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mn Ur* Tm^* M##t m tnirift I fh! Cnlnmrl mullet 700 tfrk. If* horrlbl# f Ttk« ■ 60m of (b« daafvr- oi>v Uru( toolsht tod tomorrow 70a lo«* n day. f Cnloinrl la mercury I When It comet Into contact with aour bile. It crashes Into it, breaking It up. Then Is wbeq you feel that awful nausea and cramp ing. If you are sluggishy if liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone tonight. Here’s my guarantee—-Go to any drug store and get a bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone for a few cents. Take a* spoonful and if it doesn’t straighten you right up and make, you feel fine and vigorous, go back tb the store and get your money. Dodson’s Liver Tone Is destroying the sale of calomel because It can not salivate or make you sick.— Adv. The House of By Wlt.M AM JOHNXION Whispers ^ cwayrigbi by UVtlo. Bran* a Cm a • ■ 4 Asking Too Much. “Where did you work lust?’* “I whs a Bohemian,., ma'am.*' * “A what?” “I worked in one of tho*e little res taurants where artists, writers mid people like that hi* *U|»fNr>ed to <*Ut Up something awful, and wltere tour ists co to ‘see the sights.*' I didn’t mind smoking cigarettes and drinking one cup of tea after another; I didn’t complain when the Imim asked me to hoti my hair and wear freakish rto*kea, htll S Infi he wanted me to smnhe dears | quit.*’—tflrmlagtmm Age •leeaM# TV Awry's TWmf Mmi* Is oat • tan ’ m "wrap." hoc a nal akllmh tmad Asm of moAtrtmt vfcwfc damn out W-ems m Tapouim otah • nmahi 4mm— 'SOMETHING WRONG HERE." Synopsis.—Circumstances having prevented Spalding Nelson, clerk, from joining the American forces going to France, hA la in a de spondent mood when he receives an invitation to dinner froimhis great- uncle, Rufus Gaston. On htn way to the house • he meets, under pe culiar circumstances, a young girl, apparently In trouble, to whom he has aai opportunity to be of slight service. She lives In the same apartment building as Rufus Gas. ton, and he accompanies h* r home. CHAPTER I.—Continued.' £5 -2— Although I tried to pretend an in terest in their conversation and absent ly answered their questions about my family, my thoughts kept constantly recurring to the strange trouble of the girl across the hall, her plight In teresting me far more than the pur- lH»ae for which my great uncle had • sent for roe. I had expected that he I would broach that subject himself, hut 1 the coffee arrived ami still the con- j vermtton had been limited to stilted family chat. As wo returned to the living mom. I deetded to give him a tam4: “My wrote mo—" | hegwa ■fib yes,” sold wM IKofwa. tanking • of •'»->.»r~ e Wi nd Mrs f«e mso eg the atflmo eg <—nnt IHM has ssuaw fwwssm ssousod •< a kwso for wsmha n hssas Mggww * oali * • “A safe deposit box would be bet ter, then.” ’ ,‘‘No,” said old Rufus shortly. “Both my safe deposit boxes are full and there Is nb uste JfrJHlrtir another one. The jewels will be all right where they are. In case of fire you can re move them to a place of safety.; This is the combination—see that you re member it—six right, four left, two. right, eight left, 6,428.” ‘Til remember it,” I replied, men tally repeating it over and over'qgaln. “And now, my dear,” said the old gentleman; “if you will get the keys from my desk, we cun permit our nephew to depart.” My great-aunt left the room to do his mission. The minute she was ► • • • safely out of hearing old Rufus’ whole manner underwent a startling change. Into his deep-set gray eyes come a look of terror. HU face be<*i»ine ashen, and the withered hand with which he clutched my arm was trembling vio lently. “l«!*t*t». boy.” he hissed, leaning for- ward that he might speak Into my ear and looking about apfwehefUlvety a* If I he feared to b* overheard “I. sira — i thersta something w rvfeftf here “ My Bret thought args that he’ had I hem suddenly styVAcw vtlh •et»Ha dementia hut roeal ting hfta perfurtly 1 raituuol rwndaef throughout the reel 1 uf the es ening | dMasAmud the thesey , ns ageaiai^y anseuuhhs Mis fenr ntknleuee euused ML raetamit mumml i soey- ««uft 'UeuBeshuag ue-au *' I > t . . . 11 ■ a.—uu ■ ■usnau m ieu wmaw T Vlui as Mf* un i ^ Mu rUoaeftod em eevn oa a utdi tg^ka a uestfhsU utkusaue tuanume ISa Itu epevoodg Side 91 MUM oa Us dmen as ^e Mg Mm 1 pg —S4e frum Mm fmavry tu Mm Antng I nuun. hut an the Other aide eeoeeui d*mes utun—l into tnua steegeng rmuin each with its own hath. As ! was a undering which of the t r trniinaa my great-aunt had eiptsted me to occupy, I n diced still a not tier door which 1 found led Into a small bed room on the servants’ aide of the house but unconnected with their quarters. While It was less elabor ately famished than the rooms oppo site, it was comfortable enough, and It had a spacious bathroom adjoining. ON DEI HEU tty SUM, Back and HmI Pained M« Ju«t Ad tha rnw," Say* Alabama Lady, Who Took tardui and Got WeL Cnlontown, Ala.—"After tha birth of my baby, I came near dying ” wrllon Mrs. Maude Felta, of Uniontown. was in an awful condition. • • • ft possible that there could he any In explicable mystery about a home in a modern, up-to-date apartment house ; Tl, « fac t that the bed here had been just looked like I wonld die. in the center of a civilized city. And if there was a mystery, why did they stay there? Why didn’t they move? Yet, as I pondered over the matter, I was convinced that both my great- uncle and his wife were rational.' I dismissed without hesitation the the ory that there could have been any supernatural happenings to affright them. It was probable, I decided, that their fears might have been played on by some conspiracy on the part of their servants to induce them to spend a season in Maine. Perhaps there was some specter from my great- uncle’s past now rjsing to confront him that he was keekjng to hide from his wife. It might he that she knewr left turned down was evidence enough ^ that it was intended for my occupancy. Returning to the foyer to get ray hag and unpack it. I was stnrtled^by thfe ringing of the front doorbell. I sprang eagerly to answer;$jt. It must he Miss Bradford. Probably she had reconsidered and had decided’ to take me Into her confidence. Who else could it be? There was no one else who knew I was in the apart ment. It must he Miss Bradford! "I couldn't bear anyone to touch me, I was bo sore, not even to turn me In bed. My sides, bend all pained me, jnst all ‘‘We bad tbe doctor every day aod be did everything he knew how, ft looked like. Yet I lay there snfterlng such Intense pains as seems I cant describe. "Finally, I said to my husband, tot With an exclamation of welcome on ug try Cardui’ ... He went for It — my lips I flung open the door. A man ' m . . . . . . . n _. , once, and before I had taken the flrat stood there—an utter stranger. In my * disappointment l was almost closing the door In hU face, hut as if antici pating my thought he quickly advanced of It or had re<*eived threats and was J on ** fool over the sill and kept It there, frying to conceal the matter from him. j “"ell.” I demanded almost savage- There are fewr men of millions with- Ij- “what do you want?” out some secret shameful pages In their llveSf^ftk I retn#inhere«l that old Rufus Gaston's dollars hail hero made In South America, all that 1 had heard and read of plots and coantef- plots below the rqualwr cairn- bulging Into aiy Wain If sorb should be the ease, that anaae betrayed vwoefafatar now was seeking »msawocw awaw that aver I wetrwsaed tha attespectad thnaea that had thfwww this eogwr- taWNf foe adventure th WK9 path ^ Fas aaafbe these uaeuMga eesu fm tSheS These ess MaSkSMa phadfseM whe hsed uwSes the vasae siMd sw ”Oh. It Is you. Is It?” he replied eye ing me with what teemed to me a most insolent stare. “What do j*m mean?” I aske«l. be- wlbleved. Certainly I never had seen ibis pereon before. He was short and ssorky, with sparse aanilia ript hilr and weak, shi in# eyre Mia fovw •ft aa aooa 1 mat MM ftsd OS *qnwS ONg eSoaft ft| ui aa% oftNav a* 1 * Oa kosoM as 4 SroOna kke amrnm iNMHa Ykaoa 4»*« ftass eaae“-Hfti m as ft W karoOet roaaai gaTOangaa ftfta 1 aM | 1 oro ftdBft No BB • • •a «s ka ftroa ft# aaaMn ft e %n * • mmmmt * * mmrnt roMOSP ftaaa tmt MM SMa MM* ■ t e* >» ♦ * « < * 1 1 I a» “ Ohs* v SSkow ko Sest* - %w«f I ShS * Ma gpkiaewd ghsassaaMg shows aoM owns on TVmoo # waaoshnsw atnsnt' • I sawaa ■ f koo M I *w» Oos MM vwa whoa a ss na knoh* o# tpasoa sknagn nsgwowk f ess ♦* eore kow^wsg aahMM-^whmaoou enospMh aaannev Thar eear Mb aMh vaaodk M vs on aw «oaoe vd see goarssk I Oos * aana Sae So SOose rhonos gr So*# “ bottle the ... came back, tbe began to go away, and I began la mend. The Intense pressure nil at once to leave my head, and fore long I waa up. *T took throe bottles and was x and strong and able to do my wv I believed Cardui saved my Ilte. • 1 cannot praise It It dtd for me." If yoa am a a tonle— Take Garda!, 1 —Adv ‘hi sag be IS SULPtiUl GOHPOUID *** ft ft saftoro smi «aap% Tftroa ft sat oaa esat 1 o» a* a ftdsa rot PftM t ass MM* h K • ( sae s 1 Sftft ftdb 1 SSSB • i M am a» Foaaea vmM ftop ha | ossomSI or snt oee • «ow IOmo Ns • mm sue *eorwgps SoA.ss Os SowW* kae 4 SH»S » ■ « 4 . ■So % gMMMftii ’thshoah gw m a ev Ns MMgM mWs mam awa hoe ss sro wowa s* Ik# ee amt * * was a JhjhMrkjfcl^^ojs ison fta kriasro <Mft ftd tnanoHa Ska *ft ftf * «ftSft^*TMft * tvAddFft 1 * • — •oskror ftotfSdk ( * 1*m4 kad ftg to thro ssa tvrft a ftft * W tm*% pas WSSOMS. tat*«d Ba IW gqsa waa f afso^rtiraM} ao*s said* V»*soo. ssare you ve roass I Vn- I bsve tew Tshlsvs sod bqMhrr With the ‘fsvunts Prssmpoor.' far HiftammaOnq aod a eatarrhsl soodiuoa and ubtsaMd suck woodartal relwf that 1 baea not bad any sorb trouble u> rears' —MUA U. C. LAW- t* >N, 7U0 Garfioki 6k I .♦ * u< lioftara ftre«lf**r*t I mi |mrtutitttss «f seeing 1« »h«» know* perhop* of oat of her in> «tert«Hi« plight. ”1 shall he very glad liHlet-d to rottie,” I found mv'odf saying. "It was nU*e «*f you h«»th to think of me" • re ' t •!(*• v—t It strange * you. Yoa •U iHOet net (lie tintII-—” To abort a cold and prevent com plications, take The purified end refined calomel tablet* that are Wfong Here Havion I Tell You!* "Wail ruaiidrr tha matter serftod ” aasmuaced aid ftafy* "We are ok seed fan guess* here os yuu hod heeler ma have stonod " m 'Wofwa waagoae grow* ass*-' Ofvroaamsroaaf 'kwt pun aas iMNae 0t*a ham she aasshsaMHl v# dkg aa*s ssV* Ip# arWsro see Maim srod Sk I live bsve Mi the hessse I fa!, vie have t*sg bssn and my people will th nk , if they see loe *|makil*g I* { uiulerstand. tlaei t you? \. i «|s*«k to me «ir rec*»giwxc "I'ntll e hat?” I cried eu^i^ly. “I’ntll we can maiiu.c (•> t*e prn|M-r- j ly Introduced " | "Yet | liiMNtfv), «»u |»roiiiiM‘U to j let me help you.” ”1 have not forgotten. I’m grateful. 1 really 1 am. tVrhnpM I may call on your services. I may have. to. If I do. I’ll find some way of letting you know." "Sonic secret way,” I suggested, half sarcastically. ^ “Perhaps," she laughingly nodded as we sepa ra tedL As I took out the keys ray great- uncle had given me and entered the apantment, I looked about me with a wholly new interest. That little word “mine” makes a vast difference in th** way we regard things. Now that these luxurious quarters were to he my home, temporarily at least. I look ed aboui curiously. Certamly at first glance there was nothing mysterious f In the atmosphere. Setting my hag down 1 began on Immediate Inspec- ty>n of the rooms. , The Gaston apartment. I discovered. 1 whulc aide at Ilia atatb floor of ■ twefve-atory building It »-^f«*re mm rwart» TO |uiy p«u» | >1 ttlJllk? 11 ft^ii ftkflCtll I *»d!r «.|k>ir II.# hu*i.utHr» shufttmg III tl»e paw» •C** «articd her of tit* r»*turti biuJ %ti** quickly drvqq*-*! my nrm. A* he rtt- tere«| she " a - teUliig me lit •|Uite i»«>r ■ mai ion*— to |m- *ure to n*niMtitM*r h«*r to my mother the next time I wrote. old Rufus handed me the keys, ex plaining which was which. * And remember,” said my great- uncle. as he escorted me to the thtor. "you are not to ntuie until Sunday morning at ten, after wg have gone. And remember the combination of the safe—Remember!” The Insistent way in which he re peated the word conveyed to me force- fiiTTy that what lit* most wanted me to remember was the strange warning he hud given me, and as I clasped his hand in parting I tried by the firm ness of my grip to let him know that I understood. “Remember.” repeated my aunt. too. as she stood there in the door a little behind him. at the same time giving me a significant look. ■ Yet. puzzling as had been the con duct of both of them, my memories that night were not of their warning nor of the combination of the safe nor of the hour at which I w« in i-iMruuled -irrlve~ They^V^'of the mLt head jH llfal eye* I aver had aeea and of tha Aroand the elevator •haft that came { haunt.og larvae writ tea la them | ap Through the reefer ana ■ tuoalf t_ "_ ■ » | o(|aar» roOrt atth foar daark CMART1R I!. . ^.1 ohMtag Iota tka' ttegdlaad aparv aammmf roorarog eat fti *aa hae#9 agghs S# mf Waa aaer*«*‘% taad It. Yaa dwtt 1 It aermad fann|. Ik with the young lady a I* a Wfrbai rnt Mr Wirh the hap • ; tt e • # tm "Hut what?” “I roaMit t ai^drr anit«»ance )oar%rtf yiHir cvwiilng I from next d«w*r.” “It Ju*t linp|M*nc<| that way." 1 ex plMitie«l. now un«ten*tandIng hla myatl tlcation. ”1 met her as I was com j Ing In "Twice.” he said, rather insolently “I can’t see that It Is any of your ^buHine.trt,” I retorted angrily. “If it hapi^eneil a dozen times.” His manner at on^e became apolo getic. ami he kto tHisd to offer ob sequious explanations. “Mr. Gaston asked me ip take par- ! tlcular notice. The other evening when you were coming to dinner he ! told me to tell the hall boys to look at you closely so that they could Iden- 4 tify you as the right party when you came in today. Tlmt was how it hap pened. You see, sir. In a house of this sort we have to be careful. It doesn’t do to let strangers prowl about without finding out who they are and what they are doing.” MRS.JMNSLOW’S This remedy quickly aids tha stomach to difast food and produces mast remark able and satisfying results in regulating the bowels and preventing sickness. P1«amnt to sli* |ila>Miiit t» taka Hanakas. purdrvwsetafcta. Infanta* and children * mraletor. fararala on •verylabaL Gonrantnod I non eUmholhi At, 4 I ^ * 0 amt fa a Bala tka oaa 1 aa* v sf Isos , orroMassf TW aaot siaataeaasa aaro •knw | ms not karosa as kks d sad Ska mmm ae flfci ft Mng aMft ssa TW 4Nw kg a Sara f Sad easosad ksS an* e a#Nf t,a«e aawaro e«^» • mm% « 41mm* 41 *. «** si. vs tta turn* 4$ m»