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Show THE MYTON FREE PRESS re . : Feel Stiff and Achy ? To Be Well the Kidneys Must Thoroughly Eliminate a Waste Poisons from the Blood. By ELLERY H. CLARK Not far, indeed, to make up the lost distance, for though the mare had traveled fast, she had race of lette wheel began to spin; the gentlemen drank and gambled, while the ladies continued their search for conquests. Already, however, I had _ be- been enabled to make an easy it, and looked as though she last turn and squared away gun to weary of these things, and when supper was over and George suggested more roulette, I was content to be a looker-on. Fortune, we dis- for ¥lyaway’s jockey had gone to home. the whip; we could see his arm rising and falling and almost feel the mare’s speed guicken under the sting of the blows. And although our horse was heart want out to him. the but pirate a be captain; devil whose a devil courage hundred yards to for George lost of the now steadily, accepted officers. for a the game o® At this, I confess, I was not overpleased, for further acquaintance with these gentlemen had aroused in me a strong dislike. A Captain Johnson, with pink cheeks and_ straw- colored hair, was my pet aversion, and Lieutenant Renfrew, with bulldog features and a swaggering air, filled me with Ani- equal loathing. It was therefore not without suspicilog# that I saw them depart; and after watching the for- tunes of the wheel for perhaps half an hour, I took my leave and strotled indeed, could not across go! game was in progress. By this time the hall was crowded; the players questioned. Two us; eards. mal of evil disposition he might be, but somehow, even at that tense moment, I could not but compare him to is a fickle jade, and had proposal of a hindrance than a help. And yet ‘In spite of everything Satan gained. my covered, deserted and at length, in disgust, at last giving all that was in hin, still we could sense, as it were, that peor Quashy was all but done for; and -that where in his greatest races he was wont to give his mount the most assistance, he was now actually more And The lean the room to where the black head, with the nostrils of. crimsen, was even with the srnoking flanks of the bay. And then, all at once, the impossible happened. Quashy, clear nerve from the top of his head to the sole of ‘his helpless foot, somehow, in the face of all laws of nature, credible. quickly thatI should never have perceived it had I not been watching them closely, I saw Johnson, who sat opposite George, deftly slip a card from his sleeve, and, without pausing, add another heap of gold to the pile. ~ flaring ered himseif in served. saddle riveted like’ the Guashy of old; for half a dozen strides Le lifted his mount along; and once. twrice. and thrice, for the first time tr the race, he let Satan have the full of the in turf, far-off striving for in America, Australia. the Many a racer have I seen thundering home streteh to victory; and splendid down but in my life can I-recall a more tremendous and terrific burst of speed than I saw that morning on the track at the Port of the Devil. If he had run fast before. now he fairly fiew. In one bound, as if seemed, he drew head the mare; in another, for that day, he drew clear. thin ophidian backward head and stretched, in a moment, amid then, a babel in of shrieks, much figures in a dream, mide our way down to the track. away, brave little thoroughbred she was, stood with legs apart, dawn, mure, I stood strides credit; I there his reply. then, had reached His his elbow and was no the next second to weapons Flythat head on but throat to mere to wipe out the cripped with foam. rolled Two stable “Cheat?” were throwing water on Quashy, who luv on the track in a dead faint, his ricid upper lip, drawn clear of the clenched teeth, showing the agony he experienced a of drawn rest. and at me a man of a linking |. Moon, When I next opened {fo semi-darkness. and atared about me in my eyes I was for a moment that curious, half- dazed condition which: follows a heavy slumber. Then, with a start, conaciousness returned, and ef the day before came my mind. Looking at my covered it was evening, the events crowding to watch, I dis- and rising has- tily, I found that my head ached savagely, while the floor of the room ‘heaved under me Black Panther ently, after like the in a heavy sluicing my decks of sea. face the Fres- with wa- ter, I felt better, and managed to make my way +o George’s roon:. 1 found George in the act of rising, and inclined to make merry over spirits, amd at sunper blithely or- dered fis usual bottle. while I, with a shud-er, raised a protesting hand. and found water a cooling and dellcouus Graft. vraduaily ‘einttiar Yee i the palace aspect. rerula In petreae twos assumed and vrrived: its thiees the the to I suppose you'll want rou- way thither, and while ample I would have already as good as dead. > LDD> OP DPLD ODP had come familiar with his surroundings, I'am sure to the J should thus I eould that him nodded approval. already seated in their very properly would not ponents’ wake. I shall the trip. on excellent advice how completely him. I had But to our adversaries stripping each took to our shirt knife OD OD: CD OD: OD 7 Bk Kore the barrel of my felt had but with me me hasty racing toward don’t ap- the so that pear to be in the least interested in the ordinary life of the people, which is as much history as taking a fort or carrying the St. an Louis Between election, a writer Globe-Democrat wars there is in asserts. almost times— the wore, their and and off my next instant, to tory—you would never know thet a} book had been written, a picture patnted or a machine invented. We once knew a school history of the United States that did not mention the com- A quaintance to with The him. pompous player ted Explaining Meteors Meteors ar never séen from the play individual, and up carried generous portion of triumph, but I expected, there pain, and as also tide shoulder, the turf . away with an draw checking my of me the came leaping him befeve catch again as we just mr he on ev®a aad sand chance, in, witk ness born of long wrestling green at F terns. feinted saw mi produce the light which we see. They are then within the clutches of the gravity of: the earth and always fall towerd ir. —Pathfinder Magazine, for | breath, as we game, go but alougl”? TI — like the 90¢ bottles, G. G. - Green, Sores on Man and Beast - of vanity himself and desires only talk.—American to Maga- zine. Money back for first bottleif not suited. Reimbursement All dealora. 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Get Bayer—at any drugstere— with proven directions. aged to achieve the seme grip on Mr knife arm that I had on his. Ant ac- turned to his host. and said: © “You know I don’t care particularly the and Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh | to my joy, in gaining the wis; ed-fo: hold upon his wrist. But my vwture was in vain. for Johnson. in the time open country hereabouts.” “the muscles tn his wrist reluxea, an “Sh, guife,” replied the other, as he as his knife fell from his hand, ' a surveyed the scarred ground, “but do {| ceeded in wrenching ‘uy right ge you mind closing up the opem country | free. and the a quick causes burn 30c af sh™*ings of tha shifted leaping had feet apart he to as coughing. feet v®prepared. in the treacherous and suffi- earth except when they come in con tact with the -earth’s atmosphere. Thelr speed through the atmosphere them full hear the te ¢et to my knife to battle, Presently, a verr a either followed he and after these sudden golf was fs Never in my life have t of opportunity customs round who was hacked each stroke. After he had usually a guest, from Buy it at your drug store. Inc., Woodbury, N. J. - the ~The man who enters into a discussion is full of a passion fer truth and eager to hear it. The man who argues inex- ancestors in the jungle, came to aid. Whether my act was within. and our ancestors their religious Very Open had inviteda business mean my in to finish me, hurled my weapon full in his face. crys The weapon struck him heavily os a blank interregnu:a; and—from the his- loosens, the phlegm, promotes expectoration,. gives a good night’s rest frea Since 1846 Has Healed Wounds and Yet only just in time; Johnalmost on me; and shouting sure darting to feel Keke Keele faiths, their literature, their and their modes of thought. and-contract Discussion Vs. Argument — at “full the laws of refined dueling I do not know, nor, indeed, do I greatly care, for my opponent’s conduct had been ‘more irregular by far; I drew baek. my arm, conscious, as I did se, of a the historical novels information of the clothing pastimes, expand muscles at the same speed heart-beats.—London Tit-Bits. report feeble click of a misfire. The next moment my opponent was on me; if I had tried to draw my knife from my belt I knew that I should never have succeeded, that he would have buried his weapon in my heart while IT was still making the vain attempt. But fortunately for me pure instinct, derived, I suppose, from far- ing of the railroad; but every Indian chieftain from Massasoit to Sitting Bull was personalized. These strange silences of formal history leave us to for our general Soothes the Throat to it smail ill-consid- me Thus here we were, not “{ accustomed fixed weap- no and An American histury written in the been has colds into sudden to discharge Historians Skip Many Matters of Interest have chair to ané fall or the clogging sand had done its work, for instead of the flash and roar the we his mortification ciently to enable old-fashioned way would never mention the rise of the motion picture diversion, The kind of histories to which The Clearly he had been testing the trigger. had into my opponent’s eyes, and an instant later we had landed and were walking away, back to back, while our seconds shoved off and stood ready to give the word of command. As I passed leisurely along the edge of the islet, I began to reflect on how this curious duel might best be fought. To draw his fire, if possible, seemed the surest way; but I had searcely realized, until now, what a gamble OD cen- recently. currents aloud in my excitement, I covered his breast with certain aim, and presse¢ choice of. position. I won, named the easterly end, to bring the moonlight OD treatment Syrup due aim. fts butt. son was pistol, the latter carefully loaded by our seconds, and tossed a moidore for no on to pistol ately, a few moments for George and Renfrew to agree upen the details of the fight. Then, trousers. we new pressible relief, my fingers closed upon 6 time reached the island, and after we drawn alongside of them, it took a him OD dis- to get the better of this supercilious this tric straggling bush to my left, I felt that it must be there, and groping desper- these thoughts from my mind. This was no time to let'my wits go woolgathering; my present business was By health Northampton metal plates which touch. the main muscle centers of the body, and elec- Thus advancing, the in fat-reducing speed, I started to raise my pistol, only to discover, to my horror, that it was no longer in my hand. In one nightmare moment I glanced to right, to left, in front, behind, without a sight of my weapon; then, perceiving a’ I banished Englishman. on Johnson given managed presently at ter been relieving coughs sixty-one years. I was. By God’s grace, however, my brain cleared, and all at once realizing what had happened, and seeing me by Capt. Francis Barclay. He had told me not to drink or gamble. and to avoid quarrels; and I now realized obey ed has for came there, or indeed, 6f exactly where to la the How to get rid of superfluous flesh at the rate of a pound a day, merely by sitting in a chair, was demonstrat- S Boschee’s sand, without any clear idea of how I not pretend that I enjoyed I was reflecting, with some remorse, also iB Chair . two—and then, like a flash, he threw himself flat on the ground, I saw his arm extended, and the next instant the night seemed filled with noise and flame; something dealt me a terrific blow, and when I came to myself it was to find that I lay prostrate on the With me 'Fat-Reducing Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chemists, Buffalo, N. Y. present, that I said to myself: “Three steps more and I fire.” One I took— to the before the one already | the encounter was, and I began OD So “That’s allow _ At all dealers, 60c a box. — Warily now, like two wrestlers nearing each other, we slackened our pace so that we scarcely progressed at all. So near, indeed, had we come, and such a tempting mark did Johnson |. row for fear of unsteadying my hand, I seated myself in the stern and we set forth for the island in our op- No, he would LOD CDP OD my ered was boat. was me—trying to throw panic and thus. lead given there. but followed. shot, while if it knives, I felt cer- best the affair begin. Pills | A Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Instinctively I dodged sharply to left, screening my face as I did so, be- he glint on. the previous, have conclusion no great grips and that us, choose swords or pistols; if pistols, my. ‘chance was at least even; if swords, I felt sure that I was and that a month opponent light la gesture, Renfrew indicated. another for ourselves, and thus, since George time for counted fighting ing the palace, we walked down wharf, to find the officers there sat choose rifles there was of course hope; if I could have been assured that point, as the way to feel,” he answered. “Come on, then; let’s get it over.” And leav- me I far man, George reflection. I knew next to nothing of dueling, but one thing I did know: That the challenged party had ithe choice of weapons. That he would my. paller.and my generally woebegone appearance. He himself was in v-he best ef And waiting for him, I had CHAPTER VI the me on a arms for mutual support, we turned our erring footsteps in the direction ef the Palace of: Delight. Under brought as Doan’s ; at a much brisker pace. All at once, and without warning, my antagonist flung up his arm and I saw the moon- concerned; to me that they that altogether it was with alacrity that I jumped to my feet, crying: “All right! I’m ready!” his in And sense.” from need great effort to understand. He looked as | imagined that I did; his face was gray: blue cireles lay deep under his blinking eyes. “Bob,” he answered gsiowly. as if picking his words, “you fre answer a card were my be only tain Let me at him, the . if making as Slipped and for which seemed to me to come Volee from an immense distance I managed to falter, “George, I think we need some sleep.” Tle stared the scoundrel. course. reaction. to Lewis, he did. things might his probably came to “Of for your second. You go to your room. and I'll manage the affair.” There was such an air of finality in his words that I obeyed-at onee. But great half-dead I turned course angrily. cards enough killed leaped realization of how these things were properly done. ‘Nonsense,’ he rejoined. “You'll challenge him, of realizing that I, too, felt old and spent and echoed. sleeve, George.”* But his had undergone. Colonel Singleton teaned against the rail, mopping the perspiration from his brow, and looking likea man on the verge of colapse. And at sight of him I suddenly I many do; them less credit than I did. Nor was this my only error; I was foolish enough to underrate my adversary, and with ‘the cocksureness of youth ly for me George. gripped my arm. “Steady!” he cried. “Don’t brawl!” boys do not to have | Doan’s Pills, a stimulant diuretic, increase the secretion of the kidneys and thus aid in the elimination of waste impurities. Doan’s have established a nationwide reputation. Ask your neighborf I hailed with relief the sight of Renfrew standing erect in his boat, and _then the sound of his voice crying, “Ready! Go!” Though with no. definite plan of campaign, I started forward, and even {in the uncertain light could see that “Oh, I forgot,” spot had determine who was the better man. I think, too, he read my purpose in And seeing that he had succeeded in calming me, he led me a little to one side. “Did he really cheat?” he asked. still fight? anxious might should brave self-same and wicked eyes with what seemed to me an expression of sardonic humor. “Gave you a scare!” they seemed to say as plainly as words. He, too, breathed heavily, and his black sides once, They they were of hand my eyes, for he started up and. had half drawn his sword when fortunate- for we went. Yet if I nad known at the time that Johnson had fought a duel on this at insult do say?’ dishonest where I gasped grip ‘When but at least it seemed such cases, in another moment I should have leaped at him bodily, trusting not we flanks heaving.. Staunch little she had given her utmost. Saquiet . Sluggish kidneys allow poisons to remain in the blood and upset the whole system. . ing upon their oars. There was no need of further delay, and indeed, now “that we were fairly at it, I was it’s “hey ‘want to fight now. moonlight, you know. What officers. in stood you which the hesitation glass of wine “Certainly Are the kidney secretions scanty and burning in passage? distance from the island, and lay rest- I need not would have Once more, I felt that I could not complain of the sporting spirit of these thunder-struck, those tan, do so and spluttered while it trickled, most uncomfortably, down my neck. At once I lost all control of myself, and unused to the customs of society in and the race only that spellbound. And then. like two three him Utterly. exkeusted,..tooe spent for. words, George and I silently clasped hands. I do not think we even so much as remembered our winnings; it the race held us And table, and leaning forward, I shook my fist full in Johnson’s face and ejaculated, “You cheat, sir!” _ - For one thing, at least, I will give all shouts, prayers, curses, the race was vver, and though by a scant quarter length only Satan had won! wus had {mpend- this pink-cheeked dandy deliberately swindling my friend was too much. shooting and ecards. I answered. he cried. It’s clear which, afterward, I have been sorry and ashamed, but I think that I have, at least, always tried to play the game of life fair and square. And to see to head with the first time We saw that forward, his anything. Tomorrow morning?” George stared at me. My blood boiled. I have made, God knows, my share of mistakes in this world; have done many things for the never was fair,” and in that moment the players laid their cards upon the table, and Johnson, with a triumphant smile, encircled his winnings with his arms and calmly swept them toward him. crowns England on For an instant tmnact of the whip. a Many a time, since then, I have seen thoroughbreds a crisis agreed to ing; geld was heaped in the center of the table, and each man’s eyes were to achieve the ininstant he gath- his Clearly I was so relieved that fight with swords that I card were intent upon thefr sport; and thus, as it chanced, I had an excellent opportunity to watch them wnob- managed For one dizzy spells? alae had plenty in reserve. Yet still, inch by ‘nch, the sable whirlwind crept up and up. And now they swung around the profound respect for the imventor of | the plan. If we had been acquaint: ances of long standing, each knowing the other’s merits as a marksman, that would be one thing; but as it was dead, for I knew nothing of the fencer’s art. I was far from happy ‘neither of us had the slightest clue to the ability of the other. Then, too, in my mind. there was the moonlight, bound to afSurprisingly soon, however, I heard fect the straightest aim. And thus the sound of footsteps outside, the the more I pondered, the more elusive door opened, and George appeared. How far’ could | “Well?” I queried eagerly, “what do the preblem appeared. I advance in safety? I could not tell, we fight with? Swords?” but ZI resolved, more strongly than Infinitely to my relief, he shook his ever, to try to draw his fire, running head. “No,” he answered as he seatthe risk that his bullet might find a ed himself, “it’s not to be swords. mortal spot. Nothing short of that, I Renfrew makes an unusual proposal. figured, would stop me; and his pistol It seems that there is a long, narrow once emptied, I. should have him at sand spit a little way off the shore. my mercy. He suggests that we place one of you at one end of this island, the other at Thus I marched along, the tiny waves rippling into silver at my feet, the other, giving each of you a pistol, while away to the north the outlines with one load only, and a knife. At of the land loomed softly thramgh the the word you are free to do what you And now I had reached the please; shoot, advance, hold your . haze. end of the sand spit, and wheeling ground, anything. It’s a bit unusual, about, saw the figure of my antagonist I confess; I’ve never heard of a duel at the opposite extremity, while our of just that sort. But I suppose it’s two seconds had paddled oif a short fair enough. Don’t you?’- nN we a A quarter-mile left to go. | oa ig ViI—Continued ~—{i— eaean CHAPTER OES every day find you lame, stiff and achy? Do you feel tired and drowsy— suffer nagging backache, headache and Whole Wheat at its best in tempting flaky form—and it cooks in 5 minutes]! City, No. 1--1928 Cy Nd |