Imtmmm !' '-ryh ; < \V$Y •Vd'v'A^ '"' ' >r > • 1 ; \ ? ' t - v » » - _ • • ? . - V V • • ? ' ; % ' ' - A ' 1 \.l ,'" ̂ <5 ̂ OHA&LEc? GL4/9A' /VZ//W CQPYPJGHT, *906, QrUDTH&QP, LEE UCHLPARD CO. iSi •YNOP8I8. ItcQuiro, a 16-year-old girt living t's place in the Maine woods' is •old by her father to Pete Bolduc, a half-breed. She runs away and reaches the camp of Martin Frisbie, occupied by Martin, his wife, nephew, Raymond Stet- ®on, ana guides. She tells her story and tscared for by Mrs. Frisbie. Journey of Friable's party into woods to visit father or Mrs. Frisbie, an old hermit, who has resided in the wilderness for many years. When camp is broken Chip and Ray oc cupy sam« canoe. The party reach camp of Mrs. Frisbie'a father and are wel comed by h'.m and Cy Walker, an old trlar.d and former townsman of the her- «alt They settle down for summer's •tay. Chip and Ray are in love, but no one realizes this but Cy Walker. Strange canoe marks found on iaWe shore in front of their cabin. Strange smoke i« seen «e«w*8 the lak«. Martin ami Levi leave tnr settlement to get officers to arrest McG'j're, who la known as outlaw and <hbc*p«<3. murderer. Chip's one woods friend, Toraah, an Indian, visits camp, Ray believes he sees a bear on the ridge. Chip is stolen by Pete Bolduc and «•- capes with her in & canoe. V CHAPTER VII (.--Continued. One, two, five minute* elapsed, and thten a sadden suspicion of something •wrong came to Old Cy, and, followed Iby Ray, he hurried to the landing. One pail of water stood on the float, ' both their canoes were adrift on the lake, and as Old Cy looked out, there, heading for the outlet, was a canoe! One swift glance and, "My God, he's got Chip!" told the story, and with face fierce in anger, he darted back, grasped his rifle, and returned. The canoe, its paddler bending low as he forced 4t into almost leaps, was scarce two lengths from the outlet. Old Cy raised his rifle, then low ered it fihip was in that canoe! His avenging shot was stayed. . ^nd noV Old Tomah leaped down the path, rifle in hand. One look at the vanishing eanoe, and his own, floating out upon the lake, told him the tale, and without a word he turned and, plunging into the undergrowth, leaping like a deer over rock and chasm, vanished at the top of the ridge. most side by side, waited there, out from behind this bend shot a canoe. "My God, it's iPete Bolduc! Look out!" almost yelled Levi, and "Halt! Surrender!" from Hersey, as two rifles were leveled at the oncomer. Then one instant's sight of a red and scarred face, a quick reach for a rifle, a splash of water, an overturned canoe and with a curse the astonished half- breed dived into the undergrowth. Two rifles spoke almost at the same instant from the waiting canoes, one answered from out the thicket. A thrashing, struggling something in the filled canoe next caught all eyes, and Levi, leapiftg into the waist-deep stream, grasped and lifted a dripping form. It wa» Chip! And then came another surprise; for down a sloping, thick-grown hillside, something was heard thrashing, and soon Old Tomah, his clothing in shreds, his face Needing, appeared to view. Calculating to a nicety where he could best intercept and head off the escaping half-breed, he had cros3ed four miles of pathless undergrowth In less than an hour, and reached the stream at the nearest point after It left the lake. How Chip, still sobbing from the awful agony of mind, and dripping water as well, greeted Old Tomah; how Hersey, chagrined at the escape of the half-breed, gave vent to mut tered curses; how Martin joined them in thought; and how they all gathered half-Breed's lust and sunning were m the fall of the leaf. Were it needful he would, as he had, plunge through bramble and brier and leap over rock and chasm to rescue his big pappoose, but now that she was safe again, he lapsed into his stoical reserve once his taste than all the pathos of human life; and while his eyes kindled at Chip's smile, his thoughts were follow ing some storm or tCmpsst Swooping over a vast wilderness, or the rush and roar of the great white spectre. "Chip is good girl," he said to Angle the next morning, "and white lady love her. Tomah's heart is like squaw heart, too; but he go away and forget. White lady must not forget," and with that mixture of tenderness and stoic ism he strode away, and the last seen of him was when he entered the out let without once looking back at the cabin where his "big pappoose" was kept. More serious, however, were the facts Martin arid Hersey now had to consider, and a council of war, as it were, was now held with Levi, Old Cy and the deputy as advisers. What the half-breed would now do, and in what way they could now cap ture him were, of course, discussed, and as usual in such cases, it was of no avail, because they were dealing with absolutely unknown quantities. He was now at large in this wilder ness, knew where the girt, and his ene mies were, and as Hersey said, "He had the drop on them." "I believe in standing by our guns," that officer continued, after all these conclusions had been admitted. "We are here to rid the woods of this scoundrel. We have fiv6 good rifles and know how to use them. The law is on our side, for he refused to sur render, and returned our shots; and if I catch sight of him,' I shall shoot to cripple, anyway." Old Cy's advice, however, was more pacific. "My notion is this feller's a coward ly cuss," he said, ""a sort o' human hyena. He'll never show himself in the open, but come prowlln' 'round nights, stealin' anything he can. He may take a pop at some on us from a-top o' the ridge; but I callate he'll ^ CHAPTER IX. Wh#e Chip, bound, gagged and help less in the half-breed's canoe, was Just entering the alder-choked outlet of this lake, 20 miles below and close to where the stream entered another lake, four men were launching their canoes. "It was hare," Martin was saying to Officer Hersey, "one moonlight night a year ago, that a friend of mine and myself saw a spectral man astride a log, just entering that bed of reeds, as I told you. Who or what it was, we could not guess; but as that spook canoeman went up this stream, we fol lowed and discovered our hermit's home." "Night-time and moonshine play queer pranks with our Imagination," Hersey responded. "I'm not a whit superstitious, and yet I've many a time seen what I thought to be a hunter creeping along the lake shore > at night, and I once came near plug- gig a fat man in a shadowy glen. I was up on a cliff, watching down into it, the day was cloudy, and 'way below I saw what I was sure was a bear crawling along the bank of the stream. I had my rifle raised and was only waiting for a better sight, when up rose the bear and I saw a human face. For a moment it made me faint, and since then I make doubly sure before shooting at any object in the woods." And now these four men, Levi wield ing the stern paddle of Martin's canoe, and Hersey's deputy that of his, en tered the broad, winding stream. The tall spruce-tops meeting darkened its currentless course, long filaments of whl£e moss depended from every limb and as they twisted and turned up this somber highway, the air grew stifling. Not a breeze, not a sound, disturbed the solemn silence, and except for the swish of paddles and faint thud as they touched gunwales, the fall of a leaf might have been heard. So dense was this dark, silent forest, and so for bidding its effect, that for an hour no one scarce spoke, and even when the two canoes finally drew together, con verse came in whispers. Another hour of steady progress, and then the banks began to outline themselves ahead, the trees opened more, a sign of current was met, and the son lit up their path way. ' By now the spectral beard had van ished from the trees, white clouds were reflected from the still waters, - and the gleam of sandy bottom was seen below. The birds, inspired per haps by the absence of gloom, also added their cheering notes. Nature was smiling once more, and not a hint or even intuition of the fast-near- ing tragedy met those men. And then, as a broad, eddying bend in the stream held their canoes, by tacit consent a halt was made. Martin, his paddle crossed on the thwarts in front, dipped a cup of the cool, sweet water and drank. Levi wiped the sweat from his fafce, and Hersey also quenched his thirst. The day was hot They had paddled ten , miles. There was no hurry, and as t pipes were drawn forth and filled, con- , versation began. But just at this mo ment Levi'B ears, ever alert, caught the faint sound of a paddle striking a canoe gunwale. Not as usual, in an in termittent fashion, as would be the Vvcase with a skilled canoeist, bat a " steady, rhythmic thud. "Hist," he said, and silence fell upon the group. And now, from far ahead, came the steady tap, tap, tap. It soon increased, and then It assured those waiting, lis tening men that some canoe was being urged down stream." Without a word they glanced at one another, and then, as if an intuition i came to both at the same time, Martin and Hersey reachecLfor their rifles. '» On and on came"%h ; thump. % And then, as those stern-faced, watch ing. listening men, rifles in band, al- J 4 ) -I Want a Good Square Talk with Ye, My Boy." ie steady thump. around Chip and listened to her tale of horror, are but minor features of the episode, and not worth the telling. When all was said and done. Old Tomah, grim and silent as ever, al though he had done what no white man could do or would try to do, washed his bloody face In the stream, drank his fill of the cool water, and lifting Pete's half-filled canoe as easily as if it were a shingle, tipped it, turned the water out, and set it on the slop ing bank.* "Me take you back and watch you now," he said to Chip. "You no get caught again." *. And thus convoyed, poor Chip, will ing to clasp and caress the feet or legs of any or all of those men, and more grateful than any dog ever was for a caress, was escorted back to the lake. All those waiting at the cabin were at the landing when the rescuers ar rived. Angie, her eyes brimming, first embraced and then kissed the girl, Ray would have felt it a proud priv ilege to have carried her to the cabin, and Old Cy's ^wrinkled face showed more joy than ever gladdened it in all his life before. Somehow this hapless waif had grown dearer to them all than she or they understood. ^here was also feasting and rejoic ing that night at Martin's wildwood home, and mingled with it all an oft- more. Shadowy forms and the mystic ism of the wilderness were more to repeated tale. Old Cy told one end of it In his droll way, Martin related the other, and Chip filled up the interim. Levi had his say, and Hersey supplied more or less--mostly more--of this half-breed's history. Old Tomah, however, said nothing. To hira, who lived in the past of a by gone i ace which looked upon lumber men as devastating vandals ever eat ing into its kingdom, and whose thoughts were upon the happy hunt ing-grounds soon to be entered, this never venture within gunshot day times. His sort is alius more skeered o' us'n we need be o' him." In spite of Old Cy's conclusions, however, the camp remained in a state of siege that day and many days fol lowing. Angie and Chip seldom strayed far from the cabin. Ray assumed the wa ter-bringing, night and morning. Old Cy and Levi patroled the premises, while Martin, Hersey, and his deputy hunted a little for game and a good deal for moccasined footprints or a sight or a sign of this half-breed. Hersey, more especially, made him his object of pursuit. He had come here for that purpose, his pride and reputation were at stake, and the thousand dollars Martin had agreed to pay was a minor factor. He and his mate passed hours in the mornings and lit* In the afternoon watching from wide apart outlooks on the ridge. They made long jaunts up the brook valley where the smoke sign had been seen, they found where this half-breed had built a fire here, and later another lair, a mile from the cabins and in this ridge. Long detours they made in other directions. Old Tomah's trail in tha fnrfiaf woo Amaenil • Mi«, viwodcu, Qui. ucituui *c?- forest nor on lake sHore were any re cent footprints of the half-breed found. Old ones were discovered in plenty. An almost beaten trail led from his lair in tbe ridge to a crevasse back of the cabins, but to one well versed in wood tracks, it was easy to tell how old these tracks were. A freshly made trail in the forest bears unmistakable evidence of its date, and no woodwise man ever con founds a two or three daVs' old one with it. One footprint may not deter mine this occult fact; but followed to where the moss is spongy or the earth moist, a matter of hours, even, can be decided. A week of this watchfulness, with no sign of th«!r enemy's return, not even to within the circuit patroled time and again, began to relieve sus pense and awaken curiosity. They had been so sure, especially Martin, that he would come back for revenge, that now it was hard to account for his not doing so. "My idee is he got so skeered at them two shots," Old Cy asserted, "he hain't stopped runnin' ylt." And then the old man chuckled at the ludicrous picture of this pernicious "varmint" scampering through a wilderness from fright. But Old Cy was wrong. It warf not fear that saved them from a prompt visitation from this half-breed, but lack of means of defense. The one shot remaining in his rifle at the mo ment of meeting had been sent on its vengeful errand, all the rest of his ammunition was in his canoe, and now on the bottom of the stream. Being thus crippled for means to act, the only course left to him was a return to his cabin 75 miles away, with only a hunting-knife to sustain life with. He lived to reach his hut on the Vox. Hole, and from that moment on, this wilderness held an Implacable enemy of McGuire's, sworn to kill him, first of all. CHAPTER X. For two weeks the little party at Birch Camp first watched and then began to enjoy themselves once more. September had come, the first tint of autumn colored every patch of hard wood, a mellow haze softened the out line of each green-clad hill and moun tain, the sun rose red and sailed an unclouded course each day, and genile breezes rippled the lake. The forest, the sky, the air and earth, all seemed in harmonious mood, and the one dis cordant note, fear of this half-breed, slowly vanished. Chip resumed her hour of study each day; a little fishing and hunting was indulged in by Martin and the two officers; wild ducks, partridges, deer and trout supplied their table; each evening all 'gathered about the open fire in Martin's new cabin, and while the older people chatted, Ray took his banio or whispered with Chip. These two, quite unguessed by Angle, had become almost lovers, and as it was understood Chip was to be taken to Greenvale, all that wonder-world to her, had been described by Ray many times. He also outlined many little plans for sleigh rides, skating on the mill pond, and danceB which he and she were to enjoy together. His own future and livelihood were a little hazy to him. These matters do not impress a youth of 18; but of one thing he felt sure,--that Chip with her rosy face and black eyes, always tender to him, was to be his future companion in all pleasures. It was love among the spruce trees, a sum mer idyl made tender by the dangers interrupting it, and hidden from all eyes except Old Cy's, who was these young friends' favorite. But these days of mingled romance and tragic happenings, of shooting, fishing, story-telling and wildwood life were nearing their end, and one even ing Martin announced that on the morrow they would pack their belong ings and, escorted by the officers, leave the wilderness. * The next morning Old Cy took Ray aside. "I want a good square talk with ye, my boy," he said, "an' I'm goin' to do ye a good turn if I kin. Now to begin, I s'pose ye know yer aunt's goin' to take Chip to Greenvale 'n' gin her a chance at the schoolin' she sartinly needs. Now you're callatin' to go 'long 'n' have a heap o' fun this winter. I'm goin* to stay here 'n' keer for Amzi. This is the situation 'bout as it is. Now you hev got yer eddication, 'n' the next move is to make yer way in the world 'n' arn suthin', an' e* a starter, I want ye to stay here this winter with me 'n' trap. The woods round here is jist bristlin' with spruce gum that is worth a dollar-fifty a pound, easy. We've got two months now, 'fore snow gits deep. We kin live on the top shelf in the way o' fish 'n' game. We'll ketch a b'ar and pickle his meat 'n' smoke his hams, and when spring comes, I'll take ye- out with mebbe five hundred dollars' Worth of furs 'n' gum ez a beginnin'. (TO BBS CONTINUED.) ERICA M HOME •RADFORD EDITOR ? Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and grlve advice FREE OP COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe rience as Editor, Author and Manufac turer, lie is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 pHfth Ave., Chicago, 111,, and only enclose two-cent stamp far reply. A full-two story, seven-room house Of a style like this Is very popular generally in the smaller cities. As it is only 22 feet in width this house may be built on an ordinary narrow city lot It is just as necessary to specialise in designing houses as it is in any other line of business. Living con ditions differ a great deal as the town increases in size, and we are obliged toe build houses to fit the changing conditions. When a village has 100 inhabitants 20 or 30 houses will hold them all. EajCh house may occupy a corner and wive an acre or two of land for air space and for growing fruits and vegetables. There are no sewers, curbs or pavements; the streets are not lighted at night; there we no policemen or other public ser vants to pay ; so the tax levy on a two- acre lot is not very oppressive. But when the boomers get to work, advertising the wonderful advantages of the place, the population Increases in some places with great rapidity; then grafters come along with their various improvement schemes, and ex penses sdon mount up until a two- acre lot loses its charm when the tax man makes out his bill. Fresh air is then sacrificed In pro portion to the ambition of the village promoters until in Bome instances one of these old-fashioned holdings is carved into 20 little lots and you get ing because supplies must be shipped long distances. Some communities have no stone "or sand, two commodi ties which are both important in the building line. It is noticeable that such communities very often must bring lumber from a considerable di» Secosd Floor Pfaa tance. All these things oost of the finished house. affect th RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Where Courage and Sympathy Wart Needed and Found. Abstractions are made to cover such a multitude of things that per haps some definitions of courage may not come amiss. First, courage to meet the "every day," thorough belief in some Ideal; second, courage to do the right though WORN OUT WOMEN WfH,Find Encouragement in Mm MM* ? Alvtca. , Merritt, 207 £ Av*, Anoka, Minn., says: "Last win ter I began to suf- * fsr with my kidney*. ' t7 I had pains in nljr ^ ^ back and hips and felt all worn oat v Dizzy spells both- •' ered me and the kidney secretions were irregular. The J first box of Doan'a ,5 Kidney Pills brought ^ decided relief. I am sure they would do the same for any-"- other woman suffering as I did." .f Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a * 5 box. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. % v -- .• • yg. Neatly Put Homer Folks, the secretary of ttfs State Charity Aid society of New York, referred in a recent address to the awkwardness that charity work ers feel in making public appeals ior funds. "And taw charity workers,** • ̂ Folks added, "can ~airry off tbet hardness with the neatretss of the etj&k ored preacher who reminded his co*> gregatioa that: >•. ; • " 'Brudren, Ah kalnt $r«ach Walt an' board in heb'n.' ** ii Laundry work at home Would touch more satisfactory if the right % Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces- . \ fcary to Use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is 1 hidden behind a paste of varying J thickness, which not only destroys th# appearance, but also affects the weaiv ~ - Ing quality of the goods. This tro# ble can be entirely overcome by ' Defiance Starch, as it can be applied' much more thinly because of its groa|> er strength than other makes. v.. : Collecting In New Hampshire. A New Hampshire man tells of ft. -J tight-fisted man of affairs in a towS.:"Hyv of that state, who until recently ha^;s. r;; never been observed to take an intep» - . V est in church matters.. Suddenly, how* ' * ever, he became a regular attendant at divine service, greatly to the A astonishment of his , fellow towns- '̂j men. "What do you think of the ease of old Ketch urn?" said one of the bus^ ness men of the place to a friend. "IS , It true that he has got religion?" ',«. "Well, hardly," replied the other. "The fact is, it's entirely a matter of'"., business with him. I am in a tion to know that about a year ago he.* -';'/ loaned the pastor $50, which the lab* « ter was unable to pay. So there re* ,: ^ malned nothing for Ketchnm but take it out in pew rent"--Sunday Magazine. COMPLAINTS MANY AND VARIED^ " " % Complete Harmony Had Obtain in Organizations. • "All clubs," said the secretary, "keep ' k complaint books, and some of the coiu- , plaints set down m them are funny, In our book yesterday a member com- ained 'that the hot water was gj. rays cold, and moreover, there never your deed from somebody's sub-divi sion of lot number two alloting to you 30 feet frontage, the same extending back 100 feet, more or less, to an alley. This little burial plot then be comes the last resting place of many unsatisfied hopes of fine outlooks, plenty of elbow room, fresh air and bright sunshine. But the modern architect has met the many changing and shifting prob lems; with a brave confidence in his ability to deliver enough condensed house comfort to fully compensate the new owner for his many disap pointments. It was for the purpose of fitting a comfortable house to sueh a lot that this narrow house was de- Signed. It is only the widitk of one /**// H Flirt Floor Plaa I.Guess" and "Calculate Expression* Are Good English snd Not Sit All American. The accepted manner of defining Americans, either male or female, in the London comic papers or in second- rat© English novels is to lard their speech plentifully with "calculate" and "guess," and with "well" at the open ing of each sentence. This mode of marking, or any other, is in itself totally unimportant, but linguistically it is not without interest, for while it is purely conventional as now used aid has no relation to any American habits of the present day, whether good or bad. it is pleasant to note that the hard-worked insular humorist need not have gone so ter afield to find tbe words necessary for the identification of Americans. They really had but to turn to the "New Letters" of Thomas Carlyle (volume 1, page 178) and there read the following sentence: "He has brought you a Fox's book of Martyrs, which I calculate will go in tbe parcel to-day; you .will get right good read ing out of it, I guess."--Scribner. v v.: : •S:mm a ."M£ Allowances Necessary. "Why does marriage seem to dispel ao much of the glamor of affection?" asked the sentimental young woman. "Well," answered Miss Cayenne, "perhaps a woman doesn't make suf ficient allowance. It must be very hard for a man to seem as graceful and heroic when advocating household economies as when he is offering Is lay the World at your feet" 'wm. room and a good hall in the front part, and dining room and bath room in the center with an extension for the kitchen. A kitchen with three sides to the weather fits a lot of this kind to perfection. You can't get too much light- and air Into a kitchen. It is the most important room in the house, a room where a woman spends most of her time, and you can't make it too pleasant or convenient. Narrow city lots are not well calculated to supply light, especially during the fall and early winter months, but a kitchen built in this fashion comes about as near solving the problem as is possible to do. There is an advantage In a full two story house. The extra space over the upper rooms is worth a great deal to keep the house cool. The shape and height of this house gives it a good appearance from the street. It doesn't look like a narrow house. Probably the size and shape of the veranda has something to do with it. .but it is a fact that a house built like this looks larger than it really is Such a house may be buf,t under favorable conditions for about $2,000 or $2,200. A great deal depends oa labor conditions and the distance that building materials have to be shipped. Bo' e communities are discriminated against when it comes to house build- < _ ^ / i • *> • • - • . juoJy ^L< ^ impelled to do the wrong; third, cour age to help and to sympathize in spite of criticism. An example of the latter came up the other night. People were dis cussing the real significance of New York. Into this, of course, there en tered the "Indifference" of the crowd. Of this a seemingly "every day" man told this incident: He was walking uptown one oven- ing when attention was drawn to a large man holding a boy by the col lar. The little fellow was crying lust ily. A crowd had gathered. No one spoke. The plain man pushed to the center and asked the big man what was thejxouble. H© said the boy had tried to steal something from an elec tric car. He was going to have him arrested. The man asked: "Have you any idea why the boy ahould try to steal?" "Well, I'm sure I wouldn't a done Jt At his age." "Were you brought up the city streets?" "No; raised eh a farm. I was al ways in bed and asleep at night-- Where this brat ought to be." "Then you had a better chance than this boy. Will you hand him over to me?" Taking the hand of his new-found friend, the boy stopped sobbing enough to answer questions. It was found that his mother and father worked until 12 at night in a nearby hotel. The boy could not go home till they returned. The child had been cold and hungry and very lonely. The man talked pleasantly for a time, gave him a quarter, and sent him away as happy as a king. was any.' "A novelist last week had the nerv% to complain that his last new novel hadn't been added to the club library,. "Young swells sometimes eomplahit about the club wines and cigarettes" and cigars in order to introduce brands^ that they are touting for on the sly.' y "Sometimes anonymous scandal soils 1 the complaint book's pages. Thus, last ' year, appeared this entry about a very . ' ' popular member: " 'Maj. Hawkins is flirting with too *' many of our wives. By the way, he ' •till owes that teaser--lie knows tor whom.'" LITTLE DOMESTIC JAR. & One on the Kaiaier. The German emperor Is, as every one knows, an advocate of the simple life and has determined to put down the tendency io luxurious living so prevalent In the aristocratic circles of Berlin. A great court lady hap pened to be the object of a sharp lecture on extravagance from the kaiser, and she resolved to retaliate. She appeared at a recent court ball with her husband, whose linen was shamefully "got up," so badly as to attract the emperor's disapproving gase. "My friend," said the kaiser, "I cannot congratulate you on youi laundress." The seemingly well mer Ited rebuke did not disconcert the de linquent's wife. "Sire," replied the aristocratic dame, "since hearing your majesty's remarks I have taken to washing my husband's shirts myself" Gossip does not relate what the im perial advocate of economy thought or said, but the story is true, and i« going the rounds at Berlin to the secret amusement of those who heirH. She--You ishriek) brute, before wo/-'. •• married (shriek!, (shriek) you said>'J mamma could come and see us as • " - often (shriek) as she pleased. & r,*-*V He (meekly)--Yes, dear; Mt ate >'•" has ceased to please. ' "" CUB8' FOOD She Does the Talking. McSosh--Want to know a story to stall youi wife with you get home late? DeLush--Xo ose. I'd neirer get to tell It.--Cleveland Leader. good when They Thrive on Grape-Nut*. Healthy babies don't cry and (he well-nourished baby that is fed on Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby. Many babies who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food. Grape-Nuts, and get well. "My little baby was given tip by three doctors who said that the con densed "milk on which I fed her had ruined the child's stomach. One of the doctors told me that the only thing to do would be to try Grape- Nuts, so I got some and prepared it as follows: 1 soaked 1% tablespoonftils in one pint of cold water for half an hour, then I strained off the liquid and mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strained Grape-Nuts juice with six teaspoonfuls of rich milk, put in a pinch of salt and a little sugar, warmed it and gave It to baby every two hours. 'In this simple, easy way I saved bahy s life and have built ber up to a strong healthy child, rosy and laugh ing. The food must certainly be per fect to have such a wonderful effect as this. I can truthfully say I think it is the best food in the world to raise delicate babies on, and is also a deli cious healthful food for growtf-ups as we have discovf red in our family." Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the strong, healthy man or woman. It stands for the true theory ^ health, "There's a Reason. Read "The to W^lviHe," in pkf*> 1 7 " S k k