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Show LYDIA OF THE PINES Honore Willsie STORY FROM THE START Lydla Dudley, with her bs.brn returns from l8tr, Patlsncs, sftsrnoon of play to the Impoverished borne of her father, Amoi Her faDudley. In Lake City. own dethers friend and her Devlne, voted admirer, John think It la time the Indiana on a nearby reservtttlon were movwhite men ing In order that the might have this land. of Levlne golnn announces his Intention Lydla, Tatlenoe Into politics. and Kent Moulton, playing by the lake, are Joined by Margery, mall daughter of Dave Marshall, the town's banker. Margery falls unInto the water. Pulled out home Lydla by Is taken she hurt, and Kent. Her father blames the two children for the mishap. the Lydla satisfactorily explains acoldent. Levlne tells Amos his plan to have the reservation opened for settlement. Patience Lydla dies of diphtheria, leaving Ood is feeling that her trunt In In the She finds oomfort lost. John Levlne. loving kindness ofbacked by LeA note of Amos', Is vlne, and held by Marshall,Lyd-la- 's due and cannot be met. At to appeal, Marshall agrees renew It. Lydla enters high school. A fullblood Indian boy, Charlie Jackson, makes accusations against Levttie, and attacks him. Levins Is shot by an unseen assailant, and slightly wounded. Recuperating at th IndDudley cottage, t.a realisesshaken ia's loneliness and her faith In God. They enter Into a compaot to start a "search for Ood" together. Hilly Norton, boy chum of Lydla, arranges for her d money earn to making and selling fudge. tents set In the pines on the water'a edge. Charlie and Kent had made their preparations well and they displayed them proudly. They had rented the three old A tents from the agent, as well as the seven canvas cots, the dishes and the cooking utensils. The middle tent had been arranged with a rough slab table and benches for a dining and living room. 'The boys' tent with three cots nnd the girls' with four, were crowded but comfortable. "It's very nice, Indeed, boys," said Miss Towns. "Come, girls, get out your aprons. I suppose you're all 1 starved." "Walt Walt I" cried Kent "That's log. not the way this camp's going to bo "No, but I'm awful hungry." Lydla run. Charlie, OuHtus and me do the drew a trifle closer on the log to Ton ladles are company cooking. Kent "Supposing we have to stay out and don't hove to do anything ex- here all night " She shivered a little. cept wash the dishes and make your I'd build a fire," said Kent "Well, own beds. In a matter-o- f fact manner that Lydla "I think that's a very nice arrangewas assumed, "and fir I suspected you up on a bed of pine needles. Then I'd stand guard all night like a little tin tent." hero, I hope the folks won't worry off There was a very early pairing about us. In the meantime, you and in the camp. Kent devoted himself to I can have a good old talk, like the to Olga, Oustus Margery and Charlie old days. Remember?" to Lydla. Kent nnd Olga kept the "I remember I Kent are you camp supplied with fish. Excepting afraid?" at meal time and the bathing hour, "I should say not I I like the woods they spent the day in a birch-barat night. Don't the fern and the canoe on the lake. Charlie undertook to show Lydla the reservation as the Indians knew It. If Lydla wns a little puzzled by his eagerness to make her understand conditions on the reservation, she gave little thought to the riddle. They visited one or two neat Indian furms, but for the most purt Chn;lIo to the othled her from one wlck-I-uer, deep set In recesses of the wood, where the only whites to Intrude on the Indians were the occasional government wood cruisers. These wlok-l-upwere hovels, usually In the Inst stages of poverty and desolutlon. One tlay they came, to a wick 1 up where there were three children besides the father and mother. Two of the children were half Hind with eye trouble. The whole family wns sitting In the sun. nhout a pot of fish. The grown tips chatted eagerly with Charlie, and he translated for Lydla. "They say It's been a fearful winter. They only had ten dallars this year out of their government allowance and they couldn't get work. The baby frn7.e to death or starved, or both. We'll bring some food over to these folks, Lydla, because there are kids ment," decided Miss Towne. "Come, girls, let's unpack and arrange the much-neede- CHAPTER IX by Frederick A. Btokes Co.) WNU gervloe (fi Continued 10 Lilly's suggestion proved Indeed to ns n willing he a happy one. Ho puck horse und middleman for Lydla, and though the demand for fudge was the never overwhelming. Lydla by end of May had cleared something dollars. over thirty-fivHer Joy over this method of earning money was not confined to Its rclulhm to her camping trip. She. mw herself helping to pay up their Indebtedness to Levlne-- Marshall having made good his threat to call In the note. In the meantime she expended the whole of her four dollars on a pair of buckskin outing boots and eight dollars on a little corduroy hunting coat and skirt. The cult was cheap but well cut, with belt end pockets and welted seams. The soft buckskin shoes fitted the blender calves like velvet. With her bright cheeks and her yellow hair above the corduroy, Lydla looked half boy, half woman. "My soul. Lydla, they're Just grand I" eh?" cried Llzr.le. "Hut, Charlie, what's the govern"What boys ore going In that ment allowance?" Amos. demanded crowd?" I didn't you know?-a- n you're "tih, 'Charlie and Kent and - Margery's one of the white lords of creation, I Lach. In '(Justus mother's given too! The government set aside, this told you. Paddy, don't you like the land for the Indians In solemn treaty eiiltr with them, for ever and ever. Then "Like It !" evcl. ilmed Amos, "l ydla. It deliberately mid oIT a big Mock of I'm stunned by It! I wMi I could It and deposited the money at Washhave bought '"U your t'r- -t stilt ington. The Income from this was to Lydla. Lut on a dollar and a lie given to the Indians. Ttiere's over " half a day. I swan -two million dollars there. Hut by tlo her Junior ex- time It's tillered from Washington to Lydla spun amination blissfully, for once marks the Indians, this ts the result." lb" nnd t' mil average "ere of Utile Im- und-Vat the half starved group about portance to Ii.t. F'r tbo week afterI the t'.sh pot. Kchixd closed s'x' was giving camping l.villa had bad four dtjs of tl.l. As Aie.o had been wry holier when be they made their way b.n k to the said good by to l.ydh). at ha'f p.t- -t camp f"r supper !. said to hint. In six. "It's your i'.rf trip. t.ydhi. iMi't an iitiMeady .Lv. "I'harlie, I can't do iitiytliliig you wouldn't want your stand It! Think ef that baby that niotht-to ve " froe to death. And rll theso beautinderlngty, ful woods are fi.U of half starved In- I.ydia l.mked at blm l is tin Ii threw her arms .Ihit.s! W hat . an I do nl.nut It, I'har- don't want to go o;T Ho?" ''(!. daddy. two W hole Wnksl" lllld leave ,Vol j "Voii can't d.i nnjlhlng. It's too Mi's loo I, lie f.t b.idi t ill I'.oW. tin late, p.nt I wanted ymi to see. I don't oil nnd turn- a good tln'e," ..'tid Atnos, ns long care what girl understand picking up hi dinner pull. Lydlu as ymi do. 1 think an awful bd nf watched ill in .bovn the rmd. Sud y.m! Lydla." den'y s' rcilled l ow lonely her falie look Lydia's hand and j ailed it. ther Il.tiM be Without l.er mother. Lydla loosed up at him. thrilled by I. Is rrompt'y a! nine t'havtle and Kent I ronre beauty utid the nt In bis whlrV-up to the gate tti a carry .ill. v. .!c, lie MUn Town and n'gn'." "Here "If I were n white man," said Char le laic, of lie. "I'd make jmi Live Inn nnd timrry cried Kent. "Marg-ry'l- l full""'." me. Hut l ilt an Indian and s.miicr or II go back to my people, l iu At nine 1'fteeu Margery was driven later up In state by I'Hlry. and lit Jilt making believe I Call play the the carryall was off to the white man's giitne for t while." He "lint we'll be north 111 a i lou of dut. leaving Adam .ythl ly.H.i wistfully, bowline dismally lit the gate, friends, vti, Lydit?- - Ahvnjs? liven "Where the bills begin eg. tin. that's If I go huik to the wick I up. you'll be "Just uy friend?" it i. r"ertniti." '"''I I'ha'lie. "Hi. Jes, t'batlle, slttsjs," replied Lejoivd thai group of buildings Is the roo r at ion l'ne " Lydl.i. earnestly, even while there The building fharlle pointed to Hashed through her ''ad the half w-- n the llrst that lad appeared In Whimsical thought, "t,ieer kinds of friends with ice. Mr. miles. A twpiilntcd ineti want to louse with fcvcral barns and Irvine. Mr Marshall, and fharlle. 1 here And tiny all bale eat h other!' !iei! o'!! rNc.J the group v is a s'gn mi the front i f the home, Aflcr tl Is rpisode, ( hnrllo wis !. -read M.ugry, lis strenuous nbottt show It g I din In. Van :.( tte iliMe'id by. "For g lie" Oi'tii'iittoii. That t.lghf h. reMHiied S ' I .id k!. ckg!f,1, "?s It a !:;!!! Illrlatl.'ti with 'g i that ooV at all li e women dr.. hi ilr..J'1'e ! Wl,i!l Hi hool t .iM- lilt t"!g ' Whv. Will ! i I" cried o'g l. imo? i;. t blni more than half wy. t hai a b't of ni thl' In "Wouldn't that t ome all J g t J."ll" .! c uie up t.ete hi the U'iiti,er. g: ' ! held j.. I vll.t ss t'),itr!l" ptid ) , ij I ..I.' t fiW'i.V it) tie csn.se. the O'g'l I I "It s a IliSer d ie, I'Kr.'pu'rii'e p':o o, t ' ' t f yd. It t's kill "S.iy. 'W h'-B ml I ' y tl'-n:li it i;p 1,1 tip e!t M " ft f !!. ! fit for y.'I hv.e t! .ven- l.emi' g'..:' lL-f ,! I ll's before J oi' fur S'o "A'l tV t, I .ii. it If veil s , fawn-colore- my-K'- t. r . iib-ui- 1 - l 1 nine-twent- 1 two-story- 1 !,.-':- 'l 1 it!--- ti:' 'l-'- i . 1 11 t.-- 1 ..i r ".'.,, lit do We go, I !' fnlir Hl!ii-" j. , , i y c,!r i to ,.t, or1f g eiCf:d r... ViV.ojt v.im:-,Hit nti.-i- r!: .wid. The i i hrr hl-l- t! t. i t i to ih .'tSt-jt was ton ni.'M'i', f..r words. .,f it.p t :i.es. tl i lr n:r! w t'.r.t L vdli The liie. Otis f j ;i n.iii l; g Htil't.ins, roused In her tot tool les llmt were ptllit.ps hllf no!;:', she was still In a half dream beti 't, blue of lake glimmered b- i, l the far slsles and lbs carra.11 rw i , uii Conrliih tiefcre tt,r .!"!'.! t'l !,i- k her for t'i - let lead bm-.vi- t ci :,! I M" a j ,, ''I at.. :. . k I'm ! ''No Isk'r.g M; i ti. h. .if 'eg' in ' j ' .. r'',t s tes( CHAPTER ),i ' sefi.-- ti il eri'ig erelf I'" w In s'.k rr,e" "You're Growing Up tht Way a Girl Ought To." tiee.l'es Miiell fine? going to do afier It J finish high olga?" "of course It Isn't Olga! She's nil right to pirt w ltw and a peachy looker, but you don't suppose a fellow wan's to marry every girl be gets cray about '" "I didn't know." ssld Lydla. meekly, "Nobody wns ever cray iiboiit tin." "Vnti aren't llmt kind, thank Leaven. Vou're growing up the way a girl ought to, I know all about It." I vdla sat staring Into the darkness, thinking tills over. She was getting sn amount of comfort out of the con vcr:ttioii ihat made her realise Low sor it sp,, there bad been within her. asked Lydln, sullenly, "Kent." "what's a hussy?" "Huh!" exclaimed Kent. "What makes )ou ssk that?" "Lli'iilon night there were lots of wotnen. flashily dressed, around, nd fell er sitld they were hussies, And I saw Custus Mining wl'h on of them, and sivue tf the senior leys. t. Ate! 1 S.iW smut, nf tin. Lest drc.e. of the In di.itii w !i!i t!,i m." "V. u'.l letter n jour father." said Kmf. "I did f ti I be said I'd know when I " got gray-heade- juried Ititrt lie OnrktiesS. Jliturs O'ga J'.Jttil eAc tried !o ! - (J.;e- ,. this to Id in. nnd filled. I! n A IllMill tiilliililot) of the L'tielille ef I din's t:t t;iotl rre-- girlhood, .f l nr It.t.o.rnt flll'l lit blni. totlfhed tt-in blm. Ill vi li'n 1, t tl.i.l a I'Mio husky but he finvverp,j nn "v "A bii'iv. Lyd. Is n f'rt who's t,.ij. j to tip I fit Tl oe Sfolin 1 I .ul... t1y j , an i rt.riso urter u.e sui vn-who've g t g iii'Ti' n'low5 tn- ' fv s, is y from gi t t! e'f tlun" "!,, t'.t' f '' - mid 'v. I ' fit ainovft "n i i ' it fen s'l'y!" eg -- eel Krnf. f.u tfl j),, n "An-- Inov .ch t!,it gs. ynj sik rne. It's n an's i!sc In tell a girl the things she ought to ktic." s All fire-ligh- rl.ht." tttfUti LtUk e4 t. John stiffened nnd the mixed bloods Hut the watched him curiously. squaw suddenly burst Into the feeble yet deep drawn sobs of the old, and tottering over to the silver she picked It up. "Hungry!" she sobbed. "All And she the lime much hungry." started slowly away from the fire In the direction of Kent and Lydia's biding place. "Quick!" whispered Kent, and tmlse. lessly the two ran back Into the darkness of the woods, through which, however, a silver light was beginning to filler. "There' the moon," he said "Holy Mike I What do you think of 1" demanded Kent as they headed for the Are. "Isn't Levlne a won- der!" 1 teacher." "Sit down," said the chaperone, "while Lydla and I finish dressing." "You'll have lunch with us?" called Lydla as she retreated toward the tent. "Yes. but I can't stay longer. Must be back In Lake City for supper," replied Levlne, tying up his horse. Lydla was delighted to put her hand to cooking again, and while Miss Towne- - set the table, John chatted with both of them of his Washington He rode away Immeexperiences. had finished eating. he after diately Miss Towne wiped the dishes thoughtfully. "It's hard to realize that he's the scandalous John Levlne," she sail "He's Rlmply charming!" Lydla flared, flushed and subsided. Never again, she realized, could she contradict aspersions cast on Levlne's character. And yet, how like a bad dream th episode of last night seemed. If only It bad been a dream I The charm and romance ef a girl's first proposal I Evsn though "he" Is not the right man, It Is a happening never to be forgotten. Shch Is In store for Lydla. (TO BE CONTINICD.) I an elaborately designed bt'H to be placed 111 the belmany. y nrs. fry. The rhun b st.'.iJ many which, rel:itc, during stirrliiR CM iits on urn d about Meduc-!:- , lili"h were the il.iil,i's n. nuii'tiff tm.pn Ihe I'.iiklMi ali i the I'm lull and tl.olr I:n"ati al!!is. f the i Mill il.ij n Mr. II, ir, I'wncr was !: ln H'ar M.ilurlli' f hiislii's fl,;it alciie remains it clump to mark the !' if tin l urch nnd whi-bin i.iv strut. k Il.e ticarhy wns Hot Hii' n "lull of shite. of It was hile ft itita.f. I i;t fr pruj-t-rly- Taprttry Makcr$ t'amou$ t '!.( r f tiie most fane u ;s 'hat ins by M.illM.i, wife of WIL llflt.i the tV !t;iiprer, or at lea! H edit od to Irr. It tuns f."jnd In 172. In the CathedrnJ f IiBypiit. Another Maho tilda, the dsvifiMer if Henry I, died Id 1MT, was a tapestry weaver. Her remarkable, work was 214 feet ef loij. - ache Buffered a thousand TvltVi v..,,,!. - " dpatha Ullft. and pains In my limbs until I '. Dr. Plerca's Favorite Prescription. I highly recommend this medicine for any young mother-to-be- . 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"Voh'IT find them on the top shelf ot the linen closet," suiil mother with ii smile. d Drink Water to Help Wash Out Kidney Poison If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers You, Begin Taking Salts When your kidneys hurt and your back feels sore don't get senred and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and Irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys cleun like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's urinous waste and stimulates them to their normal activity. The function of the kidneys Is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from It 5K1 crnlns of nold nnd waste, so we can readily understand the vital Importance of keeping the kidneys active, Prink lots of good water you can't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist nbcut four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful In n glass of water before breakfast each morning for a few days nnd your kidney may tln-- act fine. Th!i famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lltbla, and has boi-- uod for years to ludp ebv.n and stimulate closed kldnoy; also to ru'Ulrallr. the nclds In the system so thf.v are mi longer n source of Irritation, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive, cannot Injure; makes n (hdlghiful effervescent I'tMu-wati-- r drink, which everyone should lake now and then to help keep tbolr kidneys clean and active. Try this; n No keep np the water drinking, and tut doubt you will wor.dcr what became of ymir kidney trouble and backache. One on Mother "I'li go to sleep. Loiothy," urge her luether. Im wanted lo lead. there's aii uncl watdiiiu Great Opportunity Lott are worse than tb'ath, by t'hlnese torture, worse than being burled alive; aye, wors" than sven times seven deaths nnd forty nlns funerals. For example there Is the (.lilcago man who held thirteen diamonds it bridge, then never ha a chance to piny the hand, lie w as bid down because an opponent ultltimlely bid seven spades nnd tht fault wns all tils own; be took a peep, spoke too soon, nod opportunity was gone forever. The band of reUury did not take, a point, it spent lis great Ufa forca following the dummy's lead and whea the tumult and Ihe sh'tuHng died was a mrry pile of scrambled tricks. OH, the pity of It I Imnglne the despair of bis children's, children, 1,1s children, bis posterity to the doomsday genera lion, Laradlse gained and pnradit lost, the thrill thst comes ones la a d lifetimes, lift s darkest moment with gJooal Ntw Tors Some thiiiK I till," "l'h. mother, ari'li'l Jot conceited Lesion Transcript. of southwestern New Ilruns-w-lck'- s left lo contain nn abbreviated I.attn Interesting l.lft'rl.nl spots ts Inscription, In which It was set forth Medui'tlc, otiie the slle f an Indian that the church, dedicated to St. John llla-e- . Here the Indlm.s hud a Laid 1st, bnd bet'ii erected by the Mutin.tler Important frt utid here 1 the nies In the year 1717, while Father In Jean ltiij.tlste !.oard of the Jesuit un 1'r.mli established a mS-Jo- ti order was In charge of the mission. Louis church. n little built time up XIV whs linj rcisid with the work Montreal Family Herald. to be f the prhsts that be chum-.- rrnticc . T A oer One fri.tn ' all-da- y and la It I found o much relief that I took another bottle and after that I had no further trouble. . i finer i married and during my expectant period I bt Stone Slab Recalls Church Built in 1717 si Ipped Prescription Lydla scarcely heard him. "John "My Levlne I" ebe murmured. friend! Oh, I can't believe it" They were nearlng the camp now and Kent stopped and In the moonlight took Lydla by the shoulders. "Look here, Lyd, don't you tell a soul about what we saw. Promise me I" "111 do nothing of the kind," snapped Lydla. "Promise!" repeated Kent "I will not 1" returned Lydla. "Well, promise me, you'll say nothing while we're In camp, anyhow." After all, she Lydla hesitated. thought, to whom could she tell the story and what could any one dot "All right I'll promise that," she agreed, slowly. It wns Rcarcely nine o'clock, after all, when they trudged Into the camp. Charlie and Gustus came In a moment later, having heard Miss Towne's call. I've worried "Oh, Lydla! Lydla! And the cruel Miss myself sick." Towne, the grouchy Miss Towne, threw her arras about Lydla, with a little murmur that was curiously like a sob. "We were Just going to the settlement for help," said Charlie, "though we were pretty sure nothing serious could have happened." "We saved your supper," said Margery. "Come on, Gustus, we'll heat it for 'era." Lydla was tired the next day and elected to stay In camp with Miss Towne while the others went on an strawberry hunt. Lydla was lying In a hammock with a book, when a horse's hoof beats sounded under the trees and Levlne rode Into the camp. Lydla had been wondering how, when she saw him In town, she was going to meet him, what she was going to eay to him. But now, her only thought was that here was the devoted friend who had understood her since babyhood. As he dismounted, she Jumped to her feet "Oh, my dear Mr. Levlne! My dear! My dear!" she cried and her hair flying, she ran to hira and threw her arms about his neck. John threw a long arm about her, and held her to him closely, while with his free hand he smoothed back And Miss the glory of her hair. Towne, watching, saw his long saturnine face transformed. "Why, Lydla, my little sweetheart I didn't realize you'd missed me so." Then, catching Miss Towne's gaze, he smiled. "Lydla hes few loves, but they're strong." he said. "I'm her foster father. My name's John Levlne." Lydla disengaged herself. "And this Is Miss Towne," she said, "my dearest ii:i:i'Mi:n:'HH'i:'X'M-Mnii'Ma'Mi'M- tra-llllu- hero wns silence Again. Kent was epH iriiltred. Jin nf !Hrg Wit') 'I ahf-u- roads. It was with the familiar sense of C)kebel!t sdverare tf,st you "Co on to the university. Aren't y..u?" "I ad wants me to, but I guess I"j go to work. Why waste four years learning a lot of stuff that'll never earn tue n cent? What do ymi want to go to the university for?" "Kent, I promised mother I'd go And I want to anyhow. We're so pour, that 1 11 never be uiiyihlng but a scrub woman If I don't g.-- t educated." Kent stirred uiicumforlably. "I want to make money, tjuick." "I don't see what the hurry Is. I l.tl, use th Lyd, whnt're you School?" . The Cnmp lydls and Knt did nut Lydla. "No, It Isn't, lt'a a bunch of men," corrected Kent "Hold on a minute, Lydla. Let's see what ws're getting Into." lie pulled her Into the shelter of a giant pine trunk and the two peered at the group around the fire.' There were six halfbreeda In "store" and moccasins clothes squatting around the blaze. None of them was speaking. "They act as If they were waiting for some one," whispered Lydla. "Hush I There comes some one else. For the love of cats I" John Levlne emerged from the darkness of the forest Into the fire glow. "IIow!" he grunted, slipping Into an empty space, opposite the two eavesdroppers. "How," returned the Indians. Silence In the woods, except for the crackling fire. "Kent, let's go I I don't want to listen. I don't want to know." Kent seized her arm. "You've got to stay. It's your business to know," he whispered sharply. "Where's Eagle's Feather?" asked Levlne. "Pick," replied an Indian. John nodded. "I got back from Washington today. Big fight there. Marshall and his crowd, they'll make a big fight I may have to compromise. I may make my bill read, only mixed bloods can sell their lands, not full bloods." "Oood I" said an Indian. "Full blood don't want to sell, anyhow." "Better for you mixed bloods," agreed Levlne, "because you'll get higher prices for your land, but worse for us whites, for there'll be less land, unless you mixed bloods should happen to swear the full bloods are mixed, too. It'll be a good way for all of you to pay up old debts." Lydia's heart was pounding so hard that it really pained her. She stared at John unbelievably. Yet It was the same familiar, sallow fuce, with the gaunt look about the cheeks. Only the eyes were strange. Lydla hitd never seen them so hard, so searching before. "Weil," said Levlne, "Is that all yon folks have got to report after six months? What do you think I'm paying you for?" What more might have come Lydla did not know for an old squaw came tottering Into the fire glow. She was and emaciated. "Oh, that's our old squaw, Kent, remember?" whispered Lydla. "Shut up!" murmured Kent. The squaw made her way up to John. There was something sinister In the look of her and he rose. "What you do now, white man?" Steal more, "Steal she snarled. eh?" Levlne looked down on her and his voice was pltyfng. "Why, you poor old devil, you look half starved." He dug Into his pocket and brought out a silver dollar. "Go get some grub," he said. The old woman stared from the dollar to Levlne' face and her voice rose to a shriek. "Steal! Steal! Make our young men drunk! Make our young girls have babies that grow like these snakes," she pointed a trembling, ncruwny finger at Ihe scowling mixed "Whlto man dirty fool-d- irty bloods. thief," and she spat at at the same time striking the dollar from bis hand. It rolled out onto the needles and lay shining In the that Cgden, Utah "It seems as though f had always been bothered wl;h I functional disturbances. took a Dottle of Dr. Tierce's Favorite fixe. 1 -- X In a low Tolce, distant blaze. "It's the camp crowd, I fuesa," said they started on what they called a beellne southwest And It was before, hungry and leg weary, they reached the store that backed up against the Indian school. They bought sardines, crackers and cheese and ate them perched on a dry goods boi near the hltchiLg rack. "There I feel happier," said Kent as he threw away the empty sardine cans. "IIow are you, old lady?" Lydla swung her feet contentedly. "Fine I Let's start back. We'll be there by supper time, I'm sure we know the way now." Hut alas for the vanity of amateur woodcraftsmen I The late June dusk found them still threading the endless aisles of pine, their sense of direction completely obscured by the sinking of the sun. "Scared, Lyd?" Inquired Kent as they paused for a moment's rest on a Speaks to Women "Now I can find th lake." In less than half a mile they found the lake and far around Its enrrini shore, tha gleam of their own camp course, you're Just Ilka a brother to me." "Oh, I dont feel so brotherly a Gee, there's a Ore, Lydla I" Faintly through the trees gleamed a 1" DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN Take Tablett Without tht See Fear If You "Bayer Cross." ty Warning! Unless you see the mum "Layer" on put kilge or Ml tablets )"! are not gelling the genuine Lajer Aspirin t t'ovetl safe by minimis and PI'cm riltetl by physicians for IM years Say "Lajer" Vilo-- ymi buy Asplr!i. Imitations may prove dangerous. 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