many can you round upT persisted the colonel. "I think," said Jim, "that I can !" speak for myself and Old Man Slmms The colonel laughed. Tine politician 1" he repeated. "Fine Well, Jim, yon rouna up politician! Old Man Slmms and Til and yourself see what I can do 111 see what I can side-doo- r Pullman for the Sand Hills of Nebraska or the Devil's lake country tomorrow If I had a gun." . , "If it wasn't for a pasel of things that keep me hyeh," said Raymond, I d like to go, too." "The colonel," said Pete, "needs me. He needs me In the election tomorrow. What's the matter vt your ol" man, Newt? What for does he vote for that Bonner, and throw down an old neighbor?" "I can't do anything with him !" exclaimed Newton Irrlteblyflle's all tangled up with Peterson and Bonner." "Well," said Pete, "If he'd Just stay at home It would help some. If he votes for Bonner, it'll be Just about doT CHAPTER XIV' A Minor Casts Half a Vote, March came In Uke neither a lion nor a lamb, but was scarcely a week old before the wild ducks had begun to score tne ssy buuj '""m ana looking for open wster Wild geese, too, cornfields. honked from "on high ss If In wonder that these great prairies on which their forefathers had been wont fearlessly chanced Into a dls-rfn.ttn Pinanse of farms. Colonel Wrwvtmrrs hired roan, fete, stopped Slmms Newton Bronson snd Rsymond colonel's the across as they tramped to make pssture, gun In hand, trying the shooting that helleve th.n.uim V. 'A . was "This ain't no country to hunt in. ..Id he. "Did either of you fellows real Th. mountlnes." said Raymond. r noor Dlaces for ducks.' m imnmrh water," suggested I suppose?" p.ta "Some iiAfi the creeks and rivers, yes, ItsraionJ, "but nothing to Daaiy-K.rvMt- 6 BgtirANS Hot water jD Id take a ior jun. when PACKAGES EVERYWHERE duck-shootln- fEVJrc? I L DisriouRtL LOOKS your TVfnt Ml M1TCHBU. ITS I ALT I far KMtT U niltt. dremrtata. AkMleMr Ml UCJLXI, lUw Yort cur vf . , ..id ,hnriMI All r icntvei children and adults X 5 Cutlcura Soap Complexions Are HeaHhv s, wood-duck- . , " saia never been nowhere, Mlnnesota-.- nrf to once Newton, "except nd that wasn't In the shooting 1M IA. . Kwton would bare af h.vlna-- "bummed" his way wss to Faribault, nia hesitant speech new his embarransment the a proof of Inflicted upon respectability sometimes .... k..ti him, "i osed to shoot ducks for the ket at Fplrlt Lake." said reit. i Fred r.llbert Just s weu a. you. . e:o mai so rur ot w JK)U3g IDBi w war- - y- w - Campj: BobU-Vem- a stand-off.- " "He never misses a vote!" said Newton despairingly "Can't you cripple him some way?" asked Pete Jocularly. "Darned funny when a boy o' your age can't control his father's vote ! So long 1" ."I wish J could, vote!", grumbled Newton. "I wish I could ! We know a lot more about the school, and Jim Irwin bein' a good teacher than dad does and we can't vote. Why can't folks vote w hen they are Interested In an election, and know about the Issues: It's tyranny that you and I can't vote." "I reckon," the con servative, "that the people that fixed It tliataway knowed best" "Rats!" sneered Newton, the Icono clast. "Why. Callsta knows more about the election of school director than dad knows." "That don't seem reasonable," pro tested Raymond. "She's prejudyced, I reckon, In favor of Mr. Jim Irwin." "Well, dad's prejudiced against him no, he hain't either. lie likes Jim. He's Just prejudiced against No, he giving up his old notions. hain't neither I guess he's only old-tim- e 1 1 IT 7 , t M 73 jLY.JLLx you off, that It costs nine dollars to send a postcard home." I think we'll have fine shooting on the slew in a few days," said Newton. Humph !" scoffed Fete. "I give you my word. If I hadn't promised the colonel I'd stay w ith him another year, tt-- Stores are full of v which " he " lives IV By HERBERT QUICK nued. 11 Don't overda tfEAVER CITY PRESS H UU :7r'':-- 1 : : z' ' GIVE SICK CHILD : CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP" I ior. or Harmless ', Laxative slews at ihe sight, of a flocV of jlucks four miles off as usualf stated Mr. Bronson challenging." "I thought," said Newton, "that I'd get a lot of raisin bait ready for the pocket-gopher- s in the lower meadow. They'll be throwing, up their mounds by the first of April." "Not them," said Mr. Bronson, somewhat mollified, "not before May1. Wvhere'd you get the raisin idee?" ' We learned It lnschool," answered Newton. "Jim had me study a bulletin op the control and eradication of pocket-gopherTou use raisins with strychnine In 'em and it tells how."; "Some fool notion, I s'pose," aald Mr. Bronson, losing. "But go ahead If you're careful about handlln' the Constipated laxative regulates-thtender, little v vfisr A BlUoua, Child. Baby ; Constipated, bilious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take genuine' "California Fig Syrup" No other a e C "r i" bowels ao nicely. It sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels acting with- out griping. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Say "California" to your druggist and avoid counterfeits! Insist upon genuine "California Fig Syrup" which contalnsdlrecttons. Advertisement 1 m On the Wedding Trip. "Now we're approaching that long tunnel, you're not afraid, my love V "Not at all, If you'll only take the cigar out of your mouth, dear." strychnine." Newton spent the time from twelve-thirt- y to half after two In watching the clock; and twenty minutes to three found him tn the woodshed, pens knife In hand, a small vial of strychnine crystal before him, a saucer of raisins at his right hand, and another exactly like it, partially filled with gopher bait raisins Into which a minute crystal of strychnine had been Inserted on the point of the knife. At three-thirtNewton went Into the house and lay down on the horsehair sofa, saying to his mother that he felt kind o' funny and thought he'd lie down a while. At three-fort-y he heard his father's voice In the kitchen and knew that his sire was preparing to start for the" scene of battle.' A groan Issued from Newton's groan. But his father's voice from the kitchen door betrayed no agitation. He was scolding the t, horses as they stood tied to the in tones that showed no knowledge of his son's distressed moans. "What's the matter?" It was Newton's little sister who asked the question. Even though regarded as a pure matter of make-believe, such sounds were terrible. "Oh, sister, sister P howled Newton, run and tell 'em that brother's dy j'.i il MASS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR "Danderlne" So improves Life less, Neglected Hair. 35-Ce- nt fdWDEIt An abundance of luxuriant hair full of gloss, gleams and life shortly follows a genuine toning up of neglected scalps with de pendable "Dan derlne." Falling hair, id Itching scalp and the dandruff is cor rected immediately. Thin, dry, wispy or fading hair is quickly invigorated, taking on new strength, color and youthful beauty. ' "Danderlne" Is delightful on the hair a refreshing, stimulating tonic not sticky or greasy' I Any drug store. Advertisement. ' hltch-Ing-pos- SB . . 1 She Did. Hewitt That old maid landed a husband at last; she married an avi- ing!" Fanny i ator. Jewett She found, like others, that there is room at the top. disappeared- - In a manner which expressed her balanced feelings she felt that her brother was mak ing believe, but tor all that, something awful was the matter. So she went rather slowly to the kitchen door, and casually remarked that Newton was dying on the sofa In the sitting-room- . "You little fraud I" said her father. "Why, Fanny!" said her mother and ran Into the sitting-roowhence in a moment, with a cry that was al most a scream, she summoned her hus band, who responded at the top of his speed. Newton was groaning and In con vulsions. Horrible grimaces contorted his face, his Jawa were set, his arms and legs drawn up, and his muscles tense. "What's the matter?" His father's voice was stern as well as full of anx lety. "What's the matter, boy?" "Oh cried Newton. "Oh I Oh 1 The Cutloura Toilet Trio, Having cleared your skin keep It clear by making Cutlcura your everyday toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal, the Talcum to powder; and perNo toilet table Is complete fume. without them. Advertisement . a4 it? Proof Enough. "Mary, are you a good cook V . a Proof of Right "Yes, ma'am. I go to church every ' V.V--'.''The proof of a thing's being right is Sunday." '. ,. i; ' over the heart; that that It has power It excites us, wins us, or helps us. ' Ruskln. "CASCARETS" BOWELS-IOcA- BOX "Oh," groaned Newtle, relaxing, "I feel awful F "Heavens! He's Poisoned 1" "What you been eating?" Interrohis father. gated prejudiced against seeming to give up "Nothing," replied Newton. some old notions he seemed to have "I saw you eatln' dinner," said his once! And the kids In school would father. be prejudiced right, anyhow!" Again Newton was convulsed by "Paw says he'll be on hand prompt,' spasms, and again his groans strong said Raymond. "But he had to be filled the hearts of his parents with p'swaded right much. Paw's proud terror. and he can't read." "That's all I've eaten," said be when "Sometimes I think the more people his spasms had passed, "except a few read the less sense they've got." said raisins. I wss putting strychnine in Newton. "I wish I could tie dad up I wish I could get snskeblt, and make "Oh. heavens I" cried his mother. him go for the doctor!" "He's poisoned ! Drive for the doctor, ' The boys crossed the ridge te the Esral Drive!" wooded valley In which nestled the Mr. Bronson forgot all about the Slmms cabin. They found Mrs. Slmms election forgot everything save antigreatly exercised In her mind because dotes and speed. He leaped toward young McCeehee bad been found play the door. As he passed out he shoutIng with some blue vitriol used by ed, "Give him an emetic F He tore Raymond In his school work on the the hitching straps from the posts. treatment of seed potatoes for scab, Jumped Into the buggy, gave the spir"His hands was all blue with It," ited horses their heads, and fled toward said stie. ' "Do you reckon, Mr. New town, inst at the town limits, he met the doctor in Sheriff Dilly's automoton, that ItH plsen hlraT "Did he swallow any of It?" asked bile, the sheriff himself at the steerNewton. ing wheel. Mr. Bronson signaled them to stop, Ignoring the fact that "Nah!" said McCeehee scornfully, Newton reassured Mrs. Slmms, and they were mrklng similar signs to him. "We're Just starting for your place," went away pensive. Jim Irwin's methods had already accomplished much in said the doctor. "Tour wife got me preparing Newton and Raymond for on the phone." "Thank God!" replied Bronson. citizenship) .He hsd shown them the fact that voting really has some re- "Don't fool any time away on me. lation to life. At present, however, DrtveF "Get In here, Es," said the sheriff. the new wine In the eld bottles was ranslna- - Newton to forget his filial "Doc knows bow to drive, and 111 come duty, and his respect for his father. on with your team. They need a slow He wished he could lock him up In drive to cool 'em off." the barn so he couldn't go to the "Why didn't you phone me?" asked school election. He wished he could the doctor. (TO BE CONTINUED.) become 111 or poisoned witn bine vitriol or something so his father ' Silenced.. would be obliged to go for a doctor. newly-marrie- d A couple were enterhe couldn't get wished well, why He sick? Newton mended his pace, ana taining their friends, snd amongst tht guests wss one whose continued rudelooked happier. ness made him objectionable to the TU fix html" said he to himself. What time's 4ke election, YxT rest. of the company. .His conduct although almost unbearable, was tolasked Mrs, Bronson at breakfast for some time, until st supper erated four said o'clock," "I'm goln at he held up on hla fork a piece of white want to bear don't I "And any Eira. which had been served to him, more from any one" looking at New meat tn a vein of Intended humor reand none election. of It'a the "about ton marked, "Is this plgr the business of the women an' boys," "To which end of the fork do yoa Newton took this reproof In an un asked a man refer?" In fact, expectedly submissive spiritBkl 4a a Iri i. iv li ikl Via taM Km alttlng' at the other end x the tibia i When an heiress marries a title she probably thinks she may be able to live happily ever after she is divorced. DANDELION inZtfloitn fyrnfbtcUi in 3 &W laGrtpp9 . BUTTER COLOR" w.-- A harmless vegetable butter color used by millions for CO years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles of "Dandelion" for 35 cents. 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