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THE PEOPI.E. BAftNWVLL. 8. C. rhirtllnf. and ti** rnu^trar cl%nklnf r.^n ttr I f* CHAPTER XI—Continued, f —12— answered Krskine, "and ■when ?” “At the first opportunity.” "From this moment I shall be wait- fns for nothing else.” Barbara, reappearing, heard their last words, and she came forward pale and with piercing eyes: "(’ousin Krskine, 1 want to apolo gize to you for my little faith. 1 liojie you will forgive me. Mr. Grey,, your horse will la* t at the door at once. I wish you a safe Journey—to your com mand.’* Grey bowed and turned—furi ous. Krskine was on the porch when Grey came out to mount Ids horse. "You w III want seconds?" asked Ore>, “Thct misfit try to stop ns— no!” "I slisll rble slowly." Grey said. Krsktlie laiwetL "I shall mn." yar Barhar ih.t ti W >11 m fled fe Won 4astii >1 “klt»< id be Within half mn hoar lii-nr If la n«d true. 1 pa«k i fl to tbrstourb the Mil ttmm •ir a ■n«] 1 am willing Mpf rr» Wefe gone tnm i f M rrgr* and apologtea." •be * • Tfed. with Ibr fnlur . -T Mi la better." anl i ber far e 4ad her ha H»l •«( tt hrf h*+r\ nil and be turn* d At tba it nMBtonf *4* ifttllta 1 MN* u aa rrytng b«»< rvtoa 1 be bttiWn "A | r% ftove ne.lt Itarb mfy gwi* 9# "Y M rll. M&KMrth* i I a»i id m ti a a .t% lm All |ivr 3 f Ml VNM MNI| ttRMrte-'t think it quite fiiir that‘yoii witli your skill should fight a man who knows nothing about foils?” "There was no other way,” Grey said sullenly. “And you could not wait, I pre sume?" Grey did not answer.. "Now. hear whyt I have to say, and If you both do not agree, the matter will be arranged, ty your entire satis faction. Mr. Grey. I have hut one question to ask. Your country Is at war. She needs _ every man for her defense. I>o you not think your lives belong to your country and that It Is selfish and utipatriotic" just now to risk them in other cause?" He waited for his meaning to sink in, and slnk^ie *Jld. . • ^T'olonel t>ale. your nephew grossly Insulted me. and your daughter showed Itte the dietr* J made Do defense to hltu nor to her. hut I will to you. I tm-rely ref«-ated What I had been told and I Indieved It true. Now that I agree with you. to cvprraa my ■! • •«et Dale >klae. but r-ot"' Of tra< e-d.alns erfme frdhi the-burnyard. Hunltry cattle were mooing and ft<1- uddere*! mothers were mooing answers to hawllug.cnlves. a pen<t»ck screamed from a distant tree and sailed forth, full-spread—a great gleaming winged i Jewel of the'^ilr. In crises,the nerves tighten like violin strings, the memory- platcs runt abnormally sensitive—and Erskine was not to forget that hour. ; The house was still and not a soul was In sight as the three, still silent, walked up tin; great path. When they were near the portico Harry came out. He looked worried and 'anxious. “Where’s Barbara?” asked her father. ' “Locked'in her room.” “Lot her alone." s*id Golonol Pale gently. Like brother and cousin. Har ry and Hugh were merely irritated by the late revelatioy, but the father was shocked that his child was no longer a child. Krskine remembered the girl as she waited for Grey’s coming at the s i mdiaT, hcrTaeeai j-ke w a I ked with him up the path. For n moment the two hoys stocxl In moody silence. Harry took the rapiers in and put them in their place on the wail. Hugh quietly disappeared. Erskine, with a [ word of anologr. went to fils roo and Colonel Dale sat dowip—ofT the porch alone^ • As the dusk giiLhered, Erskine. look ing gloomily through his window, saw the girl flutter like a white moth past t 1m* box-hedge and down the path. A moment later he saw the tall form of Colonel Hale follow her—and hoth passed fnun sight. On the thick turf the colonel’* feet too were noise less. and when Barbara stopped at the sundial he too paused. She wn* unhappy, and the eotonel’s heart ached sorvly. for any mihappino* of her* ■I- tray* lret4e<| hi* own. "Little girl!" he culled, nnd no lover’* vol« e r«HiM have |m-,-u more gentle. "<‘ome here!" She turtMsI ami saw him. with arm* n«]t»tretched, the tow imsm lighting all the tmdemeaa In hi* fine old fare, and ahe flew t*> him and fell to o • ep- Ing on hi* hrea»t. In wl*e *tlertce @IflE ®. LESION C«pt for This Depart rnrnt Supallsd the American I.e<*1oh Nawa Service > NAVAL SHOW AT CONVENTION Chairman Neville of Committee, Prom ises Big Display at New Or* _ Jeans M eet i n g. Delegates to the American Legion riRtional -convention at New Orleans are promised one of the most spec tacular and in L'rcstiiij^^rtVa 1 rs' the tuition ’ s seen, accord ing to Lieut. 0. W. J., Neville, chairman of the convention naval affairs commlt- t ee, w ho has been In .Wash- i u g t ou com pleting arrange- IS IN FAVOR OF SAURIES lame* Wicker, Director America* Legion Tour of Europe, Urg to •- Pay for Commandera. James J. Wicker, .Ir., dln*ctor <»f tNo American—Leglou tour of '"Europe, t h l.n k s depurt- Uient commander*, of the 1. eg Ion Rhottld i»e paid salaries. Just "V. before sailing from New York' on the S. S. Breal- (fent Roosevelt, which carried the party to the bat tlefields of France. Wicker sent a messagtFTO' his comrades in Virginia, refusinj^ber^permit his name to he metjjtioned as department ct*tn- inakdeTui the ejection by the stttte convention. His letter follows: “The department commander shtotld Rheumatism am Dyspepsia Are Soon, Ended Victim* nf atomach Irnuhle and rheuniat|*ni often And that when their ■fomach 1* set In order, the rheuma tism disappear*. Thousand* of people everywhere have testified that Tnnlae has freed them of both troubles slmul* ■taneously. JTr. Robert Trotter, 148 State St M St. Paulf Minn., says: “Abytit n year ago I began to go down hill. Sour stomach nnd rheuma tism in my arms and shoulders kept me In misery all the time. Since tak ing Tnnlae all my aches and pains bgye-gone, and my stomach Is In fine '['shape. I’m glad to endorse such a fine fnediefne.” - — ?_ Badly digested food fills the wrhole system with poisons. Rheumatism and. many other complaints not gen erally recognized ns having their ori gin In the stomach quickly respond to devote his prinrTpnTTtmi^^p^t-ipi-T.-ogiitp [ Bre right treatment. Get a hottle to- -its work. Its'growth.-Its we!fare ! dar aV«»y jrood druggist—Advertiaa- should coaim and his mind. Ids heart ment. and soul, ami should always be upper most in Jiis daily life. The position of department commander Is a very high office and it Is worthy of tin* very be*i men in the Legion. It Is a man-size Job, requiring the Very best efforts and’ the hardest work to handle It with the | greatest success. "Given a commander who would meats. Commander Neville obtained the promise of Assistant S»*eretary . »» ...... | , | practically surrender himself to the Roosevelt that he would send one bat- 1 , ... , , , , ,i 1 Legion, and who could make It* prog- tleshin and a number of destroyer* , .* .... _ ress and success hts chief aim and to participate In the program. I ,. . .... . . , . . otijectlve during Id* tenn of office, we Arrungt’iients have also b«*en made i * ... . . . .. . „ i,,,.!,. Would see thl* Legion of ours expand to have the Eagle boat* now at Jim a- ...... . and grow in ineiul>er«hlp. Influence and healthy activity ifliunst beyond con ception. I mu of the *ln« ere ct»nvli^ !lon that If the legion culU-d a man to a*De a* leader—asking him to give practically hi* whole time and provid ing h>e hi* *uptM>rt—he would. If o| proper ralllier. c«*n»Hler tliat gall aa aonvllle. Si. vest on and live service Petersburg. Turnpn. Gal- St.-Louis cnlle*! Into ac- wlth a view* |o illrectlng » t das< III ti. Hi 1 e-l » i . m- >•4 I ht * -»• i_ wbat I Hi kti a thl Up th< 1 ra Ta Tb tb b ’I while Kr«kl k* etrecini r.rtk.Bt- i>n to* <*w.>r*t ir ch**.T*’ l*e *aid n>*f>e “ mid dirt-y, nearer to Mm. ^ Grey took off I ic Waited. Grey tr' de tl: Usual Move* of courtesy and still F.n* klnc waited, wonderingly. with the fioint of the mpier on tin* ground. "When you an* ready." In* said, “will you please let me know?” "Ready !” answered Grey, and he Innged forward. Erskine merety whipped at his Made so that the clang of It whined on tluv air do the break ing point and sprang backward. He was as quick as an eyelash and lithe ns n panther, and yet Grey almost laughed aloud. All Ersk'ne did was to whip the thrusting blade aside and leap out of danger like a flush of light. It was like an inexpert boxer flail ing according to rules unknown— and Grey’s face flamed an 1 actually turned anxious. Then, as q kindly fate would have It, Krskine’s blade rbt in Grey’s guard by accident, - •truk* Ithr rail "What* "I—I— ’k—l 1 k« ua a That fbggtf | "I k* -*• kn •t h»-r hair tototu »h toT. go the tt -t t. Ill lie ■!* ugh- •pure • 414 the annitol rrul*r of the naval reaerve men. woo form their crews, to New Orle.iii*. A fleet of IS hydroplane* will fly from l‘en«aro(a to New Ortan* a few •lay* lo-f. re the r*>#i»enth*» and will remain oq the rtvar fur eshibltltoo flight* Ik bile In W a*blngtoto <’nmmandrr Enterprising Twins, tliistaf and Wilhelm Dyresen, twin brottiers, were bom in Sweden on March SO. ISTiO. They entered the Naval anidemy when of age together and ever since have been running neck and neck for naval honor*. Each 1m* held nearly every Important |K»*t In the Swedish navy. They are n*»w vice admirals and have only one more rung in the ladder to clliuh before reaching th«* gr.tdr uf ^dmlral. WOMEN NEED SWAMP-BOOT Thousand* of wemen hsve kidney ivl bladiWr treuliU* sad never suspect it. leading him to a wonderful *ert Im*. jd«t aa aertott*. aa noMe ami a* potrt- •tlr aa that wbl*di hr**ught him Into unif»na again*! the enemy." Nevitito atoo arranged far ins Hal on The queatUrtl la «me ssblrh baa been »«• the MS al 1 a a« Is* «rt ties at Knglaad. Marti ril<touaaed na rto all the rauulry 1‘anada, , Art* tralia. flraare. |i laly. lira by Itognmnalrs-a, and prvdmbfy stlH Ml and f *vhi 1 f *to tbefr at lev idance at esrtae before the uatbatet was• —tottato nt (be nas al ab ana. A flatlMa s if atotNM- Mess detents*. ». rttoea, a grflTM fl« a rosrte ta the 1 Ca«( from ‘ —— — - Mare |< stand. t*al. alto* amy be a fro CHEERS FOR FORMER SOLDIER inre .f roe aaeaf 4aa*4a*. I t »-i tf V] ■tot to gtrt •• * THE LEGION’S SWEET SINGER Ctseetoa vooeg. rtapoiar ▼ tfa*/»i* at «»* Mo«> Or Co* ■**« *ew u rv. Nr o w. * tflaab^ ♦ lalkd i* dfl itf. It* J. N. Hertt.tgji. Mao. Romwo* Warn*a fleam Daatft m Laba M.«a-gao J, Jt Ibdramto fentoor aoratro mato. 4!«i* i it*^pi I# fl^nntiiilflflf iftMif fc# oiMMlp Ml Ifll' ___ Wtwnea’* << -mpUtata often prove to b* nothing eh* but kidney trouble, oe the r«Mllt ft kidney or bladder dtoeaee If the kaltoey * ere not ia e healthy com ditMto. they nvey raaae tb* other orgaaa U> herrato diwed Pain ia the hark, headache, lam *4 am- tart ion, aervotoatoOBB, are often tune* aap- oms of kidney Irontde. Ihtoi’t delni •tertuvg treelment 1^ flthmr’a h*«a»pRa«A. a phy*maa*a pro- rnnpaiato, obtained at any drag Btae*. may he jtort the remedy need* I to oveeaama tarii f nfiOGa (let a otodMaa ee large rtao b»ttla MM amdteleh from any drug at are llnnaair. 4 yoto totoh Aral la tort tMe great peagneatran aaaad tato retola In Ol Kdmrr A (In. Ibtogbnmrato. If. Y•« flag a 1 mmfda baitlr U heto orttitog ka mre and ^ eV* 1 . • VMa payea. JhdifttUOl N i»m»«r«ert aaa*totol my oagoalnlntoeeto a • vary etooag ytomag touaaaM ■ twr itAw mto*> of bee mo Hrw*. dortoig IlMo yotog MetMaw »»* 1 With tko derteo Ito k#ao a III lie gartfleto af hag etoto^ ntod holtog like itoaaM forgag towatooM. gang f- tod tof pirkieav aim tvtflgmd goyty *ma •key Mrt«* a aieee otmee they toto*t gna •fcap atorf Mmee amola as—1 * an tag ke ktototo If they kofd ngfl pb tie aatofl- Kor oe*aag wg AtortMflfeltfM pkatom lake Made - tk aahtagt*m IflUar SHE OTEO A SWEATER. SWRT AND CHILI'S COAT WITH "DIAMOND DYES" 1 -«*h tr nnd ing mf loose tore' und hurled i if Krai aakrsl t Ing can ho w lit t»»*k they to (my r»y. th eg- place. the and ftk# Nft iK might. h t flaoh pact The Sword-Blades Clashed, Erskine Whipping Back ana Forth in a Way to Make a Swordsman Groan. dltf about you!” Both Hurry nnd Hugh had to catch Erskine by an arm then, and they led him struggling awajr.* Grey mounted his horse, lifted his hat. and was gone. Colonel Dale picked up the swords. . “Now," he said, “enough of all this—let it he forgotten." And he laughed. “You’ll have to confess, Erskine— he has a quick tongue and you must think only of his temptation to use it." Erskine did not answer. 'As they rode hack Colonel Dale spoke of the war. It was about to move into Virginia, he said, and when e powerful wrist behindlFseek^i'tt~~<&d BullLJiarryjmd Hugh inter rupted him with a glad shout: “We can go!" Colonel Dale nodded sadly. Suddenly all pulled their horses, in to wench the weapon ?y’s rapier from his grasp |en feet away. There is no greater mftiriliatinn for the ex pert swordsman, nrhj.fiot for nothing had Erskine suffered v Jhe shame of that long-ago day whenNt primitive instinct "•'had led him to thntstfng his knife into this same enemy’s 'htoast. .Nyw, with his sword's point on the ifearth. he waited courteously for^Gre, to recover his weapon. Again a kindly fate Intervened. Even as Grey rushed for his sword, Erskine heard the beat of horses' hoofs. As he snatched It front the ground and turned, with a wicked smile over bis grinding teeth.< came Harry'* shoot, and as'be rushed for ErsffThe. 'Tohroel Dale ewung from his horse. Thn . sword blade* clashed, Erskirp* whipping back and forth In a way to make a swordanutn groan—and Dale b»«>ked aghast and Kr-ktce * Color*-! (>gle had Krokine by the wrist "boort again turned tick. simultaneously and raised their eyes, for all heard the coining of a horse In a dead run. Around a thicketed curve of the road came Barbara, with face white and her hair streamirij hind her. She pulled her pony/m but a few feet in front of them, with her rning eyes on Erskine^afone. > “Kne you killed /him—have you killed him? If you ed helpless, an tm- hav( and all stopped amazed thatNtmne could answer. Ers kine shook hlS'hesd. There was a flash of .relief in the girl’s white face. It/* recklessness ga\e pay to sudden ahame, and. witbot(f a word, ahe w^efled and “thi rwp flfljKQ, fliirj flying after her. No one spoke Colonel and wa* betm “li. w .I. r* them, yon, Mr’ mrfl Grry CHAPTER XII "Jam • tod < «. ->* ftkAv Mmv I'tbrte Harry «nn was etuto* •• fkto s^tof tfeto toteflatoMtowa Tito n*g ray* tt*r maw pMarnfl tab* • in nrr u>< io sat at her right, »w«* leaf inn* *1»>ut the <*%>n*^ Captain Clark had *ald lid go with a humlred men If v* conld get no more. The rallying ! point would be the fort In Kentucky a hero be hud first come hark to hi* , own people, and T»ave YandHI would i Is* cuptsiin of a company. He himself wa* going ns guide., though he lio|>cd to act as soldier a* well. Perhaps they might bring hack the Hair- Buyer, General Hamilton, a prisoner to Williamsburg, and then he would Join Harry and Hugh In the militia rf the war came smith and Virginia were Invaded, as some prophesied, by Tarletqn’s’ White Rangers, who had been ravaging the Carolinns. After supper tiie little lady excused hersel with a smiling courtesy to go to JTer mother, and Erskine found himself in the moonlight on the blg^ portico with Colonel Dale alone. “Erskine,” he said, >*you make It very difficult for roe th keep your secret. Hugh alone seems to suspect Te Grey, but ^Kave warned 1dm to say nothing. lb .» th t! •nivnth d at a In and a|>pvMr g lie p^V ..wn ••( the the Kan»a* • >iiatuiit de- pan with hap* I youngi • ’ i > > mar d. * \oung tie«-amc a tn«‘tiil>er «if the rrew’ Of the L*. 8. 8- t^'UisvIlle In the early days of the World warLdiarlng enlisttnl In the navy. He (ton was rho-<eii a* soloist for the fatuous hand of Jolm Philip S«»usa uTi'l toureil with I the hi nd on Its reprtirkahle recruiting | rainpulgn*. * I * Following Id* discharge from serv ice, Y’ounc/started on an active and fuccessfirf ean*cr as a public singer. He hCa member of the American Le gion and of Las Societe des 40 et 8 rhevaux. when limp Th II i . i »..■ Atod/ffc •S ^. e«b < ^ •tolto (la d oh a 'U art li In h< ll«e t< letunie*l h<>ni aandhar and. Water, been ahoiited for bei •*•1 te bad IB ft# 1 the rv l lowed hi* ieb. dtv totge bee pwte nwt f» to an I •! • >• 4>f<* Me«ra o«at dtapaf -ea Weaw 1 *#* *• •tox awa aA« baa aawv dtad twt ea MMfl fbeatotod Dye* — *m aSbar k ,wd AbtoBI ^ rfoeV b^mto dvemg to a wee tv-etoto Tb* ■aatod Tbra *rv gtoaraate* ( a*t t* ^afl. fad*, rtryak. ee vtoto Tefl ywtov drwsgflal wbetbrr the matevtal veto wwb t* tot 1 * to ««*i ay aalk. «to wba*bav d to b to toived feed* — A ktoaaewl Mm i go aw lm ining I tof ore abi* e. She swam heiond the finding herself In deep yie piinlc-atricken and help She declared ahe Would have drowned In a few moment* more hud not l»*r tv** iter reaHmd her. WILL CHANGE STREET NAMES Tiny Tewmeh*# Ma* Mighty % Rumuru!l. a tiny townabip 1st Kenya colony7 ln_ Kaat Africa, claims the Mnet Ion of being the thirst teat In the empire, acc«icxllng to the Ijondoai Tlme» corrv«poi>4«*ot at NairotaL. Then- are tep adult Kuropraua in tb* setrletm-nt, which Las uow four Ufluor llcenM-w und Is planning to have n hotel. New Orleans Thoroughfarea to Be Ra- christened During Legion National Convention. After the Fakirs. ’ Persons who have suddenly ac quired World war records, wound efripes and :i desire to help other dis abled veterans by soliciting subscrip tions to equally bogus magazines have , bo'aroused the American Legion and —-^-LJuiinieipal nuthorUWs at Syracuse, N. Y.. that t lie two To ne'e iravc -eomhined against such fake sol^tting. Anylme .seeking a license to sell magazines Is TTrrmrd—over-Jo—tha__Legl<mfqr inves- L^hav he qthers seem not to have of the. matter, at all. It was a boVish Impulse of generosity wlvkll you may regret ‘Never,’* interrupted the hoy. have no use—less than ever now.” “Nevertheless," the colonel went on, “I regard myself as merely your steward, and I must tell you one thing. Mr. Jefferson* as you know. Is always at ojien war with people like us. Hts ti gat ion. . That Local Color. Mrs. Timothy- Hay—For heaven's sake! What are you going to do with that old wagon? And that harness grandfather had? Where on earth la •> "Td?iFr~bpim!^rseL-aKlde_f()r one of the principal allletKjrowers with corre- “* TV’ u... ... a t ^ e CJirl And what ure j- ou ur^ed l,ai.d Is against cosrh and tour; silver ,f' k( . tran for , An( , th „ Ura . „ gi'ate. and artatoerat He Is fighting our m „ ut ,,. Are you going erazy? now against the law that gives prop- • Mr T (rP1 ,r„ a ,.h(ully)-Maria. n •"^ 4h L”■ | " P,,, *l»re« your Whs? l>out you know the bill. Hi* argument Is rather amus ing. He says If you will show him that the eldest son eatt more, wears more. and doe* n»ofe w ork then his brother*, he wlfT* gran^ the? that aoev. U *o- titled to more. He wflntg to hlwt oat •II JUtinrtUma of rleaa. If* can’t 4*. that, but be will pern this MIL" *J h -pe be Win.” muttered Krakift*. (TO RK OnffTINPEO I them summer boarder* are coming on the next train?—American Legion Weekly. - . HM ■*•—"Hmmy i -a— Latucg Him Down Easy. A rich man, lying on hfi Called .bi* chauffeur, w bo had been in bis art* he fur lean, abd *a»d: "Ab. Rybra I am rung am a long and atoigyvd JatoMry, «trwe tbaa *«rr are me-* "WeG. mr." toMidud f be a *m*f eatoaflmC. It a duwb bRL* lUuminated by 2S(i00 electric lights and decomted with flags, banner* and streamers, the downtown street* of New Orleans will be In holiday re galia during the American Legion na- tlonal convention next October. For five days the, conventional names of business streets will he thrown into the discanpand they wIH he reeliristened with designation* jnqre approprlnle to the Legion gath ering. ~ ^ A court of honor of the nations -wIlLlrt^estnbllshed in ten blocks, each Watch Cuticura Improve Your Skin. On rising and retiring gently aroear the face with Cullcuni Ointment. Wash off Ointment In five minute* with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It is wonderful what Cuticura will do for poor complexions, dandruff. Itching and red rough hands.—Advertisement. English Daily for Jerusalem. Jerusalem soon Is to hove a daily* newspaper published in English. It will be owned and edited - by an Amer ican woman, Mrs. Gatling of New York, who has spent -several month* in Palestine studying local conditions. Mrs. Gatling has paid $2f>0,000 for a h u ih ling fo Tie tised The presses and other mechanical equipment for the paper are now 'tBetr^TiT^rtrt-^* !OU1 --tbit-Unlted spending flags and'decorations. Signs Indicating the names Of the states, with their contributions in numbers of Dr. Trtay'a “Drad Shot” U pow*rf»t 1 ■afe. tt years of success has proved With one slnsle dose. Worms or Taj Wnri.l war ficHH-rs, will fMtarr the S* - , . A tlwi ftFeve/hc* ♦ r\ la a _ . .a I • I Ktor*lr it vs rvt tow 11* Ai court of honor of the states, to he hidd on the principal residential street. American Legion avenue will he decorated with legion banner* and emblems. Visiting doughboys- In search of their buddies Will be assisted In the establishifient of the street* of the dlvi«|on»r 8ut4>*'rtde<l acriis* THe •treet* utilized for thl* purpose will be the insignia* of all divisioM la the \WrhK war arnjv. Impromptu re unions of men w ho sereAfT -ftr 1 (Ji* | •aine dhHfon will he bHd near the I banner* tnsrrRied wttfc their d.ustoto- j al tgrtgitla RedL wbtte and bltor *dntrlc btothe | rtfl) Ulutaamf* Oa**t atiwwf. the saata tb n a*b4tojpSi and al- flritornml M#a tn addition. Money back If not ant Advertisement. Wichita Women Like Hata. Women of Wichita, Kan., buy average of eight to ten. hat* a yi a* revealed by a canvass of the nery shops in that city. We roust all pay for ■here are no pane*. . .«* eepVbui ir* - CJU a