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cn 3 - HAMLIN COPYRIGHT. 1905; Bl CHAPTER I. ? NEARLY the entire boat load of 1 passengers was jammed along' the forward gates, ready to spring ont upon the Jersey Trtiarf, restive to reach the waiting trains, but quite apart from all these whose faces were set westward three people-a girl, ? man nearing forty and a slim lad-lingered on the after deck as though loath to take their leave of the imperial city. . The resemblance of the monstrous \ hive of humankind to a height of land was so marked, so singular, that the girl remarked upon it, and the boy, a Dale lad of seventeen." cried out in shrill staccato: "Yes; but think of the real mountains we're going to climb!" The girl did not speak for a moment, and when she did her voice was dis? tinctly sorrowful. "I feel as though I were saying goodby to everything worth while." "Including me?" asked her escort She did not smile, but her accent was kindly as she answered, "Yes, Wayne, mcluding you." "Oh, sis, you make me tired!" cried the boy. "Just as if going west were bidding goodby to everything!" He beat his thin chest. "I'm just begin? ning to live now. I'm glad to get away from the stuffy old town. I want to see something besides Fifth avenue and Central park." Wayne Peabody laughed good natur? edly down at the toy. "You wouldn't care if civilization did stop at the west bank of the Hudson river, would you?" "I should say not I'm tired of it all-the noise and the pavements and the heat and the wetness. I want to get out where the wolves and the cranes and the cowboys are; I want to hit the trail and find where fathers camps were." "The girl spoke musingly. "It's singu? lar, but I have a premonition of some dark fate-some vague sorrow. I nev? er felt so before-not even on my trip to Egypt If I don't come back I want you to note that I was forewarned. Let's go forward." Peabody remarked in a low voice: "Louis is transformed already. It will ^do him all kinds of good to go west" -"I hope so," she replied rather dreari ??y, "but_ he seems, unwholesomely ex r cited kt the present momet?t" [ ''He'll get over that." 1 *T fear he will be disappointed. Fa - tiler's trip was made nearly twenty . five years ago, when it was a really wonderful land." ?"He is young. He will reimagine it" The boy stood like some beautiful an? imal poised for a spring as the ferry shouldered its clumsy way into the Jersey dock. He was of less bulk than ; his strong, composed, modish sister, . and his face was as dark, as mobile and as eager as hers was fair and im? passive. Peabody experienced once . again a twinge of keen regret that Ann had not some of her brother's radiant enthusiasm. T .'Surrounded by porters and wearing -an air of command, Louis led the way to the sleeping car, impatient of his sister's deliberation. On one hip he . carried a pair of large field glasses and -over the other a costly camera, while :haif concealed cases of pencils and pads of drawing paper bulging from his lockets announced his artistic in? tention. . . As the time for the train to start drew near Peabody strove to win some softer word from Ann, but she was not of those who manifest emotion. Her training and her temperament were alike opposed to easy expression. When he tried to take her hand a sec? ond time with eyes that entreated she recoiled. * 'No, no! You have no right to expect that!" He was no longer a boy, and he was bred to seif control; therefore, though his voice trembled a little, he spoke j quietly: "Goodby, Ann. Write every j day, won't you?" In a voice which chilled him she rc- \ plied: "Every Cay is pretty often, hut 1 you will hear from mo. Go and seo mother, please. She wiil ncr say so. but she will be glad to have you conn'." "Depend upon me.*' he said, lifting his hat. Mis bearded face betrayed no emotion, but his eyes wore hot with pain and grief. The girl on her part felt a sudden .twinge of remorse as she loft lom there, a fine, strong, manly suitor, who uttered no complaint, though she wounded him. The twitching of his iips troubled her, but she did not re? lent In her heart she said: "1 can't help it. it i^-n't in me. He shouldn't ask lt.", Louis Ihre-- himself fiat on the couch in their stateroom and said boyishly: "Gee! We're off at inst. Now let her whiz. This oi<] train can't go fast enough for rn e.'' Looking down at him at that mo? ment Ann's bosom swelled with an emotion almost maternal: "How thin ho is,'' she thought, as ber eyes took in h':.i slight body. "PH go. i'll do any? thing for him. if only bo cnn grow strong and wei!."' She loved thar slender lad and as? sumed for him a greater weight of care and hope and fear than for any other human being. He was so like his fa? ther-the soul r^stioss as flame, the slender body racked, worn with end >?*;<a nT>rhn?i<-ifTr?<; tho hnminc* TMOS meric eyes awi . ? 'cate >utb. AH GARLAND f HAMLIN GARLAND _;_,_4 lier l:ardi?r,H?"nd when the doctor seri? ously advised the Rocky mountains she readily gave up her own plans, and here and now she sat, rushing toward the west to a town repulsive to her, a place of emptiness and weariness, a so? cial desert, where no one lived but her cousins, the Barnetts, to whose hos? pitable door they were bound as voy? agers on a wide sea to a snug harbor. : Without that home as a point of ar- ! rival Ann Rupert would have been in j such uncertainty of mind as besets a sailor on a chartless sea. She was making this abhorrent trip j in order that her brother might thrive in his physical well being as well as in : his ail. He had recently determined on being an illustrator of wild animal 1 books. ''I'm going to study them at first hand," he repeated often, "the way Melborn Foster has done. And, besides. I want to illustrate father's ; journal." This journal, the record of a trip into the west made by Philip Ru- ? pert before his marriage, had come to be the most powerful influence in the ? lad's life. It was a worn little red book in which the father had written | the daily happenings and impressions | of his trip, and its discovery by Louis : in a box of old papers had quite trans- | formed his life. It had made him an I American, filling him with a longing for the "Hesperian mountains," as the father called the romantic land he had seen but once, but whose splendor lived with him throughout the remain? der of his short life. As they sat at the table in the dining car Ann again listened indulgently to her brother's plans, and permitted him to order the dinner and assume all the manners of a grown man, honestly try? ing to conceal her own weariness of spirit, sincerely regretful of her bitter words on the ferry. Louis was not weary. He eyed every man who came in, avid to discover some western trait, some outward sign of inward difference between himself and his companions, but could not. They were all quite commonplace busi? ness men, well dressed, close clipped and urbane of manner. Some of them j were evidently salesmen going over to Philadelphia or out to Chicago, and i they all ate long and with every evi dence of en joy men*.. Some of the wo? men were young a^d pretty-students returning to the west for their summer vacations. Once more in the privacy of her state? room and looking out at the landscape reeling past Ann sank back in her seat wholly dismay eda '"What "in "the world can I do out there?" she asked herself most poignantly. "Of course they don't ? play golf or tennis, and I can't ride, j and, besides, whom could I play with? j Jeannette is not a bit athletic." And 1 again the small round of her interests -she had no gayeties-was borne in upon her. "I shall die of inactivity." ! Louis excused himself quite formally and went back into the smoking com- j partaient to sit with the men, while Ann, left alone, gave herself up to a close, half ironic study of the absurdity of her position. With a dozen most de? sirable invitations to distinguished Lon? don homes, with everything before ber "llcllo, linn!" ?hOUtCd Louis. that a girl of her age and tastes could desire. sh?- had turned away to face the crude conditions of :t western state in a wami glow of sisterly affection. She took up the little red book, in which she had taken only a languid in? terest before, and, turning the leaves at random, fell upon bits of description that stirred her unaccountably. Xow that she was about to enter this land of her father's delight, the words took on passion and power. They arrived in Chi ca sro behind their schedule time and had but a few min? utes in which to make their transfer, and so they saw little of the great cen? tral metropolis. To them it was only a gloomy, clangorous sind fitted with long strings ot* railway coaches all marked with Mr.uvj;? names-names one from "Wyoming!" The poo]?"le \ lilied the coaches were not marke different at first glance from those had been traveling with, but Lo more keenly discerning, began to < tinguish types at once, and when or two big men came in wearing w hats and chin beards he trembled vt joy. "There are some cattlemen sure cf it," he whispered hoarsely. Lou.s did not "return to the Pulln till af:er the train had left the city, ? she was just beginning to wonder th( at wben he came in with eyes abb* 'Tve struck 'em at last I" he fai shouted in her ear. "They're all up the reclining chairs, chin beardi spitters and all. I'm just crazy sketch two or three of them. It does pay to ride in a stateroom if you w; to see types," he added in conclus discontent As that day and the next wore on boy began to burn with a new phase his feyer. He commenced to count i hours till he might be abie to disc? Mogal yon, the great peak of the Ra part range, whose fame is worldwi Ann experienced her first decided flt of incerest as the swinging, reeii rush of the train brought the gr< peak into view, a dim, blue do; against the western sky. j At Mst just as the red was pali out of the sky, the train swung to 1 left on its southerly course, and 1 whole Rampart range began to stret and? wind away to northward and sou ward, while between the plain and t foothills rolled a tawny sea of s< deeply marked with ravines and d j ted with pine clad buttes. The ran grew dimmer as they gazed, and at li even Louis was content to sink ba in his seat and wait j "It 'isn't a bit as I expected it to b( he said, "but it is glorious. That pi I pie green was wonderful. I'm going I try to get that some time. It isn't ! precipitous as the Alps, but it's supe: j just the same, and just think how mu , wilde;: it was when father came here j "I'm glad you were not disappointe boy," she replied, laying her hand ( his shoulder and caressing his chee "but you need rest. You're seeing t< much." The train was now winding down t ward Talley Springs, and only ti splendid sky line of the range could 1 distinguished as the lights of the torc began to sparkle out of the obscu* murk. The porter, with brush in hand, can down the aisle. '""This is Valley Spring miss.' ' They were met at the car door by big, smiling man in modish summ? dress, while behind bim stood a pal sweet faced woman in blue. "Hello,: Don!" shouted Louis. "Hello, laddie! How do you di Ann?" replied Barnett and as Ann an her cousin embraced the big ma caught Louis by the hand. "How1 your muscle, my boy? Got all yon traps'? Here, Tom!" he called to colored footman, "look out for thes things;." CHAPTER II. JL NN'S entrance into the Barnet / \ home cut her off from all cor I \ tact with life distinctly west A K ern. She found herself sti] amid che velvet and silver of the parlo car and saw only remotely those wb slept all night in the cramped corner of the ordinary coaches. Her cousin were not native; they were, indeed only translated Philadelphias whoha< gone west in search of health-at leas Mrs. Barnett was there for that rea son. Her husband made the chang for love of his wife. A c ertain percentage of the towns people and the members of the specia circle in which the Barnetts move< were health seekers, and Ann wa: deeply relieved to find that all the com forts of an eastern home were to b< enjoyed in the big graystone house; on Rampart avenue. Indeed, the Bar netts lived quite as they would hav< done ?n Seabright or Lenox. They hac a do2en horses, a suitable assortment of vehicles, saddles and bridles anc were enthusiasts concerning polo anc golf. Their neighbors and friends wen unfailingly ecstatic in praise of the cli? mate and the views and seemed iilog ically anxious to placate the prejudices of this haughty, pale faced, scarlel j lipped young girl, who looked witt calm eyes upon the great peak gloom? ing tc- the westward. They formed, ir fact, a colony of alien health seekers, busied with pleasures, set distinctly apart from the toilers and the traders of the- place. Ann was puzzled and a bit bored by their insistence on winning her adini j ration of the mountains and, being nat? urally perverse, withheld the expres? sions of pleasure she might otherwise have uttered, for she was profoundly moved by what she saw. "I never did understand that girl," said Donnelly Barnett to his wife one night after a drive into the great Bear j canyon. "She has everything to make ! her happy, and yet she goes about tor I pid m an oyster. What's the matter j with her?" Jeannette sighed. "That's her moth ! er's blood. She's like her mother in a ! hundred ways. Louis is exactly like > his lather. I remember when he came I back from his first and only trip to the : Avosr. 1 was only a child. hut I recall his enthusiasm. Ile was a lovable fel? low, hut 1 never could stand Alicia. ? She M as positively stony. I have hopes 1 of Ann. I lor hand is strong and warm I -human, in fact. Don't you think her : in.lift' -renee a pose?" "I wish it were. Xo. it's genuine." i "Sin.? needs to be shaken np hy a ?'>.>'!. hot love affair. Some man will j come*' "That's what I've been saying, but : the man don't come. She's twenty-six." j "lb w awful!" ..That's the part I don't understand ! about Ann. Sin- has money, is hand I some, ami yel here she is quite disen ; gaged, if we except her affair with j Peabody, which Adney writes is quite i ?W tPT.i.i as any ,,f Ami's other affairs." and (Jemand attention. Ii she doesn t have at least an ofter a week it will not be my fault I'm going to invite ail the young fellows home to dinner while she's here. Now watch things 'bile.' " Barnett, nominally a mining broker, was, in fact, president of the polo club, secretary of the Sage Grass Golf asso? ciation-in short, financial nurse to ev? ery collection of amiable sports in the town. He knew all "the best fellows" in the state and now became more pop? ular than ever. The young men accept? ed his dinner invitations with grati? tude, and each and all paid prompt and undisguised court to "the proud eastern beauty," as one young fellow called her. But they soon acknowledged fail? ure. Her reserve led to a sense of in? jury and was reported to be arrogance. They were seldom flattered by the slightest unbending on her part. However, several of these young fel I lows turned out on acquaintance to be socially related to some of her friends in Boston and New York and in that way won a certain acceptance which no mere civil engineer from Omaha or professor from St Louis could hope to attain. They were met on the conven? tional plane, and they got no further at any time. Meanwhile Ann was really troubled about Louis. He was eating less and less each day, and his sleep was bro? ken, and at the end of the first week he fell in a state of collapse. The excite? ment, the late hours, the contact with new types and, above all, the attempt to understand the country and his re? lationship with it had worn him out. Then Ann said in her decisive way: "I don't believe this altitude is good for Louis. T~think ? will ta'ke him home again." "Oh, don't do that It isn't the alti? tude; it's the social whirl. Send him down to my ranch. It's a hole of a place, but it's just what he needs nothing to see but coyotes and cow? boys. We'll put him under Rob Ray? mond's wing. Rob's my foreman and a good chap. He'll take to the boy like anything. I'm sure of it" The plan as worked out by Barnett involved a trip on his automobile for the four of them; but he delayed too long. Mrs. Barnett entered upon one of her "poor spells," and Donnelly, faithful as a big dog, promptly told Louis to go ahead and not walt for the party. "I must stay and nurse Jean? nette." Ann was afraid to let Louis go alone, but Barnett poohpoohed her. "He'll get on all right. In fact he'll rejoice to be free of us for a day or two. I'll wire the mail carrier to meet him and take him down, and I'll send a letter to Raymond to look out for him. He'll be more than safe. He'll be happy, and he won't miss us in the least" Ann insisted on going down herself. "I want to see him properly settled," she said. i Barnett sly!:, winked his vife. He really wan toa to see Ann ''jarred." "It'll do her good to rough it a little," he said privately. Thereupon Louis, .trembling wi J"? eagerness, began to "rustle his outfit" He bought a pistol, a rifle, a broad rimmed hat, some blan? kets and the most highly ornamental cattleman's saddle in the Springs. "What a child you are!" Ann ex? claimed as she watched him, her eyes warming with love and pride. "You're a dear boy!" she added as he came to her side. He looked up at her tenderly. "You're good to me, Hesper," he said fervently. "Sh! Don't ever call me by that ab? surd name." "It isn't absurd. I like it" lie said. Barnett, seated at his telephone, made every arrangement for them. "You'll be met by old Jones, and when you get there Mrs. Jones will look aft? er you. She's a very good cook, so don't get nervous when you see her. She's not pretty. Raymond will do his best to entertain you, and when you come back you'd better ask Raymond to put his own horses in the cart and ; drive you out. He'll be better company j than Jones." CHAPTER III. BARNETT'S ranch, one of his chief amusements, lay at the head of a valley surrounding a spring which was the source of Wildcat creek. The buildings stood just where the ravine opened out upon j a grassy meadow. It was a comforta |- hie place, shielded from the desert j winds by the low hills to tlie north, while a small artificial pond, graveled i and rimmed with cottonwoods and wil i lows, gave it enviable distinction j among the bleak and barren farm ! steads. It was known as the "Goldfish ! ranch," for the reason that at one time ; Barnett had filled the pond with orna ; mental *?sh. At about 5 o'clock of a hot and wind I less July day a horseman galloped i swiftly up the vallev into the vard and . was met at the door of tlie house by a j tall, composed young fellow in broad j hat and spurs. j "Hello, Perry!" he said quietly. ; "You made good time." Perry, a young Mexican, showed a ! score of his white teeth in a grin, j "Here is letter. Some people coming i to rancho tonight." , The young man toro the end from the ; long envelope and read the lotter in silence. His face darkened. "Well. that's a nice case o' bonus. So they're on tho road, aro they?" "Yes; 'lout fo' miles back." Tho young roreman turned inward i * tho house, from which tho faint strains ' of "Annie Laurie" carno. A plump. ; light haired young fellow of about tbir : ty sai lilted back in his chair, willi one ; leg thrown across the corner of the i table, playing a mouth organ. -Ib'ilo. Rob!" ho railed. Raymond was in bad humor. "Put I up your plaything, you monkey, and ! listen to mo a moment." j "What's up?" j Raymond pointed at the'letter. "Read ! that. Nice thing the old man works on i us." His indignation and disgust deep ; ened into a growl. "This settles it. the letter. "What's he done'now' "Going to quarter a crazy kid c a New York degenerate, who'll confounded nuisance every hom c day. And that isn't all-the kid's is coming down to stay a few da frere his dismay was fairly com " 'to get the lad'settled.' " Baker's eyes widened, and his fa lengthened. "Not comin' today?" "That's what!" "And us without no woman roui Raymond broke forth again: "T it, now. You'd suppose Barnett v at least read my letters. I told last week that old .Tonesy and his were going up to Skytown." "Well, we're in for it. We can't a woman out on the plain. Jack, slovenly whelp, set to work and < up the mess you've made. Penn rope some snags for a fire. Ht now!" Baker began to read the letter ? in a monotonous, painful way, i Raymond moved about the room, ing up the litter. My Dear Rob-I'm sending you a hand and a visitor. They are cousin? nice people. The lad is not very st and I'm sending him down to you t< an upward turn. He's crazy on the ject of wild animals and cowboys anc very clever artist. He'll want to hav< pose for him. I Raymond came over and seized I stove lid lifter as if to break Bal ] head. "We're-to cook and purvey j boarding house keepers and doctor f a nurse at a health resort, and in ? tion we're to pose for a delicate y ! who thinks we're 'material.' That ! ties me. I'm going up to Sky and j a shy at mining." Baker broke forth into a slow dr "Hadn't you better strike a few tudes so's to be in practice when boy comes?" Raymond throttled him half in nest. "I've a mind to wring 3 neck," he said through his teeth. T: suddenly releasing him, he again c mandei him to clear away his dish? Baker was not yet finished with letter. "Hold on. .Don't be in a r I hain't got to the girl yet. That's w interests me. 'Miss Rupert will c I stay a few days to get the lad tied.' " "She can't stay foo quick to suit n Baker's voice took on a little m expression as he read Barnett's peal. " 'Now, don't be cranky, man. The Ruperts are good stuff, a on Mrs. Barnett's account' " "Ends up by laying me under obi! ? tion to his wife, knowing mighty v I'd do anything for her. Well, I'll it, but I reckon the atmosphere wc bake a cake while she's here. I'll lei you and Dutch to do the talki That'll chill her cold." Baker began to show alarm. "2 by a hatful. Right here is where take a sneak." Raymond's brow darkened and 1 eyes threatened. "No you don't, i ; Christian friend and neighbor. Y remain righi here and do the bono You will pass for the boss. I've ? ; to cook." "Great Peter, you mustn't do th; I can't carry it through. I'm spieler." "Play the mouth organ for her." "Oh, see here, you're josbin'." "Yoti won't find it any 'josh.' You' been getting gay with me lately a: need discipline. You pass for the foi man. Understand? You amuse t girl and pose for the boy, while knock pots. That is settled. Now ta: the pail and rustle some water, ai don't you peep." Perry, entering at the door with ? armful of brush, called out, with qui joy, "The senora has cornel" Raymond seized him by the ari "Listen here, Perry. The old man hi written down to say that he has mat Jack the boss. I'm going to c?ok few days, and then I leave. You tc the other boys that Jack Baker is mac foreman, and they've got to obey hil Tou sabbe?" Perry grew solemn of face. "I sabb If you go, I go." "Never mind that Get out there an help take care of the team, and, Jacl you go too." He laid a hand on h; back and pushed him through tlie doo; way just as the two seated hack rounc ed thc corral and drew up io the doo: "Oh. isn't this fine!" called a cleai boyish voice, and a moment later th cool, deliberate voice of a girl replied "Oh. what a blessed relief after th hot soi of the plain!" i Then Baker was heard to say, wit! elaborate courtesy: "Shall I help yoi out. miss? I reckon you are the friend: of thc old man-I mean Barnett." Arv a, moment later the young girl stood ii tbc doorway looking om at tlie plain Raymond gave her but one glance fron the corner of his eyes, but her firm well balanced body and calm, higl bred face touched him with admiration His resolution to be disagreeable weak eneil, though he kept about his work. "1 never knew how grateful ihe shade of a tree could bc," Ann said partly tc Louis and partly to Baker. Is it al? ways so fiercely bright here?" "Oh, no; this is an unusual spell. I mean it is rather" Sin? was now aware of Raymond moving sullenlv about in the gloom wherein the stove sat. He was dressed it a light tan. loosely fitting shirt and brown trousers without braces. His j spurs rattled at his heels ns he walked to and fro. lithe and powerful. He did not look ap-did not appear to notice what was going on, hut came and went at Iiis work, deft and absorbed, j Louis was instantly delighted with ? the room. "Isn't this ripping!'' he ex I claimed as he studied its furnishings. "Won't this make a strong background for an illustration: only that stove isn't t too bad?- that's ail out of key. Why don't you have a fireplace, Mr. Raymond?" he asked, turning to Baker. Raymond gave Baker a glance, and the plump one waddi in: "Too little wood in this country. Cook, draw up a chair for the lady." i "- - -: ~ - - How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrah Care. F. J. CHEXT? & CO., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business trahstctions, and financial? ly able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in? ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, "5 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug? gists. Take Hall's Family Pills j.or con? stipation 6-18-lm, When the Clyde steamer Apache ar? rived at Charleston Thursday the offi? cers reported that Mciver Ervin, of Florence, a passenger, had been- lost overboard the night before. He was last seen seated on deck the night be-, fore and it is not known whether he fell overboard or committed suicide. Asthma Sufferers Should Know This. '-Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of asthma that were con? sidered hopeless. Mrs. Adolph Bues ing, 701 West Third street, Daven? port, Iowa, writes: "A severe cold contracted 12 years ago was neglected until it finally grew into asthma. The best medical skill available could not give me more than temporary relief. Foley's Honey and Tar was recom? mended and one 50 cent bottle entire? ly cured me of asthma which had been growing on me for 12 years. If I had taken it at the -start I would have been saved years of suffering." Durant's Pharmacy. Raleigh, ST. C., July 12.-Collector of Customs Geo. W. Cobb, of Eliza? beth City, N. C., a prominent Repub? lican and widely known, died this morning suddenly. Modest Claims Often Carry the Most ConvictiOEu *When Maxim, the famous gun in? ventor, placed his gun before a coim mittee of judges, he stated its carry? ing power to be much below what he felt sure the gun would accomplish. The result of the trial was therefore a great surprise, instead of disap I manufacturers of Chamberlain's Col l-ic; Cholera apr. Diarrhoea Remedy. i ; They do not publicly boast of an this [ remedy will accomplish, fc-.it prefer to [et the users make the si?.??mcn^>. What they co claim, is that it will positively cure diarrhoea, dysentery, pains in the stomach and bowels and has never be sn known to fail. For sale by all druggists. Senator Tillman spoke to a big crowd at Barnwell Thursday. Only 82 Years Old. *'T am only S2 years old and don't expect even when I get to be real old to feel that way as long as I can get Electric Bitters," says Mrs. E. H. Brunson, of Dublin, Ga. Surely there's nothing else keeps the old as young and makes the weak as strong as this grand tonic medicine.. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, inflamed, kidneys or chronic constipation are unknown af? ter taking Electric Bitters a. reasona? ble time. Guarar^eed by Sibert's Drug Store. Price 50c. Aaron Prioleau. the negro congres? sional candidate wno was convicted some months ago of tampering .with the mail while employed as a railway mail clerk, began his term in the Charleston jail Thursday. *A prompt relief for croup. One Minute Cough Cure, cute th? phlegm, allays the inflammation-the cough syrup with a reputation. Sold by all druggists. Why So Weak ? Kidney Troubles May be Sap? ping Your Life Away-Sum? ter People Have Learned This Fact. When a healthy man or woman begins to run down witaout apparent cause, be? comes weak, languid, depressed, puffers backache, headache, dizzy spells and urinary disorders, look tc the kidneys for the cause of it ali Keep the kidneys well and they will keep you well. Donn's Kid ney Pills cure s::ck kidneys and keep them well. Here is Sumter testimony to prove it. J. A. Burgess, clerk and bookkeeper, resrd L.gat3l7W. Liberty Street says: "My hack has been in a ba<3 condition for a number of vcars. At times il was s-> w*? :>.k 1 could not i-r<'i about and there \v:?> a constant dull p.-rin across the loin*. Thc secretions from the kidneys were all >>u: of sorts, very dark and contained a brick dust sediment and won" too frequent in action, disturbing my n->t at night. ?Viv eyes watered terribly and pained considerably. I saw Doan'sKianev Piilsand heard themspoken so highly o? that I pro < ared them at I>r. A. J. China's drugstore. I may say that ila; resuh of Chen* use very much pleased me. for I r?-lt a hu .dred per cent, netter, the pain in my bael left. my eyes stoppen wa ering and my eyesight im? proved while the kidneys wore regulated and I could sleep all night without having to get up. Doan's Kidney Pills iu'ted Uk? a charra on me and I can recommend them." For sale by all dealers. Foster-Milbtua Company, Buffalo. N. Y.. sole agents for the ITni?iM? Si at??s