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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER, UTAH v Weekly Health Talks V The Light in the Clearing V :8 V V '4 A TALE of the NORTH COUNTRY in the TIME of itf ;$ By IRVING BACHELLER Bleated UeaecptagUp SILAS WRIGHT With IJmla, Etc Etc. $ 3 C v 5 g v Copyright by Irving Bachcltar 'C H UNCLE PEABODY SPURNS BRIBE OFFERED BY GRIMSHAW TO SEAL BART'S LIPS. Synopsis. Burton Baynes, an orphan, goes to live with his uncle, reahodjr Baynes, and his Aunt Deel on a farm op Rattieroad, in a neighborhood called LIckityspllt, about the year 1820. He meets Snlly Dunkelberg, about his own age, but socially of a class above the Hayneses, und Is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothes. Barton also meets Roving Kate, known in the neighborhood ns the Silent Woman." Amos Grlmshaw, a young sou of the richest man in the town ship, is a visitor at the Baynes home and Roving Kate tells the boys fortunes, predicting a bright future for Barton and death on the gallows for Amos. Burton meets Silas Wright, Jr a man prominent in public affairs, who evinces much interest In the boy. Barton learns of the power of money when Ur. Grimsliaw threatens to take the Baynes farm unless a note which he holds is paid. Now in his sixteenth year, Barton, on his way to the post office at Canton, meets a stranger and they ride together. They encounter a highwayman, who shoots and kills the stranger. Bartons horse throws him and runs away. As the murderer bends over the stranger Barton throws a atone, which be observes wounds the thief, who makes off at once. A few weeks later Bart leaves home to enter Michael Racket's school at Canton. Amos Grlmshaw Is arrested, charged with the murder which Bart witnessed. , I had carefully chosen my words CHAPTER IX Continued. 10 To my otter surprise he resumed his talk with me as the young man went sway. Yon see all ways are north when you put this lodestone near the needle," he went on. "If It Is to tell e you the truth you must keep the away from the needle. Its that way, too, with the compass of your soul, partner. There the lodestone Is selfishness, and with Its help you can make any direction look right to you and soon youre lost." He bound the last bundle and then we walked together toward the house, the senator carrying his sickle. "I shall Introduce you to the president," he said as we neared our destination. "Then perhaps you had better leave us.. I could not remember that I had ever been "Introduced" to anybody. I knew that people put their wits on exhibition and often flung down a snag" by way of demonstrating their fitness for the honor, when they were introduced in books. I remember asking rather timidly: "What shall I say when when yon Introduce mef "Oh, say anything you want to say," he answered with a look of amuselode-ston- ment "Im kind o scared," I said. "Yon neednt be he was once a poor boy Just like you. "Just like mel" I repeated thoughtfully, few while I had heard a good deal of that kind of thing in our home, it had not, somehow, got under my jacket, as they used to say. Just like you cowhide and all the son of a small freeholder in on the Hudson," he went on. But he was well fed in brain and body and kept his heart clean. So of coarse be grew and is still growing. That's a curious thing about men and women, Bart If they are In good ground and properly cared for they and never stop growing never thats a pretty full word isn't It? We had come in sight of the house. I lagged behind a little when 1 saw the great man sitting on the small piazza with Mrs. Wright I see vividly, as i write, the full figure, the ruddy, kindly face, the large nose, the gray eyes, the thick halo of silvered hair extending from his collar to the bold top of his head. He rose and said In a deep voice: "He sows ill luck who hinders the Kln-derho- 1 reaper." Mr. Wright hnng his sickle on a small tree In the dooryard and an- swered: "The plowman has overtaken the reaper, Mr. President. I bid yon welcome to my humble home. "It is s pleasure to be here and a regret to call yon back to Washington." said the president as they shook hand. "I suppose that means an extra session, the senator answered. "First let me reassure you. I shall get away as soon as possible, for I know that a president Is a heavy burden for one to have on his hands." "Dont worry. I can get along with almost any kind of a human being, especially If he like pudding and milk as well as yon do, said the aenator, who then introduced me in these words: "Mr. President this is my young friend, Barton Baynes, of the neighborhood of LIckityspllt in the town of Ballybeep a coming man of this county." Come on, was the playful remark f the president as he took my hand. 1 shall bs looking for you." and I remember saying, with some dignity, like one in a story book, although with a trembling voice: It is an honor to meet you, sir, and thank you for the right to vote when I am old enough." Vividly, too, I remember his gentle smile as he looked down at ibe and said In a most kindly tone: I think it a great honor to hear you say that Me put his hands upon my shoulders and turning to the aenator said: "Wright, I often wish that I had your modesty." "I need it much more than you do, the aenator laughed. Straightway I left them with an awkward bow and blushing to the roots of my hair. As I neared the home of Mr. Hacket I heard hurrying footsteps behind me and the voice of Sally calling my name. I stopped and faced about. How charming she looked as she walked toward me I I had never seen her quite so fixed up. "Bart," she said. I suppose youre not going to speak to me. "If youll speak to me," I answered. "I love to speak to yon, she said. I've been looking all aronnd for yon. Mother wants yon to come over to dinner with us at Just twelve o'clock. Youre going away with father as soon as we get through." I wanted to go but got the notion all at once that the Dunkelbergs were In need of Information about me and that the time had come to Impart It So then and there that ancient Olympus of our family received notice as It were. I can't" I said. Ive got to study my lessons before I go away with your of milk aud a plate of cheese and some jerked meat and an apple pie. "Set right down an eat I Just want to see ye eat ayes I do I" Mr. Grlmshaw came soon after we had finished our luncheon. He hitched his horse at the post und came in. Good day," he Bilid, once and for all, as he fame in at the open door. "Baynes, I want to have a talk with you and the boy. Teil me what yon know about that murder." "Wal, I had some business over to PIatt8burg, my uncle began. "While I- was there I thought I'd go and see Amos. So I drove out to Beekmans farm. They told me that Amos had left there after workin four days. They gave him fourteen ahillins an he was goin to take the stage in the mornln'. He left some time in the night an took Beekmans rifle with him, so they said. There waa a piece o wood broke ont o' the stock o the rifle. That waa the kind o gun that was used in the murder. It surprised me that my uncle knew all this.' He had said nothing to me of his journey or Its result "How do you know? snapped Mr. Grlmshaw. This boy see It plain. It was a gun with a piece o wood broke out ' o the stock." "Is that so?" waa the brusque demand of the money lender as be turned to me. Yea, sir," I answered. "The boy lies, he snapped, and turning to my uncle added: "Yer mad cause Tm tryin to make ye pay yer honest debts aint ye now? Uncle Peabody, keeping his temper, shook his hpad and calmly said: No, I aint anything agin yon or Amos, but its got to be so that a man can travel the roads o this town without gettin his head biowed off. Mr. Dunkelberg turned to me and - asked: "Are yon sure that the stock of the gun you saw was broken?" "Yes, sir anh Pm almost sure It was Amos that ran away with It" Why?" "I picked np a stone and threw It at him and it grazed the left side of his face, and the other night I saw the scar It made." My aunt and uncle and Mr. Dunkel-ber- g moved with astonishment aa I spoke of the scar. Mr. Grlmshaw, with keen eyes fixed upon me, gave a little grunt of incredulity. Iluh I Liar I he muttered. "I am not a liar," I declared with Indignation, whereupon my annt angrily stirred the fire In the stove and Uncle Peabody put his hand on my arm and - -- said: Hush, Bart! Keep your temper, pon." "If you tell these things yon may be the means of sending an Innocent boy to his death," Mr. Dunkelberg said father." to me. wouldnt be too sure about It was a blow to her. I saw the em If I "Iwere yon. Its so easy to be shadow that fell upon her face. She Yon couldnt be sure In the mistaken. was vexed and turned and ran away stone really hit him. dusk from me without another word and I could that the you?" felt a pang of regret as I went to the I answered: Yes, sir I saw the lonely and deserted home of the stone bit and I saw him put his hand schoolmaster. on the place while he was running. Mr. Dunkelberg At twelve-thirtI guess It hurt him some." came for me, with a "Look a here, Baynes, Mr. Grlm-abanew harness and a shiny, horse in began In that familiar scolding buggy. He wore gloves tone of his, "I know what you want and a beaver hat and sat very erect we might jest as well git right an and had little to say. down to business first as last You I hear you met the president," he keep this boy still an HI give ye five remarked. years Interest" "Yes, sir. I was Introduced to him Annt Deel gave a gasp and quickly this morning,! I answered a bit too covered her mouth with her hand. proudly, and Pondering how he had Uncle Peabody changed color as he heard of my good fortune, but deeply rose from his chair with a strange look gratified at his knowledge of It on hla face. He swung his big right "What did be have to say?" hand in the air as he said: I described the Interview and the By the eternal jumpin' " looks of the great man. Not much He stopped, palled down, the left more was said as we sped away sleeve of his flannel shirt and walked toward the deep woods and the high to the water pail and drank out of hills. the dipper. I was eager to get home but won"Say, Mr. Grlmshaw, I'm awful sorry dered why he should be going with me for ye," said my uncle as he returned, to talk with Mr. Grlmshaw and my to his chair, "but Ive always learnt unde. Of course I suspected that it this boy to tell the trnth an the hall had to do with Amos, but how I knew truth. I know the danger Im In. not He hummed in the rough going Were gettin old. Itll be hard to and thoughtfully flicked the bushes start over agin an you can ruin ns with his whip. I never, knew a more If ye want to an Im as scared o ye persistent hummer. as a mouse In a cats paw, but this Aunt Deel shook hands with Mr. boy has got to tell the truth right out Dunkelberg and then came to me and plain. I couldnt muzzle him If I said: tried hes too much of a man. If Wal, Bart Baynes I I never was so youre scared o the truth you mus glad to see anybody In all the days o know that Amos Is guilty." Mr. Grlmshaw shook Mi head with my life ayes I We been lookin' np the road for an hour eyes I Yon anger and beat the floor with the end come right Into the house this min- of his cane. ute both o you." "Nobody knows anything o the kind, The table was spread with the Baynes, said Mr. Dunkelberg. "Of things I enjoyed most big, brown bis- course Amos never thoughf o killing cuits and a great comb of honey sur- anybody. Hes a harmless kind of a rounded with Its nectar and a pitcher boy. I know him well and so do yon. y high-steppi- w still-runni- Under the circumstances Mr. Grim-shaIs afraid that Barta story will make It difficult for Amos to prove his Innocence." Uncle Peabody shook his head with a look of firmness. Again Grlmshaw laughed between his teeth as he looked at my uncle. In his view every man had his price. "I see that Im the mouse an you're the cat," he resumed, as that carious laugh rattled In his throat. "Look a here, Baynes, Ill tell ye what Ill do. PH cancel the hall mortgage. Again Uncle Peabody rose from his chair with a look In hla fate which I have never forgotten. How hla voice w rang out! "No, sir! he shouted so loudly that we all jumped to our feet and Aunt Deel covered her face with her apron and began to cry. It was like the explosion of a blast Then the ' fragments began falling with a loud crash : NO, SIB! YE CANT BUY THE NAIL ON MY LITTLE FINGER OR HIS WITH ALL YER MONEY N YOU!" D It was like the shout of Israel from the top of the mountains. Shep bounced into the house with hair on end and the chickens cackled and the old rooster clapped hla wings and crowed with all the power of his lungs. Every member of that little group stood stock still and breathless. I trembled with a fear I could not have defined. Mr. Grlmshaw shuffled out of the door, his cane rapping the floor as if his arm had been stricken with palsy In a moment Mr. Dunkeibefg turned to my annt his face scarlet and muttered an apology for the disturbance and followed the money lender. Come on, Burt" Uncle Peabody called cheerfully, as he walked tefward the barnyard. "Lets go an git in them butnnts." He paid no attention to our visitors neither did my aunt who followed us. The two men talked together a moment unhitched their horses, got Into their buggies and drove away. "Wal, rm surprised at Mr. Horace Dunkelberg tryin' to come It over ns like that ayes I I be," said Annt Deel. "Wal, I aint said Unde Peabody. "01 Grlmshaw has got him under his thumb thats whats the matter, Yonll find hes up to his ears in debt to Grlmshaw probly." As we followed him toward the house, he pushing the wheelbarrow loaded with sacks of nuts, he added: "At last Grlmshaw has found somethin' that he cant buy an he's awful surprised.' Too bad he didnt learn that lesson long ago." He stopped bis wheelbarrow by the steps and we sat down together on the edge of the stoop as he added: "I got mad they kep pickin on me so Pm sorry, bnt I couldnt help it Well start up agin somewheres if we have to. Theres a good many days! work In me yet" As we carried the bags to the attic room I thought of the lodestone and the compass and knew that Mr. Wright had foreseen what waa likely to happen. When we came down Uncle Peabody said to me: "I feel sorry, awful sorry, for that boy." We spent a silent afternoon gathering applefc. After supper we played old sledge and my uncle had hard work to keep us in good countenance. We went to bed early and I lay long, hearing the autumn wind In the popple leaves and thinking of tliut great thing which had grown strong within us, little by little, in the candle light Bart encounters a new peril aa a result of hi knowledge regarding the crime of which Amoe Grimehaw ia accused. How Bart escaped from the danger that menaced him is told in A Single Remedy Often Cure Many Disease BY VALENTINE MOTT, M.. D. It is almost impossible to give a list of the endless diseases that follow indigestion. Perhaps a whole column in this newspaper would be required to print them all. Yon eat to keep alive to supply blood and flesh and bone and muscle and brain. It is easy to see that if your food ia not digested and taken up by the delicate organs and distributed where it is needed, a disease of some sort is sure to come. Dyspepsia is a common symptom, and so are-live- complaint, loss of flesh, nervousness, bad memory, dizziness, sleeplessness, no appetite. Many times, when neglected, indigestion results in coughs, throat diseases. Catarrh, bronchitis and even more dangerous things. And all these disorders aristr because the food ia not properly digested in the stomach. It is plain even to a child that relief and cure are to be bad only by setting np a healthy condition in toe stomach. Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y many years ago combined a number of vegetable growths into a temperance remedy for indigestion, and allied it Golden Medical Discovery. It is probably the most efficacious discovery ever made in medicine, for the list of people aB over the world who have had their eountlem ills overcome by Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discoveiy makes an amazing total of thousands. I know of no advice better than this: Begin a home treatment today with this good vegetable medicine. It win show you better than I can tell yon what it will do. When taking Golden Medical Discovery, you can rest assured of one very important thing it contains neither alcohol nor opiates. There ie nothing in it bnt standard roots and herV, (hat pome as curative properties of n high order. A safe medicine is the only kind yon can afford to take. No Hope. The fair young thing who waa entertaining some returned soldiers at tea time thought shed give a little lemon In manners to one doughboy who poured his tea Into his mincer before he drank It. Its really not so very hot, she told "Yon contA him condescendingly. drink It out of your cup. It aint the heat, miss, he replied; "if I use the cup, the spoon gets in mo eyei FRANTIC WITH PAIN Lone Suffering From Kidney Trouble Hon Thu Words Cu Describe. Doss's Brought Beilth and Happiness. Mrs. Anns Thoraon, 290 South St I hadnt any Stamford, Conn., aaya: more strength than a child, and after weeping my back hurt me mare and more. My headaches were ao bad seemed aa though my skull were being torn into ahreda and I would finally loae track of everything and lie in a stupor for hours. I felt I had to keep going or lorn my mina and I kept np often when I trembled all over with weakness. My feet were swollen ana every bone in my body seemed to ache. My fingers got almost as rigid aa pieces of wood and the knuckle welled. The kidney secretions were dark colored, scanty and terribly burning. I suffered mere than words can describe. I finally began using Doana Kidney PHI and I believe with all my heart that they kept me ont of the grave. I am well and nappy after going through enough pain to drive me frantic. Doans saved my life. Sworn to before me 1this 13th, day of Bept 1915. BENJAMIN M. AYRES, Notary Public. Gat Doans at Any Stare, SOe a Bon DOANS vsa go, buffalo r. Joseph Taggart M. C., from Kinsas, Declares EATONIC Beat foe Indigeetkm He Ever Used. A wniiawssmsn hears many arousal tor sod against Hla different propositions. mini ia onen to eoovlctton. bat Mm ba easts bis vote oa say sussors ha insists apoa evident that, aa Ita own weight, carries In tho ease at "BATON-10Joseph Taggart, BE CONTINUED.) Accuracy Better Than Speed. People who go In for speed records are not aa wise as they think they are, for speed without accuracy is of no avail. True, time is at a premium in every line these days and we ahonld not under any circumstances waste a mlnnte unnecessarily. But if we arent sure about any phase of our work we must take sufficient time to go Into it and not rely on chance to help us where we can possibly help ourselves. Daily Thought The noblest mind the best contentment has. Spenser. n. fosteRpIulburn the next installment (TO it " tbs Sad District. Kansu City. Kane, daeUwd that t trial of the fit Ife remedy, itself, would far-Dish tbs nost coaclaslva Bead his decision und do what ht tails yoa proof. On bos of EATONIC will eeavlaea tba nost sheptienL It la tha bast remsdy I bars aver tried fee tedlgcatloa. 1 ' YAOGABT. K. C. Sd Kao. Dist, Kan. City. Kane." Nearly all stomach tmohM h ceased by taa much odd la tba stomach. EATONIC aeotrsllses tho excess oddity aad enables yon to eat what yon ilka and digest whst yea sat la comfort. It beeps tha stomach la state et perfect health. Haro's the scent: EATONIC taken np tho oddity, drive the gas ont of tha body sad tha bloat foes with It. Coats only a esat or two day to ass It Got a baa today from you druggist t FORMULAS SSSuhsfoSSiitirBilsM hlk, Mat UsM OKIKI. BCFfLT, BESS |