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* n» THF PEOTI.E. BAENWELL. S. C SEVERE ATTACKS OF INDIGESTION Wississippian Says All He Dared Eat Was a Little Bread and Butter Found Black- Draught Relieved His Trouble. Weir, Miss.—“I Imd very severe at tacks T>f niTTipestlon,” said Mr. M. H. Wade, of tliisi place. “I would suffer for months at a time. All I dared eat was a little bread and butter . . consequently I suffered from weak ness. I would try to eat, then the terrible suffering in my stomach! I took medicines, but did not pet any better. The druppist recommended Thedford’s P.lack-praupht and I de cided to try it, for, as I say, I had tried others for two or more years ■without any Improvement in my health. I soon found the 'Black- Draupht was actinp on my liver and easinp the terrible pain. “In two or three weeks, I found I could po back to eatlnp. I only weiphed 123. Now I welph 147—eat anythin? I want to, and by takinp Black-I»mupht I do not suffer." In an attack of indlpestion, one of Rimrock Trail "DADDY, DADDY!" BYNOPSIS-To the Three-Bar ranch, Arizona, owned jointly by Bandy Bourke, ‘'Mormon” Peters and •‘Soda-Water Sam" Manning- a tine collie makes its way, in the last stapes of exhaustion. Inscrip tion on its collar says Its name Is Grit, "property of P. Casey.” Scenting a desert tragedy, Bourke and Sam mount and let the dog lead thefn. The two And a dying man.'Patrlck Casey, pinned under an overturned wagon.* KJJeeling beside the wagon is his young daughter Molly, fifteen. By J. ALLAN DUNN Amlkt of “4 Mon lo Hit rtt. Copyright. 19B. by J.ytUan Dana men where a light twinkled, the cook shack, the corrals, up to the main house. There they alighted. Sandy lifted Molly from the saddle and curried her up the steps, across the porch, perately, mere ghosts of words, taxing kicking 'Open the dbbr of the living CHAPTER II—Continued. —2— “Yore dad?" he asked, kneeling by the girl. * _ “Yes.” Site stood up, slight and straight, with limbs and Jjody ju*t curving Into womanhood. “The hnwsses was tuckered out,” site said, “or Dad c’ud have made it. They' didn’t have no strength ^left, ’thout food or water. The d—d rgad Jest slid out from under. Dad made me jump. I flggered he was gain’ to. hut his bad leg must have caught In the the first things to do is to clear the i brake. We slid over like water slides stomach and bowels of all undigested ‘ o'Pr « rock. He didn’t have a h—1- food bnrtU loH- aml.Tliaitfo—| r4is»»f - £1 afgr spoke them the oatha Draught has been found very helpful In doing fbla. A small dose, after each meal, has Keen found of great benefit , - _ . .. . Sandy nodded. “CJot an ax with the outfit?" he were merely emphasis, had her father. She talked as to person* who are threatened with, or who are dl«|io«ed to. attack* of Indigestion. ftluck-Draught assists the 1 asked. Then turning to Sam as fh« crtfelly the Inst breath of the wheezing Fongs beneath the hatiered ribs, the final spurt of the spirit. “Molly—mines!“ ’ “I’ll look out for that, pardner,” said Sandy. The eyelids fluttered, the old’hands fell away,'- the Jaw relaxed, serenity came to the lined face, and no little dignity. For the first time the girl gave way, lying prone, sobbing out her grief while the two cowmen looked aside. The bay horse began to groan and writhe;—— "Got to kill that cnvallo," said Sam in a whisper. “Walt a minute." The girl bad qui eted, was kneeling with clasped hands, lips moving silently. Prayer, such as it was, over, she rose, her fists tight closed, striving to control her quiver ing chin—doing it. “We got to bury him, ’count of them d—n huzzards. v “We’ll tend to that," said Sandy.* “Ef yoimll *11 take the dawg on.up to the liawsac* . . .** _____ -N&r ~T helped to bury Jim Clancy, out In the denert; I’m gnln* to help bury Dad. It’* coin’ to be lonesome out hen*—" She twl*ted her mouth, •ettlng teeth Into the lower Up sharp ly aa idle gated at the deaolate cliff*. room where the embers of a fire glowed. There was no other light in the big room, but there was suttltient to show the great form of Mormon, stowed away in a chair, asleep and snoring. ' , Sam-struck a match and lit a lamp. He struck Mormon mightily between ids shoulders. , “Gawd!” gasped the heavyweight partner. “I been asleep. But there’s a kittle of hot water, Sandy. Where's the—what In time are you totin’? A. gel or a boy?” “Tills is Miss Molly Casey,” said Sandy gravely, setting down the girl. “Miss Casey, this is Mr. Peters. Mor mon, Miss Molly is goln’ to tie up to the Three Star for a bit." Mormon, a little sheepish at the sud denly developing age of the^lrl as she shook hands with him, recovered him self and beamed at her. “Yo're sure welcome," he said. “Boss hired you? Cowgirl or cook?" Sandy noticed the girl’s lip quiver and hr- slipped str imn about Tier shoulder*. He-was not woman-shy with this girl who needed help, and who seemed a boy. “Don't yon take no notice nothin' different. All she needs Is • chance." "What’s the Idee In pickin’ on ny*r asked Mormon aggrlevedly. "She’s a* welcome as gra** In spring. They nfh't no one got a bigger heart than me fo’ kids." "J>o one got a bigger heart, mebbe," said -Sam caustically. “Nor none a smaller brain. All engine an’ "no gaso line in the tank!* v ~ “She’s an orphan,” went on Sandy. “She ain’t got a cent that I know of. The claims her old dad mentioned ain’t no good because, in the first place, they’d fiave to be worked If they was; second place, they’re over to Dynamite an’ the sharps say Dyna mite's a flivver- All she lias in sight is the dawg. Some dawg! Comes in from the desert an’ takes us put to her an’ Pat Casey—him dyin’. Ef it hadn’t been fo’ the dawg, she’d have stayed there, to my notion. Got some sort of Jdee she’d deserted ship ef she hadn't stuck till it-was too late fo* her to crawl out of that slit in the mesa. She’s fifteen hin’ she’s got sense. ' I Agger we better -turn In rlght now an’ hold a pow-wow with the gel ter- morrer.” "Second the motion." said Sam. “Third it,’* said Mormon. And the Three Musketeers of the Range went off to bed. / W. Kitchernd CHAPTER III Molly. Molly cntne down next morning In the faded blue gingham. Sandy marked how worn It waa and marked | an Item In hi* mind—clothe*. He f him smiled at her with the sudden show- When Run-down or Recover- ing from a Prostrating Ill ness, Here’s Good Advice Atlanta, Ga.—“During a time of the ‘flu’ epidemic, in a mining town in Tennessee, I found it necessary to close my store, that I might act as nurse. There were a great many cases there at that time. We found Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis covery to be the best tonic for con-, valescent ’patients. They all gamed, strength rapidly on this treatment. “My own case was no exception. The ‘Goden Medical Discovery’ gave tone to the digestive organs and en riched the blood, with the result ol restoring me to a general healthy condition.”—J. M. Kitchersid, liA Whitehall St. Obtain the Discovery in tablets or liquid at your nearest drug store or send 10c to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids* Hotel in Buffalo. N. Y., for trial pkg., or write for tree nedical advice RUN DOWN PEOPLE afomarh tn carry on It* Important work of dlgNtion. and at the Mm* time mildly at I mutates the liver to do Ifa work. Try Black-Draught. Price 2fie. girt sent rmj; fallen wag'>n d to the hark and fumbled their tireless, ex- throat of the !! y,,re room ■4r *!■ w ho e elgh A lightl> their »■ r*ts ar CHANGE OF WEATHER A SOURCE OF DANGER t Sto OM ffh W*mhe > •«»«. Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” * #•* ow Good Odd Moemfc TV* c*4d oaaf tans M* “Fha" Gespfw eg. two mow. ■e* -a ymi tahe cat* <4 H W Rah) r*d old Mind ft 1 hr ms Urn owe §r*e*d parts and wo Mow qaKfctv d hnug* f* |e{ C* wtks are —r rvty cMsgralawk Mam lerolr. oudr tr*«» pogv cal *4 o&au ard. camphtO. ownth 1 and at tor ■tripAu •ngredtontf. it • rawtet-vntsnt wb«h St vnuLalr CWCoAMSlO gad helps tor ah s*p Ur odd. As effective os the messy old nsuttard pLn’cr. it don the wurfc witlmyt the MWrr. Yuu adl kri a warro ungle as it enurs the pure* then a conlu^ sensation that brings sveiromr relief. Xc and 63c. in >ars and tubes. Belter then m mutfard plmetme the birtl* *» mgln, prrtant circle* in forge. - See here, mtao.** said Handy, white Ham era«led Into the sragiai In amreb I rraa or of the dead miner's pteh nod almsel ! an’ hi* klddln*,” he aald "We’ll make I him ru»tle some grub fo* all of u* an’ I then ae-nN ’ll turn In. IT! show vast ''Ik air * sed »T « i I that m»w. lo Mead of nneovertag H I ansiM dig hta gra * e. "Vmht alW s yanf* "Fifteen My name's SI a eg* i Molly f«r Wxurt —name n* my Ma ) bean dead Inrtve | eafa ~ *We4| M mm M 4ly. ooppuae yi i caaae an to llm These Mar fin’ a , null my tan pnrdnera an* mof Inn | do ihot an* no-tub* no ran a* fSimc* I «e nod oevnngo al »w y«no daddy I SI v It eunna Snsh an' gu hsm an no II ] make a ptora fw Mm swsMr onr bug I vsnt-nnamia hoion the tdg apesan " M diy < n«ey daomt al Mm nnh I warn a anddoa Men of fvnrnnda hi hov eyoa that fhady (Ml amOnrunmeiA f lie had he*n eaaofnrvtnf a gwt a hag < sdk • set, and Mee a naanan SndSed af I hiaa. nnh nadaraUamdasd m \ m fa aae* a nMio naan * adso aaad I I II gst e*«n nt«h yan sanao time if I neon Who heoeo ad sag ffonaea ihoaaigh (ho dean inf yan Than** dm t aanowM So a d a tfeont aouaeslNHi I’p the atalra aa* I he last do»r un the right. Herr’s nnae amteke*. There’s a lamp no the ha- I there, tiise you a call nhea I •upper* • ready." He led her to the dong and gave her a friendly little Shuso. gweeetng that aha n adfed In he ahme The kid’s knot her fa lltoPf, Iwwrt EMMft everything ’rapt hoc dang," ho said to Mormon Th* eight ne might adopt fi -Mr I th< An* .'M Uman" anil II* hoe ftrn • * in it a lag of his sound white teeth that i made many friend*. She was much too young, too frank, too like a boy to affect him with say of his woman •by tie**. Molly had a nubhy a*oc. * aide month. Irtsh eyes of blue that a ere far apart and crystal clear, freckle* sad a h4 at besion hair that she a are la a long braid nonnd twice ahosM her a *tl shaped hand Mho wao a eomhi- astton of rorvea sad sagt~ii of gyetl rnnoded aorh and srma and legs with rvatisr tomes and Mps oeee opparom. tmmotnre hot not awkward. first. »an nag with her. divided Mo aitenfhma among (he arm. vh«>* tog a m*4m mwe at Is** Inin Handy * palm and ly hkg dena akssMoML Ma ind thanyiag oodrahly "Fo' a •haapdawg," mid Merman -ho snro ahapan dne " Matty a eyao davhodl "Tie don't knaw ha*s a Maryahsag* aa* praaasU nd -lleh novae even man ane, Taaa M a as a maantain *he*p> way Op sga*n«* the Mytme D*mT fan Mha "I Wbe Mm dad" Matsasn anenorad Imrvsadiy. ‘tlae -tar yan stl dktaT. <sa cod Mark <m •omonhaean I rn’d gtt narh dann In the settlensmta t ree%a% | dsn 1 Mm In ptM yan aM any Fso hsan thanhm *rn nt that Xe*a NEED RICH BLOOD Y never heard a doctor say "He M all run down, but his blood npuraandndi ’’ The beat th -ig the bsgga (fiat Gudr’t iVpto-Mangaa punfy aad mnrh (nwraM ttamr soars run dona, for fine* *sfl dnappaar. and tha < Gndr s Pvpto-Mangan today At Gude's •od Find of mo Tha Waawt Me hattk* af tha r*mW*said of tho nnfwrvmg at a dag | tha nhwa dag haa alwayo I a wga *4 trmw ar peace AaVT da* •no dMBHndm •i’ * •* »s»-l i an a ■ ApnnrvmOf. tho vamonrnni v*nv i* r mgMy arganMsd f«w lorsooa Sure Relief ■ FOR INDIGESTION■ he *■* *t vara nr, no p 1 S' » Ml ■S The had] •I ll re a I— h > lie an tW hnt hurts jnatpMr. *nM n afnarv an all tn "Use *4 yen e** *hant griff aak« "Me % I don’t ••4 (RfR SMM FH< >1 h M a u v prut}. 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The two turn adjusti-*! the Imwhler* 1 they hml set for fulcrum* and shoved down on the stout |)h-ct-* of a*h, their muscle* hunching, the vein* stunding j out corded on their arms. The j wngon-hed creaked, llftetl a little. “Now,” grunted Sandy, “snake him j out.” i The girl lugged, stepping backward. { her pliant sirens!h equal to the drart j drag of the hotly. Sandy, straining J down, saw a white beard appear, j stained with blood, an aged, seame^ face, hollow at cheek and temple. J sparse of hair, the flesh putty-colorei despite its tan. Grit leaped in liekeel the qulet features as .Sqm"iuuL Sandy eased down the wagtj “Whisky, Sara." The girl sat cro^s<fegged, her fa ther’s head iii^dfer lap, one hand smoothing hJ< forehead wTHTe the other feiP'nnder Ids vest and shirt, heart. ain’t gone yit,” she announced. The old miner’s teeth were tight clenched, but there were gaps In them through which the whisky Sandy- ad ministered trickled. * “Daddy ! Daddy !" . It tnight have been the tender agony of the cry to which Patrick Casey’s dulling hnthi resimnded, sending the message of his will along the nerves to transmit a Hnal_ summon*. His body twitched, he choked, swallowed, oimned gray eye*, filmy With death, brightening with intelllgeflee a* he aawr hi* daughter t-entflM over him. ygsss «my intaeracatnd Handy • III until tW ligfct h*. m at them and the tt the epw am rt tn w irtt •tfggflia a •hallow |r» iwh •h-wn to bed r««ck. nttllng up h»«*e bowlders for a cairn. I.lrant4 flirted in and out of the crevices a* the mh»er wa* laid In Id* temporary grave, the girl dry- eyed again. She hud hroiiglit a little workhox from the wagon, of mahogany stud ded with disk* of pearl in bras* mounting*, out of till* she produced a handkerchief of soft China silk hr«b^T cade, its white turned yellow with This she spread over her fathers fea Hires, showing strangely ^distinct in the falling light. “1 don’t want dirt pressin’ on ids face.” slio s«R From tloixdeitd man’s clothes Sandy and Sa>»rTmd taken the few personal belongings, from the Inner pocket of vest some papers that Sandy knew for location claims. “Want .ta.^4*ik.o itome thuls erloi to the ranch?” lie asktsi Molly. “We can bring in the rest of the stuff later. Got to Shack erlong, it’s gittin’ dark. Brought an extry liawss With us. <’an you ride?" "Some. I ain’t had rrtueh chance." IZDon’t know- how the maroTl Stand yore skirt. If she .vVtui’t Pinto’ll pack you.” ‘T’li fix that.” Site clambered lnP> the wagon. Before she came out with her bundle they piled the cairn, a mask of broken rhn-rock heavy enough to foil the serntching of the coyotes. It looked to Sandy a* If the girl had changed into a hoy. The slender tig ore, silhouetted against the after glow. softly pul*ing masses of fiery cloud above the top of the me*4.4r*» dressed In Jean overalls, s wrldt-- rimmetl hat ht*Ung letigth of hair “.Vo H»<er'n may ms ■* "G*-fK It’s Monntm. the egperleocp." "Exi*erleoce." *ald yawn, "may teach a H pot tn Ham t'» taro had Mormon, with a map «4Hnethln’ "Where’s" the Totin’- -What in Time Are You a Gel or a Boy?” » • v I yore* now." she said w i gvw’elty dees* ftdrawsj ’tvfd whs* ■» etperf n-gh *M taitirmo+tg »g » rwnrh aW-- I w r aim i* vmm " s f TW gray «m«o m*«r *• nmWi ami 1 mem War/ anm tMMff Skeen ssmnmi ^ i Ms *irtF *4 iMi MmM tm-frtf sa^ nb» ■f mnseonnfM ’ « gp vMmi Mg dM vmm * Ma AenfH* #» ■ w** «mw» M nWm Mmi n rmngM Mmm ’ *vswm dfee %mm* mamh mmm jmm J iHT* - 1 '** 1 * **“*"* - - —- about mules but not wlmmen. No. *lr. that feller in the po’try who says. T"lesn»ed about wlmmen from ’er.’ was bruggln’. Now. this gel of Ca- I j sey’s ’pears like what her dad ’od | rail a good pranpect. hnt yon can’t le|l fold is yon can’t Hmpgt « tn the rani staff a* matter ha* yon patish it." I* g* * "Mormon. fan • sent calcnlaiad ta rWer i hamMe nimssen ThSs VT frt (a game i an (hey made ’em aff | earwm aim a.* riigMl **ea( 4 dhe **i y gMo a t%mMrr | L*ra*(asas I as* —»erai aapas nff ff « tm mm aAsemesa as r**aM aa I raraoa awaMi ©mm M* anaam MMa » vaam taauiw ta* am* *0 »■*■ h—* «s ’■mdi a. %*Mk MM tfipk arnomam “Vo OWS *• ’-•* *m* ton. am*** m* swly I awry — Ittmty n*sd exactly |he same t<me and aasa- n» r he wjwstd hew taken with n hoy “that a j arm way of tonkin' al It. TWn Lheraa «*ur a4dew Von hner yore dad ■was a pritty g«*>»l miner. I reckon? The last two words he says wae ’Molly* and ‘mine*.’ I give him my word then and there, like he would have to me. to watch oat for yore Interest*. My word is my pnrdnen' word. I’m willin’ to gamble those claims nf Ills'll pan ont some day. Until they do, ef you-nll ’ll slay on at the Three Star, stop Mormon stompin’ in from the corral with dirty boot*, ride herd on Sum an’ me the Mime way. mebbe cook us up some of them biscuits once In a while, why, it'll he fine! Then there’s yore schoolin’. ,Yore dad ’ud whd» you to hove that. I don’t suppose you’ve had a heap. An’ you sabe. Molly, that you Swear mo 1 ofjen than a gel usually swears.” She opened her eyes wide. “But I don't cuss when I say ’em. An’ J don't use the worst oneff. Dad wu’dn’t let me. I ran read an’ write, .iqudl an.’- -cipher, .sixaiu, — But Dad need- ed me rnore’n I needed leamin.’” “But you got to have it.” said Mor mon earnestly.^.“S’pose them claims pan out way rich and Jrou git all-fired wealthy? Bein’ a gel, yon sabe clothes, dl’monds, silks, satins an’ feather fuss' You'll want to learn the planner. You'll want to know what to git an’bow to wear it." “If you did that—took my Daddy’s place,” she said, “why, we’d be pard tiers, same as him an’ me was. When the claims pan our, half of It’ll have to be yores. I won’t stay no other way." The glances of the three partners exchanged • conclusion, a mutual ap- provgl. “That goes.” aald Handy, putting “t*o* all three of aa. T are payin’ dividend*. ELL-ANS 234 AMO 734 MCKAGCS CVCtUftCIK For FORDSON sad tsrfsr rail*. »• hsvs hsadrsd* ol Fardsoat cuttisg 5-ov lo t-m. P*r dsy with thrr* to foor men. oomm rkansg 150 pet dsy. th* owner being fM Mwysr, no overhead f spen*e Our *pecM 44-m 10 gauge 28 tooth asw As recoos- meoded by all Fordaon dealer*. We tend direction* lot operating *sw and *ettIog mill. Aay hustler can mak* money. Saw mill* In stock. Prompt saw repairing at each of our three factorise. J. H. MINER SAW MFG. CO. MERIDIAN, MISS. COLUMBIA. S. C. SHREVEPORT. LA m. Clear skin! -poisonous waste removed! Dt KINGS PILLS -/or constipation Don't treat lore, in flamed, aniarttnf ejea powerful O r it* a ‘•dropped’’ In by haod. 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