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mm ?V<V.\ eveny o ""Release my arm, "s?rT> she cried, t?arse with passion. "Call your champion, my lady. t It -will mean his death. I have evidence <that will insure his conviction and ex- J -section within an hour. Nothing could i ?ave him. Call him, I say, and" "I will call him. He is my sworn j protector, and I will command him to j %r.ock yon down if yon don't go away/' ?he flared, stopping decisively. "At his peril" "Baldos!" she called, without a sec? ond's hesitation. The guard came up "With a rush just as Marians released tier arm and. fell away with a mut- j tered imprecation. j "Your highness!" cried Baldos, who j tad witnessed everything. "Are you afraid to die?' sue demand- ? ?d briefly and clearly. ' j "Nor I "That is ali." she said, suddenly calm. ! ".1 merely wanted to prove it to Count Marlanx." Tact had come to her re- | lief most opportunely. Like a flash she ?aw that a conflict between the com? mander of the army and a guard could bave but one result, and that disas? trous to the latter. One word from *er would have ended everything for "Siop ! " almost shrieked Beverly. ' Baldos. She saw through tho Iron j -?Count's ruse as if by divine inspiration -?nd profited where ne least expected j 2ier to excel in shrewdness. Marlanx , ?iad deliberately invited the assault by i 4he guard. His object had been to j ?nare Baldos into his own undoing, j ?nd a horrible undoing it would have j been. One blow would lia ve secured j the desired result Nothing could have ; saved the guard who had struck his ? superior officer, but Beverly thought j 3n time. "To die is easy, your highness. You ; nave but to ask it of me," said Baldos, ' ^rhose face was white and drawn. **She has no intention of demanding ? ?uch a pleasant sacrifice," observed : .Count Marla ny. covering his failure skillfully. "Later on, perhaps, she may j sign your death warrant ? am proud ; to hear. sir. that a member of my j .corps has the courage to face the in- j ?v?table. even though he be an alien 1 and unwilling to die on the field of bat- ; tie. You have my compliments, sir. ! Ton have been on irksome duty for several hours and must be fatigued as well as hungry. A soldier suffers many .deprivations. Dot the least of which is j 'Starvation in pursuit of his calling. Mess is not an unwelcome relief to you after ail these arduous ' hours. You may return to the barracks at once. The princess is under my care for the .remainder of . the campaign." Baldos looked first at her and then at the sarcastic , oM general. Yetive ?nd her companions were waiting for them at the fountain a hundred yards ?head. "You may go. Baldos," said Beverly in low tones. "I am not fatigued nor"- he began ?agerly. "Go!" marled Marians. "Am I tc repeat a command to you? Do you ig? nore the word of your mistress?" There was a significant sneer in the way he said it. ^"Mistress?" gasped Baldos, his eye "blazing, his arm half raised. "Count Marlanx!" implored Beverly, drawing herself to her full height an? ?taring at him like a wounded thing. "I humbly implore you not to miscon? strue the meaning of the term, your highness." said the count affably. "Ah, yon have dropped something. Perm?t soe. It is a note of some description, I -?nink." He stooped quickly-too quickly-and recoverer! from the ground at her feet ?le Dit cf paper wnich nad fallen rrom her iiand. it wu s the note from Ravone to Baldon, which Beverly had f orgotten in the excitement of the encounter. "Count Marlanx, give me that pa? per!" demanded Beverly breathlessly. "is it a love letter? Perhaps it is intended for me. At any rate, your highness, it is safe against my heart Xor the time being. When we reach the castle I shall l>e happy to restore it It is safer with me. Come, ve go one way and-have you not gone, sir?" in his most sarcastic tone to the guard. Beverly was trembling. "No, I have not, and I shall not go tmtil I see you obey the command of Sher highness. She has asked you for that piece of paper," said Baldos, standing squarely in front of Marl?-* 2? ?t&Z&t^ ?3&??W-?Me*t*?&4?SEZ3&*m> "Insolent dog! Do yon mean to question my"-/ "Give over that paper I" "If you strike ma, fellow, it will be" "If I strike you it will be to kill, I Count Marians. The paper, sir." Bal? dos towered over the Iron Count, and there was danger in his daredevil voice. "Surely, sir, I am but obeying your own instructions. 'Protect the princess and ali that is hers with your life,' you have said to me." "Oh, I wish you hadn't done this, Baldos!" cried Beverly, panic stricken. "You have threatened my life. I shall not forget it fool! Here is the precious note, your highness, with my condolences to the writer." Marlanx passed the note to her and then looked triumphantly at the guard. "I dare say you have done all you can, sir. Do you wish to add anything more?" "What can one do when dealing with his superior and finds him a despicable coward?" said Baldos, with cool irony. "You are reputed to be a brave sol? dier. I know that to be false or I would ask you to draw the sword you carry and"- He was drawing his sword as he spoke. "Baldos!" implored Beverly. Her evident concern infuriated Marlanx. In his heart he knew Baldos to be a man of superior birth and a foeman not to be despised from his own sta? tion. Carried away by passion, he flashed his sword from its sheath^ "You have drawn on me, sir," he snarled. "I must defend myself against even such as you. You will Sud, that I.am no coward. Time ls short for your gallant lover, madam." Before she could utter a word of pro? test the blades had clashed, and they were hungry for. blood. It was dark lil the shadows of the tre<* i, and the trio were quite alone with ;heir tragedy. She heard Baldos laugh recklessly in response to Marlanx's cry of: "Oh. the shame of fighting with such carrion as you!" "Don't jest at a time like this, count," said the guard softly. "Remember that I lose, no matter which way it goes. If you kill me I lose, if I beat yon T lose. Remember, you can still bave me shot for insubordination and conduct unbecoming" "Stop!" almost shriek ed Beverly. At the risk of personal Injury she rushed between the two swordsmen. Both drew back and cropped then, paints. Not a dozen passes had been made. "I beg your highness' pardon," mur? mured Baldos, but he did not sheathe his sword. "He forced it upon me," cried Mar? ians triumphantly. 'Ton were wit? ness to it all. I was a fool to let it go as far as this. Put up your sword un? til another day-if that day ever comes to you." "Ke will have you shot for this, Baldos," cried Beverly in her terror. Baldos laughed bitterly. "Tied and blindfolded, too, your high? ness, to prove that he is a brave man and not a coward. It was short, but it was sweet. Would that you had let the play go on. There was a spice in it that made iif e worth living and death worth the dying. Have ycu other com? mands for me, your highness?" His manner was so cool and defiant that she felt the tears spring to her eyes. "Only that you put up your sword and end this miserable affair by going to your-your room." \ "It is punishment enough. Tomor I row's execution can be no harder." Marlanx had been thinking all this time. Into his soul came the thrill of triumph, the consciousness of a mighty I power. He saw the chance to benefit by the sudden clash, and he was not slow to seize it. "Never fear, my man," he said eas? ily; "it won't be as bad as that. ? can well afford to overlook your indiscre? tion of tonight. There will be no exe? cution, as you call it. This was an aiTair between men, not between man and the state. Our gracious referee is ??'b? our judge, lt Is "for her 'to par? don and to condemn. It was very .pretty while it lasted, and you are too good a swordsman to be shot Go your way, Faldos. and remember me as Marla] ? V e man, not Marlanx the general As your superior officer. I congrats i?e ?nd commend you upon the ?nam er In which you serve the princess." "You wii] always find me ready to fight and to die for her," said Baldos gravely. "Do you think you can re? member that. Count Marlanx?" "I have an excellent memory," said the count steadily. With a graceful salute to Hoverly, Baldos turned and walked away in the darkness. "A perfect gentleman. Miss Calhoun, but a wretched soldier," said Marlanx grimly. "He is a hero," she said quietly, a great calmness coming over her. "Do you mean it when you say you are not going to have him punished? He did only what a man should do, and I glory in his folly." "I may as well tell you point blank that you alone can save bim. He does not deserve leniency. It Is in my pow? er and it is my province to have him utterly destroyed not only for this night's work, but for oilier and better reasons. I have positive proof that he is a spy. He knows I have this proof. That is why he would have killed me just now. It is for you to say whether he shall meet the fate of a spy or go unscathed. You have but to exchange promises with me, and the estimable guardsman goes free-but be goes froia Edelweiss forever. Today he met the enemy's scouts in the hills, as you know quite well. Messages were ex? changed secretly, which you do not know, of course. Before another day is gone I expect to see the results of his treachery. There may be manifes? tations tonight. You do not believe me, but wait and see if I am not right He is one of Gabriel's cleverest spies." "I do not believe it You shall not accuse him of such things," she cried. "Besides, if he is a spy why should you shield him for my sake? Don't you owe it to Graustark to expose" "Here is the princess," said he se? renely. "Your highness," addressing Yeti ve, "Miss Calhoun ? has a note which she refuses to let any one read but you. Now, my dear young lady, you may give it directly into the hands of her highness." Beverly gave him a look of scorn, but without a second's hesitation, placed the missive in Yetive's hand. The Iron Count's jaw dropped, and he moistened his lips with his tongue two or three times. Something told him that a valuable chance had gone. "I shall be only too happy to have your highness read the result of my first lesson in the Graustark language," she said, smiling gayly upon the count Two men in uniform came rushing np to the party manifestly excited. Sa? luting the general, both began to speak at once. ( "One at a time," commanded the1 count. "What is it?" Other officers of the guard and a few noblemen from the castle came up, out of breath. "We have discerned .signal fires in the hills, your excellency," said one of tte men from the fort. "There is a circle of fires, and they mean some? thing important For half au hour they have been burning near the monastery: a-so in the valley below and on the mountains to the south." There was an instant of deathly si? lence, as if the hearers awaited a crash/ Marlanx looked steadily at Beverly's face, and she saw the triumphant, ac? cusing gleam in his eyes. Helplessly she stared into the crowd of faces. Her eyes 'fell upon Baldos, who sud? denly appeared in the background. His face wore a hunted, imploring look. The next instant he disappeared among the shadows. ?6 T CHAPTER XX. HERE is no time to be lost," exclaimed Count Marlanx. "Ask Colonel Braze to report _ to me at the eastern gate with a detail of picked troopers-a hun? dred of them. I will meet him there in half an hour." He gave other sharp. Imperative commands, and in the twin? kling of an eye the peaceful atmos j phere vu* transformai into the turbu I lent, exciting rash of activity. The sig ! nifican<_? of the fires seer; in the hills ? could not be cheaply he'd. Instant ac ,? rion was demanded. The city was Sil? ed with the commotion of aiarm; the army was brought to its feet with a jerk that startled even the most am? bitious. The first thing that General Marlanx did was to instruct Quinnox to set a vigilant watch over Baldos. He was not to be arrested, but it was under? stood that the surveillance should be but little short of incarceration. He was found at the barracks shortly after the report concerning the signal fires and told in plain words, that General Marlanx had ordered a guard placed over him for the time being, pending the result of an investigation. Baldos had confidently expected to be thrown Into a dungeon for his affront He did not know- that Grenfall Lorry stood firm in his conviction that Baldos was no spy and was supported by others in high authority. Marlanx was bottling his wrath and holding back his revenge for a distinct j purpose. Apart from the existence of ? a strong, healthy prejudice in the j guard's favor, what the old general be I lieved and what he could prove were j two distinct propositions. He was ! crafty enough, however, to take advan ! tage of a condition unknown to Bev j erly Calhoun, the innocent cause of all ! hi3 bitterness toward Baldos. As he hastened from the council chamber his eyes swept the crowd of eager, excited women in the grand hall. From among them he picked Beverly and advanced upon her without regard for time and consequence. Despite her animation he was keen enough to see that she was sorely troubled. She did not shrink from him, as he had half expected, but met him with bold dis? dain in her eyes. ; "This is the work of your champion," be eaid in tones that did not reach ears other than her own. "I prophesied lt. you must remember. Are y6u satisfied now that you have been deceived in him?" "I have implicit confidence in him. I suppose you have ordered his arrest?" she asked, with quiet scorn. "He is under surveillance, at my sug? gestion. For your sake, and yours alone, I am giving him a chance. He is your protege. You are responsible for bia conduct. To accuse him would be to place you In an embarrassing posi? tion. There ls a sickening rumor in ofr'irt circles that you have more than a merely kind and friendly interest in tho rascal, if I believed that, Miss Cal? houn, I fear my heart could not be kind to him, but I know it Is not true. You have a loftier love- to give. He is a ciever scoundrel, and there is no tell? ing how much harm he has already done to Graustark. His every move is to be watched and reported to me. It will he impossible for him to escape. To save him from the vengeance of the army I nm permitting him to romain in 3rour service, ostensibly at least. His hours of duty have been changed, how? ever. Henceforth he is in the night guard, from midnight tili dawn. I am telling you this. Miss Calhoun, because I want you to know that in spite of all the indignity I have suffered you nre more to me than any other being in t world, more to me even than my loy ty to Graustark. Do me the honor a justice to remember this. I have si fered much for you. I am a roug hardened soldier, and you have m construed my devotion. Forgive t harsh words my passion may have i spired. Farewell! I must off to un the damage we all lay at the door the man you and I are protecting." He was too wise to give her t chance to reply. A moment later was mounted and off for the easte gates, there to direct the movements Colonel Braze and his scouts. Bever flew at once to Yetive with her plea f Baldos. She was confronted by rather sober faced sovereign. Tl news of the hour was not comforts ? to the princess and her ministers. "You don't believe he is a spy?" cri< j Beverly, stopping just inside the doc presuming selfishly that Baldos aloi was the cause for worry. She resolv< to tell Yetive of the conflict in ti park. "Dear me, Beverly, I am not thin ing of hlm.~We've discussed H?mloi? ly and severally and every other wa and he has been settled for the tin j being. You are the only one who I thinking of him, my dear child. ^ have weightier things to annoy us." "Goodness, how you talk! He isr annoying. Oh, forgive me, Yetive, f< I am the silliest, addle patedest goo: in the kingdom! And you are so troi bled. But do you know that he is b zing watched? They suspect him. S did I at first; I'll admit it. But don't-now. Have you read the noi I gave to you out there?" "Yes, dear. It's just as I expects He has known from the beginnin; He knew when he caught Dagmar an me spying behind that abominah I curtain. But don't worry me any lonj er about him, please. Wait here wit me until we have reports from th troops. I shall not sleep until I lino-* I what those fires meant Forget Balde j for an hour or two for my sake." "You dear old princess; I'm an awfi j brute, sure 'nough. I'll forget him foi j ever for your sake. It won't be har either. He's just a mere guard. Pool He's no prince." Whereupon, re-enforced by Mrs. Ai guishrand the Countess Halfont sh proceeded to devote herself to the tas! of soothing and amusing the distresse princess while the soldiers of Grat stark ransacked the moonlit hills. Th night passed, and the next day was fa on its way to sunset before the scout came in with tidings. No trace of th mysterious signalers had been found The embers of the half dozen fire were discovered, but their builder we.-e gone. The search took in mile of territory, but * It was unavailing Not even a straggler was found. Tb so called troupe of actors, aroun< whom suspicion centered, had bee] > wallowed by the capacious solitude o ! the hills. Riders from the fron tie: ! posts to the south came in with th? i report that all war. quiet in the threat ! eued district Dav\sbergen was lyin; quieac-ii?, but 7,'ith thc readiness of < skulking dog. There was absolutely no solution t< the mystery connected with the fire* on the mountain sides. Baldos wa; questioned privately and earnestly b^ Lorry and Dangloss. His reply wai simple, but it furnished food for re flection and at 'the same time no litth relief to the troubled leaders. "It is my belief, Mr. Lorry, that th< fires were built by brigands and no by your military foes. I have seei these fires in the north, near Axphain and they were invariably meant to es tablish communication between sepa rated squads of robbers, all belongil to ono band. My friends and I or more than one occasion narrowly es caped disaster by prying into the af fairs of these signalers. I take it thal the squads have beeu operating in thc south and were brought together las1 night by means of the fires. Doubtless they have some big project of theil j own sort on foot." I That night the city looked for a rep ; etition of the fires, but the mountains ? were black from dusk till dawn. Word I reached the castle lato in the evening i from Ganlook that an Axphainian no ? bleman and his followers would reach j Edelweiss the next day. The visit was i a friendly but an important one. The I nobleman was no other than the young j Duke of Mizrox, intimate friend of the j unfortunate Prince Lorenz who met i his death at the hand of Prince Ga? briel and was the leader of the party which opposed the vengeful plans of Princess Volga. His arrival in Edel ! iveiss was awaited with deep anxiety, j for it was suspected that his news j would be of the most important char ! acter. Beverly Calhoun sat on the balcony I with the princess long after midnight. The sky was black with the clouds of j an approaching storm. The air was heavy with foreboding silence. Twice from their darkened corner near the pillar they saw Baldos as he paced steadily past the castle on patrol, with Haddan at his side. Dreamily the watchers in the cool balcony looked down upon the somber park and its occasional guardsman. Neither was in the mood to talk. As they rose at last to go to their rooms something whizzed through the air and dropped with a I ?lL'bt thud In the center of the balcony. I The two young women started back in I alarm. A faint light from Beverly's window filtered across the stone floor. "Don't touch lt. Beverly!" cried the princess as the girl started forward j saw it for the first time. A long, slim red feather bobbed to j and fro as if saluting lier with soldier'.y ? fidelity. Its base was an orange, into j which it had been stuck by the hand j that tossed it from below. Beverly j grasped it with more ecstasy than wis ! dom and then rushed to the stone rail ! in?. Yetive looking on in amazement. Diligently she searched the ground be? low for the man who had sent the red message, but he was nowhere in sight, i Then came the sudden realization that she was revealing a mosr?nm??d?n?y eagerness, to him as well as to. the princess, for she did not donbt that he was watching from the shadows be? low. She withdrew from the rail in confusion and fled to her bedchamber, followed by her curious companion. There were explanations-none of "Dant touch'it. Beverly I" which struck- speaker or iir-tencr as log? ical-ana there were giggles which completely' simplified the situation. Beverly thrust Lae slim red feather into her hair and struck an attitude that would have set Baldos wild with joy if he could have seen it. The next day, when she appeared in the park, the feather stood up defiantly from the band of her sailor hat, though woman? ly perverseness impelled her to ignore Baldos when'he passed her on his way to mess. ( The Duke of Mizrox Came into the city hours after the time set for his ar? rival. It was quite dark when tho es? cort sent by Colonel Quinnox drew up at the castle gates with the visitor. The duke and hie party had been rob? bed by brigands in the broad daylight and at a point not more than five miles from Edelweiss! And thus the mystery of the signal fires was explained. Count Marlanx did not soon forget the trium? phant look he received from Beverly Calhoun when the duke's misfortunes I were announced. Shameless as it may seem, she rejoiced exceedingly over the acts of the robbers. Mizrox announced to the princess and her friends that he was not an j emissary from the Axphainian govern? ment Instead he was but little less than a fugitive from the wrath of Volga and the crown adherents. Ear? lier in the week he had been summon j ed before Volga and informed that his j absence, for a few months at least, from the principality was desirable. '. Tho privilege was allowed him of se ? leering the country which lie desired to j visit daring that period, and ho coolly ! chose Graustark. l?o wa-, known to have friend!v ';"*. hr.a.-^ for that state I but no objections were raised. This j friendship also gave him a welcome Ir , Edelweiss. Mizrox plainly stated his position to Yetive and the prime min? ister. He asked for protection, but de , dined to reveal any of the plans then ; maturing in his' home country. This reluctance to become a traitor, even j though he was not In sympathy with his sovereign, was respected by the princess. He announced his 'willing j ness to take up arms against Daws ! bergen, but would in no way antago? nize Axphain from an, enemy's camp, j The duke admitted that the feeling in Axphain's upper circles was ex? tremely bitter toward Graustark. The old time war spirit had not died down. ; Axphain despised her progressive neighbor. #*i may as well inform your highness that the regent holds another and a deeper grudge against Graustark," hi* said in the audience chamber, wher** I were asembled many of the nobles of the state, late on the night of his ar? rival "She'insists that you are har? boring and even shielding the pretend? er to our throne, Prince Frederic. It is known that he is in Graustark, and, moreover, it is asserted that he is in iirect touch with your government" Yetive and her companions looked it one another with glances of compre? hension. Ile spoke in English now for the benefit of Beverly Calhoun, an In? terested spectator, who felt her heart leap suddenly and swiftly into violent insurrection. "Nothing could be more ridiculous," said Yetive after a pause. "We do nsf knew Frederic, and we are not har? boring him." "1 am only saying what is believed to be true by Axphain, your highness. It is reported that he joined you in the mountains in June and since has heli a position of trust In your army." "Would you know Prince Frederic If you were to see him?" quietly asked Lorry. "I have not seen him since he was a very small boy and then but for a mo? ment-on the day when he and hi? mother were driven through the streets on their way to exile." "We have a new man in the castle guard, and there Is a mystery attached to him. Won id you mind looking at him and telling us il' he io what Fred? eric might he in his luanhoo.iV" Lorry put the question, and every one pres est drew a deep breath of interest. Mizrox readily consented, and Bal? dos, intercepted on his rounds, was led unsuspecting into an outer chamber. J Tue duke, accompanied b? Lorry and j Baron Dangloss, entered the room. ? They were gone from the assemblage ! but a few minutes, returning with smiles of uncertainty on their faces. 4,lt is impossible, your highness, for me to say whether or not it is Fred? eric," said the duke frankly. "Ile is what I imagine the pretender might be at his age, but it would be sheer folly for me to speculate. I do not know the man." I Beverly squeezed the Countess Dag ? mar's arm convulsively. I "Hurrah!" she whispered in great re ! lief. Dagmar looked at her in aston j Ishment She could not fathom the j whimsical American. "They have been keeping an inces? sant watch over the home of Frederic's ! cousin. He is to marry her when the time is propitious," volunteered the ! young duke. "She is the most beau? tiful girl in Axphain, and the family is one of the wealthiest Her parents bitterly oppose the match. They were to have been secretly married some months ago, and there is , a rumor to the effect that they did succeed in evading the vigilance of her people." j "You mean that they may be mar I ried?" asked Yetive, casting a ?uick j glance at Beverly. j "It is not improbable, your highness. I He is known to be a daring young fel? low, and he has never failed in a siege against the heart of woman. Report has it that he is the most invincible Lothario that ever donned love's ar? mor." Beverly was conscious of fur? tive glances in her direction, and a faint pink stole into her temples. "Our fugitive princes are lucky in neither love nor war," went on the duke. "Poor Dantan, who is hiding from Gabriel, is betrothed to the daughter of the pres? ent prime minister of Dawsbergen, the beautiful Iolanda. I have seen her. She is glorious, your highness." "I, too, have seen her," said Yetive, j more gravely than she thought "The ; report of their betrothal is true, then?' "His sudden overthrow prevented the nuptials which were to have taken place in a month had not Gabriel re? turned. Her father, the Duke of Matz, wisely accepted the inevitable and be? came prime minister to Gabriel. Iolan? da, it is said, remains true to him and sends messages to him as he wanders through the mountains." Beverly's mind instantly reverted to the confessions of Baldos. He had ad- ,. mitred the sending and receiving of messages through Franz. Try as she would, she could not drive the thought from her mind that he was Dantan, and now came the distressing fear that his secret messages were words of love from Iolanda. The audience last? ed until late in the night, but she was so Occupied with her own thoughts that she knew of but little that transpired. Of one thing she was sure. She could not go to sleep that night {TO HI OQHTORBD.J NAGGING XAT WATSON. Slur at South and an Insinuation that the Landing of Immigrants by the Witteidnd was Illegal. Washington, Feb. 5.-The entrace of the immigrants who came on the j V.'ittekind is sc?ll bothering some peo I ; ?r hereabouts It Is nor the Fec-.v lation of Labor this time, at leas; not ; directly, but it is representative i : Gardner of Massachusetts, son-in-law of Senator Lodge, who today intro? duced into the house a resolution calling upon the department of com? merce and labor to send to congress "all the information in its possession relative to the introduction of foreign laborers into the State of South Caro? lina by one E. J. Watson." The, resolution also calls for the opinion by Solicitor Earle upon the points as to whether these immigrants were admitted unlawfully. Mr. Gardner stated to a newspaper corerspondent, when asked about his resolution, that to him it looks like the immigration law was violated, and his object in introducing the res? olution was zo gef at the facts in the case. / KILLING AT CHESTER. Workmen on Railroad Er gage in a Quarrel, Which Resulted Fatally. Chester, Feb. 6.-George Haigler was killed here this afternoon by Sam Franklin. Both are colored. The two were members ' f a work crew and the tragedy occurred on the edge of the city, near tne Eureka Mill; where the crew was engaged in scat? tering ballast. The fatal shot found lodgement near the heart. Franklin was arrested and is now in tnt? county Jail. Catarrh Cannot bc Cured With local application, as they can? not reach the sei't of the disease. Ca? tarrh is a "bio . . constitutional dis? ease, and in order i cure it you must take internal rem- nos. Hall's Ca? tarrh Cure is tak- n internally, and acts directly on tne blood 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 bes*t tonics known, combined with the best Mood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful re? sults in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. A Brooklyn woman was granted a divorce because her husband used to carry a young girl visitor upstairs.But divorces are so easily obtained now that she would no doubt have obtained it if he had carried the girl down? stairs.-Washington Post.