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---- mSmSSm RAINBOWS END Iff; m :?5:-• By REX BEACH 9pooi?i"°"H2? ofth« SuSrt." Et£ wnKfl !>'& -!,;*V" * vk-/. „*>>*• IK.,- '•: i?--j f: '< • CHAPTER XVIII--Continued. :• --17-- "Exactly. And they saw nothing." :v:; •Tour pardon, my colonel. They r featne back In a cold sweat, and they Spent the night on their knees. The woman was there again. You have Ipeen the salt sea at night? Well, her free was aglow, like that, so they said. They heard the clanking of chains, too, ind the sound of hammers, coming from the very bowels of the earth. It ;t* all plain enough, when you know , tto# story. But It is terrifying." > ; "This Is indeed amazing," Cobo ac­ knowledged, "hut of course there is Some simple explanation. Spirits, if ' Indeed there are such things, are made of nothing--they are like thin air. Sow, then, could they rattle chains? You probably saw some wretched pa* Clficos In search of food and Imagined . |he rest." % "Indeed! Then what did I hear with these very ears? Whispers, murmurs, groans, and the clinkety-cllnk of old I.JL ; I 8hall Visit the Place.'* Sebastian's chisel. For his sins that eld slave is chained in Bome cavern of the mountain. Soundless! I'm no baby! I know when I'm asleep, and I know when I'm awake. That place is i ^ Accursed, and I want no more of It" i tv' Cobo fell Into frowning meditation, ' Allowing his cigarette to smolder down V* Until It burned his thick fingers. He " ^1 - was not a superstitious man and he > fat no faith in the supernatural, nev­ ertheless he was convinced that his Sergeant was not lying, and reference to Pancho Cueta had set his mind to .working along strange channels. lie • fcad known Cueto well, and the tatter's iffF' Vc stubborn belief in the existence of that "C't Varona treasure had more than once Impressed him. He wondered now if £ others shared that faith, or if by |, <" thance they had discovered a clue to fhe whereabouts of the money and Were conducting a secret search. It fM a fantastic idea, nevertheless. Cobo told himself that if people were : |>rying about those deserted premises ft was with some object, and their ac- • Hons would warrant observation. The ;; presence of the woman--a woman-* with the glow of phosphorus upon her |ace was puzzling, but the whole affair 'was puzzling. He determined to inves- •/•attga,te. After a time he murmured, •jshould like to see this spirit." The sergeant shrugged. It was plain from his expression that he could not lacoount for such a desire. . "Another night Is coming," said he. "Good! I shall visit the place, and If I see anything unusual I--well, v shall believe what you have toid me. •t Meanwhile, go see your priest by all It will do you no harm." V- . , CHAPTER XIX. ' " " 1, How Cobo 8tood on His Head. Ail that day, or during most of it, at pleast, Rosa and O'Reilly sat band In hand, oblivious of hunger and fatigue, , Impatient for the coming of night, keyed to the highest tension. Now they would rejoice hysterically, assuring ] each other of their good fortune, again they would grow sick with the fear of disappointment.' Time after time they stepped out of the hut and stared ap­ prehensively up the slopes of La Cum*- Sbre to assure'themselves that this was not all a part of some fantastic lllu- •; slon; over and over, Ini minutest de­ tail, Johnnie described what he had seen at the bottom of the welL He tried more than once during the after­ noon to sleep, but he could not, for the moment he closed his eyes he found himself back there in that pit upon the ridge's crest, straining at those stub­ born rocks and slippery timbers. This inaction was maddening, his fatigue rendered him feverish and irritable. Jacket, too, felt the strain, and after (several fruitless attempts to sleep he arose and went out into the sunshine, where he fell to whetting his knife. He finished putting a double edge upon the blade, fitted a handle to It, and then a cord with which to suspend it round bis neck. He showed it to O'Reilly, v and after receiving a word of praise he crept outdoors again and tried to for­ get how sick he was. Black spots were dancing before Jacket's eyes; he ex­ perienced spells of dizziness and nau­ sea during which be dared not attempt % wffc £t« knew this 'moat be tt* w suit of starvation, and yet, strangely enough, the thought of food was dis­ tasteful to him. He devoutly wished it were not neeessary to climb that hill again, for he feared he would not have the strength to descend it. Luckily for the sake of the secret, Evangelina spent most of the day searching for food, while Asensio lay babbling upon his bed, too ill to notice the peculiar actions of his companions. It was with a stranger nightmare feeling of unreality 1 the trio dragged themselves upwpp to the ruined quinto when darkness finally came. They no longer talked, for con­ versation was a drain upon their pow­ ers, and the reaction from the day's ex­ citement had set In. O'Reilly lurched as he walked, his limbs were heavy, and his liveliest sensation was one of dread at the bard work In store for him. The forcing of that door assumed the proportions of a Herculean task. But once he was at the bottom of the well and beheld the handiwork of Sebastian, the slave, just as he had left It, his sense of reality returned and with It a certain measure of determina­ tion. Inasmuch as he had made no visible Impression upon the bulkhead by his direct attack, he changed his tactics now and undertook to loosen one of the jambs where it was wedged into the rock at top and bottom. After a desperate struggle he succeeded in looseding the entire structure so that he could pry it out far enough to squeeze his body through. "I have it!" he cried to Rosa. Seizing the candle, he thrust it into the open: ing. He beheld what he had expected to find, a small cavern or grotto which had evidently been pierced during the digging of the well. He could appreci­ ate now how simple had been the task of sealing it np so as to baffle discov­ ery. Rosa, poised above him, scarcely breathed until he straightened himself and turned his face upward once more. He tried to speak, but voiced noth­ ing more than a hoarse croak; the candle In his hand described erratic fig­ ures. - "What do you see?" the girl cried in an agony of suspense. I-- It's here! B-boxes, chests, casks--everything!" God be praised 1 My father's for* tune at last!" Rose forgot her surroundings; she bent her hands together, calling upon O'Reilly to make haste and determine beyond all question that the missing hoard was Indeed theirs. She drew perilously close to the well and knelt over it like some priestess at her de­ votions; her eyes were brimming with tears and there was a roaring in her ears. It was not strange that she failed to see or to hear the approach of a great blurred figure which material­ ized out of the night and took station scarcely an arm's length behind her. He Intended it for his children," she sobbed, "and providence saved it from our wicked enemies. It was the hand of God that led us here, O'Reilly. Tell me, what do you see now?" Johnnie had wormed his way Into the damp chamber and a slim rectangle of light was projected against the op­ posite side of the well. Rosa could hear him talking and moving about. Don Esteban Varona's subterranean hiding-place was large enough to store a treasure far greater than Ma; it was perhaps ten feet in length, with a roof high enough to accommodate a tall man. At the farther end were ranged several small wooden chests bound with iron and fitted with hasps and staples, along one side was a row of diminutive casks, the sort used to con­ tain choice wines or liquors; over all was a thick covering of slime and mold. The iron was deeply rusted and the place itself smelled abominably stale. O'Reilly surveyed this Aladdin's cave In a daze. He set his candle down, for his fingers were numb and unsteady. Cautiously, as if fearful of breaking some spell, he stooped and .tried to move one of the casks, but found that it resisted him as if cemented to the rock. He noted that its head was bulged upward, as if by the dampness, so he took his iron bar and aimed a sharp blow at the chine. A hoop gave way; another blow enabled him to pry out the bead of the cask. He stood blinking at the sight exposed, for the little barrel was full of coins--yellow coins, large and small. O'Reilly seized a handful and held them close to the candle flame; among the number he noted a Spanish doubloon, such young Esteban had found. He tested the weight of the otfter casks and found them equally heavy. Knowing little about gold, he did not attempt to estimate the value of theii contents, but he judged they must rep­ resent a fortune. With throbbing pulses he next lifted the lid of the nearest chest. Within, he discovered several compartments, each stored with neatly wrapped and labeled packages of varying shapes and sizes. The writ­ ing upon the tags was almost Illegible, but the first article which O'Reilly un­ wrapped proved to be a goblet of most beautiful workmanship. Time had long since blackened It to the appearance of pewter or some base metal, but he saw that It was of solid silver. Evidently he had uncovered a store of old Span­ ish plate. In one corner of the chest he saw a metal box of the sort In which valuable papers are kept, and after some effort he managed to break it opep. Turning back the lid, he found first a bundle of documents bearing Imposing scrolls and heavy seals. Despite the damp­ ness, they were in fairly good condl tion, and there was enough left of the writing to Identify them beyond all question as the missing deeds of patent to the Varbna lands--those crown grants for which Donna Isabel had searched so fruitlessly. But this was not all that the smaller box mtilntl Beneath the papers there were numer­ ous leather bags. These had rotted; they came apart easily in O'Reilly's fingers, displaying a miscellaneous as­ sortment of unset gems--some of them at first sight looked like drops of blood, others like drops of purest water. They were the rubles and the diamonds which had brought Isabel to her death. O'Reilly waited to see no more. Candle in hand, he crept out Into the we^ to apprise Rosa of the truth. "We've got, It! There's gold by the barrel and the deeds to your land. Yes, and the Jewels, too--a quart of them, I guess. I--I can't believe my eyes." He showed her a handful of coins. "Look at that I Doubloons, eagles! There ap­ pear to be thousands of them. Why, you're the richest girl in Cuba. Rubies, diamonds--yes, and pearls, too, I dare say--" He choked and began to laugh weakly, hysterically. r' "I've heard, about those pearls," Rosa cried, shrilly.» "Pearls from the Carib­ bean, as large as plums. Isabel used to babble about them in her sleep." ;«I found those deeds the first thing. The plantations are yours now, beyond any question." Rosa drew back from her precarious position, for she had grown limp from weakness and her head was whirling. As she rose to her feet she brushed something, somebody, some flesh-and- blood form which was standing almost over her. involuntarily she recoiled, toppling upon the very brink of the pit, whereupon a heavy hand reached forth- and seized her. She found herself staring upward into a face she had grown to know In her nightmares, a face the mere memory of which was enough to freeze her blood. It was a hideous visage, thick-lipped, fiat-fea­ tured, black; it was disfigured by a scar from Up to temple and out of It gleamed a pair of eyes distended and ringed with white, like the eyes of a man Insane. » For an Instant Rosa made no sound and no effort to escape. The appari­ tion robbed her of breath, it paralyzed her In both mind and body. Her first thought was that she had gone stark mad, but she had felt Cobo's hands upon her once before and after her first frozen moment of amazement she realized that she was in her fullest senses. A shriek sprang to her lips, she tried to fight the man off, but her weak struggle was like the fluttering of a bird. Cobo crushed her down, strangling the half-uttered cry. Terror may be so intense, so appal­ ling as to be unendurable. In Rosa's case a merciful oblivion overtook her. She felt the world grow black, fall away; felt herself swing dizzily through space. O'Reilly looked upward, inquiring, sharply, "What's the matter?" He heard a scuffling of feet above him, but received no answer. "Rosa I What frightened you? Rosa I" There was a moment of sickening suspense, then he put his shoulder to the timbers he had displaced and, with a violent shove, succeeded in swinging them back into place. Laying hold of the rope, he be­ gan to hoist himself upward. He had gone but a little way, however, when, without warning, his support gave way and he fell backward; the rope came pouring down upon him. "Rosa!" he called again in a voice thick from fright. Followed an instant of silence; then he flattened himself against the side of the well and the breath stuck In his throat. Into the dim circle of radiance above a head was thrust--a head, a pair of wide, shoulders, and then two arms. The figure bent closer, and O'Reilly recognized the swarthy features of that man he had seen at the Matanzas rail­ road station. There could be no doubt of it--it was Cobo. The men stared at each other silent­ ly, and of the two Cobo appeared to be the more intensely agitated. After a moment his gaze fixed itself upon the opening into the treasure chamber and remained there. As if to make entirely sure of what he had overheard, he stretched his body farther, supporting it by his outfiung arms, then moved his head from side to side for a bet­ ter view. He seemed to rock over the mouth of the well like a huge, fat, black spider. He was the first to speak. "Am I dreaming? Or--have you really discovered that treasure?" he queried. O'Reilly's upturned face was ghast­ ly. He wet hla lips. He managed to whisper Rosa's name. "The riches of the Varonas I What a find 1" Cobo's teeth shone white in the grin of avarice. "Yes, I see now--a cavern In the rock. Well, well! And you are the spirit of Sebastian, chained in the bowels of La Curabre. Ha! These are the ghosts--" He began to chuckle, hut the sound of his malevo­ lent merriment was like the hiccough­ ing of a drunken man. "Rosa! What huve yon done--" Cobo ran on unheeding: "It must be great treasure, indeed, from all ac­ counts--the ransom of a dozen kings. That's what Cueto said, The ransom of a dozen kings!' Those were his very words." The fellow continued to sway him­ self back and forth, peering as if his eyes were about to leave his head. For a long moment or two he utterly disre­ garded O'Reilly, but finally as he gained more self-control his gaze shift­ ed and his expression altered. He changed his weight to his left arm and with his right band be drew bis re­ volver. ••What are you doing?" O'Reilly cried, hoarsely. The colonel seemed vaguely sur­ prised at this question. "Fool 1 Do you expect me to share it with fCUf be 1% quired. "Walt! There's enough--for all of us," O'Reilly feebly protested; then, as he heard the click of the cocked wwpom "Ml 111 pay you well--make you rich." In desperation he raised his shaking hand to dash out the candle, but even as he did so the colonel spoke, at the same time care­ fully lowering the revolver hammer. "Yon are right What am I thinking about? There must be no noise. Caramba! A pretty business that would be. wouldn't it? With my men running up here to see What It was all about No, no! No gunshots, no disturbance of any kind. You under­ stand what I mean, eh?" His face twisted Into* a grin as he tossed the revolver aside, then under­ took to detach a stone from the crum­ bling curb. "No noise!" he chuckled. "No noise whatever." O'Reilly, stupefied by the sudden ap­ pearance of this monstroda creature, stunned by the certainty of a catas­ trophe to Rosa, aWoke to the fact that this man Intended to brain him where he stood. In a panic he cast his eyes abotft him, thinking to take shelter In the treasure-cave, but that retreat was closed to him, for he had wedged the wooden timbers together at the first alarm. He was like a rat In a pit ut­ terly at the mercy of this maniac. And Cobo was a maniac at the moment; he had so far lost control of himself as to allow the stone to slip out of his grasp. It fell with a thud at O'Reilly's feet causing the assassin to laugh once more. "Ho, ho!" he hiccoughed. "My lin­ gers are clumsy, eh? But there is no need for haste." He stretched out his arm again, laid hold of another missile, and strained to loosen it from its bed. "Jewels! Pearls the size of plums! And I a poor man! I can't believe It yet." He could not detach the stone, so he fumbled farther along the curb­ ing. "Pearls, indeed! I would send a dozen men to hell for one--" O'Reilly had been standing petrified, his body forced tightly against the rough surface behind him, following with strained fascination the deliberate movements of the man above him; now he saw Cobo, without the least appar­ ent reason, twist and shudder, saw him stiffen rigidly as if seized with a sud­ den cramp, saw his eyes dilate and heard him heave a deep, .whistling sigh. O'Reilly could not Imagine what ailed the fellow. For an eternity, so It seemed, Cobq remained leaning upon his outspread arms, fixed in that same attitude of paralysis--It looked almost as If he had been startled by some sound close by. But manifestly that was not the cause of his hesitation, for his face became convulsed and an ex­ pression of blank and utter astonish­ ment was stamped upon it. The men stared fixedly at each other, O'Reilly with his head thrown back, Cobo with his body propped rigidly upon wooden arms and that peculiar shocked Inquiry in his glaring eyes. But slowly this expression changed; the colonel bent as If beneath a great weight, his head rose and turned back upon his neck, he filled his lungs with another wheezing sigh. His teeth ground together, his head began to wag upon his shoulders; It dropped lower and lower; one hand slipped from its hold and he lurched forward. An Instant he hung suspend­ ed from the waist; then he appeared to let go limply as all resistance went out of his big body. There came a warning rattle of dirt and mortar and pebbles; the next Instant he slipped Into the well and plunged headlong down-upon O'Reilly, an avalanche of lifeless flesh. Johnnie shielded himself with his up- flung arms, but he was driven to his knees, and when he scrambled to his feet, half stunned, it was to find him- prehend. It seemed a miracle. Indeed, until he looked closer. Tlien he un­ derstood. Cobo lay in a formless, bone­ less heap; he seemed to be all arms and legs; his face was hidden, but be­ tween his shoulders there protruded the crude wooden handle of a home­ made knife to which a loop of cord was tied. , O'Reilly stared stupidly at the weapon; then he raised his eyes. Peer­ ing down at him out of the night was another face, an impertinent, beardless, youthful face. He uttered Jacket's name, and the boy answered with a smile. "Bring my knife trith you wnen yon come" the latter directed. , "You!" The American's voice was weak and shaky. "I thought--•" He set the candle down and covered his eyes momentarily* "That's a good knife, all right, and sharp, too. The fellow died in a hurry, eh? 'Who does he happen to be?" "Don't yeu know? It--It's Cobo." "Cobo! Cobo, the baby-killer t" Jacket breathed an oath. "Oh, that blessed knifeThe boy craned his small body forwafd until he was In danger of following his victim. "Now, this is good luck indeed ! And to think that he died just like any other man." "Rosa! Where is she?" O'Reilly In­ quired In a new agony of apprehension. "Oh, she is here," Jacket assured him, carelessly. "I think she has fainted." v •• "Help mp out <lolCk! Here, catch this rope." Johnnie managed'to fling the coil within reach of his little friend and a moment later he had hoisted himself from that pit of tragedj^,' 5 (TO BBS CONTINUED.); / fet; ART VS. BRICKS' IN SYDNEY Peculiar That Controversy In Australia Is Agitating Labor Circles. Here is a curious point of lair or logic presented In the Sydney («. S. W.) Bulletin. The musicians' union of Sydney charges the Melbourne eight hours' procession with something like scabbing because It decided that union­ ists, even If they don't belong to the musicians' organization, may play in Its own ranks on the annual gala day. There are arguments on both sides. It seems hard that a union bricklayer shouldn't be allowed to blow his own cornet In his own demonstration on a holiday, yet If he found a professional cornet-player laying bricks on a Good Friday he might object. Of coarse the man in the procession isn't playing for hire, but then It wouldn't Improve things much if the cornet-player laid bricks gratis.' The bricklayer might argue that there are a certain number of bricks that vmust be laid, so the cornet- player would be doing another man, out of a job, while there isn't any fixed amount of miislc that must be blown, so an amateur might blow ft sample or two without depriving any other man of a crust And the brick­ layer probably says that the cornet- player couldn't 'lay bricks decently if he tried, t^ which the cornet-player possibly replies that the bricklayer can't make music. To some extent It Is a struggle be­ tween art and materialism. Musrtc properly played Is capable of arousing the highest and noblest emotions of which the soul is capable; a brick, even if properly laid, Isn't And soul isn't a thing to be lightly despised. But here the tangible bumps against the Intangible. Nobody has seen a soul, while almost everybody has seen a brick. * Origin Claimed by Turks. According to the Osmanli historians, the original Turk was a grandson of Noah. Though there were oply eight people In the ark when It was first floated, there were nine, It Is asserted, when .It landed at Mount Arrat. The additional one was the eldest son of Japhet, born during the flood. His name was Turk. A descendant In the fourth generation, one Allndje Khan, had two sons (twins) who were named Tartar-Khan and Mogul-Khan. Tartar was the father of the Turks; Mogul was the father of the Mongols. Turks and Mongols were thus closely related by birth, and the wars which at once broke out between them, and the rec­ onciliations that speedily ensued, had much of the nature of family quarrels The Turks were the more frequently triumphant, one Mongol throne after another yielding to their arms. Not till the Christian ^ra was well advanced did the ethnological name, of these chil« dren of Japhet appear in history. • It Was Cobo. self tn itter darkness. Thil1# wis' a heavy weight against his legs. With a strength born of horror and revulsion he freed himself; then hearing no sound and feeling no movement, be fumbled for the candle and with clumsy fingers managed to relight it Even after the flame had leaped out and he saw what shared the pit with him he could barely credit his senses. Tl|e na­ ture of his deliverance was uncanny, supernatural--it left him dozed. He had beheld death stamped upon Cobo's writhing face even while the fellow braced himself to keep from falling, but what force had effected the phe­ nomenon, what unseen hand had strick­ en him, Johnnie waa at a leas to com- Serbs and French Capture First and Second Line Bulgar < iPositions.^ *~>>h % * : After Being Relieved of Oft -. «anic Trouble by Lydxa E. * PinMbam'* Vegetable , ; rrV-v'3 mmmm mm Aftfofi' la Only Pritl̂ de to tiiWNtant i Offensive In Which British ifti Greeks Will Take ^ •'s V, Pvt. " London, Sept. i8. The cloture "of the first' and second line Bulgarian positions along a tea-mile section of the Doiran-Vardar front on Sunday was announced by A. J. Balfour, the foreign secretary, at a reception to the Greek delegation. He referred to this, which Involved the taking of 800 prisoners and ten guns as the prelude to an important offensive, bringing greater triumphs in which the British and Greek troops would take an equal and glorious part" Washington, Sept 18.--Launching of an offensive against the Bulgarians oh the Salonlki front,by the reorgan­ ised Serbian army, In co-operation with French forces, and the capture of three stlrongly fortified Bulgarian posi­ tions, is announced in an official Ser­ bian communication received here from Salonlki. The positions taken are Teak Vetre- nik, Dobropolle and the Mountain Sokol, which tfie Bulgars had held for the last , two and a half yeat-sj and were regarded as their strongest places. Starting Sunday after artillery prep­ aration, the Serbians and French moved forward, reaching their objec­ tives arid were still going whe% Mon­ day's dispatch was filed. The communication follows: Salonlki, Sept, lS.--After necessary artillery preparation, started on Sep­ tember 14, the Serbian army, in co­ operation with French troops, attacked on September 15 the strongly organ­ ized Bulgarian positions on the front-- Teak Vetrenlk (4,724 feet), Dobropolle (5,577 feet) and Mountain Sokol (4,637 feet). These positions represent by far the most important points held by the enemy on the Salonlki front and the Bulgarians have been fortifying them for the last 30 months. "Ouir attack has been completely successful; the enemy front Is now pierced, and all three of the mentioned positions are in our hands. We have taken several hundred Bulgarian pris­ oners, numerous guns and great quan­ tities of other war materials.. Our op­ eration continues." , WOMEN BURN WILSON WORDS 8uffragists Call Upon President White House and Then Scorn Promise. ' * at Washington, Sept 18.--"I am, as I think you know, heartily in sympathy with you. I have endeavored to assist you in every way in my power, and I shall continue to do so. I will do all I can to urge the passage of this amendment by an early vote." This was President Wilson's reply to Democratic women of the National American Woman Suffrage association who went to the White House to ask him to use his Influence dto bring about a vote on the federal suffrage amend­ ment before the November elections. Two hours afterward, before a crowd of 2,000 cheering men and women. Miss Lucy Branham of the National Wom­ an's party stood on the base of the La­ fayette statue, opposite the White house, and burned a "scrap of paper" containing the president's words. "We take these empty words spoken by President Wilson and consign them to the flames. This is a symbol of tlTe indignation of American women at the treatment given by the president to their plea for democracy." HUN RAIDER IS SHOT DOWN One-Man Pontoons. Kidding bridges under ftr*, the greatest ordeal that the army engi­ neers of Other campaigns were sub­ jected to, bids fair to go out of fash- Ion. In future a regiment going across a stream will, if a recent invention meets with approval, merely wade Into the stream and drift across, meantime utilizing both hands to manipulate his rifle. The new invention is a sort of glori« fled "water wings" arrangement and Is adapted to the fording of deep streams without the necessity of bridge building. The encircling buoy is blown up by the soldier. It holdi him upright In the water with hi* shoulders and arms clear of the eur« face. In experiments recently con« ducted a man made several bull's" eyes on a target 800 yards away while floating across the stream. f , Not Always *• ~jy young fellow who's calling oil your daughter, Smith, ha* a lot of •go' in him." "Not any to.n^^WMtf||; cm my daughter" "• t French Destroy Huge' German Plane Oyer Paris--Bodies of Thr$e ̂V-' Qermana Found* ̂ /. - ."tStffcS, -'ilept 18.--A giant 45feMMra plane was brought down by the Paris anti-aircraft guns in Sunday night's raid on the capital. The bodies of three Germans were found amid the wreckage. x Several enemy aerial squadrons flew over the region of Paris early Monday morning. They were subjected to a heavy anti-aircraft fire, but succeeded, in dropping some bombs. There were a few victims and some material dam­ age, according to an official report f French Deputy Dies of Wounds. - Paris, Sept, 18.--Abel Ferry, mem­ ber of the chamber of deputies, Is dead from wounds received at the front Australia In Loan Drive. Melbourne, Austraia, Sept. 18.--The Deventh Australian war loan campaign was inaugurated enthusiastically. Act­ ing Premier Watt sold the first bond to the lord mayor. It Is hoped to raise $200,000,000 in a month's campaign. EU Taft Calls Peace League. Ne* York, Sept. 18.--William Taft president of the League to En­ force Peace, called a special meeting of the league here to discuss the Aus­ trian peace proposals. Mr. Taft on his way here from Washington. Strike on Missouri Road. Joplin, Mo., Sept. 18.--Train serv­ ice on the Missouri & North Arkansas railroad after today will be interrupt­ ed pending the settlement of a shop­ men's strike. Trainmen said they would not operate trains. barn's jK&v.*jt •fetabU Comp>uid fOT an orw . . gatSTixouble which pnUed me down v» wl eooldnotpatm] foot to DIE floor MM eould scarce ̂do my work, and as I ihr*f ̂ on a small r '"made it very] rme. **i,aaw the ConH '̂̂ pound advertised rsa my health so I can do all my work i 1 am so grateful that I am recommence ins it to my friends.Mrs. D. M# ALTERS, R. R. 4, Oregon, m. Only women whohave suffered the tor*, tores of such troubles and have i along from day to day can relief which this famoos root and hi remedy, LydiaE, Pinkham's V«_ Compound, brooght to Mrs. Alters. , Women everywhere in Mrs, Alters*! „ condition should profit by her reebm->;̂ '-X mendation, and if there are any com* plications write Lydia E. Pinkhain'tf V*. Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. ̂ The result of thefr 40 years experience ̂ is at your service. - MEN AND Kidney trouble preys up» on the mind, discourage^ , and lessens ambttlonE beauty, vigor and cheerl ,v tlJVrFVNF fulness often disappear " when the kidneys are out of order or diseased. For good results?? ' use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great ; i kidney medicine. At druggists In largef and medium size bottles. Sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also pamphlet. .k Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamtonji- .. N. Y., and enclose ten cents. When writ#,: 'v , ing mentlon this paper. 3l» Skin Tortured Babies Sleep After Cuticnra AO druggist*: SttpaOtatunt SBandGO,TalenmS. Sample eaeh ma ofBrtlcn, Itopt. B, BnWn " Yet the man who squanders $2 fol a, marriage license is not necessarily looking for trouble. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be by local applications as they cannot r®acl| the diseased portion of the ear. There " only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafnesap and that is by a constitutional remedy}.- HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE acti through the Blood on the Mucous Surface# of the System. Catarrhal Deafness la caused by an inflamed condition of thf mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube$ When this tube is inflamed you have 4. rumbling soun* or imperfect hearing, an#; when it is entirely closed, Deafness is th», result. Unless the SnflarrnHailoii can bs re* duced and this tube restored to its nor* mal condition, hearing may be destroy® forever. Many cases of Deafness at caused by Catarrh, which is an Inflame condition of the Mucous Surfaces. ONE HUNDRED DOT,LARS for ease of Catarrhal Deafness that ca be cured by HALL'S CATAI MEDICINE. . , , All Druggists 75c. Circulars freesi P. J. Cheney ft Ce., Toledo; Ohlaj^ ^^'J HARDLY WHAT YOU EXPECTE Story Reada Like Opening Linea of Elinor Glyn Novel, but You Will Find It Isn't. uv It w<Ald have been the night before Christmas--had Christmas fallen ou the following day. However, it didn't^ But no matter. She was expectant^ that he would come that night to makd her a proposal. Things must be talked over. £he wondered how her husband would feel if the worst came to the worst. He arrived. ' She led him' Into the parlor and bade him be seated. Nof•' a word was exchanged for a moment* She looked toward the door expect­ antly, but In vain. Then she turned her gaze on the man. How old h|^ looked; how careworn. ' ; V" He met her gftze. He did not fllnchi. He opened his mouth as if to spealfe-^ but his lips closed again as he heard footsteps approaching the door. Thj| husband entered the room. "I have been thinking it over," sal# the man, as the husband took a sesf|# near him, "and I don't see how I cap possibly paper the dining room and kitchen for less than $15."-^ladJflUW lis News. ' , ?4 Overdevelopment. "Don't you think that fishing is goo4| «terciseV " ••Yes--for the Imagination." m. l & •Am •"2 * "ifi+T Mi • v** ;vsy Cuts Paper to Farm Editors. Washington, Sept. 18.--Fifteen per cent reduction in the consumption of print paper by agricultural periodicals beginning October 1 has been ordered Pfjby the pulp and paper •ectto«p<at th« I^ar Industries board. V; P0STUM! ~-you h®91* more ana more when one Is asked what he'll have for his morn­ ing drink, s ' « Uelidh-tfal aroma and xaste,and free­ dom from •the dis­ comforts ihat go with coffee. Nourishing health-* ful, economical. No WASTE AT ail- an important item these days. 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