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'A'- ' '*» .V* h "• y\ •> n 'i *w> t'Vn i .ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE EXTRAORDINARY In this'remarkable tale Mr. Mundy introduces us to the mysteries and charm of India, and to ah interesting people of the Orient about whom the western world knows little or nothing. In the company of Captain Athelstan King, his hero, we go on a wonderful journey In Khinjan caves; and with him we meet Yasiuini. an exotic beauty of marvelous fascination. It gives us great pleasure to publish "King 6t the Khyber Itifles" because we believe our readers will enjoy the serw .mom w .»****• #pfc^»|ir*-fc»rtiii.e;' : . 5---" " THE EDITOR. ?..'/> CHAPTER I. < ' 4 •# I5. 1 The men who govern Indin--more V • \ |>ower to them and her!--are few. ^.r, .IjuC--Jjt |rhose who stand irr-thelr way and pre- !„>'[ >%l -J* * jtend to help them with a flood of - ~ Words are a host The . charge has L'"\, ««£„ neen tho light In print that India--well-' f:X *• ' ' Spring of plague and sudden death v & and motley lenders--has sold her soul [A l/lo tweoty succeeding conquerors In " f ' I turn. So When the world war broke the-fntie 11 •J J i V * f •- *• ) ~ world was destined to be surprised on 1|. Mndla's account. The Red sea, full of ' -,v •* *"' . .facing transports crowded with dark- ** J' ginned gentlemen, whose one prayer '!f,V " 'H that the war might not be over ~.£ ' • ' ."before they should have struck a blow. .;.!_V>.-i/or Britain, was the Indian army's an- 1" / ()»*wr to the press. % /- . *» More than one nation was deeply / % , jfchocked by India's answer to "prac- %ces" that had extended over years. ^ '> , •"JBut there were men in India who \ ' "learned to love India long ago with ^ ^ >t I*18* ,ove that casts out fear, who knew tf&'l J J exactly what was going to happen and uld therefore atford to wait for or­ ders instead of running round In rings. Athelstan King, for instance, noth- ^ v •' tng yet bat a captain unattached, sat }>" "In meagerly furnished quarters with T; • • "* Jiis heels on a table. He is not a f" - j* doctor, yet he read a book on sur- "< * <gery; and when he went over to the ; club he carried the book under his arm and continued to read it there. In the other room where the telegraph Wanks were, littered in confusion all j -* -1! nbout the floor, the other officers sent /?*• , telegrams and forgot King, who sat *• \ «nd smoked and read about surgery; *, vs. -,and before he had nearly finished one \ box of cheroots a general at Peshawur ^ wiped a bald red skull and sent him ^, , ?Man urgent telegram. ^ "Come at once!" it;said simply. I f ^/- ? King was at Lahore, bat miles dont when* the dogs of war are tf * r * loosed. The right man goes to the fi '* \< right place at the exfict right time £"'*•. f?.:- then, and the fool goes to the wall. In jf'-C ^ J one respect war is better than *11? some kinds of peace. • Io the train on the way to Pefehawur t£-\ '• he was not troubled by forced con- 3T~ "^'ersatlon. Consequently tie reached I'eshawur comfortable. In spite of the if ?• .jheat. And his genial manner of salut- W the full-general who met him with » dogcart at Peshawur station was something scandalous. Full-generals, particularly in the early days of war, I i }n:"s do not-drive to the-station to meet , ' ? j' captains very often; yet King climbed ' into the dogcart unexcitedly, after '/ ^ * keeping the gerieral waiting v^hile he YJ • ? chewed a trunk!! • The general cracked his whlp> with* ^5? out any other comment than a smile. \ » A blood mare tore sparks oat Qt the A ' < macadam, and a dusty military road 'Tbegan to ribbon out between the 1 V *' .Uwheels. Sentries in unexjiected places " announced themselves with a ring of < " |'8haken steels as their rifles came to "present" Which courtesies the p t ' "'general noticed with a raised whip. *\» V'.. the dogcart's high front seat, star- s " ' I n g s t r a i g h t a h e a d o f h i m b e t w e e n , \ j'the horse's ears. King listened. The -- <«general did neariy all the talking. P . t"v> ^ "The North's the danger." | . King grunted with the lids half-low- ;:% \ ered over full, dark eyes. He did not 'C look especially handsome in that at- titude. Some men swear he looks like MM The general laughed.* "That's why I sent for you. I need a man with imagination! There's St woman you've got to work with on this occasion who can imagine a shad® or two too tnuch. What's worse, she's ambftiious. So I chose you to work .with her." . King's Hps* stiffened under his mus­ tache. and the corners of his eyes wrinkled into crow's feet to corre­ spond. Eyes are never coal-black, of course, but his looked it at that min<- •' ' 1 -v.( "C«me at Once," It Said. RS:' f,« Roman, and others, liken him to • * gargoyle, all of them choosing to Ig­ nore "the smile that can transform his whole face instantly. "We're denuding India of troops-- not keeping back niort? than a mere 4? handful to hold the tribes in check." J King nodded. There has never been ^ : peace along the northwest border. It S did not need vision to foresee trouble I from that quarter. In fact it must have been partly on the strength of some of King's reports that the gen- v era! wats planning now. "Well, the tribes'll know presently how many men we're sending oversea. ; There've been rumors about Khinjan lii by the hundred lately. They're coo.k- '• ing something. Can you Imagine 'em keeping quiet now?" < •'That depends* Tm, I fwa "You know we've sent men to Khin­ jan who are said to have entered the caves. Not one of 'em has ever re­ turned." King frowned. "She claims she can enter the cave9 and come out again at pleasure. She has offered to do It, and I have ac­ cepted. Can you guess who she is?" "Not Yasminl?" King hazarded, and the general nodded. The helmet-strap mark, printed Indellbiy on King's jaw and cheek by the Indian sun, tight­ ened and grew whiter--as the general noted out of the corner of his eye. < "Know her?" - "Know of her, of course*- sir. Everyf body does. Neve® iBaet iher to m/ knowledge." "Um-m-m! Whose fault was that? Somebody ought to have seen to that. Go to Delhi now and meet her. I'll send her a wire to say you're coming. She knows I've chosen you. She tried to insist on full discretion, but I over­ ruled her," ' King's tongue licked his lips, and his eyes wrinkled. The general's voice be­ came the least shade more author! ta tive. "When you see her, get a pass front: her that'll take you into Khinjan caves! Ask her for It! For the sake of appearances I'll gazette yon sec­ onded to the Khyber rifles. For the sake of success, get a pass from her!" "Very well, sir." "You've a brother in the Khyber rifles, haven't you? Wqp It you or your brother who visited Khinjan once and sent In a report?" "I did, sir." He spoke without pride. Even the brigade of British-Indian cavalry that went to Khinjan on the strength of his report and leveled its defenses with the ground, hnd not been able to find the famous caves. Yet the caves themselves are a byword. "There's talk of a jihad (holy war). There's worse than that! When you went to Khinjan, what was your chief object?" "To find the source of the everlast­ ing rumors about the so-called 'Heart o* the Hills,' sir." - "Yes, yes. I remember. I read your report. You didn't find anything, did you? Well. The story is now that the 'Heart of the Hills' has come to life. So the spies say." King whistled .softly. "There's nb guessing what lt. means," said the general. "Go and work with Yasmini. The spies keep bilnging In rumors of ten thousand men in Khinjan caves, and of another lnrge lashkar not far away from Khin­ jan. There must be no jihad. King! India is all bTit defenseless! This story about a 'lieart of the Hills' com­ ing to lite may presage unity of action and a holy war such as the world has not seen. Go up there and stop it if you can. At least, let me know Che facts." King grunted. To stop a holy war jingle handed w;ould be rather like stopping the wind--possibly easy enough, if one knew the way. Yet he knew no general would throw away a man like himself on a useless venture. He began to look happy. The general clucked to the mare and one wheel ceased to touch the gravel as they whit.ed along a semi­ circular drive. Under the porch of a pretentious residence, sentries salut­ ed, the sals swung down and In less than sixty seconds King was follow­ ing the general through a wide en­ trance into a crowded hall. The In­ stant the general's fat figure darkened the doorway twenty men of higher rank than King, native and English, rose from lined-up chairs and pressed forward. "Sorry--have to keep you all wait­ ing--busy!" He waved them aside 'with a little apologetic gesture. "Come In here. King." .King followed him through a door that slammed tlpht behind him on rub­ ber jambs. "Sit down!" The general ufilocked a steel drawef and began to rummage among the pa pers ii) ,lt. In a minute he produced a package, bound In rubber bands, with a faded photograph face upward on the top. "That's the woman! How '<f*yoo like the look of her?" King took the package and for a minute stared hard at the likeness of a woman whose fame hap traveled np and down India, until her witchery has become a proverb. She was tiiii," said 1 lie geni*ruL "To my knowl­ edge she speaks Russian like a native, and about twenty other ttfngues as well, including English. She was the girl widow of a rascally hill rajrfh. I've heard she loved her rajah. And I've heard she didn't! There's another story that she poisoned him. I know she got away with his money--and that's proof enough of brains! Some say she's a she-devil. I think that's an exaggeration, hut bear in mind she's dangerous!** . * - : King grinned. A man who trusts Eastern women over readily does hot rise far in the secret service. "If you've got nous enough to keep on her soft side and use her--not let her use you--you can keep the 'Hills' quiet and the Khyber safe! If you can contrive that--now--in this pinch --there's no limit for you! Coin- tnander In chief shall be your job be­ fore you're sixty !" King pocketed the photograph and papers. "I'm well enough content, sir, as tilings are," he said quietly. . Ti e general paced ence across the room and once back again, with hands behind him. Then he stopped In front of King. "No man in India has a stlffer task than you have now! A jihad launched from the 'Hills' would mean anarchy In the plains. That would entail send- " i ) r <h'ts." said King. "Is that your answer?" asked the major. Balked ambition is an ugly horse to fide. He had tried for a command biit had been shelved, "I have sufficient authority," said King, unruffled. He spoke as if he were thinking of something entirely differ­ ent. His eyes were as if they saw the major from a very long Way, off and rather approved of him on the whole. "Show me your authority, please!" King dived into an inner pocket and' produced a card that had about ten words written on jits face, above a general's signature. Hyde read it and passed It back. "So you're one of those, are yon!" he said in a tone of voice that would start a fight in some parts of the world and in some services. But King nodded cheerfully, and that annoyed the major more than ever; he snorted, closed his mouth with a snap and turned to re­ arrange the sheet and pillow im .his berth; CHAPTER |k. f The train pulled out, oittfd n din of voices from the left-behlnd that nearly drowned the panting of the overloaded engine. Hyde all but stripped himself and drew oh striped pajamas. King was content to lie in shirt sleeves on th^ other berth, with knees raised, so that Hyde could not overlook the gen-" eral's papers. At his ease he studied them® one by one, memorizing a string of names, with details as to their own­ ers' antecedents and probable present whereabouts. There were several photographs In the packet, and he studied them very carefully Indeed. But much most . carefully of all he examined Yas;ninl's portrait, returning* knowledge. Then as fish glide "That's the Woman! How Do You Like the Look of Her?" ing back from France an army that can't big spared. . There" must be no jihad. King! There must--not--be-- one! Keep that in your head!" "What arrangements have been made with her, sir?" "Practically none! She's wfltchlng the spies in Delhi, hut they're likely to break for the 'Hills' any minute. Then they'll be arrested. When that happens the fate of India may be in your hands and hers ! Get out of my way now, until tlffln-time!" In a way that some men never learn, King proceeded to efface himself en­ tirely among the crowd In the hall, contriving to say nothing of any ac­ count to anybody until the great gong boomed and the general led them all in to his long dining table. Yet he did not look furtive or secretive. No­ body noticed him, and he noticed ev­ erybody. There is nothing whatever secretive about that. The fare was plain, and the meal a perfunctory affair. The general and his guests were there for no other reason than to eat food, and only the man who happened to seat himself next to King--a major by the name of Hyde--spoke to him at all. Why aren't you with your regi­ ment?" he asked. . , Because the general asked me to lunch, sir!" I suppose you've been pestering him for an appointment!" King, with his mouth full of curry, did not answer, but his eyes smiled. After lunch he was closeted with the general again for twenty minutes. Then one of the general's carriages took him to the station; and It did not appear to trouble him at all that the other occupant of the carriage was the self-same Major Hyde who had sat next him at lunch. In fact, he smiled so pleasantly that Hyde grew exas­ perated. Neither of them spoke. At the station Hyde lost his temper open­ ly, and King left him abusing an un­ happy native servant. The station was crammed to suffo­ cation by a crowd that roared and writhed and smelt to high heaven. But the general himself had telephoned for King's reservation, so he took his time. There were din and stlhk and dust be­ neath a savage sun, shaken into re­ verberations by the scream of an en­ gine's safety valve. It was India In es sence and awake!--Indiia arising out of lethargy!--India its she ^ more often nowadays--and It made King, for the time being of the Khyber rifles, happier than some other men can be in ballrooms. Any one who watched him--and there was at least one man who did-- musf have noticed his strange abil Ity, almost like thnt of water, to reach the point he aimed for, through, and not around, the crowd. He neither shoved nor argued. Of* ders and blows would have been equal­ ly useless, for had It tried the crowd could not hnve obeyed, and It was In no mind to try. Without the least ap­ parent effort he arrived--and there Is dressed as a danqlng woman, yet very no other word that quite describes It few dancing women could afford to be dressed ns she was. The general watched hi# face with eyes that missed nothing. "Remember--I said work with her 1" King looked up and nodded. mil ,• sb*!s three ports Rus- he arrived. He climbed into his car­ riage and leaned from the window. "Why are you here?" asked an add voice behind him; and without troub* ling to turn his head, he knew that Major Hyde mrrtage mate again. to ft again and again. He reached the conclusion in the end that when it was taken she had been cunningly dis­ guised. This was Intended for purpose of identification at a given time and place," he told himself. Were you muttering at me?" asked Hyde. • . No sir. Nothing of the sort' in­ tended." Hyde turned an indignant back on him, and King studied the back as if he found lt Interesting. On the whole lie looked sympathetic, so it was as well that Hyde did not look around. Balked ambition as a rule loathes sym­ pathy. After many prickly-hot, Interminable; jolting houra, the train drew up at Rawul-Pindl station. Instantly King was on his feet with his tunic on, and he was out on the blazing hot platform before the train's motion had quite ceased. He began to walk up and down, not elbowing but percolating through the crowd, missing nothing worth noticing in ail the hot kaleidoscope and seeming to find new amusement at every turn. It was not in the least astonishing that well-dressed native should address him presently, for he looked genial enough to be asked to hold a baby. King himself did not seem surprised at all. Far from it; he looked pleased. "Excuse me, sir," said the man In glib babu English. "I am seeking Cap? tain King sahib, for whom my brother veree anxious to be servant. Can you kindlee tell me, sir, where I could fipd Captain King sahib?" "Certainly," King answered him. He looked glad to be of help. "Are yoa traveling on this train?" The question sounded like politeness welling from the lips of unsuspicion. Yes, sir. I am traveling from this place where I have spent a few days, to Bombay, where my business is." "How did you know King sahib is on the train?" King asked him, smil­ ing so genially that even the police could not have charged him with more than curiosity. By telegram, sir. 21y brother had the misfortune to miss Captain King sahib at Peshawur and therefore sent a telegram to me asking me to do what I can at an interview." I see," said King. "I see:" And judging by the sparkle in his eyes as he looked away, he could see a lot But the native could not see his eyes at that instant, although he tried to.r He looked b^ck at the train, giving the man a good chance to study h|s face In profile. "See that carriage?" he asked, point­ ing. "The fourth first-class carriage from the end? Well--there are only two of us In there; I'm Major Hyde, and the other Is Captain King. I'll tell Captain King to look out for you." "Oh, thank you. sir!" said the native oilily. "You are most kind! I am your humble servant, sir!" King nodded good-by to him. his dark eyes in the shadow of the khpkl helmet seeming scarcely Interested any longer. "Couldn't you find another berth?" Hyde ask«d him angrily when he stepped back Into the compartment. "What were you out there looking for?" King smiled hack at him blandly. 1 think there are railway thieves on tlie train," he announced without any effort at relevance. He might not have heard the question. Hyde snorted and returned to his seat In the silence of unspeakable scorn. But presently he opened a suit­ case and drew out a repeating pistol which he cocked carefully'and stowed beneath his pillow; not at all a con­ temptible move, because the Indian nlllway thief Is the most resourceful specialist In the world. But King took no overt precautions of any kind. After more interminable hour^ t shut down on them, red-hot, black-dark, mesmerlcally subdivided into seconds by the thump of curriage wheels and lit at intervals by showers of sparks tram the gasping engine. Then King, strangely without kicking off his shoes, drew a sheet up over his shoulders. On the opposite berth Hyde covered his head, to keep dust out of his hair, and presently King heard him begin to snore gently. Then, very carefully he adjusted his own position so that his profile lay outlined In the dim light from the gas lamp in the roof. He might almost have been waiting to be shaved. Long after midnight his vigil was rewarded by a slight sound at the door. From that instant his eyes were on the Watch, under dark closed lashes; but his even breathing was that of the seventh stage of sleep that knows no dreams. A. click of the door-latch heralded the appearance of a hand. With skill, of the sort that only special training can develop, a man In native dress in­ sinuated himself into the carriage without making another sound of any kind. King's ears are *>art of the equipment for his exacting business, but he could not hear the door click shut again. For about five minutes, while the train swayed headlong Into Indian darkness, the man stood listening and watching King's face. He stood so near that King recognized him for the one who had accosted him on Rawal­ pindi platform. And he could' see the outline of the knife-hilt that the man's fingers clutched underneath his shirt He feigned sleep so successfully that the native turned away at last. "Thought so!" He dared open his eyes a mite wider. "He's pukka--true to type! Rob first and then kill!" As he watched, the thief drew the sheet back from Hyde's face, with trained fingers that could -have taken spectaeles from the victim's nose with- and out among the reeds without touching them, swift and soft and un­ seen, his fingers searched Hyde's body. They found nothing. j*. King moved In his sleep, • rather noisily, and the movement knocked a book to the floor from the foot of his berth. The holse of that awoke Hyde, and King pretended to begin to wake, yawning and rolling on his back (that being much the safest position an un­ armed man can ta&e and. much the most awkward for his enemy). "Thieves!" Hyde yelled at the top of his lungs, groping wildly for his pistol and not finding it. King sat up and rubbed his eyes. The native drew the knife, and--be­ lieving himself in command of the situation--hesitated for one priceless second. He saw his error and darted for the door too late. With a move­ ment unbelievably swift King was there ahead of him ; and with another movement not so Swift, but much more disconcerting, he threw his sheet as the retlarius used to throw a net In ancient Rome, It wrapped round the native's head and arms, and the two went together to the floor In a twisted stranglehold. In another hulf-mlnute the native was groaning, for King had his knife- wrist In two hands and was bending It- backward while he pressed the man's stomach with his knees. The knife fell to the floor, and the thief made a gallant effort to recover It, but King was too strong for him. He seized the knife himself, slipped it in his own bosom and resumed his hold before the native guessed what he was after. The train screamed Itself to a standstill at a wayside station, and a man with a .lantern began to chant the station's name. The instant the train's motion altogether ceased the heat shut In on them ns If the lid of Tophet had been slammed. The prick­ ly heat burst out all over Hyde's skin and King's too. ' There was plenty of excuse for re­ laxing ho'ld, and King made full use of it. A second later he gave a very good pretense of pain In his finger ends ns the thief burst free. The native made a dive at his bosom for the knife, but he frustrated that. Then he made a prodigious effort, just too late, to clutch the man again, and he dl<l suc­ ceed In tearing loose a piece of shirt; but the fleeing robber must have won' mm 17i.AU* He Feigned Weep 8o Successfully That the Native Turned' Awgr at Last. • dered, as he bolted into the blacker shadows of the stution building, why such an iron-fingered, wide-awake sahib should have made such a truly feeble showing at the end. "Hang it 1--couldn't you hold him? Were you afraid of him, or what?" de­ manded Hyde, beginning to dress him­ self. Instead of answering, King leaned out tnto the lamp-lit gloom, and In a tninule he caught sight of a sergeant train. He made a sign that brought the man to him on the run. v - "Did you seS that runaway?" he asked. ^',T "Ha, sahlb. I saw due running. Shall I follow?"' , "No. This plecw of his shirt will Identify him. Take it. Hide It! When a man with a torn shirt, into which, that piece fits, makes for the telegraph office after this train btfs gone on, see that 1ft is allowed to send any tele­ grams he wants to! Only, have copies of every one of them wired to Captain King, care of the stationmaster, Delhi- Have you understood?" "Ha, sahib." "Grab him. *nd lock him up tight afterward--but not until he has sent his ielegramsI"' : • "• • ' "Atcha, sahib." TT "Make yourself scarce, then 1* Major Hyde was dressed, having per­ formed that military evolution in some­ thing less than- record time. "Who was that you were talking to?" he demanded. But King did not seem to understand until the native sergeant had quite vanished into the shadows. The engine shrieked of death and torment; the heat relaxed as the en­ gine moved--loosened--let »g0--lifted at last, and a trainload of hot passen­ gers sighed thanks. "What are you looking at?" Hyde demanded at last, sitting on King's berth. "Only a knife," said King. He was standing under the dim gas lamp that helped make the darkiiess more un­ bearable. He stowed the knife away in his bosom, and the major crossed to his own side. ' In Delhi, King meets Rewa Gynoa, Yasmini's man, who tells him she has already gone north In Yasmini's house the capttln is gly^n his tegt of •ter. ' ' v . '* ": 'mim *JZi , (TO BE CONTINUED.) SHOULD KEEP ON ACHIEVING -------- % Good Work Demands Continuous Im­ provement in Every Line Human Activity. The other day a famous author was telling me how he felt when his first story was accepted. He said that with­ in a few minutes the thought flashed across his mind that he could not stop --but must go on. One good story must be followed by another and an­ other and another--else his reputation would die and he would be humiliated. He said that the feeling was not ex­ actly comfortable--that the prospect was In a way terrible. "Being success­ ful," he said, "is not easy. The suc­ cessful man advertises to the world that he can do certain things well-- and he must go on making good or back off the map. It's a great sensa­ tion, a great experience--worth almost anything--but It Isn't a snap." It is the same way in business, says a writer in the American Magazine. The salesman who sets a high mark has to go right out and beat that mark or suffer by comparison with his own record. He can't §it down In a rocking chair and devote the rest of his life to receiving congratulations. Have you ever sat In a restaurant and compared your job wjth that of a waiter? Try lt some time. No matter what your work is I am sure you Will see the point if you watch the waiter and think how exactly his job typifies yours. Take, for example, my job--- that of an editor. An editor's joo Is exactly like that of a waiter. He nas to go and get something good and bring It In. And after he has brought it in tje has to go right out and get uome* thing more and bring that In. The minute he sits down or stops to talk unnecessarily with the guests, he ceases to give as good service as be­ fore. Then the guests who praised him a moment ago begin to growl. Arid so, almost Immediately, he has turned from a good servant Into a poor one. This fits any line of human activity. A continuous performance is what Is wanted. Nothing else counts. Still Owns Violet Shop. 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Fertile land, general farim , ing, stock raising, poultry," dalryf t £ Ing, fruits, vegetables, pecans; copioua| rainfall, excellent water, good health!;], splendid schools, churches, rallroads|>^;| ||> cash markets, good neighbors, lonff growing season, cool sea breezes in v f,^ summer, warm sunshine in winterr r f u e l f r e e . F o r p a r t i c u l a r s w r i t e a < * • > . once to J, B. Clark, Land Commission# ' *! er, Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad t C o s B o x 1 , L i v e O a k , F l o r i d a . -- - J * g * 1*. '• f His Enforced Absenea. , A Columbus correspondent tefts firtfe Y an anecdote in which the names must: a be suppressed, but which Is none th less true and moral, says the Cleve land Plain Dealer. A state senator died during the sion, and a committee was appoint to accompany the body back to the ol home of the decedent. Two of th committee met In the state house thai afternoon. "Are you going to take this trH» asked one. "Yes. I can 111 afford the time, bi I believe it to be my duty. Are y< going?" "Yes, I feel as you do. It will tak^f a whole day, but I wouldn't feel righij , „^,j If I didn't go. Will Senator X accom^-V • : go pany us?" "No. He says he Is too busy, bea^p^ie doesn't drink.' M. ft Surely Is. , *fre Was rejected by the tors for physical reasons." "Well, that's better than beinjSM thrown out for not being able to pass' the mental tests." Barred. "Why wouldn't the recruitlpg offi­ cer take you?" "Said they had all the wrist-watch winders they needed."--Puck. • New Ydrk judge rules home poker pames by women violate gambling laws. 1 Bo.ys & Girls T H R I V E o n t h e e a s i l y d iges t ed whea t and ba r l ey t oed Grape-Nuts There's a Reason .^1 down the of native Infantry • !•/ ? , „ vJ> .* . , . . * * 1 * JL? •) . r * t ,,;-8 •< j- lie ^1 •