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I ACase By DONA] ((.Ppyright. t9ii. by Assi Young Sawell Chester thought very Well of himself. He had studied law and been admitted to the bar. He was rather good-looking and the praises of-certain ladies had made him vain... While waiting for his first case he had the consolation of feeling that his bread and butter did not depend on it. -.Altogether, Mr. Chester was taking a rosy view of life. He might have con tinued in this line for many months Indre but for forming the acquaint ance of Miss Mildred Vane. Aftei his first case a lawyer is cau tious. Instead of plunging he looks up the law. The first time Mr. Chester imet Miss Vane he admired her. The second time he fell in love. The third tionc-well, Miss Varoe was rather a blunt-outspoken girl, and she turned on him with: "Mr. Chester, I should think the law would occupy your attention to the ex clusion of everything else until you had carved a name for yourself." Mr. Chester mentally -admitted that the girl had the advantage. PYou :aren't in pradtice yet, are Yoi?" continued the g:iIl. "I mean the practice of law?" "I-- haven't had a -case." "But you probably will have, if you wait long enough." "I had an uncle -Wro'studied law and Wnited five years for his Prst ellext. She was an old woman who had had a goose stolen from 'her. It was a sim Pie ease,'but he 'won it and then went right bead -and became a great lawyer. You 'should 'not get discouraged." Lawyers never -swear. They kinw the laws against profanity. They never indulge in threats. There's 'a lnw 'about 'that. 'They never see-k re venge. 'The law -faces them again. Mr. Chester 'felt himself crushed, hut he coild 'lock 'lhimself in his office and -de tIre hi 'whispers that the day wou'ld come--yes, it should come-by the betrd -df his 'father it must come when--mnd so on and so tMrth! Then be took :up life -again and did more waiting for a client and still continued to love 'Miss Mildred Vane, though lie' took cure -not to lisp the fact to any body. Mr. 'Vane was-sometking or olrer in .a life insurance company. As fhat womething or'other brought him a sal )i The CocmnWa.lm inthe city. a WsGlm Mr. Vane stuck to his horses and carriage, instead of selling them for junk and doing his riding .in a clhug wagon. He thought it safer for the public. In an auto lie did not know what minute ho mnight run down one of his own policyholders who carried a $25i,000 risk anad had paid but one premium on it. It therefore came about that one aft ernoon Mr. Vane's coachman was driving Mr. Vane's daughter over the highway leading from home to the vil lage and the railroad dlepot. There were farmhouses to pass. Th'lere were cows and pigs and geese and henrs to pass. Mr. Vane's coachman sat up very straight and dignified. He had a position in the world. COWS andl pigs h and geese and hens had not. There fore, it was for them to look out. Tlhey seemed to realize this, and~ slowly sauntered out of the dust into the mayweeds. All but one old gander! lHe was full of dignity and had a reputation to maintain. There was his flock looking on and waiting to see if he would show the white feather. He took his stand and with outspread wings lie hissed defiance. He was a brave old gander, but he went down under the iron hoofs of the blacks and met his doom. He gave forth one squawk and all was over I "'Here-stop--what have you done!" exclaimed Miss Mildred at the coach man as she realized that there had been an accident of seine kind. "Only an old geese, Miss," was the reply, though the horses wore checked. "But we'll see ahout the old goose Inst the same!" anniouncedl a farmer anrd U:'. owner of tho bird as he nI#'-1" fro'n his gate. "Young lady, yourhl co''auan deliberately drove over U'zut h .idn't get out of the wayl" nrotcated the cachmnn - " 7Z! Df Goose D ALLEN elated Literary. Press.) "Neither did you. That goose had as much right to the highway as you Hfave. I was watching, and you didn't turn out an inch." "I am willing to pay the value of the goose," said Miss Mildred as sie opened her purse. "Very well, miss. My price is $501" "What! What! Fifty dollars for a goose!" "Don't you give him over 60 cents!" put in coachee. "Fifty dollars, miss, and not a cent less!" said the farmer as he set his jaw. "I don't set that value on him simply an an old gander, but because lie has licked a fox and a hawk in a fair fight. One night, when a robbes was trying to get into the house thin old gander gave the alarm. I had only to watch his actions to tell the weath er three days in advance. Oh, yes, you will have to pay the $50, and I am letting you off cheap at that." "But I won't pay it!" flamed the girl. "It is simply ridleulous. I'll pay a dol lar and no more." "Not another vent," added the coach TnaIl. "Very well. 1 am a constable, and I arrest you both for malicious destruc tion of property. Drive to the village and I will bavo you arraigned in Coulrt!" Whereupon he climbed up beside the driver an-d 'gave the word to go on. Had he not declared himself an officer he would have been pitched out. To pitch an .ffleer from a carriage on his head into the highway is no joke in law. The coachman was glum, and the girl 'bit her handkerchief to keep back the words of "sass" that rose to her lips. and the remainder of the drive was not enjoyed by anyone. On arriving in the village the car riage was driven straight to The office e1"a justice of the peace, wid Miss Mil dred's feelings passed from indigna tifon to fear. Just how the brieftless young lawyer happened to be in the village'need not 'be explained, but lie was there and saw the carriage and (ame 'to 'know what had happened. After ten 'min utes talk with the coachma.n he en tered the courtroom to nod to the girl prisoner, and to inform 'tile justice that he was her conusel 'i-n 'the case. Then and t0h9e occurred vn episode. The prisoners were nrralgrred,:and the. Lawyer Chester drew -a 'long 'breath and prepared to do or die. The killing of the old gander -was admitted. It. was admitted that he was the property of the plaintiff. 'It was further admitted that 'he 'hal a 'legal right on the king's highway,'but 'there was the question of vplue. Even in the city of New York, at Thanksgiving or Christmas time, a tough old-gander was not worth over .a 'dollar 'in -the mar'ket. That sum had 'been 'offered the owner and rejected. Fifty dollars for a go'ose'? Whoever heard of the like? The cackling of geese saved~ Rlome, but miot one of 'the flock brought over two dollars ntfter 'wards. Malicious dlestruction of goose life? WVhy, his clients were not aware 'that such a gander was 'in .ettistence'! That. gander had fought -a Shawk and 'a fox, but it was that same belligerent spirit that had brought about hi-s dcath. H-e was more of -a menace to the 'highway than thte carriage. 'r. Chester spoke for an hour. Hie waved his a rms. lie thundered. He iuoted decisions, lHe app~ealed. HeJ won 'his case and went over 'to the girl smiling. "JTust ilike my uncle!" she laughed. "Yes, this is my first case, and it is about a -go'gse." "And your next, let us hope-" "Will be about a young lady, nnd I feel that I shall win that!" Miss M ildrled biushedl and turned away. The ease may not be called for some little time yet, but Mr. Chester has confidecnce in the plea he has pro pared. Good for Sickroom. A sandbag is one of the most set' viceable articles to use in the sick roo~m. (let some ('lean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove, make a bag about eight inchtes square of flannel, fill it with the dr'y sand, sew the opening carefully together andi cover' the bag with cotton or lin en cloth, This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in the oven, or even on the top of the stove. After once using this you will never' again attempt to warm' the feet or hands of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a brickc. The sand holds the heat a long time and th(e bag catn be tuceked up to the back withot hurting the invalid. It is a goodl plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use, A Parable, Opportutnity knocked one (day at * certain man's door. "l'was the afternoon. No one answered. "Pshaw!" exclaimed Opportunity. "lie has probably gone to the base ball game." Thereupon she wqnt to look for P man who was always en the job. Trying to Arouse Mils Jealousy. "A hanndsome man smiled at me 9e town today.' "Oh, well, don't feel bad abont It; some wYoment lock even funr.der- thatn Evaporated Milk is the handiest thing in the pan try. Iy ,ure and alwy / eady to us, x-dere is no waste-use as much or as little as you need, and the rest keeps longer than fresh milk. Gives fine results in all cooking Tell your grocer to send Libby's Milk SHE HAD NOTHING ON JIM Matrimohial Mixup in Whech Linda Seene~d to Come Oust a Poor Second. While I was being shaved the shog door opened gently and in walked v colored be y of fifteen, who lookea around in .an embarrassed way for % moment amid then said to t!he barber "Jim, you was ingaiged tio my sisten Linda." "You nwman I Is engagerl to her, was the pompous reply. "But Linda has sent word." "Oh, she .has? Does she dun wan the marria~ge hurried up?" "No, saht; she dun wanets you t< know dat 'she married 13111 Lee 'hou two hours .ago." "What? 'What's dat? Your sistel dun married to dat nigger. Wocrry well sah. Den r~ou return to dat sister anc gib heri my .compliments and -tell hei [lat I was 'dun marriedl mo' <a'n fo weeks ago and dlat she had-n't. dur Fooled me worf shucks! Dat's all, sub rand please close (Ie doah as you g< rut."-From Norman E. Mack's Na Lional Month~'. WORSE EACH YEAR. How Chronic Kidney Trouble Was Fl naily Checked. Mrs. C. L,. Wolfe, Anita, Pa., says: '"The ter'rible pains across the smnaI af my back caused me greater mis ery ithan I can describe. Often I felt as sore as a boil al over my body. I grew worse andl worse uinti' - finally I became so bai I could not do the leasi , work. I was so dizzy ] feared I would fall and my head was constantl3 Sracked with pain. Ncr vousness prevented m) *sleeping and in th< morning I arose more tired than ever Seeing that I was not improving un der the physician's treatment, I be gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills. They made me the strong, well woman I am today." Remember the name--Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a riox. Foster-Milbuirn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, . At All Hours. "Professor, .what do you consider the most wonderful thing in the world ?" "The brain of a centipede; it is in FInitesimally small, yet it has perfect 3ontrol over the creature's entire sys Lem of legs and feet." A Redeeming Feature, "Maud is a harem-scarum sort, isn't she ?" "Yes, but her skirt isn't." Constipation causes and aggravates many erious diseases. 1t is thoroughly eured by 3r. Pierce's Pleasant, Pellets. The favor te family laxative. Don't let your money burn a hole a some other fellow's pocket. If Yeur. le fluttering or PLEDGE POLICIES FOR LOANS imprudent Act. That Really Means Man is Borrowing From His Widow. Many men, pressed for money, go to the life insurance company, de Iosit their policy as security and bor row as much as the company is will ing to lend. That the practice is com mon is proved by the fact that most companies have loaned from a fourth to a third of the aggregate face value of their policies in this waf. "Very few of these loans," says the annual report of the Connecticut Mutual-and this company's experience is typical "are ever repaid to the company. The money . . . are swallowed up in business enterprises, in specula tion . . . and the total result means embarrassment and distress in a great many cases, and poverty in the place of competence, when the claims mature, and there is nothing left above the loans but a mere mar gin in cash on the policies for the protection of families or estates." Men who borrow on their policies are taking away protection from their families. It ought not to be done. Collier's. HIS PROPERTY. Old Man-Here, get out of that puddle at once! Kid-Nit! You go an' fiid a mud puddle of your own! Politician and Preacher. A politician in a western state, long suspected of crookedness and noted 'for his shifty ways, was finally in d'icted and tried. The jury was out a long time, but eventually acquitted him. After tihe verdict was in and the politician was leaving the court room, a misnister who had been ir part responslble for the indictmeni and trial, approached the politician and said: "Well, my friend, you havt escaped; but you had a close shave I trust this will be a warning to yox -to lead a better life and deal mor fairly with your fellow men." . "That may be," the politician re - plied. "That may be.; but I aln' pledged to arny one."--Saturday E~ve e ning Post. J Fomni War .Against Tuberculosis. ewtuberculosis directory of the National Association for the Study and P~r~even ti on of Tuberculosis it is as ertained that oveCr 600 cities and towns of t he United States, besides about 100 in Canada, are engaged in: the war against consuiihption, and that on Apr'il 1st there were nearly 1,500 different agencies at work in the cru sadle, .an increase of nearly '700 pcr cent. in the last seven years. The new directory lisits 421 tuber culosis sanatoria hospitals, and day camps; 511 associations and commit tees for the pr-evention of tuber'cul osis; 342 special dispensaries; 68 open air schools; 98 hospitals for the insane and penal institutions, making special provision for their tuberculosis inmates; besides giving an account of the anti-tuber-culosis legislation in every state and in about 250 cities. The new directory is sold by the Natiofial Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 105 East Twventy-second street, New York city, at cost price, 1i0 cents postpaid. TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA Take the Old standard R HV~'~ AATillS "iLrTNC Yo know wa you arerykng asown t, is aply Quninerand nron n aa af rears. rco o0 center. sl yn If not God, whence duty? There re mains no other source than blind, brutal, tyrannous force. Duty never issues from that.--Mazzini. Fror COLDS and GRIP meiks' (?Ar-ums Is the best remedy--re lieves the aching unid feverishness- cures the ('old andi restores normal condit ions. It's ltiquid-effects immuediately 10c., 25c., aind 50e. A t dlrug stores. The right kind of a decision today w ill pult pow~der in your gun for to mnocrrow. Color more goods brighter and faster colors than ai dye any garment without ripping apart. Write Many a fe-llow who falls into a for tutne goes right through it. Garfield Tea cures corustipation, keeps the blood pure and tones up the systemt. Flattery is simnply the nice things we sity about other' people, weak. use "RENOYSNE." Made by 41 Shouldn't Het A very good natured broker, who to very much larger than his wife, and who likes his little joke at' someone else's expense, was sitting in the the. ater. A man behind himn, not know- 3 ing who lie was, leaned forward and { whispered, "Will you please ask your wife to remove her hat?" "You'd better do it yourself. I'm afraid." Whereupon the man behind became angry, arose, protested and left the theater. Wanted an Officer. The sheriff was snoozing away in his seat in the coach, when he hoard some one call out: "Is there an offIcer in the coach from New Castle?" "Yes," replied the sheriff very em phatically. "Loan me your corkscrew, please, sir," calmly continued the drummer. Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Watery IEyes and Granulated Lids. No Smarting-Just Eye Comfort. Murine Eyo Sa ve in Aseptic Tubes Now Size 25c. Murino Liquid 25c-50c. The softest powder puff in the world isn't as agreeable to the touch of an old maid's check as a two days' growth of board. Do .vour foet feel tired. nehv. and more at nirht ? 'Rnh them with a little H1am lins Wizard Oil. They'll be glad in the morning and so will you. Don't mind .being laughed at; some day you may splash mud on the laugh ers with your touring car. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething. noftens the gums. reduces inflamma lion, allays pain. cures wind colic, 25c a bottle. A man can get along without doing much if he has sense enough to know what not to do. c0hw and rnnoka uintaixeti toteba... i-hea, and uneoped. Moriwethor & ltdvards. larksllioTenn. Many a girl has too many strings to her beau. IF YOU HAVE A SICKLY You The family with young children that is without sickness in the house now and then is rare, and so it is important that the head of the house should know what to do in the little emergencies that arise. A child with a serious ailmtnt Teeds a doctor, it is true, but in the majority of instances, as any doctor knows the child suffers from some intestinal trouble, usually constipation. There is no sense in giving it a pill or a remedy containing an opiate, nor is flushing of the howels to be always rec onimeinded. lather give it a small dose of a mild, gentle laxative tonic like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin which by clean ing out tho bowels and strengthening the For DISTI or- or andp io pi add Fagged Worn women, tired out w home, need a tonic, strength nerves and tired bodies do no If you're nervous, run-dos out, don't give up-try Cardi great medicine has been usei thousands of women, and has medicine for nearly all of thle: TAKEC The Woma Letters received from thol Cardul has done for thlem, Read this letter from Mrs. ( "Tongue cannot tell how me. I am on my third bottle, fore I began using Cardul, I I would work a while and the can work all day, and not be Try Cardi. It is composed that cannot possibly harm yc FADELE yother dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. 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Free Booklet, "Dlstemp.e * Ia~I*" .. OSH EN. IND,, U. S, L, Out? ith the work and care of the -buiiding medicine. Strained t get well themselves. vni, discouraged, and fagged ii, the woman's tonic. This i for more than 50 years by been found to be a curative ills from which women suffer. fn's Tonic .isands of ladies, prove what lharles Bragg, Sweetser, Ind.: much Cardul has done for and I anm much better. Be could not do a day's work. ni have to lie down. Now I tired." of pure vegetable ingredients, 'u. It is sure to help you. SS DYES aincold water beter ta any othrdy eyou ca F EATHERS Jn, n,~toot7& .gs bed tor pillo, writ u diret t yuhv ;o~l'ORtATICI) 114 Preston Sitreet, inuisville, K,' s*eees s Thompson's Eye Watei w. N. U., AT LAN TA, NO. 21-1911. phis. Tan,,a Pi.ejja~