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FUIT LAXATIVE FOR SICK CHILD Calfornia Syrup of Figs" can'l harm tender stomach, liver and bowels; Every mother realizes, after giving ter children "California Syrup of 1igs" that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste - nd it thoroughly cleanses the tender Lttle stomach, liver and bowels with out griping. When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this liarmless "frtit laxative," and in a few hours all the 9oul, constipated waste, sour bilc and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, djarrhoea. Indigestion. colic-reniem ber, a good "inside cleaning" should always he the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keel) "California lyrup of Figs" handy; they know a Ueaspoonful today saves a sick chill 1tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50 cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, -children of all ages and( grown-ups -printed on tf. bottle. Adv. Just for Show. V ly 41414- ,ir. (,tit11hi give it gl111 441e-:h1 once or. twire :I year h ha mo t.ItSie fo li 41 i lsie,'' "Thalt's brle ill Mrs. (;Irg-.11.piln is IQe only w InItI 1 our town ill ho en fforf d to paty it grimii( o ort'i Silti $1.,4 for two or th S songs Iiil she feels j ch..lty hoin t r-k-0101141 her 00i.0bors of that fi t . WOMEN! IT IS MAGIC! LIFT OUT ANY CORN Apply a few drops then lift * corns or calluses off with fingers--no pain. Just tiink ! You can lift oiff ally cornl I 1 nls without pakin or- soreneoss. A Cincinnati man discov ered this other comipound and( nanie1d it freezone. Anly druggist will sell a tiny bot tie of freozone, like here shown, for very little cost. You apply a few drops di rectly upon a tender corn or callus. Instantly the soreness disappear4, then shortly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it right off. Freezone is wonderful. It dries lnstantly. It doesn't eat away the corn or cal lus, but shrivels It up wvithi out even Irritaiting the sur roumding skin. Hard, soft or' corns be tweell the toes, 11 well a1s f(reC or afterwatrds. 1If your drulggist hasn't fr'eezone, tell him to tier'i a smanll bottle 1for you fr'om his whole sale dr'ug hIouRse.-aldv. The Costly Passion, a-w~eek lc r w, ho 1inal hiieeliing iL~ at * ~~the ralte' of $30),0001 ai year for Iti o years previous to ils airre'st fior theft. "'It was1, of course154, love.'"S aidi i', * ~"whlehi staRteI id hI bs $20) ('ierk to) buy "Oh, hove! "'ITis love, 't is love, which Ilanikes' ktln' wVorbIl go round, atul( 'tiIs leve' *hilh lprevenfts a chafp's slarlIy fr'om obIIg hlif orl even) quarter wa'y." ENDS DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, GAS "Pape's Diapepsin" 'cures sick, sour stomachs in five minutes c -Time It! ( "Really does" put bad stomachs in *' rder-"really does" overcome indiges ~,tion, dyspopsia, gas, heoartburn and * ~Soulrness in five minutes-that-just Sthat-makes Pape's D~sapepsin the lair ~~ gest selling stomach r'egulator in the * ~"iA& -world.- .If what you eat ferments into ~ '~; stuibborn lumps, you belch gas aId ; eructato sour, undigested food and ~;J~4~ A eld;':head is dizzy and aches; breath fgul.; tongue C9ated; your insides filled '.-'with bile and indigestible waste, re Yytember thd moment ,"Pape's Diapep 4i'comes lyi contact with the stomach - - uchdistress vanishes, It's truly - ~fnishiin-apost . marvelous, and e~~.oy Is its lhormlessness. - large flfty-cept case of Pape's Dia. i~Il givelyou a hundred dollars' - o*tislactiop. gl it eih in godto men - 1 caryt pt theirta tom ~Jai* tiaplngs. in your - 1 RWYays be kept handy ---- p4 otur, ispset stormach -- qi atnight. t's the - *d mndst histmiese Is ' SIDNEY IS WARNED ABO RECEIVES AN A A mysterious stranger, K. L h1omie, presided over by Sidney, ri et. a fashionable dressnaker. Wilson, a brilliant young suri becomes a hospital nurse. K. h erratie Joe DruitiImond, il Old S makes the atiuaintance of Carl tinutie with Dr. Wilson and wli Sidney's chum, Christine Lorenz, finl they taike roomus with the bride. His arm is broken in it ji fel, his chautTeur, is mortitily In LeMoyne is a fatmois Doctor Edi ilt secret. Carlottat larrisont p tle lospital. and puts tile he blamv this llstIllient begins, site !s lit ability of giving up lospitill tra-11 CHAPTER XVI-Continued. -13 "iat wouhli e foolish, woudn't i when you have done so well? Alin besides. since you are not guilty, Sid nevy-" "I didn't do It!" shep eried paission :itely. "But I can't keep on; thit' .ill tlere is to it, I keelp siaying to iny %elf: 'Youl didn't do0 It, youl didn't d( It ;' Hanll fill thet tine soinethling ins"idt of ilt- is sa1y11ig, 'Not nlow, perllips but soinetime you inay.' " Sie lookec up lit hini1 forlornily. "I finl) Just io bra-1Ve enou0ghi, K." "WoUlin't It be braver to keep oil ren'it you giving up1) very easily?" Ier world wa*1s inl pieces about her ti1 - she felt a111one inl a wide ild eint3 dacee And, bieentise her. nerIves were( tiwn tant ullil they were ready to full) Sidney turned onl hin shrew "I thinik you are all afrald I will onto hack to stay. Nobody reall; vanits tU anywhere-in all the world aOt li thle hospital, not here, not an; 41uce. I aml nio use." "When you say that nobody want mlu." sald K., niot very steadily, "I 11111k you are making a tnistake." She scainied his face closely, anil eading there something she did nl iituderstaid. she colored suddenly. "I believe youl ini Joe Drull aond." "No ; I do not mean Joe Druminond If le had found ally elcolragele n her face, hie Would have gono o r'ckiessly ; but her black eyes warne himl "If you ileanll ,[ix Vilsori," sil Sidney, "You Ire entirely wrong. Ie '"1le'll thinki IneC careless, ut i1 teniSi . And14 his idelIs tare so high, K "Youit say het likes to be ) with yo What iaboutt you?" c'hir by Ite 11ire. Shte r'ose wi'th 111 su d en imioate1 it'o vemnt1(It. iI the I t'rmatlity of1 thet househoQld~1, she 1 h iit KII'I . In her' ( dre'ssing g4)wn im slippters; and1 nlow slie stood( b~efo hitnii. a tra'igie younttg Ilgutre, c ltchli the' olds of hter gowni aCross5 ih -'alliy. "Whten I see himti ('om ing, wantt to get do(wn1 and1 let h1im1 wia atting room1t, coo'il and calm wile t eryonie else is ilustered and~ excited, -he looks like a god." Then, half ashtametd of her outhur :he turnued hier back to himti and sto gaz.ing at the smaiili coal fire. It wv as well for K. thtat $11e did nlot see 1 facl(e. "it's real, all this?" lhe asked afi a pause. "You're sure' it's not justl ghlamour, Sidnet1y?" "it's r'eatl-terrlbly r'eal ." Hecr vol wats iuutlled'(, and1( he knew then tI she wits crying. Shte was ilghttily ashamettid of Tears, of 'ouirSe, exce1pt ini the prtivi1 -e. one's closet, wer'e not ethtleai on street. "Perhtaps he cares ver'y muchi, to "Give me11 a hanidkerchlef," saId S ney in a mulid tone,. aind the lit sceae wias broken lunto whIle seatrched thlrough at butreau di(i'awi Then K. quest ionedl her, aliternat< soothintg and probing. "Who else had( aiccess to the tue eine closet?7" "Carlotta HarrIson carried thte ke: of course. I was ofjf duty from fe to. six. When Catrlotta left the wai the probationer wouild have themt.' "ilave you reason to think that ther onie of these girls would wvl you tit rmt?" "None whatever," btegan Sidney hemaently ; antd ften, checking hterst "untless-hut thtat's rather rldiculou: "Whtat is ridiculous?" o"I've soanetimtes thought that Ci lotta-but 1 amt sure she is perfeci falt ith mie.' Why, K., she wouldin It .eildlt be mlurdler." "'Mueder, of course," sahi K., "ini I .tefltion, anyhow. Of cotiltselslie didi ,,Q t. i'a only trying to find 'llt who Milakau~~ 1t wns." . A thrilling mys man who lost hi girl who helped h T DR. MAX WILSON AND "K" PPEAL TO HELP HER oi.iyne. takes a roon) at the Page lier nother, Anna, and her aunt, Har iuougii the influence of Dr. Max eoii smitten with her charm, Sidney veS her from a distance; so does chiooilmate. At the hospital Sidney , Ii lIarison, who has been over-in is jealous of the innocent newcomer. imriries limer Howe, a society rake, 1'..14s. Ilowe turns traitor to his y-riding accident and Johnny Rosen .iiir'i-i. i)octor .Wilson dscovers that nirthies. living incognito, and keeps isis Johnny Rosenfeld, a patient ut on Sidney who 14 suspended. When liime' discussing - With K. the advis nin0g. way anud smiled tremulously back at him. "You- have done me a lot of good. You almost make me believe in my self." "That's because I belie've in you." - With a quick movement that was 0ne of her charms, Sidney suddenly -losed the door and slipped back into the room. K., hearing the door close, thought she had gone, and dropped heavily into a chair. "My best friend in all the world !" sald Sidney suddenly from behind him, aid, hending over, she kissed him on the cheek. Thte next instant the door had closed behind her, and K. was left alone to stich wretchedness and bliss as the evening brought him. Joe Drunintmnd came to see Sidney the next day. She would have avoid ed him if she' couli, but Mimi had ushered hini up to the sewing-room boudoir before she had time to es cape. - She had not seen the boy for two months, and the change in hit startled her. He wias thinner, rather j hectic, scrupulously well dressed. I "Why, Joe l" she said, and then: "Won't you sit down?" 1. Ile was still rather theatrical. He t dramatized himself, as lie had that night the June before when he had I- asked Sidney to marry him. le stood it (1. ' r- - (Is .. 1 "im Jus EaigMyHat u o ce'~'i' at j nietedora.H fee ' o cneninl greig wh'vr it. ut, fte sureyig he brefly he ey blc on helnsaond-erys he "Yur o on akt htpae 4r iesm ol ae tk, ar "I'mh Jusngto bEatin My Hear yOut at u- in dsit down. I clra't tae tyou' if youac exgondte lies aroundt arlethe lie "Y'e natteroi-fac to hat pae. of hstscore har )." "II gunsyove deien derngwh sh- you haven'('t ear iroe,"uheusld. ."Yoe deen'to me tha you'are sen If, they ooked t uneasy. The youa" "hae reject lovtercalay Comte tr- ofingut asit dwere.wIcn alk sconeri ly " hyou oueld bocust -al ltthe ta relly.tsrnoft caue hadit ae for ni- .mI git's really beue won-der why si't yourhaelf." ti rntm, h ad e"Youe can' yoor athmeand yov that, S0 ~Iid." eat l geis alwng epugnaht, ad-~ hae a re;dlvralasi h ery story about a ; courage and the im tofind it again loose. He was thin ; his neck showed "I'm just eating my heart out for you, and that's (lhe truth. And it Isn't only that. E'verywhere I go, people say, 'There's the fellow Sidney Page turned downi when she went into the hospital.' I've got so I keep of' the Street as mnui its I can." Sidney was lialf alarmed, half irrl tated. Tills wild, excited boy was not thie doggedly faithful youth she had always known. It seemed to her that uiderneath his quiet manner and care fully-repressed voice there lurked somiletliig irrationai1. something she could not cope with. She looked up at hm1 hlples'sly. "But what do you want me .to do? Youi-you almost frighten ine." "You're going back?" "Absolutely." "Because you love the hospital, or beenuse you love somebody connected with the hospital?" Sidney was thoroughly angry by this time, angry and reckless. She had conie through so illuch that every nerve was crying in passionate pro test. "If it will make you utiderstan'd things any better," she cried, "I am going back for both reasons !" She was sorry the next moment. But her words seemed. surprisingly enough, to steady him. For the first time, he sat down. "Then, as far as I am concerned, it's all over, is it?" "Yes, Joe. I told you that long ago." He seemed hardly to be listening. His thoughts had ranged far ahead. Suddenly: "You think Christine has her hands full with Palmer, don't you? Well, .I1 you take Max Wilson, you're going to have more trouble than Christine ever dreamed of. I cnn tell you some things about him now that will make yot think twice." But Sidney had reached her limit She went over and flung open the door. P "Every word that you say shows in< how right I ai in not marryig you Joe," she said. "Iteal men do no say those things about each other un der any circumstances. You're be having like a bad boy. I don't wan you to come back until. you hav grown ip." . He was very white, but he picke up hIs hat "ad went to the door. "I guess I am crazy," he sild. "I'v heeni want ing to go away, but mothe raises such a fuss-i'll not annoy yo ally mtore." Ie left her standing there and ra down the sljirs nnd oit into th street. At the foot of the steps hi almost colldedl with Doctor Edd. "I11ick to see Sidniey?'" said1 Docto Ed genially. "That's line, Joe. I'a; glad y'oui'e made it uip." The ho went blind(1ly' down. th CHAPTER XVII. W~int er rela xed its clutichi slowly thn year. March was, bit terly cold ; eve, April foundim thle roadls still frz'en) ain thet hetdgerows clumsteared wIthI lee. Bu at midday the're was~ spring inl the hii lI lhe co utynrd of the' h. pItal. , con valscents sat on)r the. b,-1n'hfr an, whieh had3( frozen out I..wta b-ing ri paired. lIEereL and3 th,-r-- onr ward wir dtow sIlls tulips ''l'ened their gaud petails to the sun. Ilairriet 1had4 go'n' ab'road for a flyin trip in Mu rebs, anrd "uume back lade with new idteas, mode'l gowvns, an fresh enthulsiaism3. G;race Irving, has lag mad1(e good (luring the white salel had been sent to the spring cottoml She began to, walk i wIth her head hIgI er. Thle day she sold Sidney mnateri:1 for a simle white gown, she was ver happ~ly. (in Sin~ev. oin K., andm o Christine the winier had left its mar heavily. Churistin,. readjusting ho life to newv codiins, was graves more thought ful. She' was a lone mo0) of the time now, U:ader K.'s guidant she had gIven up thei. "EDuchess" an wats readlig realI books. She wa thinking real thoiughts, toso, for thi fIrst time in her life. Sidney, as t'ude.r us ever, had los a little of the radiance from her eyes her'l voic'e had dleepened(. Where alh had been a pretty girl, she was not lovely. She was back In the hospiti again, this time In the children's wart 1K., goIng iu one day to take John Rosenfeld a basket (if fruIt, saw he there wilth a clhild in her sirms, and lIght in her eyes that lie had nevc seen bef'ore. It hurn himn, rather' things being as8 they were with hin When he came out lie looked straigli ahead. .K. had fallen into the habit, afte his long walks, of driopping Into Chbrl tine's little parlor for a chat before b went upstairs. Those early agirin (lays found Harriet Kennedy busy let In the evenings, and(, save for Chr'Istin and K., the house was practicRIly serted. The breach,- between Palm r so Christtne was steadily widenn~ Sbg was ~ troud -to fask him .to Ap iore$ is1 evenings with be6 those bilons Zwhen he ,qIIista By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART stayed at home with her, Ie was so discontented that lie drove her almost to distraction. Although'she was con vinced that he was seeing nothing of the girl who had been with him the night of the accident, she did not trust him. Not that girl, perhaps, but there were others. There would always be others. Into Christine's Little parlor, then, K. turned, on1e spring evening. . She was reading by the lamp, end the door into the hall stood epeu The little room always che:.-J K. Its warmth and light appealed tc ' "a esthetic sense; after the bareness of hie bed-_ room, it spelled luxury. And perhaps, to be entirely frank, her evident pleas ure in his society gratified him. Chris tine's small coquetries were not lost on him. The evenings with her did some thing to reinstate himi in his own self esteem. It was subtle, psychological, but also it was very human. "Come and 'sit down," said Christine. "Here's a chair, and here are ciga rettes and there are matches. Now I" lehind him, Christine stood watch ing his head in the light of the desk lamp. "What a strong, quiet face it is," she thought. Why did she get the impression of such a tremendous re serve power in this man who was a clerk, and a cleiek only? Behind him she made a qfick, unconscious gesture of appeal, both. hands out for an in stant. She dropped them guiltily as K. turned to her. "I wonder if you know. K.," she said, "what a lucky woman the woman will be who marries you?" He laughed good-humoredly. "I wonder how long I could hypno tize her into thinking that." "I've had time to do a little think Ing lately," she said. wvithout bitter ness. "Palnep-Is away so much now. I've been looking back,'wondering if I ever thought that about him. I don't believe I ever did. I wonder-" She checked herself abruptly and sat down. After a moment: "Has it ever occurred to you how terribly mixed up things are? Take this Street, for Instance. Can you think of anybody on it that-thitat things have gone entirely right with?" "It's a little world of its own, of course," said K., "and 'it has plenty of contact points with life. But wher ever one finds people, many or few, one finds all the elements that make up life-joy and sorrow, birth and - death, and even tragedy. That's rath er trite, isn't it?" Christine was still pursuing her thoughts. "Men are different," she said. "To a certain extent they make their own fates. But when .you tinak of the women on the Street-Harriet Ken niedy, Slidney I'aage, myself, even Mr's. Itosenfeld back in the alley-some body else molds things for' us, and all we can (10 is to sit back anid suiTer. I am beginnIng to think the world is a terriblie 1)1ace, K. Why do people1 so often manrry the wr'ong people0? Wh'ly can't a mani care for one woaamn and t "aly one ali his life? Why-why is it ''Ter are meni who care for only one woman tall their lives." "Yoi're. that sort, aren't you?" "I don't want to .nut myself on apy plnnaacle. If I. cared enough for a wom. an to marry her, I'd hope to-- But we are belig very tragic, Chiristinue." ~ aIotelrage There's going to be an theaistake, K., Unless you stop lie tried to irs.ven tihe conversation w ith at little funij S "if you're going to ask me to inter fotre betweenq Mru, McKee and the deh~af-gand-dtjumb~ book anid insurance ' ageunt, I shall do nothing of the sort. * lhe cant both uspeak and henr enough for both1 of them." "I meun Kidneay anad Max Wilson, V i e's m~uad about her, K. ; and, because sh' thme sort she is, he'll probably be 'mad about her all his life, even if he r~ mtarries laer, ,But he'll not be true tQ -her; I kpow the type now." t K. leaned back with a ficker of pain in his eyes. "What can I'do about it?" 'Astute as he was, he did not st~spect Lthat Charistine was using this method to fathom his feeling for Sidney. Per t hanps she hardly knew it herseif. "You might marry her yourself, K." But he had himself ''en hand by this Vtime, and she learned atothming from el. ther hais voice or his .yes. "On twenty dollars a week? And ithout so mauch as sasking. her con en"He dropped his light tone. "I'm not in a position to inarry anybody. Ev~ieni if Sidney cared for me, which she doesn't, of course- -" "Then you don't intend to interfere? You're going to let the Street see an other failure?" Do you believe- the~re is moral dgnger for the participants In the growing intimsoy of the tin betwee'i Christine and . d dhrtatine be Justi fed in the QlrcUntances in * eeking love or its lnmitation else. where? el~ T,, Wrry 9 o IS THE APPETITE POOR IS THE DIGESTION WEAK IS THE LIVER LAZY, AND THE BOWELS CONSTIPATED Under' such conditions -you cannot obtain the maximrum value from your food. Give propertelp at once-TRY HOSTETTER'S 8tM ach Bitters Both Quality: And Quantify .Try Yager's Liniment, the greatexternal remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, sprains, chest pains, backach'e, cuts and bruises. This liniment has wonder- V ful curative powers, pene trates instantly, and gives prompt relief from pain. It is the most economical liniment to buy, for the large 25 cent bottle contains four times as much as the usual bottle of liniment sold at that price. At all dealers. AGE"S LINIMENT ILBERT BROS. & CO. BALTIMORE. MD. Equal to the Demand. "I never use any but pasteurized milk in the city," sai the new board or; "can you furnish It' "Yes, indeed !" was ithe contlileit re PlY: "our vows 're kep lin the asture all (er.--Ie Christal licrald. ACTRESS TEL-LS SECRET. IA well known actress gives the follow ang recipe for gray hair: To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a sumall box of Darbo Compound, and %/ ox. o1 glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mlx It at home at very lIttle cost. Full directions for making and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It' will gradually darken - streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the seqilp, is not stIcky ee greasy, and does not rub off. -Adv. - Natural Mistake. "11e1lo, SIs. I dlidn't know you were going in for athletics." "What d1o yout meana?" "L~ook att those fl'ols over' your bu reau." ""eoils ! W.hy, those are mny hatplns." The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Heed esause of It. tonlo ad laxative effet, Lazai eigature ison eaeh noi. ' The Masculine Way. Hle-Mena never' gossip. Sihe-Of course not. rThey merely investigate rumors. A torpid liver condition prevents pree food ausimilation. Tone up your liver ith Wrights Indian Vegetable Pill.. They met gently and surely. Adv. Olass Is now mnade so as to be prac tically unbreakable. Feel Achy All Over ? To achle all over In (damp weath or, or after taking a cold, Isn't nat ural, and often Indicates kidney weakness. Uric acid causes many queer aches, pains and lsorders of the organs. Well kidneys keep urIo acid down. Tired, dizzy, 'nervous eople~ would (10 well to try IPoan's idney Pills. They stimulate the kIdneys to activity aid so help clear the blood of irritating poIsons, A Not Crolna~ Case bir:. Il. T. Moore81 .Prson St.,BUate b, * 4kdul) nagin . lear night and a gou s. My kid. caused me' o 'enda o - nhuoyane. Dean' *es a ~n ains. I rest muhettern -dIhave improv I rdyery way." sesat Up3 sas s ae