Show 7 SERIAL STORY cy AMES ROBERT —A Wellington lawyer a surgeon nurse and a doctor SKIN HUMOR 25 YEARS “Cutlcura did wonders for me For years I suffered agony from n complvLc’j ering my head neck and shoulders so even to my wife I became an object of dread At large expense I consulted the most able doctors far and near Their treatment was of no avail nor was that of the Hospital during I suffered on six months’ efforts and concluded there was no help for me this side of the grave Then I heard of some one who had been cured by Cuticura Remedies and thought that a trial could do ho harm In a surprisingly short time I was comS P Keyes 147 Conpletely cured gress St Boston Mass Oct 12 ’03” Face Covered with Pimples “I congratulate Cuticura upon my speedy recovery from pimples which covered my face I used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for ten days and my face cleared and I am perfectly well I had tried doctors for several months but got no results Wm J Sadlier 1614 Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia May 1 1909” Some animals multiply rapidly and some snakes are adders OPERATION Illustrations bj RAY WALTERS by A C (Copyright J had operation already had two operations and they wanted me to go through a third one I suffered day and night from and a small tumor and never thought of seeing a well day A friend again told me how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound had helped her and and after the third bottle tried was cured”— Mrs Al vena Sperling 1468 Clyboume Ave Chicago 111 are ill do not drag along at If you home or in your place of employment until an operation is necessary but build up the feminine system and remove the cause of those distressing aches and pains by taking Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound made from roots ana herbs For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female ills and has positively restored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache hearing-dow- dizziindigestion feeling flatulency ness or nervous prostration Why don’t you try it? ii Don’t Persecute your Bowels Cut out catlurtia ad nirgstma — unnwry T tj CARTER’S LITTLE TW en Iraki UVER PILLS AA Purely vegetible gently on the Km dianottu bile nnd Mothe the delicate aioabniuef f the bowel Cere tipafioa BiUeu- - J Carters OITTLE ISaE Sick HmJicU eaJ Mlceettea M tmUtont know Small PilL Small Dote Small Price GENUINE mutt bear signature: DEFIANCE STARCH SM&12! A Coj The story opens with the shipwreck of the steamer on which Alias Genevieve Leslie an American Lord heiress and Tom Blake an Englishman a brusque American were passengers The three were tossed upon an uninhabited island and' were the only ones not drowned Blake shunned oil the bout because of his roughness became a hero as preserver of the helpless pair The Englishman was suing for the hand of MsS- Leslie Ills Inst wasted Vinthrope match on a cigarette for which he was scored by Blake All three constructed hats fo shield themselves from the sun the only They then feasted on cocoanuts food Miss Leslie showed a procurable liking for Blake but detested his rough- ness a Led by Blake they established home in some cliffs Blake found a fresh water spring Miss Leslie faced an unpleasant situation Blake recovered Insur-his magnifying glass thus surveyor's lie started a jungle fire killing ing tire a large leopard and smothering several cubs In the leopard’s cavern they built n small home They gained the cliffs by burning the bottom of a tree until It foil secured The trio the heights against Miss Leslie’s white eggs from the ciiffs skirt was decided upon as a signal Miss Leslie made a dress from lie leopard skin a conversation Overhearing tween Blake and Winthropd Miss Leslie became became frightened Wlntlrrope III with fever Blake was poisoned by a fish and almost died Jackals attacked the camp that night but were driven off an aniBlake constructed by Genevieve mal trap On a tour It killed a hyena the trio discovered honey and oysters Miss Leslie was attacked by a poisonous snake Blake killed it and saved Its poison to kill game For the second time was attacked by fever He Winthrope and Blake disagreed The latter made a door for the private compartment strong of Miss Leslie's cave home A terrible that night Wlnthrope stole into her room but she managed to swing her door closed In time Wlnthrope was He died the following mornbadly hurt The storm tore down their distress ing flag so a new one was swung from a bamboo pole Miss Leslie helped in covering Wlnthrope’s grave with stones The By Lydia EPinkham’sVeg etable Compound Chicago 111 — “I want to tell you what Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound did for me I was so sick that two of the best doctors in Chicago said I would die if I did not have an keCiurg SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I BENHET a twenty-fiv- - f of the flimsy makeshift The result was by no means satisfactory with regard to style its shape being intermediate between1 a Mexican sombrero and a funnel but aside from its appearance she could not have wished for a more comBefore r fortable showing it to Blake she wove a second one for him so that they were able to cast affairs aside the grotesque at the same time The following morning Blake appeared in an outfit to match her leopard-skidress He had singed off the hair of the hide out of which he had made his moccasins and his hyena-skitrousers quite matched the bristling stubble on his face he hailed ‘‘Hey Miss Jenny!” ‘‘what d' you think of this for fancy needlework?” “Splendid! You’re the very picture of an Argentine vaquero" Let me get back “Greaser?— ugh to the Weary Willy pants!” “I mean you are very picturesque" “That's it is it? Glad I’ve got something to call your leopardine gown that won’t make you huffy” “We can at least call our costumes serviceable and mine has proved much cooler than I expected” “But our new hats beat all for that — regular sunshades What do you say? — there’s a good breeze1 — Let’s take a hike” “Not to the river! The very thought of that dreadful snake — ” “No Just the other way ‘I’ve been thinking for some time that we ought to run down to that south headland and take a squint at the coast beyond Ten to one ” it’s another stretch of swamps but — “Y'ou think there is a chance we may find a town?” “About one chance in a million even for a native village The 6lave trade wiped the niggers off this coast place NECESSARY End of XXIII the World the mornifig he met Miss Leslie with a sullen bearing which however did not altogether conceal his desire to be on friendly terms Having reshe responded gained her to this with such tact that by evening each felt more at ease in the new relationship and Blake had lost every trace of his moroseness The fact that both were passionately fond of music proved an immense help It gave them an impersonal source of mutual sympathy and understanding — a common In the world of art and culture apart from and above the plane of their material wants Yet for all his enjoyment of the wide knowledge of everything girl’s relating to music Blake took care that their talks and discussions did not interfere with the activities of their primitive mode of life As soon as he had finished with the barricade he devoted himself to his tailoring and while Miss Leslie between her cooking and and daily visits to the cliff for eggs had much to occupy both her thoughts and her hands At first every ascent of the cliff was embittered by a painful consciousness of the cairn over the north edge Fortunately it was not in sight from the direct path to the headland and as she refrained from visiting it the new happenings of her wild life soon thrust Wlnthrope and his death out of the foreground of her thoughts Each day she hacj to nerve herself to meet the beaks and wings of the despoiled each day she looked with greater hope for the expected rescue ship only to be increasingly disappointed But the hours she spent on the’ cliff crest after gathering the day’s supply of eggs were not spent merely in watching and longing The inconveniences of carrying the eggs in a handkerchief or in one of the heavy jars suggested a renewal of her attempt at perseverMemory ance and a trace of inventiveness enabled her to produce a small but serviceable hamper of split bamboo Encouraged by this success she gathetd a quantity of tough wiry trass ami wove a hat to take the N “What and I able to Does Life Mean Anyway?” guess those that hit out ran so hard they haven’t been get back yet” it has been years since the “But slave trade was forbidden” “And they don’t sell beer in Kansas no! I’ll bet the dhows still slip over from Madagascar when the moon is in the right quarter At any rate niggers are mighty scarce or mighty I’ve kept a watch shy around here for smoke and haven’t seen a suspicion of it anywhere Maybe the swamps swing around inland and cut off this strip of coast It looked that way to me when I made that trip But there’s a chance aldng the ridge it used to be inhabited and we may run across an abandoned village” “I do not see that the discovery would do us any good” “How about the chance of grain or bananas still growing? But that’s all We’re going a guess because we need a change” She nodded and hastened to prepare breakfast while he packed a skin bag with food and examined the slenAs a matter der tips of his arrows of precaution he had been keeping them in the cigarette case where the points would be certain of a coat of the sticky poison and at the same time guarded against inflicting a chance But1 as he was now about to wound set out on a journey he fitted tips Into the heads of his two straightest shafts The morning was still fresh when they closed the barricade behind them and descended to the pool There was no game in sight but Blake had no wish to hunt at the commencement of the trip The steady southwest wind had blown the sky clear of its malarial haze and gave promise of a day which should know nothing of sultry calm— a day on which game would he hard to stalk but one perfectly suited for a long tramp Mindful of ticks Blake headed obliquely across to the beach Once on the smooth hard sand they swung along at a brisk pace and keen with the spirit of adventure Never had they felt more companMiss Leslie ionable laughed and — oh chatted and sang snatches of songs while Blake beat time with bis club or sought to whistle grand opera — he had healed his blistered lips Borne time before by liberal applications of antelope tallow Gulls and terns circled about them or hovered over the water ready to swoop down upon their finny prey Sandpipers ran along the beach within a stone’s throw but the curlews showed their greater knowledge of mankind by keeping beyond gunshot Once a great flock of geese drove high overhead their leader honking the alarm as they swept above the suspicious figures on the beach Like the curlews they had knowledge of mankind But the flock of white pelicans which came sailing along in Btately leisure on their immense wings floated past so low that Blake felt certain he could shoot one lie raised his bow and took aim but refrained from shooting at the thought that it might be a sheer waste of his precious poison A little later a herd of large animals appeared on the border of the grass jungle but wheeled and dashed back into cover so quickly that Blake barely had time to make out that they were buffaloes— the first he had seen on this coast but easily recognized by their resemblance to the Cape vaTheir flight gave him small riety concern for the time being he was more interested in topography than game The southern headland now lay close before them Its seaward face rearing up sheer and lofty but the approach behind running down In broken terraces found the explorers at the foot of the ridge Blake squinted up at the slopes and the crannies of the broken ledges ‘‘Likely place for snakes Miss Jen“Guess I’d better ny” he remarked lead’’ Eager as she was to look over into the country beyond the girl dropped into second place and made no complaint about the wary slowness of her companion’s advance She found the most difficult parts of the ascent quite easy after her training on the Blake could have taken ledges and all at a run but as he mounted each terrace he halted to spy out the ground before him Like Miss Leslie he was looking for snakes though for an exactly opposite reason He wished to add to the contents of the cigarette case Greatly to his disappointment and the girl’s relief neither snake nor sign of snake was to be seen ail the way As they neared the up the ridge crest Blake turned to offer her his hand up the last ledges and in the instant they gained the top The wind now freshening to a gale struck the girl with such force that she would have been blown back down the ledges had not Blake clutched her wrist Heedless alike of the painful grip which held her and of the gusts which tore at her skirt the girl stood gazing out across the desolate swamps which stretched away to the southwest as far as the She did not speak eye- - could see until Blake led her down behind the shelter of the crest ledges “What’s the matter?” he demanded “Didn’t I warn you?” She looked away to hide the tears which sprang into her eyes “I can’t explain — only it makes me feel so — so lonely!” “Oh come now little woman don’t take on so!” he urged “It might be a lot worse you know We’ve gotten along pretty well considering” “You have been very kind Mr Blake and as you say matters might I do not forget have been worse how far more terrible was our situation the morning after the storm Yet you must realize ho disappointing it is to lose even the slightest hope of escape” “Well I don’t know If It wasn't for the fever that’s bound to come with the rain I for one would just 83 leave stick to this camp right along providing the company don’t change” She turned upoff him with flashing eyes all thought of caution lost in her “How dare you say such a anger I dething? You are contemptible! spise you!” “My Miss Jenny but you are pretty when you get mad!” he exclaimed The answer took her completely aback He was neither angry nor Jaughing at her but met her defiant glance with candid sober admiration There was something more than admiration in his glowing eyes yet she could not but see that her alarm had been baseless His manner had never been more respectful Suddenly she found that she could no longer meet his gaze She looked away an stammered lamely: “You — you shouldn’t say such things you know” “Why not? Hasn’t everything been running smooth the last few days? Haven’t we been good chummy comrades? Of course you’ve" got the worst I know I’m not much on of the deal fancy talk but I like to hear It when I’ve a chance I’ve led a lonesome sort of life since they did for my sisters— No I'm not going to rake that I’m only trying to give you up agaiir an idea what it means to a fellow to be with a lady 111m you It V polite to tell you all this but It’s Just what I feel and I never did amount to shucks as a liar” “I believe I understand Mr you Blake and I really feej highly complimented” “No you don’t any such thing Miss Own up now! If I met you Jenny on your papa’s doorstep you’d cut me cold1 “I should if you continued to be sc rude Have you no regard for mj' But here we are talking feelings? nonsense when we should be going — " “Is It nonsense?” he broke In “What does life mean anyway? Here we can be true friends and comradeu — real free living people It can’t be that you want to go back to all those society shams after you’ve seen reaj I to gain have me what life! As for to the everlasting by going back grind? I don’t mind work but when a man' has nothing ahead to work for but a bank account when it’s grind grind grind till your head goes stale and all the world looks black then there’s no choice but throw up your Job and go on a drunk If you want to Maybe keep from a gun accident But that’s you don’t understand it what I’ve had to go through time and again Do you wonder I like to fancy an everlasting picnic here with a little partner who wouldn’t let me come within shouting distance of her in the land of lavender — trousers and Isn’t Blake really you are most unI could not be so — so ungrate-fu- l I — we after all your kindness should certainly be glad to numbe friends” our you among “Drink and all eh?” s has no "A man of your need whatever to give way to such a habit” "Course not If he’s got anything in sight worth while Guess though my folks must have been poor whltu I never could go after money' trash No just for the fun of the game family no friends no — What’s the use? it? — culture— have a fair head for figures but all the mathematics that I know I've had to catch hot off the bat It’s true I grubbed my C E out of a correj spondence school but a fellow has to crack-ueducation have an to put him where it’s worth while" “You still have time to work up You are not much over 30" “Mr just! I ! should have thought — What a hard life you must have had!" “Hard work? Well I suppose Panama did do for md" some But it wasn’t so much that Few fellows could hit up the pace I’ve set and come out at all" “I do not understand” “Just wnat you might expect of ti In my fix — all kinds of gamble and drink and — the rest of It" (TO BE CONTINUED) fellow TWO FAULTS COULD BE CURED Prospective Husband and Wife Full of Confidence Both' An Irish boy marries when he has a rid house and an Irish girl Just when she pleases says Seumas MacManus in Llpplncott’s Sometimes she so pleases while yet her years are few at other times she is content to wait upon wisdom In the latter case of course she makes a wise choice but In the former almost always a lucky one — for luck is the guardian angel of the Irish “You're too young to marry yet Mary" the mother said’ when Mary that she should grant pleaded Laurence O’Mahony a particular boon “If you only have patience mother I'll cure meself of that fault” was Mary’s reply “And she’s never been used to work Laurence” the mother said to the suitor discouragingly “If you only have patience ma’am” was Laurence’s reply to this “I'll cure her of that fault” And he did too Public Opinion Mighty The only tribunal save the battlebefore which the acts of nations pass in review is the court of public opinion The sentiment of the world will not tolerate acts which would have been uncondemned 200 years ago and those who are responsible for government would not do such things But this fact does not make treaties more binding than old treaties Although such agreements are too often broken yet it Is well to make them and right to condemn nations for violating them for it Is in that way that the sentiment grows which will in the distant future successfully demand an international police force to execute the law of nations — Youth’s Companion field Child Not’to Blame “My infant madam” said the lady in the ’bU3 with dignity “appropriated and clawed your muff not from mere wantonness but under the impression that it was a pussy cat aB I have no doubt it once was” — London Glob What Constitutes Beauty “Beauty Is In the eye of the beholder" We have read that If a toad was asked his Idea of beauty ha would reply: “My mate yonder” |