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i Essaidiaig the conference with Prince ?abrieTs represenfatiTes, he had but kittie to say.- The escaped murderer siaturalbj refused to surrender and was 4? ?31 appearances quite firmly estab Bsbed ir. power once more.*" Lorry's ax ?j hope was that the reversal of f eel in? ir- Dawsbergen might work ruin for tat prince. He was carrying affairs "wi A a high hand, dealing vengeful ??ows to the friends of his half brother ??'i ?.mo3uraging a lawlessness that, sooner or later, must prove his undoing. Sis representatives at the conference .were an arrogant law defying set of anea who laughed scornfully at every proposal made by the Graustarkians. *We told them that if he were not veered to oar authorities inside of sixty days we would declare war and go down and tal:e him," concluded the .American. "Two monthsf cried Yetive. "I don't linderstand.'' **There was method in that ultima? tum. Axphain, of course, will set up a howl but we can forestall any ac? tion the Princess Tolga may under .take. Naturally one might suspect thai we should declare war at once, inasmuch as he must be taken sooner ?OT later, but here is the point: Before two ino atas have elapsed the better element of Dawsbergen will be so dis &2sizl with the new dose of Gabriel -Shat ii will do anything to avert a war os his account We have led them to tt?ieve ? iiat Axphain will lend moral if not physical support to our cause. ! Xxive them two months in which to get j over this tremendous hysteria ..and ! they'll find their senses. Gabriel isn't ! ?worth it, you see, and down in their fceaxts they know it They really loved young Dantan, who seems to be a ?devil of a good fellow. I'll wager my iiead that in six weeks they'll be wish? ing he were back on the throne again. And just to think of it, Yetive, dear, y GS were off. there in the very heart of Axphain risking everything!" he cried, Spiner the moisture from his brow Is just eleven days since I left J&ft&weiss, and I have had a lovely |?nrney/! 'she said, with one of her irare siniles. He shook his head grave? ly, and she resolved in her heart never him another such cause for i ind in the meantime, Mr. Grenfall .TV. you rre blaming me and hat : all that for being the real \ cause of your wife's escapade," said Beverly -Calhoun plaintively. "I'm awfully sorry. But you must remem? ber one thing, sir-I did not put her op to this ridiculous trip. She did it ?af'her own free will and accord. Be gj&DS, I am the one who met thfe lion and.almost got devoured, not Yetive, ?f you please." "Pli punish you by turning you over to old Count Marlanx, the commander of the army in Graustark," said Lor? ry laughingly. "He's a terrible o^re, j ftrorse than any lion." -"Heaven pity you. Beverly, if you fall into his clutches!" cried Yetive. "He has had five wives and survives to look for a sixtn. You see how terrible it would be." "rm not afraid of him," boasted Bev? erly; but there came a time when she JBaought of those words with a shudder. "By the way. Yetive, I have had ?ward from Harry Anguish. He and the. countess will ieave Paris this week, the baby's willing, and will be In Edelweiss soon. You don't know how ft relieves me to know that Harry will be with us :-.t this time." Yetive's eyes answered his enthusi? asm. Bol h had a warm and grateful memory of the loyal service which the young American had rendered his friend when they had first come to Graustsrk in quest of the princess, and both had a great regard for his wife, the Countess Dagmar, who as Yetiv?'s lady in waiting had been through all the perils of those exciting ?days with them. As they drew near the gates of Edel? weiss a 1-trge body of horsemen ro?e tor?h to moot them. The afternoon was wei] on the way to night, and the air of the valiey was cool and refresh . ravs 0f tjje june sim> Y.- s at last," murmured Bev ??r*y, ce aglow. "The heart of ? - . E>o you know that I have ag up on my grammar? I j the meaning of the word and it seems so^appropri is gray, hoary, o?d; 'stark' Old and strong, isn't it. rides the oldest and stron l all Gra istark - the Iron arlanx," said Yetive, look tug down the road. "See; the strange ?Cray Baan in front there is our greatest general, ov.r rrafrirst fighter, our most heai*tless \.*ar;ior. Does he look flke the eagle or the hawk'.'" A moment later the parties met, and the newcomers swung into line with the escort Two men roce up to the carriage and saluted. One was Count Marlanx, the other Colonel Quinnox of the royal guard. The count lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge White teeth in his perfunctory smile o? welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. Iii the post that he held he was but follow i -? g in "the footsteps of his fore?V.?h?'rs. ??wc history began in Graustark a mox had been in char ero of the eas : CHAPTER XVL ^fJTlY Jove, I like that fellow |# I coolness,'* said Lorry to H JJ ry Anguish, after the roe J??J ing. "He's after my o1 fceart Why, he treats ns as though ?were the suppliants, he the almsgiv He is playing a game, I'll admit, t he does it with aa assurance that < fights me.*' "He is right ?bout that darned < fort," said Anguish. "His knowled of such things proves conclusively ti be is no ordinary person/* **Yettve had a bit of a talk with h just now,** said Lorry, with a refl< i?ve smile. '"She asked him point bia If he knew who she was. He did i hesitate a second. 'I remember seei yon in the audience chamber recentl That was a facer for Yetive, 1 asst yon that it was no fault of mine tl yon saw me,' she replied. Then it mt have been your friend who rustled t curtains? said the confounded bluff* Yetive couldn't keep a straight fa< She laughed, and then he laugh? .Some day you may learn more abo me,' she said to him. 1 sincerely tn] that I may, madam,' said he, and 1 bet my hat he was enjoying it bett than either of ns. Of course he kno\ Yetlve is the princess. Ifs his inte Hon to serve Beverly Calhoun, and J couldn't do it if he were to confess th be knows the ir uta. He's no fooL" Baldos waa not long in preparii plans for the changes in the fortres They embodied a temporary readjuf ment of the armament and alteration in the ammunition house. The ga leading to the river was closed, az the refuse from the fort was taken the barges by way of the main e trance. There were other changes sn . gested for immediate considera tic and then there was a general plan t the modernizing of the fortress at son more convenient time. Baldos lace: ieajly observed .that the e<mlpme: ;was~years behind ~the times." T6~?l amazement of the officials, he wi able to talk intelligently of forts 1 all parts of the world, revealing wide and thorough knowledge and e: tensive inspection. He had seen Ame .Jean as well as European fortification The G ra ns lark engineers went to wot . at once io perfect the simple chang? he advised, leaving ?C stone Tuitarne ta strengthen the place before an a tack coi;ld be made. k Two- three weeks went by, and tb new guard was becoming an old st or to the castle and army folk. He rod with Beverly every fair day, and h looked at her window by night froi afar off in the somber barracks. Sh could not dissipate the feeling that h knew her to be other than the princes! although he betrayed himself by n word or sign. She was enjoying th fun of it too intensely to expose it t the risk of destruction by revealin; ber true Identity to him. Logical!: that would mean the end of everything No doubt he felt the same and kep his counsel, but the game could no last forever, that was certain. 1 month or two more and Beverly woul< have to think of her i return to Wash ington. ? : His courage, his cool impudence, hil subtle wit, charmed her more than sh? could express. Now she was begin ning to study him from a standpoim peculiarly and selfishly her own. Wher, recently she had sung his praise to Ye tire and others she now was strange!} reticent She was to understand an other day why this change had corni over her. Stories of his cleverness came to her ears from Lorry and An guish and even from Dangloss. Sh? was proud, vastly proud, of him ir these days. The Iron Count alone discredited the ability and the conscientiousness o? the "mountebank," as he named the man who had put his nose out of joint. Beverly, seeing much of Marlane made the mistake of chiding him frankly and gayly about this aversion. She even argued the guard's case be? fore the head of the army, imprudently pomting out many of his superior qual? ities in advocating his cause. The count was learning- forbearance in his old age. He saw the wisdom of pro? crastination. Baldos was in favor, but some day there would come a time for his undoing. In the barracks he was acquiring fame. Reports went forth with unbias? ed freedom. He established himself as the best swordsman in the service, as well as the most efficient: marksman. With the foils and sabers he easily vanquished the foremost fencers in high anil low circles. He could ride iike a Cossack or like aa American cowboy. Of them all, his warmest ad? mirer was Haddan, the man set to watch him for the secret service. It may be timely to state that Haddan watched in vain. The princess, humoring her own fan? cy, as well as Beverly's foibles, took to riding with her high spirited young guest on many ? a little jaunt to the Mils. She usually rode with Lorry or Anguish, cheerfully assuming the sub? dued position befitting a lady-in-wait? ing apparently restored to favor on probation. She enjoyed Beverly's unique position. In order to maintain her attitude as princess the fair young deceiver was obliged to pose in the extremely delectable attitude of being Lorry's wife. I "How can yon expect the paragc j make lone to yon; dear, if he th yon are another man's wife?" Y< asked, her bine eyes beaming wrft fan of lt all. "Pooh!" snMTed Beverly. "Ten 1 j only to consult history to find the I cuse, lt's the dear old habit of me ! make love to nueens and get bebe* for it Besides, he ls not expect? make love to me. How m the w did you get that Into your head?" On a day soon after the rerun Lorry and Anguish from a trip te frontier Beverly expressed a des tr visit the monastery of St Valent high on tile mountain top. It wa long ride over the circuitous route which the steep incline was avoH and it was necessary for the parts make an early start Tetive rode \ Harry Anguish and his wife the coi ess, while Beverly's companion was gallant Colonel Quinnox. Baldos, r gated to the background, brought the rear with Haddan. For a week or mo^ Beverly had b behaving toward Baldos in the n cavalier fashion. Her friends 1 been teasing ber, and, to hen own tense amazement, she resented it \ fact that she fejtjthe sting of their taunts was sufficient "?o arouse in the distressing conviction that he 1 become important enough to prove < barrassing. While confessing to t self that it was a bit treacherous f weak she proceeded to ignore Bali with astonishing persistency. Ap from the teasing, it seemed to her late that be was growing a shade confident He occasionally forgot bis deferenl air and relaxed into a very pleasing 1 highly reprehensible state of frier* ness. A touch of the old jauntiness cr ped ont here and there, a tinge of the ? irony marred his otherwise perfect mi as a soldier. His laugh was freer, i eyes less under subjugation, his ent personality more arrogant It T? time, thought she resentfully, that 1 temerity should meet some sort check. And, moreover, she had dreamed him two nights In succession, j How well her plan succeeded m best be illustrated by saying that ? now was in a most uneomiortal frame o? mind. Baldos refused to properly depressed by his mlsfortm He retrod te the oblivion she Dre vid ! and seemed ??sagrecably content. A parently it made very little diff?res to him whether he was in or ont of 1 vor. Beverly was in high dudgeon a low spirits. The party rode forth at an early ho I In the morning. It was hot in the eli j but it looked cold and bleak on t I heights. Comfortable wraps were fa j en along, and provision was made i ! luncheon at an inn halfway np t slope. Quinnox regaled Beverly wi stories in which Grenfell Lorry w the hero and Yetlve the heroine. I ? told her of the days when Lorry, a f I gitive with a price upon his hes j charged with the assassination j Prince Lorenz, then betrothed to tl princess, lay hidden in the monaste: while Yetive's own soldiers hunt? high and low for bim. The narr?t' j dwelt glowingly upon the trip from t] : monastery to the city walls one dai j night when'Lorry came down to sn render himself in order to shield tl i woman he loved, and Quinnox himse ! piloted him through the undergrour ! passage into the very heart of the ca tie. Then came the exciting scene 1 [ which Lorry presented himself as j prisoner, with the denouement th? I saved the princess and won for tl gallant American the desire of h j heart. ! "What a brave fellow he was!" erie j Beverly, who never tired of neerin j the romantic story. ! "Ah, he was wonderful, Miss Ca houn. I fought him to keep him froi : surrendering. He beat me, ard I wa ? virtually his prisoner when we appeal j ed before the tribunal." j "It's no wonder she loved him an . married him." i "He deserved the best that life cou! give, Miss Calhoun." j "You had better not call me Mis Calhoun. Colonel Quinnox," said sh? looking back apprehensively. "1 am ; highness once in awhile, don't yoi I know?' **1 implore your highness* pardon, said he gayly. The riders ahead bad come to i standstill aud were pointing off inti the pass to their right They wen eight or teu miles from the city gate and more than halfway up the windin* road that en?ed at the monastery gates Beverly and Quinnox came up wlti them and lound all eyes centered on ? small company of men encamped in th( rocky defile a hundred yards from til? main road. ! It needed but a glance to tell hei wno comprised the unusual company The very raggedness of their garments the unforgettable disregard for conse? quences, the impudent ease with whict they faced poverty and wealth alike, belonged to but one set of men-th? vagabonds of the Hawk and Raven. Beverly went a shade whiter. Her in? terest In everything else flagged, and she was lost in bewilderment What freak of fortune had sent these men out o'' the fastnesses into this danger? ously open place? j She recognized the ascetic Ravone, with his student's faca and beggar garb. Old Franz was there, and so were others who:-:e faees and hetero? geneous garments had become so fa? miliar to her in another day. 'The tali leader with the red feather, the rak? ish hat and th? black patch alone was missing from the picture. "It's the strangest looking crew I've ever seen," said .Inguish. 'They look like pirates." "Or gypsies." suggested Yetive. "Who are they, Colene! Quimox? What are they doing here?" Qulnnox" was surveying the vaga J bonds with a critical, suspicious eye. "They aie not robbers or they would" be off like rabbits," he said reflective? ly. 'Tour highness, there are many rovinsr bands in the hills, but I confess that these men are unlike any I have heard about With your permission, I will ride down and question them." "Do, Qulnnox. I am most curious." Beverly sat very still and tense. Sb? was afraid to look at Baldos, who rode up as Qulnnox starte?feto the narrow defile, calling to the escort to follow. The keen eyes of the guard caught tte situation at once. Miss Calhoun shot a quick glance at him as he rode up be? side her. His face was impassive, but she could see his hand clinch the bridle rein, and there was an air of restraint In his whole bearing. "Remember your promise," he whis? pered hoarsely. "No harm must come to them." Then he was off Into the de? file. Anguish was not to be left be? hind. He followed, and then Beverly, more venturesome and vastly more In? terested than the others, rode reck? lessly after. Quinnox was questioning the laconic Ravone when she drew rein. The vagabonds seemed to evince but little interest in the proceedings. They stood away in disdainful aloof? ness. No sign of recognition passed between them and Baldos. In broken, Jerky sentences Ravone explained to the colonel that they were a party of actors on their way to Edel i Together they parilnXiy subdued the <r> weiss, but that they had been advised to give the place a wide berth. Now they were making the best of a hard journey to Serros, where they expected but little better success. "He produced certain papers of identification, which Quinnox examined and approved, much to Beverly's secret amazement The princess and the colonel exchanged I glances and afterward a few words in subdued tones. Yeti ve looked fur? tively at Beverly and then at Baldos, as If to inquire whether these men w< ? the goat hunters she had come to k JW by word of mouth. The two .ces were hopelessly noncommittal. Suddenly Baldos' horse reared and began to plunge as if in terror, so that the rider kept his seat only by means of adept horsemanship. Ravone leaped forward and at the risk of Injury clutched the plunging steed by the bit Together they partially subdued the animal and Baldos swung to the ground at Ravone's side. Miss Calhoun's horse in the meant!me had caught the fever. He pranced off to the roadside before she could get him under control. She was thus in a position to observe the two men on the ground. Shielded from view by the body of the horse they were able to put the finishing touches to the trick Baldos had cleverly worked. Beverly distinctly saw the guard and the beggar exchange bits of paper, with glances that meant more I than the words they were unable to utter. Baldos pressed into Ravone's hand a note of some bulk and received in ex? change a mere slip of paper. The pa? pers disappeared as if by magic, and the guard was remounting his horse be? fore he saw that the act had been de? tected. The expression of pain and de? spair In Beverly's face sent a cold chill over him from head to foot She turned sick v.ith .^prehension. Her faith had received a storming blow. Mutely she watched the "agarxmds withdraw in peace, free to go where they pleased. The excursionists turn? ed to the main road. Baldos fell back to his accustomed place, bis Imploring look wasted. She was strangely, in? explicably depressed for the rest of the day. - CHAPTER XVII. HE was torn by conflicting emo? tions. That the two friends had surreptitiously exchanged messages, doubtless by an ar? rangement perfected since he had en? tered the service-possibly within the week-could not be disputed. When and how had they planned the acci? dental meeting? What bad been their method of communication? And, above all, what were the contents of the mes? sages exchanged? Were they of a purely personal nature or did they com? prehend injury to the principality of Graustark? Beverly could not, iu her heart, feel that Baidos was doing any? thing Inimical to the country he served, and yet her duty and loyalty to Yetive made it imperative that the transac? tion should be reported at once. A jvorcl to Quinnox and Ravone won seized and searched for the myste paper. This, however, looked ut unreasonable, for the vagabonds armed a?d in force, while Yetive accompanied by but three men could be depended upon. Baldos, der the conditions, waa not to be i oned upon for support. On the < hand, if he meant no barm, it won) cruel, even fatal, to expose him to charge of duplicity. And while turned these troublesome alternai over in her mind the opportunit, act was lost. Ravone and kis were gone, and the harm, if any intended, was done. From time to time she glanced 1 at the guard. His face was impert able, even sphinx-like In Its eteadii She decided to hold him perse-nail account. At the earliest a ra i la ble ment she would demand an exp! tlon of his conduct, threatening hil necessary. If he proved obdurate t was but one course left open to She would deliver him up to the tice he had outraged. Hour after I went by, and Beverly suffered n than she could have told. The d age was done, and the chance to u it was slipping farther and farther of her grasp. She began to look u herself as the vilest of traitors. T? was no silver among the clouds t marred her thoughts that afternoon It was late in the day when the pa returned to the castle tired out. B ?r?y was the only one who had no lo ing to seek repose after the fatigu trip. Her mind was full of unrest, was necessary to qnestion Baldos ance. There could be no peace for : until she learned the truth from h The strain became so great that at 1 she sent word for him to attend her the park. He was to accompany men who carried the sedan chair, which she had learned to sit with a lightful feeling of being in the eig eenth century. In a far corner of the grounds, n gray in the early dusk, Beverly bf the bearers to set down her chair a leave her in quiet for a few mlnut The two men withdrew to a respect distance, whereupon she called Bale to her side. Her face was flushed w anxiety. "You must tell me the truth abe that transaction with Ravone/' s said, coming straight to the point *T was expecting this, your highnes said he quietly. The shadows of nig were failing, but she could distingu? the look of anxiety in his dark eyes, "Well?" she Insisted impatiently. "You saw the notes exchanged?" "Yes, yes, and I command you to t me what they contained. It was t rr ost daring thing F* "Your highness, I cannot tell y? what passed between us. It would treacherous," be said firmly. Bever gasped in sheer amazement 'Treacherous? Good heaven, sir! r. whom do you owe allegiance-to me -to Ravone and that band cf tramps ! she cried, with eyes afire, j "To both, your highness," he a ; swered so fairly that she w?3 for ti j moment abashed. "1 am loy s J to yen* ! loyal to the bea rf s cere-end yet I a loyal to that unhappy baijd of tramp as you choose to call them. They ai my friends. You are only my sove eign." "And you won't tell mo what passe between you?' she said, angered I this epigrammatic remark. *T cannot and be true to myself." "Oh, you are a glorious soldier !" si exclaimed, with fierce sarcasm in he voice. "You speak of being trae! surprise you in the very act of "Stay, your highness F be said cok ly. "You are about to call me a sp and a traitor. Spare me, I implore yoi that humiliation. I have sworn to serf you faithfully and loyally. I have ne deceived you, and I shall not Pat Baldos has wronged no man, no won an. What passed between Ravone an myself concerns us only. It had nott ing to do with the affairs of Gra? stark." "Of course you would say that Yoi wouldn't be fool enough to tell th truth," cried she hotly. "I am th fool! I have trusted you, and if any thing goes wrcng I alone am to blam? for exposing poor Graustark to danger Oh, why didn't I cry out this after noon!" "I knrw you would not" he said with cool unconcern. "Insolence! What do you mean bi that?*' she cried in confusion.\ "In your heart you knew I was doini no wrong. You shielded me then, as you have shielded me from the begin ning." "I don't see why I sit here and lei you talk to me like that," she said, feel? ing the symptoms of collapse. "Yon have not been fair with me, Baldos You are laughing at me now and call? ing me a witless little fool. You-yon did something today that shakes my faith to the very bottom. I never cac trust you again. Good beaven, I hate to confess to-to every one that you are not honest" "Your highness !" he implored, com? ing close to the chair and bending over her. "Before God I am honest with you. Believe me when I say that I have done nothing to fctfure Graustark. 1 cannot tell you what it was that passed between Ravone and me, but I swear on my soul that I have not been disloyal to my oath. Won't you trust me? Won't you believe?" His breath was fanning her ear, his voice was eager. She could feel the intensity of his eyes. "Oh, I don't-don't know what to say to you," she murmured. "I have been so wrought up with fear and disap? pointment You'll admit that it was very suspicious, won't you?' she cried, almost pleadingly. "Yes, yes," he answered. His hand touched her arm, perhaps unconscious ! ly. She threw back her head to give Iron a look of rebuke. Their eyes met end after a moment both were full of pleading. Her lips parted, but the words would not come. She was after? ward more than thankful for thia be ca.use his eyes impelled her to "give voice to amaidcg things that soddenly rv.?hed to her head. "I want to believe you," she whis? pered softly. "You must-you do! I would give you my life. You have it now. It Ss ia your keeping and with it my honer. Trust me, I beseech you. I have trust? ed you." "I brought you here"- she began, de finding him involuntarily. "But, Baj? aos, you forget that I am the prin? cess!" She drew away in sudden shy? ness, her cheeks rosy once more, her eyes filling with the most distressingly unreasonable tears. He did not move for what seemed hours to her. She heard the aharp catch of his breath and felt the repression that was mas? tering some unwelcome emotion in him. lights were springing into existence In all parts of the park. Beverly saw the solitary window in the monastery far away, and her eyes fastened on it as if for sustenance in this crisis of'her life-this moment of surprise, this mo men i when she felt 11 ni laying hands upon the heart she had not suspected of treason. Twilight was upou them; the suu had set, and uight was rush? ing up to lend unfair advantage to the forces against which they were strug? gling. The orchestra in the castle was playing something soft and tender lh, bo far away! "I forget that I am a slave, your highness." he said at last, and his* voice thrilled her through and through. She turned quickly and to her utter dis? may found, his face and eyes still close to hers, glowing in the darkness. "Those men over there," she whis? pered helplessly-"they are looking at you!" " "Now I thank God eternally," he cried softly. "You do not punish me; you do not rebuke me. God, there is no night!" ??You-you must not talk like that" she cried, pulling herself together sud? denly. "I cannot permit it Baldos. You f orget who you are, sir." "Ah, yes, your highness," he said be? fore he stood erect "I forget that I was a suspected traitor. Now I am guilty of leze majesty." Beverly felt herself grow hot with confusion. "What am I to do with yon?' she cried in perplexity, her heart beating shamefully. "You swear you are hon? est, and; yet yon won't tell me the truth. Now, don't stand like that! You are as straight as a ramrod, and I know your dignity ls terribly offended. I may he foolish, but I do believe you Intend no harm to Graustark. You cannot 1? a traitor." "I will some day give my life to re? pay you for those words, your high? ness," tie said. Her hand was resting on the side of the chair. Something warm touched it and then rt was lift? ed resls?essly. Hot passionate lips burned themselves into the white fin? gers, and a glow went into every fiber of her body. "Ohr' was all she could say. He gently" rei'?sed the hand and threw up his chin resolutely. "I am almost ready to die," he said. She laughed for the first time since mey entered the park. Cotton Ginners'. Report. Washington, Jan. 23.-The census report issued today shows that 12, 167,876 bales of cotton, counting round bales as half bales, have been ginned from the growth of 1906 to Jan. 16, 1907. The number of active ginneries this year is 28,525. The amount ginned in South Carolina is 887,192 bales. The sea Island cotton ginned to January-, -16, 1907, distributed by States was: Florida, 23,666 bales; Georgia, 24,775; South Carolina, 7, 761. Catarrh Cannot be Cured With, local application, as they can? not reach the seat of the disease. Ca? tarrh is a blood or constitutional dis? ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. * Hall's Ca? tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the bloo'd and mucous surfaces,' Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescibed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription, it is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is j what produces such wonderful re-1 suks in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. j F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. * Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. Like Wagner, Hemperdinck and Joachim before him, Richard Strauss, composer of "Salome" and many other noted works, has been rejected as a member of the senate of the Berlin academy of arts, an institution cor? responding to the French academy. All the sculptors, painters and other artists voted in his favor. The musi? cians alone blackballed him. .Food don't digest? Because the stomach lacks some one of the essen? tial digestants or the digestive juices are not properly balanced. Then, too, it is this undigested food that causes sourness and painful indigestion. Ko dol for indigestion should be used for and corrects the deficiencies of th* relief. Kodol ls- a solution of vege? table acids. It digests what you eat digestion. Kodol conforms to the na? tional pure food and and drug law. Sold here by all drugists.