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id v 3-t rt •>* ^ v ,k}- » • ~Wvi * A Il« IM TV* AC By MILLICENT E. MANN OopvrlKht, iwm. by I.l CAS-LINVOLN CO. CHAPTER XI. $§¥'-• » } f* i\r if-f- \ I *««t One I Have Met Before. V-;? I descended the flight of stone steps belonging to the Bow Street mansion abore sedately than I had ascended tlhem. I held myself in check, for hie Joy of the anticipated encounter was itirring within me. "Three days from How," seemed ages away; "three days." in which I must wait before I •hould meet this braggard, and after kim the cithers. Happily, by that time the King's business would be over. I gave myself up to thought. Sir Tflaoul Dwight was the cousin'of the woman I loved. If I put a dot to his fife by a slaecado, what then? Would Hi stress Rosemary Allyn ^think with Amiability of the man who had given M coup 8e grace to "Cousin Raoul?" Such an event would be putting an «nd to my own existence, for an e*T tstenee without my lady would be blank indeed to me. I would give %im a slight pink, I decided, yet •nough to lay him up for a time, since ,'t owed him malice. It is true that women either love or ;ttfcte: \ would have her love. It is lequally true that women are to be won; I would win her. As a man puts his hand to the plow and sows. «o shall he reap. Should I some day yluck sweet fruit in that fair garden? ft was worth striving for, and we Waters did not bear the motto, "Sic "Volo," for naught. . I turned into Drury Lane. I passed sedan chair and inadvertently I iked up. Surprised, I looked again. Then I stopped, for in that elegant Conveyance who should sit quite at fcer ease but Mistress Rosemary Allyn's maid--the red-headed maid of Castle Drout--Oh. ye gods! think of tt--a waiting maid in a sedan chair and most gorgeous attendants! It Itad not taken her long to use my fetter of credit, as I had called the promise of marriage, and it looked as "Let me pass, good people," she said saucily; "why obstruct:, the street?" And she alighted with all the airs of a grande dame--the jade! She swept past the crowd disdainfully, paying no heed to their nudgings or loud\ whispers, as they commented upon her form and features, even is farmers at a country fair upon their p^ize stock. \ She beckoned ine to follow. We went,' up a narrow stairway and en- tered a room on the second story. She threw herself intb a chair, while she motioned me to i&nother. "Now, my line gentleman," quoth she. "what complaint have you to make of Nell Gwyn?" ; ( 'Nell Gwyn!" I echoed. "Yes, Nell Gwyn," she mimicked, and made a moue at me. My face, no doubt, w«s expressive of many things, and she burst into lailghter--a laughter of Drury Lane, not Westminster. ' Nell Gwyn, the actress," I meditat­ ed; "that explains all." I took off my hit and swept her a bow. **I must brave your pardon--you will grant it, since I can pay you no higher compliment than by saying your act­ ing was to tha life." "There--there--ho sweets," she put in quickly; "no sweets, I pray. I get quite enough of them. I like best the flavor of that rugged country of yours. Truly I enjoyed that little comedy with an audience of one more than all my performances at the old Drury." "The handsome youth with whom I fought," I scarcely dared ask, "was he also of your calling." "Well hardly," she muttered. Then, throwing back her elaborately-cov­ ered head, said: "Still he played no mean part that day--I almost envied him." "You do not mean to imply that it was Mistress Rosemary Allyn?" I gasped. "Your father," she wh ispered, K ike had used it to some effect She motioned the man to set her <k>wn near where I waited. She had not seen me. I went up to her with a cynical smile upon my face and care­ lessly bending over her whispered: , "The sought is found without seek- r/IS* my pretty maid of Castle Drout." < > At my words she raised her eyelids baughtily lowered from the good-nat­ uredly insolent gaze of the bystand- v flrs, and a faint smile crossed her lips, r I answered her smile with: "Do ; all lady's maids ride in sedan chairs, s and have the world gape at them in London town?" - "Why not?" Again she smiled and tossed her head. Her self-conceit was •mazing. Then: "So--you hav? tak­ en my advice and, come to London." ; "Yes,* I nodded. "You expected '» *®*" •• • \ "Expected you?" Bhe queried;} "why V; mv . *• >• "Since I said I would come," said I. * "Oh, yes, I remember you said you a message for a lady," she re- turned. This was rather too much--to be | put on the level of a lady's maid like • lackey. "You should know, since she la or Uras your mistress," 1 sneered. "Mistress! Ah, yes," she muttered. 'Have you met her yet?" "I have seen her," I admitted, "byt at your hands I expect a more aus­ picious meeting, although you have £. Come up considerably in the world Mince I saw you last." f I glanced significantly at her re- ,|inue of servants. It had not taken v fcer long to become au fait with the ^ ' |aannerism8 of the London world, for ; V ilhe answered me with the audacity of ' • " that world: "Yes, rather nice, isn't It? And you, my lord, too, are quite a figure-- Quite a ijgure." ' • • She looked at me critically. "Enough of persiflage," said I, ibortly. "My business with you con­ cerns a paper, stolen by deft finger*-- fat, pink-palmed hands with tapering Sngers, even as your own." "Like mine?" she asked, and held 4hem up. They were encased in em- '|>roidered gloves. . "Have done with acting," I said fharply. "Where is the i>aper?" "Paper," she reiterated, still good fiumoredly; "I know not of what you speak--but come, man, wouldst stop the traffic of the street with your bulk?" * A crowd made up of gentlemen of fashion, apprentices, street gamins, 'Charwomen, etcetera, had collected •'•About us. They blocked the way in their desire to ogle the pretty maid, my bulk had naught to do with it. I •heard such exclamations as: " 'Tis she--"His Majesty likes them bold and brown"--"They fall like ripe , plums jta W» pretty darling." -ht.• & I question: "Does not all the wwrld love a lover?" Then: "I will help you, since I like you, and also be­ cause I do not think Rosemary is suited to Raoul Dwight. But you will do well to remember that b# is her cousin." "I shall not forget It," I safd grimly, "SOT tKaf T f/invi/l V* I rj* Kjjf K 1 I and figuratively at her feet while his lips were yet hot from swearing love for Lady Felton." "I see I shall have to tell you who has the paper, since you are so dense you cannot guess it," she said. "Mis­ tress Rosemary Allyn." "Ah!" I cried, "it could not be in better keeping. Tell her to guard it closely until such time as I shall ask ft of her to return to the lady named within it. Bid her cherish the secret so the bloods about town, especially Raoul Dwight, get not hold of it. Give her also assurances of my af­ fection, and whisper a gcfod word for me into her dainty ear." "Have I not promised to speed your wooing? Is not Nell Gwyn's word worth something?" "Indeed, yes--and4! thank you," I hastened to say. Before I left she gave me as much encouragement as this: that my lady was a wayward creature (as If I did not know), but if I would persevere --we--she would not say, but I was vastly heartened; so much so that as I bent over her hand, saying my adieu, her saucy cheeks tempted me, remembering the time I had not hesitated. I take virtue to myself in my self-denial, still I believe in show­ ing a good pair of heels at suelt a time, and I waited only to ask: "Who was in the coach with you when it stopped at the White Swan inn?" "It was, of course, Mistress Rose­ mary Allyn," she answered. (To be continued.) DVSPEPSU YIELDS A JxHE YEAB&' VICTIM FINDS A , BEMEDY THAT CURES. MANILA TO BE REBUILT. is he dead?" Again Mistress 'Nell Gwyn went off Into paroxysms of laughter. Yes, Rosemary Allyn," she af­ firmed. "We shall have to have her at the Drury, she maketh so good an actress." "My God!* I ejaculated. "What if I had wounded her?" 'A miss is as good as a mile,'" she quoted, with volatility. "She has a wrist like steel; and it is not the first time that she has stood up before one of your sex and come off victorious." "That is why she said that I had obliged her before," I mused. "You have seen her, then?" she asked. Then I thought it best to tell her of that meeting from which I had but just come--it would not be an unwise thing to have a friend at Court, and Nell Gwyn, mistress of the King, would be no mean friend. It amused her immensely, for I explained to her who I really was, and my station in life, which I do not. think was all new to her. While stopping at Castle Drout I Imagine the women had had curiosity enough to find out what they could concerning me. "My dear lady," at length I said, for she had begun to order her maid about preparatory to changing her gown for a peignoir, as she wished to rest before the evening performance, "no doubt your time is precious, but before I go I beg of you to tell me what you have done with the paper you cleverly took from - my pocket that day you masqueraded so finely?" "Who said I took a paper from your pocket?" she queried. "Do .not trifle with me, sweet Mis­ tress Nell," I begged. "Well, first let me know what you intend doing with it?" she asked. "Dear Mistress Nell, you would not have me lightly throw away a paper containing a promise of marriage with so renowned a beauty as my Lady Felton?" I returned. "Um--" she smiled and her hands played with the tassels of her gown coquettishly; "have -you ever seen her?" she asked. No,' I replied. "You see there is something in store for me, since all the sparks of town'are mad for love of her." "The town seems divided between the two beauties--Mistress Rosemary Allyn and Lady Felton." She spoke sarcastically. "Not divided," I corrected her. "They seem to serve with equal loy­ alty both Mistresses." "The man from Long Haut, how ever, swears allegiance only to a fair lady %ith big blue eyes--is it not so?" she asked. "If I plead guilty to the charge, can I rely upon the discretion and help of another fair lady with glowing Mack eyes?" I inquired. / She answered my quertVifL wltfe % Work Begun to Make It Medel City of the Orient. Plans have been perfected and the work begun of rebuilding Manila and making it the beautiful city of the Orient. It will not only be clean and healthful, with wide streets and at­ tractive plazas, but it will be a capi­ tal of art as well. It is seldom that such an opportunity has presented itself in the Orient to make a model city, says the World's Work, and the insular government, with the active co-operation of the United States gov­ ernment, is taking every advantage of it. For example, for years open ditches throughout the city have been used for sewage purposes, so that the pub­ lic health has been put in jeopardy. These ditches will be made into clean canals, spanned by numerous bridges. Pleasure boats will ply on them. A complete sanitary sewerage system will replace the present ditches. But the most interesting feature of the reconstruction of the city is the preservation of the famous Walled City, which was erected 300 yearB ago to repel the Spanish and Dutch invad­ ers. This Walled City has a distinct­ ly historical as well as a picturesque value. She work of filling in 155 acres ad­ joining Mallaco will give Manila an ideal pleasure ground for all the peo­ ple. This drive is a favorite resort, and the view is said to be one of the most beautiful in all the Philippine islands. Bandstands will be erected for popular concerts. Another impor­ tant step is the construction of a com­ plete waterworks system, for which there has been a bond issue of $4,000,- 000. The water will be piped from the Mariquina valley, fifteen miles away. . NO ROYAL ROAD TO HEALTH Tor Two Tears Too Weak to Work--A T>og*M Treatment That Succeeded. All sufferers from weakness or disor­ ders of the digestive organs will read with lively interest the story of the com­ plete recovery of Mrs. Netttie Darvoux from chronic dyspepsia which was thought to be incurable. " To be ailing for niue years is not a very pleasant experience," said Mrs. Darvoux, when asked for some account of her illness. " For two years I was uritically ill and could not attend to my household duties, and at one time I was so weak and miserable that I could not aven walk. My trouble was chronic dys­ pepsia. I became extremely thin and had a sallow complexiou. I had ho ap­ petite aud could not take any food with- Dut suffering great distress." " Did you have a physician ?" •' Yes, I took medicine from a dozen iifferent doctors, hut without getting *ny benefit whatever." . "How did you get on'the track of a sure?" "A book about Dr.Williams'Pink Pills was thrown in our doorway one day. My husband picked it up and read it ikrongh carefully. He was so impressed by the statements of those who had been jured by that remedy that he imrae- liately bought three boxes of the pills ind insisted on my taking them," Did they help you at once?" I began to feel better the second day lifter I started to use the pills and by the itme I had taken the three boxes I was jutirely well. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills jan cure even when doctors fail, aud they cure thoroughly, for a long time has passed since my restoration to health md I know it is complete and lasting." The surest way to make sound diges­ tion is to give strength to the organs con­ cerned: Dr. Williams' Pink Pills give new vigor to the blood. No other rem­ edy yields such radical resnlts. Mrs. Darvoux lives at No. 497 Sixth street, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists in every part of the world. Dyspeptics should send to the Dr. Williams Med­ icine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for a new booklet entitled " What to Eat and How to Eat." The Only Conclusion These Two Men Could Arrive At. Two healthy men talked. "I attribute my condition," aald the first healthy man, "entirely to my manner of life. I rise at 6 o'clock every morning, take a cold bath--" ! "A cold'bath!" exclaimed the second healthy man. "Ugh! It makes me shudder." "Yes, sir," repeated the first healthy man. "A cold b'ath--just as the water runs, mind you--and then a light breakfast of milk and toast. After breakfast I walk five miles in very light clothes; in fact, I never wear an overcoat all winter. For dinner I eat a chop, and after dinner another walk of five miles. In the evening I have a plain supper and am in bed by 10. I don't drink and don't smoke." "Well," said tlte second healthy man, "that wouldn't suit me at all. I lie abed as long as I can in the morn­ ing. Then I get up, dress in a warm room, so as to be thoroughly comfort­ able. eat a hearty breakfast of buck­ wheat cakes, flshballs and coffee, and ride to business--for I never walk or take any exercise if I can help it. At noon I eat a big luncheon, and at night I get outside of a six-course dinner. I smoke ten cigars a day and drink what I please." The first healthy man looked at him in amazement. "How, then," he nxclaimed, "do you account for the fact thai we are both so blamed healthy?" "It must be," said the second healthy man, as he lighted another ci­ gar, "because each of us does what he pleases, in spite of the other."--Life. Necessity Knows No Law. "It's a remarkable thing," said Sim­ eon Ford the other day, "how some men never find out tha£ they can make a speech until they Just have to do it. They remind me of a dog that belonged to a Western friend of mine. He was a good dog, and my friend never tired of bragging about what he had done and could do. "Well, one day be was telling a crowd that that dog could tree any­ thing. 'Why, he even treed a coyote one day,' said my friend. " 'Oh, come now,' eaid a cowboy who was listening; 'that's a little too steefl for us. Your dog might have outrun the coyote, but everybody knows that a coyote can't climb a tree.' " 'Of course a coyote can't climb a .tree,' my friend replied, 'but that coy­ ote just had to.'" Named. May--What's the name of your fav­ orite Lenten hymn? f- Eva--Mine is Archibald. iyrP Her "Panes" Accounted For. Ant American woman underwent an operation in Paris, but as her health did not improve she submitted to an­ other operation in Germany. Still she was not well, and returned to Paris, where, at the third operation, the surgeon discovered in the depths of the operation wound a pair of eye­ glasses. The patient, who is fully recovered, does not know whether she should re­ turn the eye-glasses to the French or the> German surgeon. The Ger­ man surgeon, says the Medical Rec­ ord, is in an embarrassing position, for either he lost the eye-glasses or he failed to find them when he op­ erated. Great Activity Is shown without any disagreeable after-effects, by Dr. Caldwell's (laxa­ tive) Syrup Pepsin, in going to the seat of your trouble, when you are a victim of Constipation, Biliousness, Headache, Indigestion, Dizziness, etc. It gently but firmly drives out the poisons that are causing your illness, and braces up all your internal orsans to do their proper work. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. 8imple Life Led by Pope. Pope Plus goes on as he began, preaching and practicing the simple life. He has been reducing display on the one hand and salaries on the other. This, as may be imagined, is not quite satisfactory to the hosts of persons employed about the Vatican. While thus discouraging luxury, the pontiff remains as affable and access­ ible as ever to friends of former days. Some Revised Wisdom. (From "The Entirely New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom, for 1905.") Actresses will happen in the best regulated families. Nothing succeeds like--failure. Pleasant company always accepted. Only the young die good. Never too old to yearn. Society covers a multitude of tins^ {Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.) Among the women's magazines none will be read with greater interest than the May "Delineator," which ap­ pears with a varied and attractive tjible of contents. The news of ihe fashion world is reported in a number of special articles, and the choicest of the season's dress productions are il­ lustrated. An Admission. He--I'm afraid you are fond of ad-, miration. ^ She--Well, I like it better than I like some of my admirers. WHKaK 18 FARMING MOST PROFITABLC, where are the conditions most Favorable for the Gen­ eral Farmer, the stock Kaiser. Krutt or Truck Grower, where are the ureateMt A<tvantat(e« for the Home- seekerl Government statistic* prove It Is In the Houth, la the Southern Uallway territory. We will fatU you about It. Write for Free Publications. 11. V. iUilltkrda Land aud Industrial Agent. Waahln^ton. D. C. Two girls were looking, at a window full of new spring hats. Said one: "Ain't that hat with the blue roses just quizzical,?" Wonderful language, curs. Those Who Have Tried It will use no other. Defiance Cold Wa* ter Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quality--18 oz. for 10 Cents. Other brands contain only 12 os. The Inventor of the cakewajk is dead. There is no cake where he ha? gone,s and the walking is very rocky. flto or nerri Great Nerve KestOfw BITC permanently enrwt. Ho flb • 11 w first day's use of Dr. Kline •r. Send for FBKB BI.OO trial bottle and treatise (tt-H.IL Ku»<UlL.*a An* Street, i'hlladelpUa, There are 462 different religions in thi8>country--yours and 461 imitations. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, the Great Kidney sod Liver Cure. World Famous. Write Dr. Kennedy's HOUS, Readout, N. Y , for free sample bottle. 'PlJOJt aqi jo .mo} s{q aqscu o) siveX ue&d8-i)uaA»s eiudA sainf xoo) H Few rarely leara how really little they are in fact. Planting a Fruit Tree. Multitudes of fruit trees are anno* Ally lost by being incorrectly planted. The careless man loses more trees than any other man simply because he tries to save trouble in the work of planting. He saves work in preparing the ground for the tree. The worst method is quite commonly followed, which is to merely dig a big hole in soil that has been for a long time un­ disturbed. The soli in the hole is loose, and soil around the sides and on the bottom is hjard packed. Often this hard packing is made worse by the men getting Into the hole and tramp­ ing it while shoveling out the dirt. This virtually "puddles" the bottom if the soil be moist, and this renders it almost impervious to water. Stock ponds are made water tight In that way When the tree is set in the hole and the dirt filled' in, the conditions are ripe for the killing of the tree at the first heavy rain. The hole becomes a sort of sink in which the water re­ mains. Air cannot get to the roots of the tree and hence no food can be ta­ ken iuto the system of the tree. When the warm days come, the tree sends 6ut its leaves, which are devel­ oped*'f^om the latent plant food stored up in the tree from the previous year. But no new food gets in, as the roots are immersed in water. After a little time the leaves on the tree begin to wither, and the owner wonders what is affecting the tree. In another month the tree if dead. The right way to plant a tree is t6 prepare all the ground by stirring It up thoroughly and providing some way to let off the water. Frequently the slope of the ground will do this, if the trees are not placed in mere holes. With the ground well stirred up the water that falls will not collect around the trunks of the newly set trees, and the soil will not be for any long time saturated with water. Trees .should not be set too deep. Some seem to think that the deeper a tree is set the better, but m6st Trees send out their roots near the surface of the ground. It is allowable to set a tree one or two Inches deeper than it was in the nursery row, as the ground is sure to settle some around it. If a tree is properly set and if it Is in good condition at time of setting there is ao reason why it «h|Ddd not e Strawberry Be Last spring we set a strawberry bed^ and it has come through the winter In good shape, even without a cover save the cover the show gave it. I am try­ ing a new method this time. The old strawberry bed was allowed to devel­ op great wide rows that in the second year filled up with weeds--wild let­ tuce, blue grass, dandelions and but­ tercups. We put the jchildren at work and succeeded in keeping out the weeds till after fruiting. But it is no easy task to get children to pull the weeds. They don't like to do it, and the urging that has to be done about equals the value of the strawberry, in my mind. In the fourth year of the old bed we got discouraged at the number of weeds and abandoned it. Then we set out a new bed a year ago, and this Is the plan we are following: We set the rows thirty inches apart. That is pretty close together, but we do not intend to permit the rows to get wider than six inches^ That will make It easy to use the wheeled hoe in cultiva­ tion and thus cover most of the sur­ face. The idea is to bring about a condition in which hand work in weed destruction will be very small in quantity. This is absolutely necessary on the farm, for in the season when weeds are growing most rapidly in the strawberry bed they are also growing most rapidly in the corn fields. The men on the farm will deem the corn field of more importance than the strawberry patch and will not culti­ vate the latter unless they can do it In a very short time. I find that when the rows of straw­ berry plants are kept narrow and the soil well cultivated between the rows the plants shade the ground directly under them, and the weeds do not start. The trouble with weeds comes where the plants are thinly set.--Min­ nie Lacker, Brown Co., 111. I Borers. Borfers always burrow in the base of the trunks of ; trees. The only way to fight them at this time of year is to inspect the trees and dig out the borers with a stiff wire. It is well to scrape all the loose ba*Sk off the trunks of the trees and whitewash them. This will at least make it easy to find the borers, and the whitewash will perhaps prevent to some extent tfa entraace of borers. \ • 1 - -- ' Trapping Canker Worm*. . Trap the canker worms by placing sticky bands .around the trees. If the worms cannot get up into the tree they cannot eat the leaves and must die. When the leaves have developed many cainker worms get to the ground in one way and another. They always crawl back onto the trees where not prevented by some device, the best of which is the cne mentioned. The Bud Moth. In all sections where the bud moth, has been prevalent last year the apple trees should be sprayed with Paris green or arsenate of lead before the buds open. The caterpillars of this moth feed upon the opening leaves. The spraying iihould be re­ peated a few days later. Spraying the Apple. The first spraying dt trees should be as soon as the Vblossoms fall to prevent the ravages of the curculio and codling moth. The sprafing should be with Paris green or ar­ senate of lead in Bor||aux mixture, keeping the foliage well covered with the mixture till the fruit „ is nearly grown. Orchardlsts are now awaking to the fact that the humus Jn the soil must be conserved. In the past the sol's of the orchards have been deprived of humus by too constant croppings. l\ - ; , ^ - i • 'J&i GOOD ROADS SPECIAL* _ £ The Burlington and Northern Pacific Hisads WH! nan Train to pacific Coast In Interest of Good Roads. Arrangements have been completed, between the National Good Roads ; Association and the officials of the Burlington and Northern Pacific roads, to install a Good Roads Special over these systems, to leave Chicago Wednesday, May 3. It Is to be known as the Burlington & Northern Pacific Lewis & Clark Good Roads Special, and will cover an itinerary oit 45 to 50 ! of the principal and most progressive cities of the systems. The object of this itinerary is for the agitation, education and organiza­ tion of communities for permanent improvement of primary roads, and to aid cities in questions of street pav­ ing, etc. Government experts and men of national reputation will go on this Special, and participate in the conventions. The entire arrange­ ments, so far as the Burlington sys­ tem is concerned, have been passed over to the charge of W. H. Manss, Industrial Commissioner. After com­ pleting the itinerary of Burlington cities the Special will continue from Billings to the Pacific Coast, over the Northern Pacific, and will hold a final convention the last of June, to be known as the Pacific Coast National Good Roads Convention. The full equipment of the Special is provided for by the Burlington and Northern Pacific roads, whose object is to aid the cities on their systems in the im­ provement of public roads. The first stops will be in seven or eight prin­ cipal cities of Illinois, then av number of cities in Missouri, also in Iowa, Ne­ braska, Wyoming, Montana, Washing- toa and Oregon. m ' OPERATION A¥01 DEB EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEV She Was Told That an Operation Was Inevitable. How She Escaped It When a physician tells a womao n^ ferine1 with ovarian or womb troulua. that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operating table strikes terror to -her heart,, ana" our hospitals are full of women cominj for ovarian or womb operations. ' * Nicholas Waa Swindled - When the autocrat of all the Rus- sias sent Queen Draga of Servia an emerald and diamond bracelet as a token of good will report had it that his imperial majesty has paid a very large sum for this ornament, yet when it sold in London the price given did not reach |2,500. Nicholas II. was probably charged a much higher amount and may have considered his present worth a small fortune. A Pessimistic View. Mr. Black--What? Yo' dror four kyards an' raise me when I done stand pat? Mr. Johnson--Dat's right. Yo' kin raise me back ef yo' fink it am bluff. Mr. Black--I reckon not. Yo'd neb- bah try to bluff me wif k pat hand an' sixty-five cents in de pot. AfgjiAtiargr&t Aferkley There cases where an operati#; is the only resource, but when one con­ siders the great number of cases of ovarian and womb trouble cured bar Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Com- r pound after physicians have advised V operations, no woman should submit to one without first-trying the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs, Pinkham. Lynn, Mass., for advice, which is free*., c Miss Margret Merlcley of 275 Third" Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Finkhun:-- " Low of strength, extreme nerveusnaM •hooting pains through the pelvic organs, bearing down pains and cramps compelled me to seek medical advice. The doetdr, aftw* making an examination, said I had ovariaa trouble and ulceration and adviaed an opera* tion. To this I strongly objected ami decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- 7 " pound. The ulceration quickly healed, att the bad symptoms disappeared and I m£ c once more strong, vigorous and well." '^ Ovarian and womb troubles are stead* * ily on the increase among women. If *' the monthly periods are very painful,' or too frequent and excessive--if yo#' % have pain or swelling low down in tha V left side, bearing down pains, leucor- rhcea. don't neglect yourself : try Lydift E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. L. H. Hammond's Southern novel, 'The Master-Word," is an interesting story of present day life in the phos­ phate counties of Tennessee. Its ten­ sion turns mainly on the problems created by race relations, but not "sensational." Its tone is sane, and the writer is not made hopeless ffy her thorough knowledge of the evils at­ tending the existence of the huge "la­ bor camps." (The - Macmillan Go., New York.) m « Mr. Robert H. Fuller's vivid adven­ ture story, Golden Hope," is a tale of the tiirf& of Alexander the Great; a riot of color, adventure and romance. The Macedonian jjjvasion of the Empire of Darius and the siege of Tyre are elements in its vivfiffliis- torical background. (The^Maeai411*n Co., New York) - < The secret of success ̂ purpose. Alab&stine Your Tl Walls X l ituck 1 • Just ask the doctor if there isn't danger o! disease in your walls. Don't take our word for it--ask him. Make him tell you. ^ There is only one perfectly sani­ tary and hygienic wall covering. That is Alabaatine--made from Alabaster rock--then colored with mineral colorings. H Alabastjnb is cleanly, becam is made from pure rock---AJabas' rock and pure water. It is n^t sti on with sour paste nor smelly glue. When your walls need covering, yq||.don't need to wash Alabastimb off. Just add another coat, for Ala- b*stine is antiseptic as well as beautiful. The most beautiful decor­ ations are possible with Alabastine. v Any decorator or painter can put It on. Yob could do It yourtelf. 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