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By Janet A* Fatrbank C**ri«l*b»Th.Bobt»-M«rBlC* IN THS HOSPITAL a?»i tf#n j. ,-*,1 nfc? STNOPSIB--Beturntn* hone In «L small town. Mtlton Cerit«r, from a visit to New Tor*, the widowed mother of ten-jr«*rold Ann Byrne announces her wedding to Hudson Cdrtlandt. socially and politically prominent. Her husband has not be*n told Ktf ut Ann, and the new wire fears he will be displeased, witn Ann, Mrs. Cortlandt returns to New York, to the house «f H*®* drlcks Cortlandt. her husbands brother, with whom the latter is living. Hudson practically refuses to have anything to «o with Ann, and the child Is gladly adopted by Hendcicjts Cortlandt Ann's mother and >**P* father are lost at sea. Ann nils a gap in Hendricks Cortlandt's lonely heart. The situation ts resented by Mrs. Rennesly«r. Hendrlck's sister, whose aon. Hendricks, has been looked upon as i-»e natural heir of the Cortlandt wealth. The Civil war breaks out. A tentative engagement between young Renneslyer and Ann is understood, the youth enlisting. War hospitals are established In New York, and A»® takes up the work of cheering the wounded back from tl» front. CHAPTER VI--Continued. "Oh. yse 1 worked. ». • .<• I <W.( work much faster* than FB«I$. when I try. . . . I finished ever so many havelocks, and--I pot a note In the 'ast one." Hendricks bounced from his chair, his face crimson with Indignation. "You did what?" he stormed. "What made you do a thing like that? What did yon say?" the young man demanded fiercely. "Oh, 1 said 1 hoped my havelock would keep him safe from harm, i • And thut I hoped he would kill ever so many Confederates." "Did you sign your name!" Fimy Inquired, awestruck. "1 Just wrote Ann." "Your first name--to a stranger 1" "He didn't seem like a stranger. . . . When I saw them marching away I would have given anything to know which one had It" •When you saw them marching away," repeated Hendricks In a voice of doom. "Did you go over to Broadway to see them!" "I did." "With uncleT* "No." "Alone In all the crowd?" The flrl's Impatience flared oM. "Oh, what difference does It make? . . . I saw a woman crying because her husband had gone. . And I shouted, too, and waved my handkerchief ; I wouldn't have cried--not even At the Train She Puzzled Htm. by Hsr Inarticulate Depression. if *ncle had gone. ... All around toe men were shouting *On to Richmond 1'" She drew a passionate breath, and pressed h<»r hands tightly af^iinst her breast. "And there you were, Hendricks, making money. Money!" She threw her hands out in a gesture of desperation. "You never seem to think of the war at ail--and ^ I can't get away from It for a minute I . . . Y o u k n o w , F a n n y , e v e r y m o r n - tnfe on our way to the Sanitary commission we go through ail that crowd at the recruiting office--young men wild to go--and you have only ao pass the armory any time all day long, to see soldiers drilling theri-" Hendricks smiled at her with affectionate tolerancc. "There are at least alxty thousand men in Washington," h« said sootfflngly. "General Scott can hnndle it, all right. W* are sore '/"• • \ t10 wln " V ~ He was cut short by the clatter of ."•\K, horses' feet and the confusion of a , sadden stop before the house. Ann fe/i' K , u.|caped to the window to look. * "It's uncle!" she cried. "Somethln. ',i*_ feust have happened!" She ran out to ./'? .. ~ kMeet him, leaving Fanny white-fared and tremulous. It was only a moment before she returned, with her arm IfcrouRh Mr. Cortlandt's, half supporthlm* ! » "What is ItT* gasped Fanny, fright- «*ed. i "Defeat 1** Ann flung at Hendricks, *££% ind she faced him with blazing eyes. "A rout," her guardian supplement- , / ed, "a shameful rout I . . . Five hunj| red men lost! "Scott should never have yielded to 4be demand for a decisive engagement. , . . He hadn't enough discipline." :* %! "Of enough reserves, uncle!" Ann ; ' fjnrned a scornful glance on Hendricks. "I suppose you want me to re-en- 1j|str he demanded truculently. 'Vv* "Ann. how can you?" Fanny pro- •Rested, futllely, sheer terror In her un- ? „ jfcotlced face, while Mr. Cortlandt laid .* restraining hand on Ann's arm. <>vV "I want to go, all right," the boy 7;.V**Id. "You know that, don't you, Onde Hendricks? Do you think I t:r ; should?" - Mr. Cortlandt was silent for a mo- % fnent; ta 'entirely disregarded the im- . little poshes Ann gave him ? : f^rom tlau to time. "Hendricks," be i said, alt, length. "1 hate to have yoo go --God knows, tonight we know what may happen--but the country needs the young men." Suddenly Ann melte'J. She clung to Hendricks as she had never done, and lifted an ardent face to his. "When you come home, Hendricks-- when the Confederates are beaten-- I'll marry you If y«u ha en't a cent!" "Well." he said, gloomily, although his arm tightened about Ann, "that settles it." "Oh." she cried, undeterred by the presence of her guardian and Fanny, I love you, Hendricks! I do love you, after all »** * • * • . . • •- - • Having made op bit mind. Hendricks Renneslyer lost no time In severing his connection with the bank, and the next day, while Ann was only beginning to taste the Joy of having bent him to ber will, he announced that be had Joined the Fifty-fifth New York volunteers, A week later be was under canvas on Staten Island, endeavoring to absorb sufficient Information in regard to drills and maneuvers to enable him to perform his duties as second lieutenant with some likelihood of success. He was greatly bewildered by his new duties, for his month's service had not, after all, taught him much, but be managed to pick up some useful Information from a soldier In his company who bad served In Africa and the Crimea, and when the FIfty-3ftb was ready to march, he had a fair parade ground idea of his duties. Hendricks' second military departure was strangely different from his first. It was only four months since the Seventh regiment bad marched away, in a Jubil e of adulation, but in that time war had become an ominous thing. When the Fifty-fifth broke camp, and started fcr the front, Ann had an exultant thrill.. "Uncle," she gasped, *"I don't want them to got" She had a sudden clear vision of young Philip Vanderdyken, lying shot through the head on the field of battle. She was all at once fearful that she might never see Hendricks again. At the train she puzzled him by ber inarticulate depression. She citing to him desperately, so that he was embarrassed at such public demonstration, and Bhe did not smile nor wave her hand as the train drew away; she only looked at him profoundly. Back in Washington square Mrs. William Cortlandt was awaiting thesn. Hendricks." she said at once. "I have come for some money." Sanitary commission agatel" Mr. Cortlandt asked, smiling. Nt>--this time it l| for in army hospital." "Has It been decided to Cqpl* one?" Mi. Cortlandt asked. •Yes. Hendricks--I dont know What yofe will think. ... When we get the hospital ready, I have made up my mind to nurse in it." Mrs. William looked as frightened as a daring little girl. Ann's eyes widened. To nurse! To bathe brows, and to moisten fevered lips; to read poetry, and to place flow er$ by sick beds! TTiat was life. She, tot, would be a nurse! "It is a new work for gentlew omen." he*- guardian said doubtfully. t*Yes--but so are hardships of campaigning new work for gentlemen I" It amazed Ann to hear Fanny'8 conservative mother championing something ber guardian thought unconventional, and she flung herself -into the talk, eager to help her. "It's the next best thing to fighting, to be a nurse, ancle!" she ^declared. "And when the hospital la opened I shall work there, too." Mrs. William turned on her, Ingratl tude In every line of her plump figure. "Indeed you shan't, miss!" she cried. "What an Idea 1 A young girl!" "Well, young men are fighting r* The girl appealed to her guardian. "Uncle--1 may,- mayn't I?" He shook his head, smiling. She could see ths.t he did not take her request seriously. "Hendricks wouldn't like It, I am,sure," he chaffed, and she felt herself flushing up sharply. "La! I should think he wouldn't!" exclaimed Mrs. William, and awept on with ber plans for transforming a dwelling house Into a hospital. The subject of Ann's participation appeared to be disposed of, but the girl knew better. As she sat silently by. absently taking In the conversation, she was quite determined as to one thing; when the hospital was opened she would work In it, no matter what opposition she overcame. She watched Mr. Cortlandt draw a generous check, with exultation; It brought her opportunity so much the nearer. ( Letters came promptly from Hendricks. He wrote that Washington was greatly changed In the two. monOSTbe had been In New York. « Apparently the Fifty-fifth hat^made a good Impression In Washington, for the crowd had cheered as It marched up Pennsylvania avenue, and marveled at Hie spectacle of new troops already familiar with tjie rudiments of drilling sCHAFTER V& < , Hospitals. . The Hal army hospital la New York was no sooner opened than the need for it was evident; the camps were fever-ridden, and a score of men was sent In on the opening day. Mrs. Wll Ham Cortlandt. who proved to be an excellent nurse, brought home tearful tales of heroic and suffering youth to which Ann listened with shining eyes. Romance hovered over the commonplace building that boused the wound ed, and It was not long before the girl suggested that she might be allowed to serve as Mrs. Wllllmt^s assistant This seemed to her to be fa peiltten sufficiently chaperoned to be tessfit1 ble, but Mrs. William said, flatty^ that she wouldn't undertake the responsl billty of having a young girl about About a fortnight after Hendricks* departure Ann was working at th» Sanitary commission when s call came from the boapltal for more bedding. "Let me take it down," she volunteered, eagerly. "I can have the carriage here in ten minutes." They plied the seats high, but at the hospital It was all quickly unpacked and Ann had no excuse to linger, fascinated. in the ya wiling doorway. Ih no time at all she was on her way back, lost In gloomy disappointment. When suddenly, while crossing a street, the horses shied violently to one side. Ann roused herself bewllderedly, snd looked hurriedly about her. A man was standing In the middle of the road close beside her; he swayed toward her as she passed, so that for an unpleasant instant she feared that be would be caught by the carriage. 8be thought ^hat he must be drunk, and she looked back curiously. He lay, a crumpled blue heap, In the roadway. He was a soldier! In a moment she was kneeling beside him, turning bis pallid face toward bfert with hands that trembled. "Oh, what Is it?" she cried. "DM we run you down?" "No, ma'am. I'm just sick. . . . Light case of typhoid, dodpr said.** Ann'8 tone was relieved. "You cant go on lying here, you knowi Where were you going?' Ill drive you there." She signaled to her coachman to come to help him get up. He closed his eyea wearfl|i. "Hoepltal." he said weakly. Oh," Ann pleaded, "dont faint! Please don't faint!" I won't," the soldier promised, and kept his word, even when the coachman hauled him up Into the open carriage. while Ann stood at the horses' heads to keep them perfectly quiet. He was. however, alarmingly white as be lay back against the cushions. When the hospital was readied the man roused himself. " Til see if they have a stretcher, and can carry yon In," Ann volunteered. N o . . . . H I w a l k . . . . I f e e l better after my ride." And he was better; he managed to descend, with only Ann's eager help, but he clung gratefully to the gate-post when he reached It. He'looked wistfully up the walk that led to the door. "I'll never make It," be said childishly. "But don't leave me, will you?" - Ann's eyes filled with unexpected tears. "Never," she promised. She held him up manfully. An orderly looked out of the open doorway. "John!" be bawled, as he sprang forward. He brushed Ann aside as though she were the merest Incident In the rescue of her sick soldier. Almost immediately John sppeared. He was a nurse--Ann could tell that, because his apron was bloody from the operating room--but his technique was the same as the orderly's, for he. too. Ignored Ann. He put a capable arm around her soldier, »ween them the two men ilm up the steps, and through the dpen doorway. Ann followed forlornly ; she felt very superfluous. "Well," she murmured. "Well !** She was possessed by a feeling of ex traordinary flatness, and she was hurt, too, which she knew was unreasonable of her. There were benches against the wall, and she dropped down on one, disconsolately. "Men," she said to herself, "how horrid they are!" Her eyes filled again, and she lusuri ated In her tears. "In trouble?" A great, shaggy gray man, comfortably shabby and amass- Ingly kind-looking, enveloped ber in an expansive personality. Ann looked up at him, a*f$ nodded drearily. ,, t, The stranger sat down beside tier, quite as If he had known her all bis life. "Tell me about It, sister," ,he said buoyantly. "1 want to be a nurse," .she replied, unexpectedly to herself, and ss she voiced the grievance, she knew that what she resented was not the casual manner of the two attendants; It was being shut ^>ut from their paradise. "And why Hot?" demanded her new friend. j :. ,;, "Bnt what can 1 doT* * "Can yon nurse?** ^ •; "1 never have." „ "* "NO--you are too young. The men -tike middle-aged nurses and mothers of families." " "But if I cant nurae, la tttere any thing else?* ' ., "1 should say so," he fnlrly shou'ed. "I believe the reason I am able to degood among the wounded boys Is that I am so strong and well--anil so are you, and beautiful, too. Men coute In faint and wounded; they need nourishing things to eat. 1 am going now to' buy oyster soup for those.that came from the Philadelphia ferry. It will1 give them an addition to their dinner. They like home-made biscuits, too, tind sweet cookies and Jelly ; yoo couM go through the hospital every day doing good deeds. You can re^Mi to them, and talk cheering talk to them; gave lives by keeping men from giving up! You can do errands for them." Encouraged by Ann's fascinated stare, he drew a little notebook from Ills pocket. "I keep a list here of things,jjiey waut, and buy them for them. And so It goes. Want to help?" r "Oh, yes," Ann gasped. "Come along then--I'll get started. What is your name?" . "Ann Byrne." "Well, Annie, good luck ! My name la Whitman--Walt--ever bear of n«P No." Her ignorance spoke eloquently of the perfection of her upbringing. He chuckled. "No, but you wIlL A|l these United States will. I am a poet." he* explained grandiloquently, "But come, we must hurry, or no oysters for my boys!" He Uiustled Ann unceremoniously throttfh the nearest doorway, and the jlrl paused, aghast. The glare of light revealed mercilessly all the horror o. a war hospital ward. Rows of cots ran up and down the mom; thq£ were <wded close, for a hew lot of wounded had Just been brought In. There was Incredible confusion everywhere. The air was very bad, for already gangrene was making hospital wardq places of torment. The meu lay Ifrald set ner jaw hard, to control Its Trembling. Whitman approached the oeareet cot, and bent over a man who lay there: he radiated vitality and helpfulness. "Can 1 do anything for yoo?" he asked. "Is there anything yoo want ?" "I want my dinner," the patient answered nhgraciously. T cant relish molasses." "I thought yoo might like to write to your folks." "Write home? To Massachusetts? I'd like that first rate, hut there's no paper, and anyway, I can't see. -The d--d Johnnies got my eye." Ann moved uncertainly forward. "Oh, please let me write for you," "he gasped; and she wrote, at his dicta tlon, how her patient had been hurt in street fighting IQ Baltimore, and how he would like to be at home again. Her nerves steadied somewhat under this occupation, and when she bad finished, her amazing new friend bad disappeared. Following his example. Rhe made a list of the things the men wanted, and promised to bring--them on the morrow. There seemed no end to the things she could do. and when Fanny's mother found her she was so deeply immersed In her new service that she simply paid no attention to her horrified protests. After an Interval Mr. Cortlandt arrived, ominously sternlooking. bnt when he found Ann sitting by the bedside of a white youth whose operation loomed close ahead of him, reading aloud the last Installment of "The Adventures of Phillip," he could not take her away. The operating room was overcrowded and a passing nurse whispered to Ann to keep her patient amused, as tt would be a long time bWore they would be ready for him. Amused I Ann looked pitifully down at the boy on the cot; he lay with bis eyes screwed shut, and bis lower Hp caught tight In his teeth; agony was plairly written on his face. With an unac* customed hand that trembled, she mopped his face with ber handkerchief. She brought him water to sip. and bathed his face and wrists until his tension relaxed somewhat. She coaxed his mother's name from him and wrote a - little message for her, more hers than the dying boy's. After a while lie said. "I wish yoo would go on reading to me. I like the sound of your voice." Ann continued her reading*; but she turned page after page, with no idea of what she read. Presently, when tho dark was beginning to gather In the comers of the room, and the attendants had lighted the tamps on the mantel, the doctor came. When he saw her.yhe walked across to her, and ieanea over the cot. "How long have you'been reading?" he said. "I don't know. Hoar* I think.* - "You can stop, now." . The magazine dropped to the floor with a little crash, yet the figure on the cot did not stir. "Is he dead?" Ann. whispered. The doctor nodded, and beckoned an orderly over to him. "Well get him out 'while the men are eating their supper. Did you have any trouble with him?" Ann shook her head. 8he could not believe that while she had sat so close to hlm, death had snatched hlm away. She was tremulous and shaken. He did not look different, she thought, and yet, everything was changed. . . . He was no more. ... Her lips whispered the words stupidly. ... it was incredible. "You'd better go home," the doctor, advised. "You've done, a good Job here. When are you coming back?" Ann's eyea dropped to the still form the orderly was covering with a sheet . it seemed ar indefinitely long time ago that work In the hospital had looked like a desirable adventure. . . She shivered uncontrollably. "Tomorrow," she said, her voice very low. The safe pleasantness of the Washington square house enveloped ber In peaceful restfulness. All the way home she bad been planning what she could say to the deal hoy's mother; that task still confronted ber, but she was glad she had It to do. She put out her hand to rint, the bell, but before she could sound Its friendly Jangle the door was flung open and there was Mrs. Renneslyer on the threshold. "I know all about where you have been, miss." the lady cried, and swept the-firt^iato the Ilbraryf~wtoa4e Mr. it ws* eneonv«pitlo«al, dear, for you to be t(Wli|:" *" So Is war unconv«UftfiMal 1" She swung on Mrs. Rennei|p§jft "Go t! yourself, and look at-tltpb, and me then whether tt esetint Importing If I am conventional or not I" "f couldn't bear to set my foot In a hospital. Ann--and my boy un4er arms! My nerves would never stand It--and yours shouldn't, either I** "Well," said the girl, dryly, "1 guess 1 haven't any nerves. had seen death that day, and (My talked to her of nerves! *"Uncle, may I go hack tomorrow? See what I've promised to bring them!" She produced the crumpled piece of paper upon which she had, early In the day. written her list, and read from It, triumphantly, " 'Li«*)rlce, raspberry vinegar* to make a cold drink, you know, uncle--'a pipe and tobacco, horehound candy, a German Lutheran clergyman' that man Is very III, I'm afraid he may not live until morning--toothpicks, a comb, oranges and apples, pickles, plug tobacco.'" Mr. Cortiandt smiled. "Yea," he said, "you may go back." * "She will become the tnllr of tbe towiij" his sister Warned hlm. "In that case." Mr. Cortlandt responded dryly, "it Is just as well that there will be something fine to say of her." He drew Ann clo*e to him, and she pressed her cool clu*ek against his gratefully. "I met a nice man there today," she volunteered piacatingly, In hopes of creating a happier atmosphere, "a Mr. WWhhiittmmaann. 1" 1 _ ^ "Mr. Whitman?? ber guardian smiled whimsically. "Not Walt, I presume?" , "But yea," said Ann eagerly, "that Is just who be waa. fle says he Is a poeu" Mr. Cortlandt demanded sharply, "What tlld he say to you?" It seemed to Ann that he turned pale, but she knew that she must be mistaken. "We talked about the wounded men," she said reasonably, "and be told me what I could do for them." Mrs. Renneslyer cut in here. "Ton see. Hendricks, what the boqdtala mean? Walt Whitman 1" "But," Ann protested. "I liked him. He Is a nice ma%, jfoo dont Uke hlm, do you, uncle?" "No." / - "Why not? I did." "I don't know him." "That's no reason. He fa good--and kind. Dont you like his poetry--la that It? Ife he a bad poet?" "No, I think he may be a good one. But his subjects--I" He broke off, and Ann thought his face was flushed. "We won't discuss It." "I congratulate you on your wisdom," Mrs. Renneslyer said coldly, and Ann held her peace. She realized that the Introduction of ber new acquaintance into the conversation made her hospital service more bleakly ondesirable than before. CHAPTER VIll£'r- It * -- •' ' :'^%ashlnoton-^lxty.^«fea-' Hendricks bad been gone for a month before Mr. Cortlandt found It possible to go to Washington, and by that time Ann was so deeply Involved In hospital service, that she bad some difficulty tnvgettlng away. Hendricks melHbem at thesj Ann had been loofeing--fervTird with impatience to seeing him again, bat now that the meeting loomed imminent she was curiously reluctant. Hendricks enveloped her In a huge embrace, and kissed ber; be held her at arm's length, rejoicing. "She looks tired out, sir," he said, as he took his uncle's band. "Too much hospital nonsense !" The color flew into, Ann's bice as she Jerked herself free, but she said nothing; she did not even so much as glance at her guardian, for she was afraid lest he. too, might be criticizing Hendricks adversely. They drove at once to tbe hotel. In an open barouche which enabled Ann to look eagerly about her. The hotels were all overcrowded, but Hendricks had reserved rooms for his uncle, and, after-a few moments' wait In a swarming lobby they went upstairs. Ann opened her window. The street was cleared for troops to pass; beeb bobef¥ % loomed up ahead, a hnfs an ample central -MMm wings, ii ibe feort of place a #a» 9ie«ll „• It. afce felt sorry 'for Oot«ASt<-liM^ -m. Death I Cfllli^be called him, givlgg htab tbe tftMJ|l| had borne In the States iltap. "*" "It must have be«S la»*d to give this up," her guardian said, voicing her unspoken thought. "lie most have cared a lot." "Dirty traitor!" Beatdricka said briefly. ' • Mr. Cortlandt frowned. "He did what be thought was his duty, Hett^ drlcks. Make no mistake about Lee, He Is an honorable man--mistaken, but a gentleman, although an enemy." Ann's eyes shone on him for his generosity; she felt Inexpressibly melancholy, as she slipped down from her horse quickly, before Hendricks could touch ber. General McDowell waa glad to aee thein. and showed them over the lower floor of tbe house. Here and there a heavy damask curtain bad been torn from a window, and lay in a crumpled heap on the floor, and jn almost every room some pieces of the delicate Sheraton furniture had proved Inadequate to the repose of heavy soldiers: wrecked chairs were shoved Into a corner, or lay broken In the fireplaces, ^ond glass from secretary doors lay In shattered piles where It had fallen. Traces of men's occupation were everywhere. The dining table was Uttered with soiled glasses, empty bottles, rinds of cheese, and pipes, while newspapers lay about, spread open, everywhere. Ann's attention was canght by tbe clusters of new buildings, which 'm r V Ann Opened Her Window. trowed np white and raw, here and there in the environs of Washington. What are they?" she asked, curiously. A grave-faced captain answered her. "The barracks over yonder? The government Is building hospitals." "But--there are acres of them I" Ann cried, aghast. "It'll be bloody business, ma'am, before we're done. The trouble with you Northerners Is you underestimate ua.1 He turned away as he spoket end Ann whispered, "Who Is be?" "He's from Tennessee. There's no better Union man in tbe army, though." r-- - "I am sorry,** lie *ai<A Humbly. "Really, Ann. •: * I didn't mean to." f Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap.-- Cvticura TO-MIGHT m J u Bioii- Littte Chips off tf* i l 1 $ Oee-thM U»e -- tar 4oe* Made of ua* lagiedlaatk . ExplfUned. *What about this 'ere universal dte» anhyment. Bill?" "W'y, it's summat like me and my old woman. When there's a bit of a shindy brewln' the one wot proposes peace is the one wot ain't got 'old el the poker!"--London Passing 8hotfc gig Line to Buck. In comb«i':in£ overweight, one should realise that be may have whole gen* erations of ancestors to btWlc against ' [.pX: Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. v . **.4 (TO BBS CONTINUED.) Why Nine Llvsa. Tbe saying that a cat has nine three Is a tribute to that animal's wonderful knack of escaping early death. Its body, flexible as steel, gives It remarkable agility, and its padded paws enable It to land safely after a fall that the band swung around the corner. Itfiight kill a dog. Its spine Is tougher with a massive crash of drams snd | than most animals', while its looselytt dDO horns, and behind It came a regiment of cavalry. They marched on, company after company, while the music of the band grew gradually fainter; at the end was a group of mounted negroes, and a long string of baggage wagons, each With four horses and a rear-guard. Ann gasped. This was warfare. Mr. Cortlandt put bis band on her shoulder. "Hendricks has the day off," he said, "and be suggests we ride ever |o Arlington." "Where Colonel Lee lived? Oh, what a heavenly plan!" In half an hour they were riding through the streets on their way to the long bridge. They rode on between wide fields where the grain fitting skin enables It to take many a nip with no injury to the actual body. The cat tribe, too, has a better balanced muscular system than most creatures, and so perfectly la its body under control that even when thrown from a height, a cat will generally manage to fall safely on those padded paw:. The saying, "nine lives," however, Is only derived from the old superstition which regarded 9 and 7 aa numbers having mystical significance. So they used to say it took nine taiiora to tnake a man. RHEUMATISM LEAVES YOM FOREVER Every druggist in this county la authorised to say to every rheumatic sufferer that if a full pint bottle of Allenrhu, the sure conqueror of rheumatism, does not show the way to stop the agony, reduce swollen Joints and do away with even the slightest twinge of rheumatic pain, he will gladly return your money without comment. Allenrhu has been tried and tested for years, and really marvelous results have been accomplished In the most severe cases where the suffering and agony was Intense and piteous and where the patient was helpless. Mr. James H. Allen, the discoverer of Allenrhu, who for many years suffered the torments of acute rheumatism, desires all sufferers to know that j ^ he does not want a cent of anyone's ^ | money unless Allenrhu decisively con- • * ' 1 quers this worst of all diseases, and he ~ v ' ^ has instructed druggists to guarantee ^>1 it as above In every Instance. ^--1 Mall orders filled by BUCK & RAYNER DRUGSTORES CHICAGO, IU. «(&• Eugene O'Neill Was a tails*, Eugene O'Neill, famous playwright, spent six years at sea as a common sailor. 8he Wrote at His Dictation. W'-L Cortlandt was reading his afternoon paper. Ann thought that there was more of relnctance than reproof In his manner, as he looked up at her. "I'm glad I went, uucle," she said, defiantly. "Yoo know, yourself, that I was useful." "Yes," Mr. Cortlandt admitted Judicially. "you were." "Hendricks." Ms sister said, severely, "don't encourage herl How could you do such a thing. Ann. after we had all agreed It was Improper?" "Because 1 know you are all wrong," the girl answered, wltji a spirited lift BUILT WITH TREASURE TROVE of her head. "Uncle--you saw me sprawling on the beds, more often thaa I there, la there anything Improper to not still In their dirty uniforms. 1aaa-1 **** I wa* dotagt" Remarkable Homestead In Maine Which Was Constructed. More Than 158 Years Age. ^ '«* "toetcbeit's Corner, halfway between Waterviile and Augusta, stands the old Getchell homestead, built more than 158 years ago. When Benedict Arnold came up the Kennebec on his expedition to Canada one of his bateaus capslsed near Getchell's and several thousand dollars' worth of gold was lost The following spring three of the Getchell boys went down and salvaged the gold, and with it built this house. The house Is a big square building with an L attached In back. An an-l dent flagstone walk leads to the massive front door with a big brass knocker. Inside the scheme of decoration and furnishing Is Just as it was many years ago. Quaint furniture, ancient candlesticks and a big brass warming pan are of interest. The big doors were fashioned by band and swung on LH binges that the superstitious people of long ago put on. The LH stood tec "Lord Help Ds aad Keep Witches Away." The beams of the building are hewn and of large proportion. Tbe boards in many IBstances a" two and three feet wid& Upstaira there Is a wonderful old bed made more than 200 years ago. The four posts sre carved from walnut while overhead an arched .canopy at white linen is arranged. Hundreds of autoista pass this little village every day during the summer months, but only a few of them realize the beauty and historical Interest that are in that little plot of land less than a mile square.--Portland Press Herald. Selected Oklahoma Pecans m . Ingenuity. Oai of the most exciting eeeapa* t.ons Is that In which newsboys en* gage when a coin drops through a gratia* In the sidewalk. A long stick is found first. Someone provides a cud of chewing gum. which is stuck on the end of the stick. Then one of the boys guides the gum to the coin and draws It forth, while the rest of the 'v V*'" --: v,-*:?',;. ' • ' ' Iron tlM firm; treah mn^tala*- crMk«*i pick th*m (roth •bells in b*lv«a; - Savor simply MleM; 6-lb packac* poat- ^ MID to row KMM for *2 25 Bond BOM / > - ardor or oioktor check. Refemnco injr bonk < COMPANY. Boi 486. ARDMORE. OK I.A. jn()BD DEA.LKM MUST SELL--Sickneaa. Honor-maker. $14,000 will handla. Boa ~a," *S*ort Hotel. Oklahoma City. Okta. I 11 : IMnh, Look I l.rH • _ Ice H TI h«4 I7g.f»W In bttlMlac* flftewB In. Mild cU- j *ete. C B. Zantstiwor. Waafcta«*«a. D C. NIGHT COUGHM6 ...