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Show By JOHN R. MUSICK, Mtar Dark Mr. tlnrai,' Ckarlla AU.nr.1.'! DauMa," Etc Mjitsrteu Tfc S(rucr," Oanmekt, un. HoaaaT Boaau'i (oat, Ail rlaku Maarrad. CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) The fellow set off at a lively pace on his anowshoes and In an hour and a half was back, saying: They be not there." What dye mean?" asked Kate. - . Gone. What is gone?" Camp. "Where? Dun know, and he shrugged hts shoulders again. She was nonplussed, and fact in frightened. Gone!" she whispered, half aloud. Gone and left me alone with this sick man in this wilderness! Gone, and with that poor child. Why, 1 cant hardly believe it, and yet my heart has always told me th rascal was a villain.. Oh, Laura, Laura! where are you now, my poor child? she began to sob. 1 promised ye Id stay by ye through thick an' thin, an I've gone an' lied to ye. That rascal put this poor sick man off on me, an what could I do? In her helpless rage she looked about for some object to vent her wrath upon, and seeing Horsa Cummins emerging from the small tent In which he had slept, she rushed at him like a virago, crying: You thief, where is yer master? I say, where is yer master? Speak or Ill chuck yer head in the hold it there till ye snow an smother. With a look of surprise he said: Why, I did not know he had gone. He is, and took my little friend with him. Well, that is strange; that beats anything I ever heard! What can he mean? I dont know, but there is some mischief in it, and Ill be bound you are at the bottom o it. Why, my dear good woman, you do me a very great injustice, began d Cummins with mock humility. Dont Look here! she yelled. ye come none o yer monkey-doodl!busine88 around me, for I wont stand Rack out an find that master o yours, and tell him t bring that girl back or Ill make Alaska so hot for you the icebergs will melt! With this threat Kate turned and entered the shanty. "That womans a regular she tiger! growled Cummins, as he walked over the hill. Once out of her sight he sat down in the snow to think the matter Blame me if she aint a perover. fect devil of a woman. The boss has put a hard Job on me. She knows I Now the youngster had a hand in dopt show any signs o dyin very fast. I wish he would, but he dont What am I to do with this tiger cat? Shell snatch my eyes out if I go back. Meanwhile Kate went into the small shanty, vowing she would have harmony or know the reason. Her patient was wide awake, his great, dark brown eyes on the door. For the first time Kate realized that he was a young man and quite handsome. Were you talking to some one out there? he asked. one o Yes; I was just them triflin' critters for not attendin to his work. I give him a piece of my mind and I reckon after this hell know what's what! Kate declared. Dont your people agree? Yes ; all agree with each other, but pone dont agree with me. They go do things without askin me or consultin me a bit moren If I was a block o stone, and had no more e It it senses a Kansas badger. , Paul, who felt considerably stronger, raised himself on his elbow and asked: What have they done, my good friend, without consulting you? Yes, Pulled up stakes an gone! gone, an not left a sled nor dog to toller em with. I dont keer so much so fur as Im concerned, but that poor child all alone with that man; and she told me with her own mouth she mistrusted him, and I said Id stand let em by her, and, like a lunk-heame off here and then he slopes an takes the pore little thing with him! Oh, It makes me hot; but Ill have harmony yit; see if I dont! What do you mean, my good Paul asked in amazement Who is this man that deceived you? That scamp from Fresno called Lackland! The paLackland from Fresno! tient started up in bed staring at her. Who is the poor young thing he took away the girl? asked the patient, seizing her arm in a vice-likside-trac- k wo-jna- e grip. Laua Kean. With a wild shriek he leaped from the bed and rushed from the shanty. ' d CHAPTER XV. The Old Man of the Mountains. Long after day had dawned the little train of porter Indians, dogs and eleds, continued their way over the snow. Laura protested against this separation from her friend, but It was all in vain. When the tents were pitched Laura met Lackland and asked : t Where is my companion, Kate Willis, from whom you promised I should not be separated? She is back with the sick man, he answered. It was our wish to bring her, but the storm came up so sudden that we had no time to send for her. Can you not do it now? He shook his head and said the avalanche had fallen in the pass behind them and they were completely shut in where there were. she Will there be no escape? asjed. Not until spring unless we can cut our way through. Laura went to her tent and wept She realized how helpless she was and began to distrust the man who professed to be her friend. Oh, God, she groaned, to Thee alone can I now appeal for help! 1 need expect none from these men." Mr. Lackland seemed very much distressed that she was cut off from her female companion, and selected four men to go back, as he said, and bring her over the fallen avalanche if possible. The four selected were Ben Allen, Morris. Ned Padgett and Tom Ambrose. W en Lac kland took them apart, to give his final instructions, he raid: Take the woman and .wounded man back to Skaguay. , What! An have him hang us for holdin him prisoner in the mountains? asked Allen. But he is insane. You are four witnesses to one." Ned shrugged his shoulders and muttered something about never wantto see Skaguay. especially while ing their late prisoner lived. Very well, then, start with them toward Skaguay. but dont reach the place. Become lost. You understand how to do that. At least he must not know anything of the young woman here, and she must have no knowledge that Paul Miller Is alive." His final Instructions were so clear and imperative there could be no possible mistaking them, and when he had finished they took their departure. The story about the avalanche falling in their rear and blocking up the way was all a clever invention on the part of Mr. Lackland. Lackland went to Laura's tent, his white face wearing a careworn and troubled look. The lines of his features seemed more deeply drawn and his face was expressive of the greatest concern. Laura Miss Kean, he began, in his cautious, considerate manner, I hope you will believe me when I say that this lamentable accident causes me unaccountable annoyance on our awakened in the account. When night with the Intelligence that a storm was coming and the pass would be impassable, I decided that for you I must act at once. If we were aboard a sinking ship and I should rescue you and take you ashore, would you deem It an act of hostility because I did not wait for some companion of yours? , She bowed her head and was silent In argument, the subtle villain always beat her, but when left to herself to con over what he had said and commune with her own heart, she Instinctively felt the man was a villain. Intuition, or whatever you may choose to call it, told Laura her lover lived. She was conscious of his presence somewhere in this vast world, and felt as instinctively drawn to him as the needle to the magnet. Days passed and the small party was still in the valley, hemmed In by the mountains and eternal snows. Lackland made frequent visits to Laura after despatching the four men to give an account of their progress In cutting their way through the pass. Laura, he said, in a low gentle tone, which would have thrilled any other woman, I have tried to hope against hope for your sake. I have tried to believe your lover lived, but I must yield to facts. All this journey, hardship and suffering, this passing the winter in an Alaskan wilderness is to no purpose. Is it not? Laura, are you very strong? She gave him a swift, wild look an imploring glance and gasped: "What do you mean? Can you bear a great shock? What shock what Is It speak out, I beseech you! Paul Is dead!" It Is false! It is true! What evidence have you? The evidence of men who saw him die. Hs died three weeks ago! His face was so white, he expressed such concern, that she was strongly impressed with his manner, yet she cried : What you say cant be true! My heart tellB me he lives. Nevertheless, her eyes grew dim with tears, which trickled adown her damask cheeks. Lackland, for several moments overcome with his own emotions, at last said: Laura, its your noble, sanguine nature which I admire that makes you hope against hope. But, alas! It Is useless for you to feed yourself on hopes longer. I know It must be true, for men whose word I cannot doubt tell me, and It must be true. But Laura, whatever may happen, believe me, I will ever be your friend. Let me weep with you over your loss! Dont, dont talk so! You frighten me! she gasped. Frighten you, darling? he whispered. "Frighten you? Oh, if you knew the pangs of this heart if you only knew how tenderly devoted I am to you; if you only knew how willingly I would change places and lie in the unknown mountain tomb until the sounding of that great trump which shall wake the dead, you would not have the least cause for fear. Hush hush! Dont talk so! She was stunned and confused by his impassioned speech. Poor girl, alone in an unknown forest, with a madman no wonder she was frightened. She had started up from the camp stool and taken a step toward the door of the tent as if she would fly, but he quickly put himself before hsr and said; No, no; dont leave me, dearest, I will not harm you. I will not touch you. I only want to say one word. When convinced our poor, dear Paul Is no more, will you, oh, will you look with more favor on my suit? The She found her voice now. words the stinging insult fired her soul and in a voice In which grief, rage and disgust were strangely blended, she cried: No, no a thousand times no! If It was for this you have followed me across the ocean and wilderness you can go yes, go! I will have no more to say to you go! Drawing herself up to her full height, with all the scorn which an Injured soul can depict in a handsome face, .she poihted toward the door of the tent Unable to stand before the proud, defiant creature whom he had In his grasp, he started toward the door of the tent, when one of the strangest figures either had ever seen, entered. It was a man fully fifty years of age, his long, white hair and beard evidently many years strangers to either razors, scissors, combs or brushes. In his hand the old man carried a Winchester rifle, the butt of which he In 1567 It Was Proposed to Erect a National Memorial in Washington Ik Honor of the placed on the ground, while he leaned Great President Captured Confederate Cennon Supplied for lha Work No Record Now on the muzzle, and fixed his curious of the $100,000 That Waa Raleed for This Object. eyes on the man before him. So piercing was that glance that It seemed to penetrate the very soul of the scoundrel. A movement to erect a monument it has been suggested that if the HELD GREAT RIVALS HAT. The old man might have been taken to President Lincoln has lecalled the books of the treasury department were for a Rip Van Winkle, but for the fact existence and A. Douglas at the Inaugura mysterious passing of carefully examined the $100,000 or that bis arms were all of the latest the National Lincoln Monument asso- more subscribed by the people and Stephen tion of Lincoln. improvement. Advancing a pace or ciation, chartered by act of Congress, placed in Gen. Spinner's care would was inaugurated the When Lincoln two and pausing, he leaned on his March 30, 1867. . be found on deposit. first time there was one little inci rifle, glancing from first one and then The plan was backed by tbe most The following description of the dent that impressed those who saw it the other, but uttered not a word. prominent men in the country at the monument, as designed by Clark Mills The- president-elec- t came forward After a moments amazed silence time, and $100,000 was raised by popu- and accepted by the association, was upon the platform prepared at the Lackland gasped: lar subscription. The design for the published at the time; east front of the capitol, with his Who in Satan's name are you? monument was executed The pedestal to be of granite, and by Clark natural awkwardness increased by tbe The old man of the mountains, Mills, the sculptor, a site iu front of figures bronze, the whole structure to momentous circumstances of the ocwas the answer, in a low husky voice, the Capitol was selected, and cap- be 70 feet, surmounted by thirty-fivand by a gorgeous wardrobe, casion, which seemed to chill the blood In the tured Confederate cannon were turned colossal figures. Its construction triin which It was evident he felt exveins of the rascally Lackland. There over to the association by the war de- angular. the base of which and its The stiff ceedingly uncomfortable. was firmness In the voice, a steady partment from which to cast the three groups representing slavery. dress coat, vest and pantaloons of bronze in the The first In the his which slave tbe indicated figures he gleam pedeseye, surmounting presents black vbroadeloth were enough of had met a man whom it would not tal. most abject state, as when brought to themselves to disturb bis mental and But the association and its organiz- this country. Here we behold him do to trifle with. equanimity, but to these "Where did you come from? asked ers seem to have vanished Into thin nude, deprived of all which tends 'to physical were added other incumbrances In the air, work on the monument was never elevate the heart with any spirit of Lackland, quaking. shape of a brand new silk hat and a From the mountain, was the an- eveix begun, and so far as cau be pride or independence. cane. learned tbe money was never reswer. The second represents a less ab- ponderous The cane he managed to put away turned. Is ere partly clad, in a What are you doing here? ject stage. He corner, but the disposition of the From 1867 to 1882 the record of the more enlightened, and hence, realizing Without paying any heed to him, the hat perplexed him greatly. It was too old man of the mountains, none other association Is clear, but there is ab- his boudage, startles with a love of good to throw away, too fine, as he than our hermit friend, the captain, solutely nothing to show what became freedom. thought, to rest upon the rough InThe it after of Is that of list date. The third the ransomed turned his eyes upon Laura and slave, boards,- - so, for a minute at least, to In submitted redeemed from Congress corporators asKed: bondage by the blood In the gaze the former year with the application of Liberty, who, having struck off his poor Lincoln stood there Are you going to the Kiondyke? of assembled the thousands, grasping for a charter included such prominent shackles, holds them triumphantly hat I was going, she answered, desperately and seeking In vain And alone?" for a safe place to deposit It Doug4 A woman companion was with me. las, who sat Immediately in the rear, but she remained bark on the trail saw the embarrassment of his rival, twenty-fivmiles, and an avalanche and rising, took the shining beaver has filled the trail, so she cannot from Its sorely bothered owner and come." held it during the delivery of the inThere has been no avalanche," the augural address. old man answered, In his deep voice; Probably had Stephen A. Douglas There has been no avalanche! been told, five years before, that he She quickly fastened her gaze upon was destined to hold the bat of Abrathe face of Lackland, who began to ham Lincoln while that individual retreat toward the door. was appearing for the first time as So you have deceived me, monpresident of the United States the ster!" she began. Little Giant would have laughed a. "If you listen to that old fool you the very Idea. will believe anything. He Is crazy! cried Lackland, and darted from the New Story of Lincoln. tent, leaving Laura alone with the old Lincoln's birthday brings out the man of the mountains. usual complement of Lincoln stories, and most of them have been published r CHAPTER XVI. in one form or another, but J. D. Driven to Desperate Straits. of New York tells one that he Once outside the tent. Lackland was says never appeared in print like one dazed and confused. He saw In the thick of the civil war, when a figure coming toward him and recogLincoln was troubled almost beyond nized it as one of his men. He hurwhat he could 'bear, two men from a ried toward him, saying: Cummins, you have come at last? Yes; they relieved me and told me to report here. Right glad I am of it, too, for if ever there was a fiend in woman form its that tarmagant down there." (To be continued.) A Lost Lincoln Monument. - e gold-heade- e Vel-ve- LONG LIFE AND A MERRY ONE Strenuous Americans Outlive the Indolent Africans. seems that we are all wrong It about the hurtful and effect of American hustle. Our national motto may be said to have been A short life, but a strenuous one. We were willing, as a people, to have the span shortened a little if only we could have something worth while, something active and effective, going all the time. But it seems, according to the latest bulletin of the census bureau, that the fast life Is also the long one, says Harper's Weekly. Our "median age that is, the age which Is such that half the population Is under it and half over It Is more than seven years greater than it was a century ago, and increases from decade to decade. We are surpassing foreign countries In this respect; we are surpassing even the indolent, beautifully reAfrican In our laxed, midst; for whereas the median age of our American whites is 23.4 years, that of the colored person is but 18.3. Lately much confusion has arisen in the minds of many Americans over the statement made by certain eminent neurologists that it is next to Impossible for a man to overwork," provided his bodily functions are kept In good order by temperate and wholesome living. Other physicians, to be sure, tell us that hurry and worry spell death. We had accepted the latter judgment, w!th the qualifying reflection that no matter what science tells us, it always seems to have "another think coming. This census bulletin which links the long life with the fast one appears to be xiMvzzr men as Ramsey, Douglass, Cullom, James Harlan, Alexander Colfax, Frederick Schuyler Godlove S. Orth, Shelby M. Samuel Shellenbarger and Richard Yates. Senator Cullom of Illinois, whose name appears as one of the incorporators, said recently that he didnt remember anything about tbe association and couldnt say why the project was not carried out or what became of the $100,000 collected in subscriptions from all over the country. From the record it appears that on June 25, 1868, a little more than a year after the association obtained its charter, Congress passed a Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the disposal of tbe and captured association damaged bronze and brass cannon and ordnance out of which to cast the principal figures surmounting the pedestal. The act provided that no such allotment of ordnance should be made, however, to until the voluntary the fund should reach $100,000, While no .record can be found to show just how much money waa collected, It is probable in view of the above law that tbe amount was in excess of $100,000, as the reccrds of the War department show that under the act twelve brass cannon were Issued to the association. the other think. The last Congress record of the association is an act passed in 1882, proQUEER PEOPLE OF THE WORLD viding that five trustees should constitute a legal quorum of the assoDefinitions Unfamiliar to Most Geociation; and it is believed that this graphical Students. provision was enacted owing to the If a person were confined to one dying out of interest in the project the best one to choose and the difficulty that had been exwould be a dictionary, since It gives perienced in securirg attendance at an inkling of every art, science or the necessary meetings. Recently a number of the engraved profession known to mankind. A study of the dictionary is always interesting subscription receipts of the association and instructive, and a simple turning have been found. They were executed of its pages will acquaint us with at the bureau of engraving and bear many things of which we have never the signature of Gen. F. E. Spinner, at previously heard. Notice what a fund treasurer of the association and of information is contained in the fol- that time treasurer of the United States as well. In view of this fact lowing definitions: Amphiscians are the people who inhabit the tropics, whose shadows In one part of the year are cast to the north and in the other to the south, according as the sun is north or south of their zenith. The Antiscians are the inhabitants of the earth living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in contrary directions. Those "In his later life Nast remembered living north of the equator are antiscians, to those living south of that much of this Washington experience line, and vice versa. The shadows on with that feeling of shuddering horror one side are cast toward the north and with which we recall a disordered Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine dream, upon the other toward the south. exThe Ascians are the people who live writes in describing' some of Nasts in a land where, at a certain time of periences Just before the civil war, in The atmosphere was each year, they have no shadows at Pearson's. Even the noon. All the inhabitants of tbe tor- charged with foreboding. rid zone are Ascians, they having a busy days about the Willard hotel were strewn with ominous incidents. vertical sun twice a year. The day of inauguration was one Tbe Perisdans are the inhabitants of the polar circle, whose shadows, of gloom, and the city drew a great breath of relief when it was over and during some portions of the summer, .here had been no outbreak. Yet the must in the course of the day move tension was not relaxed. The men Entirely around and fall toward every who had sworn that Abraham Lincoln of the compass. point should never take his seat were not gone. Night came down, brooding The womanly woman is born net made. She Is not only good, but good danger. 'It seemed to me said Nast, That for something. the shadow r everywhere. easy-goin- g never-worryin- g text-boo- subc-rlptlo- LANGUAGE Nicknames OF BEGGARS In Used by Their Bowery Haunts. In describing tbeir possessions and their environment, professional begThus a cent is gars use nicknames. known as an Indian, says a writer In Everybodys.. Other coins are A detecknown as "white money. tive Is a bull and a policeman Is a A thief is a gun bull in harness. A gold ind a pickpocket Is a dip. watch Is a red kettle. Stamps are known as "stickers. Money is "cosh. A horse car Is a "rattle, When a beggar Is arrested ha la Tbe workhonse la said to fall." Tbe peniknown as the bandhouse. tentiary Is known as the big house. A beggar who A revolver is a "rod. gives out cards on which are printed appealing bits of rhyme is known d as a "throw-out- . One who sits on the walk is known as a strong arm. So it runs on, with so many expressions covering so many figures of speech that one not familiar with their argot might listen to their talk for hours without catching tbe real meaning of the conversation. cross-legge- THERE 13 JUST ONE SURE WAY. Dodds Kidney Pille build up Rundown People. They make healthy Kidneys and that meant healthy people. What Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Duffey say: Nora, Ind., Feb. 6th. (Special) That the sure way of building up n men and women Is to put their kidneys in good working order Is shown by the experience of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Duffey of this place. Both were weak and worn and They used Dodd's Kidney both enjoy the best Pille and of health. I was very weak Mr. Duffey says: and almost past going. I tried everything which people said was good but got no benefit till I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. They helped me In every way and I am strong and well now. I was so bad Mrs. Duffey says; that if anybody would lay down a string I felt I could not step over it Since taking Dodds Kidney Pills I can run and jump fences." Healthy kidneys insure pure blood; Dodd's Kidney Pills Insure healthy run-dow- y kidneys. CHARM OF THE BUTTERFLY y Repreeent an Silent World. After all, says a student of Nature, the cblef charm of the race of butterflies does not lie in their varied and brilliant beauty, nor yet In their wonderful aeries of transformations, In their long and sordid caterpillar life, their long slumber in the chrysalis. Nor does It lie In the fact that we do not yet certainly know whether they have In tbe caterpillar shape the faculty of sight or not, and do not even know the precise use of their most conspicuous organ in maturity, the antennae. Nor does It consist in this that they, of all created things, have furnished man with the symbol of his own immortality. It rather lies In the fact that, with all their varied life and activity, they represent an absolutely silent world. London An- Beautiful, They Abeo-lutel- swers. Fond of Frssn Air. All the Danish beauties get out and skate and enjoy the air. They think nothing at all of being out In the open for hours and hours at a time. It Is their existence. It is a severe case of Illness which keeps them in the house at all. one-doll- loose-jointe- THE aloft The slave Is pictured .gratefully bowing at her feet "Between these groups are three has reliefs. The first represents firing on Fort Sumter. The two others western state applied to him for some minor offices. The president was disgusted at their importunities, but finally told them a story. "One time a king went hunting. On represent the senate and house amend- his way to the forest he met a subject ing the Constitution. riding a donkey. Hello, king, said the "The second story, first group, rep- subject Hello subject, said the king. resents the members of the cabinet in Where are you going, king? I'm gocouncil, while Seward points toward ing hunting, subject.' Better not, its No, it isnt,' said tbe Europe, as though explaining the im- going to rain. portance of the act The second king, my court astrologer said that it group, officers of the navy and prom- would be fair weather. No, its going inent Union men who stood by the to rain,' persisted the subject, but the king laughed at him and went hunting. president during the civil war. "Third, the fall of Richmond, and It rained hard and the king returned to his castle wet and bedraggled and the surrender of Lee. The crowning figure is the presi- ordered that his astrologers head be dent In the act of signing the procla- cut off. He sent for the subject who mation. At his feet are Liberty and had foretold rain and made him court Justice, while behind sits Time, watch- astrologer. But I am no good at fore, missioned, as it casting,' said the subject But you told ing the were, from heaven. At the base of me it was going to rain, said the the steps leading from tbe center king. I knew that because my jackass structure are the equestrian statues hung his ears down, replied tbe subof leading commanders of the army. ject. Every time he does that it is It can easily be seen from the going to rain. Then I will make your above description Just how preten- jackass court astrologer, said the king tious was the monument proposed, and and he did. it is evident from such of the recLincoln stopped there and his visitords as exist that the members of ors laughed a little, but hinted that the association lost interest in their they did not see much point in the task before sufficient money was col- story. Then the president added: lected to enable them to begin work Ever since that time every jackass In on the memorial. There are many the kingdom has wanted a job. prominent men In Washington who think that Lincoln should have such A man may fish with the worm a memorial, and they hope that the that hath eat of a king, and eat of awakened discussion of tbe matter the fish that hath fed of the worm. may lead to some definite result. Shakespeare. hour-glass- DRAMATIC INCIDENT AT LINCOLNS INAVGVRATI0N endless visions of black funeral parades, accompanied by mournful music. It was as if the whole city were mined, and I know now that thi3 was figuratively true. A single yell of defiance would have inflamed .a mob. A shot would have started a conflict. In my room at the Willard hotel I was trying to work. I picked up my pencils and laid them down as many as a dozen times. I got up at last and walked the floor. Presently in the rooms next mine other men were walking. I could hear them iu the silence. My head was beginning to throb, and I sat down and pressed my hands to my temples. Then, all at once. In the Ebbett house, across the way, a window was flung up and a man stepped out on the baloony. The footsteps about me ceased. Everybody had heard the I had man and was waiting breathlessly to see what he would do. Suddenly, In a rich, powerful voice, he began to sing The Star Spangled Banner. The result was extraordinary. Windows were thrown up. Crowds gathered on the streets. A multitude of voices joined in the song. When it was over the street rang with cheers. The men in the rooms next mine Joined me In the corridor. The hotel came to life. Guests wept and flung their arms about one another. Dissension and threat were silenced. It seemed to me. and I believe to all of us, that Washington had been saved by the inspiralion of an unknown man with a voice to sing that grand old song of songs. Y. M. C. A. Review. The International committee of the Young Mens Christian Association, which has the oversight of the associations In North America, gives some astonishingly large figures in its review of the years work. The associations now number 1,815, their membership is 373,502, and their receipts and expenditures In the balanced at 3 836.328. vr Benefit of Worm Baths. Warm baths are the most effectual means of keeping tbe skin clean and healthy. The temperature should be 2 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Avoid prolonged Immersion and rub the skin well. A FELLOW FEELING. Why She Felt Lenient Towards the Drunkard. A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman waa led, in a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups and she is now the more charitable. She writes: For many years I was a great sufferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that 1 found I could not lie down, but walked the floor whilst others slept. I got so nervous I could not rest anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee the main thing that I alwayg thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me .to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that in passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I could not resist a cup. I felt very lenient towards the drunkard who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, saying, That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me coffee and I will never part. At last, however, 1 bought a package of Postum, although I was sure I could not drink it. I prepared it as directed, and served it for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against It, I must say that never before had I tasted a more delicious cup of coffee! From that day to this (more than two years) 1 have never had a desire for the old coffee. My health soon re- turned; the asthma disappeared, I be- gan to sleep well and In a short time I gained 20 pounds In One day I handed . , weight my physician the tablets he had prescribed for me, telling him I had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked: I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that coffee was harmful. This is the best cup of coffee I ever drank, he continued; the trouble is so few people know how to make good coffee. When he got his second cup 1 told him he waa drinking Postum. He was incredulous, but I convinced him, and now he uses nothing but Postum in his borne and has greatly improved in health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look In each package for the famous little book, Tbe Road to Well villa. ' |
