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Show inbat BY HoodV Sarsaparilla All Meredith? Nicholson ILLUSTRATIONS RAY WALTERS tOrtRKHT 9C - Oft Hoods Sarsaparilla baa no equals Spring Humors are duo to tho Impure, impoverished, devitalised condi- for cleansing the blood and expelling tion of the blood brought about by the humora that accumulate during torld be throned by the fireside or the unhealthful mode of living dur- the winter. It effects its wonderful Itced at comfortable etue in the ing the winter, too close confinement, cures because It combines the ntmoat hadow of holh hoeV and old fashioned too little outdoor air and exercise, too remedial values of more than twenty pies In familiar gardens, It matters heavy diet. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures different ingredients. Insist on baring Nile, for Ihev are supreme In any them and builds up the whole system. Hood's. It has no substitute. hoe er would be gracious pupan). fust sere them, whoever would he ie must sit at their feet and take Nor believe too readily that pnnsel ntiMMMrAiMtllMNnlt Ivw7uny, mat tar hoSipuwi "kept fatal 3 Increasing Hde of years has by Mluf fcPOHRV Llyt uTIfiaTUi PHCUklil r tta toofv. la (Md. Acta on Lo biota a ad tipoii fnrwal II fora of fitnehed the tiie in their souls, rath-f- , dlrtfpor. fowl windy orar knew for nw la loaL (im boUtgruaruiMd to cargoMflMa foeoato a bolUot foata It burns on with the sleadv flame if a tit taw of dnifOut paid by tana dwlw. or at apr gurfr Ham bow to poaltka ifaroaia f sanctuary lights l.iitky sere he iaoal apoafo aaalta. Emfoetarwra ralilag rtltrrould i III III semin song those qtial-IOoehen. led U. S. A. SPOHN MtDICAk COhO-- MX that crown a woman's years pk'ing w hat is in the hearts of all of us WAS GRAND VOYAGE TO THE POLE. NO TAKING CHANCES e watch those gracious angels dote their quiet ways, tending their Chauffeur Had Had Enough Accidents cret altars of memory with flowers With People Wearing False lid blessing them with tears. Teeth. SYNOPSIS. Mlfs Patrlid Holbrook and MIm Helen Holbrook, her niere, were entrusted to lie rare of laureme lonovan. a writer lummering near Port Annamlale. Miss Patricia confided to Donovan that she feared her brother Ilerw, who, ruined by failure, had constantly threatened ttierbank for money from hi fathers will, of srhb h Mts Patiitia was guardian They ame to Port Annandale to et ape Henrv Donovan svmrmthrsed with the two women. He learned of Miss Helens anauitor Donovan discovered and noying "aptured an intrudr who proved to be Reginald (liibpie suitor for the hand of Miss Heli n tit Holbrook i1b8pie I disap- A rough following morning appear! and was ordered awav onovari saw Miss Holbrook and her father meet on friendly terms Donovan He met the fought an Italian assassin man he supposed was Holbrook, but who aid he was Mar ridge, a eanoe-makAfter a short disc ussion Donovan left surlllv Hillespie was discovered by Donovan presenting country church with $l.unQ jlllespie admitted he knew of Holbrooks Miss pat acknowledged to presence. Donovan that Miss Helen had been missa for few hours. ing peared tailor t Spring Blood Diseases and Ailments Possesses medicin merit Peculiar to Itself and has an Take it this spring, in usual unequaled record of cures. form known tablets or as Sarsatabs. liquid 3Y OY 3Q3J-rrfi- ' For COLT DISTEMPER larl tfao-4otraya- 8 i CHAPTER VII. Continued. kept up a rapid fire of talk, but listened only to the engine's regular beat. The launch was now close to the Italian's boat, and having nearly completed the semicircle I was obliged to turn a little to watch him. Sud denly he sat up straight and lay to with tjie oars, pulling hard toward a point we must pass in order to clear the strait and reach the upper lake again. The fellowa hostile Intentions were clear to all of us now and we all silently awaited the outcome? His skiff rose high in air under the lm pulsion of his strong arms, and If. he struck our lighter craft amidships, as seemed Inevitable, he would undoubt , ,edly swamp us. Ijima half rose, glanced toward the yacht, which was heading for the strait, and then at mebut 1 shook my head. "Mind the engine, Ijima, I said with as much coolness aa I could mus ter. The margin between us and the skiff rapidly diminished, and the Italian turned to take his bearings with every lift of his oars. He had thrown off hts cap, and as he looked over his 1 . saw his evil face -- shoulder sharply outlined. I counted slowly to myself the number of strokes that would be bring, bln 1 collision if MommiM. " he persisted, charging against his progress ourown swift, arrow-lik- e flight over the water. The shore was close, and I had counted on a full depth of water, but Ijima now called , out warnlngly 1q his shrill pipe and our bottom scraped as I veered off. This maneuver cost me the equivalent of ten of the Italians deep strokes, and the shallow water added a new element of danger. Stand by the oar, Ijima,. I called in a low tone; and I saw In a flash Miss Pat's face, quite calm, but with her lips set tight. Ten yards remained, I Judged, between the skiff an! the strait, sud there was nothing for us now but to let speed and space work out their - problem. Ijima stood up an! e!i!?!lhe oar. 1 threw the wheel hard aport In a last hope of dodging, and the launch listed badly as It swung round. Then the bow of the skiff Yose high, and Helen shrank away with a little cry;' there was a scratching and grinding for an Instant, as Ijima, bending forward, dug the oar Into the skiff's bow and checked It with the full weight of his body.As we fended - off- - th- e- oar snapped and splintered and be turn bled Intxj the water with a great splash, while we swerved. and rocked fora moment jand- - then- - sped on through the little strait - Looking back, I saw Ijima swimming for the shore. He rose in the water and called All right! and 1 knew he would take excellent care of himself. The Italian had shipped his oars and lay where we had left him, and I heard him, above the beat of out engine, laugh derisively as we glided out of sight. "Miss Holbrook, will you please ateer for me T and in effecting the necessary changes of position that 1 might get to the engine we were all able to regain onr composure. I saw Miss Pat touch her forehead with bet handkerchief; hut fehe said nothing. Even after St, Agatha's pier hove in sight silence held us all. The wind, contnulng to freshen, was whipping the lake with a sharp lash, and I made much ef my trifling business with tpe engine, and of the necessity for occasional directions to the girl at CHAPTER VIII. 1 , - the wheel. My contrition at the danger to which I bad stupidly brought them was strong In me; but there were other things to think of. Miss Pat , could not be deceived as to the animus of our encounter, for the Italian's conduct could hardly be accounted for on the score of stupidity; and 'the natural peace ami quiet of this region only emphasized the gravity of her her plight. My first thought was that I must at once arrange for her removal to some other place.' With Hcory Holbrook established within a few ml'es of 8t. Agatha's the school was certainly no longer a tenable har-Wivg-e. tended the engine I saw, even when I tried to avoid her, the figure of Holbrook In the item, quite In-i t ut upon steering snd calling now ' and fen to ask the coarse when Is As f ) ' en Pretty Thais X. who has delighted tho audiences of New York's vaudeville bouses, was called suddenly to Vermont to vlatt her sick mother. At a town a few miles from her Ahrend's home she hired an automobile apd asked the chauffeur to drive her -- with as tmfch speed a"t0ialble to, he? 0 destlfiaiiqn. :lt The!1 roads wereivery bad. ill and"' the snd car, making good speed up-hdown dale, over rocks and ruts, seemed bound to shake overboard Its A Lady of Shadows and Starlight. It was nine o'clock before Ijima ante In, dripping from his tumble In 4e lake and his walk home through ;fle rain. The Italian had made no to molest him, he reported; but ,le had watched the man row out to fle Stiletto and climb aboardr Ijima an unbroken record of never hav- me a question Inspired by eg ake! He rioslty. may inquire which shoes wmt for a particular morning, but ef-h- where and when are unknown In He was, I knew, vocabulary. to an explanation of the of the afternoon, though he sould-asnone, and when he had (hanged his clothes and reported to pe hi the library I told him in a word that there might be further trouble, lid that I should expect'hlm to stand plgM watch 'at St. Agatha's for a while, dividing a patrol of the grounds with the -- gardener. His Yea. sir,1 was as calm as though I had told him is )sy out my dress clothes, and I went with him to look up the gardener that the division of patrol duty might jbe thoroughly understood. Ifcave the Scotchman a revolver indljlma bore under bis arm a repeating rifle with which he and I bad 'hy, d k Ijima Bore Under His Arm a Repeating Rifle. my preoccupation I forgot to give It. The storm was driving a dark hood across the lake, and the thunder boomed more loudly. Storms in this neighborhood break quickly and I ran, full speed for St. Agatha's to avoid the rain that already blurred the west We landed with some difficulty, owing to the roughened water and the bard drltnet the wind; but la a few minutes we had reached St. Agathas where Slster Margaret flung open the door ju3t as the storm let go with a roar. When we reached the sitting room we talked with unmistakable restraint of the storm and of our race with It across the lake while Sister Margaret stood by murjnuring her Interest and sympathy. She withdrew Immediately and we three sat In alienee, no one wishing to speak the first word. I saw with deep pity that Mias Pats eyes were bright with tears, and my Jheart burned hot with Sister Margaret's quick step died away in the hall, and still we waItedwh.IIe.Jbe rain drove against the house In sheets and the branches of a tossing maple scratched spitefully on one of the panes. "Wefiave been found out; my brother Is here. said Miss Pat. I am afraid that Is true, I replied. "Put you must not distress yourself. 'This Is not Sicily, where murder is a polite diversion. .The Italian wished merely to frighten us; It'a a case of sheerest blackmail. I am ashamed to have given him the opportunity. It was my fault my grievous fault; and I am heartily sorry for piy stupidity. Do not accuse yourself! It was Inevitable from the beginning that Henry should find us. Hut "this placr reemed remote enoqgh. I had really begun to feel quite secure but now! But now! repeated Helen, with a little sigh. I marveled at the girl's composure at her quiet acceptance of the situation, when I knew well enough her shameful duplicity. Then by one of those intuitions of grace that were so charming In her abe bent forward and tookMist Pat's hand. The emerald rings flashed on both as though In assertion of kinship. . Dear Aunt Pat! You must not take that boat affair too seriously. It may not have been father who did that. ' She faltered, dropping her voice as she mentioned her father. I was aware I hat Miss Pat put awgy her nieces hand with a sudden gesture I did not know whether of Impatience, or whether some new resolution had taken hold of her. She rose and moved nearer to me. What have you to propose,' Mr. Donovan?" she asked, and something In her tone. In the light of her dear eyes. I old me that she meant to fight, that she knew more than she wished to say, and that she relied on my support; and realizing this my heart went out to her anew. "I think we ought to go away at once, the girl broke out suddenly. The place was Father 8toddard should have known better than to tend nt here! "Father Stoddard did the best' be could for aa, Helen. It It unfair to blame him. said Miss Pat, quietly. 'And Mr. Donovan bas been much more than kind in undertaking to care for us t all. T have blundered badly enough! I confessed, penitently, It might be better. Aunt Pat. be gan Helen, slowly, to yield. Wbat can It matter! A quarrel over money it is sordid Miss Pat stood up abruptly and said quietly, without lifting her voice, and turning from one to the other of us: "We have prided ourselves for 100 years, we American HolbrookB, that we bad good blood in ua, and character and decency and moralttyr and now that the men of my house have tlfrown awajr their birthright and made our name a plaything, I am going to see whether the general decadence has struck me, too; and with my brother Arthur, a fugitive because of his crimes, and my brother Henry ready to murder me In bis greed, it Is time for me to' test whatever blood is left In my own poor old bodyrand4 am going to begin nowr I will not run away.another-ste- p; I am not going to be blackguarded and bounded about this free country or driven across the sea; and I will not give Henry Holbrook more money to use In to disgracing cur .name- 1 have--godie I have got to die before he gets It and she smiled st me so bravely that something' clutched my throat sucJdeoIy--nd-- Ihave very- - intention, Mr. Donovan, of living a very long time! Helen had risen, and she stood s(gr-Inat her sunt In frank astonishment. Not often, probably- - never before In her life, had anger held away in the soul of this woman; and there was something splendid in Its manifestation. She had spoken In almost, her usual tone, though with a passionate tremor toward the close; but her very restraint was in Itself ominous. It shall be as you sayMJss pat. I said, as soon as i had got my breath. Certainly, Aunt Pat, murmured We cant lie driven Helen, tamely. round the world. We may as well atsy where we are." .The storm was abating, and I threw open the windows to let In the sir. If you haven't wholly lost faith In me. Miss Holbrook T have every faith In you, Mr. Donovan! smiled Miss Pat. I shall hope to take better care of you In the future. I am not afraid. I think that if Henry finds out that he cannot frighten me It will have a calming effect upon him. . TTes; suppose you sr right, .Aunt r Pat," sal! Helen, passively. I went hqpne feeling that my responsibilities had been greatly Increased by Miss Pat's manifesto; on the whole I was relieved thst she had not ordered a retreat, for it would have distressed me sorely to abandon the game at this juncture to seek a new hiding place for my charges. Long afterward Miss Pats declaration of war rang In psy ears. My heart leapt now as I remember- - It. And 1 should like to be a poet long enough to write, A Ballade of All Old Ladles. or a lyric In their honor turned with the grace of Col. Lovelace and blithe with the spirit of Friar Herrick. I should like to Inform 'It with their beautiful tender sympathy that Is quick with tears hut readier with strength to help and to aave; and It should reflect, too. tbs noble patience, undismayed by time and distance, that makes a virtue of waiting waiting in the long twilight with folded hands for the ships that never come! Men old and battle-scarre- d are celebrated in song and story; bat who are they to he preferred over their serene sister-bpod- ? Let the worn mothers oi the t g - -- t oocu pants. After a little of this lotting the chauffeur turned to his fare and demanded: "I say, ma'am. Do you wear false EYES WOULD BURN AND STING It is just a year ago that my Bla- tter came over teeth? What exclaimed Impudence! Thais X. , Oh, maam. It is not from impudence, returned the chauffeur, that 1 asked you the question. It is because the road Is had, the rocks are hard, and It you wear false teeth, you would do well to remove them until we strike the pike. I've had enough accidents of that description." Barmaids In South Australia. Is suffering from a barmaid famine. Two years ago South Australia here to ns. She had been here only a few weeks when her eyes began to be red, and to burn and sting as if she had sand In them. Then we used all of the home remedies. She washed her eyes with sail water, used hot tea to bathe them with, and bandaged them over night with tea leaves, but all to no purpose. She went to the drug store and got some salve, but she grew constantly worse. She was scarcely able to look in the light At last she decided to go to a doctor, because she could hardly work any. more. The doctor l that eUto-bp-se- t times In the pleasant practice of breaking glass balls. I of parliament No more could be if she did not follow hie orders dose assigned him the water-fron- t and told legally engaged, but those already em- ly she might lose her eyesight He the gardener to .look out for Intruders ployed could remain on condition that made her eyes bum and applied elecfrom the road. - These precautions taken, I rang the bell at 8L Agatha's snd tsked lor the ladles, but was d to learn that they had retired, for the situation would, not he helped debate, and if they were to remain at St. Agathas it was my affair to plan the necessary defensive strategy without troubling them. And I must admit here, that at all times, from ths moment I first saw Helen Holbrook with her father at Red Gate, I had every Intention of shleldlng her to the utmost. The thought! trapping her. of catching her, flagrante delicto, was revolting; I bad, perhaps, a notion that in some way I should be able to by thwar!h?rwtbQU.LhQw!otroy.QWD bandj but this, as will appear, was not to be no easily accomplished. I wenthome and read tor an hour, then got Into heavy shoes and set forth to reconnolter. The chief avenue of danger lay, I Imagined, across the lake, and 1 passed through St. Aga-ths- they registered themselves. There are now only 400 of them left, snd the competition for their services is such that their wages have 3 a jumped from 25 shillings to week. The hotels that have had to imploy barmen report a considerable change for the worse In tbelr receipts. Dog Dies From Grief , A Hog's striking attachment to his master is recorded from Vllleneuve-Salnt-GeorgeWhile attending the funeral of a municipal councillor's wife C. Constantlh, a resident of thst village, contracted congestion of the lungs, from which he died suddenly. He bad a dog, a small fox terrier, which never left him. Since the death of M. Constantin the poor animal refused food snd passed whole days st the cemetery moaning on the tomb of his dead master. The other dwy the terrier was found dead. le Figaro. -- s to see that my. guards wers about their business; then continued along a wooded bluff that rose to a considerable height above the lake. There was a winding path which the pilgrimages of schoolgirls in spring sad autumn had worn bar!? and I fol-- ' lowed it to Its crest, where there was s stone bench, established for the ease of those who wished to take their sunsets In comfort. The path that rose through the from St. Agatha's declined again the neat, and came out somewhere below, where there was a spring sacred to the schoolgirls, snd where. I dare eay, they still Indulge In the Incantation of their species. 1 amused myself picking out the pbr lights si far as I had learned them, following one of the lake steamers on Its slgzag course from Port Annandale to the village. Eleven chimed from the chapel clock, the strokes, stealing up to me dream!!-- . A moment later I heard a step in the path behind me, light, quick, and eager, and I bent down low on the bench, so that Ita back shielded me from vlev.-- , and waited. The steps drew closer m the bench, and some on passed bcMnd me.' I was quite sure that It wn a woman from the lightness of the step, the feminine quality in the voice that continued to hum a little eong, and at the last the soft rustle of skirts. I rose and spoke her name before my eyes were sqre of her. "Miss Holbrook! I exclaimed. She did not cry out, though she stepped back quickly from the bench. Oh, Its you, Mr. Donovan, is it? "It most certainly is!" I laughed. We teem to have slmllai tastes. Miss Holbrook." . No Doctor In Forty Ytars. Forty years residence in the country near Etna with never a doctor lummoned on a professional visit at bis home is the record of E. R. Hamilton, who baa nevertheless raised a - large' family.' "There were times during the last two score years when we were hungry, but we were never sick, said Mr. Hamilton. Portland Oregonian. Words of Comfort says I must sleep said the man who is not wood from mo-me- (TO BE CONTINLED.) - Where Her Sympathies Lie. Tm so sorry for Mr. Brown. Hes suffering- from a severt attack of the ' " grip. "I'm not half so sorry for Brown as I am for Mrs. Brown, replied the neighbor, who knew what It meant to hnva a sick man in the house Detroit Free Press. My doctor strong. Well. replied the friend who makes painful efforts to cheer up; its all right so long as your landlord doesn't say It tricity to them, and gave her various ointments. In the two and s halt or three months thst she went to ths doctor, ws could see very little im- provement Then we had reed so much how people had been helped by Cutlcura thst we thought we would try it snd ws cannot be thankful enough that we used It My sister used ths Cutlcura Pills for purifying the blood, bathed only with Cutlcura Soap, snd nt night after washing, shs anointed her eyes very gently on tbs outside with the Cutlcura' Ointment tn one' weelCth swelling was entirely gone from the eyes, and after n month there was no longer any mucus or watering of tb eyes. She could already see better, snd in six weeks sbe .was cored. (Signed) Mrs. Julia Cseplcska, 3005 Utah 8t, St Louis, Mo, Aug. 35, 1110. . Railroading and Dancing. .. C. Leaks, who has a lot to do with managing a big railroad in Richmond, Vs., Is noted as ons of ths best dancers in ths south. ' One night something went wrong with the branch of the road over which Leake haa supervision. Where In thunder was Leake?", asked the president of the road next , f , morning. Leading a german, said the gen,J-eral manager. the commented . Which, president was a dirty Irish trick. Popular Magazine. Stuart Aixrosi Its iatliaplM rowlM Gon, Button, L LINS FOOT-EAS- E to ihikt luo ikua. to-UtInc rowing Sul It, Bwoliua mad hUtlait uatf Culloug goM. Sold wonting liwt. rtryw hurt, Sto. Oon tiwertlowvniMttu'. Sub-SluAddNUg 4Jlm AOlaalad, LtBor.M.T. ior t Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, Makes a Woman ef not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Bacon. most of Ohio's one widow of The a. distinguished newspaper editors and Thoumoda of Conramptive die every a famous leader In politics In his day, wir. Omaatnptinn rewiltu from negatron-gef old a snd 70 years lected cold on the lunvu. ITumlme Wirurt says she is woman than you will find In ten Oil will core thewe cold. Juwt rob it inti thousand, and she credits her fine the chest and draw out the inflammation. physical condition to the use of Grape-NutExecutive ability consists tn finding i "Many years ago I had a terrible a man who can do the Work and In fall which permanently Injured my letting him do It. Lota of men who rtomach. For years I lived on a can do the first, cant do the second. preparation of corn starch and milk, but it grew so repugnant to me that I 40 Dr-- Pierces Pleamnt Pellets first put up ago. Thev regulate and invigorhad to give It up. Then i' tried, one ate,years stomach, liver end bowels. after another, a dozen different kinds tiny granule. of cereals, but the process of digesme tion gave Rotten Cigarette Paper. great pain. Mach cigarette paper is made from It was not nntll I began to use Grape-Nut- s food three years ago thst waste untarred hemp rope. I found relief. It has proved, with the nt to i datsUlIfF dear Lords blessing, a great toon to rrED til rtliB4 ituMy If PAA me. It brought me health and vigor Y4rujnH Ams of MklfT fait to Oar ittf, Blita. such as I never expected trf again en- Dili n Piunulm FltatlwUis joy, and In gratitude I never fall to Nothing under tho tun has . done Name given hy more to help the fool killer, earn hie sound Its praises Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich alary than Inordinate Theres a Reason. Look for It in the little book. "The Natures laxative, Garfield Tea, ia made Herba. Road to Wellvllle, to bo found lnpkgs- - of alean, sweat, health-givinA FOOD STORY 70 "Ons In 10,000. s: Sugar-Coate- mrs i self-concei- g m ml (to skm Wdvt A Ttof mBtv Mfmv (hi ttaae t(ellDM ksMi mrm . fvitsi, (in, Cleanllnass Is next to godllnaaa- .John Waster. , d V |