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Show aY. THE MP U --V tiosmamsBwwam fopymettr not tr A.cma.uQ ce. 'iLBUR Mrs. ays: ill ur r r - t mm jt, - nmmmmm ft su r The story opens with the shipwreck o( BtfamtT on which Mini Genevieve e, Ualle, an American lielnws, Iord an Kngliahman, and Totn Blake, lruHiue American, wre paaaenKra. were toaaed upon an unlnhab-Re- d fha three Inland and were the only uiimi not frowned. BlHke recovered from a drunk- atupor. lilako, ahunned on the boat, tecauae of hi routchneM, became a Iito U preaerver of the helnlea pair. The KnKllnhman wui suing (or the hand of Mlea Lealle. Uluke atarted to ewtm bark to the sli lp to recover what waa left. Blake returned safely. Wlnthrope waetcd ale laat match on a clgarotte, for which e waa acored by Plake. Their tlrat meal a dead Huh. Tho trio aturtcd a ten title hike for hlaher land. Thlrat attacked them. Klake waa compelled totarry Mlea Ialle on account of wearlfle taunted wininrop. iney en- tared the lunele. That nlsrht waa paaacd fooatlna; hitch In a tree. The next morning; they dcacemled to the opn attain, a all three conwlructed liata to shield from the aun. They then learned food. the only procurable tn coroantita, Ialle allowed . a liking-- for niake, tie Win-fcirop- them-telve- Led by Hliike ut defeated hla thev eatabllahed a home In aome. cllrTa. Blake found a freah water eprlng-- Mlaa lealle faced an unpleaaant eltuation. They planned their campaign. Blake hla aurveyor'a nrngnlfylnf Klaaa, thua Inaurlng lire. I la atarted a Junjle roug-hneas- CHAPTER IX. Continued. Blake picked a path along tbe edge of the rill, where the moist vegetation, though scorched, had refused to burn. After the first abrupt ledge, up which Blake had to drag his companions, tbe ascent was easy. But as they climbed around an outfitting corner of the steep right wall of the cleft Wake muttered a curse of disappointment. He could now see that the cleft did not run to the top of the cliff, but through It, like a tiny box canyon The sides rose sheer and smooth as walls. Midway, at the highest point of the cleft, the baobab towered high above the ridge crest, Its gigantic trunk filling a third of the breadth of It (he little gorge. Unfortunately tood close to the left wall. Here's luck for you!" growled Blake. "Why couldn't the blamed old free have grown on the other side? We might have found a way to climb we'll have to smoke out It. Gue another toward.. We're no nearer those blrdi nests than we were yea . r One Moment After Another Passed, terday.' exclaimed look here!" Jovt, "fly Miss Leslie followed, hardly, less Wlnttrpe. "This is our chance for curious. antelope! Here by the spring are "Are they all dead, Mr. Blake?" she bamboos real bamboos and only Inquired. half the thicket burned." "Wiped out whole family. The old "What of them?" demanded Blake. cat stayed by her kittens, and all "Hows arrows and did you not smothered lucky for us! Get agree that they would make knives?" busy with together those bamboos, Win. I'm "Umph we'll see. What Is It, Miss going to have these skins, and the Jenny?" sooner we get the cub meat hung up a In hole the tree?" "Isn't that big and curing, tho better for us." "Looks like It These baobabs are "Leopard meat again!" rejoined often hollow, Wlnthrope. "Perhaps that Is where the leopard "Spring leopard, young and tender! added his den," wlnthrope. lad more could you ask? Get a What and "Shouldn't wonder. We'll white-face- move on you." "Can I do anything, Mr. Blake?" asked Miss Leslie. "Hunt a shady spot." "But I really mean it." "Well, If that's straight, you might go on along the gully, and see if there's any place to get to the top. You could pick up sticks on the way back, if any are left We'll have to we fumigate this tree hole before It residence." a for adopt "Will it be long before you finish with youi- - with the bodies?" "Well, now, look here, Miss Jenny; it's going to be a mess, and I wouldn't mind hauling the carcasses clear down the gully, out of sight if It was to be the only time. But it's not and you have got to get used to it. sooner or later. So we'll start now." "I suppose, If I must Mr. Blake Really, I wish to help." "Good. That's something like! Think you can learn to cook?" "See what I did this morning." Blake took the cord of cocoanut fiber which she held out to him, and tested Its strength. "Well, I'll be blessed!" he said. "This Is something like. If you don't look out you'll make quite a camp-matMiss Jenny. But now, trot along. This Is hardly arctic weather, and our abattoir don't Include a plant. The sooner these Iambi are dressed, the better." e, cold-storag- CHAPTER X. Problems In Woodcraft. JI'T A WAS no pleasant sight and He Stood Poised for the Shock. er, and forced herself to look at the revolting sight. She found It still more difficult to withstand the odor of tbe fresh blood. Wlnthrope was pale and nauseated. The sight of his dis tress caused the girl to forget her own loathing. She drew a deep breath, and succeeded in countering Blake's expectant look with a half-smil"How well are you getting along!" she exclaimed. "Didn't think you could stand it But you've got grit all right, if you are a "Say, lady," Blake said admiringly. you'll make it yet! Now, how about the gully?" "There Is no place to climb up. It runs along like this, and then slopes down. But there Is a cliff at the end, . as high as these walls." "Twenty feet," muttered Blake, "Confound the luck. It Isn't that jump-off- ; but how in h6w are we going to get up on the cliff? There's an everlasting lot of omelettes In those birds' nests. If only that bloom- In' how's that, Win, me b'y? that bloomln', blawsted baobab waa on t'other side. Tbe wood's almost soft as punk. We could drive in pegs, and climb up tbe trunk." 'There are other trees beyond it,' remarked Miss Leslie. "Then maybe we can shin "I fear the branches that overhang the cliff are too slender to bear any weight." "And it's too infernally high to climb up to this overhanging baobab limb." "I say," ventured Wlnthrope, "if we had an ax, now, we might cut up one of the trees, and make a ladder." "Oh, yes; and If wo had a ladder, we might climb up the cliff!" "But, Mr. Blake, Is there not some way to cut down one of the trees? The tree itself would lie a ladder if it fell in such a way as to lean against the: cliff." 'There's only the penknife." an swered Blake. "So I guess we'll have to scratch eggs off our menu card Spring leopard for ours! Now, if you really want to help, you might scrape tho soup bones out of your boudoir, and fetch a lot more brush. It'll take a big fire to rid the hole of that cat smell." "Will not the tree burn?" have "No; these hollow baobabs green bark on the Inside as well as out. Funny thing, that! We'd liavo to keep a fire going a Ions to burn through." "Yet it would burn In tlm?" "Yes; but we're not going to " "Then why not burn through the trunk of one of those small trees, instead of chopping it down?" "By Leek, Miss Jenny, you've got an American headpiece! Come on. Sooner we get the thing started, the up" seaone, which grew nearest to the ward side of the cleft. "Here's our ladder," he said. "Get Pound the bushes, some firewood. before go poking Into you though, them. May be snakes her"." "Snakes? oh!" cried Miss Leslie, and she stood shuddering at the dan ger she had already Jaenrred. The fire had burnt ltsoir out on a bare ledge of rock between them and the baobab, and the clumps of dry brush left standing In this end of the cleft were very suggestive of snakes, now that Blake had called attention to the possibility of their presence. Ho laughed at his hesitating companions. "Go on, go on! Don't squeal till you're bit. Most snakes hike out If you give them half a chance. Take a stick each of you, and pound the bushes." Thus urged, bolh started to work. But neither ventured into the thicker clumps. When they returned, with large armfuls of sticks and twigs, they found that Blake had used his glass to light a handful of dry bark, out In the sun, and was nursing it Into a small fire at the base of the tree, on the side next the cliff. "Now, Miss Jenny," he directed, "you're to keep this going not too big Same time you a fire understand? can keep on fetching brush to fumigate your cat hole. It needs it, all right." "Will not that be rather too muck for Miss Leslie?" asked yinthrope. "Well, if she'd rather come and rub brains on the skins, Indian tan, you know, or " "How can you mention such things before a lady?" protested Wlnthrope "Beg your pardon, MIhs Leslie! you see, I'm not much used to ladles' company. Anyway, you've got to see and hear about these things. And now I'll have to get the strings for Win's bamboo bows. Come on, Win. We've got that old tabby to peel, and a lot more besides." Miss Leslie's first Impulse was to protest against being left alone, when at any moment some awful venom ous serpent might come darting at ber out of the brush or the crevices in the rocks. But her lips drew firmly together, and after a moment's hesitancy, she forced herself to the task which had been assigned her. The fire, once started, required little attention. She could give most of her time to gathering brush for the fumigation of the leopard den. She had collected quite a heap of fuel at the entrance of the hollow, when she remembered that tbe place would first have to be cleared of Its accumulation of bones. A glance at her companions showed that they were in the midst of tasks even more revolting. It was certainly disagree able to do such things; yet, as Mr, Blake had said, others had to do them, It was now her time to learn. She could see him smile at her hesitation, Stung by the thought of his half- contemptuous pity, she caught up a forked stick, and forced herself to en ter the tree-cavThe stench met her like a blow. It nauseated and all but overpowered her. She stood for several moments in the center of the cav ity, sick and faint. Had It been even the previous day, she would have run out into the open air. Presently she grew a little more accustomed to the stench, and began to rake over the soft, dry mold of the den floor with her forked stick Bones! who had ever dreamed of such a mess of bones? big bones and little bones and skulls; old bones, dry and almost burled; moldy bones; bones still with bits of flesh and gristle the remnants of the leopard family's last meal. At last all were scraped out and flung in a heap, three or four yards away from the entrance. Miss Les He looked at the result of her labor with a satisfied glance, followed by a sigh of relief. Between the heat and her unwonted exercise, she was great ly fatigued. She stepped around to a shadier spot to rest With a start she remembered the fire. When she reached It there were only a few dying embers left. She gathered dead leaves and shreds of fibrous inner bark, and knelt beside the dull coals to blow them Into life. She could not bear the thought of having to confess her carelessness to Blake. half-parte- half-covere- (TO BK CONTINUED.) Drudgery In the Kitchen. The path of progress Is clear. There is no more reason why the woman In modern civilization should scrub and cook and darn and dust than there Is why these things should be done The development of imby men. proved machinery and the growth of labor saving devices of all kinds will finally obviate the necessity of doing these things each day In each home . tho land. through which Miss Leslie would have slipped into better." we are slowly learning to greet as a Neither Wlnthrope nor Miss Leslie tho hollow of the baobab with her friend, will overcome the drudgery armful of fagots and brush; but Blake was reluctant to leave the vicinity of and make the life of a woman as eu carcases.the the waved a bloody knife above body They followed close joyable and eventful as that cf the of the mother leopard, and beckoned after Blake, around Ihe monstrous man. and Watson In Nearlng A bolo of the come nearer. baobab. the girl to little beyond It "Hold on a minute, please, he said. stood a group of slender trees, whose truuks averaged elyht Inches at the What did you find out?" Help us to remember that greatel Miss Leslie drew a few steps near base. Ulako stopped at the second than any church or creed U klcdnoss, that met Hiss Leslie's gaze upon her return. Tho neatest of butchering tau hardly be termed aesthetic; and Blake and Wlnthrope lacked both skill and tools. Bo tween the penknife and an Improvised blade of bamboo, they had flayed the two cubs and haggled oft tbe flesh. Tho ragged strips, spitted on bamboo rods, were already searing In the fierce sun-rays- U.-.-.- I J two year,Manit Wi 8YNOP8IS. "But, Mr. Blake," protested the girl, there not be other leopards?" "may ' "Might have been; but I'll bet they lit out with the other. Look how the tree la scorched. Must have been stacks of dry brush around the hole. nough to smoke out a fireman. Well look and see If they left any soup bones lying around. First, though, here's your drink. Miss Jenny, As be spoke, Blake kicked aside aome smouldering branches and led the way to the crevice whence the spring trickled from the rock Into a shallow stone basin. When all had drunk their fill of the clear cool water Blake took up his club and walked straight across to the baobab. Less than 30 steps brought him to the narrow opening In the trunk of the huge tree. At first he could make out nothIng in the dimly lit Interior; but the fetid, catty odor was enough to con vlnce him that he had found tbe leopards' den. He caught the vague outlines of a long body, crouched five or six yards way, on the far side of the hollow He sprang back, his club brandished to strike. But the expected attack did not follow. Bluke glanced about as though considering the advisability of a retreat. Wlnthrope and Miss Leslie The were staring at him. sight of their terror seemed to spur him to dare devil bravado; though his actions may rather have been due to the fact that he realized the futility of Bight, and so rose to the requirements of the situation tho grim need to stand and face the danger. "Get behind the bamboos!" he tailed, and as they hurriedly obeyed, be caught up a stone and flung it in at Ihe crouching beast. He heard the missile strike with a soft thud that told him he had not missed his mark, and he swung up his elub in both hands. Given half a chance he would smash the skull of the female as he had crushed her blinded mate. One moment after another parsed, and he stood poised for the shock, tense and scowling. Not o much ns a snarl came from within. The truth flushed upon him. "Smothered!" he yelled. The other saw him dart in through the hole. A moment later two limp grayish bodies were flung out into the open. Immediately after Blake reappeared, drugging the body of tho mother leopard. "It's all right; they're dead!" cried Wlnthrope, and he ran forward to uok a Ute bo'lli "L 1 mm go From Daily Wretchedneu Norm., D NESBIT.. o'K at Pains lower was Ufflbl, w a 'uuej p i. ..i :troUb,- e-H backache vanished. Th act normally and I elv rw.. Pills credit for this wonderful Remember the name-D- K ?." 3 Jf olft sale by all dealers, Foster-Mllbur- n so centi Co., Buffalo WHERE SHE HAD i HEARD Jackson Quite Con... .. Picked Out Biblical Nr ntr eoy, Mrs. . Tha lata Ttlchnn n, asked to baptize a negro baby "Name this child," he said J! Ing Mrs. Jackson, the mother t black mite. ' Serene she Uvea amid the rush: The clamor of the reat unheard. flhe seems In truth a living hush Here where the air with speech "Hallud." "That's a strange name. Mnu son." remarked the uhn , tatlngly. "Scripture name," rejoined happy mother, with a confident "I never saw It in the Bible." is blurred. Her slaters rlat up to defy The men whdi will not let them vot-eShe lets them rlae; ahe goes to buy A greatly-marked-dow- pony n coat Peaf to the bootless howls of thoae Who fret about the coat of thlngi, Calm and apart, ahe softly goes As one whoae aoul forever sings. Let othera. frown and kptt the brow And take dull worry to the breaat, She hears that gloves are speclala now And sets out on another quest. Her alatera mull affairs of state And tell the men folks what to do, To her not any man la great. No hero rises In hnr view; Her thoughts on nobler stuff than men. She Uvea within the realm of mind She's a. nt her evening coat again To have It cleaned and newly lined. brother, do not laugh at this. Nor think that It la acoff and sneer. We ahii-at thlnga that go amlsa But echoed ahrteks alone appear. The Ilia we have, at which we awear, Continue with us Juat the same We shake one off, then have to bear The trouble with another name. O, "Why, bishop, how kin yuh rtaif dar klddln' a ole Ignorant nlggaitf l 187 xun says dat name whenyuh says de Lawd's prayer-'- HJ be thy name!'" Success Map3 " -f Optimism. Look how easy it flies to get in through these tcrnl Landlord. Yes, but look how J it is for them to get out again! Kicker. nea, w eau, weary, watery Bj(? Relieved I3y Murine Kye Keraedy. 1 Murine For Your Kye TroubU-a- . Tog Mke Murine. It Soothes. 50c at ij vvrue for eye boom. ( itukkibi. Murine Eye Kemedy Co., Chicago, i It's difficult to convince a iJ that other women are as good u J want her to think they are. TO TRF A fOll) ! ONE DAT LAXATIVK IIKniM) Ouiiiin II It rail to . bUuVK'Sakauatura lava each bux. Take There's a lot of hot air used balloons and soaring eloquence. Serene ahe Uvea amid the claah; The tumult la a pretty thing-S- he dreams of allk, and lace, and eta ah. And bonneta that shall be thla apring. It A TRIFITNO rOlT.II will beenmcaamd one uniuM eimiiwu. AUfft .uno ii'i('"im il Ijt tlnp iu A Xic iHtttli- - In I'tricnnnoiiKh torUm at all druggUU, l&c. Wo aiitl 11.00 buttles. How men would kick if their r struck for an eight hour day. Suggestion. "We're going to have a horse show Dr. Plew'a Plramnt PHIeta ttuUt nt rale Momacb, trer anil bom-Inext week," says one gentleman from bu(U4 Skiddoopolis, Ind., "and I'm chairman Ever notice how easy It Is ic of tbe committee on awards. Now, what I want to do is to devise some save money? thing unusual and unique in the way of contests." "Yesr replies his friend. "Yes. Want something that will get the women Interested." "Offer a prize for the best driver." "But we want something new; something " "That's what I'm getting at Offer a gold medal for the woman who can drive a nail without hammering her a A WOMEN OF Ml DDL! J thumb." All New One on Him. "Is this formaldehyde? asked the professional looking cusfcmer, speakE. ing to the clerk in the d'Ug store, and Need Lydia Indicating a bottle of some sort of Vegetable Compound liquid. TtrnntfloM Ma "Ttcn troon "You've got me," answered the Vila linn hla trt Ha an trlnd nt arnrki clerk. only weighed 118 pounds. Mjtrol "I didn't know there was any such i "i dates: back to I disease as maldehyde. What is ome time that woa skin trouble? I work at the KIAV Axnpct id soda fountain, you know, but I ilk to bring on a to pick up what information I can." the Change 01 u i trot a. nniiK Pinkie it-s- Shopping. The wealthy tourist offered the keeper of the bazar a lower price for the curio. "Effendl," cries the dealer; "It cannot be. No, I would not part with this wonder for such small money. By the beard of the prophet" "Sure, I'll buy it, if it's for sale and you can guarantee that It's tbe real goods," is the reply of the Lydia E.rinkW n nnnnrl and it n me feel much bq and I have cor. Va.D-ata.iti- a tied ' I Its use. vnrr oratpfid tnw Am tinw AnlAiFlnnll 4l,a trnii Xa 'jrsTfJlfrtVT 4I4H l to K fi 11 Ho. The Chanpe of Life Is the most d Urookfield. off-han- magnate. neglect of health uiaeuag auu pain. at thla time inn Following the Advice. vfhn HiTJ thflf Hinva Is "Hank Slocum wrote to one o these known to medicine will m A that Ireauty doctors for treatment," said cessruuy carry women throapn 4 the grocer. "What'd the doctor tell him?" asked ejretable Compound, made from five roots and herbs. Mr. Meddergrass. For 80 years It has been cirrtofj "Sent him a little book that said iiiuu irom me worst iormsot beauty was only skin deep." "Hank take the trep.trrcnt?" "Guess be did.- He got skinned, all placements, fibroid tumors, lrreguJ ties, periodic pains, backache, right" nervous proHtration, - The Pangs of Want. "Yassum," says the lanky colored man who has inquired If there are any cold victuals that can be spared. "Yassum, we Is sufferln' mightily sence de rich fambly on de hill moved sway." "That is too bad." says the lady of the house. "Did you work for them?" "No'm. But mah wife did." Hie "Do you like the dizzy youth. Prsferencs. the asked Monde of the pleasant two-step?- "Slightly," he answered. "But my long suit Is the stair step. Are you engaged for the next number on that?" She was not; hut the was when they left the stair step. If yon would l.ko special ajW your nso writn a confiu Mass. Her advico isfl Lynn, I aa.ua ft bout The Army of Constipation Is Crowing Smaller Every D7 CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS en) ropoDiiLIe tliey nly (pre relief they permanent); etna Cnaitiftm . liou use -- Carte? ;j1,4a Mit, laeiititiea. Sick Heaoaclt, SaB? as. Ullt PElW UltfJ nita UUNUINE mud bear (ugnaturtt H at |