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*• jA^-'WM^: "V^ -*r IpP^^V^'^ *$&'$? •>% •' li^'- " • •;" ' ». w%tW- The Romance of Elaine SEQUEL TO THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE W=1 A Detective Novel and a Motion Pic* ture Drama m By ARTHUR B. REEVE The Well-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories ftaesewted in Collaboration With the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Fdm Co. Copyright 19.4. by tbe Siar Compaay All Foreign Right! Rrserved. SYNOPSIS. The morning after the Adding of Wu Fang'# body and Kennedy's' disappear­ ance, a submarine appears on the bay. Marcus Del Mar plunges overboard from it and swims ashore. His mission is to obtain information of Kennedy and re­ cover the lost torpedo. At the Dodge home he soon wins the confidence of Klaine. Later she is warned by a "ttle old man to be careful of Del Mar just it? time to prevent Del Mar from carrying out his plans. Del Mar at last succeeds In petting the torpedo, only to have it destroyed by the little old man. Jameson i* captured by Del Mar's men while oh lils way to mail a letter 10 the U. S. se­ cret service. Klaine rescues him. Lieu­ tenant Woodward and his friend. Profes<- ®or Arnold, attend a party given at the Dodge home, where unknowingly. Del Mar drops a note which gives Elaine a clue. In her attempt to prevent his cut- tins the Atlantic cable she is discovered and niase a prisoner on the boat, which afterwards is wrecked by Woodward and Arnold. Jameson, in a hvdro-aeroplane, saves Elaine from drowning. Elaine, dis­ guised as a man, discovers the entrance of Del Mar's wireless cave at almost the same time Arnold, by a "radio detective," has discovered the wireless station. Elaine's discovery nearly proves fatal; •he is saved by Jameson, both aid Arnold and Woodward in destroying the wireless station, but Del Mar escapes. In & de­ serted hotel in the woods, he directs the making of a number of gas bombs. Elaine discovers Del Mar's man at work, is cap­ tured, but escapes. When the hotel is later attacked the men retreat to thei woods, where they explode the gas bombs, nearly causing the death of Lieutenant j Woodward and his attacking party. I Elaine receives a package which contains a new searchlight gun from an unknown friend. Jameson and Elaine prove the ac-, curacy of the new weapon. While motor­ ing with Jameson, Elaine discovers • a bomb placed there by one of Del Mar's men for safe-ker-ping. They take It to Lieutenant Woodward who sends them to Professor Arnold's yacht. They are at­ tacked by Del Mar and his men. The searchlight gun saves Elaine and Jame­ son who reach the yacht safely. Del Mar appears on the bay with a submarine and destroys the yacht with a torpedo, only to find that Professor Arnold and his party have escaped. i<Ak THIRTY-THIRD EPISODE THE LURE OF~THE MODISTE. S&' Early one morning a very handsome woman of the adventuress type ar­ rived with several trunks at the big summer hotel just outside the town, the St. Germain. Among the many fashionable people at the watering place, however, she attracted no great attention, and in the forenoon..she. nuioHy went 1*1 h?r ihe- tor for a ride. i It was Madame Larenz, one of Del secret agents, who, up to this time, had been engaged in spying on wealthy and impressionable American ^ ;. f manufacturers, " V. Her airing brought her finally -to j^^ij^"/:'^the bungalow of Del Mar, and there ^ .• she was admitted in a manner showed that- Dei Mar trusted ter wghiy. ^ v "Now,'* he'instructed, after a few ^ y" ' minutes' chat, "I want you to get ac- , , , Quainted with Miss Dodge. She's quite ^ human. Pretty gowns appeal to her. • / •yf J: Then |Uet her to the St. Germain. ' .'-tin tell you what to do." v ^ few minutes later the woman left I'/:va T 7 ^ ̂ #r car, so rapidly driven that no ; . yjone would recognize her. i- '-\ It was early in the afternoon that 'Aunt Josephine was sitting on the veranda when an automobile drove up , £ ' «nd a very stylishly gowned and bon- •f% 7 "j/J rneted woman stepped out. j afternoon," Bhe greeted Aunt /^Josephine ingratiatingly, as she ap- proacbed the house. "I am Madame Per- "< v .•. i • •m of New York and Paris. iff .^haP8 you have heard of my shops On. V -f "fifth avenue and the Rue dfe la Paix." /Jr.: c. iJt Aunt Josephine had heard the name, *-'^_«jtliougli she did not know that this :• Iwoman had assumed it without being I iny way connected with the places ,s. .she mentioned. •j "I'm establishing a new sort of sum- •«' lner service at the better resorts," the • • • woman explained. "You see, my peo- v vPle find it annoying to go into the city ... for gowns. So I am bringing the lat- ,,, »^ |s ^est Paris models out to them. Is Miss ^•^•'^v^iV-^podge at home?" 1 think she is playing tennis," re- fy?1" Atoned Aunt Josephine. ,'ij j , '•> "Oh, yes, I see her, thank you," tbe woman murmured, moving toward the •£-. .- ki' J " tennis court back of the house. 1 Elaine and I had agreed to play a couple of games, and were tossing racks for position. "Very well," laughed Elaine, as she woo the toss, "take the other court." It was a cool day, and I felt in good spirits. Just to see whether I could do it still, I Jumped over the net. Our game had scarcely started when we were interrupted by the approach -L a Stunning looking woman. %V&<s'*-: "Miss Dodge?" she greeted. "Will yon excuse me a moment?" Elaine paused in serving the ball and the woman handed her a card from her delicate gold mesh bag. It read simply: . , MME. LARENZ PARIS ' " Gowns. "• ^ine looked at the card a moment while the woman repeated what she had already told Aunt Josephine. "You have them here, then?" qoeri«d Elaine, interested. "Yes, I have some very exclusive models which I am showing at my solte in the St. Germain." "Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed Elaine. "I must see them." They talked a few minutes, while I waited patieutlv for. Elaine to start the game again. The game, however, ?A-.- . • I'M:: i " .p . ten--;#- was destined never to be finished. More weighty matters <were wider dis­ cussion. , V I wondered what they were talking about and, suppressing a yawn, 1 walked toward them. Aa I approached I heard scattered remarks about styles and dress v^brics. Elaine had completely forgotten ten­ nis and me. She took a couple of steps away from the court with the woman as I came up. "Aren't you going to play?" I asked. "I know you'll excuse me, Walter," smiled Elaine. "My tfocks are all so frightfully out of date. And here's a chance to get new ones, very reasona­ bly, too.** They walked offv, and I could not help scowling at the visitor. On to­ ward the house Elaine and Madame Larenz proceeded, and around it to the front porch, where Aunt Josephine was standing. "Just think, auntie," cried Elaine, "real Paris gowns down here without the trouble of going to the city--and cheaply, too." Aunt Josephine was only mildly in­ terested, but that did not seem to worry Madame Larenz. "I shall be glad to see you at three. Miss Dodge," she said, as she got into her car again and drove off. WTien I came down I found Aunt Josephine still on the veranda. In ad­ dition to my horse, which I had tele­ phoned for, Elaine's little runabout had been driven to the door. While I was talking to Aunt Josephine, Elaine came downstair^ and walked over to the car. "May I go with you?" I pleaded. "No, Walter," she replied, laughing merrily. "You can't go. I want to try them on." • Properly squelched, I retreated. Elaine drove away, and a moment later I mounted and cantered off leis­ urely. • • • • • • • Near Del Mar's bungalow might have been seen again the mysterious naturalist, walking along the road with a butterfly n«t in hin ljanH T?hat appeared to be a leather specimen case, perhaps «ix inches long, under his other arm. As Madame Larenz whined past in her car, he looked up keenly, in spite of his seeming near-sightedness and huge smoked glasses. He watched her closely, noting the number of the car, then turned and followed it. Madam Larenz drew up, a second time, before Del Mar's. As she got out and entered, the naturalist, having quickened his pace, came up and watched her go in Then, after taking in the situation for a moment, he made his way around the side of the bunga­ low. "Is Mr. Del Mar at home?" inquired Madam Larenz, as the valet ushered her into th^jlibrary. "No. madam," he returned. "Mr. Del Mar is out. But he left word that if you came before he got back you were to leave word." The woman sat down at the desk and wrote hastily When she had fin- 'ished the short note she read it over and folded it up. "Tell Mr Del Mar I've left a note here on his desk," she said to the •alet. A moment later shfe left the library, followed by the valet, who" accom­ panied her to her car, and assisted her in. "The hotel," she directed to her driver, as he started off. while the valet returned to the bungalow. Outside, the naturalist had come through the shrubbery and had been looking in at the library window, watching ever^move of Madame Lar­ enz as she wro^e. As she went out he paused just a second to look about. Then he drew a long knife from his pocket, forced the window catch, and quickly climbed into the room. Directly to the desk he went and hurriedly ran over the papers to it. There was the note. He picked it up and read it eagerly* "My apartment--St. Germain--3 p. m.--Larenz." For a moment he seemed to con­ sider what to do. Then he replaced the note. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps. It was the valet returning. Quickly the naturalist ran to the window and jumped out. A moment later the valet entered the library again. "That's strange," he exclaimed, under his breath; "I don t recall opening that window over there today." He looked puzzled. But as no one Was about he went over and shut it. Some distance down the road the naturalist quietly emerged in safety from the bushes. With scarcely a moment's hesitation, his mind thor­ oughly made up tc his course, he hur­ ried along the road. Meanwhile, at the St. Germain, Madame Larenz entered and passed through the rotunda of the hotel, fol­ lowed by many admiring glances of the men. Up in her room stood several large trunks, open. From them she had taken a number of gowns which were scattered about or hung up for exhi­ bition. As she entered, quickly she nele<;t*d one of the trunks whose contents were more smart than the rest, aad i«<d the gowns ottt^ mosfc Cetchlhgly about the room. In the office of the hotel a few mo­ ments later the naturalist entered. He looked about curiously, then went over to the desk and glanced over the reg­ ister. At tht> rame "Madame Larenz, Paris, Room 22," he paused. For some seconds he stood thinking. Then he deliberately walked over to a leather chair and took a protninent seat near by in the lobby. He had dis­ carded his net, but still had the case, which now he had shoved into his pocket. Frbm a table he picked up a newspaper. It was not long before Del Mar pulled up before*the hotel and entered in his usual swagger manner. He had returned to the bungalow, read the note, and hurried over to t|ie St Germain. He crossed the lobby, back to the office. As he did so the naturalist had his face hidden deeply in the open newspaper. But <no sooner had Del Mar passed than the newspaper fell unappreciated, and he gazed after him, as he left the lobby by the back way. It was only a few minutes after she had completed arranging her small stock so that it looked quite impres­ sive, that Madame Larenz heard a knock at the door andHrecognized Del Mar's secret code. She opened the door and he strode in. "I got your note," he said, briefly, coming directly to business and tell­ ing her just what he wanted done. "Let me see," he concluded, glancing at his watch. "It is after three now. She ought to be here any minute." Outside, Elaine drove up to the 'rather garish entrance of the St. Ger­ main, and one of the boys in uni­ form ran forward to open the door and take charge of the car. She, too, crossed the lobby without seeing the old naturalist, though nothing escaped him. As she passed he started to rise and cross toward her, then appeared to change his mind. Elaine went on out through the back of the lobby, directed by a boy, and mounted a flight of stairs in prefer­ ence to taking the lift to the second, or sort of mezzanine floor. Down along the corridor she went, hunting They loosed about carefully. Thera was no one on that side of the hotel just at the moment. "Ready," responded one. "Quick!" Together Del Mar and Madame Larenz parsed Elaine, ineffectually struggling, out of the window. The men seized her and placed her in the bottom of the car, which was covered. Then they shot away, taking a back road up the hill. • •- •• • *• • • '* Hurriedly the naturalist "went through the lobby in the direction Elaine had gone, and a moment later reached the corridor above. Down it, he could hear someone coming out of room ?2. He slid into an angle and hid. It was Del Mar and the wom&n he had seen at the bungalow. ~ They passed by without discovering him nor could he mak& out anything that they said. What mischief was afoot: Where was Elaine? j He ran to the door and tried it. It was locked. Quickly he took from his pocket a skeleton key and unlocked it. There was Elaine's hat and dress lying in a heap on the bed. But she was not there. He was now thor­ oughly alarmed. She could not have passed him in the hall. Therefor^ she must have gone or been taken Out through the window. That would never have been voluntary, especially leaving her things there. The window was still open. He ran to it. One glance out was enough. He leaped to the ground. Sure enough there were automobile tracks in the dust. '"Del Mar's car!" he muttered to himself, studying them. He fairly ran around the side of the hotel. There he came suddenly upon Elaine's car standing alone, and rec­ ognized it. There was no time tor delay. He jumped into it and let the swift little racer out as he turned and gathered momentum to shoot up the hill on high speed. Meanwhile, I had been jogging along through the country, lonely and dis­ consolate. I don't know how it hap­ pened. but I suppose it was by some subconscious desire. At any rate, I found myself at the road that came out across one leading to the St. Germain, and it occurred to me that a#3®'/ < -A 1 Elaine Jumped In and 8eized the Paddle. for number twenty-two. At last ahe found it at the end and knocked. Del Mar and Madame Larenz were still talking in low tones when they heard a light tap on the door. "There she is now," whispered Larenz. "All right: let her in," answered Del Mar, leaping quietly to a closet. "I'll hide here until I get the signal. Do just as I told you." Outside, at the same time, accord­ ing to his carefully "concocted plans, Del Mar's car had driven up and stopped close to the side of the hotel, which was on a . slight hill that brought the street level here not so far below the second story windows. Three of his most trusted men were in the car. Madame Larenz opened the door. "Oh, I'm so glad you came," she rat­ tled on to Elaine. "You see, I've got to get started. Not a customer yet. But if you'll only take a few gowns, other people will come to me. I'll let you have them cheaply, too. Just look at this one." Sjhe held up one filmy, creamy crea­ tion that looked like a delicate flower. "I'd like to try it on." cried Elaine, fingering it rapturously. "By all means!" agreed maifama "We are alone. Do to." With deft fingers, Larenz helped her take .off her own very pretty dress. As Elaine slipped the soft gown over her head, with her head and arms en­ gaged in its multitudinous folds, Madame Larenz, a powerful woman, seized her. Elaine was effectually gagged and bound in the gown itself. Instantly Del Mar flung himself from the closet, disguising his voice. Together they wrapped the dress about Elaine even more tightly to pre­ vent her screaming. Madame Larenz seized a blanket and threw that over Elaine's head also, while Del Mar ran to the win­ dow. There were his men In the car, waiting below. "Are you ready?" he called softly to them. Elaine might by this time have pur­ chased enough frocks to clothe her for a year. At any rate I quickened my pace in the hope of seeing her. Suddenly my horse shied, and a fa­ miliar little car flashed past me. But the driver was not familiar. It was Elaine's roadster. In it was a stran­ ger--a man who looked like a "bugol- ogist," as nearly as I can describe hin. Was he running off with her car while she was waiting inside the ho­ tel? I galloped after him. Del Mar's automobile, with! Elaine bound and gagged in it, drove rapidly by back and unfrequented ways into the country until at last it pulled up before an empty two-story house in a sort of grove of trees. The men leaped out, lifted Elaine, and carried her bodily into the house, taking her upstairs and into an Ripper room. She had fainted when they laid her down and loosened the dress from about her face so that she could breathe. There they left herf on the floor, her hands and feet bound, and went out. How long she lay there she never knew; but at last the air revived her and she regained consciousness and sat up. Her muscles were sore and her head ached. But she set her teeth and began struggling with the cords that bound her, managing at last to pull the dress over herself at least. In Elaine's car the naturalist drove slowly at times, following the track of the automobile ahead. At last, however, he came to a place where he saw that tlie tracks went up a lonely road. To approach in a car was to warn whoever was there. He ran the car up alongside the road in the bushes and jumped out, leaving it and following the tracks up the side roadway. Stealthily the naturalist erept around,' still hiding, until he was clos­ er to the house on the other side. At last he worked his way around to the rear door. He tried it It was bolted, and even the skeleton key was unavailing to slide the bolt. Seconds were precious. Quickly he went to the corner of the house. There was a water pipe. He began to climb it, risking its pre­ carious support. On the roof at last, the naturalist crawled along, looking for some way of getting into the1 house. But he could not seem to find any. Carefully he crawled to the edge of the roof and looked over. Below he could hear sounds, but could make nothing of them. From his pocket he took the leather case and opened it. There was a pe­ culiar arrangement, like some of the collapsible arms on which telephone instruments are often fastened to s desk or wall, capable of being col lapsed into small space or of being ex­ tended for some distance. On the thing was arranged a system of,mir rors, which the naturalist adjusted. It was a pocket periscope. He thrust the thing over the edge of the roof and down, and looked through it. Below, he could see into the room from which came the pecu­ liar sounds. He looked anxiously. There he could see Elajne endeavoring still to loosen the cords and unable to do so. Only for a moment he looked. Then he folded up the pocket periscope in the case and shoved it back into his pock­ et. Quickly he crossed the roof again and slid down the rain-pipe. At the door stood three of Del Mar's men waiting for Del Mar who had told them he would follow immediately. The naturalist had by this time reached the ground and was going along carefully back to the house. He drew his revolver and, pointing It down, fired. Then he dodged back of an extension and disappeared for the moment. Instantly the three men sprang up and ran toward tbe spot where it seemed the shot had been fired. There was no one about the side of the house. But the wind had carried the smoke into some bushes beside the grove, and they crashed Into the bushes, beating about. At the same time, the naturalist, having first waited until he saw which way the men were going, dashed about the house in the opposite direction. Then he slipped, unopposed and unob­ served, in through the open front door, up the stairs and along to the room into which he had just been look­ ing. He unlocked the door and en­ tered. Elaine was still struggling with the cords when she caught sight of the stranger. "Not a word!" he cautioned under his breath. She was ihdeed too frightened to cry out. Quickly he loosened her, still h A1 H In nr V% 4 a Win M«w *y |il0 upo iU OUJUiJU silence. "Follow me!" he whispered. She obeyed mechanically, and then went out into the hall. On downstairs went the naturalist, Elaine still keep­ ing close after him. He looked out through the front door, then drew back. Quickly he went through the lowej hall until he came to the back door in the kitchen, Elaine following. He unbolted the door and opened it. "Run," he said, simply, pointing out of the door. "They're coming back the other way. I'll hold them." She needed no further urging, but darted from the house as he closed the door after her. » * • • • • • It was just at this point that Del Mar came riding along the main road on horseback. He pulled up suddenly as he saw a car run In alongside the road. "That's Elaine's runabout," he mut­ tered, as he dismounted and tied his horse. "How came it here?" He approached the car, much wor­ ried by its unaccountable presence there instead of before the St. Ger­ main. Then he drew his gun and hur­ ried up the side road. He heard a shot and quickened his pace. In the woods unexpectedly he came upon his three men still beating about, searching with drawn revolvers for the person who had fired the shot "Well?" he demanded, sharply, "what's all this?" "Someone fired a shot" they ex­ plained, somewhat crestfallen. "It was a trick, you fools," he an­ swered testily. "Get back to your prisoner." Without a word they turned and hurried toward the house, Del Mar following. "You two go in," he or­ dered the foremost. "I'll go around the house with Patrick." As Del Mar and the other man rsfa aroupd the corner they could just' catch a fl*teting glimpse of someone disappearing into the trees. > It was Elaine. The man hurried forward, blazing away with his gun. Running, breathless, Elaine heard the shot behind her which Del Mar's man had fired in his eagerness. The bullet struck a tree near her with a "ping!" She glanced back and Saw the man. But she did not stop. In- tead she redoubled her efforts, run­ ning zigzag in among the trees where they were thickest. Pel Mar, a little bit behind his man where she could not recognize him, urged tbe man on, following carefully. On fied Elaine, her heart beating fast. Suddenly she stopped, and al­ most cried out in vexation. A stream blocked her retreat--a stream swift and deep. She looked back, ^errified. Her pur­ suers were coming' ahead fast now in her direction. Wildly she gazed around. There was a canoe on the bank. In an instant she jumped in, untied it and seized the paddle. Off she went, striking for the oppo­ site shore. But the current was rag­ ing swiftly, and she was already tired and exhausted. She couia scarcely make any headway at all in the flercc eddies. But at least, she thought hur­ riedly, she was getting farther and farther away from them down stream. Up above, Del Mar and his man came to the edge of the water. There they stood for a moment looking down. "Them she is," pointed the man. Del Mar raised his revolver and fired. Suddenly a bullet struck Blaine's paddle and broke it. Clutching the useless splintered shaft, she was now at the mercy of the current swept along like a piece of driftwood. She looked about frantically. What was that^roaring noise? It was the waterfalls ahead! ^ In the' meantime Del Mar's other two men had entered the house and had run upstairs, knowing well his wrath if anything had happened. As they did so, the naturalist poked his head cautiously out of the kitchen where he had been hiding, and saw them. Then he followed noiselessly, his revolver ready. Headlong they ran into the room where they had left Elaine. She was gone! Before they could turn the natural­ ist locked the door, turned, and took the steps down, two at a time. Then he ran out of the front door and into the woods at an angle to the direction taken by Elaine, turning and going down hill, where a rapid, swollen stream curved about through a gorge. As he reached the stream he heard a shot above. He looked up. There was Elaine, swept down toward him. Below he knew the stream tumbled over a tall cataract into the gorge below. What could he do? A sudden crackling of in* twigs caused him to turn and catch sight of me, just coming up. For, as best I could on horseback, had followed Elaine's car vatii at last I saw that it had been abandoned. Thoroughly alarmed, I rode past a deserted house, until suddenly I heard a shot and a scream. It beemed to come from below me. and I leaped off my horse, making for it as fast as I could, racing toward a stream whpse roar I could hear. There on the batik I came upon a queer old codger, looking about wildly. Was he the automobile thief? I ran forward, ready to seize him. But a* I did so he whirled about, and with a strength remarkable' in one so old, seized my wrist before I could got his. "Look!" he cried simply, pointing up the stream. I did. A girl in a canoe was coming down toward the falls, screaming, her paddle broken and useless. My heart leaped into my mouth. It was Elaine! "Come!" he panted eagerly to me, "I can save her. You must do-just as 1 say." He pointed to an overhanging rock near by and we ran to it. By this time Elaine was almost upon us, each second getting nuarer the veritable maelstrom above the falls. From the rock overhung also a troo at the very edge of the water. There was nothing to do but obey him. Above, though we did not 86* them, Del Mar and his man were gloat­ ing over the result of their work. But they were gloating too soon. We cam* to the rock and the tree. "Here," cried the new-found friend, "I'll get hold of the tre*> and then hold you." Instantly he threw himself on hi* stomach, hooking his leg about tbe tree trunk. I crawled out over tbi ledge of slippery rock to the very edgn and looked over. 'It was the only chance. The old naturalist seised my legs fit his hands. I slid down the rock, let­ ting myself go. Literally, his presence of mind had invented what was really a life chain> a human rope. On came the canoe, Elaine in it as white as death, crying out and trying to stop or guide it as, nearer and near­ er though the smooth, worn walls of the chasm, it whirled to the-falls. With a grip of steel the naturalise held to the tree, which swayed and bent, while also he held me, as if in a vise, head down. On came Elaine--directly at us. She stood up and balanced herself-- a dangerous feat in a canoe at any time, but doubly so In those dark, swirling, treacherous waters. "Steady!" I encouraged. "Grab my arms!" As the canoe reached us she gave a ^little jump and seized my forearms. Her hands slipped, but I grasped her own arms, and we held each other. The momentum of her body was great. For an Instant I thought we were all going over. But the natural­ ist held his grip and slowly began to poll himself and us up the slippery rock. A second later the canoe crashed over the falls In a cloud of spray and pounding water. As we reached the bank above the rock I almost lifted Elaine and set hex down, trembling and gasping for breath. Before either of us knew it the queer old fellow had plunged Into the bushes and was gone without an­ other word. "Walter." she cried, "call him back. I must tell him how much I owe him-- my life!" But he had disappeared, absolutely. Wo shouted after him. It was of no use. "Well, what do you think of thatr* cried Elaine. "He saved my life--then didn't wait even to be thanked." Who was he? We looked at each other a moment But neither of us spoke what was in our hearts. (TO BB CONTJJJUBD.) WEi-lTO SWIM IN STREET RIG Otherwise You Are Not Water Wise, for Drowning Persona Certainly Can't Walt ^tyhere If the daughter of tbe hick­ ory limb fame? Not that it matters, for no one really wants to know. She leges for women can be graduated without knowing how to swim, and no one knows thoroughly how to swim unless she can dive, if necessity de­ mands, in street attire. To this ehd pupils of these colleges are expert Bwimmers, and at the end of this school year over 3,COO pupils from the eastern colleges In the United is a back number, a Philadelphia Pub- | States have becoire "minute He Ledger writer says. And all this higher education under { water has come about largely because fo atsdent Sa-sbany of the lar^e col-, women, lies in skirts for a swimmer. The | by drowning of so many women on trained swimmer can get along in them board the Lusitanla demonstrates how about as rapidly as without them. But necessary it is for women to know practice in these garments, so thpt how to manage their clothes under there will be no fear or delay because water. of them, is one of the chief points I That it would have been more sensl* worked out in this higher education | ble for the women aboard that ship to under water. | discard much of their outside apparej. There Is an excellent reason for | Instead of plunging into the sea with teaching swimming in street clothes-- | heavy furs wrapped around them--as' the reason of everyday expediency, so many of the recovered bodies bore Drowning persons do not wait until mute testimony of the handicap of aB It were, prepared for and equal to any vacation emergency. m« . a »•-" • ** •*«* *muvv WDll ine new theory hag been Inculcated rescuers are arrayed in bathing cos- clothes--is an obvious fact, but e*en in the mind* of the pupils that no peril | tumes. The horror of the loss of life . allowing for the panic that must have overawed the women, the knowledge of how to sijrim with their clothes oil" might have changed the fAte of many of them. The pupils who have learned to swim In their clothes are asked to come to the tank.c The Instructor tells them briefly to get rid of their shoee. if they have time, as shoes weigh more than any other article of clothing. If there Is time the coats may be flung off. The hats take care of them­ selves. Generally after the tests "the tank la filled with floating hats. The pupils practice at saving a "drowning" per- son and the instructor or one of the pupils Impersonates the "drowning" person. In case of cramps just turn over od your back and kick It out should S cramp seise you. How a Tree Grows. If a nail is driven Into a tree trunk it will always remain the same di» tance from the center of thne tree *M from the ground. t S!'i ',"0: Sptaa Fit of Uric Acid THE GREAT KIDHEY REMEDY AGAIN ciana m Clinton, I did not seem to g«ft any better. I was confined to my bed. Seeing Dr. Kilmer« Swamp-Root advett e ' 1 resolved to give it a trial. AftS* using it for three weeks, I f0Qnd I was gaming nicely, so I continued -antil I had taken a number of bottles. I am now re»* ? kT health and have continued my labors. My system was full of Uric aokL but owamp-Root cured -^2 mxtj years oM. Yours-very truly; ' ;,;'f V W.C.COOK, . .W 1203 Eighth Art., qiinton, lows.•*' State of Iowa ) _ vf Clinton County J * - ,y On this 13th day of July, A. D.1S09, ^ C. Cook to me personally known appear*® v- before me and in my presence subscribed ^ and swore to the above and foregoiS S! Statement, > H. SHEPPARD, ^ Notary Public, •*•"**•<•***and for Clinton County^""^^ Prove What Swamp-Root Wili Do For Yet ̂ bend ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co- Binghamton N. Y., for a earaple size bot- tJe. It will convince anyone. You will v~& also receive a booklet of valuable info*, mation, tellmg about the kidneys and fc!ad= JfeS oer. When .writing, be sure and mentita this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one- dollar size bottles for sale at all drw stores.--Adv. -. A man that weighs l&O pounds cd|^r r e ­ tains enough grease to make 76 dies and a pound of soap. •, f :,i; Write marine Eye Remedy Co., fTilfiejril foe Illustrated Book of the Eye Free. 3^ spent* Emulation. "Mrs. Comeup has get a water dog." "She has, has she?. Then I'm going to make your pa get me one of them air ocean greyhounds." LADIES! LOOK YOUNG* How Thousands Have Restored Nati|| al Color. Dandruff Removed. Gray-haired persons will im Interested In tfe#'. reportB of druggists in town regarding the suc­ cessful accomplishments of Hay's Hair Health, This unique preparation causes the oxygen la the air to so act on the hair that the brilliant- color and lustre of youth is returned. Not a dye; absolutely harmless. Removes dandruff. Cleans and tones scalp; revitalizes and beau­ tifies hair. No one knows you're using it. 25c, 50c and $1.00 bottles at drug stores or direct, if price and dealer's name are sent to Philo Hw Specialties Co., Newark, N. J. Price refund®# 0 J* 3 12 it taais. Adv. Good Reason. ' "DoOs the autumn nu^cst you aoly?" , , x-.-u <~Iv '*y< >4* "Yes. Indeed." • "You don't look like a inaiTo? poet» Ideas." MI'm not. Por five years my wttyr V has been trying to get me to buy b^ • v .> a sealskin coat and the struggle b^:, gins an$yr.fyery,yQar ajM^t,Septet- J ber 1." . - . • ' . & The Byplay Minstrels. "Mr. Interlocutor, can you tefl me what class of people are fondest bad company?" % "No, Mr. Dones, I cannot Will yoi tell us what class of people are fond* jest of bad company?" "Why, doctors, Mr. Interlocutor." "And why doctors, Mr. Bones?" \ "Because tbe worse people are thU, oftener they visit them," !•>, "As soon as the police" have restore^ order and tbe bricks and tomato can^T have been removed from the stagejj^ Mr. O. Suffryn Mackerel will, rende^*- his pathetic ballad, 'When I'm Dreau£ V'* ing of Qarlic I'm Dreaming of You."* -- What Came Up. "London's a dreary sort of place, 0 and the smoke's something awful'* the returned countryman was teilinf his awed village friends. "It's so thlclfe the air Is, that I wonder anything *. , grows there. 1 planted some corn id a box on my window sill, to remind" ^ me of home, ,and what do you thinSC. f > came up?" One suggested wheat, while anotlv l er thoufht oats more likely. most of tbem remained silent, tooklnf at their venturesome friend with r%"r?^ spect. "All wroHg!" said the returned tra* eier, presently. "A policeman cam# . up snd told me to take the box down at once!" MOTHER'S "NOTIONS" Good for Young People to Follows "My little grandson often comes u£ • to show me how large the muscles ofi- his arms are. "fie was a delicate child, but has de­ veloped into a strong, healthy boy and Postum has been the principal factor. "I was Induced to give him the I'oste um because of my own experience > with it. "I am sixty years old, and have been a victim of nervous dyspepsia fot- m a n y y e a r s . H a v e J t r i e d a l l s o r t s o t . s ^ medicines and had treatment froift many physicians, but no permanent re* lief came. ' "I used to read the Postum advei£4 tisements in our paper. At first I gavf but little attention to them, but tiuall|T; something in one of the advertise ments made me conclude to try Pos­ tum - "I vras very particular to have it prepared strictly according to direc­ tions, and used good, rich cream. It was very nice indeed, and about bed­ time 1 said to the members of the fam? • iM ily that I believed I felt better. On% » of them laughed and said, 'That's ani^ ; x ^ other of mother's notions,'̂ but the no» ' 3' Uon has not left me yet. -y ? its, •• "I continued to improve right alon^i after leaving off coffee and takin^ ; ^- Postum, and now after three yearsf use I feel so well that I am almost^ young again. I know Postum was th^i cause of the change in my health an<t ~ V h I cannot say too much in its favor, f. ; 4/ . . - wish 1 could persuade all nervous pie to use it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum comes In two forms: Postum Cereal--the original form-- must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack« %ge8. , v Instant Postum--a soluble powder-- ',i* dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water* , ' . and, with cream and sugar, makes k4 delicious beverage instantly. 30c and ^ 50c tins. Both kinds are equally delicious a»4- aost about the same per cup. "^hero's • Reason" for Postum. & --sold by Urocers,