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Show " 1 j i rI " ' V M d .lit i vnIAOF By m j I Colds Cost PINES H It it ttllmattJ thai a ntfltrn from coUt kan thrme day tim rwa ceor. in a ytar. FORTIFY YOURSELF AGAINST HONORE WILLSIE COLDS, (Ct by FrsAsrlek A. Btoksa O0 GRIPPE THE START FROM STORY Lydla Dudley, wllh her baby slslsr, I'HtlenoB, returns from an afternoon of play to their untidy home, the lnoverlsiied household of her X'ther, Amos Dudley, In Daks City. Her father'! friend and her own duvoted admirer, John Levlne, are discussLand Is ing affairs In goitlnu more valuable every day. Aiim.s ihlngH Hint It Is time the Indians, who occupy a reservation twenty iniloa away, were moving In order that the white men might huvo this land. John Levlne, after talking thlnKB over, announces his Intention of going Into politics. The next day, Lydla, Kent I'ailenc.e and companion, Moulton, pluylng by the lake, are accosted by an old B(juaw who Uvea on the reservation. Lydla gives her food. Margery, small daughter of Dave Marshall, the town's banker, Joins them. Margery falls Into the water. I'ulled out unhurt but frightened, she la tuken home by Lydla and Kent. Her father calls on Amos to complain, blaming Lydla and Kent for the mishap. Lydla explains the accident, and nays that because .Margery Is "stuck up" sh Is not a popular playmate. Marshall arranges for Lydla to teach Margery to become "one of tha crowd." Levlne tells Amos his plan to take timber from the Indian reservation and ultimately have It opened for settlemont. Continued CHAPTER IV 5 I.yl!a struck the kind old hand from her shoulder and dashed out of She ran through the snow the hoy-ie- . to n Klniit pine by the Kate und boat her ftts against It fur how lorj? she did liot know. l'aln In her bruised hands and the Intense cold finally A brought her to her senses. that was partly Inherent and partly the result of too early knowledge of Rrlef came to her rescue. With h Ioiir; sigh, hhe walked steadily Into the house and Into the room where the buby sister lay In a stupor, breathing stertorously. The doctor and Amos were there. Mrs. Norton was now soothing I.lzr.le Jii the kitchen, now obeying the doc tor's orders. Amos did not stir from h!.i chair by the bed, nor speak a word, all that night. The doctor was n his shirt sleeves, prepared to fight as best he could. "Co out, said Poctor Fulton, quietly. '"She'll want me," replied the child. "M.e's In a stupor und wou't miss you. I.ydls. She Is not suffering" at all. .Now, I want you to ro to bed like n food Klrl." "I wou't." said Lydla, quietly. "Lydla," the doctor went on. as If lie were talking to a grown person, "all jour life you will be grateful to rue. If I make you obey nie now. I know tho wild nerves of yours, too ! mill ti aid early controlled. Lydla, pn t lied!" e Nut hfiiiue she feared him but some knowledge beyond her years told her of his wisdom. l ydla f.eitid rinri'tice Ivinbey In the ttiri . j ri'iiiii mil with lnT and a blan-k'li!i p! tuider her father's bed. Into corner here she lay the j.,r:i i Sill hi. til d.iwn, Someone clo"d the '! mr H i, i 'l.e room then. nt;d short-iy- , Belf-contr- be-cnu- - fcl e i'i hi'.-.d.iys, ibe like of which the shortest days of ure tin- - lmp-M- , lift', the tioUe Vinl rci'irnel ti the rvndsatd of l!s old routine, 'I !) place .nd bf.'ii fumigated. Lydla bad j Lord hi l.t r bedroom ever'hli:j: thHt !eo! bciol U'd to the baby. Ir.id locked ".lie im r and had moved her-rinto . Ir s rooMi. ! Amos departed before ,is tina! with hi dinner pal!. ',,ke ;iti old man, over the lf ! ,..;: lie .::r ntittne win on the , and h tie but the bo.j M e S Not ti iloctor. tll ,.,) Jp boon nll.ivvrd lu lome to vine the Mi little family, elceptlng i; liti'b-rtiiker- ,;.., the V.'t.i er L.tt'i.i mid t.1?! the nioriring ili'l J the coMni'e Sever !nce 1,'icy tad Mv ! in It bad the little houe been so ;.'ik and piiii. At nin, they ,it i to liiDi h in piindor of clmnd t!,;it lioole the pine l,e sinm-pethan ever to them hot),. Neither ti lled much. A liitervtiU, !t(irs run down !! I.'.r,.!e' wrlt.kVd ( hiu sad I.ydls 'ooVed nt her wmolt t ,niv. r, ;t ,; Ljdia hud tioi oh..! a tl'f 'n e her cheek n wef, i, :trl.t ( , r l:nd wi-- e. i. and ireju.lrd u;i,j 1(,r stun to h a bed. 'Yo,l no t rut. rhl'.h. V'i'l haven't eRt imiiH to ket t i ,;r,f (oiv,, Slie--- " put In rb ib'-.vt- eti l'r Tlu.r.. w i bim-- on ulP ,t,,ri BM,j r to o.eii li. I . iik". Kent !' Kent it w,4, mi,) roy Ids o r l is shoulders. I wa'.kt d Itiin the g room d.ril.etuleijr. "Ilel'o I tips." he nM, "1 i Hni n,t tq see jo-i'bri!!in reent s." Lyii'.H Inn Is. lilted "iih, hem. im o giid: I'.ut cam ii f ,:f tf)!,dlid '1 r rip j d' kte hr We're Whst the a I care hwikles nwsy '.sy I e. jou qiisratitiiifj." sevetiterti thunder bucs returned Kent, grurily, from Lydls'a appesllng '.rtis Uufhed. as She alwsva embarrassed. "Aw that's nothing," he muttered. "Where's my coat? Maybe I'I; come out again tomorrow, If I ain't goi anything better to do." AH the rest of the winter after-nn, Lydla slept. Amos came home at s .'ven and he and Lizzie ate supper In silence except for the old lady's story of Kent's visit. 'Toor young one," muttered Amos, looking slowly toward the quiet blond head on the faded brown cushion. "I'm glad she's a child and '11 forget It soon." Lizzie gave Amos a curious glance. "You don't know Lydla, Amos," she said. lie did not seem to hear her. He moved his chair toward the stove, put his feet on the fender, lighted his pipe and then sat without moving until n At the oaths. Kent'g astonishing sound of the laughter, old Lizzie gave a sigh as though some of her own ilu tense nerves had relaxed. "Now see here," growled Kent, "they've got no business to shut you up this way. You come out and Bkate for a while. We won't meet anybody at this end of the lake." "Just the thing, quarantine or not!' "And I'll exclaimed Lizzie, briskly. cook a surprise for the two of you. Keep her out tin hour, Kent." Lydla silently got Into overcoat and and pulled on her Tatn leggings She brought her Ekatea o'Shanter. from the kitchen and the two children made their way to the lake shore. With unwonted consideration, Kgnt helped Lydla strap on her skates. Then the two started, hand In hand, up the lake. They skated well, as did most of the children of the community. The wind In their faces was bitter difficult. cold, making conversation Whether or not Kent was grateful for this, one could not say. lie watched Lydla out of the tall of his eye und as the wind whipped the old red Into her cheeks, he began to whistle. They hud been going perhaps fifteen minutes when the little girl stumbled several times. "What's the matter, Lyd?" asked o. Kent. "I don't know," she panted. "I I guess I'm tired." "Tired ulreadyl Gosh I And you've always worn me out Come on up to the shore, and I'll make a fire, so's you can rest." Lydla, who always had scorned the thought of rest, while at play, followed meekly and stood In silence while Kent without removing his skates hobbled up the bank and pulled some dead branches to the shore. Shortly he had a bright blaze at her feet. He kicked the snow off a small Lydlat" e it.i-erfii- DR. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY All Dealers. Liquid or Tablets, FH OVEB'j . m YEARS! I vide remedy for kidney, question. Lizzie pointed to the couch, where, undisturbed, Lydla slept on. "Good!" said John. He drew his chair up beside Amos, and the two fell Into conversation. It must have been nine o'clock when Lydla opened her eyes to hear Amos say fretfully : "I tell you. I went to hlrn today us I'll go to no man aguln. I begged him to renew the note, but he Insisted his duty to the bank wouldn't let him. 1 told hlrn It would put you In a terrible tix, that you'd gone on the note when you couldn't afford It. He grinned a devil's grin then and said. 'Amos, I know you've got nothing to lose In this. If you had, for the sake of your children I mean Lydla, I'd hold off. I'.ut Levine can 111 It up!" "So L could, ordinarily." said Levlne In u troubled voice, .'i'.ut It Just happens that everything I've got on earth Is out to hung onto that pine section of mine up In Hear county. I'm mortgaged up to my eyebrows. Marshall knows It and sees a chance to get hold of the pines, low-voice- d shoe-stringe- d-- hlml" n Lydla sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Well I Well young Lydla," cried Levine. "Had a Une sleep, didn't 1 J oil I" "I'm awful hungry." said the child, i'.iess your soul," exclaimed Ll.zle, worlj" liver as; bladder disorders, rheumatic: lumbago and uric acid condition r.efore the Civil war, flatbnntlng was common along the Ohio river. When autumn came, It w as nn every day occurrence to see boats loaded with produce pnsslng by. There would be apUHi!il.g theni. ples from Itart and llmne on the "See if oc enn get her to eat, Upper Ohio; cnbbnge, potatoes, salt and coal, all going to the cotton and Kent,'' said l.lr.fle. "Sure, shell nt." Knt answered sugar plantations below Memphis and her. "(limine Iihi k my hanky. Lyd I" Hed river. Trior to the Civil war, roal 1 l7rle keen bulk at Lydla's was boated the same ns other products give tear stained f oe and turned abruptly to the lower river. After that period, She Cntne back In a coal began to be carried in barges Into the kitchen drawn by towboats. Twenty, thirty, moment to find Lydla silently eating what heiit bad set before her. forty and fifty years ago. Immense Krnt ate hugely and talked without tows of coal were brought out from cessation. About what, Lydla did not Pittsburgh whenever the til lo wo suf know, for the sleep that had been fieletitly high. Those Were the ihivs denied her was claiming her. She did of "Second Pool," and "l ourth Pool" tad know that she utmost burled her Yohognny coal, and millions of bushhead In her second cup of cmoi, nor els were brought dwn the river by powerful tow bn ills. that Kt ui helped curry her to the the-iAfier tre war, tl.e r.ttbnatloc Inro'i h behind ti e living room base burner. terests way to t( c s She sbk? Shall I get the Moio at,.! more the railways tori" be whlxptrel s old opened i;p i.n i. mi. try iti1;l ('aM.i.nt-!'itin ked 'iuvl over her. a oir,g business and was "Siikl No! No! M,o s ,j, finally nh.itiloned. The country for st'ep. She's tieiMier cried nor chi f the Mississippi became Sctlltd. The tier had a d ii tit hour of sleep s'uee produce raised there was delivered ti It happened And now, thanks to you. the railway by the Southern markets stie s done all three. Toy are a good mere quickly and more cheaply thnn It boy, Kent Moulton." could be delivered by ihe bnmen. A baby has only one defense ketU luoktd sudden! foolish and Tbt lower hh h wss once Mississippi, Ing; hnJ It seems to be ample. rail-wa- Ll.-r.1- l)isimli? v, by stiller when skin troubles jka't'1 so easily to the healing touch ijH a 3 tt CWMriMWai d, Jvi e qua: 1 .rooks nave their vanities, jj .1 Char; tliey like to ne called "clever g-Tti- e the l;'vsp;ipers. tiro 4 f jI Drink Water If am '''"fc to at lal tVMa op Kidneys Botheffc' by i v a. ment cam Take a Tablespoonful of Salti Back Pains or Bladder It Irritated I m! l iY and Flush your kidneys by drlnl: day, also quart of water salts oceKionaIl.v. Hays a nob: thorlty. who tolls us that too i rich food forms acids which tf paralyze the kidneys In their to expel It from the blood. Tb come slusglidi and weaken; the may suffer with n dull misery kidney reclon, sharp pain k back or sick headache, dlzzines? Ptomaeh sours, tonptie Is coatc'. when the weather Is bad yot rheumatic twlnues. The uriD ct cloudy, full of sediment, the often pet sore and lrrltnt.-i- . you to seek relief two or three durlne the nl;ht. To help neutralize these Irr nclds: to help cleanse the kMw flush off the body's urinous wa four ounces of Jad Halts fro pharmacy here. Take a in a glass of water before I fast for a few days, and your fainou This may then net fine. made from the add of prnp lemon Jnlce, combined with lilt 1ms been used for years to he! und stimulate since'"" kl'!nT ' to neutralize the adds In th thw fft.stt ttrt !fifitif Irritate, s. r rcllevlnc Madder weakne-' taM-fu- Jad Salts Is Injure nn.ltiink cent IneM-'tisIv- It of ra icen t Thtc l m "Hie a nd ui very 'r J, we house er kii minimi Proxim e: The more i p ri. in e u makhii; retoluihtns the finality he turns out. 9 m est drink. lithla-wate- r I J , I orothe f they or or of njr 'ie ror The exclusive Lu.lfn mcn-- i the thol blend cools oncp re-I-J brine qoK-lief to irritutcd air passnpe! Zwfcsp, KETHX J terrlc Boothcs JLUDEN'S V.fn fpem to his n prop"" .. it Hint . tvillle tin" control J COUCH '" i.i-i- " , produo - ""'" rat ! SureReliSdjHuI rt r use 'Tar I : r ... jmrTflIT Kl.rly 'i V weep. (TV dire. "n, 1 no! , tie.-ii!!,- i I correct internal troubles, stimulate viti organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Iasi 'In ho on the original genuine Gold Mewl kcfii old s dc ; 'r HAARLEM 0IL River Traffic Before Days of "Iron Horse" home." 'Id l.l?r!e Wn watching for theru and when they came Mumping into the diiilr.g room, tia-found a pitcher of .reaming on on and h plate of bread and 'o.fer wl:h hot gligrrhrcud s 4 ' haarlem oil has been a "Le-vlue- ," "Sit down here where you get the warmth," he ordered, his voice as gruff as he could make it. Lydla sat down obediently, her mlt- tened hands clasping her knees. Kent stood staring at his little chum, lie Shortly He Had a Bright Blaze at Her took lu the faded blue tarn, the outFeet grown coat, the red mittens, so badly mended, the leggings with patches on stamping of feet and a hearty rap on the knees. Then he eyed the heavy the door roused hlrn. Lizzie let John circles around her eyes and the droop In. to the mouth that was meant to be was Levlne's first "Where's Kent was only a boy, but he was mature In spite of his heedless ways. Staring at the tragedy In Lydla's rav ished little face, a sympathy for her pain as real as It was unwonted swept over him. Suddenly he dropped down beside her on the log and threw his boyish arms about her. Tin so doggone sorry for you, Ly dla !" he whispered. Lydla lifted startled eyes to Ids. Never before had Kent shown her the slightest affection. When she saw the sweetness und sympathy In his brown gaze: "till. Kent," she whispered, "why did Cod let It happen I Why did lie?" and she burled her face on his shoul- r and begnn to sob. Softly at tlrst. then with u racking agony of tears Kven a child Is wise In the matter Kent's lips trembled, but of grief, he made no attempt to comfort Lydla. lie only held her tightly und watched the lire with bright, unseeing eyes. And afler what seemed a long, longtime, the sobs grew les. I'lhnllv, he slipped n pocket handkerchief Into Lydla's hand. It was amy with use Im! of a comforting s!,-"Wipe y...r eye, old !;! . he said In r ;natsr of fact tone. I ve go! to j.i;t Ilie t:re out. S" s we can slatt home." Lydwt inopjed her fiice und by the time Kent hud the Cre smothered with l.o was standing, sad eyed but M.ow, culm except for dry -- ..l. Kent picked up !,o ( the s'l. k lie had brought for the I re. " "at. h ho 11," he Mid. I'll pull von Mar"I'll warm your supper up for you In blue eyes anxiously fixed on face. shall's minute." a lie nodded. "Yes. When your Lydla stood with hands outstretched was sick, your father asked mother tumbled, hair her to the base burner, her glance traveling from Amos to my bank here to lend hlrn a thousand dollars for two years. Now, your faLevlne. "What makes Mr. Marshall act so?" ther Is very poor. He doesn't own anything that's worth a thousand dolshe asked. lars and I knew he could never pay It "little your said girls Levlne, "Sho," So I told him he must get such hack. age don't know anything about someone to promise to pay that money here. Come Amos? do they, things, You shall eat your supper on my for him If he couldn't, at the end of the two years. Understand?" lap." "I'm getting too old for laps," said Lydla nodded. never"Well, he got John Levlne. Now Lydla, coming very willingly theless within the compass of John's, the two years are up and unless that long arms. "lSut I love you next to thousand dollars Is paid, the people whose money I take care of In the ldaddy now, In all the world." ana Knees bank, will each lose some of that thouJohn swept her to his moSee? sand. a hers for his cheek ngulnst put Lydla stared at him, struggling to ment, while tears gleamed In his black "I see," she take In the explanation. eyes. "Eat your supper and go to bed, said. "But If you'd pay a thousand dollars for me, that would tlx It all Lydla," said Amos. "Don't be so cross, Amos," pro- up." tested Levlne. "Why Lydla, do you mean yon would leave your father?" "God knows I'm not cross to Ly"I wouldn't want to," she answered dla of all people In the world," sighed Amos, "but she worries over money earnestly, "but Lizzie could take care matters Just the way her mother did of daddy. He doesn't really need me. und I want to tlulsh talking this over There Isn't anybody really needs me needs me now " with you." She swallowed a sob, then went on. "There's nothing more to talk about," Levlne's voice was short "Mr. Levlne just mustn't pay 1L He's "Let him call In the loan, the fat awful worried. His hind's fixed so's he'd never get over It. And he's the hog I" Lydla slept the long night through. best friend we have In all the world. She awoke refreshed and renewed. He Just musn't pay It It would kill After first adjusting heiself to the mother, If she knew. Oh, she hated awful sense of loss, whlci Is the worst borrowing so." Marshall chewed his cigar. of waking In grief, the recollection of he growled, "Is a the conversation she had heard the night before returned with sickening crook." vividness. After she had wiped the Lydla flew out of her chair and breakfast dishes for Lizzie she stood shook her fist in the banker's face. for a long time at the living room win- "Don't you dare say that I" she cried. dow with Florence Dombey In her "He's a dear lamb, that's what he Is." Dave's fat Jaw dropped. "A dear arms, staring at the lake. Finally, she tucked the doll up comfortably on the lamb, eh? Ask him some time what a couch and announced to Lizzie that land 6hark Is a dear lamb?" she was going skating. He went on chewing his cigar and An hour later, Dave Marshall heard Lydla returned to her chair. Whether his clerk protesting outside his door It was the anxious round eyes, above and t childish voice saying, "Hut the scarlet cheeks, whether It was fhe please, Just for a minute. He likes wistful droop of the childish Hps, whether It was the look that belongs nie. He truly does." Then the door opened and Lydla, to ravished motherhcod and seemed breathless and rosy and threadbare, grossly wropg on a child's face, came Into his Ilttl private office. whether It was some thought of h!i She closed the door and stood with owti jumpered little daughter, whether It was that curious appeal Lydla alher back against It, unsmiling. "I'm In quarantine," she said, "so ways made to men, or a combination I won't come near you." of all, tfiat moved Marshall, he could "Why. Lydla:" exclaimed Marshall, not have tdd. Put suddenly he burst "where did you come from!" forth. "Home. Mr. Marshall, won't you "Good Cod, Tve done hard things In fix daddy s note If he gives you me?" my life, but I can't do this! Lydla, "Huh!" ejaculated Marshall you go home and tell your father I'll "You wild last fall," the child went renew that note, but he's got to pay on, her voice quavering but her eyes the Interest and 10 per cent of the resolute, "that If daddy ever wanted principal, every year till he's paid It to sell me, you'd buy me. I think I up. Here, I'll write It down. And tell ought to be worth a thousand dollars. him that I'm not dlnjr It for him or I can do so much work around the for that skunk of a Levlne, but I'm house and help you train Margery! I doing It for jou. Here, I'll write that cun work hard. You ask John Le- down, too." vlne." He folded the bit of paper and put Marshall's fat face was purple and It In an envelope. "Come here," he then pale. said. He pinned the note Into th "Does your father know you're pocket of her blouse. 'Understand, here, Lydla?" he asked. Lydia," he said In a low voice, tilt She clasped her mlttened hands In Ing her head up so that he looked sudden agitation. down Into her eyes, 'Tin buying your "Nobody knows but you," she friendship with this. You go on liv"Oh! you mustn't tell the ing with your father and taking care man out there my name. I'm in quar- of him, but I'm buying your friendship antine and I'd be arrested. If the for me and Margery for good aud health oir.ee knew!" all." He looked out of the window "I won't tell," said Dave, gently. with a curious air of abstraction. "Come over here by me, Lydla. MarThen, "button your coat and run Is on a away visit, so I'm not along." gery afraid for her." "I haven't thanked you," exclaimed Lydla crossed the room. Marshall Lydia. "I can't thank you. oh. but took the skates from her shoulders thank you, Mr. Marshall - I I H b,0 und unfastened her coat. began to tremble violently. "Sit down on that chair and let's roared Marshall. "And you talk this over. You know what a note tell"Stop!" to look out for your father your Is, do you, Lydla?" nerves. Now skip." And Lydla'a "It's money you owe," she said, her trembling stopped and she skipped. She did not tell Llr!e of her errand and that faithful soul was' too glad to sc. her eat her dinner to think tn ask her why she had skated so h'hg. She laid an envelope at her known as a paradise both for the fathers plate and when he sal down, steamboat man and the flatboHt man. silent and Hhstructed, without heedthe Itch, she shook her head at has almost lost Its reputation of oh! ing days. The days of the big cotton and Llrzle who whs about to protest, "Whered this come from?" ha passenger steainhonts. 0nd of the broadhorn and Its Jolly rrow have asked, abseiiimindedly opening the en gone forever, us have the red man and v elope, Then. "For (knit sake) I.y. dia where? how?" the buffalo. Indianapolis star. "It whs like this." sab! Lydla. And she gave a full history of her mornTurning the Table$ ing's visit, to her two speechless lisA class of children were wrestling teners. with a lesson In arithmetic, mid the Aiims looked from Lydl to Utile, scholars found thst fraction, were ton from Llr.Tie to L)d!. much for them. The trouble "Lj dia -- my little daughter " ha started when Utile declared thHt she faltered. "I wont forget It, Lydla, would rather have half a pi u,HI, Li spite of little Patiences going, two thirds of It. you've taken ten years off me this "How often have I tried to drive It night. What do you suppose John Into you." said the exasperated tench-er- , IevSlio will say?' "that two thirds of nnythltig Is He'll say." rrplird I.ydls, "'If you more than n half? Now yoii nl) ktiow" were teli ers older, Lydla, and I nhe went on. "that In'ris prefers n were ten year younger, and 1 11 say small portion f p!,. !rt a ,,,.. j,,,.,. 'then we d travel.' " PUMiy rl.ild. Isn't She?" Doris, having been , j, M How Hum), i of stupidity, loving thoughtf u'r put up h r hand. txn hrtl tie wound In a tnlld'a "Well." asked the teacher, sharply. heart Is shown, and bow a bnv "Ploso, miss," sasj Hon, in oungter can orcom obstas'tiall, ! r, piping voice, "I don't like tt forth In tht cle!, pie." long-legge- log. merry. 4X M it Tom up your loin ''"""flOTMTfTT W. N, csi..i '"""TV5!I 1 4 And'"""""'!, Salt W C'y. M 1 f X U ( , i |
