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Show shrubberies W the yard took curious, - shapes, and. Penrod kept a warjr eye upor them as he threaded his way to the kitchen jpor. ..y. ft- - opened to his hand, tevttMhf chaogln- -- The Empty House , nTllgbi thanm Thither he proceeded, bis unnerved condition being at once Improved by the sight of viands and vege--J tables, for there was a plate upon the tableat his accustomed place, and' food plenteous though graven cold. A conjunction of. suggestions, occurring as "he ate, recalled something like an echo of De'Ja'a" voice; gradually, he became susceptible Jo an Jm pression that his father and mother and sister rhad not dined at home. Then abruptly it struck him that he might be alone in the house. "All alone In an empty house!" As the words formed in Penrod's mlnd.it was as If a husky voice had uttered jScewfti a . room. Penrod Encounters AlT.Kinds of Hiir-RtbiExperiences V. By BOOTH TARKINGTON nj Wptw Eyndlota, Inc.) when the cyrea was alt black and ltsmelled'ter-rfhl-e worid utdoort wta empty of Well said the old man this Is the everything except hot sunshine. ivorst looking place I havef ever been Penrod Schofleid, in the saw-da- rt and I bet there is something terrible In box .of hU father! stable, --was as here and then some tnimai jumped out - silently busy as diligent young worm from back in there and bit him where the ottomatlck bullets had onded him the taut of a nut. la Favoring this comparison, the saw and be said Oh some animal Isblttlng dust box was naturally almost as dark me right In my woods Oh now It is as the Inside of a nut is believed to be ; bitting me where my leg got broken r "Soon the-ol- d man died and went to but Penrod worked by tha light' of a lantern, which, raised the, Temperature meet his Maker Well said Harold I - of tha box to a degree that would have wonder what. I better do So be went back n the cavren and there was some frightened a tor,....bni...aubtracted . nothing from the fever of composition. kind of something green ba Penrod was writing. (and he was afraid probly it was the old He was WTltlpgCHAPtTER TENTH mans gohst and hesaw something that of his secret novel HARold ItAMO- - looked like some eyes looking right at (Copyright, 0 July 1817, afternoon, i them soineihere-overheaHera grievously startled. "An empty house V.' . At the upper end of the table was a part of a cold ham, beside which lay dT 8 enrving-knife- r large, and Penrod, after swallowing, dryly once or twice, lunged suddenly at this implement grasped It, and stood upon the defensive. He remained lu a tuae attitude, listening; nnd there was no wundlther within the house or without; nothing could have heenlmore ominous. Finally, carving knife in hand, he went back to the kitchen, where ho had- left the ax, and returned to the dining room doubly, armed. train he stood to Ustea Suddenly Penrod whirled straight about with ax and carving knife both ftftedrto strike at something behind horn-handle- d This fabled point. In the case of Pcn rod, was becoming more and more moment Hesdffefedfrom an unpleasant conviction that he was surrounded by vital dangers, which be- tbe deadlier for each slightest made. Thesedan- movementJhat-be- gers were all. the more deadlier be cause they were undefined; the lnscru-"- t tible darkness held Secrta and, putting out his hand to feel the wall near, the. kitchen door, be encountered one of theni. 'His fingers very, very briefly closed upon something that felt like head of wet cold hair. It sank from his touch, and there was a thud upon the floor. "Oof !" moaned Penrod. the question of going out through the kitchen thus definitely settled, and when be became again conscious of his Whereabouts he was onthe second floor at the top of , the hack, stairs. Mops nad driven greater than Pen . 7 rod, r" He was sorely shaken, but not dis posed to linger la the vicinity of stairs that led toward a titchen lnhaWl by t thick-soundin- g kind. He; fled into hla hl TO OPERATE EIrt. QtuHon TcHi How Prnkiam - chanting, bruising- - himself variously In the passage 'thereto, and, abandoning his .weapons for the moment alld ids hand along the wall until It cuum to a forbidden object . that hung there. ..'!... It. was an Knflid. rifle, a muzzle-loadinrelic, last pu.t to use by grandfather on--a day tn the year 1863, and It was truly unloadod. Pen-rogot It down, pointed the muzzle of wav'eringly In the general diret-liolhlu(iF by. whteh, lui bad ctUtirml. and whispered fetfHly arid tremulously: "IJIow let's see whu-whyou were !" goln' to. do so He maintained this attitude until the weight of the extended rifle became insupportable; tttetrbe grmmdedanns and leaned against bureau, breathing even marc vehemently than before. His elbow touched a bottle ; he seized iipoatt andsmelled the conteHlSsplf? Its Of camphor. Suggestion was Im mediately-rouse- d by the memory of an boil L Ij&a. Vegetable Componni SaredHeri man saiaaiiasiimu Si -- h ' - men--ici- ne would not reach my case and 1 should have an operation. I had heard Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and often saw it adver tised in dilTerent pa pers Tfnere soma women had suffered just a I did and trot" well and strong seam by taking the Vegetable Compound. I decided to see what it would do for me, and before I had finished the fourth bottle I was much, better, the weakness stopped and the severe pains in my sides left me. I am now much stronger and do my own work and work in aie lactory besides. I am still taking the Vegetable Compound and give itallthepraTse? Mrs.NELua . "Musther Penrod I". LIFE AMONG THE ROCKY MTS. QuiLLON,17MomsSt, Muskegon, Mich, This was a hall from the bouse. Del-lit,. was Mr-- Wilsons turnto be 'Soon, Women should heed such warning ' scared and he started begging to belet the cook, emei from 'the' lfchen pains anl symptoms as bearing-dow- n in 'off and said It was not his fault and door and .stood upon the back-porc- h wealcness, for they indicate some femala bow he bad never done anything. Oh the sunset light She addressed the trouble, and a persistent and faithful oeered Harold, you did not do any- - silent stable. use of Lrdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Cli no but lMugthj-iLrenrodV rout tl Compound will seldom fail tohah OMng tothls.,pflcr-0lBia- n rTlrenF-WeTmr nf r, They" rrinylte eVeTf m$ I guess the time has come now when wheres, why can't y'answer met Yer nunt nnd one IVrirod's I the uncles, would be sorry Besides, you will have to be exsposed so just father an' mother's away fer dinner members 'of: tlie' he would get even with' them if he elrveh .Toinatntng look.here a minute I have the pajer an' so's Miss Marg'rutaa' Tm not goln1 Evening Bridge club, the lived. Thursday . to prove you committed the foregy your to wait ahl night, so if ye want anny-thln- g him. of which superintendence hospitnble his In. was nffml what He up making own self 18 long years ago that this t'eat ye better c'mln an' eat it was there except the t lnn Jind occupied most of Nothing orgajnjzn be elwnld mnnner d revenge gpnernl last-TIn old man got put the penlten Ts the cahl yel" poor bo be Twut'faced suspU'IohsIv aftupon the hoiisehojd 5trs. Sehofleld's time that evening aceonijillshed inv ror ana Been ib lone Tears in a "However, she, came to thee door five again. Thenj laylngrthe on the end her husband with er .her. return., his when the handle of door clicked dirty cell with nothing but bread and times during the gradual dusk to shout table, but keeping the knife In his with an elderly A man is as old as his organs; fuintly, and yet distinctly'; was softly daughter, from dining water and a little rice "Musther Penrod" and various warn- right hand, he stepped upon a cbalr ... .... . ali'tlve. .a door and little the, turned, can opened be as vigorous and healthy at "Yes said our hero and I have papers ings; but the stable removed his and extended left hand to the gas tiver the banistor above lenned .stolidly way. ?Q at354fheaid3 his organs in fthat ;joveeurteredjour: children unresponsive- .- Ftaa11y8e delivered a fixture, meaning to turn the Jet on extreme Delia nnd Delia (In negligee), Penrod's heart did not stop, but his and little baby daughter also real ultimatum, and when it proved in- full. But he pressed the key in. the performing their funaion8. Keep likewise demanded to know. What on breath did He lay motionless. "I dldnt either and you better look effectual, retired permanently. your vital organs healthy with' was" closed .again, gently. enTth! Then, by means of the back' doo?" The tmt how. you talk said Mr. Wilson and hall and the buck stairs, Kn lie nnd Certainly her voice had reached the LATHROP'S .Then beart and breath both botind- - nn pujered bis soul beforejiis Maker . No physical ear of Penrod, but it conveyed cousin, who hnd betrtg no doubt about It; ting qllegen sir cried be it was some irshmnn that no meaning; hla4nlad-ha- d on bnck Joined the not h porch. quietly M nvfraaA TTi ntH wn rnnm inf something had certainly opened his IVlln. ran and Kntle also wanted to know, it Penrod's self was In a horrible toy--er-n looked at him. He hud door aad ?yal Uttle baby daughter also In the Rocky mountains with Har- -' AVhntoh earth! felt it ... . "soon they atempted to put soma old Ramores, "What Is the matter, Tenrod?" his The world'Mtandardremedy for kidneyl v It was too much for closed eyes! mother walled. honkuffs on Mr. Wilson but he pulled Like many another good soul moved liver, bladder and uric add trouble Penrose lifted himself on hia' elbow out nts ottomatlck and recned .over to attempt the transmutation of vision Penrod voughed, guliwd, nnd until him and stared about whlrllngly Harolds soldher where they were Into manuscript this author was not feebly : organ. All druggists. Uiree sixes. ..r-rhis gaze became fixed In utlt-- r !" "Just struglllng and began, shooting away at aware how frail and treacherous are playing Look for tha nam Gold Medal on var upon the threshold of tfte door. A the old man but Harold reched up and the processes of the alchemy. The fact "But what made you get up?" bis bosndaeptnoliilutioa of thread warily clong glimmered light mother cried. caught hold of his hand with his band jhat words are fixed symbols of things threshold.-that and took the ottomatlck away and held concerned Penrod little; he thought "(let up where?" Shaking to the verge of spasms Pen-roTHICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS binvTintll the old man could get the that the words he set upon the paper I slipped away and of. bed! '"(lut hankuffs on him. gathered his weniiorts again. lr.o',ieii in your room awhile ago awl meant a the things he heard and felt that make a bono WheJZe, Roar, have Then the light disappeared, and you were sound asleep. What did you There sneered the old man when he and snw, in his mind's eye, as he wrote bo rodueed wtf h" there was darkness and silence, nnd get up and dress fi.rTml was all tied np tight I guess you are' things which so stirred. and thrilled I ' "1 was silence, ami silence! just pretending!" in a nice nx now just like the way I Urn that his hand had begun to tremAnd whatever the color of tliegToriiP used to be for 16 long years. Ha Ha ble as if sped, faster and faster, across "Pretending wlmtr. beneath tlie door, the thread that re"Just jiretendlng." Ho do you like it and went on tnntlng the pages. ;:rr. . .... s mained upon the fixed retina if Tic answered, absently andfn a him, with bis .hepless condition Yes He shook with horror of the awful also other Bunches or Swell-bg- s. hnd the actual some-whafter 1 light eye, tone, his mind hrfvlng sneered he old man I think yon are refuge discovered by Harold Ramorez ; No blister, no hair entered npiin the.. jminiutof one of the worst people I ever knew Injhersaw a green vapor shimmering in S KOae, and borse kept at tfie of out darkness lilm. In humnn the. about IndeeiL Circle Now, am ana beings my wnoie iue i work, Economical only a few drops going jojen Its Hlolgterrhollowet-he-hettrd-tlr- e As his mother J'Wnnrked aftewnrd, tnat you were the real foger that $2.50 pet put shrieking of the canon wind across the required at n application. ereen neor nnd monster hover! 1 he there were nioi people In the house bottle delivered. Book 3 A free. everything off on me and then he got cavern's mouth, saw it lifting and tossthread broke and twisted Into sluipe.s, that evenrnp fliiin she had entertained so mad he began steplng on Mr. Wilson ing the white hnlr and beard, of a f, F. Twt. 1st.. 511 Tcplt SL, SpintliBM. where he was lying on the floor . bodiless, faceless eyes came 'closer and for years.' Including the family and dreadful figure which lay there', naked, closer and closer, while animals Margaret's coliers tliere were i't, she He-fl- ed . ..' "JSoon Mr. JWilson started crying at torn toward amTODAYDON'TDAY siild.r 2? fbrcathed hot upon his cheek. this and our hero and the old man tltX green vapor tn the depths, only to count Penrod to she that tfolses v'At tenser with forgot The silence grew tan ted him some more for a wile then turn back, shuddering with ghastly M ,..,.1 V, .!),,, IU1U went on out with a smile. Mr. Wilson suspicions, while out of the darkness just about to hurst forth; the daii and Delia .11.11 cousin. with unthlnklile ness become charged because did not It hurt crying any hundreds of eyes eyes without bodies, quit ! visions Just more where the old man bad kept step eyes without faces looked at him and Altogether there were 57. Cares QM nSt in24 HciiafXA ready to make themselves "Moin-mub'- " I'eiii-'onones, as be began 3 JXrtaVk visible; rawTheads and' .bloody . Ing on him and. soon managed to shake began to come closer, and closer, and S La Grippe W.M.MII. lco.,oTorr. aadT ravening rose from the floor.,off his bonds with Mr teeth Yon Harold closer. blenching phantasm Penrod's Mouth Opened and His Eyes Bulged Feartomely as He Wrote. "You put those things nwriy!" comBamores sneered lie now I will hunt When such. a situation. Is thus con vampire, bngbenr. bugtihoo, mummy you down like ting- and he Bunted ceived and developed in such an au- wronglrgrtlOn, antt fnr thg coennd unpleasant experience in the pnst He and nightmnre. ghiisfJy thlrig that had manded his father- -. w J'Moin-mnh?- " r Penrod's recorked the bottle, placed it under ever got Into Peiwwl's betid was issued" Skin Tortured Babies Sleep around until he found his whistle on thor. It seldom proceeds toward con time within" tliat '"And tiit-i-i you go Ffratf'jt to bed I" forth and now irtrtivf over him. the floor some where and soon sumoned valescence ; but rather the symptoms tight went out To a person In his his arm, and muttered : . And oujtfde tho do. were the bur- his father cai lmled sternly. his detectives again and Vegan reviln become more and more malignant in- condition It was a disaster, and, ut"You betcha! Ouess they won't like "Monnooh. aren't you going to them you are nice ones you are sneered definitely, relief being obtained only tering an exclamation of horrorr, he this so much I Sprinkle It in their ole glars. There were burglars rnimmgine ive ice ereuiuj" all through the houte by this time. In he leaving me here alone with those after the author, has had a night's stumbled and fell from the ubalr with eyes!" two men it was Harold Ramores and sleep. So It was but natural that Har- a light crash. now becrw hi? purpose to make V It Saat 25c, Oiity 2$ ui SU,7tkom 25c. he has turned the o'ld man lose and we old Ramores's suspicions .'.Deeming He wns up again in an Instant cutIMMENSE RED CROSS DEPOTS GIRL RUNS "SHINE PARLOR". will have to hurry up of we will probly the green vapor turned out to be well ting tho air In alt directions with the not catch them .1 wonder wherejbey founded, The vapor proved. Indeed, to carving knife; then be groped for the thence, by the front " door, jteaeh the Warehouees CsUblishcd Declares That She Has Lota of Cushava gone be the ghost of the unfortunate jOld nx, found Jt and stood still once more, outer air. So, wlfh slow arid noiseless Sixteen tomers, Llkee the Work, and. In to Serve Needs of" Prance "I bet I knew said the detectives he Man who had suffered so greatly after on the defensive, listening intently, ex- motions, be. In once more himself Makes Good Money. American Troops and Hospitals. hat gone to his lair on the steepest arriving at the cavern, and. on the pecting the worst and. panting, with possession ofpt his nj nnd carving knife. ellft In the Rocky. Mts and takla the journey theretoand atavowing to the Ian effect, upon that stillness, almost thnit the latter In the bnat of hH An the man with the nd old mat) aith him we can asly catch machinations of Mr.' Wilson,- for six- uproarious. To crve the American treoj"! . .... Jacket, aiid.ihotigh encumbered to the f war hospital tehttin shoe- climbed Into n chair In n op with them because it if dark out- teen long, previous years. He moved about, and cautiously felt point of difficulty, by the ex. the gun side and probly It II going to rain too "piolor" In Ft. Wayne avenue, Andrwlth the typical Inconsistency his way round the tablo and debauch- and p& rnniplior bottle, return ea w tiie French- firing line and to reach the News, R neat, Hnill to after talking some more they toott of all ghosts, this one had undergone a ed to tho mantelpiece, where matches the upper hnll and began en advance thousands- of French refugees the U d relates (he liidiaiiapoli OirsuB Pnwni ntrrrt. only t.l saria colored girl came briskly went on out and started after our hero complete change of character since were sometimes to be found In a small in force. f'ros ciiminls?loii to Ei'ance bus estab. . . im. Kimwoou lrrtaanla, 8Um. Or. '!. H out a back of 16 nom. lished of a 'and the old man warehouses J large system He wont forward a dozen steps with passing. Forgetting every former tie porcelain slipper, madly believed,, to "Good "Soon a storm came up and Mr. Wil and all gratitude, It seemed, wholly be decorative. France. morning," replied the prossome confidence, - then halted ab- throughout Pari Strewn With Shells. ton and the detectives got doeeon the Inimical to- - ts former benefactor, and A chill struck to,his "Where's the. hoe Six of the UrW warehouses have pective customer. verit-cbi- e af ruptly. a spine shells, bond and simiUnesploded .... .. trail of the fugitives In the storm he-- assuming the position of terror-lnhle- f What stopped hlra w.is soffietMittf al- boea liwuted ia Purl, which serves lis abhurJ" sound behind nlnl. .This fine was lar 'war 'souvenirs 'to the nuiulter of cause uey eouia tee mem oy uie ugni of a plflee upon which, In life. It bad a faint me. I'm distribution tli That' center of tta the shlntr." system. creak, the result of some cap- together uIde himself. In the' tltri-nes- s 6,000.. huve been ileked up in Paris at .the Basses, of lightning first would pronounced an unfavorable opinion illary action. ."Is that sol Welt, you are the Brst streets since the a green vapor, appeared (though Ten other varhi8es are located in the wooden floor, but beginning of this come 'flash of lightning and, then and for which It had shown o attach- so the capStnl. Approximately l.V girl I ever iw aiiluing hoest Like far as Penrod's nerves were con- not at tho other end of the halt where year. The authorities believe that the mafei-ltl- s now'" would come some thunder. .. are 000 the ton? of ment whatever, It now approred to cerned It busiuessr being . he thought It did)' and there emerged owners of these dange.ro.us articles are might have been a shot from these ware"CniPITEB EYE NTH have no affairs to call It elsewhere, "Indeed, I do. It pays me well and "dumping" them to a frantic blow from it the shocking figure of an distributed month')' he struck .Wheeling, get rid of them. houses by the, Rod 1'ross commission. we aro all looking for the uiouey thee "This kept up for a long: wile for.lt nor tny purpose In existence Save to with ax. which, completing a fine eld man lying In the rvtn r.t the mouth l the 'amUlcal kind... -ot had one reason of . who supplies, days." Was a terrible night and the lighting unsettle the wEvxTy. A woman's. Idea of a happy demise ullod would scared anybody It kept lighting shown it nothing out kindness. "TIow did you happen to get- -" Into Is to . adKrj;icnt Instilment Torp auiMraculoudy left foot at the the sawdust box spiteful, like II drug ttte -shop; f hospital thtrfctnd of workr Vied In s!:! for and thundering all the tins and the old Id truth, Harold Ramores feared he ankler but as an Incident permanent4wJbilm8h.M-4hlri.urikulrir . ping crowd. stuffsw clothing, man could not ma fast and Mr. Wilson might go mod and Penrod'tbuth building Vool(!uifs, "Well, it was like this. My cousin, relieved- - all members of the house moment to rectir to the author of and who owns this place, runs a transfer materials, plowliix itnpleuients , and the detectives would shoot at them opened and hi eyes bulged fe&rsomely ly hold from troubling to put any more "Harold Rnmoret.'. An old bachelor suys that marriage by the light of the lighting and the as. he wrote, He whs Ktsndlng by the pbrtnl of his tools arc nlso bein lupbrtud in large wuon. He Ih away so much he had to matches in the porcelain slipper. . sotterg a man w ho Is Intoxl-- . ussistanco quickly French of of the flame for quantities' And the Instant that rocks would would have-that strike 'lighting Tcry Homebody ptay here and nnwer cnted he hopped decided to go own birtmi. Tenrod love. ' with Thereupon'. . died . fall off the cllftt and almost hit them his 'depleted lantern ilie telephone and look, after the busl-l- i. absolutely, across the threshold, kicked the door refugees. S was Thedecision Itself outdoors. and the wind, blowing trees down too Harold Pnraoirs' himself was not left Auierlcfin college mnnmr.n.v of . He tried boys for a whllebut shut pnd" rnnlninim d possrsslon of Sonie .and It got frezlnf cold and the old man In. more complete eclipse. ' Instinct simple matter; action upon It was de- his armory. thou.Tlu perhaps, not of whont -- formerly s;rvcd as .ulUTrs.lu they are all gone to war or talking jnen acquire a reputation for ferred because of .extreme heHatlon, tlii American Ambulance, are .direct- obtjut It and It was hard to keep them, laziness," while others get the. credit" . got fait with' one of the rocks and broke brought, Penrod to his feet at v bound ; hiioMf his huddled faculties, upon his leg-s- o our herd hod to carry him and, as he looked out over jthe. side of to tifove at all. Rut after a gruesome lh md amnjtifWd his facelififae pf- - ing the Murk, while ttw lore of worko'he gave me the job. This used to for being diplomats.' on his back and more rocks begnn fall- - the snwdnst box toward the open door. period of Inertia' he "begniT to tiptoe Uow. men Is reoruked from veteran French be a shlnlug pallor and o many men In the directum of fnVdoor, Ing because.aa earthquake hnd started "his state of mind was one that needed backward . . .... . Nature has Its sprees and pays for. , . i.. It Is not altogelher. discreditable bt Ko'.illers.aud Relgiaa me.i n Io'uS.t lit came in asking for shines, that I de- Bow besides the lighting and thunder the Immediate reassurance of snnhlne. seeping ms eyes, nx anu cnrvinjt mine a tided to get, Into the 'buslnewf'mywlflhein a good (trnn as li'uinnn tniture In the: dark Ut:t ha sometimes' for.u.i:iuiry duty. boy where villainous nho toward wurily and our hero could not find bis 'way And bright, warm, July afternoon It dldnt me long to get onto It, Joe. -- started what Penrod fully expected mok4wdundMlr-uii-re4Mgress4l- ri among Jhejcllftt, "jind-ttie- aJt nnd now I huve lots of curtomers." Excrcire. whiHi or.e Is, tunnte, nhviidy ''-" ' : Ing, he prerently. found himself In the to see. " raining too--- , ' "Dcn't you think every man should e front In the dor's, very little relief can bo ob- "Ring blng went the ottomatlck bulInstead, be looked Into . Egyptian sidotmll. which separated j War Economy. . the tsfued devote setriu tlmtTto liyiml culture?"; eyes. closing by house the roomy, pbrt of lets bins bins bine bins btntr bin bin a night . --klllMiv Lenrod -burrovriug Jttto-J!Uow. ii otiuytirUeulnrfleirBc.-frenrhe1lnlg-ool wrrtflstnfrirttM am ThereTorflt If Ding omg un critHLine 014 man i FOR1HDISESTIOM. Serattor Sorglmm. "If economies f their respective landwooded again and probly I will die un- when Penrod emerged froiu..tha Ptnble, The doors lending to the forwiird. could see the olq man rather more Uvity," it plied tii or cul- ladies. "Indnde .jukl Pat. t'tlie other seconds ?err" brc.thlni rooms were closed, and the thought of phtlnly'than if he had allowed h'S eye ' nil legislntors went i phyfljjnt less we can find some place to get un- a very wll as intellectual deX'Up-uicn- t. day I snw that wumtiian O'Uividy der 'Blng Blng Ring blng Blng blng somewhat dtswnccrtedly, '".he bore In epenlng'thej.j filled hint with horror; to return. opeYi, He saw h'rn throt3h ture uHome end count- l- the peas to- put Jn' the l)roth,', of these and tho saw ul he his lu mind's through wall; eye them, gajint. Mr, Wilson and the detectives kept on both hands, ready for all emergenclea, In encounter "a j tbut old man was seemed am tho that "Och," replied roully black of personal fulLof furniture, lying huce, shapes blng blng blng blng bing blng blng blng an oTcrwelglrty but certainly formid- places that - might - conceal on tire hnll rug th liindtndy- - melts tlie nfurgiifirie' an lurking his 6 BtLLANS come to had which man old cried because able the weapon, .blng Oh, closet! floor, and that before. long he sSss.'."- -' ptdats It on yet bread w T a brush I" , as 6 slid down from tho aawi aythtof I . . Mr. Wilson and he detectives got close hnn H(?t water Bed Marksman. Into the would, get An reinpty- house in the nhjut-tlm- o ; up and the ottomatlck bullets hit the dust box, , . . Sure Relief . '.., ' ' bend over Inand "WTrnt aUn bed Is and the chief of " So. a ' for Much tho has few attractions JobUng's boy. Very old man every time It was an ax. : Hut in balked the' Imagination ultimate udstcnDcr, "That singer's voice bus great carry There was no moon; there were no closed darkness' sickens' hit soul snd " "Everything. kept getting worse but ELL-AM . "Muklr? mor.cy.", . v ing power, hasn't It?; .. toon Harold saw a terrible looking cav starsl there was no light In heaven; likewise has a discouraging physical horror. Ills or Without fn?o In hi Iw's of the hard effect "Ilut llffJng s to "It ougjit bis 25dANI 754 PACKAGES CVOrnVHERg r,Vayt turning pit' climaxing up." have, ren and went Inside of It and put the thero whs no light in a neighbor It the teat of couraze. Penrod managed to saulna lodde Ill aim Is poorT pwn and bis wife's family, too, 'on.tt." "Quit? Id nan dowa4rom earring him The house. The sir was (hick and black; stomMb--wnlc- h " a, J sjde-honr- d, il ": ax-up- - g Pen-rod- I" 's ' jl ' n muin-muc- : Muskecron.Michi(rau. "After doctaiv. inn for eight or nine yearswith ditf erent iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii t physicians without any reiiei at all, they nos-tur- " surprlses-olt- com-pletel-y, . ' father's DOCTORS WANTED and to covi-- r himself- all the empty rooms and vacant halls as far as the tip of h,ls head, and passage Burglars hnd opened for the old man Was but On of tha the door and looked ut him. monsters that threatened. Stop I. Had they only looked nt hlra? Burglars I nad One of thpm. poitif In tha rnnih . curgiars were creeping 'through the when the dhor- - opened? Was ho thAro balls upstairs and 4J?2l.taJr 1 the now? v air, of the whole bouse. hecamtf"mur-murou- s Or Was it the old man? . with the whispersaud rustThat finished Pehrod. lings. With shattering yell of terror he tlfl not moving his head, sprang from, the bed', clutching all his Penrod. pulled the ax and the camphor bottle armory somehow and anybow ;got the beneath the sheet ; slid the gun afT the door open, plunged blindly through the coverlet, and pushed it as far under bull nnd down the front stnlrs to the the bed as he could. Burglars might landing, where .he. tripped over the be more merciful If they believed hlra stock of his gun and fell all the rest of but a little lonely sleeping .child In- the way. bellowing outrageously and tending ii reslstnnce.' accompanied by the rifle; the enriiphor He gulped lamentably, and n poig- bottle and the enrving knife nnd the ' nant bitterness btgnri to form no In- ax. considerable part of his condition. It sounded like the Eiffel tower fallWhnt kind of pnrrnts were they (he ing downstairs. asked himself) who could go blithely e He came to a ppnse in a sitting at- - the foot of the newel. pit and 'leave a little lonely chi'd to The be fouml by bifrglnps nrid other hrrtlwas brlghny ''lighted; So were things in a great, Horrible, .hollow, the rooms Opening from it, ahd out of empty house? Probably his futber-nnthese rooms Issued sounds' of sudden tuothVr were 'somewhere wUh a whole confusion arid disturbance, .His 'mothcrowd' of people, lnJirUdtiily lighted er rushed to him through the near" roonisf no doubt , at ihis very mo- est door. ment thoy wore' both talking and "Penrod ! Wlint on earth" TtK'ii throiis-'laughing. the open front door " " ' T" emno Muranret nnd four 'young mn Laughing I His Indignation extended"to cover who had been spending the ..evening the eass- - of hls - ninetepnyenr - ntd wtth -hTr nn tho TrsnrporchT" sister Marjraret, and of IVHa. the ' Then, fol'owlng Penrod's' motber, nine three of Vrnrod's. aunts, one cook, and Katie, the housemaid. Most r likely all three of these tnnrble hearts ' uncle, and eleven otln-- abinned Indies Were also somewhere, talking" rind nnd .gentlemen, most of 'them holding ' cards In their fcamR laughing I Then through the door of another Big, strong, old grown vpopl bedclothes - rMAN'S h BESTGE h, 11 d i . Pen-rod'- at ' d-drenched. t I Jl in half-hou- Mothers Rest After Cuticura SaysSrC Sn?& Ue dusU-overe- - shoe-sh'nl- g 1 out-sld- o t Is-c- nr- bo-crushed the-wlelde- S -- -- -- S 'tv ' ' ; - ' JSureReBfef all-th- w ' ,( . the-pillo- Bnudy-"wher- . - e bed-roo- in - . , JIe.-uppofl- Qil n-u- 8 S -- |