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%* 7 t~R'. -L CHAPTER 1. uL Comes i Like the Uoi. btwal- hic ,bad roared-through ale of sleet all the way Yorkcame to a stand nawan ear-splitting sigh, elittle :station, and a re AV ;-opened his, vestibule tothe'snowwept plat solitary passenger had th jo 's.en& The swirl 4ai slet-sieeang out of the 11 .-0'i o 'the station -A.n ed the porter in an u elsears and neck with -zw a- he turned his back galMpair of lonely, latform lghts gleamed he top- of their icy posts of the, atinn two or S'indows glowed eide ofthe buiding while the perator the 's ngo'1No. 3& i b e ssu '6for the' *cd~~I~a n 'tesedays S ha Notinthe'pre - ying 33 had it even po down for the- insg4 tIetwon. through which -t&*I it the whole- year . puling out of New entfulnight the cor, ed a omnd to stop 3 res 't ownisl pas ir~ihe-meant -~Y.Y dipatc eong the s .ItbutdefeZ pilg.~ er face, 1gaof anyde 2 h ardled,and t1rA leven oelock -,ezteried the comn iThroughout she had sat "ul th snow ~ ,- ' ~ b- glt that whissed othing ye ap on all that stretched s , as nable as -. ~"" s~jhadheld hars=lf frolin '~ of~eire to he instant. M 4iWortirth thewprd nrhisting- for. B-. she aroser and ftol Vte Testibule where she as he unfatened the lifted the trap. A sdcaped her Ups and he to receive the crum -hl sedphdIn her gloved - Ibo ook at it.- He ~k'~l~ amply iewrard him osrheenduredi on -set ltform of a ~~arne of which he did not - of 'the'station windows -js .pe~as if bewildered. Already "tb~~gz~ as' ounding the air with iId ivcOs snorts in the, effort to getu~r~'vi; the vestibule trap and t~o~wi&a ibangt the wheels abitter wind smote ~~hefac~thewe,urtling sleet ~he.ro~t~waf~ng oom across ada man rushed ~Mru :~h~l?' be called above -- ~ W~ita'1J~b&he said, as much to G;h~sel ~ hr. 'm sorry you nol Inist on .inng tonight. . To K' mr*6niorlngwould have satisfied 311h KrDraker were,1 eng blown through the ~~opr thewaiting-ripom sa she put ~ Her voice wras muffled. .A~.~.OD~a the great fur coat put his ~'~*k~1nstthe door .to close it. ~-~- ~ radanl I have done ~' aI~~ta l be done. under the cir s1e 1am sorry to tell you' r tdwie stin a've two miles to go by a crbefire we reach the inn. My eszfissopen.-4'don't possess a limou dsine~-but if you will lie down In the ta eena you will'fnd some protection BS broke in sharply, Impatiently. Trsy.~i&consider me, Mr. Drake. ? tafsaid of .the blizard." e~, w hd etter be off" said he, anit in his voice-a cer ~~u*of tnervousness. "I drive mwn a. The road Is good, but I ,~alduve~ autiously. Ten minutes, C .am sorry you thought bestito bsv this wretched-" "I am, not sorn for myself, Mr. Drake, but for you. You have been most kind. I did not expect you to meet-me." "I took the liberty of telephoning to you. It was well that I did It early in the evenng The wires are down now,'I fear." He hesitated for a mo ment, staring at her as If trying to penetrate the thick, wet veil. "I may have brought you on a fool's errand. 'You see, I-I have seen Mr. Wrandall' bhut once, in town somewhere, and II ma-b wrong. Still, the Coroner-and' the- sheriff-seemed to think you 'fould'be notified--I might say ques Oed..fhat Is why I called you up. Ktriit, madam, that I am mistaken." ''es," she said shrilly, betraying the nateiisity of her emotion. It wa as ADVI(QE FROK THE VETERAN Atr's Opilon of Ablity of His Would-Be Colleague Was Not In the Least Degree Flattering. The veteran actor, C. W. Couldck who Is probably be~st remembered by the theatergoers for his impersonation of1 Duns~tan Kirk in "Llazel Kirke" many years ago, was putting a .com pmy-together for a contemplated toer. -The actors were to be recruit efrom a stock company in Cleveland, -M.Couildock, addressing one of' the aktora .Ogden by name, asked th'at - tlniiio see him (Couldock) in hi a esiu om after the perform ance. Ogfuiean n ,the job as soon as he heard 'h;urtain bump the floor. - Ogden." said 'Coznock, "'what busi '' are .'ou'supposed to be play la9 th: l~. W if she lacked the .power to utter more than a single word, which signified neither acquiescence nor approval. 'He was III at ease, distressed. "I have engaged a room for you at the inn, Mrs. Wrandall. You did not bring a maid, I see. My wife will come over from our place to stay with you if you-" She shook her head. "Thank you, Mr. Drake. It will not be necessary. I came alon6.by. choice. I shall re turn to New York tonight." "But you-why, you can't do that," he cried, holding back as they started 'toward the door. "No trains-stop here after ten o'clock. The locals begin running at seven in the morning. Be sides-" She interrupted him. "May we not start now, Mr. Drake? I..am-well, you- must see that I am.suffering. I must see, I must know. The sus pense-" She did not complete the sentence, but hurried past him to the door, throwing It open and bending her body to the gust that burst in upon them. He sprang. after her, grasping her arm to lead her across the icy plat form to the automobile that stood in the lee of the' building. Disdaining his command -to enter the tonneau, she stood beside the car and waited until he cranked It and took his place at the wheel. Then she took her seat beside him and permit ted him to tuck the great buffalo robe about her. No-word was spoken. The man was a stranger to her. Slie for got his presence in the clar. ( Into the thick of the storm the mo tor chugged.' Grim and silent, the man at the wheel, ungoggled and tense, sent the whirring thing swiftly over the trackless -village street and out upon the open country road. The yoman closed her eyes and waited. You would know the month :was March. He said: "It comes in like a lion," but apparently the storm swal lowed the words for she made no Te sponse to them. They crossed the valley and crept up the tree-covered hill, where the force. of the gale was broken. If she heard him say: "Fierce, wasn't it?" she gave no sign, but sat hunched for ward, peering ahead through the snow at the blurred lights that seemed so tar away and yet were close at hand. "Is that the inn?" she asked as he swerved from the road a few moments later. "Yes, Mrs. Wrandall. We're here." "Is-Is he in there?" -"here you see that lighted; window upstairs." He tooted the horn vig-, orously as he drew up to the long, low porch. Two men dashed out from the doorway, and clumsily assisted -her from the car. "G'o right In, Mrs. Wrandall," said Drake. "I .will join you in a jiffy." She walked between the two men intr~ the feebly lighted office of the inai. The keeper of the place, a dreary looking person' with dread in his eyes, hurried forward. She stopped, stosek still. Some one was brushing the' stubborn, thickly paked snowi from beir long chinchilla' coat. "You must let me..get you some thing hot to drink, madam," the land lord was saying dolorously. She struggled with her veil, finally tearing It away from her face. Then: she took In the rather bare, cheerless room with a slow, puzzled sweep of her eyes. "No, thank you," she replied. "It won't be any trouble, madam," urged the other. "It's right'.here. The. sheriff says its all right to serve'1t / -- -L A Man Rushed Toward Her. although it Is after hours. I run a respectable, law-abiding house. I wouldn't think of offering It to any one If It was In violation-" "Never mind, Burton," Interposed a big man, approaching. "Let the lady choose for herself. If she wants It, she'll say so. I am the sheriff, madam. This gentleman is the coroner, Dr. Sheef. We waited up for you after Mr. Drake said you'41 got the fast train to stop for you. Tomorrow morning would have done 'quite as well. I'm sorry you came tonight in all 'this blizzard." He was staring as If fascinated at the white, colorless face of the woman who with nervous fingers unfastened the heavy coat that enveloped her "Well," said Couldock, very slowly, "If I was a young man and my name was Ogden, and I was playing second comedy, and I was getting $12 a week and paid $5 for board. I'd try sto put by a little each week, say, 50 cents (even if I had to give up some of my beer) till I got $2.50." "And then?" said the Aubilant Og den. "I'd go to a good second-hand store and buy a good hatchet and chop my d- head off." P. 8.-Ogden wasn't engaged.-Chi cago Journal. .Doll Collectors. A great many people collect dolls for their own pleasure, and at the mo ment the collection of china puppets is popular. A variety to add to the store are the newly introduced pantomime folk, charmingly rendered in the tra ditional ralment of the old-world P .e Barq -r -- Co slender figure. She was young and strikingly beautiful, despite the in tense pallor that overspread her face. Her dark, questioning, dreading eyes looked up into his with an-expression he was never to forget. It combined dread, horror, doubt and a smoldering anger that seemed to overcast all other emotions that lay revealed to him. "This is a-what is commonly called a 'toad house'?" she asked dully, her eyes narrowing suddenly as if in pain. "It is an inn during the winter, Mrs. Wrandall, and a road house in the summer, 'if that'makes it plain to you. I idli say, however, that Burton has always kept well within the law. This is the first - er - real bit of trouble he's had, and I won't say it's his fault Keep quiet, Burton. No one is accusing you of anything wrong. Don't whine about it." "But my place is ruined," groaned the doleful one. "It's got a black eye now. Not that I blame you, madam, but you.,can see how-" He quailed before the steady look in her eyes, and turned away mum bling. "There is. a- fire . in the reception room, madam," said the coroner; "and the proprietor's wife to look out for you if you should require anything. Will: you go in there and compose yourself before going - upstaires? Or, If you would prefer waiting until morning, I shall, not insist. on the er-ordeal tonight." "I prefer going up there tonight," said she steadily. The 'men looked at each other, and the sheriff spoke. "Mr..Drake is quite confident the-the man is your hus band. It's an ugly affair, Mrs. Wran dall. We had no-means of identifying him until Drake came inthis evening, out of . cgriosity you might -say. For your sake, I hope he is pistsken."' "Would you mind telling me some thing about it before I- go upstairs? I am quite calm. I am prepared for any thing. You need :not hesitate.." "As you wish, madam. You will go into the reception room, if you please. Burton, Is Mrs. Wrandall's room quite ready for her?" "I shall not - stay here tonight," in terposed Mrs. Wrandall. "You need not keep the room for me." "But, my dear Mrs. Wrandall-" "I shall wait in the railway station until morning If necessary. But not ,here." The coroner led the way to the cosy little room off the office. -She followed with the..sheriff. The men looked worn -and haggard in ,the..bright light that met them, as If they had not known sleep or rest for many hours. "The assistant districtattorney was here until eleven, but went home to get a little rest. It's been a hard case for all of us-a nasty one," explained the Isheriff, as he placed a chair in front of the fire-for her. She sank into It limply. "Go on, please," she murmured, and shook her head at the nervous little -woman who bustled up and inquired if she-..ould. do:. anything to make her more, comfortable.. . The sheriff cleared his throat. 'Well, it happened last night All day long we've been trying to find out who he is, and ever since eight o'clock this utrning-we've been searching for the woman who came here with him. She has disappeared as completely as if swallowed by the earth. Not a sign of a clew-not a shred. There's noth ing to show when she left the inn, or by what ifaaus. All we know Is that the d'oor tio -that room tip there was staiaing "half open ~ when Burton passed .by, It. at seven o'clock thi ;porning-that Is to say, yesterday morning, for--this .is now Wednesday. I Is quite clear, from this, that she Seglected to close the door tightly when she came out, probably through haste or fear, and the draft in the hall blew it wider open during the night. Burton says the inn was closed, for the- night- at -half-past- ten. He went to bed. *She must have slipped out after everyone was sound asleep. There were no other guests on that floor. ~Burton and his wife sleep on this ;floor, and the servants are at the top -of the house and in a wing. No one heard a sound. -We have not 'the remotest idea when the thing hap. pened, or when she left the place. Dr. Sieef says the man had been dead six r eight hours when he first saw him, and that was very soon after Burton's discovery.' Burton, on finding the door open, naturally suspected that his guests hads skipped out during the night to avoid paying the bill, and lost no time in entering the room. "'He found the man lying on the bed, sprawled out, face upward and as dead as .a mack-I should say, quite dead, He was - partly dressed. His coat and vest hung over the back of a chair. A small service carving knife, belonging to the inn, had been driven squarely into his heart and was found sticking there. Burton says )hat the man, on their arrival at the inn, about nine o'clock at night, or dered supper sent up to the room. Tgie tray of dishes, with most of the food untouched, and an empty cham pagne bottle, was -found on the service table near the bed. One of the chairs was overturned. The servant who took the meal to the room says that the woman 'was sitting at the window foliage. She Is poised on tip-toes and looks, with her downcast eyes and folded hands, the picture of fascina tion and conquetg. Harlequin is just the harlequin of one's dreams, slen der as a reed, inconsequent, all-con quering. His parti-colored and skin tight -suit is a vivid contrast to poor old pantaloon's white and baggy cloth ing, and to that subservient and much inured icient is. given just the ex pression that provokes others to make him the butt of their foolish jokes. Appied Knowledge. The teacher was giving a lesson in mathematics and English combined. "A fathom," she said, "is a nautical word used in defining distance. I' means six feet. Now. I want some lit tle girl to give me a sentence using thf word fathom." Instantly a hand shot up in the reat of the room. r M0Cutcl with her wraps on, motor veil and all, just as she was when she came into the place. The man gave all the direc tions, the woman apparently paying no attention to what was -going on'. The waitress left the room without seeing her face. She had instructions not to come for the tray until morn ing. "That was the last time the man was seen alive. No one has seen the woman since the door closed after the servant, who distinctly remembers. hearing the key turn in the lock as she went down the hall. It seems pretty clear that the man ate and drank but not the woman. Her food remained untouched on the plate and her glass was full. 'Gad, it must have been a merry feast! I beg your par don, Mrs. Wrandall!" "Go on, .please," said she levelly. "That's all there is to say so far as the actual crime is concerned. There She Sank Into It Limply. were signs of a struggle-but it Isn't necessary to go into that. Now, as to their arrival iat the Inn. The blizzrd had not set ,An. Last night was dark, of course, -as there is no moon, but it was clear and rather warm for the time of year. The couple came here about nine o'clock in a high power run about machine, which the man drove. They had no hand baggage and appar ently had run out from liew York. Burton says he was on the point of refusing them accommodations when the an hndedhim hnr eddla b Sl. eI ank - to ta Burto'sly u necessy od withat. Now, did to teistr. rrva tte insTe bnumberd had been semoved Last ngth wasutomo ofiore, hcas here in mon, bufI cuitwas nly raherstion for tme utie ouldr Thae foule came hr ath nine 'lockged ao htigh perectly aou mahne hichmv the n rve Te thad noundr Dagae nrd appar ently Mra. rndalt didrom ate York. ronizey he. n h oito thma hanoped shin, ahnnounedola bill. It ws M. morae, h Buron'sed. "est have tte lensear naunteds had, se removned fro the automo bile, whihs o isreign make., sai corsendtlw's bony atqestio percetimey thecardened atbo. "It Is fetly standing wn h aae heroere the left t tnhisjtuerti a keetre.h roman"as Mrs. Wrandall notatheir went has wtope snowing,"o anne thw comer "It', nt IstM.rae," aamshen mued Wesve arlteFrnch to- paitedhe red," srher anoatundt the seriwas wioud t inprae tathe thought "dthisr ofwmne sually mada" sad ating shriff, with mlnen ratrdlessro nfer. Draeg odddri hard. 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We thae rotesin telv shgwsroungad he was modestlwy drsed Hel r spring as oe ofsehose eay uoner affis suh asoun woman Fvrs hand benroft eryouh Aecike tuhi imressiors atles their effes.o wnter ouldowe ae ofso ut natue isnneon a aoit Olylr the 1n n 'eon uses in motoring or on a sea voyage. There was a small sable stole about her neck. The skirt was short, and she wore high black shoes of the thick walking type. Judging from Burton's description she must have been about your size and figure, Mrs. Wrandall. Isn't that so, Mrs. Bur ton?" The innkeeper's wife spoke. "Yes, Mr. Harben, I'd say so myself. About five feet six, I'd judge; rather slim and graceful like, in spite of 'the big coat." Mrs. Wrandall was watching the woman's face. "I am five feet six," she said, as if answering a question. The sheriff cleared his throat some what needlessly. "Burton says she acted as if she were a lady," he went on. "Not the kind that usually comes out here on such expeditions, he admits. She did not speak to anyone, except once in very low tones to the man she was with, ,and then she was standing by the fireplace out in the main office, quite a distance from the desk. She went upstairs alone, and he gave some orders to Burton before following her. That was the last time Burton saw her. The waitress went up with a spe cially prepared supper about half an hour later." "It seems quite clear, Mrs. Wran dall, that she robbed the man after stabbing him," said the- coroner. Mrs. Wrandall started. "Then she was not a lady. after all," she said quickly. There was a note of relief in her voice. It was as if she had put aside a half-formed conclusion. "His pockets were empty. Not a penny had been left. Watch, cuff links, scarf pin, cigarette case, purse and bill folder-all gone. Burton had seen most of these articles in the office." "Isn't it-but no! Why should I bs the one to offer a suggestion that might be construed as a defense for this woman?" "You were about to suggest, madam, that some one else might have taken the valuables-is that it?" cried the sheriff. "Had you thought of it, Mr. Sheriff?" "I had not. It isn't redsonable. No one about this place is suspected. We have thought of this, however: the murderess may have taken all of these things away with her in order to prevent immediate identification of her victim. She may have been clever enough for that. It would give her a start" "Not an unreasonable conclusion, when you stop to consider, Mr. Sher ff, that the man took the Initiative In that very particular," said Mrs. Wran dall in such a self-contained way that the three men looked at her in won der. Then she came abruptly to her feet. "It is very late, gentlemen. I am ready to -go upstairs, Mr. Sheriff." "I must warn you, madam, that Mr. Drake is reasonably certain that it is your husband," said the coroner un comfortably. :'You may not be pre pared for the shock that-" "I shall not faint, Dr. Sheef. If it is my husband I shall ask you to leave me alone in the room with him for a little while." The final word trailed out Into a long, tremulous wail, show ing how near she was to the breaking point in her wonderful effort at self controL The men looked away hast iy. They heard her draw two o three deep, quavering breaths; they could almost feel the tension that she was exercising over herself. The doctor turned after a moment and spoke very gently,_ but with pro fessional firmness.. "You must not think of venturing out in this wretched night, madam. It would be the worst kind of folly. Surely you will be guided by me-by your own' common sense. Mrs. Burton will be with you-" "Thank you, Dr. Sheef," she inter posed calmly. "If what we all fear should turn out t'o *be the truth, could not stay here. I could not breathe. I could not live. If, on the other hand, Mr. Drake Is mistaken,I shall stay. But if it is my husband, cannot remain under the same roof with him, even though he be dead.' do not expect you to understand my feelings. It would be asking toc much of men-too much." "I think I understand," murmured Drake. "Come," said the sheriff, arousing himself with an effort. She moved-swiftly after him. DrakE and the coroner, following close be hind with Mrs. Burton, could not take their eyes from the slender, graceful figure. She was a revelation to them. Feeling as they did that she was about to be confronted by the most appalling crisis Imaginable, they could not but marvel at her composure. Drake's mind dwelt on the stories of the guillo tine and the heroines who went up tc it in those bloody days without sc much as a quiver of dread. Somehow, to him, this woman was a heroine. They passed into the hall and mounted the stairs. At the far end of the corridor a man was seated in front of a closed door. He arose as the party approached. The sheriff signed for him to open the door hE guarded. As he did so, a chilly blast of air blew upon the faces of those ft the hall. The curtains in the window of the room were flapping and whip ter, how the tints hasten back, and brown skin and stubby beard assumE their natural hues; for even in win ter there is color, whenever a spell of mild moisture comes.-From " A Farmer's Notebook," by E. D. Phelps, Rude Shock. Americans traveling abroad soon find out that the language they speal is not looked upon always as genuine English. either by the haughty Eng lishman or the natives of the con tinent of Europe. One already awarE of this view, who thought he was hardened to it, got the rudest shock of all last summer. In a Paris book store window he saw several little red books. "How to Learn German," was the title of one of them. Another was called "How to Learn Spanish," anoth er "Bow to Learn Italian," and so on ping in the wind. Mrs. W-andall caught her breath. For the briefest instant it seemed as though she was on the point of faltering. She dropped farther behind the sheriff, her' limbs suddenly stiff, her hand going out to the wall as if for support. The next moment she was moving forward res olutely Into the icy, dimly lighted room. A single electric light gleamed in the corner beside the bureau. Near the window stood Yhe bed. She went swiftly toward It, her eyes fastened upon the ridge that ran through. the center of it: a still,. white ridge that seemed without beginning or end. With nervous fingers the attendant lifted the sheet at the head of the bed and turned it back. As he let it fall across the chest of the-dead man he drew back and turned his face away. She bent forward and then straight ened her figure to Its full height, with out for an instant removing her gaze from the face of the man who lay before hir: a dark-haired man gray in death, who must have been beautiful to look upon in the flush of life. For a long time she stood there looking, as motionless as the object on which -she gazed. Behind her were the tense, keen-eyed men, not one of whom seemed to breathe during the grim minutes that passed. The wind howled about the corners of the inn, but no one heard It. They heard the beating of their hearts, even the tick.. ing of their watches, but not the wail of the wind. At last her hands, claw-like in their tenseness, went slowly to her temples. Her head dropped slightly forward, and a great shudder ran through her body. The coroner started forward, expecting her to collapse. "Please go away," she was saying in an absolutely emotionless voice. "Let me stay here alone for a little while." That was all. The men relaxed. They. looked at each other with a single question in their eyed. Was it quite safe to leave her alone with her dead? They hesitated. She turned on them suddenly, spreading her arms in a wide gesture of self-absolution. Her somber eyes swept the group. "I can do no haim. This man is mine. I want to look at him for the last thie-alone. Will you go?" "Do you mean, madam, that you in-. tend to-" began the coroner in alarm. She clasped he'r hands. "I mean that I shall take my last look at him now-and here. Then you may do what you like with him. He Is your dead-not mine. I do not' want him. Can you understand? I do not want this dead thing. -But there Is some thing I should say to him, something that I must say. Something that no one must hear but the good God who knows how much he has hurt me. I want to say It close to those gray,'hor rid ears. Who knows? He may hear me!" Wondering, the others backed from the room. She watched them until they closed the door. * * * . e e Listening, they heard her lower the window. It squealed like a thing In fear. * * * * . S * Ten minutes passed. The group in the hail conversed in 'whispers. "Poor thing," said the Innkeeper's wife. 'Well," said Drake, taking a -deep breath, "she won't have to worry any more about his not coming home A Great Shudder Ran Through Her Body. nights. I say, this business will create a fearful sensation, sheriff. The Four Hundred will have a conniption flt." "We've got to land that girl, who ever she is," grated the official. "Now that we know who he is, It shouldn't be hard to pick out the women he's been trailing with la 1~. Then we can sift 'em down 1the right one is left. It ought ,to be easy." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tree That Lightning Avoids. Natives of South Africa have said regarding the mopane trees which is often struck, "lightning hates It;" but -they say that the morala tree Is never touched. Family Dissensions.. Dissensions in families often rise from a lack of humility and too much presumption on the pa of the diffef ent members of the family. "The soft answer that turneth away wrath" is forgotten for the hasty reply, the - kind retorts that kindle the fe.wcof Ill feeling and are the outco-Ae of dis orderly minds which are prone to re sentment on account, of lacking in the gentle grace of hujfility. Love does not linger In the touse where petty pride shows its ,j lovely qualities. It chooses to dwell the home where the spirit of u lfishness, of self control, of thou htfulness and of charitableness m es the atmosphere sweet-Exchange. Venomous Mexi n Scorpions. There are several rieties of scor pions in Mexico, som of them exceed ingly venomous an others litefer TASCARETS FOR. LIVER; BOWES Me, sick headache, biliousness; bad taste or constipation by rnorning. Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure afid fresh with Cascarets, oi merely forcing a passageway every few days with Balts, Cathartie Pils, Castor Oi or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg gate the stomach, remove the sour nd fermenting food and -foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the ronstipated waste matter -and poisons In the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep-never gripe, sicken r cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 'cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach CT Constipation. Adv. Wanted More Information. "What do you understand by 'edible fungi'?" "It has something to do with mushrooms an' toadstools," replied Fa ther CorntosseL "But whether it's what you swaller or what happens to you afterward I wouldn't like to say without writin' .to the department" Washington Star. MUCH HAPPIER THAN 10_YEARS AQ6 Bradyville Lady Tells Why She h So Much Happier Now Than Ten Yea Ago. Bradyvlle, Tenn.-Mrs. Mattie Spry, of this place, makes the following statement: "Ten.years ago,.I was'a great sufferer from womanly troubles, and was'n' bed nearly all the. time, for about two -years. I tried. many treatments, but they did not seem to; do me any. good. I read in the Ladies' Birthday Al manac about Cardul, the woman's tonic, and I quit all other treatments, and began taking It. I took 8 bottles and was cured. That has been ten years ago, and since then I have been in better health and spirits, than for 20 years. My oldest daughter was very puny at the age of 16. I gave her Cirdui, and she was soon all right, and now enjoys the best of health. I am so thankful that I know of a true medicine that I can. give my girls, or take myself, and that I know what medicine o( send for, when I need a tonic. I am very much alive gow, and cer tainly enjoy telling my friends, when they ask me what I found at last to help -me somuch, about Cardul. I can never praise It enough." You, too, can surely depend on (dar dul helping you. Begin taenn it tdy N.-Wr Ikdhes' Advisoryg. lined. Theyhad bled through the first dance on program and be was leading her ba~ "I could die dan -. couldn't you" he asked. "No," she repli "Thei'e are pleasanter ways ' lig trampled to death." Dr. Pierce's P1 nt P~llets regulate and invigorate s ch, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tin granuzles, easy to take as candy. Adv. ,f In: te City Hotel. - Wife (as the sugar Is passed)-Use the tongs, Walliam. .Bill (from ldhe country)-'Tain't 'ot, is it?-Tt-Bitis. Putnam Fad less Dyes guarantee satisfaction. Adv. -WekiPut WillIe--Pa, what~ is a luncheon? Father-The fem ~ie for lunch, my son.-Woman's Hom Companion. Our Idea of a cheap s~crt is a chap who Is always trying. lo make a "mash" on some waitressi In a res taurant. 1 - ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT SAVegetablePrepar-ationierAs siittighodandReg *Promotes Digestion,Cheer(" Sness and Rest.Contains neit~O Opium.Morphine nor Min . NOTrNA c oTIC |A perfect Remedy for Constipa t~ ion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, ~CWorms,Convulsionls.feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP T, ac Simile Signature of THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK-. ~ IsaU L Wounds kAlways Cad hto the CutI4 lam~ess, AI%. wfttC *Uhuut* noo Ms is ZZ!b Wt. Eve - et~ a s a d D aftw#& Sa o- S Quetworcyue. jlndd .f you Ab. tuf-t ISdo . and SsDUiU- - Yrle Now, Camt1Ogu upo reqe J IWDAKIIS SPI -*If po- eend %dr PrA6e r~s&. ZzmzW* Aa MIM a~~ ........................