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FORLORN RIVER SYNOPSIS.-Seeking gold in the desert, "Cameron," solitary pros pesctor, forms a partnership with at) unknot -an whom he later learns ,iq .1 ' trrun, father of a girl , 'eron wronged, but later , lack In Illinois, Cameron's , e ations appease Warren, and two proceed to gether. Tak. , refuge from a sandstorm in a cave. Caneron discovers gold, but too late; bofh tuen are dying.' Cameron leaves evidence, in the cave, of their dis covery of gold, and personal docu ments. Richard Gale, adventurer, in Casita, Mexican border town. meets George Thorno,- lieutenant in the Ninth cavalry, old college friend. Thorne tells Gale he Is there to save Mercedes Castadena, Spanish girl, his aflanced wife, from Rojas, MexIcan bandit. Gale "roughhouses" Rojas and his gang, with the help of two American cowboys, and he, Mercedes and Thorne escape. A bugle call frot the fort orders Thorne to his regi ment. lie leaves Mercedes under Gale's protection. CHAPTER III --4 A Flight Into the Desert. Unensy and startled, Gale turned his ear to tie soft wind. Presently lie heard, or imagined he heard, low 'beats. In ai moment he was certain 'the sounds were tlvi padllke steps of :hoofs in yielding sand. The regular tramp was not that of grazing horses. In the instant, mnale cautous and stealthy by alarm, Gale drew Mer edes deeper nlto the gloom of the -shrubbery. The sounls of hoofhents grew louder. Gale made out a dark moving mass against a background of -dull ray. 'T'here was a line of horses. Ile could not discern whether or not all the horses cnrri ed riders. The murmur of i voice struen his ear then it low laugh. It made hit tingle, for It sounded AmerIenn. Eagerly he listened. "It shore was, Laddy, it shore was," ('1nte i voice out of the darkness. " "Rough house ! Laddy, since wire fences drove its out of ''exts we ain't seen the like of that. An' we never " had such it (nl.." "Call? It was a burnin' roast," re plied another voice. "I felt low down. Ie vaioosed sonte sudden, 1n' I hope he an' his friends shook the itdust of Casitn. Thait's a rotten town, Jim." Gale jumped ip in joy. What lu'k! The speakers were none other than the two t'owboys whom he had accost ed in the Mexlcnn hotel. "Ihold on, fellows," he enlled, and strode fito the road. The horses snorted and stamped. Then followed swift rustling sounds a clinklg of spurs, then silence. The lihture.s loomed eleirer in the gloom. (Inlc saw live o: six horses, two v itl riders, 1nnd one other, at l nat, arry Ing a aimek. Wien (ale got within fiftecit feet of the group the foremost horsenuti sold: "I rePck Oin li tha's close e'nought, stran;:ii em." omtethI ing it thle ((nwhoiy's hand glInted dairkly brIght In .te starlight. "Yo'u'd irecognize me, Ifr it waisnt't s0 dar ik,'' repldied G ble, ha 111ng. "I1 spoke to yout a lIttleI whIle ago-Int the sn boit hnek t here.'' "Comic over' 11n' let's seey you,'" said1 the (cowboy3, curtly3. Gal e iidvancted till Ite was (lose to the horse. The cowl~'toy leaned over the saddle11 and Peered into Gale's face. TIhent, wilthout a word, hte shtenthed the gtti and( 1he1( out his h Iand. Gatle mtet 11 grIp of st eei that wvartmed hIs blood. 'IThe ofter c~ow h oy got off' his nervous, splited ho~rse and)1 Ithrew the bi'dle, lie, too, peered closely into (Gile's fnce. "My nmte's Ladd1(," hte said1. "Rleckon I'mi someti glad~ to mee('t y'ou agalin." Onile felt ntuothier' gip as 111ard and( s trmong its the 1ot' had1( been, le realize.d he had found friendls wh'lo tbelongedl to a class of men whom lie hadt dleaiired of' everl knlowing. "G(ale--Dick ( ale Is my3li name,'' he beHgian, swilftly. "I dr'opped Iito ( 'ashta tonlight hardly kno'wing wvhei'e I wa.. A boy tocok me to that1 hot el. There I me1(t an old friend whiomi I lad not s('en for' yearis.IIi lie blontgs to the -itnvailry' stiitionedi hiet'. 11ie had( lhe friendedl a Spaish gi rl--fa Ilen In Ilove wuithi her, 1Rojas had1 lb-ld I this gIirl's fat her--tr'ied to 01b(ductt he.. You know w~hat took place iat the ho tel. (Gentlemien, if It's e'ver' possIble, I'll showv you hiow I aplpr ie'itei w'hatt yout did( for' 1me there'(. I got iiway, founitd 1113 friendl with the gIrl. We huried out here beyond thle etdge of towin. Then Th'orne had to ma ke a breakll for camp11. We hieardI hugle nal Is, ab~ots, and he w'as awaty withIout leave. 'That left the gIrl wIthi me. I don't kcnow~ whant to do. TJhorne swearts Ca 'slta Is no place for' Mer'cedes ait night." "The girl aIn't Ilo peon, no commiton 'Greaser?" inlterrupted1 1L1(dd. "No. Hecr nme Is Castanedn. She blelongs to an old Spanisht famiily, once rich and -Influential." "Reckoned as5 mulich," r'e~Ilied the 'cowboy. "There's 11)ore thatn Ilojas' w'antln' to kidnap ni jiretty girl, Shore :he does thtat ever'3 (lay or so. Mulst .be somelthtIn' polIticnl or feelin' tpIare 'ar your 41ilnd's girl at night -of ds'y, or any tlime. Shore, there's Amerieans who'd take'hier' in an' fight 'for her, if necessary. But It ain't wvise to risk thlat. Lashl, whtat do y'ou say?" "It's been gettin' hlotter routnd thils -Grenser corral for someo weeks," re S E piled the other cowboy. "If that two-bit of a garrison surrenders, there's no tellin' what'll happen, an' heln' across the U. S. line a few Inches or so don't make no h-I of a ditYerence. My advice is, don't let Miss Castanedat ever set foot in Casita again." "Looks like you've shore spoke sense," said Ladd. "I reckon, Gale. you an' the girl ought to come with us. We know people who'll take care of the senorita till your friend can come for ]her." Dick warmly spoke his gratefulness, and, inexpressibly relieved and happy for Mercedes, he went toward the ciuit of cactus where he had left her. She stood erect, waiting, and, dark as it was, he could tell she had lost the terror wiihlh had so shaken her. le led her Into the road upi to the cowboys, who now stood bareheaded in the starlight. They seemed shy. 1111(1 Lush was silent while Ladd made (mbarrassel, unintelligible reply to Mere(des' thanks. 'T'here were live horses--two sad(lled, two paeked and the remaining one ci'l'led only a blanket. Ladd sho ened the stirrips on his mount, an IL She Stood. Erect, Waiting, and, Dark as it Was, He Could Tell She Had Lost the Terror That Had So Shaken Her. helped Mercedes tip into the saddle. From the way she settled herself and tookli the few restive prances of the metllesolte horse Gale judged that she cotild ride. Lash urged Gale to Iake hiis horse. But this Gale refused to lo. "I'll walk," he said. . "I'm used to walking. I knowM ('owboys lare not." Onci e starkt with( prlblotection1 01 assurel for' the gi ri alu ita reual objective polut ll view, (;nle' rlaixed fromn the ten'ase st rait he hnd b 'ein laboring under'i. hlow glad he would have been) to nec quaiint 'Thoirne with their god for tunle Lat1er, lof (Courise, there would be somue way to get word to the (cav airynimn. Blut till thlen whait tor' mlents his friend wouild sulfer! It seemed to D ick thtat ai very long timze had elapsed since he steppied off' the tralin ; and one by one lie wvent over every detail of incident wvhleh had occuriired1 betw~eeni thatt arival'ul aiml tihe prl'eent moment. Ills meetin1g with Tihorne; the wonderful black eyes or a Spanish girml; her appeal to him; the hate !nspired by Rojas, and the rush, the blowr, t he act ion ;sight of Th orne andmi~ Merceede~s hitrryinag safely awvay;I te girl's bands pressing his to her hteaving bre'ast; the swveet fire of her' kiss; the fact of her being itlone wih im )11, dependl~ent upon hinm all t hese' tings Gale turned overt and over in hIs mInd, only to fail of any dlefinite co n('h~ion as to whlch hadl affected him11 so ren.rkably, or to tell what had realily huippened to him. Had he faillen in love willh Th'orne's' .9weethen'l ? The iden enme in a thish. Was he, all in an, instaint, and by onte of thtose incolmiprehensile rev'ersal s of chiarnct er, jeo louts of his friend? DIck was almost afrnid to look up at Mler ceodes. St ill he forced hihnselfC to doa so, and as it (chaniced Afereedes wats looking thawn at him. With a guick, graceful impluilsiv'eness she putt her' htand upon his shouler. Like her' ap penanice, thte ntetion was new, strange, striking to Gale; but It brought hamte sudldenly to hin the natture of grat tI tudle nnd1 affection int a girl of her1 blood. It wuas sweet and sisterly, Hie kinew Ithen that lie had not fallen In love with her. The feeling that was akin to jealousy seemied to be of the beautiful something for which Met' codles stood in Thorne's life. Gale t hen girasped the bewildering possi bilitiles, the infinite wvonder of what a girl ('1o(ut enn to a man. TIhe desert began to lighten. Gragy' openings in the b~ord(er of shrubby girowthis ('hanlged to paletr htue. In the enst a white glow grew briglrter and brightter, reaching up to a line of cloud, defined sharply beloiv by a rugged ntchelid r'ange. "Senotr, I nmt coldl,''Bfaid Aferced~es. Dick had1( been* enrrying his coat uponi his armn. lieI stopipedl the horse atnd raised thte coat upi, anid helped hiercedes put it onl. "I should have thought of you," he said. "But I seemed to teal warm.,,, RT by ZANE GREY .Aluthor of Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, Etc. Copyright by Harper & Brothers. The coat's a little large; we might n'rnp it around you twice." Mercedtes sniled and lightly thanked him in Spanish. Ie was about to start when he olserved that Ladd had halt ed and Was peeriIg ahead in evident caut ion. Mercedes' horse began to stamp linpatiently. ra iseul his ears uitd head, and acted as if he was about to neigh. A warning "hist" from Ladd bade Dick put a quieting hand on the horse. Lash entne noiselessly forward to join his comnpanion. The two then listened and watched. Presently Lash went to the rear and Ladd started .thead. The prog ress now, however, was considerably slower, not owing to a bad ronl--for that became better-hut probably ow ing to canution exercised by the cow boy guide. At the end of a half hour this marked deliberation changed, and the horses followed Ladd's at a gait that put (ale to his best walking paves. Ills steps were halted by Ladd's ac tions. The cowboy reined in his horse, listened a moment, then swung down out of the saddle. lie raised a eal tioning hand to the other's, then slipped into the gloom and disap peared. Gale hnarked that the halt had been made in a rilged and cut-up pass between low mess. To the right, up ulder the ledges sone (istlnce away, stanc( two squinre black objects, too uniform, lie thought, to be rocks. While he was peering at thein, i1uner ta in what to think, the shrill whilstle o'f a horse pealed out, to be followed by the rattling of hoofs on hard stone. Then a log Iarkedl. At the satiae tiolnlnt that Ladd hurriedly up peared ini the: road a light shone out and danced before one of the square black objects. "Keep close n' don't iuake no noise," he whispered, and led his horse at right angles off the road. Gale followed, leadling Mercedes' horse. As he turned he observed that Liaslh also had diSnoluIted. ''o keep closely at i ltadd's heels withouit bru'ishing the cnetu1s or stumn b11in Over rocks 111141 depiessions was at task Gale found impossibhle. It. was no eatsy itter to la:91 spirited horse through the clark, winding lanes wa lleEl by tioins. Dick saw lint the travel was f'ast, but by no mieans noiseless. The imtIk animnals at Ihues c4raishel and4 ripptll through the narrow plaices. It seei:t(d to (gale that anyon~ie withi1n it mile coubl have heard these sroundis. I'reseitly L:ud led out into a st raighit. The co wbo4 y 114 innt ed hiis hor-se, at1)4 thi~s (conlvinlcedh (haile that1 I hey hiad clreed back-I to the roadiu. att a1 good, s;ily. silenit wal1k. Whlen Dick ('onIsul ted' hIs watchI'I he wa s inuzed141i1 4to e the hour' was 'still early, 114' aske~l Mei re'lois 11f she wasu col'd.4 and1( she ans11wer'ed tha t she wa'hs, speaik lng es51p4cialIly of lher feet, wh'leIh were't groI'41ng inunht. Thleni she ausked to1 be h~elpedl down to wailk aw11hihle4. Al ir st she4 was1 cold14 antd lae, and14 nicepIted( thle hiellin g hand DIc)4k pro4ffere'id. A fter' a li ttle, hiowever-, she rec(ov-eredl andu wlenit on without aissistan 1ce. Thley 1h114 reached the sutumit of what was1 evltlently3 a hiighi ridge slop1e41 wIthl much greai1terI'S stee'lness~ (In the fair sIde. It wa's only liftr ('a1 few~ 11or1e forw~ar'd st('lps, lhuiwever', that DI)k ((ou11d see down~i thle sloile. Then01 fullI in vilew fhishedl 1) bright 411ampftire nrioumil wh eh clust51eredh a grupj of dark flgur'es. Tihey were enenm~aped In a1 w~Ide4 arroly4, wher' horses coiuldl be Seeni grazIing in 1bh:14k Pat'lhes of1 grass het-w'een e ist e's of' t rees. A stecond4 look at the (-amperis told4 Gaite they wer'e Mex iean s. At 1thiIs mloment I14 Lsh enmue forward't to join Lahi, atal the 1)1en1t. stidlying thlt'e arroyo. A hoarse1'5 laugh, fnlnt yet distiuiet, 11loated4 uponil tihe *eodh w~tit. that outfit ?" hinli-red Lashi, spea:kin~g softly. fIts,'" replied Ladd14. '"Theiy'r'e 10eross Itle 1111e for' heef. llut Itheiy'l l1 unoff 1a1ny good stoc14k. As bioss tleyes Ithese irebels hav'e got '('m1 all beat. That: Outfit Isa wait in' till lt's late. Nothbin' to it but headt south I for the 11141 p'or horn. It's on the buordeir lne, but It's 'ouintry where t hese rebels in'it beeni yet." "It's a hIke to *14ldhIn's ilnnehi. An' .if we get therIe Iin daylighit some Grenser will see thIe gilI before 11e1d1n'' ennI hide heir. It'll get talked about. Th~le 'hows 'll ti-av~el to ('aslta like sage Iballs befoire the wind." "Shore we don~i't rIde into Ri1o For) blr In the dlayt hnii. Let's sli the 'ineks, JTim. W1.e enni hid theii off In the (enctus an' coime back'.nfter theml. Wilth 'thei yOung man rnldn' we-" Th'le w1hisper01intg wasI inite'rrupted by n loud ringinig nleigh t Ihat whistled alp fro(m the arroy3o. One of the hior,st's baitI scented the triave'lers- on .the idge top. The indiffere4nce of the Mexicanus chanhged t41 atte'ntion. 11(d( and1( Lash tuirned1 hack and 1ed the horses tito thbe fi-st openiing Oil the sonth siden of the roar. The pack., GO were slipped, securely tied and hidden i in a mesquite cluihp. Ladd strapped 1 a blanket around one of the horses. It His next move was to take off his chaps. "Gale, you're wearin' boots, an' by o liftin' your feet you can beat the ee- r tus," he whispered. "lBut the--the-- g Miss Castanedia, she'll he torn aill to f pe 's unless she puts these on. I'lt.se tell her-an' hurry." is Dick took the chaps, and, going up t to Mercedes, he explained the situn tion. She laughed, evidently at Is d emba rassed earnestness, and llipped s; out of the saddle. It "Senor, chappareJos and I are not l strangers," she said. 1 Deftly and promptly she equipped i herself, and thet rale helped her into ( the saddle, called to her horse, and it started off. Lash directed tale to muount the other sa(dled horse and go next. Dick had not ridden a hundred i ya1rd1s behind the trotting leaders be- i fore he had sundry painful encoun- 11 ters with reaching actus arms. The v horse missed these by a narrow mar- e, gin. Dick's knees appeared to be Ii it line, and It became necessary for hitu t to lift them high and let his bouts s take the onslatught of the spikes. 1 Ladd pursued a zigzag course south- I ward across the desert, trotting down ti the aisles, caintering in wide, hare d patches, walking through the clumps I: of cacti. Cale bernme chilled to the ic hone, and his clothes were damp andl(] v cold. ills knees siar ated from the i wounds of the poisoned thorns, and . his right hand was either swollen stiff or too numb to move. Moreover, t lie was tiring. Mercedes moust he macde \ of steel, lie thought, to stand all that i she had beens subjected to and yet. f when the stars were paling anl dawn p'rliaps not far nwny, stay in the I' saddle. So )ck (ale rode on, drowsier for i ech mile, and more and muore giving ' the horse at choice of gromu. O)nce I when Ie, thinking to tight his weamri- C ness, raised his head, he saw that one of the horses in tie lend was riderless. i Laddh was carrying M1(eedes.s It seelne( tlint hours passed, thou h ci he knew only little time had lI pseed. when oive mtore he threw off the spell of weariness. lie heard a dog hark. i Tall trees lined the open lane (lown s which lie was riling. Presently in the < gray gloom he sia' low. squaltre houses I With) flat r'oofji. Ladd rode on for perhaps a quarter of i mail', Ihugli it seemed initerinhly loug to Diek. A grove of trees looined dark in the gray of morning. Laudd entered it :nid was lost In Mie shade. Dick rode' on aniong the trees. P'resently h' he:uri volces, aid soon another housts, low i "Senor, Chapaejsnd i Are Not Strangers," She Said. and flat like the othiers, hut so long9 hei coubI not See thle furtherieu endi sit oil ill bii(keri thanii tihe tr'ees. As lie dis iinnltedt, (eilimlped ndu sore, he' enbhi - xceinreely sinand. L ashic~ enmie:i tlong:4bli. in spoke, aind somenei withI a big. heariIty voi-e r'epilid toi himu. Th'len It seemiedl toi liek that lit waiis iled inito hhwuikiuess like iiitch, wheiirt, presenatiy, lie felit blankets thrioawin on him, iand CHAPTER IV a Farlorn River. 5 Wh'len Dlick openi'i his eyes ia floo0 (it goldeni sumsina' streamedi(' in ait the s open't window tundelr which he lay. Ilks fir-st thought waIs one of blank wonader'~ as to where in the world lhe happe'nedi I to beC. The r'ooi wias iiarge, sqiue., nudobe-walledl. It was littered wvithi siatdles, harness, bla rnketsa. Thle sight of huge (lusty spurs, ai gun belt withI i shieathi and gun, nti a pair of lent her chaps bristling withI broken (enetuis thoirns reenaihed to I ilek thei cowbioys, '!S the ride, Mercedes, atnd thle- whole i st ranmie adlveiture thait. hnil brought hIm there. lie felt a dead weight of complete hissitudle, antI lit did not wannt 'to bi miovec. A sudtdeni lin in is hand s enusedei imt to hoild it u I-t -was ii blnck inid blue, swb)lien to almnost twilce its normal size, and stiff ats a hionrd. Thue knuckles weire skinnedl anid cruisted wilth dry' blood. Dick so- o llouuzed that it was the w'ortok U ig hnnd he had seen since football nys, and that it would inconvenience im for s~ine time. The door at the far end of the room ras open. Through it he saw poles f peeled wood upholding a porch oof, a bench, rose bushes in bloom, rass, and beyond these briglht-green 1llage of trees. "lie shore was sleepin' when I Joked in an hour ago," said a voice mst .Dick recognized as La1d'S. "Let iil.. sleep," came the reply in ('('I), good-nature(1 tonles. "Mirs. It. uys the girl's never moved. lust ave been a tough rile for them both. 'orty ii les through Cactus! Laddy 'm right down glad to see you boys, lad I'll do all I cnn for the young ouple. liut I'tm doing some worrying ere; don't mistake te." "About your stock?" - "I've got only a few head of cattle t the oasis now. I'm worrying some, lostly ahout my horses. The U. S. doing some worrying, too, don't istake me. The rebels have worked 'est. and tnorth as far as (.Casita. Of 'urse, iy' Job Is to keep tialh oil Clih ese aind .hp trying to get into tho S. from Mlag(lilen hay. Biut I'm iIpposed to piatrol the border line. In going to lire some rangers. Now, m not so afrai( of being shot up. lough out In this lonely plaee there's anger of it ; wiit I'm afraid of most losing that hunch of horses. You now wlnt those guerrilla Mexicans illi do for horses. They're crazy on orse flesh. 'T'hey know fine horses, o I don't sleep nights any more." "l(ikon meli an' .1111 aight as well e u) with you for a syell, eldhlin'. 1'e've been ridin' ti) : an' down A rizona r'ytin' to keep out of fight of wire '1100es." "l-addy, it's open eno-tngh around orlorn Itiver to Sit isfy even an old. 11e cow'punebier like you." tuhed ek11lug. "I'd iake your :staying on a9 'ne 'iavor, don't mnistal:k tme. 'er 11)5 I 'n' Pe'sutlde ilt' ytntig m1:1it gal( It) take at Job1 wtith me." "Thit's shore likl'ly. lhe stid ho tl ot) money, no friends. Ai' If a l'rIp)i'is :all yoiu're loo1hkin' for he'll o," replied Ila.hi, with ai dry ('buckle. "'layhe I ought to think twIce he ire takiing It sirangel' into ly fat ly," sahd liebtling,, se'riously. "\Well, I uies's lie's all right, Iaddy, being the ivalrynu u's friend. No lan or tuner? I 11 must he ill right'." "lhum? 1.u niier? aidy, dhiin't I tell ton I shook haids with this hoy an' vas piiiinum glid to ma'eet him?" de Il:ndced Lafldy, with1 considerale 1(11t. laifii(estly he h l been if r-intedl. "'oim liblin', le's a gentle nan, ill' he ('otllid I Ilk yroll in--iln half soeuncl1. Hlow abount t hat, .Jimn?" "''Jess Itilne." repIlied1 Lash. "T'Ion, cr(e's mlly stauil. 'o'Iung (;itle (:n are mlly hiss, ily gilln, antythin' o' 11111'." "Aw. I lidn't me n to insult you, "1ys- 111)1'1 m istake 1.L," sai x..1 hlig.1. . I'('4se hes aI'l'l iie h it." 'ldui Thes', Oh~jic of t i :hit onversati'la ''ietu ha'tlis bedn iri "llg a 'Oie nobs delIght with a liudbling's iled wieithd o sth i olu stoness 'lesii44J)ytwift'' theedlthr1ee. lug. "( uien lie was pr'et I y mutch nioikedl out.........'... clos th 'or theire so we wvon't wake him." Th'er'e w'iee slow, soft 5tel)s, then e0 door' so1ftly closedl. Biut thle fait -a rcely madile aIi 'i44 perepule dliffer ice4 ini tile soundt( olf thle votiees out de". 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L. houghs rne WL.DOUGLASehoere~ ,d r ~a i' c of ur own stores in the large -ted. t stan ej /or cities and by shoe dealers the higest stadard everywhere. When you need qfquatIi atthe loe. shoesif not convenient to call Possi cost. The at one of our stores, ask your n price is shoo dealer to show you W.L. Th soe.stamped on Douglas shoec. The naie and price is always plainly if set fir salt isytidil. stamped on the solo. Refuse stile fr aWa subatituteii, The prices are the same evorywhere. To Merchntat. /f node iter en youre totern handles I0. F, l'raldeten iougluss sbae.'auf tiod'ufor W. .oselaa eShoe , '.s'easi.. rights to handele this 1SJ Street gauk sellinC, quick turn-over line. rookton, a.ase. Fur Tanning a on Beef, Horse. Colt and Calf Skins. Make up of Coats. Robes Rugs. Vests, Ladies Furs, Scarfs, Muffs and Cupes. Tell us the kind of furs. 'rompt answer. W.W. Weaver, Reading, Mich. Thirty years in fur business. No Returns. "Ile used to give Iloistnds to his -art y's enitlmign chest. Now he thinks lIe's done his duty If lie hands over ~50. "lice ran for ole'e anl get 200 votes ti t o f :t o ji a l o f " i' (5 ( i(t d) A nunt oti (i I. A i n n ini his lolIto mIs tilit to Ilihhik n con t rihtillonl to his party is at poor invest lilt'lit . DYED HER SKIRT, DRESS, SWEATER AND DRAPERIES WITH "DIAMOND DYES" Ech packe (if "l)i inonel ])yes" con tains lir(e:tions so simp11le aly wetin011 can (I%.\ e o t illti her wVori, 81h;1101)y gres~eH, { shirts, waists. eomis, sttocktittg, sweaters, Coverings. draperies, hanIegilgs, ev'rytin elet' if she has never dlyed lifeure. lBuy "l'i 11 1 1)yes"'-- -no other hil' i-twi hen li rite:t. home lyeing is sure le'ause )ia 11011(1 ])yes ire gialraniteeri not to Spot, hole, streak, or tunt. Tell yourl <druggist whether the material you wish to dye ia wool or sill:, or wiet lher it is linen, cotton or mixedl goo'ds.-AiverLisemient. Not That Kind of a Suit, I 1arty Upton (trylng oit anew still) --.\h, Isites, this stilh I i l1 very cr'dit iI e-vory (r'lditn ble indeed. Isane. the' tailor I exctitedtly)--Dtot suilt neft'r lefi's dler shop ''xt'ept. for re:Itly 11u41n1-y! \VO r 1 Mothers!! W rite for 32 Page Booklet, "others of the Worlcl" Loom-iProducts Mf.t, 'u)U? U '.es &Fnlitute whr rOWl Use This Coupon 1""'"""- mrrr., M The Lloy'd Mfg. irooiklet.'"Mother or thie A1t~ I Name............. . I)City..............A1te.. Keep Stomach and Bowels Right By giving baby the hsarmiesn, purely Yegetable. infants' and children'srcgulator. MRS. WIM tD*S SYRUP brings astonishing, gratifying results in making baby's stomach digest they should eLt teething time. Guaranteed frco U Sfrom narcotics, opt--" ntes, alcohol and all -' harmful ingredi At All. Does Your Food Dig~ An (old Hiomrah 1X,"ter used this re'ser ars--.Fhinib's HodaI, nosi, tcrilmL tumth nd ni i- dl, st ioni Narvousness, L. sour stonhmth with g' auinnos fland the misery thai.t os stomachtel due to lIndigtestion. We aree it. in our laboratory uiat as ho resc rO we win return your mioney.B ( l~ l t Send for FREEBO on Stomach Tro NATIONAL DRUG~ CO.. BiRS ~Ssure you' instant '~han cotton Doliciou Sweet 2,0 or, at onec FRUi